ELKHART – Joshua Schoettmer, 31, of Elkhart, died July 30, 2011, in Memorial Hospital, South Bend. He was born Aug. 4, 1979, in Warsaw, to  John A. Jr. and Jeannie Hiatt Schoettmer.

Mary L. Burkholder, 77, Warsaw, died at 9:05 a.m. March 24, 2014, in Mason Health and Rehabilitation Center, Warsaw.Arrangements are pending at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw.

Waitsel L. “Gummy” Wright, 86, of Akron, passed away peacefully at 1:20 p.m. Dec. 10, 2012, in his residence, after an extended fight with cancer.

John Harrison Martin Jr., 79, died May 11, 2009, in Hartsville, S.C.

 NORTH WEBSTER – Ruth V. Wilkinson Barber Williams, 89, North Webster, died at 7:45 p.m. Feb. 27, 2015, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Syracuse.

ROCHESTER – Jerry Lee Burkett, 71, of 1082 E. CR 375N, Rochester, died June 23, 2011, in his residence. He was born Oct. 1, 1939, to Walter L. and Mildred V. Haggerty Burkett. On Aug. 1, 1959, in Rochester, he married Janet Rae Urbin, who survives.

SHELBYVILLE – Mary N. Dearinger, 96, of Shelbyville, passed away Nov. 9, 2012, in Heritage House Convalescent Center. She joined her husband and family at the gates of heaven.

Ronald L. Fruitt, 72, of West Lafayette, and formerly of this area, died at 6:41 p.m. March 18, 2009, at Ind. 13 and South Barbee Road, Kosciusko County.

PLEASANT LAKE – Wayne A, Becker, 76, passed away Nov. 30, 2012, in Lutheran Life Village, Kendallville.

MISHAWAKA – Lillian M. Baranowski, 95, passed away Oct. 13, 2015, at St. Paul’s, South Bend.

MARION - Evelyn Lucile Duke, 87, of Marion, died at 4:20 a.m. Dec. 5, 2010, at Marion General Hospital.

NORTH MANCHESTER - Edna B. Maloy, 92, of North Manchester, died at 8:30 a.m. April 11, 2007, in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester.

ROCHESTER – Donna J. Kindig Smith, 86, Rochester, died July 2, 2015, at Life Care Center, Rochester.  Arrangements are pending at Good Family Funeral Home, Rochester.

HAMLET - John Benjamin Jernas, 86, died April 13, 2008, in Wintersong Village Nursing Home, Knox.

Lydia Ann Demerly was stillborn at 7:11 p.m. Oct. 9, 2013, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, to Steven Demerly and Linda Burns, Warsaw.

KENDALLVILLE – Antonio G. “Mighty Fine” Jimenez, 88, Kendallville, died Dec. 7, 2013, at his residence.

Juanita J. RoyceNORTH MANCHESTER - Juanita J. Royce, 89, of North Manchester, formerly of Griffith and Hammond, died at 11:14 p.m. April 26, 2007, at Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester.

Gerald "Jerry" M. Gibbs, 69, of 115 E. Main St., Atwood, died at 7:13 p.m. Sept. 25, 2007, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

Phyllis C. Denny, 94, Warsaw, died at 12:50 p.m. Sept. 27, 2014, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw.Arrangements are pending at Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw.

ELKHART - Vernon R. Sailor, 81, of 1610 Deer Run Road, Elkhart, died at 10 a.m. Nov. 18, 2007, in his residence.

Daryl Thomas, 62, North Webster, passed away March 27, 2014, at his home.

ROCHESTER – Joan Murphy Hungerford, 86, Rochester, died Sept. 14, 2014, at Life Care Center, Rochester.

SYRACUSE – Craig J. Arthur, 64, of North Webster, died at 1 a.m. July 7, 2013, in Courtyard Healthcare, Goshen.Arrangements are pending at Owen Family Funeral Home, Syracuse.

SYRACUSE - Kathy A. Williams, 54, of Warsaw, died of natural causes on Nov. 24, 2007, in her residence.

Joy E. Williams, 63, Syracuse,  passed away at 2:55 p.m. Oct. 21, 2015, at her home.