NORTH MANCHESTER – Ruth N. Kurtz, 92, of North Manchester, died at 6:20 p.m. July 24, 2011, in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester. She was born Feb. 10, 1919, in Whitley County, to Lee R. and Jennie C. Royer Smith. On Sept. 2, 1951, she married Alton Robert Kurtz, who died June 29, 1983.

BOURBON - Emily Bravo, 9, of 420 E. Center St., Apt. 3A, Bourbon, died at 4:04 p.m. Sept. 24, 2007, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on U.S. 30 in Starke County.

ROCHESTER – Kitty L. Kesler, 68, Rochester, passed away Jan. 31, 2014, at her residence.

ROCHESTER - Lloyd L. Woods, 81, of 433 E. 18th St., Rochester, died at 8:48 a.m. May 6, 2009, in Hickory Creek Health Care, Rochester.

James E. “Jim” Hyde, 73, passed away at 5:34 p.m. June 22, 2016, in his Warsaw home.

SYRACUSE – Patrick Orbik, 76, of Leesburg, passed away Nov. 2, 2011, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

COLUMBIA CITY - Martha Diana Fawcett Mayberry, 99, formerly of Columbia City, died at 3:15 a.m. Feb. 8, 2009, in Miller's Merry Manor, Warsaw, where she resided since 2002.

Editor, Times-Union:The following is the fourth part of my letter on freedom and self defense, which is part of my series of letters on fundamental human rights.

SYRACUSE – Glenn L. Stiffler, 83, Syracuse, passed away Jan. 2, 2014, at his residence.

WILMAR, Minn. – Patricia Ann Henke, 77, of Sartell, and formerly of Warsaw, died May 6, 2013, in Country Manor, Sartell.

SYRACUSE – Ivan L. “JR” Martz, 80, Leesburg, passed away Aug. 25, 2014, at the Hospice Home in Fort Wayne.

ROCHESTER – Jean I. Miller, 85, Rochester, died at 1:30 a.m. Dec. 31, 2014, at her residence. 

Helen M. Maxwell, 92, Warsaw, died at 11 p.m. Sept. 21, 2014, in Mason Health Care and Rehabilitation, Warsaw.Arrangements are pending at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw.

BOURBON – David A. Doll, 59, a resident of Bourbon, passed away unexpectedly at 12:37 p.m. Sept. 4, 2014, at home.

MILFORD - Franklin R. Reed, 71, of Kosciusko County, died at 3:43 p.m. May 25, 2008, in Lakeland Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center.

ROCHESTER – James Franklin Davis, 87, San Antonio, Texas, and formerly of Rochester, died at 2 a.m. Nov. 6, 2014, in Missions Trail Baptist Hospital, San Antonio.Arrangements are pending at Good Family Funeral Home, Rochester.

Peter "Pete" T. Gatke, 67, of 1817 N. CR 400E, Warsaw, died at 1:32 p.m. Nov. 3, 2009, in his residence.

COLUMBIA CITY – Lois E. Sleighter, 95, Columbia City, passed away at 11:30 a.m. July 1, 2014, at her residence.

LIGONIER - Thelma I. Cook, 81, of Kimmell, passed away at 2:42 p.m. Dec. 8, 2010, in her residence, following an extended illness.

James Leroy “Jim” Watkins, 79, Warsaw, passed away at 11:15 p.m. July 27, 2014, at his residence.

Donald E. Gase, 70, of Warsaw, died at 5:55 a.m. July 9, 2010, in his residence.

NORTH MANCHESTER - Betty R. Stellar, 87, of Servia, died at 6:35 a.m. May 5, 2010, in Miller's Merry Manor, Wabash.

Karen Saint, 58, of 104 15th St., Winona Lake, died at 5:05 p.m. Oct. 31, 2009, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

Karen L. Dady-Nusbaum, 40, formerly of Warsaw, died at 9:10 p.m. July 19, 2010, in her Goshen residence.

Joshua David Bloom, 28, Pierceton, passed away unexpectedly at 10:16 a.m. Oct. 14, 2015, in his home.