The Mail-Journal, Volume 19, Number 13, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 April 1982 — Page 3

Obituaries

Fredric Kuhn - <l, - 4 g RWVw rwnmr AadCerpewtar Fredric R. Kuhn, 70, r 7 Warsaw, father of Deck W Kuhn. Milford, died at 1:53 a m Sunday, April 11, in his home following a lengthy ilfness He in North Webster on October 20, 1911, to Emil J « and Elva (Stocker) Kuhn. On August 20, 1949. he married Maxine Gillespie in Silver Lake She survives. Kuhn was a member of the United Methodist Church, Leesburg, and a retired farmer and carpenter He had been a board member of the Soil and Water Conservation District for 15 years and was on the board of directors of Cardinal Center Additional- survivors include four other sons, Bruce F. Greeley, Colo , Paul J . Kim R and Chad J , all of Warsaw; two daughters, Mrs Ralph < Deanna) Myers. Warsaw, Mrs Keith (Pamela) Harrison. In dianapolis; his mother, Mrs Allen (Elva) Gordy. Kissimmee. Fla . eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild Funeral services were con ducted Tuesday. April 13, at 130 p.m in the Chamness Funeral Home, Warsaw Rev R6ss J Richey and Rev Lester Young officiated Burial was in Lakeview cemetery. Silver Lake Memorials may be made to Home Health Care of Kosciusko County Alex Ratliff Retired Minister Alex E Ratliff. 84. Claypool, brother of Ervin Ratliff. Leesburg, died at 855 am Sunday, April 11, in Millers Merry Manor. Warsaw He was born on March 11. 1897. in Paintsville. Ky . to George and Rachel Armes- Ratliff In 1919 he married Creassie Spencer in Bonanza. Ky She preceded him m death on April 10. 1935 On August 19. 1936. he marned Liiha Mae i.Manni Spradlin in Bonanza. Ky She died on May 5, 1980 Ratliff was a retired minister and employee of the Arnolt Corp where he had been employed 15 years He had lived in Claypool since 1940. coming from Prestonsburg. Ky" He was a member of the Pentecostal Church of God. Silver Lake and attended the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Claypool In addition to his brother survivors include two daughters. Mrs Sam Ruby< Meade. Claypool. Mrs Haskle Bessie Jackson. Warsaw, two sons. Everett. Columbus. Ohio and Ora. Salem. Ore . two stepdaughters. Mrs Ernest Man Leedy. Etna Green and Mrs Milo iKathryn) Griffith. Warsaw; 15 grandchildren five stepgrand children. 29 great grandchildren nine stepgreat

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grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; one other brother. George Ratliff. Painstville, Ky.; and three sisters, Mrs. Harry (Alkie) Bayes. Ohio. Mrs. German (Dora) May, Etna Green. Mrs. Bill (Dosha) Blair. Paintsville, Ky. Funeral services will be held in the Full Gospel Tabernacle. Claypool, today (Wednesday) at 1 30 p.m Rev Ralph Dotson and Rev Albert Whitaker will officiate and burial will be in the Packerton Free Will Baptist cemetery. Barbara E. Smolinski Sister Os Syracuse Woman Barbara E. Smolinski. 48. Albion, sister of Donnabelle Darr. Syracuse, died at 10:48 p.m. Monday, April 12. in McCray Hospital. Kendallville, after being ill for seven days. - She was bom February 24. 1934, to Donald and Blanche (Ross) Hart Both parents preceded her in death She was a lifelong resident of Noble County and was employed at Monsanto Company. Ligonier Survivors uficlude three sons. Steve and James, both seniors at Central Noble High School, and Darold. all three of Albion; one other sister. Betty Stocker. Saint Petersburg. Fla Friends may call after 2 p m Wednesday. April 14. at Brazzell Funeral Home, Albion, where services will be held at 1:30 p m Thursday Rev Kenneth Fouike of Ashbury United Methodist Church. Albion, will officiate and burial will follow in Washington Union cemetery north of Pierceton Delsie L. Burkey Rural Syracuse Resident Mrs George (Delsie L.) Burkey. 81, CR 121 Syracuse, died at 6 a m Friday, April 9. at Medco Center. Elkhart She had been admitted there in September 1981 after being ill the past year She was bom on December 20. 1900, m Marshall County near Bourbon In 1919 she marned George B Burkey, who died July 3 1968 She was a former employee of Penn Controls and a member of the New Pans Church of the Brethren Survivors include one son. Edgar E . Elkhart, one grandchild. and a brother. Carl Thomas. Nappanee Two brothers and three sisters preceded her in death Funeral services were conducted Monday. April 12. at 2 pm m the Reith-Rohrer-Ehret Funeral Home. Goshen Rev Robert E Cassell, pastor ofGrace Lutheran Church. Elkhart, i officiated and burial was in Union i Center cemetery . Nappanee

