The Mail-Journal, Volume 11, Number 29, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 August 1974 — Page 5

OBITUARIES

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unexpected and came around 2:15 Thursday afternoon while playing a round of golf at Maxwelton Golf club. He was a former owner of Nicolai Machine Shop on South Main street for a number of years, and was last associated as co-owner of Nicolai Enterprises. Nicolai was born in Elkhart county on January 30,1912, a son of Artie and Mary (Ringwald) Nicolai. He was united in marriage to the former Mildred Miller at Albion on June 17. 1933. and she survives. He was a member of CalvaryUnited Methodist church, the Syracuse Masonic lodge, Scottish Rite. Valley of Fort Wayne. Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary club and a former member of the town board of Syracuse. In addition to the widow, he is survived by one son. major Larry Nicolai, of Fort Sheridan. Ill.; and two grandchildren. One daughter preceded him in death. Masonic services were held Saturday evening and interment was in Solomon’s Creek cemetery. Ralph L. Ryan Funeral services were held last Saturday for Ralph L. Ryan. 66. South Bend. He was the brother of Carl and George Ryan of Leesburg Born in Portland on June 5. 1908, he was the son of Grant and Martha Ryan. He was a die caster and had lived in Goshen and White Pigeon for 20 years before moving to South Bend five years ago He was a member of the Saint Mark’s Methodist church and the Elk lodge at Elkhart. He married Mabel Marty on July 21. 1928 Surviving with the widow and Leesburg brothers are two sons, two daughters and a sister. Lewis Richcreek Services were held Saturday for Lewis J. Richcreek. 58. of North Webster and brother of Mrs. James (Martha) Hapner of Syracuse. Death was due to a heart attack suffered at his home at 2:30 a m. on Thursday. Mr. Richcreek was bom April 4,1916 in Elkhart county, a son of

John Lewis and Idalia i Miller) Richcreek. He was married to the former Viola Scott on April 4. 1936. and she survives. A resident of Kosciusko county most of his life, he owned and operated the North Webster Motel Mr. Richcreek was employed for the last 16 years with The Weatherhead Company at Syracuse. Along with the widow and Syracuse sister, he is survived by two daughters. Mrs. Charles (Jerilyn) Hunter and Mrs. Junior (Eileen) Keppen, both of North Webster; three sons. Larry. Curtis and Max. all of North Webster; 11 grandchildren; and three brothers. Roy and Edward, both of Goshen, and Leander. North Webster. Interment was in North Webster cemetery. Mock addition Burley D. Carmin Graveside services were held at Springfield. Ohio. Tuesday for Burley D. Carmin, 87. North Webster. Death came early Saturday at W’hitley County hospital. Columbia City, where he had been admitted following a fall in his home on Friday. He had been in failing health for several years. Mr. Carmin was bom in Gastar an November 14. 1886 and had lived at North Webster since 1952. He was married October 14. 1973 to the former Wahneta Steed, and she survives He is also survived by two sons, LaVon of North Webster and Bernard. Marion, one daughter, Velma Carmin of Marion; two grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren. # Byron Markham Byron P. (Banjo) Markham, 100, 112 Canal street. Goshen, father of Mrs. Floyd (Martha) Manges. Dewart Lake, passed away Friday at the Goshen hospital where he was admitted on Saturday, Aug. 3. Death was due to complications after an illness of several months Mr. Markham was born on June 9, 1874 at North Hampton. Ohio. He was the son of Phylander and Lettie (Stout) Markham. He was united in marriage to Anna Seeley on March 1. 1899 and she preceded him in death on April 23 of this year Mr. Markham was a farmer and worked for the Chase Bag company and Standard Plating Works before retiring at age 65. He was also a pitcher and catcher for the Chase Bag softball team for a number of years. Survivors include four other daughters, Mrs Elmer (Lettie) Cripe, Mission, Tex., Mrs. Raymond (Eva) Rassi. Mrs. Gladys Gonderman, Mrs. Charolette LeCount. all of Goshen. 23 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by eight children.

