The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 27, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 July 1984 — Page 3

Obituaries

Robert Thornton Steel Worker Services for Robert E. Thornton, 46, Holiday Mobile Village, Elkhart, who died in his home Sunday; July 15, will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) at Walley-Mil Is-Zimmer man Funeral Home, Goshen. Rev. Carlos Treadway, associate pastor of the Northside Baptist Church? will officiate at the services. Burial will be -In Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Full military graveside services will be conducted by the members of the American Legion Post 308 Calling will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today (Wednesday) at the funeral home. Bom Aug. 28. 1937. he was a native of Grand Rapids, Mich. He was employed as a steel worker with Bock Industries for 16 years, and was a Navy veteran. He held memberships in the Elkhart Moose Lodge 599. American Legion Post 308 Osceola, Disabled American Veterans Post 19, Elkhart, and the Doberman Pinscher Club of America. Surviving him are: a son, David 8., Elkhart; a daughter, Mrs. David (Cheri) Pate, Sierra Vista, Ariz.; a grandchild; three brothers, Ronald Massachusetts. Richard, Bristol, and Russell. Elkhart; three sisters, Mrs. Tom (Roberta) Cherry, Grand Rapids. Mrs. Earl (Rosemary) Shupert, Elkhart, and Mrs. John (Ruth) Haines, Milford; and his mother, Beatrice Jennings. Elkhart. Memorials may be directed to the American Diabetes Association, Indiana Affiliate. Inc. Joseph Sahlhoff Bremen Native Joseph H. Sahlhoff, 61. r 5 box 376 Syracuse, died in Kosciusko Community Hospital at 10:06 p.m. Monday, July 9. He had been ill for a number of years. . Hewakis3rnohsDec. 22.1922, in Bremen to Herman and Bertha

LAKELAND LOVING CARE CENTER - MILFORD Wants to thank the following merchants for donations to our Fourth Annual Carnival. Sharp Hardware Farm Bureau Co-op Walter Drug Store Bailey’s Sunoco Service Bud’s Bar Bobi’s Shear Success Smith’s Flowers Big Boulder Golf Course Milford Motors Denny’s Phillips 66 Evan’s Family Store Chore-Time And Brock Campbell’s IGA Ruch Mobil Service Doll’s Decorating Ctr. Jenkin’s Automotive (NAPA) Schwartz’s Super Valu J.W.’s Drive-In Milford Shoe And Clothing Zimmerman Grain And Lime THANKS ALSO To all who showed their support with their attendance and to all the organizations and persons who helped us get the carnival together. The proceeds went to the activities fund for the patients at the center.

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(Augerstine) Sahlhoff. On July 19,1958, he married Virginia Mitterling in Winamac. She survives. Sahlhoff lived all his life in Bremen until 1979 when he moved to Syracuse. He was a retired farmer, and had worked eight years as a general laborer at Chanrpion Motor Homes, Bremen. He was a life member of the VFW Post 8972 Bremen and a US Army Veteran of World War 11. Additional survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Emma Zellers, Winamac, and Mrs. Ruth Snyder, Bourbon. Funeral services were conducted at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 12, in the Mishler Funeral Home, Bremen. Roger E. Rohde of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Bremen, officiated, and burial was in the Bremen Cemetery. Lester Leman Former Syracuse And Bremen Resident Lester C. Leman, 74, Sunnyside, Wash., and a former Syracuse-Bremen resident, died Tuesday. July 10, in Sunnyside, Wash. He was born July 27,1909, in Illinois, and moved to Bremen as a child. He received his education in Bremen. In Bremen May 28, 1928, he married the former Ruth Warnecutt. She survives. Leman lived most of his life in the Bremen and Syracuse area with a home on Lake Wawasee. He was the Bremen Postmaster from 1934-1947. He owned and operated the Leman Hotel in Bremen from 1947-1963, and worked for William Leman, Inc., Bremen, from 1963 until 1969 when he moved to Sunnyside to manage the company’s operations there. He retired in 1973. He was past master of the Bremen Masonic Lodge, high priest of the Royal Arch Masons, 32nd Degree Scottish Rite, a member of the Assisi Shrine Club of South Bend, past lieutenant governor of Kiwanis International, Elks Lodge 2112 member.

