The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 26, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 June 1986 — Page 3

Obituaries

R. Wayne Randall MMvaryM R. Wayne Randall, 59, r 1, Warsaw, father of Mark Randall, North Webster, died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Friday, June 20, at 3:30 p.m. while working. A bulk petroleum route deliveryman for 25 years, he suffered an apparent heart attack while loading his truck with fuel at a bulk plant behind the Gast Fuel and Service building just off Columbia Street in Warsaw. He was found a short time later by fellow workers and pronounced dead at the scene by County Coroner Gary Eastlund. The son of Harry and Grace (Tenney) Randall, he was born in Warsaw on May 16,1927. On April 9, 1950, he married Lorita VanCuren at North Webster. She survives. Randall was a lifetime resident of the Dutchtown area northeast of Warsaw, an employee of Consolidated Petroleum Products, Inc., Warsaw, was a member and the moderator of Dutchtown Brethren Church where he had been a deacon, Sunday school teacher and a member of the choir, and a member of the South Shore Golf Club, Syracuse. Surviving in addition to his wife and son are two additional sons, Phil Randall, Pierceton, and Brent Randall, Goshen; one grandson, Justin; and one sister, Miss Audrey Randall of the Flora Brethren Home. He was preceded in death by three brothers. Services were held on Monday, June 23, at 1:30 p.m. in the Dutchtown Brethren Church with Rev. Buck Garrett, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial was in Mock Cemetery, North Webster. Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw, was in charge of arrangements. Roy E. Harbaugh Empioyaa Os M—< - -1 9 ■■■*ll Mi* UIMHU MCUniy Funeral services were held on Sunday, June 22, at 2 p.m. in DeLaughter Mortuary, North

Hospital Notes

Goshen

TUESDAY, JUNE 17 Admissions Bessie Knepper, r 2, Lakeview H-6, Syracuse Michael J Shenefield, r 3 box 459, Syracuse Dismissals Margaret L. Likens, r 1 box 598, North Webster WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18 Admissions Mary L. Ringler, 419 E. Boston, Syracuse Judy Lynn Bachtel, r 5 box 123 A, Syracuse Dismissals Michael J. Shenefield, r 3 box 459, Syracuse THURSDAY, JUNE 19 Admissions Heather E. Yoder, r 1 box 122, Syracuse FRIDAY, JUNE 20 Admissions Helen Allen, 72833 CR 29 Lot 3, Syracuse Dismissals Heather E. Yoder, r 1 box 122, Syracuse Jason P. Vasquez, PO Box 212, Milford SATURDAY, JUNE 21 Dismissals Neil Allyn Likens, infant son of Mr and Mrs. Terry Likens, r 1 box 598, North Webster SUNDAY, JUNE 22 Dismissals Mrs. Andrew Stevens and infant daughter, Chandera Ann, 107 W. Carroll St., Syracuse MONDAY. JUNE 23 Admissions Richard J. Aaron, 513 S. Lake St., Syracuse Dismissals Alyce E. Fuller, r 1 box 139A, Milford

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MONDAY. JUNE 1C Admissions Merle J. Harner, Leesburg " Devin S. Skaggs, Syracuse TUESDAY. JUNE 17 Admissions Sima Hatcher. Leesburg Dismissals Devin S. Skaggs. Syracuse Orville L. Thomas. Leesburg WEDNESDAY. JUNE IS Admissions Barbara S. Bryant, Milford Alene D. Powers. Syracuse Dismissals Alene D. Powers, Syracuse THURSDAY, JUNE It Admissions Laura A. Neibert, Leesburg Alene D. Powers, Syracuse FRIDAY, JUNE 2S Admissions Lott C. Sand, Leesburg

