The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 6, Milford, Kosciusko County, 22 February 1984 — Page 3

Obituaries

Stephen Riffe II Madison School Student Stephen B. Riffe 11, 11, 1407 Rivercrest Dr., Warsaw, accidentally hung himself Monday, Feb. 20, at his residence. Bom in Warsaw on March 27, 1972, he was the son of Stephen B. and Sue (Bibler) Riffe, I. A sixth grader at Madison School, he was a membet of the First Christian Church, Warsaw, the Warsaw Astrological Society, YMCA swim team, Warsaw Area Wheelers, Racquet Club, played intramural basketball, summer soccer and Little League baseball. Surviving are: his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kruger; his father, Stephen B. Riffe, I, Barbee Lake; one sister, Mandy Riffe, at home; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Konkle, Mr., and Mrs. Carl Bibler, Mrs. Mary Riffe, all of Warsaw, and Mr. and Mrs. Alton Kruger, North Webster. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) in the Titus Funeral Home. Warsaw. Interment will be in the Oakwood cemetery. Calling hours in the funeral home will be from 2-5:30 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22 Hazel Goshorn Church Member Mrs. Hazel F. Goshorn, 94, formerly of Morehouse Ave., Elkhart, died at Miller’s Merry manor, Warsaw, at 12:15 a m. Saturday, Feb. 11. She had resided there for three years. The daughter of Samuel and Louisa Thomas, she was born in Leesburg on July 21, 1889 In Leesburg, on Dec. 14, 1911, she

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was married to Donald D. Goshorn. he died in 1975. A member of the Simpson United Methodist Church, Elkhart, she was also a 50-year member of the Order of the Easter Star, Starlight Chapter, Elkhart. Her survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Follins, Royal Oak, Mich., and Mrs. Janice Salmander, Elkhart; one son, Wayne D. Goshorn, Elkhart; and one grandchild. Three sisters and one brother preceded her in death. Services were held Tuesday in the Hartzler-Gutermuth Funeral Home, Elkhart, with interment in the Leesburg cemetery. Mary Blood Former Syracuse Resident Mrs. Mary F. Blood. 80, Foun-, tainview Place, Goshen, formerly of Syracuse, died in Goshen General Hospital at 9:04 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17. The daughter of Bert W. and Eunice Brainard, she was born Aug. 28, 1903, in Goshen. In March, 1947, she was married to Everett L. Blood, who preceded her in death in 1972. A member of the All Saints Episcopal Church. Lake Wawasee, she had been a teacher for 31 years and had spent most of her life in Elkhart and Kosciusko Counties. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Purdue Alumni Association and the Indiana Retired Teachers Association. Two nephews survive. She was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. Graveside services were held Tuesday "in the Oak Ridge cemetery. Goshen.

Verna fusing I al* n MdinnMMAA LIiCTInIC NVppNRwW Resident Services for Mrs. Verna Tusing, 78, 506 South Madison St., Nappanee, were held Saturday in Thompson & Yoder Funeral Home, with interment in the Violett cemetery, Goshen. Mrs. Tusing died in Elkhart General Hospital at 2:53 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 16. The daughter of Elmer and Mary (Moore) Warren, she was born Aug. 15,1905, near Peru. On Dec. 32, 1922, she married Chester G. Tusing. A lifetime Nappanee area resident, she had retired in 1968 as a seamstress at Blue Bell. She was a member of the American ILegion and Veterans of Foreign i Wars auxiliaries, War Mothers 'Club and the 8 et 40, all of Nappanee. Surviving are: one son, Arden Tusing, Warsaw; three daughters, Mrs. Helen Dodge, Elkhart, Mrs. Dorothy Amsden, Burnet, Texas, and Mrs. Joyce Fuller, Nappanee; 16 grandchildren; 34 greatgrandchildren; one great-great-grandson; and one sister. Leath Wright, Warsaw. N. Pearl Pritchard Retired Machinist N. Pearl Pritchard, 89, 2321 East Market St., Warsaw died in the Prairie View Rest Home at 1:05 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16. He had been ill for one year. Born in Whitley Coulnty Aug. 10,1894, he was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Kathryn (Essig) Pritchard. In Pierceton Jan. 1, 1924, he married Mildred Stahl. She survives. A retired machinist at Dalton

Machine Shop, he attended the Wooster Community Brethren Church, was a World War I veteran and a member of the Warsaw American Legion. Additonal survivors are: three duaghters, Rezelma Golding and Mrs. Idlee Armey, both of Warsaw and Mrs. Curtis (Judy) Brinkley, Lehigh Acres, Fla.; one son, Jake Pritchard, r 3 Syracuse; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services were conducted Sunday in McHatton-Sadler Funeral Home, Warsaw, with interment in the Hillcrest cemetery, Pierceton. Lawrence Friend Noble County Native Lawrence A. Friend, 81, Columbia City, died unexpectedly in . his home at 1:10 p.m. Monday. had been in ill for several years.

