The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 10, Milford, Kosciusko County, 5 March 1986 — Page 3

Obituaries

Death claims L. E. Tillman, Wawasee's North Shore 'mayor'

Tillie is gone, and Wawasee’s North Shore will never be the same again. His full name was Lloyd Ernest Tillman, but no one ever called him that: It was always Tillie. He died a few days ago in Elkhart, his home for all of his adult years except for the happy months — scores of them — that he spent on the North Shore. The North Shore is as much as way of life as it is a location, and it was appropriate that its inhabitants, permanent and seasonal alike, named Tillie “mayor of the North Shore” on the occasion of his 80th birthday two summers ago. The job carried no duties and no pay, only the honor that he earned by being himself — an exemplary friend and neighbor —for more than five decades. Tillie was a caring parent long before psychologists reminded us we ought to care. He was helpful neighbor when being neighborly had not gone out of style, and he refused to let it go out of style. He was a friend for the best reason of all: because he wanted to be. The North Shore, is made up of places like Pleasant View and Wright’s Place and Eli Lilly’s plat, and all of them were Tillie’s territory. He was comfortable on the plus patio of the SpinkWawasee Hotel before its demise at the end of the 1947 season. He was equally at home in the more mundane surroundings of the Sargent hotel, where the first room you entered was the Wawasee post office and where Jess and Laura Sargent held forth in mid-lobby rocking chairs. Or at Harry Brinkmann’s grocery. Or on the tees and fairways and greens of Frank Remy’s (and later Don Byrd’s) Wawasee Golf Course. Tillie worked hard for what he acquired, and he enjoyed the life that he led. His career was an agent and district executive of the Metropolitan Life Insurance co. was his type of career — one in which he used his wits and his knowledge to help people. The Tillman household, at No. 1 Wright Place, has been in the family for nearly a century, a considerable period of time for anything in a nation that is only 210 years old. It was — and is —a lighthearted, loving household, a place where the door was never locked, where young and old mingled, and where there was always something going on. Postmidnight coffee gatherings were no more unusual than dawn ones. When we all were younger, there was always a neighborhood Monopoly game going on on the front porch, its cast of players often changing daily. The North Shore bridge games, which involved from one to four

Charles R. Poole Retired From GE Charles R. Poole, 75, Fort Wayne, brother of Lillian Stein, Syracuse, died Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 5:45 a.m. at Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne. A lifelong Fort Wayne resident, Mr. Poole retired from General Electric. Also surviving are his wife, Mary Juanita; two brothers, Elmer H., Fort Wayne, and Lester, Auburn. Services were held Thursday, Feb. 27, at 12:30 p.m. atD. 0. McComb & Sons Maplewood Park Funeral Home, Fort Wayne, and at 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Jude’s Catholic Church, Fort Wayne. Burial was in Catholic Cemetery. Sarah E. Wagner Infant Sarah Elizabeth Wagner, months, daughter of Kevin and Christine (Berkey) Wagner, 603 N. Seventh St., Goshen, great-great-granddaughter of Alamda Berkey, Syracuse, was dead on arrival at the office of a Goshen physician at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24. The infant reportedly became ill Monday' evening and was taken to the physician’s office Tuesday morning where efforts by the physician and paramedics, who administered CPR, were unsuccessful. Sarah was c born at Goshen Hospital on July 10,1985. Surviving with her parents and great-great-grandmother are grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Tim Berkey, Goshen, ana Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wagner, Mishawaka; great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Berkey, Goshen, William Hoke and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maxson, all of Elkhart. Services were held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 28, at YoderCulp Funeral Home, Goshen, with Rev. Ed Nickel, pastor of North Liberty Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial was in Elkhart Prairie Cemetery. Bertha Ehnle Foniiar NUM Rasidairt Bertha (Weisser) Ehnle, 88, Fort Wayne, former Milford resident, died Saturday, Feb. 22, at 12:20 a.m. in Miller’s Merry Manor, Fort Wayne. She was born on April 7,1897, in Fairbury, DI., the daughter of Matthew and Sophia (Stoller) Weisser. She married George Ehnle who died on December 14, 1985. Mrs. Ehnle was retired from C. I. Josephson Union Depot, Peoria, where she had been a Surviving are two sisters, Idola Best, Nappanee, and Helen Zimmer, Grabill; and two brothers, Matthew Weisser, Mossville, Hl., and Herman Weisser, Syracuse.

