The Mail-Journal, Volume 26, Number 37, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 October 1987 — Page 3

Hospital Notes

Goshen TUESDAY, OCT. 20 Admissions Gary D Sparks, PO Box 114, Milford Stanley Custer, 3 LaPoint Drive, Milford Catherine Connell. 113 E. Pearl Street, Syracuse Dismissals Frank Beer, r 1 box 250, Milford Calvin A. Kidd, r 1 box 35, Milford WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21 Admissions Paul E. Hollar, r 4 box 377, Syracuse Dismissals Carroll J. Clayton, r 3 box 268, Syracuse James A. Sawyer, r 5 box 254, Syracuse THURSDAY, OCT. 22 Admissions Stanley R. Grimes, r 1 box 138, Syracuse Jeremy D Price, 5 Camelot Drive, r 1. Milford Dismissals ■X Sanford G. Boyer, r 3 box 251, Syracuse Stanley M. Custer. 3 LaPoint Drive, Milford Gary D. Sparks, PO Box 114, Milford FRIDAY, OCT. 23 Admissions Delores A. Bechtel, r 2 box 598. Milford Dismissals Robin K. Smith and infant son, Shane Allen. 210 Smith Street, Apt. 17. Milford SATURDAY. OCT. 24 Admissions Olive M. Betes. PO Box 8, Millers Merry Manor, Syracuse Alex Lozano, r 2 box 133, ntiiford Dismissals Stanley R. Grimes, r 1 box 138, Syracuse Justin Wallace, r 3 box 21082. Syracuse

Obituaries

Arthur E. Davis Arthur E. Davis. 71, Fountainview Place. Goshen, died Tuesday. Oct. 20. 1987, at approximately 7 a m. in the Veterans Administration Hospital, Indianapolis. He was the stepfather of Mrs Michael (Meridith) Mignery, Cromwell. He was bom February 28, 1916, in Middlebury to William A. and Gertrude (Heaton) Davis. On June 27, 1973. he married Lenora Keim. She survives. Davis was a lifetime resident of the Goshen area and a World War Il US Army veteran. He was a short order cook at the Swallow Case and Dixie Sandwich Shop. He was a member of the Full Gospel Community Church, Goshen, and a life member of the Goshen VFW, Goshen DAV, and American Legion. Additional survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Tricia Stewart. Wahneta, Fla.; six grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters. Funeral services were conducted Friday, Oct. 23, at 11 a.m. in the Yoder-Culp Funeral Home, Goshen. Rev. Willie Leonberger, pastor of the Full Gospel Community Church, officiated. Burial, with a full military service, will be in West Goshen Cemetery. Dorothy E. Hart Mrs. Dorothy E. Hart, 78, Warren Memorial Home, Warren, W'ells County, sister of Richard E. Ditmer. Syracuse, died at 4:40 pm. Sunday. Oct. 25, 1987, in Wells Community Hospital, Bluffton. She had been ill a short time. * She was born in Marion on April 3,1909, to Harry E. and Hattie (Eakins) Ditmer. She married Rev. Raymond H. Hart, who was pastor of the United Methodist Church in LaGrange, on May 30, 1945. He preceded her in death on March 9.1952. A former Marion resident, Mrs. Hart worked for many years as secretary for the Bahr Brothers Manufacturing Company in Marion and was secretary for two district superintendents of the United Methodist Church, one at Warsaw and one at Kokomo. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Marion. Also surviving are two stepdaughters, Mrs. Paul (Virginia) Reese, Marion, and Mrs. Jack K? (Esther) Gates, Columbia City; six stepgrandchildren; and nine I stepgreat-grandchildren; and . one nephew, Edward P. Ditmer, I California. 1 Services were held this mom- , » ing, Wednesday, at 10 a.m. in the chapel of the Warren Home, with g Rev Basil Fulk and Rev. Phill ■ Stephens officiating. Burial