Sunnyside,, and a past board member of the Sunnyside Hospital Holding Corporation. Additional survivors are: three sons, Richard, Sunnyside, Daniel, Michigan City, and Douglas, Plantation, Fla.; 11 grandchidren; 11 greatgrandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Velma Beer, Bremen; and Mrs. Mary Clemens, Scottsdale, Ariz.; and three brothers, Nelson, John and Sam, all of Bremen. One brother, William, preceded him in death. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 12, in Sunnyside Presbyterian Church, Sunnyside. Burial was in Sunnyside, Wash. Gladys Weathers Homemaker Services were held at 11 a m. Tuesday in the Harris Funeral Home, Syracuse, for Gladys M. Weathers, 81, r 5 Syracuse. She died in Goshen Hospital at 10:58 a.m. Saturday, July 14. Born Nov. 25, 1902, in Missouri to Alfred and Dessie (Pike) Wilson, she married William Weathers Jan. 1, 1920, in Oxford, Ind. She was a homemaker, and a member of the Milford Christian Church since coming to the area 15 years ago. Surviving are: her husband; one daughter, Jeannette Grugel, r 5 Syracuse; four grandchildren; 10 great-

Hospital notes

KCH MONDAY, JULY 9 Admissions Rhonda Osborne, Milford Paula Garza, Syracuse Pauline Knapp. Syracuse Rudolph Tackett, Milford Leora Stookey, Leesburg Dismissals Adelaide Canfield, Leesburg TUESDAY, JULY 10 Dismissals Ullah Miller, North Webster Pauline Knapp. Syracuse WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 Admissions Robert Kunce. Leesburg Luella Shoemaker, Leesburg Russell Sponseller, Leesburg Dismissals Mr. and Mrs. James (Rhonda) Osborne and infant daughter, Milford FRIDAY, JULY 13 Admissions Karen Flinn, Leesburg Mary Brown, Milford Dismissals « Leora Stookey, Leesburg Robert Kunce, Leesburg Luella Shoemaker, Leesburg SATURDAY. JULY 14 Dismissals Donna Plummer, Leesburg

grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Blythe Shuck, Danville, 111., and Marcella Grandbois, California; and one brother, Howard Wilson, Florida. Fred Walls officated at the service. Burial was in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Schererville. Grace Davis Milford Resident Mrs. Robert (Grace) Davis, 57, r 1 Milford, died at Goshen Hospital at 10:28 p.m. Saturday, July 14. She had been ill eight months. Born Jan. 31, 1927, in Menifee County, Ky., she moved to the area from Kentucky seven years ago. She was married to Robert Davis Jan. 7,1969. He survives. Also surviving are: two daughters, Wanda Lawson, Frenchburg, Ky., and Barbara J. Ferguson, Wellington, Ky.; two sons. James Mays, Clay City, Ky., and Earl W. Davis, Milford; a stepson, Robert Lee Davis, Texas; a stepdaughter, Lisa Davis, Ohio; three grandchildren; two stepgranchildren; her mother, Josie Nickell, Mariba, Ky.; and several brothers and sisters living in Kentucky. Services were held Tuesday in the Menisee Home for Funerals, Frenchburg. Burial was in the Bowlin Cemetery, Wellington.

SUNDAY. JULY 15 Admissions Henrietta Mendenhall, Leesburg Dismissals Russell Sponseller, Leesburg Goshen TUESDAY, JULY 10 Admissions David Haifley, 71570 C.R. 35, Syracuse Francis McDonald, r 3 box 55, Syracuse WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 Dismissals Floyd W, Gingerich, 324 Dolan St., Syracuse Mrs. Phillip Graff and infant daughter. Grace Lynette, 431 N. Huntington, Syracuse Nina M. Sutton, r 1, Leesburg THURSDAY, JULY 12 Admissions Grace Davis r 1 box 7, Milford Barbara A. Ray, r 1 box 223, Milford Larry Rosenberry, r 2 box 109, Milford Charlotte W. Wise, P.O. Box 412, Milford Dismissals Blanch Ludlow, r 1 box 107-A, Syracuse >

