The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 11, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 April 1977 — Page 4

THE MAID-JOURNAL —Wed., April 6,1977

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Obituaries

Russel L. Ritter Funeral services are to be held today (Wednesday»for Russel L. Ritter. 52. r 2 Syracuse, who died Monday afternoon. April 4, at Saint Joseph s Hospital in South Bend of complications resulting from an illness of several weeks Ritter, who was born August 20.1924. in Syracuse, was the son of Allen and Dorothy (Searfoss) Ritter On January 25. 1947. he married the former Maxine Spry. He lived in the Syracuse area his entire life Last employed by the Ira C. Mast & Son Construction Company of Elkhart, he served in the navy during World War II and was a member of the Nappanee VFW Survivors include his wife and mother, both of Syracuse; two daughters. Mrs Donna Conder. Syracuse and Mrs. Kathy Vandiepenbos. Syracuse; two sons. Russel A Ritter of Gosben and Glen L Ritter. Syracuse; seven grandchildren; two step grandchildren; one brother. Fred Ritter of Goshen; and one sister. Mrs. Louise Huber of Syracuse . Services will be conducted at the Harris Funeral Home at 11 am Rev Chester Reed will officiate with burial following at the Syracuse cemetery A military graveside service will be conducted by the Nappanee VFW Pallbearers for the services will be Delbert Miller, Mike Testo, Wilbur Niles. Kenneth Johnson, Eudell (Pee Wee' Sellers and Eldon Mast Mrs. Orba Peffly Funeral services were held in the Zion Missionary Church at Elkhart at 10 a m Tuesday for Mrs Orba Came Belle* Peffly. 84. 123 West Hively Ave . Elkhart Mrs Peffly, mother of Mrs Virgil (Nancy) Zimmerman of Milford, died at 7 30 a m Sunday m the Elkhart Hospital where she was admitted earlier in the day A native of Millersburg she was born March 28. 1893. to Peter and Matilda Thomlinson > Gross She married Arthur Peffly on April 22. 1911 He died March 28. 1976 The deceased had lived in Elkhart for the past 60 years She was a member of the Zion Church Surviving with the Milford daughter are a Lewis of Elkhart, eight grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren Rev Ronald D Phipps and Rev Mark Burgess officiated at the service Bunal was in the Brow n Cemetery at Millersburg. Pallbearers for the service were Wayne and Don Speicher, Clarence and Bill Hartman. Vem Sailor and Richard Schaffer Harold 0. Renner Harold O Renner. 51, brother of Gerald Renner. Syracuse, and former resident of 600 Marton Street. Ligonier, died Sunday. April 3. in Goshen Hospital He had been ill with cancer for 10 num ths ' Renner was born June 29. 1925. in Ligonier where he had been a

You Are Invited To Worship At The Milford Christian Church ' The resurrection ol Jesus Chnst ■* 'be central miracle of the Bible All other events and m.roiJes re.oUe around ’h>s grea’es’ of oil victories With Out 'h e Insurrection Christ wOu l d not ho»e been divine the prophe'S of Old A would have al! been l>ors and Paul says expressly Our faith would be m ,o •■ As we o •. 'l or’e "on io t»se'esur'ec'<on this Eas»er we echo the | WO ,ts t.'v -o »■ <0- itso 'Hs be ’0 Ood Who 9 .es us >be . < lory through our lord Jesus Christ Yes the victory ha* been given to us . . How much do we appreciate it? Bob Greenwood Wo invito you to worship God and His Son Jesus Christ the risen living . lord this week with us at the Milford Christian Church • j I Buses running every Sunday in MiWard Dewart lake Syracuse Nappanee and North Webster areas , < Bible school hour 910 am Morning worship service — 10 30 a m. j ffi S Primary begmner junior and high school and college age worship services €? at 10 300 m fm v Sundoy evening services ot 7p m £■ ' |*f Family mght Bible study Wednesday ot 7p m jjp SB < MILFORD CHRISTIAN CHURCH 658-9151 SB 5/ H you ore looking tor o CHURCH HOM£ Come'We can help you f ts you ore looking lor CHURCH WORK Come' You con help us