Manchester, for Roy E. Harbaugh, 62, 308 South Buffalo St., North Manchester. He was the stepfather of Mrs. Gary (Julia) Gerber and Jill Hetzner, both of North Webster. Harbaugh died at 2:42 p.m. Thursday, June 19, in the Parkview Oncology Center, Fort Wayne, following an extended illness. The deceased was born on October 2,1923, in Indianapolis, the son of Roy and Maude (Sigman) Harbaugh, Sr. He married Eva Hetzner on June 15,1985. She survives. He had worked for Safe Guard Security in Huntington. Additional survivors include one stepson, John Hetzner, Silver Lake; one additional stepdaughter, Lisa Kempfer, New Glarus, Wis.; his mother, Mrs. Maude Harbaugh, Indianapolis; one sister, Bertha Bernitt of Indianapolis; and seven stepgran* 4 children. Rev. Robert Gidley officiated at the service with burial following in the Eel River Old German Baptist Cemetery. Edythe Bechtel HoMOMakoi* Edythe C. Bechtel, 78, 1115 North St., Elkhart, stepmother of Mrs. Barbara Ray, Milford Junction, died Thursday, June 19, at 12:50 a.m. at her home. He had been ill for several years. She was born in Elkhart on July 18, 1907. In South Bend she married Manford E. Bechtel on September?, 1935. He survives. Mrs. Bechtel was a homemaker and member of the Sugar Grove Church. Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Roger (Norma) Clark, Flintstone, Ga.; two additional stepdaughters, Mrs. Marguerite Miller, Monroe, Mich., and Mrs. Evelyn Rink, Ligonier; two stepsons, Earl, South Bend, and Paul, Big Rapids, Mich.; 21 grandchildren; 30 greatgrandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Geraldine Lichtenberger, Elkhart. She was preceded in death by one stepson, Lowell.

Dismissals Barbara S. Bryant and infant daughter, Milford Sinia Hatcher, Leesburg Laura A. Neibert, Leesburg Alene p. Powers and infant son, Syracuse SATURDAY, JUNE 21 Admissions Lorraine A. May, Leesburg Dismissals Juanita Sammons and infant daughter, North Webster SUNDAY, JUNE 22 Admissions Michelle Ostendorf, Milford

Syracuse EMS

Joshua D. Reith, eight. South Bend, was brought to the fire station at 8:40 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, after his foot became caught in the spokes of a bicycle he was riding. He suffered cuts and abrasions. His mother was advised to take him to the emergency room and get X-rays taken. Elizabeth Kuhn, 70, r 2 box 279 Syracuse, came to the fire station at 7:10 p.m. Thursday, June 19, to have her blood pressure checked as suggested by her doctor. She was advised by the Syracuse Emergency Medical Technician to call her doctor and inform him of her vital signs. The Syracuse EMS was called to the home of Tracy Richards, 14 months old, r 2 box 41 Steele Dr., Syracuse, at 7:48 p,m. Friday, June 20, after the child got stain on his face and neck. The parents called the EMS to check the child. The parents were advised to watch the child for complications. Don Rassi, 59, r 3 box 75 Syracuse, was transported to Elkhart Hospital after becoming ill. The EMS was called to his home at 8:10 a.m., Sunday, June 22. Josh Honderich, 10,62114 CR 41 Goshen, was brought to the fire station at 2:24 p.m. Sunday, after cutting his right big toe while at the beach. The laceration was bandaged and his father was advised to take the child to the emergency room and have the laceration checked. The EMS was called to a personal injury accident at 4:52 p.m. Sunday, on SR 13 in front of Augsburgers. Taken to Goshen Hospital was Reckey Rodricuz, 22, 1406 E. Beaver, Portland, Ore., who complained of pain to the ribs and pelvic region. Declining treatment or transportation were Margaret Nelson, 70,320 N. Line St, Columbia City, who suffered pain to the upper arm and Dorothy E. Austin, 77, 202 E. Market, Columbia City, who complained of pain to the lower left leg and abrasion to the lower left led. Both were advised to see a doctor.