Donnie Adkins M —l- 1- -f ■»- ■VWBJraw LwOT ■ Employee Donnie Adkins, 24, r 4, Warsaw, died Thursday, July 12, after being thrown from his motorcycle as he rounded a curve, striking another motorcycle and its rider who had parked in front of a Pierceton Road residence. Harold Walters, 17, of 603 South First St., Pierceton, was sitting off the roadway on his motorcycle, after having stopped to talk with Mark Pherigo, whose home is located on Pierceton Road, just west of Market Street in Pierceton. Walters sustained bruises and abrasions, after being thrown off his motorcycle on impact. Adkins was born in East McDowell, Ky., on May 22, 1960, to Lee and Octova (Howell) Adkins. On June 9,1979, he married Debra Sue Bohnstedt. , Coming from Harold, Ky., he had lived in Warsaw for the past six years. He was an employee of Maple Leaf Farms, Milford. Surviving Adkins are: his wife, Debra; his parents; a daughter, Kathy Sue; and two brothers, Ralph and Randy, both of Warsaw. A sister, Diann, preceded him in death. Services were held Monday at the Hall Brothers Funeral Home, Martin, Ky. Burial was in the Roberts Cemetry in Grethell, Ky.

FRIDAY, JULY 13 Dismissals David W. Haifley, 71570 C.R. 35, Syracuse Matthew D. Miller, r 2 box 170-A, Milford SATURDAY, JULY 14 Admissions Dora B. Elliott, r 3 box 425, Syracuse Dismissals Barbara A. Ray, r 1 box 223, Milford SUNDAY, JULY 15 Admissions Effie Jemigan, r 1 box M, North Webster Dismissals Betty Davidson, r 5 box 426, Syracuse MONDAY, JULY 16 Admissions Mabel Brake, r 4, Syracuse Floyd Gingerich, 324 Dolan St. # 2, Syracuse Sarah Esther Zimmerman, r 4 box 403, Syracuse Dismissals Hinke M. Butt, r 3 box 466, Syracuse Dora B. Elliot, r 3 Box 425, Syracuse Francis L. McDonald, r 3 box 55, Syracuse Larry D. Rosenberry, r 2 box 109, Milford MRS. WILLIAM CABLE IN ELKHART HOSPITAL Mrs. William Cable, 30 N. Shore Drive, Syracuse, is a patient in Elkhart Hospital for the reduction of a hip fracture. HARRIETT BILLER TREATED AT GOSHEN Harriett Biller, r 4, Syracuse, was taken to Goshen Hospital by paramedics after she became dizzy at Goshen Rubber Co. She was treated and released on Monday, July 16. GLEN LOSEE HOME FROM HOSPITAL # Glen Losee, Milford, was recently released from St. Vincent’s Hospital in Indianapolis. Losee, 27 years old, suffered a heart attack on June 22 and underwent heart surgery in Indianapolis. His wife is the former Susan Speicher. HAS BACK SURGERY William Hane, 313 S. Harrison, Syracuse, is in South Bend

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■jujl .J] Lgr. x \ i S- i.» jt \ '"/J k *>*»**" Ba r j LONG-TIME DONOR — Milford resident Maurice Beer, center, was presented with a cake in honor of his donation of 14 gallons of blood to Red Cross blood program. The presentation was made last Friday and took place at a blood donor day at the Milford Apostolic Christian Church. Pictured above are Inez Devenney, executive director of the Koscuisko County Red Cross; Carol Haab, Van Buren Township Red Cross representative; Betty Beer; Maurice Beer; Joy Mishler, Jefferson Township Red Cross representative; and Edith Baumgartner, a 33-year volunteer with the Red Cross program. Beer donated his first pint of blood on May 25,1954. Since then he has donated 112 pints, enough to help 560 people. A total of 87 people presented themselves to donate blood on Friday. Eighty-two pints of blood were obtained. A 10-gallon pin was presented to Arden L. Boyer, Nappanee. Nelson R. Beer and Stanley Wuthrich of Milford; Mary P. Martindale, Syracuse; and Everette E. Tom, Jr., Leesburg, were presented with their two gallon pins. Rudy L. Hochstetler, Margeurite B. Hoerr and Monica Brice, Milford; and Marilyn N. Ringler, Syracuse, joined the gallon club.