tables nightly and moved from house to house, were legendary. Tillie was always asked to keep score, and his figures were beyond reproach. A booster, Tillie cheered and counseled as sons Jack and Dick pursued superachieving academic and extracurricular careers through Rice Elementary School, Elkhart High School, and the United States Naval Academy, after which they became career officers in the Air Force. He was delighted at their successes, be they in school, athletics or sailing, and his delight extended to the next generation as he enjoyed the victories, and the company, of his seven granddaughters. And Tillie did not regale in his descendants’ successes because his life was barren of victories. He was a spectacular three-sport athlete at Elkhart High School, where he graduated in 1923. As the volunteer coach of the Rice Grade School cage team, he annexed a city championship in 1947, the year sons Jack and Dick were sixth and fifth graders, respectively. When the generation in which Jack, Dick and this writer resided got into sailing, Tillie was again a booster, but also a teacher, and although he taught the bottom line philosophy that if you lose, you lose gracefully, he taught that it was fun to win, and that if you worked at it, you would win. more often than not. The philosophy bears dissemination. Tillie married Josephine Butler in 1929, and they were together through tough times and not-so-tough times, each supportive of the other, each willing to help the other — and anyone else who needed help. Literally hundreds of Elkhartans and former Elkhartans have “taken music” from Jo Tillman, an accomplished pianist and organist. To accommodate the scheduling of music lessons, Tillie shared domestic duties, becoming not just a tolerable cook but an accomplished chef in the process, as his winning spirit prevailed. A good neighbor, a good husband and father and grandfather and son, a good man all around. He was those and he was a man of wit and wisdom, of patience when necessary and impatience when required. That was Tillie: Lloyd Ernest Tillman, 1905-86, the first and only mayor of Wawasee’ North Shore. - WILEY (BILL) SPURGEON Wiley (Bill) Spurgeon, a longtime seasonal resident of Wawasee and executive editor of The Muncie Star and Muncie Evening Press, frequently writes for The Mail-Journal.

Services were held at 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, in McComb & Sons Maplewood Park Funeral Home, Fort Wayne and also on Monday, Feb. 24, in Peoria. Burial was in Swan Lake Cemetery, Peoria. Oliver (Buss) Smith Retired Laborer Private funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at King Memorial Home in Mentone for Oliver K. (Buss) Smith, 73, 505 North Broadway, Mentone, father of Mrs. Robert (Judy) Sheets, Milford. He died

Charles A. Halleck, former Congressman, dead at 85

Charles Abraham Halleck, long considered the dean of Indiana politics and well known in Kosciusko County, died at 5 a.m. Monday, March 3, at the St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette at the age of 85 following a long illness. He served 16 terms in Congress and was majority leader in the 80th Congress which President Truman called the “do-nothing Congress.” In 1924, at the age of 24, Halleck was elected prosecuting attorney for the 13th judicial circuit court for Jasper and Newton Counties. He won election to Congress in a special election on January 29, 1935, to fill the second district seat vacated by the death of Rep. Frederick Landis. He was 35 at the time. He spoke at the Syracuse school gym during that campaign and won the support of local and county politicians for his feisty manner. Halleck, who carried his Hoosier manner of plain speaking with him to Washington, was majority leader in 1946-1948 and 1952-1954 and was minority leader until Michigan Representative Gerald Ford defeated him in a “palace revolt.” Halleck was a close colleague of Rep. Joseph Martin of Massachusettes, who was also unseated in like manner as a part of the “old guard.” Halleck was born on August 11, 1900, and in 1940 emerged as a national figure when he placed in nomination the name of fellow Hoosier, Wendell L. Willkie, at the Philadelphia Republican convention. In 1948, Halleck nominated New York Governor Thomas Dewey for president and that year expected the vice presidential nomination for himself but he was passed up and this slight embittered him with the former New York governor.

