The Independent-News, Volume 108, Number 7, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 22 July 1982 — Page 2

- THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - JULY 22, 1982

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The Reverend Lloyd E. George, pastor of the Koontz Lake Missionary Church, announces that His Company (Honoring In Service), a five-member drama troupe from Fort Wayne Bible College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, will be appearing on Friday, July 23, at 7:00 p.m. Members of the drama troupe include Cathy Smidtz, Neil Herrberg, Duane Mabee. Mark Vincent, all of Fort Wayne, and Cindy Nantz. of Elkhart. Indiana. HIS Company is under the direction of Miss Sonja S. Strahm. Assistant Professor of English, Christian drama, and art, at Fort Wayne

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Bible College. The goal of HIS Company is to present Truth by effectively communiction drama that always honors God. HIS Company’s ministry includes biblical dramas, dramalogues, and puppertry. Their programming may be used for worship services, Sunday School, camps, conferences, various banquet occasions, vacation Bible School, weeknight services, and community outreach. The goal of the young people in every situation is to relate their faith in Jesus Christ to today's world in understandable, contemporary communications.

OBITUARIES

CHARLES E. BELLINGER Charles E. Bellinger, 92, of Rural Route 2, Box 534. Walkerton, passed away at 8:10 a.m. on Tuesday. July 20. at his home following a brief illness. He was a retired farmer and had driven a school bus for the Walkerton-Lincoln Township School Corporation for 35 years. He was born on May 8, 1890. in Lincoln Township to William M. and Frederika (Wolff) Bellinger. He was a lifelong resident of the Walkerton area. He was married on January 3. 1914, in St. Joseph. Michigan, to Nina M. Hardy, who survives. Surviving along with his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Donald (Betty) Sheaks, of Willowbrook, Illinois, and Mrs. Charles (Doris) Wynn, of North Liberty; two sons, Grant H., of Walkerton, and William 0., of North Manchester; seven grandchildren; six greatgrandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Dallas (Bertha) Miller, of South Bend; and two brothers, Fred Bellinger, and Floyd Bellinger, both of Walkerton. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday at the Nusbaum-Elkin Funeral Home. Walkerton, with Rev. Chester Mayflower. pastor of the Walkerton United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Walkerton. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday and after 9:00 a.m. until time of the service on Thursday. He was a member of the Walkerton United Methodist Church and the St. Joseph County Farm Bureau where he served on the Board of Directors. STELLA LEOLA ERICKSON Stella Leola Erickson. 88. a resident of Miller’s Merry Manor. Plymouth, formerly of Walkerton, passed away at 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 20, at the nursing home following an extended illness. She was born on February 18, 1894, in Walkerton to Simeon and Sarah (Mann) Culp. She was married to Nels W. Erickson, who preceded her in death in 1927. She was a lifelong resident of Walkerton. She is survived by a niece, Mrs. Fern Culp, of Plymouth. Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday at the Nusbaum-Elkin Funeral Home, Walkerton, with Rev. Warren Furnish, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Walkerton, officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Walkerton. Friends may call at the funeral home from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Thursday. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Walkerton. the Walkerton American Legion Auxiliary Unit 189, and she was a charter member of the Eagles 1900. CHRISTOPHER JAMES BUCKMASTER Christopher James Buckmaster, 14, of Rural Route 3. Box 235, Walkerton, passed away at 1:15 p.m. on Sunday, July 18, in St. Joseph Medical Center, South Bend, after an illness of six months. He was born on June 12, 1968. in LaPorte to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Buckmaster. Walkerton, who survive along with a sister, Tonya Maria; a brother, Robert Andrew, all at home; his maternal grandmother and step-grandfath-er, Mr. and Mrs. John Nesvold, of LaPorte; and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Marie Buckmaster, of LaPorte. Services were held at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the Haverstock Funeral Home, LaPorte, with Rev. Kenneth Corbett, pastor of the North Liberty First Baptist Church, and Rev. Anthony Letko, pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Walkerton, officiating. Cremation and burial followed with private graveside services to be held at a later date. He was a student at the Walk-

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erton Elementary School, a student tutor, a member of the North Liberty First Baptist Church, the Johnson Township Prairie Farmers and the LaPorte County 4-H Club. PAUL E. PLATZ Paul E. Platz, 61, of 210 Apple Road, Osceola, passed away at 2:20 a.m. on Sunday, July 18, in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, after an extended illness. He was born on August 4, 1920, in North Liberty and was a lifetime area resident. He was a retired carpenter. A brother, Dave E. Platz, of South Bend, survives along with several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 21, in the A. M. Manuel Funeral Home, North Liberty, with Dr. Gaylord Saltzgaber, pastor of the North Liberty United Methodist Church, officiting. Burial was in Eastlawn Cemetery. North Liberty. He was a member of the Carpenters Local 413, a veteran of World War II and a member of the North Liberty American Legion Post 365 which conducted military graveside services. MRS. BERYL BROWN Mrs. Beryle Brown, 76, Koontz

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Lake, passed away at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. July 15, at Memorial Hospital. South Bend, after being ill four months. She was born on November 11, 1905, in Morocco and she had lived in this area 60 years. She married Floyd M. Brown in December of 1949, who survives. Surviving along with her husband are three daughters, Virginia (Mrs. Gene) Berg, Hamlet; Miss Linda Brown, South Bend; and Jane (Mrs. Kenneth) Schultz, Hanna; a son. Burvel Dowty. Bradenton, Florida; 10 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a brother, Lyle Hunter, of Jasper, Texas. She was a past member of the St. Joseph County Welfare Board. She was a member of the Grovertown United Methodist Church, the American Legion Auxiliary. Walkerton, and the Oregon Township Home Economics Club. Services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday at the Rannclls Funeral Home, Koontz Lake Chapel, with Rev. Jonathan Gosser, pastor of the Grovertown United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial was in the Grovertown Cemetery. "A mountain and a river are good neighbors." George Herbert