resident all his life. He married Lois Schlemmer March 21, 1948. He was a veteran of World War II and member of the Ligonier American Legion. He also was the owner-operator of Renner Sanitation Service, Ligonier. Surviving are his wife; one son, Todd. Ligonier; one daughter. Mrs. Jody Yeager; two grandchildren; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nollan Renner. Ligonier; three other brothers. Robert Renner. Hartford City, Bill Renner. Fort Wayne and Richard Renner, Atlanta. Ga ; and two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Stutzman, Bronson. Mich, and Mrs. Frances Stutzman, Cassopolis. Mich Services will be held Friday in the Ligonier United Methodist Church at 6 p.m. with Rev William Luttrull officiating. The body will be donated to the Indiana University Medical Center. Indianapolis. Memorials may be given to Goshen Hospital or Noble County EMS. Helen E. Willard Helen E Willard. 67, 213 South Harrison Street. Syracuse, died imexpectedly last Wednesday. March 30. in a Saint Petersburg. Fla., hospital while she and her husband. Clark Willard were touring Florida. Death was caused by an apparent heart attack Mrs. Willard, bom April 5.

Hospital notes

KCH MONDAY. MARCH 28 Admission Alfredo Garza. Milford TUESDAY. MARCH 29 Admissions Susan Estes. North Webster Fae Hollar. Leesburg Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Estes, North Webster Dismissal Alfredo Garza, Milford U EDNESDAY. M ARCH 36 Admission Holly Lander. Syracuse THURSDAY. MARCH 31 Dismissals Ruby Elson. Syracuse Bonnie Himes. Leesburg SATURDAY. APRILS Admissions Sharon Martin. North Webster Infant son of Mr and Mrs. David W Martin. North Webster Dismissals Barbara Abrell, Leesburg Susan Estes and infant daughter. North Webster Goshen MARCH 29 Admission Carl P Ryan, r 1 Leesburg Dismissals Wanda" A'ancy Stoner, r 4 Syracuse Mrs Ronald Ganger and infant daughter 18379 CR, Milford Mrs Kip Tom and infant son. r 2 Leesburg WEDNESDAY. MARCH 36 \dmission Dean Lewallen. 17272 CR 50 Syracuse Dismissals Mrs Alan Zerkel and infant daughter. 200 East Carroll St.. Syracuse Alex L. Lozano, r I Milford James Carroll Vest, r 1 North Webster

1909. was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leander Graber, North Webster. She married Clark Willard in 1930 and was a retired employee of Penn Controls. Goshen. She was also a member of Calvary United Methodist Church. Syracuse. Survivors include her husband; one son. Earl Mock. Fort Wayne; one stepson. Kenneth Willard, Syracuse; four grandchildren; four great grandchildren, and one sister. Mrs. Lois Conkling. North Webster. Calling was at the Harris Funeral Home Friday, April 1. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at the funeral home with Rev Ross Cook officiating. Interment was at the Syracuse cemetery Raymond J. Denzel Raymond J. Denzel. 78, r 3 Syracuse, died Thursday, March 31. at Goshen of a heart ailment of which' Re had been failing for one year Denzel was bom in Fort Wayne August 1. 1898 to John and Jennie (Kleinrickert > Denzel. In 1926. he married the former Mildred Blood, who survives He lived most of his life in the Papakeechie Lake area. He was a retired buyer for Silvermhn White Co., Fort Warne, where he worked 44 years. He was also a