at 6:35 a m. Thursday, Feb. 27, at Veterans Administration Hospital, Fort Wayne, after being in failing health for two years. Smith was born in Mentone on February 19, 1913, to Lawrence and Julia Smith. He married Regina D. Walker in 1941. She preceded him in death on August 9,1984. A lifetime resident of the Mentone area, he was a retired laborer in various factories, a veteran of the Army serving in World War II where he received a purple heart with oakleaf cluster, and was a member of the VFW chapter in Warsaw. Survivors include one additional daughter, Mrs. Robert

Bp w .A <! i ,!.< sW B CHARLES A. HALLECK In 1952, he placed the name of Dwight D. Eisenhower in nomination for a second term. During the Eisenhower years, Halleck became Eisenhower’s close confidant. He was permanent chairman of the 1960 Republican convention that nominated Richard M. Nixon for president. Halleck seconded the nomination of Senator Barry Goldwater for president in 1964. Halleck’s beloved wife, Blanche, died in 1973 when she fell from a boat and drowned. He is survived by twin children, Charles W., a Washington, D.C., judge, and Patricia Carroll of West Palm Beach, Fla. He is well remembered by Kosciusko County Republicans for his warm manner of campaigning in Warsaw and in county towns. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday) at St. Joseph College, Rensselaer, with burial at Weston Cemetery.

(Lorretta) Ooley, Akron; one son, Kim Smith, Cromwell; nine grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren. Rev. Lester Taylor conducted the service with burial following in the Mentone Cemetery. Irene J. Buskirk Irene J. Buskirk, 83, Grace Village, Warsaw, mother of Mrs. Stephen (Becky) Davis, Tippecanoe Lake, died Friday, Feb. 28, at 11:05 a.m. at Kosciusko Community Hospital. The daughter of Elmer and Sarah (Baker) James, she was born on February 20, 1903, in Portland. In 1978, she moved from Tippecanoe Lake to Grace Village. On February 14,1932, she married Thomas B. Buskirk at Tippecanoe Lake. He preceded her in death on February 3, 1978. She had owned and operated a summer resort at Tippecanoe Lake, was a member of Leesburg United Methodist Church, and a 50-year member of the Order of Eastern Star. Additional survivors include one son, Thomas V. Buskirk, Warsaw; and two grandchildren, Stephanie Davis, Santa Ana, Calif., and Spencer Kirk Davis, Tippecanoe Lake. She was preceded in death by two sisters and three brothers. Services were held Monday, March 3, at 2 p.m. at Chamness Funeral Home, Warsaw. Rev. Lester Young and Rev. Dale Mendelhall officiated. Burial was in Leesburg Cemetery. Hazel Schreckengost Howicniokcf Services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 3, at Foster and Good Funeral Home, Akron, for

