Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 133, Number 40, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 7 October 2010 — Page 2

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Advance News • Thursday, October 7,2010

Nov. 13, 1995 Sept. 30, 2010 FORT WAYNE Caleb R. Nolt, 14, passed away Thursday, Sept 30,2010 in Fort Wayne. Bom Nov. 13,1995 in Ft Wayne, Caleb was a freshman at North Side High School. He enjoyed spending time with his girlfriend Lexy and attending church with her. Caleb loved to work with his hands and building things, but did not always put his tools away. He liked to take long walks in the snow to New Haven, watching movies, listening to loud music and the occasional joy ride in his mom's van around the block. He and his twin brother enjoyed talking late into the evenings, while baking chocolate chip cookies and and just hanging out. Surviving are his parents, George Jr. and Denise Nolt; twin brother, Joshua L. Nolt; sister, Anna R. Nolt; brothers, Reed Nolt all of Fort Wayne, and Christopher (Ronae) Cleland of Winona Lake; grandparents, Dave (Donna) Soliday of Nappanee; great-grandmother, La Verne Shaffer of Shellsburg, Pa.; and many aunts and uncles. Caleb was preceded in death by his grandparents, George Sr. and Barbara Nolt. Services were at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5 at Grace Point Church of the Nazarene, 8611 Mayhew Road, Rev. Charles Sunberg officiating, with calling one hour prior. Visitation was Monday from 12 to 4 and 6 to 9 pm. at D.O. McComb and Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Avenue. Burial took place in Highland Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the family. To sign the online guest book, go to www.mccombandsons.com.

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Nappanee Kiwanis Club recently installed new officers for the 2010-11 term. They include, front row, from left, Bonnie Hochstetler, secretary; Ed Read, president; Jim Smith, Kiwanis Land of Lakes. Lt. Governor who conducted the installation, and Donna Persing, treasurer. Back row, from left, are Pat Miller, Beverly Fates, Sharon Moore and Bon Borger, all board members, and Charlie Zercher, immediate past president of the club. Kiwanis meeting are open to the public and are at noon each Tuesday at Dal-Mar Banquet Hall, 159 E. Lincoln St. ■g | 1 .. 1 ■ ■ —l —| | | ■ ■ BIRTHS Schwartz Leon and Sharon (Miller) Schwartz, Nappanee, announce the birth of a son bom at 4:21 a.m. Monday, Sept. 27,2010 at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Andrew Jon Schwartz weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces, and was 21 inches long. He was welcomed home by sisters Maribeth, 11; Kara, 9; Regina, 7; and Kaylene, 5. Hurst Joshua David Hurst and Amanda Joy (Clemmer) Hurst, Nappanee, announce the birth of a son bom Oct. 1, 2010 at Goshen Birth Center. Jack Mason Hurst weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces, and was 19.5 inches long. Yoder-Stutzman Inc. Plumbing - Heating - Air Conditioning "Building Lasting Solutions"

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Barbara L. Helmuth Sept 27, 2010 NAPPANEE Barbara L Helmuth, 90, of Nappanee, died at 12:10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 27,2010 at her residence, after a long illness. She is survived by sons: Joseph (Lydian) Helmuth of Goshen, Elmer (Angela) Helmuth of Goshen, Milo (Amanda) Helmuth of Topeka, Owen (Irene) Helmuth of Shipeshewana, Levi (Anna Lou) Helmuth of Nappanee, Daniel (Mary) Helmuth of Nappanee, Raymond (Elva) Helmuth of Bremen, and Delbert (Leora) Helmuth of Nappanee; daughters, Alma (David) Whetstone of Nappanee and Emma (Melvin) Kuhns of Nappanee; 54 grandchildren; 107 great-grandchildren; a brother, Joe Stutzman of Nappanee; sisters: Lizzie Troyer of Manton, Mich., Lydia Hochsteder of Nappanee, Mary Yoder of Nappanee, Annie Stutzman of California, Fannie (Eldon) Yoder of Salem, Mo., and Sylyia Kohler, Nappanee; and sis-ter-in-law, Alverda Stutzman of Nappanee. Visitation took place after 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28 and all day Wednesday at die family residence. Funeral services took place at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 30 at the family residence. Burial followed at Burkholder Cemetery, Nappanee. Thompson-Lengacher 4c Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, assisted the family with arrangements. Kameron Ann Jonas Sept 28, 2010 NAPPANEE Kameron Ann Jonas was stillborn