J B Hoy. Norths Webster THURSDAY, MARCH 31 Dismissals Emma Marie Campbell, r 3 Syracuse Mrs Lamar W. Halsey and infant son. 701 East Pittsburgh St.. Syracuse Shane Ralph Krull, r 1 Milford EUeanor .yae LeCount, r 1 Cromwell FRIDAY. APRIL 1 Dismissals Mrs James Heierman and infant son. Church St., Leesburg Pamela Polk, r 2 Leesburg SATURDAY. APRIL 2 Dismissals Dean Vivian Lewallen. 17272 CR 50 Syracuse Josiah L Kline. North Webster SUNDAY. APRIL 3 Admission Elliott Anderson Hudson. Jr., r 1 Leesburg MONDAY. APRIL 4 Admissions Aline S. Hoerr, r 1 Milford Ethel Groat, Syracuse Charles Wagner, 118 West Brooklyn St., Syracuse Vemette Lyndall. r 1 North Webster Dismissals Emma W. Omspacher. r 4 Syracuse Evelyn Watson. Cromwell Mrs. Richard Vester and infant daughter, r 1 North Webster Murphy TUESDAY. M ARCH *9 Admission Lisa C. Morehead, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Morehead of Leesburg SUNDAY. APRIL 3 Emergency Room Roberta E Rater. Milford KIM COY HAS SURGERY IN FORT WAYNE HOSPITAL Kim Coy. of Mr and

member of Saint Martin de Porres Church and Knights of Columbus. Surviving besides his widow are one daughter, Mrs. Mary Lou Fries, Columbia City; one grandaughter; two sisters, Mrs. Clara Lichtfinn. Fort Wayne and Mrs. Dorothy Dunn, Orlando. Fla. One son. Richard, preceded him in death. Services were held Saturday. April 2, at Saint Martin de Porres Church with Rev. Kenneth Sarrazine officiating. Burial followed in Syracuse cemetery. Shelia Kristy Gay Shelia Kristy Gay, four-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gay. 412 South Harrison Street. Syracuse, died Tuesday. March 29. in the Goshen Hospital after being rushed there by Syracuse EMS late that night. Death was due to apparent suffocation. Shelia had been under a doctor’s care for several days for bronchitis. She was taken to the Syracuse fire department after her breathing stopped. Mouth to mouth resuscitation was applied and she was taken to the hospital. Shelia was bom at the hospital December 7. 1976. Survivors include he*' parents, her maternal grandpas ents and great-grandparents. Mr. and Mrs Juan Carvajal. Milford and

Mrs. Lloyd Coy of Waubee Lake, underwent minor surgery in Parkview Hospital at Fort Wayne last week. She was released on Friday Births POLK, Jennifer Ranee Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Polk of r 2 Leesburg are the parents of a daughter. Jennifer Ranee, born at 8.11 a m. on March 30 in the Goshen Hospital. She measured 184 inches long and weighed in at six pounds, 12 ounces. Jennifer Ranee has a brother. Jeff, three. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs Ben Kaiser of r 1 Milford. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Larry Polk of Leesburg Mrs. Marie Kaiser of Nappanee and Mr. and Mrs. Ora Miller of Middlebury are maternal great-grandparents Mr and Mrs. Eugene Polk of Warsaw and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Tinkey of Burket are paternal great-grandparents. VESTER. Valarie Ann Mr and Mrs Richard <Deea> Vester, r 1 North Webster, are the parents of a daughter, Valarie Ann. bom at 2:44 a m Saturday. April 2, at Goshen Hospital. The girl weighed seven pounds, two ounces. She has one brother. Richard Lee and one sister. Mary Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs. Robert J. Carr. Delton. Mich Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Vester. Muncie. She also has another grandmother. Mrs. Samuel Lloyd, in Louis. COY. McKenzie Beth Mr. and Mrs. Reg Coy of r 1 Pierceton are the parents of a daughter bom March 15 in the Goshen Hospital. Mr. Coy is a former Milford resident Grandparents of the infant, who has been named McKenzie Beth, are Mr and Mrs Glen Neer of r 2 Pierceton and Mr and Mrs Harry Marrs of Pierceton HEIER.MAN. Jeremiah James Mr and Mrs. James Heierman of Church Street. Leesburg, became the parents of their first child, a son. Jeremiah James, born at 4:46 am on March 30 in the Goshen Hospital. The baby weighed in at seven pounds. 14*« ounces and measured 2O l ? inches long Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Herschel Wehrely