Funeral services were held on Monday, June 23, at 10 a.m. in Sugar Grove Church, Elkhart. Burial followed in Prairie Street Cemetery, Elkhart. Stemm-Lawson-Peterson Funeral Home, Elkhart, was in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to the church building fund. William Weathers Rotirod From Sinclair Refinery Graveside services for William W. Weathers, 85, r 5, Syracuse, were held in Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Schererville, at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 21. He passed away on Thursday, June 19, at 4 a.m. at his home. Death was of an apparent heart attack. Weathers was born in Benton County on September 7, 1900. On January 1, 1920, he married Gladys Wilson. She preceded him in death in 1984. In 1965, he retired from the Sinclair Refinery in East Chicago and moved to Dewart Lake 20 years ago from Hammond. He was a World War I veteran and member of the Milford Christian Church. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. JeannetteGrugel, Syracuse; four grandchildren; 10 greatgrandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and three brothers, Lawrence, Lewis, and Richard, all of Lafayette. Fred Walls, assistant minister at Milford Christian Church, officiated at the graveside service. There was no visitation. Harris Funeral Home, Syracuse, was in charge of arrangements. Everett fisher Lifetime Area Resident Everett Fisher, 78, 603 S. Pleasant Acres Drive, Nappanee, died early Tuesday morning at Elkhart General Hospital.

Births

MILLER son Mr. and Mrs. Marion (Laura) Miller, r 2 box 12A, Milford, are the parents of a son born Monday, June 16, in Michiana Community Hospital. BALER son Mr. and Mrs. Darren (Bambi) Baler, r 2 box 225, Leesburg, are the parents of a son born Thursday, June 19, in Goshen Hospital. STEVENS, Chandera Ann Mr. and Mrs. Andrew (Jenny) Stevens, 107 W. Carroll St., Syracuse, are the parents of a daughter, Chandera Ann, born Saturday, June 21, in Goshen Hospital PATTERSON, Cody James Mr. and Mrs. Tom (Deb) Patterson, r 2 box 263, Milford, are the parents of a son, Cody James, born on Tuesday, June 24, at 12:30 a.m in Elkhart Hospital. He weighed eight pounds and measured 21 inches long. Cody James has two sisters, Shanna, 10, of Seymour; and Becky, 34. Maternal grandparents are Dallas and Mary Louise Fox, 17603 CR 48, New Paris, and paternal grandparents are Robert and Myrtle Patterson, 313 W. Carroll St., Syracuse. Maternal great-grandparents are Carl and Mildred Sheets, 17675 CR 48, New Paris, and paternal greatgrandfather is Earl Patterson, St. Petersburg, Fla. METZGER, Michael Allen AT3 and Mrs. Norman Metzger, Jacksonville, Fla., are the parents of a son, Michael Allen, born on Sunday, June 8, at 1:30 am., in Jacksonville. He weighed eight pounds, three ounces and measured 204 inches long. Michael Allen is the Metzgers’ first child. Maternal grandparents are Mrs. Jay (Vickie) Shoemaker of Claypool and James Patterson of Atwood. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Gene Metzger ofWarsaw. BACHTEL, Amy Lynn Mr. and Mrs. Robert (Judy) Bachtel, r 1 box 123A, Syracuse, are parents of their second child, a daughter, Amy Lynn, born at 8:25 a.m. Thursday, June 19, in Goshen Hospital. Amy weighed seven pounds, one-half ounce and measured 18% inches. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Weaver, Syracuse, are maternal grandparents and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Bachtel, also of Syracuse, are paternal grandparents. Glada Weaver, Syracuse, is maternal great-grandmother and Mr. and Mrs. Ned Stuckman, Syracuse, are maternal greatgrandparants. Elsie Bachtel of Wakarusa is paternal greatgrandmother.