Hospital Notes

Goshen TUESDAY, FEB. 25 Admissions Janie Gonzales, r 2 box 37 C, Milford Dismissals Norris D. Wise, 401 E. Chicago St., Syracuse WEDNESDAY. FEB. 26 Admissions Christopher R. Anderson, 313 S. Lake St., Syracuse Carl Godfrey, 100 W. High, Syracuse > Dismissals Sally Perales, P. O. Box 152, Milford Cynthia L. Nelson, r 3 box 566, Syvflcnsp Harold H. Hall, 22171 CR 104 E, Elkhart THURSDAY, FEB. 27 Admissions Kevin Pletcher, r 3 box 602, Syracuse Dismissals Christopher R. Anderson, 313 S. Lake St., Syracuse Maxine Graham, r 3 box 606, Syracuse FRIDAY, FEB. 28 Admissions Brandon Busz, P.O. Box 384, Leesburg SATURDAY,MARCH 1 Dismissals Janie Y. Gonzales, r 2 box 37 C, Milford Brandon S. Busz, P. O. Box 384, Leesburg Mrs. Douglas Hougey and infant daughter, r 2 box 36, North Webster SUNDAY, MARCH 2 Dismissals Penny M. Lockhart and infant son, Andrew Steven, r 2 box 355, Leesburg Evelyn A. Anderson, r 5 box 352, Syracuse Doris E.AVolferman, r 5 box 422, Syracuse MONDAY. FEB. 3 Dismissals Mabel V. Brake, r 4 box 357, Syracuse Beatrice G. Clark, Box 384, North Webster KCH MONDAY, FEB. 24 Admissions Joshua D. Cline, Syracuse Pamela A. Crace, Leesburg Dismissals Cruz F. Garza, Milford Colleen M. LaFollette, North Webster Joshua D. Cline, Syracuse TUESDAY, FEB. 25 Admissions Santana L. Regenos, Leesburg Dismissals Tina L. Karbach and infant daughter, North Webster WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26 Admissions Jana L. Beers, Cromwell Larry G. Rodgers, Leesburg Dismissals Santana L. Regenos, Leesburg

Hazel A. Schreckengost, 53, r 1 Akron, sister of Mrs. Marshall (Wilma) Boyer and John Nicodemus, both of Syracuse. She passed away Friday, Feb. 28, at 8:20 a.m. at St. Joseph Medical Center, South Bend. She had been in ill health for some time. She was born at Rochester on December 19,1932, the daughter of Max and Nellie McCain Nicodemus. On June 5, 1982, she married Elbert (Abe) Schreckengost, at Akron. He survives. A lifetime Fulton County resident, she was a homemaker and former employee of C4D Greenhouse, Athens. Surviving along with her husband, sister and brother are one daughter, Mrs. David (Susan) Montague, Athens; two sons, Allen D. Bowman, Akron, and Scott L. Byers, Rochester; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Russell (Phyllis) Clark, Akron; three additional sisters, Mrs. Irvin (Marjorie) Sutton, Akron, Doris Hammond, Rochester, and Mary Emmons, Gilead; two other brothers, Edward, Rochester, and Robert, Akron; and 15 grandchildren. One brother preceded her in death. Rev. Lawrence See conducted the service with burial following in the Akron Cemetery. Kathryn Pauline Gill Homemaker Kathryn Pauline Gill, 70, 605 Pringle Drive, Apt. 83, Wakarusa, sister of Everett Weldy, Lake Wawasee and Bradenton, Fla., died at 10:18 a m. Friday, Feb. 28, in Miller’s Merry Manor Healthcare Center, Wakarusa, where she had been a resident since June 29. She had been in failing health for seven years. Mrs. Gill was born in Wakarusa on February 15, 1916. On