Services were held at 1 p.m. Monday with Rev. Thomas Lee officiating. Interment was in the Elkhart Prairie cemetery. Mrs. Donald Harley Services were held today (Wednesday) for Mrs. Doris Harley. 50. r 3 Syracuse. Death came Sunday afternoon at Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne where she was admitted on August 7 for treatment of a suspected brain tumor. A resident of Syracuse for the past four years, she was bom at Fort Wayne on January 22. 1924. a daughter of John and Eva Sanford. She had resided at Goshen for a period of time prior to moving to Syracuse Mrs. Harley wax a member of Brenneman Memorial Missionary church at Goshen and interment was in Violett cemetery She is survived by the husband; three daughters. Mrs Douglas (Gloria) Dixon of Newark. Calif., Mrs. Carl (Juanita) Phenis and Mrs. Richard (Carolyn) Nettrouer, both of Goshen; one son. Allen F. Franklin. Goshen. 16 grandchildren; three brothers; and seven sisters. Mrs. Fred Read Services were held today (Wednesday) for Mrs. Dessel M. Read, 82. of 618 South Harrison street. Syracuse. Death came at 9:30 a.m. Monday in Goshen hospital and was due to conplications following an extended illness. Mrs. Read was born at Bremen on April 16, 1892 to George and Iva (Rowe) Penrod and had lived at Syracuse since 1955, moving from Auburn. Her marriage to Fred W. Read took place at Bremen in 1910 and he preceded her in death in 1958. She was a housewife and seamstress. Mrs. Read was a member of the First Church of God at Auburn, the Royal Neighbors of Auburn, the North American Benefit association and the American War Mothers. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Robert (June) Penick, Syracuse, and Miss Thelma Read. Berne, two sons, Cecil H., Butler, and Larry of Pierceton; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one brother, Melvin Read of Marianville, Mo., and a sister, Beulah Kleitz. LaSalle. Mich. One son preceded her in death. Interment was at Woodlawn cemetery. Auburn. George Ari Hartman Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in the First Baptist church at Oswego for George Ari Hartman, BG, of r 1 North Webster. Death came at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the veterans hospital at Fort Wayne following a sixweek illness, and was due to complications. < Mr. Hartman was bom on January 1, 1888 at Leesburg, a son of Benjamin and Elmira (Thompson) Hartman. A handyman, he had resided in the North Webster-Oswego community all of his life. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the First Baptist church. Oswego. Several nieces and nephews survive. Friends may jjbll from 2-4 and 7-9 Thursday at the Harris-Troxel funeral home. North Webster Rev. Raymond Finkbiner will officiate Friday and interment will be in Oswego cemetery. Births WALDROP, Heather Rene* Mr. and Mrs. Dave Waldrop of Goshen became the parents of their first child, a daughter. Heather Rene’ on Tuesday, Aug 6. Arriving at 11:59 p.m. Heather weighed eight pounds. 4>>4 ounces. Mrs. Waldrop is the former Chris Caywood of Syracuse. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs. Roy Caywood, Jr., of r 3 Syracuse and paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs Garfield Waldrop of Goshen. Great-grandparents include Mr. and Mrs. Roy Caywood, Sr., of r 1 Syracuse and Mrs. Vista Kennedy of Tennessee. Heather also has a great-great grand mother. Mrs. Nellie Jones of Miller s Merry Manor. Warsaw

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BONTRAGER son Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bontrager of Milford are the parents of a son bom over the week end at the Parkview hospital in Plymouth. REBER. Charles Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Rick Reber, r 1 Leesburg, are the parents of a son. Charles Marshall, born Monday. Aug. 12. at the Goshen Hospital. Charles Marshall was bom at 1:23 a.m. and he tipped the scales at six pounds, seven ounces and measured 19 1 4 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Dester Bell of North Webster and paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pressler of Lake Tippecanoe. Maternal great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Orville Melching of Florida and maternal great-great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Albert Melching of Fort Wayne. WILLI AMS infant . Mr. and Mrs. Harold Williams of r 2 Syracuse are the parents of a daughter bom on Wednesday. Aug. 7. at Goshen hospital. Hospital Notes Murphy Medical Center SUNDAY. AUG. 4 Emergency Room James Stidams, North Webster Mrs. William James. North Webster Rex Rowlin. Leesburg Simon Dungan, Leesburg MONDAY. AUG. 5 Emergency Room Steve Pence. Leesburg i Laura A. Tucker, Milford TUESDAY. AUG. 6 . .Admissions Ronnie A. Park. Leesburg . Mrs. Albert Blankenship, Leesburg WEDNESDAY. AUG. 7 Admissions Mrs. Elender McGinnie, North Webster Mrs. Alma Bugler. Leesburg Dismissals Ronnie Park. Leesburg Maridn Kelly, Syracuse THURSDAY, AUG. 8 Emergency Room Mrs. Doris Evey, Syracuse FRIDAY. AUG. 9 Emergency Room Tina Merriman. North Webster Douglas Towell, Leesburg Oscar Dahl. Syracuse SATURDAY. AUG. 10 Emergency Room Les F. Donahue, Jr.. Leesburg Goshen Hospital WEDNESDAY. AUG. 7 Dismissals Doris Combs. 101 Dolan Dr., Syracuse Mrs. Douglas Ringler and son, r 2 Syracuse Forest Stingel, r 2 Syracuse Mrs. Donald Hatlery, r 3 Syracuse THURSDAY. AUG. 8 Dismissals Mrs. Jesse Hernandez, Milford Frederick Butt, r 2 Syracuse James Martin, r 2 Syracuse Mrs Thomas Perzanowski and daughter, r 2 Syracuse Mrs. Robert Shock, r 3 Syracuse FRIDAY. AUG. 9 Dismissals Mrs. Paul Fish and daughter, r 1 Milford Mrs. Charles Stiver, r 3 Syracuse SATURDAY. AUG. 10 Admissions Ida C. Deardorff, 401 South Main St., Syracuse SUNDAY, AUG. 11 Admissions John C. Martin, r 2 Milford Marjorie Long. Syracuse Daisy E. Heyde. r 4 Syracuse James Vest, r 1 North Webster MONDAY, AUG. 12 .Admissions Theresa Thompson. 3134 South