He was born on Feb. 22,1913, in Nappanee and married Dorothy Adams in Milford on June 21, 1933. She survives. A lifetime area resident, Fisher had retired from Gateway Transportation. He was also a member of the National Rifle Association, the Nappanee Conservation Club, the CB Radio Club and Storm Watchers Club. Additional survivors include three daughters. Mrs. Stefan (Jackie) Zinkiw of Bremen, Mrs. Fred (Beverly) Johnson and Sallee Black, both of Nappanee; six sons, Virgil, John. Randy, Denny, all of Nappanee, Larry, Talma, and Reggie, of Leesburg; 32 grandchildren, 17 greatgrandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Arthur (Annabelle) Evans, Jr., and Mrs. Richard (Ruby) Shultz, both of Nappanee; and one brother, John Fisher of Syracuse. He was preceded in death by two daughters, one son, two grandchildren, one sister, and three brothers. Services were held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 21, at Thompson & Yoder Funeral Home in Nappanee. Rev. Eugene Sommer, pastor of the LaGrange Church of the Nazarene, officiated with burial following in Union Center Cemetery. Peter D. Jacobs Food Chemist A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Monday, June 23, in First United Methodist Church, San Diego, Calif., for Peter D. Jacobs, 72, 5723 Bounty St., San Diego, brother-in-law of Eleanor (Arnold) Bates, Syracuse. He died June 18 in his home following an extended illness. Formerly from Pierceton and West Chicago, 111., Jacobs was a food chemist. Surviving are his wife, Ruth Jane (Arnold) Jacobs; three daughters, Connie Finesilver and Eleanor De Lise, Aspen, Colo.,

Amy Lynn was welcomed home by her older brother, Tony, who is two years old. VEACH, Christa Sue Mr. and Mrs. Randy (Cindy) Veach, r 1 Milford, are parents of a baby girl, Christa Sue, born Monday, June 23, at 4 a.m. in South Bend Michiana Community Hospital. She weighed six pounds, 12 ounces and was 19 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rink, Syracuse, and paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stiter, Milford. Maternal great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Merril Rink, Milford, and Ethel Veach, Elkhart, is paternal greatgrandmother. The Veachs are also parents of two sons, Corey, 34 years old and Chad, 11 months. NAAB, Justin William Mr. and Mrs. John William (Jennifer) Naab, 131 Olive St., Findlay, Ohio, are the parents of a son. Justin William, born on Wednesday, June 11, at 11:45 p.m. in Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay. He weighed six pounds, 15 ounces and measured 20 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Dr. and Mrs. L. Orin Slagle of Tallahasee, Fla., and paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John A. (Barbara) Naab of Syracuse. Maternal greatgrandmother is Mrs. Slack of Tallahassee and Mrs. William H. Cline of Fountainview Place, formerly of Montpelier and Mrs. Clarence Naab of Markle are paternal great-grandmothers. RAMSER, Kyle Benjamin Mr. and Mrs. Fred (Betty) Ramser, 19824 Peach Ridge Rd.,

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and Melody Grafstrom, Corona, Calif.; two sons, Fred and Allen Jacobs, both of San Diego; three brothers; three sisters; and five grandchildren. At DuUomml IfXaMA Kicnara Angore Imphy Os MortkMp A vwtiofi Funeral arrangements are pending at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Home, Pierceton, for Richard Leßoy (Dick) Kilgore, 54, 4084 West 136th St., Hawthorne, Calif., brother of Jim Kilgore, Syracuse. He died Saturday, June 21, at his home of an apparent heart attack. The son of Leßoy and Violet (Black) Kilgore, he was born on August 7,1931, in Pierceton. He had been a resident of Hawthorne for 13 years. He retired from the Air Force after 27 years and was employed at Northrop Aviation in Hawthorne. Surviving are bis wife, Deolinda; his mother, Violet Kilgore, Warsaw; one daughter, Kimberly, Birmingham, England; one sister, Mrs. Mary Becker, Ann Arbor, Mich.; and one additional brother, Tom Kilgore, Marion, Texas. Josephine Wilson Area Native Mrs. Moses L. (Josephine E.) Wilson, 82, 258 North Clark Street, Nappanee, died in Elkhart Hospital at 9:10 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, following an extended illness. She was born on June 8,1904, in Scott Township in Kosciusko County to Benjaman and Hanna (Beach) Gardner. On June 10, 1922, she married Moses L. Wilson in Syracuse. He survives. Additional survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Robert L. (Eunice J.) Ball of Fort Myers, Fla., and Mrs. John I. (Marie W.) Thompson of Elkhart; three granddaughters; three great-

Goshen, are the parents of a son, Kyle Benjamin, born Thursday, June 5, in Goshen Hospital. Kyle weighed seven pounds, 104 ounces and measured 20 inches in length. Maternal grandmother is Cora Miller of North Manchester. Forrest and Helen Ramser, Athens, Ga., are paternal grandparents. Liddie Miller, Prestonsburg, Ky., is maternal great-grandmother. Kyle was welcomed home by his two brothers, Forrest, five years old, and Seth, one year old.