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Internet, no small task. Krull said the library has enrolled in the American Association for State and Local History standards and excellence program as part of its mission to reach the top level in preservation. It is a tool which can also be used to attain grants for use in the preservation program locally. "I'm so excited," Krull said of the opportunity to honor Culp, "a woman who had the wherewithal to understand the importance of preservation." Members of the Thursday Club, a woman's literary and social group that is observing its 110th year of continuous meeting, participated in the evening's remembrance, too. The Thursday Club, in 1916, had the idea of including a historical room in Nappanee's future library to be built. Evelyn Culp, a 1928 Nappanee High School graduate and 1932 Manchester College graduate who earned her bachelor's degree in history, went on to achieve a master's degree in library science from the University of Michigan in 1934. She joined the Thursday Club in 1941 and gave her first book review, a prelude of what was to

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come from the remarkable woman. She was 47 and the mother of four when she became director of the Nappanee Public Library in 1957. She served in that capacity for 20 years, then another 11 years as a trustee. She began asking for historical items of local interest to display in the library and, by 1971, the historical collection was displayed for the first time in the library's Historical Room. Just three years later, Culp established the Heritage Center as Nappanee celebrated its centennial year.

Tuesday, Sept. 28,2010 at Bremen Community Hospital. She is survived by her mother, Crystal Ford; brothers, Tyler Jonas and David Ford m of Nappanee; a sister, Katelyn Russell of Nappanee; and grandparents, Frank and Roxanne Paymaster; Nappanee. Funeral services took place at 4 pm. Friday, Oct 1 at Grace Point Presbyterian Church. Thompson-Legacher 4c Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, assisted the family with arrangements. Ethel Morine Trusty Sept. 27, 2010 NAPPANEE Ethel Morine Trusty, 73, of Nappanee, died at 5:33 a.m. Sept. 27, 2010 at Hospice House in Sou* Bend, after a long illness. She is survived by her children: Donnie Trusty of South Bend, Deborah Bradbury of Manchester, Tenn., Charlene (Dino) Fraschetti of LaPaz, and Danny Trusty of Jonesville, Mich.; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; a stepgrandson; brothers: Melvin, Lester, Cedi, Delbert and Noah Rudd; sisters: Christine, Suedale, Ruth Ann, Abigail, Gay, Pansy and Geraldine; and many brother and sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews. Visitation took place from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30 at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee. Funeral services took place at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1 at the funeral home. Burial followed at South Union Cemetery. Condolences may be made to the family via the funeral home's website at www.tlyfh.com.

The Heritage Center was renamed in her honor in 1989 and, in 2007, the collection moved to Nappanee Center. Culp had a natural flair for drama and was well known not only for her book reviews, but most especially for her historical programs in which she, almost literally, became the historical figure about whom she would impart information to her audiences. The "black velvet dress," now a legend and undoubtedly Culp's signature piece of stage dressing, was donated by her husband, Fred Culp, along with the gown, ostrich feather fan and beaded jacket to the Heritage Center in 2004. And, although it was most certainly Evelyn Culp's night, Fred was not to be forgotten. A Nappanee firefighter for many years, he was lauded by his son, Steve Culp, as the man who made

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Evelyn's vision take shape, the only one who could have "instituted" all of her plans and ideas. Mayor Thompson, too, reminded the guests of Fred Culp's many years as a Nappanee firefighter and business man. Family members told heart-warming stories of Evelyn Culp, too, noting with love that her personal eccentricities were not so surprising in a woman "so brilliant." Thompson, in issuing his proclamation, said it wouldn't be necessary to repeat the process next year because Sept. 30 would be "Evelyn Culp Day for the ages from now on on this day for as long as we are all alive." Daughter Jeanie Culp Dudley also expressed gratitude from the Culp family, and added, "I'm hoping she's giving all those book reviews up in heaven now."