Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 127, Number 39, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 28 September 2006 — Page 2

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Advance News • Thursday, September 28,2006

Patricia L SMerHng Sept. 6,2006 BRADENTON, FLA. Patricia L. Shierling, 77, of Ellenton, Fla. died on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at Blake Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, Fla. She is survived by a sister: Nila Jean (Edwin) McElheny of Nappanee; one nephew, one niece, one great-niece and one great-nephew. Cremation took place prior to burial at Ritenour Cemetery in Deerfield. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Nov. 11 at the First Presbyterian Church in Nappanee. Cynthia “Cindy” D. Epple-Metzger Sept. 18, 2006 NAPPANEE Cynthia "Cindy" D. Epple-Metzger of Nappanee died on Monday, Sept. 18 at her home. She is survived by her sisters: Darien (Gerry) Wilson of Warsaw and Christina Epple (partner John Hayes) of Chicago, 111.; brothers Eric (Deb) Epple of Etna Green, Evan (Dora) Epple of Richmond, Texas and Gene Epple of Indianapolis; two aunts and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation was held on Friday, Sept. 22 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home. Services were conducted on Saturday, Sept. 23 at 10 a.m. at Nappanee Church of the Brethren. Cremation took place after the services. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the American Heart Association. lan Michael Berger Sept. 19,2006 BREMEN lan Michael Berger, 27, of Bremen, died at 6:14 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at home. He is survived by his father, Brian (Amy) Berger of Nappanee; mother, Lesley Schnick of Bremen; sisters: Marissa and Lindsay Berger; brothers: Ryan, Trevor and Dallas Berger and Stevie and Tom Schnick; nephew, Joshua and grandmother, Rosemary Tatich. Visitation is Sunday, Sept. 24 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mishler Funeral Home, Bremen. Funeral services are Sunday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the lan Berger family. James A. Evans Sept. 20,2006 ELKHART James A. Evans, 61, of Nappanee died on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 1 p.m. at Elkhart General Hospital. He is survived by his wife Joyce Evans; a daughter: Carmella J. Tennant of Nappanee; a son: Courtney J. (Monica) Evans of Elkhart; a step son: Brett Walter of Nappanee; six grandchildren; mother: Annabelle Evans of Nappanee; a sister: Vonda C. (Robert) Bedward Jr. of Nappanee; brothers: Roger A. (Betty) Evans of Martin, Mich., Phillip W. Evans of Muncie, Thomas D. (Elaine) Evans of Avon and Dallas C. (Sharon) Evans of

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Indianapolis and a brother-in-law. Visitation was held on Friday, Sept. 22 from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. at Thompson-Lengacher and Yoder Funeral Home. Services were conducted on Saturday, Sept. 23 at 10 a.m. at Nappanee Missionary Church. Burial was at Union Center Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Ribbon of Hope or the American Cancer Society. Elmer A. Slabaugh Sept. 20, 2006 ELKHART Elmer A. Slabaugh, 69, of Elkhart, formerly of Middlebury, died at 1:24 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at Elkhart General Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Rosa Borkholder Slabaugh of Nappanee; mother, Barbara Yoder Slabach of Middlebury; sons: Delbert (Ruby) Slabaugh of Shipshewana, Devon (Kathryn) Slabaugh of New Paris, Amos (Amanda) Slabaugh of New Paris, Dennis (Anna Fern) Slabaugh of Bourbon, Nelson (Sharon) Slabaugh of Milford, Ernest (Marlene) Slabaugh of Milford, Jerry (Irene) Slabaugh of Arthur, 111. and Daniel (Ruth) Slabaugh of Milford; daughters: Dorothy Slabaugh of Nappanee, Sylvia Slabaugh of Bremen, Rose Mary (Leon) Miller of Millersburg, Anna Marie (Perry) Miller of Arthur, 111., Sarah (Marlin) Helmuth of Bremen and Ruth (Danny) Miller of Areola, 111.; brothers: Joe (Clara) Slabach of Middlebury, Ervin (Mary) Slabach of Sturgis, Mich., Ernest (Martha) Slabach of Shipshewana, John (Pam) Slabach of Goshen, Christian (Waneta) Slabach of Shipshewana and Nathaniel (Wilma) Slabach of Topeka; sisters: Mary (Clarence) Schmucker of Middlebury, Amelia (Harry Jr.) Mishler of Dalton, Wis., Edith (Lester) Gingrich of Middlebury and Christina (James) Burke of Shipshewana; 59 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Visitation was held Thursday after 2 p.m. and all day Friday, Sept. 22 at Marlin Helmuth's (East County Line Road, Nappanee). Funeral services were Saturday, Sept. 23 at 9:30 am. at the Sam Yoder residence, 4th Rd., Nappanee. Burial was at Weldy Cemetery, Nappanee. Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral home, Nappanee assisted the family with arrangements. THANKS, from front