THURSDAY, FEB. 27 Admissions Marmion F. Williamson, Syracuse Paula O. Ryman, Syracuse FRIDAY, FEB. 28 Admissions Emmanuel Crace, Leesburg A. Maxine McMillian, Leesburg Dismissals Gertrude A. Christman, Cromwell Pamela A. Crace, Leesburg Larry G. Rodgers, Leesburg SATURDAY, MARCH 1 Admissions Bert Bowers, Leesburg Betty A. Guldice, Leesburg James A. Rabb, Leesburg Dismissals Jana L. Beers, Cromwell Emmanuel Crace, Leesburg JAMES O. TUTTLE VICTIM OF MONDAY HEART ATTACK James O. Tuttle, resident of r 6 Warsaw (Chapman Lake), suffered a heart attack at his home at about 2 a.m. Monday, and was taken to the Kosciusko Community Hospital where he remains in intensive care. Tuttle, father of Wawasee High School Guidance Counselor Marilyn Curtis, recently took his first plane ride, flying to Florida with his son John and his wife Edna to visit another son Gordon and his wife Naomi at Hope Sound. Tuttle was a two-term township trustee in Richland Township, Whitley County, and later a twoterm township trustee in Washington Township (Pierceton) in Kosciusko County. REMOVED FROM CARDIAC CARE Rick Coy, 17, son of Dick and Nancy Coy, Syracuse, was moved from the cardiac care unit at Elkhart Hospital Tuesday afternoon to Room 370. Coy is thought to be suffering from viral myelitis. He was admitted to the hospital Monday and will remain hospitalized for an indefinite period of time. Coy may have visitors. Syracuse EMS Mannion Williamson, 65, r 3 box 46, Syracuse, was transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital on Thursday, Feb. 27, after she became ill. The EMS was called to her home at 2:37 p.m. The EMS was called to Fisher’s Rent All at 7:53 p.m. Sunday, March 2, when Joyce Lippman, 51, r 1 box 1728 Syracuse, became ill. She was tken to Goshen Hospital. / Verio Dewey Laughlin, 67, 700 E. Baltimore St., Syracuse, was taken to Goshen Hospital Tuesday, March 4, after becoming ill. The EMS was called at 9:09 p.m. Syracuse EMS was called to a personal injury accident at the Enchanted Hills Playhouse at 5:24 a.m. Wednesday, March 5. Abel Garza Castro, 20,800 Caven, Ligonier, was taken to Goshen

November 28, 1935, she married Albert C. Gill at Goshen. A lifelong area resident, Mrs. Gill had been a homemaker, a member of First Brethren Church, and Elkhart County Extension Homemakers. Surviving with her husband and brother are two sons, Gary G. and Larry C. Gill, both of Goshen; one sister, Mrs. Henry (Marcile) Cripe, Goshen; and five grandchildren. Services were held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 3, in First Brethren Church with Rev. Donald E. Rouser and Rev. Dave C. Kerner officiating. Burial was in Violett Cemetery. Memorials may be made to First Brethren Church. Ordine Hams Ordine Harris, 81, Willow Ridge Living Center, Fort Wayne, mother of Rosemary Boharic, Syracuse, died Saturday, March 1, at 2:30 p.m. in the center. Mrs. Harris was born in Geneva. She was an interior designer with Wolf & Dessauer department store and worked with Lindsey & Snearing Interiors. Surviving with the daughter are her husband, Reuel (“Red”) M. Harris; one other daughter, Helen Priebe, Irvine, Calif.; two sisters, Martha Lantz, Terre Haute, and Margaret Hartnagel, Portland; and two grandchildren. Friends may call at D. O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Ave., Fort Wayne, from 2-5 and 7-9p.m. today (Wednesday). Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Entombment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to Grace Lutheran Church.

Hospital after complaining of pain to his back, neck and right knee. Milford EMS On Thursday, Feb. 27, at 8:37 p.m., the Milford Emergency Medical Service was called after a 20-year-old female fell from a nine-foot landing and injured the right side of her chest and right upper quadrant of her abdomen. The patient was transported to Goshen Hospital. At 9:03 a.m., Friday, Feb. 28, an auto accident was reported at 900 N and SR 15. The EMS responded to the call in which three persons were injured. A 68-year-old female sustained a broken right ankle and possible left hip injury as well as upper leg fracture. The patient also received lacerations on the forehead from hitting the windshield. A 70-year-old male received minor lacerations and complained of tenderness in his upper chest area. A 31-year-old female complained of right shoulder pain and had a small laceration on the right side of her face. All three were transported by the EMS to Goshen Hospital. On Friday, Feb. 28, the EMS responded to a call at 10:43 a.m. when a resident of Lakeland Loving Care complained of chest pain. The 85-year-old female was transported to Goshen Hospital. A 79-year-old female resident of Lakeland Loving Care was transported to Goshen, Hospital at 1:13 p.m. on Monday, March 3, due to low blood sugar. At 4 p.m., Monday, March 3, a 79-year-old female was transported from Goshen Hospital to Lakeland Loving Care. Birth HOUGEY, Heather Marie Mr. and Mrs. Douglas (Kathy) Hougey, r 2 box 36, North Webster, are the parents of a daughter, Heather Marie, born Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 11:34 a.m., in Goshen Hospital. She weighed nine pounds, 11 ounces and measured 21Vz inches long. Heather Marie has a sister, Debra, 18 months old. Maternal grandmother is Sandra Adams, Syracuse, and paternal grandparents are John and Joyce Ditmore, North Webster. Paternal great-grandmother is Edith Drew, North Webster. Milford IMS to purchase spineboards The Milford Emergency Medical Service met on Sunday, March 2, at 5 p.m. The secretary and treasurer’s reports were read and approved. The new jump kit and clipboard were received and already in use. Some past due accounts have

