Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 127, Number 22, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 31 May 2007 — Page 2

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Advance News • Thursday, May 31, 2007

Death notices

Wendy Wffl May 21,2007 NAPPANEE Wendy Will, 52, of Nappanee, died at 5:35 a.m. on Monday, May 21 at Memorial Hospital, South Bend. She is survived by her husband, Mike Will; son, Eugene "Willy" Will of Nappanee; daughters: Stacy Gerry) Schmucker and Natalie Will, both of Nappanee; mother, Greta Corsbie of Plymouth; sister, Diane (Phil) Gingerich of Dallas, Texas; and brothers: Jeff G on i) Corsbie of Plymouth, Barry (Nancy) Corsbie of Valparaiso and Gary (Lou) Corsbie of Holland, Mich. Visitation was Wednesday, May 23 from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee. Funeral services were Thursday, May 24 at 10 a.m. at the Nappanee United Methodist Church. Cremation followed. Memorials may be made to the Susan G. Komen "Race for the Cure" (Indianapolis Chapter). Amalia R. Lugo May 21,2007 WAKARUSA Amalia R. Lugo, 87, of Wakarusa died on Monday, May 21 at 355 a.m. at Miller's Merry Manor in Wakarusa. She is survived by her daughters:Yolanda (Douglas) Smith of San Antonio, Texas and Gloria (Dennis) Stouder of Nappanee; son, Miguel Lugo of Warsaw; eight grandchildren, one great-grandchild; sister, Beatrice (Robert) Silva of Avilla and brothers: Bias Rodriguez Jr. of Fort Wayne and Roy Rodriguez of Oklahoma. Visitation was Thursday, May 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. at ThompsonLengacher & Yoder Funeral Home in Nappanee with a rosary at 7:30. Services were Friday, May 25 at 1 p.m. at St. Francis Catholic Church in Pierceton. Burial was at St. Francis Catholic Church Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Riley Children's Hospital. Ralph E. Jerles May 22,2007 WAKARUSA Ralph E. Jerles, 85, of Wakarusa, formerly of Nappanee, died on Tuesday, May 22 at 9 p.m. at Miller's Merry Manor in Wakarusa He is survived by his sister, Johanna Gim) Reed of Nappanee; nephews: Jeffrey Reed of South Bend and Jamie (Pam) Reed of Nappanee; Niece, Julia Reed of Nappanee; three great-nieces and three great-nephews. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Services will be Monday, June 4 at 10:30 a.m. at Thompson-Lengacher jit Yoder Funeral Home in Nappanee. Memorials may be made to Nappanee United Methodist Church.

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. Mary Mane Null May 20,2007 WAKARUSA Mary Marie Null, 91, of Wakarusa died on Sunday, May 20 at 9 p.m. at home. She is survived by her husband, Carl Null; brothers: Charles (Marjorie) Moneyheffer of Nappanee and John (Betty) Morteyheffer of Leesburg and sister, Barbara (Lloyd) Truex of Davie, Ha. Visitation was Wednesday, May 23 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home in Wakarusa. Services were Thursday, May 24 at 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial was at Olive West Cemetery in Wakarusa. Memorials may be made to Bible Baptist Church or the American Diabetes Association. Jerry L. Ramer May 21,2007 ELKHART Jerry L. Ramer, 62, of Wakarusa died on Monday, May 21 at 11:24 a.m. at Elkhart General Hospital. He is survived by his son, Mark Ramer of Cassopolis, Mich.; daughter, Christy (Jim) Nance of Westfield; four grandchildren; sisters: Ruby Pranyako of Goshen and Marjorie (Bill) Jacobs of Elkhart; brothers: Eldon Ramer of Arvada, Colo., Steve Ramer of Denver, Colo. Ron (Brenda) Ramer of Fort Lupton, Colo, and Lester (Mary) Ramer of Gravette, Ariz. Visitation was Thursday, May 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. at ThompsonLengacher & Yoder Funeral Home in Wakarusa. Services were Friday, May 25 at 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial was at Yellow Creek Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Wakarusa Fire Department. Dr. James C. Miller Jr. May 22,2007 GOSHEN Dr. James C. Miller, Jr., 81, of Goshen, formerly of Nappanee, died on Tuesday, May 22 at 7:15 p.m. at home. He is survived by his wife, Carol L. Miller; son: James C. G u dy) Miller 111 of Elkhart; stepdaughters: Leslie (Dave) Noble of Rockwall, Texas and Lisa (Ben) Raney of Atlanta, Ga.; stepson, Tad (Kim) Steckbeck of Bluffton; two grandchildren and five stepgrandchildren. There was no visitation. There will be a memorial service and cremation at a later date. Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home in Nappanee is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to Nappanee United Methodist Church or Greencroft Foundation.