Memorials may be made to the charity of the doner's choice. Richard H. Rookstool M-Ymr-OM Syracuse Resident Richard H. Rookstool, 63. 713 South Fourth St., Syracuse, was pronounced dead at 7:45 p.m Thursday. April 8, by the Syracuse Emergency Medical Service technicians who had been called to the Elmer Larkin residence. Wawasee Heights, where Rookstool had been visiting. He was bom in Elkhart Countyon July 14. 1918. and resided in the Syracuse-Goshen area all his life. His parents, John W and Freda (Suita) Rookstool, both survive and reside in Elkhart On October 29. 1941. he married Belva Roach, who also survives Rookstool was a truck driver for Trailer Express, a veteran of World War 11. a member of the Millersburg American Legion and a member of the DAV at Goshen Surviving in addition to his parents and his wife are three sisters. Mrs Robert ( Carol) Kimbel and Mrs .Angela Stoll, both of Elkhart; and Christine Frazer. Mishawaka • Funeral services were conducted Monday. April 12. in the Harris Funeral Home. SR 13S Syracuse, at 10.30 a m Rev Donald Sheline officiated and burial was in the Solomons Creek cemetery with militarygraveside rites being conducted Angeia T. Hay Spent Summers At Tippecanoe Lake Funeral services for Mrs Angela T Hay. 84. Lake Worth. Fla , a summer visitor at Tippecanoe Lake and member of the Tippecanoe Country Club, was held Tuesday. April 13. at 10 am in the Plymouth United Church of Christ. Goshen Mrs Hay died at 7:03 a m Friday. April 9. in the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital. Palm Beach County, Fla She was bom in on May 22. 1897. to Walter and Madge (Fleming) Tyler On June 22.1921. she married Dr. Edward L Hay. in Chicago. 11l He survives. Mrs Hay is a former resident of Goshen, spending her summers at Tippecanoe Lake and wintering in Florida until 24 years ago when she moved to Florida permanently. She was a former teacher at Goshen High School, in the Warsaw Community School system and the Council Bluffs lowa School system and had served on the Goshen School Board She was a member of the First Congregational Church, Lake Worth. Fla , a past member and president of the Women's Club. Goshen, served with the Goshen Hospital Auxiliary; past member of the Bav View Club. Goshen, and Psi lota Xi Sorority In addition to her husband, other survivors include two sons. Richard L. Hay, Berkeley, Calif. and Dr Robert E Hay. Nampa. Idaho; and five grandchildren Dr Paul F Koepke officiated at the funeral services Bunal was in Violett cemetery Donald Straw Retired C.O. Railroad Worker Donald (Pete> Straw. 74. 426 Liberty St . Culver, a former Syracuse resident and father of Mrs Joyce Smith. Syracuse, died at 10 a m Thursday. April 8, m his home He had been in failing health for two years He was bom on September 19.

