The Mail-Journal, Volume 13, Number 28, Milford, Kosciusko County, 4 August 1976 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed., Aug. 4,1976

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OBITUARIES

Julia Ludwig Mrs. Richard (Julia) Ludwig. 49, 118 East Pontiac St., Fort Wayne, sister of Carl Weirick of Leesburg, died Friday, July 30, following a three-week illness in Saint Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne. Born to Walter and Eunice (Sarber) Weirick in Kosciusko county on July 20. 1927, she married Richard Ludwig, who preceded her in death in 1969. Mrs. Ludwig had been a resident of Fort Wayne for 12 years where she was a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran church. Survivors, in addition to her Leesburg brother, include three daughters. Mrs. J.R. (Rebecca) Powers of Houston, Texas, and Laura and Nancy Ludwig, both at home; two sisters, Mrs Mad line Bybee of Warsaw and Mrs. Katheryn McSherry of Knox; and three other brothers. Melvin Weirick of Warsaw, Robert Weirick of Silver Lake and Wilson Weirick of Pierceton Rev. Richard W Widman officiated at the services Monday, - Aug. 2. Funeral arrangements were made by the McHatton-Sadler funeral home and burial was in the Palestine cemetery. Mrs. Clifton Mellinger Funeral services were held at Nappanee Saturday for Mrs Delores Judy Mellinger, 57, of Nappanee and step-mother of Miss Julia Mellinger, North Webster. Mrs. Mellinger died last Thursday. July 29. at her home Bom in Sturgis. Mich., July 22. 1919. her marriage to Clifton Mellinger took place on August 27, 1966 He survives Mrs Mellinger was a member of the American Legion auxiliary. In addition to the step-daughter and husband, survivors include two daughters. Mrs Timothy (Sharon) Hicks and Mrs James (Judith) Klingbell, both of Elkhart; four sons. Robert Pettit of Union, Mich., Jerry Pettit. Nfansfield, Ohio, DeWayne Pettit, Elkhart, and Homer Pettit. Jr. of Americus, Ga.; 11 grandchildren; two brothers; and two sisters . Interment was in South Union cemetery’ ( Murtha Shepherd Mrs Merrile (Martha) Shepherd. 47. r 2 Pierceton, sister of-Polly Allen of Milford, died Wednesday. July 28. at Kosciusko Community hospital of complications following an eight year illness Mrs. Shepherd was bom in Floyd county. Ky . on November

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23.1928 to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Tackett. She had lived in Kosciusko county for the past 33 years and was married to Merrile Shepherd June 5, 1946. Inaddition to her sister, she is survived by her husband, Merrile; one daughter, Mrs. Artie (Barbara Ann) Tackett, Ohio; four brothers, William and Hargus Tackett, both of Warsaw. Ray Tackett, Otway, Ohio, Leo Tadcett, Bristol; and five other sisters. Fay Bruner, Etna Green. Mandy Clabaugh, Huntington. Geraldine Blair, Carol Hall and Kathleen Griffith, all of Warsaw. One sister and one brother preceded her in death Services were conducted Friday, July 30, at the Pentecostal Lighthouse church where she was a member. Rev Albert Whitaker officiated. Emma Fehr Former Milford resident Mrs. George (Emma R.y Fehr, 83, Scottsdale. Ariz . died at 4 p.m Saturday. July 24, in Phoenix. Ariz. She was bom in Morton on May 19,1892, a daughter of John J. and Rose (Troesch) Ruch who later moved to Milford. She married George R Fehr in'Peoria, 111., on February 17. 1916. He died April 13. 1962 Surviving are three sons and three daughters; one brothaj, Edwin of TUscon. Ariz; two sisters, Mrs. Marie Blake of Nappanee and Mrs George Getz of Morton. Ill.; 15 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Mount Olive Missionary church and the Over-60 ‘ club of the church Funeral services were held in Peoria with burial in Springdale cemetery Walter Gradeless Walter I. Gradeless, 74, of Pierceton, father of Mrs. Harold (Elizabeth) ,Leach of North Webster, died Monday. Aug 2. in his home of an apparent heart attack. Bom November 17, 1901 near Columbia City to Charles and Daisy (Linvill) Gradeless, he had resided in Andrews and Huntington county prior- to moving to Pierceton in 1950 He married the farmer Eileen Ann Miller after the death of his first wife, the former Leia Mae Bair. Surviving along with his widow, Eileen are two sons. Charles E. Gradeless of Rochester and Harmon W. Gradeless of Almond. Wis., two daughters. Elizabeth Leach and Mrs Ila Stensel of South Whitley; two stepsons, Marion T. arid Charles Collier, both of Pierceton; a half-brother. Fred Hull of Lagro, a half-sister, Mrs. Wanda Sharpe of Redding, Calif.; two stepsisters. Mrs Alta