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Mr. and Mrs. Jacinto Jauregui. Corpus Christi, Texas; her paternal grandparents and greatgrandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Steele. Syracuse, Mrs. Lucille Barrows. Edwardsburg. Mich., and Arthur Gay. Elkhart; and several aunts and uncles. Services were held at 10:30 am. last Friday. April 1, at Saint Martin de Porres Catholic Church. Syracuse Rev. Kenneth Sarrazine officiated with burial following in the Syracuse cemetery. Mrs. Everett Perrin Funeral services were held Monday for Mrs. Everett (Marjorie Eloise Perrin, 53. r 1 Millersburg, the mother of Dennis Perrin and Mrs. Carl (Connie) Wheeler of Syracuse and a sister of Keith Miller, also of Syracuse Death came on Thursday at her home following an illness of three years with emphysema A native of the Goshen area, she was born on June 28. 1923. and resided all of her lifetime in the area. Her marriage to Everett Perrin took place on July 10. 1940. and he survives. Mrs. Perrin was a former employee at Penn Controls in Goshen. Also surviving are her mother, Mrs. William (Fem) Miller of

of Warsaw. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. James Heierman of Leesburg. Paternal great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs Al Heierman of Leesburg. ■f ■ Cards of thanks CARD OF THANKS I would like to thank Dr. Craig and the nurses. Syracuse Chapter OES and the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, and the Bethany Home Makers Club, and all my friends and neighbors for their prayers and cards, while I was in the hospital. Harry W. Gingerich Milford EMS A Milford man was transported to KCH for tests on March 30 by the Milford EMS. Also on March 30 a man complaining of shortness of breath, chest and back pains, was taken to the Goshen Hospital emergency room A patient of the Orn Nursing Home was transported to the Goshen Hospital and admitted on April 4. Syracuse EMS Syracuse EMS was dispatched to the home of Judy Soden, 58 East Shore Drive, r 4 box 58 Syracuse. Wednesday, March 30. at 11:47 a m. when Soden fell from a step ladder onto a cement

Court news

Fined Keith W. Stevens, 17. Syracuse. $45 for speeding Patricia Clouse, 32, Milford. 535 for speeding Larry E Manns. 17, Milford, $35 for unsafe start J. R. Kuhn, North Webster. $35 for illegal possession Sue A. Medlen. 19. Syracuse, $45 for speeding Kenneth G. Pischke. 41. Syracuse. $45 for expired registration plate Ramon D. Naj&r, 33. Leesburg. $35 for expired license plate Patricia K. Rankin. 26. Syracuse, $35 for no vehicle inspection Complaint AAA Acceptance Corporation vs Robert Valentine doing

Middlebury; three other sons. Sergeant Everett Perrin of Fort Lewis, Wash., Richard Perrin, Shipshewana and James Perrin, at home; three other daughters, Mrs. Wayne (Betty) Mast and Mrs. Sharon Kauffman, both of Goshen, and Mrs. Manly (Kathy) Rohn. Elkhart, eight grandchildren; two sisters. Mrs. Mary Swinehart of Goshen and Mrs. Clifford (Betty) Gabbard, Tucson, Ariz.; and four other brothers. Harold Miller of Goshen, Ronald of Covina, Calif.. Robert of New Paris, and Larry. Middlebury. A son, a daughter and a brother preceded her in death. Interment was in Oak Ridge cemetery. Paul J. Grimme Retired Kosciusko County Probation Officer Paul J. Grimme. 65. uncle to James LaGarde. Syracuse, and former resident of Yellow Creek Lake, r 1 Claypool, died Friday. April 1, in Murphy Medical Center fallowing an illness of three months. Grimme served as probation officer in Kosciusko County for seven years before retiring last December. Before that, he was a deputy and sheriff of Tipton County from 1949 to 1959 and was