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1907, to Herbert and Annie (Lebo) Straw, in Winamac. On December 18, 1925, he married the former Grace Kistler in Winamac. She survives. In 1971 he retired from the C. O. Railroad after 47 years. Straw was a member of the Eagles Lodge, Culver and a member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance Way Employees. In addition to his wife and daughter, other survivors include two other daughters, Mrs. Carol Minarik, Culver and Mrs. Sandra Herner, Greenwood; eight grandchildren; three brothers. Russell, Lake Cicott west' of Logansport. Richard, Winamac and William. Niles, Mich. Funeral services were held Sunday, April 11. at 1 p.m in the Frain Mortuary. Winamac. Rev. John Sargent officiated and burial was in McKinley Memorial Gardens. Winamac.

Hospital notes

KCH MONDAY, APRILS Dismissal Curtis E Ohl wine, North Webster TUESDAY, APRILS Admissions Rusty A. Cooper. Leesburg Kari L Anderson. Leesburg Dismissal Gumesinda M Garza. Milford WEDNESDAY. APRIL 7 Admissions Harry L Watson, North Clyde M. Foltz. Milford Lucy J Pontius. Syracuse Bernedean I. Kelly. Syracuse Dismissal Tonya K Underhill. Leesburg THURSDAY. APRIL 8 Admissions Mary J. Lehman. Milford John R Oyler. Leesburg Dismissals Geneva Belcher. Leesburg Kari L. Anderson. Leesburg FRIDAY. APRIL 9 Admissions Teresa S. Richcreek. North Webster Baby boy. infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Randall Richcreek, North Webster SAIT RDAY, APRIL 10 Dismissals Rusty A Cooper, Leesburg Clyde M Foltz. Milford John R Oyler. Leesburg SUNDAY. APRIL 11 Admission Susan E Guard. Leesburg Dismissal Lucy J Pontius. Syracuse Goshen TUESDAY. APRILS Dismissals Betty Davidson, r 5 box 426 Syracuse Dianne E Grothaus. r 1 box 13A Syracuse WEDNESDAY. APRIL7 Dismissal John R Miller, r 3 box 567 Syracuse THURSDAY. APRIL 8 Admission Bernard Jones, r 1 box 271 Syracuse Dismissal Josephine Stewart, r 1 Syracuse FRIDAY. APRIL 9 Admissions Nina Allie, r 1 box 2-C Syracuse Cindy M. Vonßlon. r 4 box 48 Syracuse Bernard Cannon. P O. Box 455 Milford

Edward R. Green Past District Governor vt Lioni imwnwiwnoi Edward R. Green, 69, r 1 box 252 Warsaw, (Sechrist Lake) died Friday, April 9, at 1 p.m. in Goshen Hospital. He was born on February 15, 1913, in Van Buren, to Newell and Lola Belle (Bird) Green. Green, a retired barber at Marion and Van Buren, had lived at Sechrist Lake for one year, coming from Marion He was employed at Allmetal Mfg„ Co., Ligonier and president of G and G Decking and Culvert Co., Inc., Green was a member of the North Webster United Methodist Church. Knights of Pithias at Van Buren, Elks Lodge at Marion, Past District Governor of Lions International District 25D, Past President South Marion Businessmen's