Harrison St., Syracuse Mary Jane Byrd. 613 South Main St.. Syracuse OTHER HOSPITAL NEWS Rebecca Stouder of Syracuse was dismissed from the Whitley County hospital at Columbia City late last week. Louis Gee. r 1 Warsaw, recently underwent surgery at the Bluffton Clinic. He will be confined to the hospital for the next few weeks. Court News KOSCIUSKO COUNTY MARRIAGE LICENSES The following couples have applied fa* marriage licenses at the office of county clerk Bessie I. Himes William Dean Kiser, 20, r 3 Syracuse, laborer and Mitzi Jo Watson. 16. r 1 Leesburg, student Joe Allen Baumgartner. 21, 719 South 4th street. Syracuse, student and Brenda Beth Hurd. 22. box 55 Milford, teacher John Batiste Manzini, 30, 624 Front street, Syracuse, railroad and Patricia Lynn Myers, 26. 624 Front street, Syracuse, factory Ronnie Sylvester Zentz, 33, r 3 Nappanee, mason and Sarah Diane Stump Zentz, 23, box 682 Syracuse, housewife Fined The following persons were assessed fines and costs when appearing before jp Milo Case recently: Robert Kuhn, 61. North Webster, public intoxication charge taken under advisement without day Dennis Tillotson, 25, r 2 Milford, $49 for fleeing officer; S3O for public intoxication Dennis Vandiver, North Webster, assault and battery charge taken under advisement, SSOO bond James Mayer, 20, r 2 Leesburg. S3O for driving on left side of road Billie Harrington, 24, r 1 Syracuse, S4O for public intoxication The following person was assessed fines and costs when they appeared before city judge Robert Burner recently: Barbara Murphy, 36, r 2 Leesburg, $35 for failure to yield ELKHART COUNTY Fined The following person has been assessed fines and costs while appearing before JP Melvin E. Troyer: Ronald J. Church, 19. r 1 Syracuse. $32 fa 1 failure to yield the right of way The following person has been assessed fines ano costs while appearing before city judge James A. Simpson: Augustina M Zambrano. 27, Milford, $lO for an expired registration plate Cards of Thanks CARD OF THANKS We would like to thank all our friends and neighbors for the flowers and kindnesses extended to us after the loss of our loved one. A special thanks to the doctors, Goshen hospital and Harris funeral home. The Family Os Emerson Coy CARD OF THANKS I would like to thank Ezra Beer and Sons for purchasing my 4-H pig at the fair. Max Sumpter CARD OF THANKS The family of Lewis Richcreek would like to express their deep

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10TH ANNIVERSARY — The Millersburg high school class of 1964 held their 10th anniversary reunion July 28. at ti e Dallas Lake cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Y’oder, parents of Mrs. Brenda Hochstetler. Shown above in the front row. Diane Fisher. Goshen; Frances Allspaw. Sydney. Ohio; Wanda Huffman, New Paris; Brenda Hochstetler, Goshen; and Vickie Pressler, LaFayette. Back row, Eleanor Fisher. Battle Ground; Devon Y’oder. Goshen: Stan Y’oder, Goshen. Tom Stiver. Syracuse; and Barbara Crossgrove. West Unity, Ohio. • The class has made tentative plans to in 1979 for their 15th anniversary. \

gratitude and appreciation for all the cards, visits, prayers, food, and unlimited help that was so generously given by so many wonderful relatives, neighbors, and friends at the passing of our loved husband and father. May God richly bless each of you for being so kind and considerate. Mrs. Lewis Richcreek

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Accident victim thankful

Dear Editor: I would appreciate it if you would publish this letter in your next edition. It concerns the matter of the accident that occurred on Simday, July 21. On that Sunday afternoon two boats were involved in an accident, as a result I was rendered unconscious. I don’t recall anything that occurred after the accident; but « while I was in the hospital I reflected back on the matter. I really could not believe it happened. one always hears of accidents like this occurring, but you never think it will happen to you. Believe me it happened, and iL» will probably occur again, since Wawasee is heavily populated by boats. I am sure everyone has been warned about the situation some time or another, and this is as far as I will continue on the subject; however ; I would just like to urge all of the readers that it won’t hurt anyone, in fact it might save your life if you drive with a little more caution than you are use to. There is one more matter that I would like to express. It is probably the main reason for writing this letter. I was informed a few days after the accident that I would not have

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