Hospital notes

KCH MONDAY, FEB. 13 Admissions Walter K. Makemson, Leesburg Reece E. Henry, North Webster TUESDAY, FEB. 14 Admission Fred E. Hummitch, Leesburg Dismissals Mrs. Larry Buckholz and infant daughter, Milford WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15 Dismissals Diana J. Crace, Leesburg Robert L. Kelly, Syracuse Reece E. Henry, North Webster THURSDAY, FEB. 16 I Admission Steven B. Mullet, Leesburg Dismissal Fred E. Hummitch, Leesburg FRIDAY, FEB. 17 Admissions « Heidi R. Beer, Milford John R. Replogle, Milford Amos A. Poe, Leesburg Harry W. Gillis, Syracuse SATURDAY, FEB. 18 Admission Raymond D. Vandine, Leesburg Dismissals Lyn A. Anglin, Leesburg Steven B. Mullet, Leesburg Heidi R. Beer, Milford SUNDAY, FEB. 19 Dismissals Ivory Williams, Leesburg John R. Replogle, Milford Goshen TUESDAY, FEB. 14 Admissions Tami Feaster, r 1 box 289 Syracuse Donald Lovellette, 717 N. Huntington, Syracuse Dismissal Gregory Calhoun, r 5 box 317-1A Syracuse WEDNESDAY. FEB. 15 Admissions Pauline Hostetler, r 5 box 117 Syracuse Harry Juday, r 3 box 598 Syracuse Henry Kilmer, r 4 box 376 Syracuse Bernell Fisher, r 1 box 615 North Webster Dismissals Mary F. Blood, Greenhaus Apt. 8, Syracuse Mrs. Edward Vanlaningham and infant son, r 2 box 176 Milford THURSDAY. FEB. 16 Dismissals Tami R. Feaster, r 1 box 289 Syracuse Howard S. Bemish, r 2 box 70A North Webster Mrs. Donald Evilsizor and infant daughter, r 1 box 289 Syracuse I FRIDAY, FEB. 17 Admissions Merrell F. Bachtel, r 3 box 574 Syracuse Deanna G. Collins, r 1 box 3098 North Webster Dismissals Mrs. David Stouder and infant son, r 5 box 470 Syracuse Deanna G. Collins, r 1 box 3098 North Webster SATURDAY, FEB. 18 Arimieeinw Mari Mikoch, 72833 CR 29 Syracuse Dismissal Grace Ganger, 706 E. Pittsburgh, Syracuse SUNDAY.FEB.It Admissions Sharon J. Joyce, r 5 box 355 Syracuse

A native of Noble County, he was born Dec. 7,1902, the son of Joseph J. and Rosetta (Chappel) Friend. In Warsaw on April 17, 1926, he married Mary J. Mohn, who survives. Friend retired in 1959 from the LML in Columbia City. Additional survivors are: three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Ramel, Fort Wayne, Mrs. Alice Roberson, Columbia City, Mrs. Ruth Herman, Sturgis, Mich.; seven grandchildren; seven greatgrandchildren; three brothers, John and Joseph Friend, both of Fort Wayne, and Lester Friend, North Webster; and two sisters, Mrs. Freeman (Myrtle) Cramer, Jackson, Mich., and Mrs. Mary Krieder, Columbia City. Services were held today (Wednesday) in the Hollingsworth Memorial Chapel, Columbia City, with interment in the Compton cemetery.