Delores A. Bechtel and infan daughter, Lacretia Lynn, r 2 bo, 598, Milford SUNDAY, Oct. 25 Admissions Betsy Calland, 84 Polly Anns Pike, Syracuse Dismissals Traca L. Haviland and infant son, Nathaniel Ryan, 110 E Boston Street, Syracuse Jeremy D. Price, 5 Camelot Drive, r 1, Milford MONDAY, OCT. 26 Dismissals Esmeralda D. Adair and infant son, William Ross 11, r 3 box 198, Syracuse Catherine Connell, 113 E. Pearl Street, Syracuse Paul E. Hollar, r 4 box 377, Syracuse Betty L. Miller and infant son, Andrew Paul, r 2 box 170A, Milford KCH MONDAY, OCT. 19 Admissions Kelli L. Hobbs, Leesburg Cecelia P. Schmidt, Leesburg Dismissals Pauline E. Wilson, Leesburg TUESDAY, OCT. 20 Admissions Mary J Coppes, Syracuse Dismissals Cecelia P. Schmidt, Leesburg WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21 Dismissals Hettie M. Irwin and baby girl, North Webster THURSDAY, OCT. 22 Dismissals Kelli L. Hobbs, Leesburg FRIDAY, OCT. 23 Mary J. Coppes, Syracuse SATURDAY, OCT. 24 Dismissals Guy J. Bixler, Leesburg

followed in Riverside Cemetery, Gas City. The Butler Funeral Home, Warren, was in charge of arrangements. Glen A. Pinkerton Glen A. Pinkerton, 74, r 2, Milford, died in his home Monday, Oct. 26, 1987, at 9:22 p.m. following an extended illness. He was born in Milford on August 24, 1913, the son of Guy and Bertha (Hepler) Pinkerton. On February 4, 1933, in Warsaw, he married Velma H. Miller. She survives. Pinkerton was a farmer and member of the Bremen Grange. Surviving along with his wife are one son, Dennis, Milford; two grandchildren; and one brother, Raymond R. Pinkerton, Milford. He was preceded in death by one son. Friends may call at Mishler Funeral Home, Milford, today, Wednesday, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Services will be held there tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Jesse Beer officiating. Burial will be in Leesburg Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Kosciusko County Hospice. Anna Marie Rapp Anna Marie Rapp, 90, Apostolic Christian Restmor, Morton, Hl., died at 11:06 a.m. Monday, Sept. 26, 1987, at Methodist Medical Center, Peoria, where she had been admitted September 23. Mrs. Rapp was a cousin to the Baumgartners of Milford. Mrs. Rapp was bom September 25, 1897, in Cissna Park, a daughter of Charles and Emma Baumgartner Kuebler. On April 5, 1921, she married Henry W. Rapp in Watseka. He preceded her in death on February 18,1972.

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It SHARLEEN MILLER )X RECEIVES INJURY Mrs. Steven (Sharleen) Miller, Milford, received a leg injury while at work at R. R. Donnelley & Sons, Co., Warsaw, on Tuesday ia evening, Oct. 20. She sustained a spiral fracture of the fibula and with the assistance of a walking it brace is now able to get around J, ‘ slowly. She is expected to be off work >t from four-six weeks. Syracuse » EMS The Syracuse Emergency ’* Medical Service made the following ambulance runs this past r > week: Stanley Grims, 63, r 1 box 138, '• Syracuse, was taken to Goshen Hospital on Thursday, Oct. 22, after the EMS was called to his home at 6:24 p.m. Laura Hygema, 16, r 1 box 2668, North Webster, was not taken to a hospital after the EMS was called to Wawasee High School at 11:08 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23. The EMS was called to Miller’s Merry Manor, Pickwick Road, at 7:56 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24. Lenoir Smzll, 42, Pickwick Road, Syracuse, was taken to Kosciusko Community Hospital and then transported back to Miller’s Merry Manor. At 10:11 a.m. Saturday, the EMS was called to Miller’s Merry Manor, Pickick Road, Syracuse. Olive Betes, 91, Pickwick Road, Syracuse, was taken to Goshen Hospital. Ed Coy, 12, r 3 box 61, Syracuse, came to the fire station at 10:47 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25. He was not transported. Shelly Warner, 29, 113 W. Carroll St., Syracuse, was taken to kwohtcaa izuopiu* mGiiaiy, 2C, after the EMS was called to her home at 5:51 p.m. Keith G. Cripe, 29, r 5 box 318, Syracuse, was taken to Goshen Hospital after coming to the fire

She was a graduate of Brown’s Business College, Peoria, and a former employee of Keystone Steel and Wire Co., Peoria. She also was a former employee at Meyer Manufacturing, Morton. She was a member of Morton Apostolic Christian Church, Morton American Legion Auxiliary Post 318 and was active with the American Red Cross during World War 11. Surviving are three sons, Henry W. Jr., Morton, Richard K., Glendale, Calif., and Howard, Plano, Texas; two brothers, Emil Kuebler and Lawrence Kuebler, both of Cissna Park; two sisters, Helen Kuebler, Francesville, and Marie Kuebler, Watseka; 10 grandchildren; and 12 greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers and four sisters. Services were held September 27 at the Morton Apostolic Christian Church with church ministers officiating. Burial was in Morton Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Apostolic Christian Restmor Inc., or to Apostolic Christian Home for the Handicapped, both in Morton. Elizabeth Tobin Elizabeth M. Tobin, 82, r 5, Syracuse, died yesterday, Tuesday, at 10:10 a.m. at her Dewart Lake home, following an illness of three weeks. She was born on April 20, 1905, in Cherokee, lowa, the daughter of John E. and Maud Elizabeth (Johnson) McKee. On August 24, 1930, she married Ted T. Tobin. He preceded her in death on August 16,1958. Mrs. Tobin had resided at the Dewart Lake area since the