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Betty Ann Brener OfJMMC 0 Services were held yesterday (Tuesday) at 11 a.m. in King Memorial Home, Mentone, for Betty Ann Bruner, 49, r 5 Warsaw, sister at Mrs. George (Marjorie) Hickman, North Webster. She passed away Saturday, March 1, at 11:30 a.m. at her home after a lengthy illness. The daughter of Raymond and Edna (Moore) Stahly, she was born in Warsaw on February 21, 1937. On April 27,1956, at Winona Lake, she married Roger Bruner. He survives. A resident of near Palestine for 29 years, she had been employed at Jomac until her illness. Surviving are her husband; her mother, Edna Julian, Warsaw; one daughter, Mrs. Mike (Cheryl) Jones, Talma; two sons, Shaun and Clay, both at home; two additional sisters, Mrs. Jesse (Doris) Hackworth, Warsaw, and Mrs. Dean (Evelyn) Lotz, Turlock, Calif.; and two grandchildren. Services were conducted by Brother Mark Davison of Warsaw Church of Christ. Burial was in Palestine Cemetery. Stanley J. Graff Lifetime Syracuse Area Resident Stanley J. Graff, 63, 218 W. Brooklyn St., Syracuse, died Saturday, March 1, at 11:31 p.m. in Goshen Hospital from an apparent heart attack. He was born on April 14,1922, in Syracuse, to Walter and Hazel (Benner) Graff. On March 11, 1944, he married the former Virginia Downing. She survives. Graff was a lifetime resident of

been collected. The second letter ’ will go out this week for the rest of the past dues. The money received from the Brent Hostetler memorial will be used to purchase three long spineboards. The meeting day has been changed to the first Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. The future purchasing of new jackets and smocks was discussed and tabled. The next meeting of the Milford EMS will be on Monday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. Card Os Thanks

Thank You The family of John Hamilton wishes to express thanks to all the friends and relation for their loving thoughts and deeds during the recent death of our husband, father and grandfather. A memorial donation was made to the heart fund in his name. • Mildred Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Dale Sorensen, Norine and Marcia

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B IN MEMORIAM | rg Ronald V. Kramer of North Shore Drive, >]{Jj 98 Syracuse, died on Wednesday, February 12th. His am former military comrades mourn his passing. We will si B® always remember with admiration his extreme | m dedication, capability, tirelessness and valor under the tough and continuous air combat conditions en- ;♦]£ S. countered by the 448th. Bomb Group (H), 20th. Wing, 2nd Div., Eighth Air Force, in Britain during the air M wars of 1943 and 1944. i s This young citizen-soldier, Lieutenant, then Captain, then Major, then Colonel Kramer, all in his early Sih 20's, earned the respect and admiration of his flying w comrades the hard way. An exemplary combat leader both on the ground and airborne, he was unassuming ijj 9k and gentlemanly yet tough, careful and compas- ; sionate yet 100 percent dedicated to carrying our O country's fight vigorously to the enemy and ultimate >JK O victory- .. u . ... P'S Ron was a credit to his upbringing, a man we can jIK all be proud of. To those who knew him best during ; j; JjK those tough times, and also during his many months S 3 of subsequent incarceration in prison camps after he NK M was finally shot down, he always exemplified the MR 98 finest of the soldierly qualities that his country has Sh fortunately been able to bring to bear on its enemies O during times of conflict. We salute you Ron, and may Fg S 3 God bless and comfort your beloved family Q Yow Comrades of Station 146 38 Q 441th. Bomb Group (H) 20th. Wing. 2nd Div. ; K i N Eighth Air Force (U.K. 1943/4)