Kevin Manning, P.O. Box 272 Syracuse Thomas Allen Sterling 11, r 3 box 620 Syracuse Dismissals Judy A. Kahle, r 2 box 541 Syracuse Ruth L. Hamman, P.O. Box 262 North Webster MONDAY, FEB. 20 Admissions Elva Bitner, 308 Dolan, Syracuse Virginia Chokey, 325 Medusa, Syracuse Dismissals Mrs. Samuel Miller and infant daughter, r 2 box 134 Milford

3 appointed to serve on Home Health Care Board

Dr. Jeanne Grossnickle, Dr. Barbara Woodring and Ned Titus Recently were appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of Home Health Care Service of Kosciusko County, Inc. Their diverse professional expertise and active involvement in community and service organizations provides the agency direction frojn a J broader range of indi vidua Is within the community the agency serves. Dr. Grossnickel is employed as a radiologist at Goshen Hospital; Dr. Woodring is the chairwoman of the Department of Nursing at Grace College; and Titus owns and operates Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw. These three join a board of 15 others from various occupations and cities throughout Kosciusko County. Concurrently, Toni Morehead was elected as vice president and Mary Reece was re-elected as secretary of the board of direc-4-H registration begins March 1 The word “4-H” brings to mind farm kids raising animals to show at county and state fairs; but that picture leaves out much more than it includes, especially urban youngsters with small gardens, arts and crafts, handbuilt furniture and other projects. Area students can begin registering for 4-H programs on March 1 by contacting local representatives or the county extension office. In addition to the kids that raise prize beef cattle, hogs, chickens, sheep and bees, 4-H involves hundreds of kids who are tracing a family tree, repairing a lawn mower, buying and preparing meats, gardening at home, preserving foods they raise, building a campfire and many other projects. The 4-H’ers are involved in nearly 100 different kinds of projects which reflect the four H’s: the head for clear thinking; the heart for greater loyalty; the hands for service; and health for better living for club members, the community, the nation and the world. This year, 4-H celebrates its 75th anniversary with the yearlong theme, “4-H: Building on Experience.”

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Margaret Ruff Homemaker Mrs. Harold (Margaret F.) Ruff, 79, US 6W Nappanee, died at her home at 3:36 p.m. Thursday Feb. 16. Mrs. Ruff was a member of the Nappanee Church of the Brethren and a homemaker. She was born April 28, 1904, in Kosciusko Couty, to Richard and Mary Alice (Jackson) Losee. She was united in marriage May 5, 1923, in Nappanee, to Harold D. Ruff. He survives. Also surviving are: three sons, Robert, Nappanee, Terry, Bremen, and Devon, Goshen; six grandchildren; four greatgrandchildren; a sister. Miss Nellie Losee, Halfway, Mo., and two brothers, Andrew Losee, Nappanee, and James Losee, Syracuse. A son, 10 brothers and five sisters preceded her in death.

Merrell F. Bachtel, r 3 box 574 Syracuse Thelma I. Beamer, r 1 box 6 North Webster Birth MILLER daughter Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. (Mary) Miller, r 2 box 134 Milford, are the parents of a daughter born Saturday, Feb. 18, in Goshen Hospital. HELMUTH son Mr. and Mrs. Stephen (Ruth) Helmuth, r 2 box 113 Milford, are the parents of a son born Monday. Feb. 21, in Goshen Hospital.

tors. Other officers include Ralph Thornburg, president; and Henry Schmidlin, treasurer. Home Health Care Services is a private, not-for profit organization that provides part-time, intermittent care to the disabled and aged in their own homes. Services include registered nursing, homemaker/home health aides, speech pathology, physical therapy and medical social services. Home Health Care Services of WHO KNOWS? 1. In the old Roman calendar, November was which month of the year? 2. Name the U.S. presidents that celebrate birthday anniversaries in November. 3. Name the flower and the stone representing November. 4. What is an armada? 5. Define the word “pusillanimity.” 6. What is the motto of the Marine Corp? 7. What is the nickname for New Jersey? 8. What is the 4 earth’s speed as it journeys around the sun? 9. When was the Marine Corps established? Aaowon To Who Knows SUI ‘Ol wquMAOtf 6 ■puooas zad sdrui jpq-suo pue uaaiqSia jnoqy -g WS uapzxg aqj. 'L ( injqiißj sXbm -IV) sippij Jadoias 9 •pa -yvaq-jupj ‘aoipxßMOj g *saaß|dJßM zo sdiqsjVM jo jaay V k •zudoL si auojs aqj iuinuiaqj -uvsKjqo si JdMOfj aqj. 'f *BuipJßH pipuieg uajjßM ‘PPIP’9 uisjqy saiusf ‘aojaij uippnuj ‘jojXrj, Anqovz ‘qio«i xoux sauixf £ I