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site," said Marcus. "We'll call that end of it Main Street Roasters." They would also like to do more baking in the future. This is partly the result of the number of customers who come into the coffeehouse and order large amounts of baked items from the menu. "People want to order a dozen and we always had to special order," said Debra. "(Adding baked items) will be nothing major, it will just add more options." The couple enjoys meeting and interacting with customers, especially those who come in on a regular basis. "I notice a lot of our customers taking ownership," Debra commented. "They feel like it's their place and

ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/MANDY MCFARLAND Debra and Marcus Miller and their daughter, Hailey, 2, enjoy a quiet moment together around one of the tables in the newly-added platform area at Main Street Coffee House.

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A 1948 graduate of Nappanee High School, Widmoyer went on to serve a number of influential roles. An ordained minister of the North Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, Widmoyer pastored in the United Methodist Church for forty years. His various positions within the town of

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Koeckisko Community Hospital is plsasod to announce the addition of Musaberi Goksel, MO to the hospital medical staff. Dr. Goksel specializes in Medical Oncology, Hematology ond Internal Medicine. \k ; Dr. Goksel received his medical degree from the University of Ankara School of Medicine and his residency in Family Medicine at the Ministry of Heath Ankara State Hospital, Turkey. Dr. Goktel's Pathology residency was at the University of Illinois Met- - ropolitan Group Hospitals and Iris Internal Medicine residency at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, both of Chicogo. His Fellowship in Hematology-Oncology was completed at Fletcher AUen Health Care, Vermont. Dr. Goksel joins Dr. Robert VaMian at the Center of Hope Cancer Care Center at Kosciusko Community Hospital, 1520 Provident Drive, Warsaw. He is currently accepting new patients. Office hours are Monday through Friday ham 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Par lutdißi ißlweiwt mto tdteduie cm MeMJteM >•> % r. ‘. >• SmJBF', A mti'A -A f .- /VjlQp* -* ■} fy £ ji CancbuCakk _ ■!-» 1 U S - fejrr w>s « w*iP«n i wuw r temui rnHUDUr

we get a lot of ideas from them." Th 4 Millers first opened Main Street Coffeehouse in December of 2003. Since then, it has provided them with a way to work together while sharing Jheir mutual love of coffee. "We were (into) coffee way before we started here," Debra commented. Aside from operating thenown coffeehouse, the Millers are also the proud parents of a little girl, Hailey, 2, and one on the way. The family is thankful for the blessings that they have in life. "For me, we can't have all the credit," said Marcus. "God has really blessed us and given Us the opportunity to do this."

Nappanee have included working as a member of the Common Council, the Board of Zoning, the City Plan Commission and the Board of Public Works and Safety, as well as president of Board of Parks and Recreation, the Nappanee Library Leasing Corporation and of the WaNee Holding Corporation. In addition, he was a board member for Bashor Home for Youth, serving president of their Board of Directors in 1977. As a Freemason, he served as state presiding officer of the Royal Arch Masons in 1968 and State Secretary from 1979 to 1996, earning the 33rd Degree Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry and, eventually, his 50 year award for Shrine an Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Mason of the State of Indiana. He married Donna Rensberger on June 1, 1956. The couple had four children: Beth (David) Bowman, Gail (Vincent) Alexnader, Clark (Kathy) Widmoyer and Portia (Steve) Ham. They are also the proud grandparents to eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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