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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Lawrence Clark
Nov 14, 2009
Mr. Lawrence P. Clark, 89, of La Porte, Indiana, died Saturday November 14, 2009 at Golden Living Center Fountainview in LaPorte, IN. He was born March 8, 1920 at his family farm in Rolling Prairie, Indiana, the son of David Clark and Carrie Harris Clark. Lawrence Graduated from Rolling Prairie High School on May 13, 1938. He was a US...
Evelyn Drees
Nov 7, 2009
Mrs. Evelyn M. Drees , 90, of La Porte, Indiana, died Saturday November 7, 2009 at Golden Living Center Fountainview in LaPorte. She was born November 13, 1918 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Ernst Doehling and Lillian Klug Doehling, living in the LaPorte area for six years, coming from Park Ridge, Illinois. Evelyn was a bookkeeper for forty-four years,...
John Trojanowski
Nov 3, 2009
Mr. John Trojanowski, 66, of Rolling Prairie, Indiana, passed away peacefully, Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at his home with his family at his side after an eighteen month struggle with brain cancer. He was born August 23, 1943 in LaPorte, Indiana, the son of Stanley Trojanowski and Aleen Cook Trojanowski. John actively worked as a journeyman electrician for Local 531...