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Services Sunday at Mishler Funeral Home, Bremen, with burial in the Union Center Cemetery, Nappanee. Memorials may be directed to the heart fund. Max Patterson Owner Os Lincolndale Drive-In Max L. Patterson, 60,221 North Columbia St., Warsaw, owner of the Lincolndale Drive-In and a retired NIPSCO employee, died in St. Joseph Hospital, Fort Wayne, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18. Born in Warsaw on Sept. 3, 1923, to Earl and Gretta (Ringer) Patterson, he was a lifetime Warsaw resident. One June 5,1948, he married Barbara Downing. She survives. Other survivors are: his father, of Pinellas Park, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs. Clyde (Susan)

Syracuse EMS Syracuse Emergency Medical Service was called to the playground area of Syracuse Elementary School after Jason Patton, eight, r 3 Syracuse, fell from the monkey bars. The EMS advised teachers and his parents to keep checking on him. The mishap occurred at 12:22 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Harry Juday, 90, r 3 box 59A

Kosciusko County, Ind., is also the parent organization of Hospice and Well Child Health Services. Hospice is a program uniquely formulated to meet the special needs of the terminally ill and their families. The Well Child Health Clinic provides free preventative health care to children of limited income families. BOOKED Patricia Ann Williams, 45, r 4 Syracuse, was booked at the Kosciusko County Jail on charge of public intoxication. Gasoline stolen Mark Briggs, Syracuse, reported to Goshen Police the theft of $lO of gasoline from a Mobil Red-D-Mart. The theft was reported at 7:10 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19. Police officials are investigating the incident. Teenoger treated at KCH Beth A. Carey, 16, r 2 North Webster, suffered minor bleeding to her face following a one-vehi-cle accident Saturday, Feb. 18, at 12:09 a m. She was treated and released from Kosciusko Community Hospital. Kosciusko County Sheriffs Officer Dave Curtis reported Miss Carey’s auto struck an embankment. The accident occurred on CR 450 N, east of Robert Lewis Drive, one-half mile south of Oswego. Damage was estimated up to $5,000 to the auto.

A ® HARRIS * A. IM f FUNERAL * home ■ asM 457-3144 Or 534-2521 Cborfia Harris SR 13 &CR 1000 N. Syracuse (fay fgsfhad k •• Topic: CHILDREN 8 DEATH - Lotting Children Porticipoto In Funorol | Arrangements — Pt. 3 Another way inwhich you moy wish to release some of the tension surrounding death is by visiting the grove site on holidays and other special occasions. Your children may wish to participate In planting Howers, flags, or other symbols of your continued love for the docoosod. - Thought: Sing owoy sorrow, cost owoy card. AMguel do Cervantes

Martin, Epherata, Pa.; three sons, David Patterson, North Webster, Gerald and Larry Patterson, both of Warsaw;, two sisters, Mrs. Barbara LaPage, Pinella Park, Fla., and Mrs. Phyllis Walk, St. Petersburg, Fla.; one brother, Robert Patterson, Syracuse; and nine grandchildren. He retired from NIPSCO after more than 30 years service. He formerly operated the Pickwick Theater in Syracuse and-the Boice Theater in Warsaw. A World War II veteran, he was a member oL the Warsaw American Legion and VFW. He also belonged to the First United Methodist Church, Warsaw. Services were conducted Tuesday in Titus Funeral Home, with burial in the Oakwood cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Kosciusko County Cancer Society.

Syracuse, was transported by the EMS on Wednesday, Feb. 15, after becoming ill. The ambulance was called at 3:20 p.m. Leona Marsh, 86, 45 N. Shore Dr., Syracuse, was transported to Goshen Hospital after becoming ill at her home. The ambulance was called at 11:40 a.m. Friday, Feb. 17. Julie Hepler, 20, r 1 box 2A Syracuse, was transported to Elkhart Hospital after becoming ill at her home. The ambulance was called at 4:16 a.m. Monday, Feb. 20. Patrick Eagon, 11, r 3 box 664 Syracuse, was taken to Goshen Hospital after falling five feet from playground equipment at Syracuse Elementary and injuring his shoulder. The ambulance was called at 12:58 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21. Christine Strodtman, 20, r 3 box 10, Syracuse, called the EMS at 4:37 p.m. after becoming ill at Designer’s Gallery. She was advised to see a doctor. The call was on Tuesday.

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