Memorial where he underwent back surgery. He is in Room 816. Births OSBORNE daughter Mr. and Mrs. James (Rhonda) Osborne, Leesburg, are the parents of a daughter born in Kosciusko County Hospital on July 9. FLINN, Darcie Ashlen Mr. and Mrs. David Flinn, Leesburg, are the parents of a daughter, Darcie Ashlen, born Friday, July 13, at 4:41 p.m., in the Kosciusko Community Hospital. She weighed eight pounds, seven ounces and measured 21 inches long. Maternal grandparents are John and Nancy Walklet, Berkley Heights, N.J., and paternal grandparents are Phillip and Beth Flinn, Pierceton. Maternal great-grandmother is Beatrice Walklet, Glen Ridge, N.J., and paternal is Erma James, Columbia City. Darcie has one sister, Melissa, age three. KLENKE> Tara Mr. and Mrs. Gary (Shari) Klenke, Dewart Lake, Syracuse, are the parents of a daughter, Tara, born Monday, July 16, in the Kosciusko Community Hospital. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Whetten, Syracuse, and paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Klenke, Syracuse. ABRAMS, Joshua Scott Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey (Josette) Abrams, r 3 Syracuse, are the parents of a son, Joshua Scott, born Thursday, July 12, at 7:30 a.m., in Goshen Hospital. He weighed six pounds, six ounces and measured 194 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Gerald T. Borchers, South Bend and paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Philip Abrams, Long Island, N.Y. Cards of Thanks CARD OF THANKS Thanks to my many old friends 'for sending me cards and letters.

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I have enjoyed them so much. Clara Overleese CARD OF THANKS A very warm and sincere . thanks to my friends, relatives and neighbors for cards, visits and gifts while I was in the hospital. Thanks to Drs. Rheinheimer and Dick for their care and the EMS and neighbors who helped at the time of my accident. Dick Koschnick Syracuse EMS The Syracuse Emergency Medical Service was called to South Shore Golf Course at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, July 13, however when they arrived the subject requesting assistance was being transported by a private vehicle to her family doctor. Matthew Holderman, five, r 3 box 637 Syracuse, was brought to the fire station at 8:03 p.m. Friday, after falling from a bicycle. He suffered a chin laceration, chest and stomach abrasions and contusion to the left elbow. His parents advised they would take him to the hospital. The EMS was busy Saturday, July 14, with three ambulance calls, two of which involved victims of two separate accidents. The ambulance was called to the scene of an accident at Syracuse-Milford Road and CR 300E at 3:30 p.m. and transported Jody Taylor, 26, r 1 box 246 Pierceton, to Goshen Hospital with possible hip and back injuries. Milford EMS was called to assist with transportation. While the ambulance was

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transporting an accident victim to Fort Wayne, the EMS was called to an accident at the Poor Doll House at Old Road 13A at 8:17 p.m. Injured were Tim Nussbaum, 20, 5031 5031 Blum Lane, Fort Wayne, with a small laceration to his right arm; Kelli Gooding. 10, r 1 box 663 North Webster, with a possible fracture of the collarbone; and Scott Holmes, 20, r 1 Cromwell, with a small abrasion on the top of his head. All were advised to see their family doctors or to receive treatment at the hospital. Milford EMS was called to transport Robert Trenkamp, 34, 9525 Millbrook, Cincinnati, Ohio, after he became ill while at the Frog Tavern, Saturday evening, at 9:27 p.m. Syracuse ambulance was still in Fort Wayne. James Hammon, 83,600 S. Huntington St., Syracuse, was taken to Goshen Hospital after becoming ill on Tuesday, July 17. The EMS was called at 7:36 a.m. Francis McDonald, 78, r 3 box 55 Syracuse, was taken to goshen Hospital after he became ill on Tuesday. The ambulance was called at 10:50 a.. Bonnie L. Niles, 22, 619 Mullin St., Syracuse, was injured in a moped/car mishap at 2:09 p.m. Tuesday at SR 13 and Chicago St., she was taken to Goshen Hospital with lacerations to her forehead and abrasions to her elbow, knee Joyce Hunley, 55, 1606 CR 52 Syracuse, was taken to Goshen Hospital after becoming ill on Tuesday. The EMS was called to her home at 6:33 p.m. Two Syracuse girls were taken to Goshen Hospital following a bicycle mishap on Boston Street Tuesday evening, at 8:08 p.m. Wendi Miles, 11, 213 W. Brooklyn St., Syracuse, complained of pain and Susan Martindale, 12, r 5 box 109A Syracuse, sustained an abrasion to the elbow.

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