Dismissals Mrs Douglas Marchand and infant son. 72833 CR 29 Syracuse Juanita Miller, r 5 box 78 Syracuse Mrs. Stephen Russell and infant daughter, r 2 box 504 Syracuse SATURDAY. APRIL 10 Admission Larry Martindale. 501 S. Main St., Syracuse Dismissals Deborah Mangas, r 3 box 585 Syracuse Cindy Vonßlon. r 4 box 48 Syracuse SUNDAY. APRIL 11 Admissions Owen D. .Avery, r 5 box 132 Syracuse Burl A. Warren, r 1 box 147-C Milford MONDAY. APRIL 12 Admission Harry J. Schultz. Milford Dismissal Jean W. Rogers, 3 Rose Lane. Syracuse OUTOFIC Steve Schermerhorn, 68272 CR 23 New Paris, is out of the intensive care unit at South Bend Memorial Hospital. He is in room 728 and can receive visitors and phone calls. The private room telephone number is 284-7677. Schermerhorn underwent open heart surgery last Tuesday. GEORGIA BUSTER HOME FROM HOSPITAL Georgia Buster Greenhaus Apartments, has recently returned home from Memorial Hospital. South Bend, where she underwent tests for a heart condition. She is to have no phone calls Friends are invited to visit, her fora short time JEAN ROGERS AT HOME AFTER SURGERY Jean Rogers, well known coowner of the Stout Boutique in Syracuse, returned to her home Monday, April 12, following surgery at Goshen Hospital. She is reportedly doing fine. INJURES BACK Larry Martindale. Syracuse, suffered an accute back sprain Saturday. April 10. at 11 a m while cutting wood at his father-in-law, Thurlow Mock's. Syracuse According to Mrs Martindale he was out in the woods and sprained his back when he reached up to use the saw on a branch. He was taken to Goshen Hospital where he was put in traction It is expected he will be home by the end of the week Births MICKEM, Justin Harold Mr. and Mrs Harold Mickem, r 1 North Webster, are the parents of a son. Justin Harold, bom Thursday, April 1, in Goshen Hospital at 2:45 p.m. He weighed five pounds. 12 ounces and measured 19 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs Robert Meadows. North Webster and paternal grand- . THANKSTO ' . EVERYONE I We wont to taka thi» opport-1 I unity to thank avaryona who 'donated itami and halped in any I I way at th* Milford community 'garage and bake sola lost weak 11 .end. . . Thank you too to our customers. I And special thanks to our fam-, , iliac for their help and support. JEMTRSSH MARCTHAAB

Club, Grant County Commissioner from 1969-1977, past president of the Association of County Commissioners Van Buren Board of Trustees and a member of International Barbers Union. Survivors include his wife, Martha A. Green; one daughter. Mrs. Robert (Sara) O’Neil, Anaheim, Calif.; two sons, Larry, Van Buren and Richard, Syracuse; two stepdaughters. Rebecca Pease, Goshen and Mrs. Tony (Michelle) Shear. Syracuse; one stepson. David Breeden. Corpus Christi. Texas.; nine grandchildren; and three brothers, Paul Green, Indianapolis. M. David Green, Coatesville, and Merritt M. Green, Aurora, Colo. Funeral services were conducted at 10 a m. Tuesday, April 13. in Raven's Shawley Chapel, Marion. Rev. O. Rex Lindemood. pastor of the North Webster

parents are Mr and Mrs Albertus Mickem. Cromwell. Maternal great-grandparents are Mrs. Rena Meadows. Fort Wayne and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Beyers. Wisconsin. Paternal greatgrandmother is Mrs Evelyn Williamson. Goshen M ARCHAND. Thomas Roscoe Mr. and Mrs Douglas Marchand. 72833 CR 29 Lot 27 Syracuse, are the parents of a son. Thomas Roscoe, born Tuesday. April 6. at 11:19 p.m. in Goshen Hospital. He weighed six pounds. 94 ounces and measured 20 inches long He has two sisters. Shannon Marie, six and Danielle. 14 months old: and one brother. Douglas Allen. Jr., three Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs William Chalk. New Paris and paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. George Marchand. Syracuse Maternal greatgrandparents are Mr. and Mrs Chad Heeter. South Bend and paternal great-grandmother is Mrs. Lcvila Marchand, r 4 Syracuse. $ CORY. Benjamin Robert Mr. and Mrs. Neal Cory of r 1 Milford were given a very special 42nd anniversary present last Wednesday. April 7. when they received news they were grandparents of a baby boy. Benjamin Robert Cory, born that day to their son and daughter-m-law. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis N. Cory of Sierichstrasse 56. 2000 Hamburg 60. West Germany. Benjamin tipped the scales weighing six pounds, eight ounces at birth Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs James Shade of West Milton. Ohio. The $ paternal greatgrandmother is Reta Miller of r 1 Milford and Catherine Brumbaugh of Greenville. Ohio, is the maternal great-grandmother RICHCREEK. Adam John Mr and Mrs. Randall Richcreek, North Webster, are the parents of a son. Adam John, born Friday. April 9. at 6:38 p.m. at Kosciusko Community Hospital Adam tipped the scales at nine pounds, 144 ounces and measured 21 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs Charles Parker, North Webster. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Larry Richcreek. Leesburg Mr. and Mrs. John Boyer. Warsaw and Mr and Mrs. Ed Blosser. Mentone, are maternal great-grandparents Maternal great-grandmothers are Mary Dowdy, Birdstown. Tenn., and Delphia Blosser. Warsaw. Paternal great-grandmother is Mrs Viola Richcreek, Pierceton. Mrs Ethel Scott. North Webster, is paternal great-great grandmother. Adam is the couple's first child. I Federal All-Risk ! f Crop Insurance. ; Tima is running out! * Ap«3o,im is the deadline for | Insuring Com And Soybeans i f A« now to assure yourself | I complete crop protection 'WjttdV'; I I : ' ! j Federal Crop Insurance J ; PAT SPfKHER AGENCY •w. Hmm 451-4205 j He* Phom 458 9231 i Milford, IN