Byers of Toledo, Ohio and Mrs. Lillie Miller of Huntington; and 26 grandchildren. Funeral services were held this afternoon (Wednesday) in the Pierceton United Methodist church where the deceased was a member Rev. Henry Uhrich and Rev. Dennis Keesie officiated. Interment was in the Riverside cemetery in Andrews. John W. Ball Funeral services were conducted this morning (Wednesday) for John William Ball, Jr., 60, of Warsaw who died Sunday, Aug. 1, from a selfinflicted gunshot wound to the head. The deceased had been in failing health for a long time and had been treated for heart condition. Friends reported he had been despondent and in considerable pain. Mr. Ball was born in Chicago on October 1,1915, to John W. and Alpha V. Solberg Ball In 1947 he married the former Velma Zook in Baraboo, Wis. Prior moving to Warsaw in 1961, he lived at Barbee Lakes. During 1954 to 1961 he owned and operated the Barbee Hotel. Ball was also a production control manager at R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co. He was a member of Saint Annes Episcopal church, the Warsaw Elks Lodge and the Sorth Webster American Legion Survivor are his wife, Velma; a son. Capt. George J Ball with the United States Air Force in Japan; a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Valerie) McElroy of Warsaw; four grandchildren, and one sister. Mrs. Fem Parsons of Evanston. 11l Father Thomas N. Sandy officiated at the services in the Saint Anne's Episcopal church. Graveside military services were conducted by the North Webster American Legion in the Oakwood cemetery. Elmer Ham Man Elmer Hamman. 70. of North Webster died Tuesday. Aug. 3, in the rarkview hospital. Fort Wayne. He had been ill for eight years Bom to Josiah and Emma (Mock) Hamman on August 4, 1905 near Barbee Lake, he had been a lifetime resident of the Barbee Lakes-North Webster area. He married the former Nellie Mohler on June 18, 1925. Mr. Hamman had retired in September from the Northern Indiana Public Service Co., after 43 years as a lineman. He was a member of the NIPSCo Service club. His widow, Nellie, survives along with one daughter. Mrs. Phil (Maxine) Long of Larwill; two. grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Rev. Paul Steele will the funeral services to be held Thursday, Aug. 5. at 11 a m in the Titus funeral home, Warsaw. Interment will be in the North Webster cemetery I •' ' Lawrence Deardorff Lawrence Clayton Deardorff. 72, of Lake Panasoffkee, Fla . a native of Syracuse, died July 27 in his home. Mr Deardorff was bom in Syracuse October 16. 1903 to Edmond and Mary (Elloph) Deardorff His wife, the former Anna Ray, whom he married in 1942, survives. He had moved from Syracuse to Bristol in 1943 and then moved to Florida in 1953. Those surviving in addition to his widow are one daughter, Mrs Delbert (Frances) Billet of Elkhart, one stepson, Raymond Ray of Ocala. Fla.; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Leona Bechtel of Elkhart. tw-o grandchildren, one great-granddaughter; three stepgrandchildren; and one sister. Mrs. Lilly Rodibaugh of Warsaw Reith-Roher-Ehret funeral home of Goshen in charge of local graveside rites to be held at a future date in the Ba in tert own cemetery, south of Goshen.

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Mrs. Robert Mishler Mrs. Robert (Carol G.) Mishler, 51, of Indianapolis, a farmer resident of Tippecanoe Lake, died Sunday, Aug. 1, in Saint Vincent’s hospital, Indianapolis, of an apparent stroke suffered Saturday. Bom near New Paris September 14. 1924. she resided in Goshen and Tippecanoe Lake, then moved to Indianapolis six years ago. She married Robert L, Mishler January 29, 1946. Mrs. Mishler was a member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority and the Northview Church of the Brethren in Indianapolis. Surviving are her husband. Robert; her mother, Mrs. Hazel Culp of New Paris; two sons, Thomas R. Mishler of Huntington and Gregory L. Mishler.^ at home; two brothers, Howard Culp of Berne and Horace Culp of Goshen; two sisters. Mrs. Gladys Larabee of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Robert (Jewel) Unzicker of New Paris. Services were conducted by Rev. David Markey of Indianapolis this afternoon (Wednesday) in the Yoder-Culp funeral home in Goshen. Burial was in the Violett cemetery. Births BEER. Trenten Allen Mr. and Mrs. Jack Beer, r 1 Milford, became the parents of a son. Trenten Allen, on July 6 in Goshen hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds. 11 ounces and measured 194 inches. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs Don Kreis of Leesburg and Mr. and Mrs. Don Bea- of Milford are paternal grandparents. Mrs. Hester Shirey. Warsaw, is maternal great-grandmother. Paternal great-grandmothers are Mrs Eva Smith of Syracuse and Mrs. Mary Rarig of Sebring, Ha. ANGLE. Jason Troy Mr. and Mrs. Phillip D. Angle of r 2 Milford announce the adoption of a son. Jason Troy, on July 22. The infant is two months old. having been born in May. He weighed in at seven pounds, three ounces at birth. Jason Troy has one brother. Shannon Todd. six. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs Harold Butler of Martinsburg, Pa., and paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ellis T. Angle of Peru. MITCHELL daughter Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Mitchell of North Webster are the parents of a daughter born Friday, July 30, in the* Goshen hospital.

