Obituaries

Robert Ritchie

Robert Ritchie

Dec 30, 2009

Robert M. Ritchie September 26, 1973-December 30, 2009 Mr. Robert M. Ritchie, 36, of La Porte, Indiana, died Wednesday December 30, 2009 at his home in LaPorte. He was born September 26, 1973 in LaPorte, Indiana, the son of William Ritchie and Nancy Stacy Ritchie. Robert was a member of the LaPorte Horse Shoe League. Robert enjoyed being outdoors, playing...

Rose Kellogg

Rose Kellogg

Dec 30, 2009

Rose Marguerite Keller Kellogg 88 of La Porte/South Bend went to be with her Lord Wednesday, December 30, 2009. She was born August 31, 1921 in Mill Creek, Indiana, raised in La Porte, Indiana graduated from La Porte High school in 1939 and Married Glenn Kellogg in 1940. She lived most of her adult life in South Bend, Indiana until...

Lucille Robinson

Lucille Robinson

Dec 26, 2009

Lucille S. Robinson December 25, 1919-December 26, 2009 Mrs. Lucille S. Robinson, 90, of La Porte, formerly of New Carlisle, Indiana, died Saturday December 26, 2009 at La Porte Hospital. She was born December 25, 1919 in LaPorte, Indiana, the daughter of Charles L. Ames and Anna Mitchell Ames. Lucille was a homemaker and was an owner and operator of...

Charles Wheatbrook

Charles Wheatbrook

Dec 25, 2009

Charles W. Wheatbrook September 30, 1925-December 25, 2009 Mr. Charles H. Wheatbrook, 84, of Rolling Prairie, Indiana, died Friday December 25, 2009 at La Porte Hospital. He was born September 30, 1925 in La Porte, Indiana, the son of Charles Wheatbrook Sr. and Eliza McNeal Wheatbrook. Charles was the owner and operator of Wheatbrook Home Center for 64 years and...

Ethel Kuhn

Ethel Kuhn

Dec 13, 2009

Ethel M. Kuhn, 99, of Carmel, Indiana, formerly of LaPorte, IN., died Sunday December 13, 2009 at Carmel Health Living Nursing Home. She was born May 30, 1910 in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of Ludlof Sibbersen and Velma Witherell Sibbersen, living in the LaPorte area, since 1951, coming from Ohio Ethel worked for the LaPorte Sanitation Dept. as a bookkeeper...

Duane Capron

Duane Capron

Dec 11, 2009

Mr. Duane E. Capron, Jr., 62, of La Porte, Indiana, died Friday December 11, 2009 at La Porte Hospital. He was born November 23, 1947 in LaPorte, Indiana, the son of Duane Capron Sr. and Joyce J. Meinke Capron. Duane worked at Howmet for four years and.Dietrich Industries for twenty-one years. He was a veteran of the US Army during...

Eva Wolff

Eva Wolff

Dec 11, 2009

Mrs. Eva "Marjorie" Wolff , 94, of Union Mills, Indiana, died Friday December 11, 2009 at La Porte Hospital. She was born April 28, 1915 in Flora, Indiana, the daughter of Charles Clingenpeel and Ethel Allen Clingenpeel. Marjorie was a homemaker. She enjoyed gardening in her flower beds, playing cards, sewing and she loved spending time with her family. On...

Shirley Hewitt

Shirley Hewitt

Dec 10, 2009

Mrs. Shirley P. Hewitt, 77, of LaPorte, Indiana, died Thursday December 10, 2009 at Golden Living Center Fountainview in LaPorte. She was born March 11, 1932 in LaPorte, Indiana, the daughter of Norman Ohlis and Lucy Stubblefield Ohlis. Shirley was a homemaker and was co-owner of the Avenue Bar for six years with her late husband John. She also was...

June Butts

June Butts

Dec 5, 2009

June Butts June 22, 1935-December 5, 2009 June Butts, 74, of La Porte, Indiana, died Saturday December 5, 2009 at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke Hospital in Chicago, IL. She was born June 22, 1935 in Roda, Virginia, the daughter of Emmett Lee Bowen and Della Mae Haggard Bowen. She has lived in the LaPorte area for 50 years coming from...

William Fanning

William Fanning

Dec 1, 2009

Mr. William D. Fanning, 63, of La Porte, Indiana, died Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at La Porte Hospital. He was born January 11, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of John W. Fanning and Winifred Budd Fanning. William worked for Sears, retiring in 1984. William was a die-hard Cubs fan. He was a loving father, grandfather, uncle and was loved...