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friend Tom Mattem," Andrews said. In an emergency, Huffer would also rush to the scene to help dear the way for the ambulance to get through the crowd. When it came to finding things from year to year for the festival, Huffer was always the committee's go-to, person. "Stan always knew right where everything was," Andrews said. In addition, Huffer was willing to store miscellaneous Apple Festival items at his own home. "We stored a lot of Apple Fest stuff at his house," Gerber said. Aside from the festivals, Huffer also lent his skills in other areas of Nappanee life, including at the Nappanee Center and the new chamber offices. "I told Stan I needed shelves," Andrews said. "Two weeks later, there they were. Huffer was also the one to set up and tear down the mobile stage used each year for the Concert on the Green. "I really don't think we realize what all he did," Andrews said.

FCDC celebrates National Family Month

By Mandy McFarland Editor NAPPANEE With Mother's Day over and Father's Day around the comer, the Family Christian Development Center (FCDC) looks forward to celebrating National Family Month. In October of 1998, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution recognizing the weeks between Mother's Day and Father's Day as National Family Month. Since then,.FCDC has encouraged and promote strong relationships within the family during these four weeks. According to FCDC directot Joan Andrews, healthy families are the key to a healthy community. "More stability in students lives, better grades, things like that are all part of the vision we have of improving the family in our community," Andrews said.

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School graduate. "North Wood High School is a perfect fit for me and my family from an athletic, academic and community standpoint," Wolfe said. "My initial goal this summer is to develop relationships with my players and promote individual player improvement, while getting to know the younger players in the program through basketball camps." As a three-sport star (basketball, baseball, and cross country) at Monmouth High School in Illinois, Wolfe is well aware of the kind of athletes North Wood sports teams field on a regular basis. "The main thing that impressed me about North Wood teams is that they always play hard and play fair," Wolfe said. "It seemed

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PHOTO PROVIDED Friends and co-workers remember Stanley Huffer cruising the Apple Festival or the 4-H fairgrounds on his three-wheeler.

The Apple Festival committee is in search of willing and able individual to fill some of the positions that Huffer left behind. "We lost a very valuable man," Gerber said. "We're going to need more people to come out to do what he did." According to Gerber and Andrews, while Huffer jokingly called himself "the chief flunky," he did not mind being the one to do the odd jobs. In fact, they say, he enjoyed it. "What would appear to the

Andrews also believes that a family-orient-ed community will see more economic growth. "More businesses are going to want to draw from the pool of stability in a community that's more family-oriented," she said. Andrews provides a few tips for enjoying time with family, including scheduling some meaningful time together, taking a walk, making a cake or cookies, leaving a note in a lunch bag, meeting eyes when speaking, saying "please," "thank you," "I'm sorry" and "I trust you," keeping confidence, going to a ball game, laughing out loud, throwing a party, acknowledging feelings, making a bird house, sharing memories, listening to music, attending church functions and other activities. In conjunction with Mike Aemmer of Aim Straight Marriage and Family, Andrews hopes to continue introducing marriage-and-family-oriented activities into the community.

to me that they always tried to do what their coaches were asking and did it while giving 100 percent effort at all times." Wolfe and his wife have three small children, Whitney 6; Aiden Jesse, 4 and Ethan, 2, who showed their spirit at a high school basketball playerparent introductory meeting by showing up with Panther logos painted on their faces. Wolfe will be jumping into the Panther basketball program with both feet, as high school players will compete in at least one league and a couple of tournaments, as well as a team camp in June, while elementary and middle school boys will have an opportunity to interact with the new coach during Panther Basketball Camps, also in June.

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rest of us as work was really a hobby with Stan," Andrews said. "That was his retirement. That was his time to sit in a rocking chair and relax. But not Stan." More than his services, however, friends, family and fellow committee members will miss Huffer himself. "Not only did we loose a fellow worker, we lost a friend and a family member," Gerber said. "We lost a very valuable man. We're going to need more peopel to come just to do what he did.

Brochures for the camps are available at all Wa-Nee elementary schools, as well as the middle school, and camp schedules are as follows (grade levels are for the 200607 school year): Third and fourth graders: June 18 through 22, 1 to 5 p.m., North Wood High School Fifth, sixth and seventh graders: June 11-14, noon to 2:30 p.m., North Wood Middle School Eighth graders (incoming freshman): June 18 through 22, 10 a.m. to noon, North Wood High School For anyone not able to pick up a brochure, or if questions arise about any of the camps, interested persons may contact Coach Wolfe at 265-5270.