Hospital Notes Goshen Hospital TUESDAY. JULY 27 Admissions Mary Lou Replogle, Milford Scott Baker, Milford Anna Lee Pinkerton, Syracuse Elsie M. Baker. Leesburg Dismissal Alma Drucka miller, Syracuse WEDNESDAY. JULY 28 Dismissal Scott Baker. Milford THURSDAY, JULY 29 Dismissals Laura Small, Syracuse Margaret Kolberg. Syracuse FRIDAY. JULY 38 Admissions Richard A. Eye-. Syracuse Jesse T. McGriff. Leesburg Dismissals James Martin, Syracuse Elsie M. Baker. Leesburg Homer Baker. North Webster SATURDAY. JULY 31 Dismissals Carol Castle. Milford

Richard A. Eyer, Syracuse Anna L. Pinkerton. Syracuse SUNDAY, AUG. 1 Admission Elsie Marie Lee, Syracuse Dismissal David L. Payne, North Webster MONDAY, AUG. 2 Dismissals Floyd Kline, Syracuse Velma J. Whitman. Syracuse Delmer H. Miller, North Webster Mrs. Bruce Mitchell and infant daughter. North Webster Murphy Medical Center SUNDAY, JULY 25 Emergency Room Steven Wood. Leesburg MONDAY, JULY 26 Emergency Room Marina Ybarra, Milford WEDNESDAY. JULY 28 Emergency Room Lonnie M. Tackett. Milford Irene Bell. Syracuse Walter Keal 111, North Webster f> Admission Mrs. Roger Bell. Syracuse THURSDAY. JULY 29 Dismissal Irene D. Bell, Syracuse SATURDAY, JULY 31 Emergency Room Charles Lemaster, Leesburg Kosciusko Community Hospital MONDAY, JULY 26 Admissions Dan Courtnev. Syracuse Matelle Carlin, Leesburg Dismissals Leota Summerlot, Syracuse Jan Mayer and infant son, Leesburg TUESDAY. JULY 27 Admission Joe Burrin. Leesburg Dismissals Roman Miller. Leesburg George Grubbs. Leesburg WEDNESDAY, JULY 28 Dismissal Cathy Guard. Leesburg

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THURSDAY. JULY 29 Dismissal Dan Courtney, Syracuse FRIDAY, JULY 30 Admission * Alma Shoemaker, Milford HERMAN HUEY LN ELKHART HOSPITAL Herman Huey, father of Mrs. Kenneth (Kathryn) Knisley of Syracuse, has been confined to Elkhart hospital since July 15. following surgery on the 15th and a stroke on the 22nd. He is improving. Phillip Prough of Rowland Heights. Calif.. Mr. Huey’s stepson, arrived Sunday. Aug. 1, to spend a few days. Syracuse girl is injured in skiing accident A 16-year-old Syracuse girl. Cindy Schacht. remains hospitalized after a skiing mishap left her partiallyparalyzed Friday, July 30. TheSchact girl, skiing behind a boat driven by Eric Poppleton. 16. of Carmel, lost her balance and fell end over end, hitting her neck. Occupants of the boat managed to get her into the boat. The Syracuse EMS unit arrived and found her laying on the floor of the boat. They made her immobile and transported her to the Goshen hospital. Court News KOSCIUSKO COUNTY Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses at the office of county cleric Bessie I. Himes; Terry Linn Huffman. 19. r 2 Leesburg. Zimmers and Sally Jo Lehman. 16. r 4 Warsaw, student

Dennis Laßay Tillotson, 28, r 3 box 447A Syracuse, draft and Mcrene Letain Dunn, 19, r 3 box 447A Syracuse, trailer factory Frank Joseph Stoffel, 23, r 4 Syracuse, general labor and Killie White. 19. 724 East Baltimore street, Syracuse, waitress Marriage Dissolutions David W. Strombeck vs Catherine S. Strombeck, r 1 North Webster. The couple was married on August 2, 1974 and separated July 20, 1976. The petitioner asks for dissolution of marriage, respondent be granted custody of minor child and petitioner be ordered to pay a reasonable sum for support, fair and equitable division of property and further and proper relief which the premises may require Margot L. Koehlinger vs Ronald A. Koehlinger, r 3 Syracuse. The couple was married March 27, 1972 and separated July 7.1976. Petitioner asks for the dissolution of the marriage, attorney fees, equitable division of property, cost of action and all other relief proper in the premises Traffic Violations Harold R. Huff, Syracuse. S3O for public intoxication Gary L. Johnson, 21, North Webster, $57 for driving under the influence, six months Indiana State Farm « suspended, operator's license suspended one year, public intoxication $35 Dennis Lemberg. 17. Syracuse, $42 for reckless driving Dale Rogers. 18. Syracuse. $35 for failure to yield right of wayproperty accident William Ramsey, 72. Leesburg. $35 for speeding

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