SYRACUSE - A memorial gathering for Dennis R. Harper, 57, of Syracuse, will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Eagles Lodge 3760, Syracuse.

Judy Shepherd, 63, Warsaw, passed away at 7:40 a.m. April 13, 2014, at her residence.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Beatrice Jester Wampler, 94, North Manchester, died at 1:45 p.m. Oct. 19, 2014, in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester.

Ronald L. Christy, 64, Warsaw, passed away at 5:32 a.m. Oct. 16, 2013, at his residence.

ROCHESTER - Marjorie Rose Nixon, 88, of 1130 Fulton Ave., Rochester, died at 3:30 p.m. March 29, 2008, in her son's residence in South Whitley.

CROMWELL - Mildred Harriet Gard, 97, North Webster, passed away unexpectedly following a brief illness at 10:42 p.m. Dec. 6, 2010, in Bradenton, Fla.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Ruth L. Bishop, 96, of North Manchester, died at 1 a.m. Friday in Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw. Arrangements are pending at McKee Mortuary, North Manchester.

AKRON – Rev. Michael E. McFarland, 63,  Rochester, passed away when his faith became sight with his loving family by his side at 8:05 p.m. May 23, 2015, at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.

Glenna Marie Hill, 58, of Waukegan, Ill., and formerly of Warsaw, died at 5:30 a.m. Nov. 30, 2009, in Brentwood North Nursing and Rehabilitation, Riverwoods, Ill., after an extended illness.

NAPPANEE – Dean Martin Thompson, 72, Fishers, and formerly of the Wakarusa-Nappanee area, died at 4:25 a.m. May 16, 2014, at Community North Hospital, Indianapolis, after a short illness.

Robert L. Kessler, 88, of Winona Lake, died Dec. 10, 2012, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. Arrangements are pending at Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw.

COLUMBIA CITY - Doyle Dean Nichols Sr., 69, of South Whitley, died at 2:26 p.m. April 12, 2008, in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne.

Nathan A. “Nate” Dolbee, 37, Leesburg, passed away at 4:55 p.m. Nov. 9, 2015, in Lutheran Hospital of Indiana, Fort Wayne.

CHARLOTTE, Mich. – Dr. Douglas P. Vanator, 79, Olivet, died Jan. 6, 2016.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Bonnie Christine Kieffaber Genovese, 48, North Manchester, died April 8, 2015, at the Visiting Nurse Hospice Home, Fort Wayne

Orace “Win” Winston Morrison, 88, of 316 W. Center St., Warsaw, passed away at 10:30 a.m. May 5, 2011, in the emergency room at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw. He was born Aug. 21, …

COLUMBIA CITY - Ouida Marie Larsen, 101, of Tucson, Ariz., and formerly of North Webster, died Jan. 6, 2010, in Tucson.

Walter E. Ruegner, 61, passed away at 9:15 p.m. Nov. 7, 2014, at his residence.

NAPPANEE - Helen Virginia Buss, 95, of 437 Hickory Lane, Nappanee, died at 4:22 p.m. March 8, 2011, in Elkhart General Hospital.

Carl E. Williams, 87, Winona Lake, died at 9:35 a.m. June 16, 2015, at Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake.Arrangements are pending with Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.

Emma Catherine Martin, 6, of Leesburg, died at 9:20 p.m. June 19, 2009, in St. Vincents Hospital, Indianapolis.

Dorothy L. Edwards, 84, of Leesburg, died at 4:20 p.m. Aug. 9, 2010, in Mason Health & Rehab, Warsaw.

BOURBON – David G. Perrin, of Bourbon, died unexpectedly of natural causes at 1:24 p.m. Dec. 12, 2012.Arrangements are pending at Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home, Bourbon. 

Cathy Jo Busz, 44, died at 8:28 p.m. April 16, 2008, at Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home, Fort Wayne.She was born Sept. 2, 1963, in Columbia City, to Darwin Sr. and Dorothy Smith Busz.

LIGONIER – LaVon D. “Mose” Shrock, 50, Topeka, passed away unexpectedly following an illness resulting from a stroke in 2014.