United Methodist church and Rev. Phil Stephens officiated. Burial was in Marion. Local arrangements were handled by Harris Funeral Home, Syracuse. Embury "Pete" Hiburt Owner And Operator Os Johnson's Hotel Embury Greenwood (“Pete”) Hiburt. 81, 101 Grand Plaza Dr., Orange City, Fla., former owner and operator of Johnson's Hotel, Lake Wawasee. died on Monday morning. March 29. in West Volusia Memorial Hospital, DeLand, Fla. Hiburt was born in Anderson and had lived at Lake Wawasee until he sold the hotel, which was located where Bay Shore Con-

HELFIhcH. Adam Patrick Mr. and Mrs. Fred Helfrich, 1444 Meadow Lane, Warsaw, are the parents of a son. Adam Patrick, bom Tuesday, April 6, at 8:27 a.m in Kosciusko Community Hospital. He weighed nine pounds. 94 ounces and measured 22 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs. J T. Easter, Leesburg and paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Helfrich. Warsaw. Maternal greatgrandmothers are Mrs. Charles Easter. Peru and Mrs. Henry Powell. Tarzana, Calif. Milford EMS Milford Emergency Medical Service transported two people to hospitals this past week. A 42-year-dld man with head injuries was transported to Goshen Hospital on Friday. April 9. He was involved in a traffic accident. On Friday, April 10, the ambulance transported a 87-year-old man from Miller's Merry Manor to Goshen Hospital with possible heart problems. Syracuse EMS - The Syracuse Emergency Medical Service responded to the following calls this past week: On April 7 at 9:05 a m. they were called to the stoplight area, uptown Syracuse. Nancy Hirsch, r 1 Syracuse, had fallen on the ice. She refused treatment and drove herself home according to the Syracuse EMS personnel. At 11:54 am. on Thursday, April 8. the Syracuse EMS was called to r 1. Lot 37. Enchanted Hills, Cromwell, the home of Wilma Singleton, age 68. The patient was ill and the EMS

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dominiums now stand on the East Shore of Lake Wawasee. From Syracuse he moved to Eustis, Fla., where he resided for approximately 54 years and then moved to Fort Lauderdale and Orange City. He was a marine veteran of World War I; a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Deßarg, Fla.; Purdue University graduate; 32nd Degree Mason; a member of the Masonic Lodge. Cromwell; Scottish Rites, Fort Wayne; Mizpah Shrine Temple, Fort Wayne. Survivors include his wife, Helen; four daughters. Mary McCrary, Spain, Francis Gallienne, DeLand, Sally Gray, Ashville, N.C., and Ann Kroh, • Indianapolis; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 31, at Lankford Funeral Home, DeLand.

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