station at 2:40 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27. Births SMITH, Shane Allen Mr. and Mrs. Michael (Robin) Smith, 210 Smith Street, Milford, are the parents of a son, Shane Allen, born Thursday, Oct. 22, in Goshen Hospital. FIKE, Adam Lee Mr. and Mrs. Gary (Diane) Fike, r 1, Linden, are the parents of a son, Adam Lee, born at 4:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, in Crawfordsville Hospital. He weighed seven pounds, seven ounces and measured 19 inches long. Adam Lee is the couple’s first child. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Randy Quimby, Darlington. Paternal grandparents are Albert and Doris Fike, Linden (formerly of Goshen). Paternal great-grandparents are Rev. Clarence and Clara Fike, Waubee Lake, Milford. BECHTEL, Lacretia Lynn Mr. and Mrs. Arthur (Delores) Bechtel, r 2 box 598, Milford, are the parents of a daughter, Lacretia Lynn, born Friday, Oct. 23, in Goshen Hospital. ADAIR, William Ross II Mr. and Mrs. William (Esmeralda) Adair, r 3 box 198, Syracuse, are the parents of a son, William Ross 11, born Saturday, Oct. 24, in Goshen Hospital. EPPERT, Johnny Allen Mr. and Mrs. Steven (Peggy) Eppert, r 2 box 579, Syracuse, are the parents of a son, Johnny Allen, bomat7:o2a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, in Goshen Hospital. He weighed eight pounds, seven long. Johnny Allen has a brother, David Michael, nine. Maternal grandparents are Lee and Jerry Colley, North Webster. Paternal grandparents are Earl

19405. She was a retired English and French high school teacher, having taught at Syracuse, Dunlap and South Whitley i schools. She was a member of Alpha Xi Delta Sorority of the University of Minnesota, American Association of Retired Teachers, Indiana Retired Teachers Association, Kosciusko County Retired Teachers Association, Milford Senior Citizens, and the Columbian Reading Circle of Milford. Surviving are one son, John Michael Tobin, Dewart Lake; one I daughter, Patricia Ann Coppes, I Warsaw; four grandchildren; I one brother, Bruce G. McKee, I Prescott, Ariz.; and one sister, I Mrs. Clarence (Jean) Helin, I Dallas, Texas. There will be no calling. A I memorial service will be held at 1 I p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, at I Mishler Funeral Home, Milford, I with Rev. Robert Ellison of- I ficiating. Burial will be in the I Milford Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the I Kosciusko County Hospice. Isabel Schaaf Isabel! L. Schopf, 79, r 2, | Syracuse, formerly of Escondido, I

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and Bea Eppert, Syracuse, and Leonard Eppert, also of Syracuse. Paternal greatgrandmothers are Laverne King and Mary Johnson, both of Kendallville. > MILLER, Andrew Paul Mr. and Mrs. H. Mark (Betty) ’ Miller, r 2 box 170A, Milford, are " the parents of a son, Andrew Paul, born at 3:37 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, in Goshen Hospital. He weighed eight, pounds, 14 ounces and measured 21 inches long. Andrew Paul has two sisters, ’ Christine Kaye, 12, and Elizabeth Ann, 10, and three brothers, Mark J Jonathan, seven, Matthew David, Jjive, and Micah Allen, two. J iVfatemal grandparents are Eli ’ and Anna Chupp, Shipshewana. ’ Paternal grandparents are Harold and Malinda Miller, Millersburg. ERASURE, Tabitha Ann Mr. and Mrs. O’Dell (Darla) « Erasure, r 1 box 125 G, Milford, are the parents of a daughter, Tabitha Ann, born at 6:25 a m. Sunday, Oct. 25, in Goshen Hospital. She weighed six i pounds, 10M> ounces and : measured 18 inches long. Tabitha Ann is the couple’s first child. Maternal grandparents are Owen and Peggy Snyder, Syracuse, and Augustine G. and Patricia Overfelt, Jr., Granite Cii ty. 111. Paternal grandparents are Town and Willamae Erasure, i Galveston, Ky. Maternal great-grandparents are Howard and Sue Peace, Syracuse. Paternal gtedtgrandparents are Troy and Virlie Erasure and Edna Rogers, all of Galveston, Ky. PLUMMER, Alexis Suzanne Mr. and Mrs. James (Angela) Plummer, Jr., r 1 box 3, Syracuse are the parents of a daughter, Alexis Suzanne, born at 2:18 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, in Goshen Hospital. She weighed seven pounds, IMs ounces and measured 19»-4 inches long.