floor in her garage. She experienced pain in the left hip down to just above the knee. A possible dislocated or fractured hip was the thought of ambulance personnel. She was taken to the hospital at 12:21 p.m. Syracuse ambulance was dispatched to Turtle Bay Trailer Park No. 49, Monday, April 4, at 3:38 p.m. when Ethel Groat. 11 weeks, had difficulty in breathing. The child had stopped breathing momentarily. She was taken to Goshen Hospital at 4:13 p.m. Another Syracuse ambulance was sent out later Monday evening when Pennie Young, 23, Wawasee Hotel. Room 2. experienced pain and burning in her eyes. She had got a chemical in her eyes at work that morning. She was taken to Goshen Hospital at 6:35 p.m. Syracuse EMS was dispatched to the home of Florence Mabie, 68. r 2 Syracuse. April 3 at 5:26 a m. after she became ill. Mrs. Maßie was taken to Goshen Hospital at 6:25 a m. WebsterEMS North Webster EMS was called to the residence of Marie Campbell. Road 450 West of Shoe Lake, Tuesday morning, April 5, at 11:38 a.m. Mrs. Campbell suffered a puncture wound. She was taken to a Warsaw hospital.

businss as Valentine Construction, r 2 box 100 Syracuse. Plaintiff asks judgment of $1418.88 balance due on account, $333.92 interest, costs and all other proper relief Petition Gerald and Kathleen Geiger vs Town of Syracuse. Petitioners ask vacation of Boston St., Syracuse Note AVCO Financial Services vs Alouise Hepler, r 2 box 143 Milford. Plaintiff asks judgment of $2,709.56 due on note, interest, costs, reasonable attorney fees, and all other proper relief Small Claims Augsburgers. Inc. vs K. S. Bean. 306 Benton St., Syracuse. Plaintiff asks judgment of SBS. costs and all other proper relief

employed as a parole officer for the Indiana Department of Corrections in the northern half of Indiana from 1959 to 1970. Grimme was born on November 14, 1911, in Indianapolis to Frank and Lillian (Dietz) Grimme. He married Beatrice LaGarde in Russiaville in 1933. She survives. A lay leader of the Silver Lake Center United Methodist Church, Grimme was also a member of the National Council of Crime and Delinquency and the Indiana Correctional Association He was a 32d degree Mason, a member of the Kosciusko County Shrine Club and the Mizpah Shrine. Fort Wayne. Additional survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Brenda Patterson. Speedway and Mrs. Sandra Axline, Saint Louis, Mo.; four brothers. Leonard Grimme. Washington. DC, Verl Grimme, Tipton. Malcolm Grimme. Brownsburg and Beryl Grimme. Kokomo; two sisters. Mrs. BettyGraves, Noblesville and Mrs. Joyce Carter, Indianapolis; four grandchildren; and a niece. Mrs. Shelia Burner, Warsaw. Calling was at the Strong Funeral Home. Silver Lake. Sunday. April 3. Funeral services were held Monday, April 3. in the Center United Methodist Church. Silver Lake, with Rev Ray Armstrong officiating. A special memorial service was held in the LeahermanMorris Funeral Home. Tipton. on Tuesday. April 5. Burial followed in the Fairview cemetery. Tipton.

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Ivy Tech reports high enrollment SOUTH BEND - The highest enrollment in its history is reported by Indiana Vocational Technical College (Ivy Tech), South Bend. Spring quarter registration totals 1,404 full-time and part-time students, an increase of 31 per cent over last quarter’s 1,068. Full-time enrollment increased only five per cent, from 629 in the winter quarter to 660 fn the spring quarter. But the number of parttime students increased from 439 to 744: an increase of 69 per cent. Regional Vice PresidentDean Walter N. Moore. Jr., attributes the enrollment jump to “an indication that the job market demands more specific training and people are looking for opportunities to improve thejr skills.” Moore notes that good weather may have influenced the enrollment, and that “Ivy Tech’s growth often corresponds to the trends in unemployment.’’ Present unemployment in the area is 6.3 per cent compared with 4.6 per cent during the period preceding Ivy Tech's winter quarter registration. In all five, instructional divisions of the college, enrollment has increased — both over last quarter and over that of a year ago. Part-time enrollment is 76 per cent higher than a year ago, from 422 students to 744. Total current enrollment is 25 per cent over that of spring quarter, 1976. MONTREAL FALLS Americans under Gen. Montgomery captured Montreal on Nov. 13, 1775.