James Anez

James Anez

Nov 29, 2009

Mr. James Earl Anez, 64, of La Porte, Indiana, died Sunday November 29, 2009 at La Porte Hospital in La Porte. He was born December 26, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Donald Anez and Mary Jablonsky Anez. James worked for the Whirlpool Corp. for thirty-three years, retiring in 2002. On February 14, 1981, in LaPorte, IN, he married...

Mark Aldrich

Mark Aldrich

Nov 28, 2009

Mr. Mark E. Aldrich, 89, of La Porte, Indiana, died Saturday November 28, 2009 at St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Green Springs, OH. He was born September 5, 1920 in Angola, Indiana, the son of D. Dean Aldrich and Edna Spade Aldrich. Mark received an engineering degree from Tri-State University in 1948; he moved to LaPorte and worked...

Patricia Weaver

Patricia Weaver

Nov 28, 2009

Patricia A. Weaver was greeted at the gates of heaven by Jesus on November 28, 2009. She was born on July 29, 1931 to Glenn and Kathryn Overmyer Reed in Culver, Indiana and raised in Ora, Indiana. She later moved to New Carlisle and then to LaPorte where she resided, since 1971. In 1949, she married Guy McDonald who is...

Mildred Condon

Mildred Condon

Nov 28, 2009

Mrs. Mildred "Millie" Condon, 100, of La Porte, Indiana, died Saturday November 28, 2009 at La Porte Hospital in La Porte, IN. She was born February 13, 1909 in LaPorte County, Indiana, the daughter of Harry Smith and Malinda Murdock Smith and has lived in the La Porte area all of her life. Mildred was a member of the First...

Rebecca Cannova

Rebecca Cannova

Nov 28, 2009

Mrs. Rebecca Lynn Cannova, 56, of La Porte, Indiana, died unexpectedly, Saturday November 28, 2009 at her home in La Porte. She was born May 7, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Russell Cannova and Agnes Vineyard Cannova, living in the LaPorte area for forty years, coming from Chicago, Illinois. Rebecca worked for Miller's Merry Manor. Rebecca loved gardening...

Mary Padgett

Mary Padgett

Nov 26, 2009

Mrs. Mary M. Padgett , 88, of La Porte, Indiana, died Thursday November 26, 2009 at her home in La Porte. She was born February 8, 1921 in Dugger, Indiana, the daughter of Patrick Mooney and Gail White Mooney. Mary was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church in LaPorte. Mary was co-owner of Harold's Garage,...

Carl Fowler

Carl Fowler

Nov 25, 2009

Mr. Carl E. Fowler , 80, of La Porte, Indiana, died Wednesday November 25, 2009 at La Porte Hospital in La Porte. He was born June 9, 1929 in Kingsbury, Indiana, the son of George S. Fowler and Mildred I. Barney Fowler, he lived in the LaPorte area, all of his life. Carl worked for Teledyne Casting Service for 45...

Carolyn Mcvay

Carolyn Mcvay

Nov 25, 2009

Mrs. Carolyn S. McVay , 60, of Fairfield, California, died Wednesday November 25, 2009 at David Grant Air Force Hospital at Travis Air Force Base, CA. She was born October 11, 1949 in La Porte, Indiana, the daughter of Harold W. Shrader and Helen T. Wood Shrader. On November 6, 1971, in Niles, MI, she married Raymond E. McVay who...

Diane Lorence

Diane Lorence

Nov 19, 2009

Mrs. Diane M. Pellerin Lorence, 74, of La Porte, Indiana, died Thursday November 19, 2009 at La Porte Hospital. She was born September 22, 1935 in Nineveh, New York, the daughter of Norman Pellerin and Cora Engle Pellerin. She has lived in the La Porte area for 35 years coming from South Bend, IN. Diane worked as a recorder for...

Carol Ross

Carol Ross

Nov 17, 2009

Mrs. Carol A. Ross, 63, of Rolling Prairie, Indiana, died Tuesday November 17, 2009 at La Porte Hospital in La Porte. She was born June 9, 1946 in LaPorte, Indiana, the daughter of Jerry Cornell and Fae Miller Cornell. Carol worked at American Home Foods for seventeen years until they closed; she then worked for Howmet Corp., retiring after working...