Calif., diecLat her residence at 7:45 a.m. yesterday, Tuesday, Oct.-27,1987. She was born in Garrett on January 15,1908, to Franklin and Elizabeth (Whan) Smith. She had resided in Washington, D.C., moving to Escondido, Calif., where she had lived for 12 years before moving to Syracuse. Surviving are four grandchildren, Janet Ream, North Webster, Mrs. Robert

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Alexis Suzanne is the couple’s first child. Maternal grandparents are Sam and Sue Bushong, Warsaw. Paternal grandparents are James E. and Eleanor Plummer, Sr., Syracuse. Maternal greatgrandmother is Belva Drudge, Warsaw. Paternal greatgrandmothers are Mildred Kline and Ruth Plummer, both of Syracuse. CALLAND son Mr. and Mrs. Troy (Betsy) Calland, 84 Polly Anna Pike, Syracuse, are the parents of a son born Monday, Oct. 26, in Goshen Hospital. Bloodmobile at Center Lake on October 29 The bloodmobile of the American Red Cross has made two recent visits to the county recently. One was at Grace College and the other at Wawasee High School. All eligible donors are encouraged to participate on October 29 betewwn 12 noon to 6 p.m. when the bloodmobile will be at the Center Lake Pavilion. The goal for Grace College was 175 units, 158 units were collected. Wawasee’s goal was 125 units and 88 units were collected. This means that only 82 percent of the goal was reached. The blood supply is again reaching a serious shortage. ThO’se persons receiving special recognition for their participation in the Bloodmobiles were: Earl Stutzman, 12-gallon; James Fingerle and Phyllis Kuhn, 6-gallon; Lloyd Jilburg, 3 gallon; Sheryl--2-gallon; Alms Swartzentruber and John Rasol, 1-gallon. American Red Cross is a participating United Way agency.

(Margaret) Hauser, Syracuse, David Schopf, Syracuse, and Jack Schopf, Warsaw; and three great-grandchildren. Friends may call at Harris Funeral Home, Syracuse, from 2-6 p.m. today, Wednesday, and at the McLeod Mortuary in Escondido from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Friday. Graveside services will be held at the Oak Hill Memorial Gardens in Escondido on Friday, Oct. 30, at 12:30 p.m.

Wed., October 28,1M7 — THE MAIDJOURNAL ’

r". c—kja s 2 MINOR DAMAGE — Driver inattention was the culprit that caused up to »2,500 damage to this 1987 International school bus owned by the Wawasee Community School Corporation. Noel D. Johnson, 32, Syracuse, was heading north on South Main Street when he attempted to make a left turn onto West Boston Street and collided with the bus, driven by Wilburn K. Bell, 44, Syracuse. No one was injured in the incident, which occurred at 3:19 nm last Wednesday, Oct. 21.

November: National Diabetes Month

November is National Diabetes Month and will be observed throughout the country in various ways. Diabetes is a major health problem and the number of people developing it in the United States is increasing every year. Americans today have greater than one-in-five chance of becoming diabetics. Despite these statistics, many people are not adequately informed about diabetes. Goshen General Hospital will ho nrocontino onnortunities for diabetics, their families, and other interested people to become more knowledgeable of diabetes. This includes a series of diabetic classes. The classes will be offered I November 9, 10, 11 and 12 in the I hospital. Each class will begin at | 7 pm. The first class on the Monday | evening class will be “Diabetes: | Explanation and Care.’’ “Prin- | ciples of the Diabetic Diet” will I

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be presented on Tuesday evening. Group participation of “Planning Meals for at Home and Away from Home” is the highlight for Wednesday evening. The final class on Thursday evening will cover “How Diabetes Affects the Body.” •• •• Nancy Schooley, RN, diabetes education coordinator, and Barbara Fierce, RD, hospital dietitian, will conduct the classes. Goshen General Hospital Education Department, 533-2141, ext. 1104, for further information and registration for classes.

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