the Syracuse area and was a security guard for Fairmont Homes of Nappanee. He was a member of the Grace Bible Church of Syracuse. Additional survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Stanley (Christine) Vetter, Prattville, Ala.; three sons, Phillip Graff, Syracuse, Kenneth (“Jim”) Graff, Leesburg, Dan Graff, at home; 11 grandchildren; six sisters, Marge Hinchley, Lake Station, Bonnie Johnson. Avis Gross, Delores Sawyer, Miriam Orten, and Barbara Henson, all of Syracuse; and four brothers. George Graff, Benton, Robert Graff, Syracuse, Philip Graff, Mishawaka, and Dennis Graff, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Roland, Kenneth, and Donald; and one sister, Loretta. Funeral services were conducted yesterday (Tuesday) at 1:30 p.m. in Harris Funeral Home, SR 13S, Syracuse. Rev. David Haifley officiated and burial was in Syracuse Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to Syracuse Christian School. William E. Hoke vwikiu riprui And Greenhouse ‘ William E. Hoke, 83, Fountain-' view Place, Elkhart, brother of Charles Hoke, Milford, died Monday, March 3, at 3:15 p.m. at the facility. He had been a resident for years and had been ill for two years. Hoke was born in Goshen on February 18, 1903. On February 22, 1930, he married Elizabeth Ellen Del Camp in Plymouth. Since 1945, he had owned the Hoke Floral and Greenhouse. Surviving with his wife and brother are five daughters, Mrs. Archie (Eleanora) Magers, Rosemary Cunningham, Wilma Hoke, Mrs. Timothy (Patricia) Berkey, all of Goshen, and Deanna Shidaker, South Bend; four sons, William Daniel, Wooster, Ohio, Wayne R., Goshen, David R., Elkhart, and Dr. Stephen R., Stratford, Ontario, Canada; 21 grandchildren; 15 greatgrandchildren; two sisters, Mildred Tschupp, Elkhart, and Mrs. Michael (Dorothy) Kauffman, Kalamazoo, Mich. He was preceded in death by a greatgranddaughter, three brothers, and a sister. Friends may call tomorrow (Thursday) from 7-9 p.m. and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday at YoderCulp Funeral Home, Goshen. Services will be held there at 10 a m. Saturday with Rev. Michael Loss and Rev. Aden Horst of the Locust Grove Mennonite Church, Elkhart, officiating. Burial will be in West Goshen Cemetery. Memorials may be' made to the Arthritis Foundation. Virgil C. Deisch Former Leesburg Resident Virgil C. Deisch, 70, former Leesburg resident, died Tuesday, Feb. 25, in Putman Community Hospital, Daytona, Fla. Deisch moved to Florida 12 years ago after living in the Leesburg area most of his life. He had owned and operated several restaurants and taverns. Surviving are his wife, Nadine Deisch; two daughters, Carol Shepherd, Warsaw, and Brenda Hani, Tumwater, Wash.; three brothers, Dallas Deisch, Bour bon, Frank Deisch, South Bend, and Lloyd Deisch, Portland. Ore.; one sister, Marge Leets, South Bend; and four grandchildren. Private services were held with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne. McComb & Sons Funeral Home, Fort Wayne, was in charge of arrangements.

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