Cards Os Thanks

Thank Ton Everyone... Relatives, friends and church family for the prayers, cards, visits and acts of kindness during my surgery and recuperation. Sincerely, Dale Morehouse

SPECIAL THANKS! ... to Rev. & Mrs. Paul D. Tinkel and the Milford First Brethren Church for the use of the church yard for our old fashioned ice cream social, held during the sesquicentennial. MilfonlJayctfs

grandchildren; one sister, Mary Orn of Milford; and one brother, John Gardner of Milford. She was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. today, Wednesday, June 25, at Thompson 4 Yoder Funeral Home in Nappanee. Rev. Alvin Shifflett will officiate with burial following in the South Union Cemetery near Nappanee. Mabel M. Riedel Owner/Ope rotor Os Bremen Radfo Mabel M. Riedel, 62, 1133 W. Plymouth St., Bremen, died yesterday, Tuesday, at 3:21 p.m. in South Bend Memorial Hospital from complications of heart disease. She was born on July 11,1923, in New Carlisle, the daughter of Harvey and Ruby (Fisher) Zimmerman. She had resided at Bremen and Lake Wawasee for 38 years. On July 24, 1948, she married Herbert Riedel. Mrs. Riedel was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Bremen, and for 36 years she and her husband owned and operated the Bremen radio station. Surviving are her husband; two daughters. Mrs. John (Monica) Schneider, Zionsville, and Mrs. Alan (Christine Kralovansky, Elkhart; two grandchildren; one brother, Guy Zimmerman, Fort Wayne; and one faster, Mrs. Fred (Opal) Bullinger, Walkerton. Two brothers, Elmer and Caleb Zimmerman, are deceased. Friends may call at Mishler Funeral Home, Milford, tomorrow, Thursday from 2-4 and 6-8:30 p.m. Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Bremen, with Rev. Roger Rohde, pastor, officiating. Burii 1 will follow in Milford Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.

EMT refresher training course

A 28-hour EMT refresher training course must be taken by all Emergency M jdical Technicians during the third year of certification. The refn.'sher class will be August 5,12,19, 26, September 2, and 4 from 6-K p.m. The refresier course is a method of ensuring the knowledge and skills learned in the basic EMT course. Any EMT who is in the third year of certification should contact the education department, Goshen Hospital, for an application. Applications must be received by July 28 and a fee is required. Preregistration is required as class size is limited. For an application call the education department, Goshen Hospital, at 533-2141, ext. 1104. New design Presidential investigators have informed N. ISA officials they want full-scale versions of a redesigned booster rocket tested in the upright position, a costly and complicated procedure that could delay the resumption of shuttle flights beyond next summer, commission and NASA officials say. Repaid The federal government has recovered about $135 million in unpaid government loans since January — most of them to students for higher education — by seizing 1985 federal income tax refund money due the defaulters, a budget official said recently.

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SPEAKS TO RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS — Dr. Roberta Rose. Warsaw, orthopedic surgeon, is introduced by Larry Stackhouse, chief radiologic technician at Kosciusko Community Hospital, to a group of about 25 radiologic technicians who recently attended a Fort Wayne District 11l meeting of the Indiana Society of Radiologic Technicians. Dr. Rose spoke to the group on the topic “If the X-ray was Negative, Why do I Hurt?”, a discussion of causes of pain in.body joints, including the wrist, shoulder, elbow, knee and ankle. Technicians from many hospitals in northern Indiana and from as far south as Indianapolis attended the meeting which was hosted bv KCH.

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