Obituaries

Local obituaries for Haverstock Funeral Home
Jonathan Tyree
Dec 29, 2006
Mr. Jonathan Tyree, age 26, of Richland, Wash. formerly of LaPorte, Ind., died Friday, December 29, 2006, at His Residence in Richland, Wash. He was born July 26, 1980 in LaPorte, Ind. to Gordon Tyree or Richland, Wash. and Bonnie Dankert Bennitt of LaPorte, Ind. Mr. Tyree was employed by CVS Pharmacy and was a member of Church of Jesus...
Gerald Ford
Dec 26, 2006
Gerald Rudolph Ford was the thirty-eighth president of the United States. Ford was originally named after his biological father, Leslie Lynch King. When his mother, Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, remarried, Ford was renamed after his stepfather. Ford attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he was a gifted athlete and scholar. After college, he received offers from two...
Laura Hill
Dec 22, 2006
Mrs. Laura J. Baker Hill, age 66, of La Porte, Ind., died 12:30 PM Friday, December 22, 2006, at Her Residence in La Porte, Ind. Mrs. Hill was a homemaker. She loved Collectibles, antiques, country music, Steve Erwin Animal Plant, her family and Kids. She was born Sept. 11, 1940 in Berrien Co., Mich. to the late Harry Baker and...
Jean Cannan
Dec 18, 2006
Mrs. Jean E. Jennie Cannan, age 63, of La Porte, Ind., died Monday, December 18, 2006, in Doniphan, Mo. after a sudden illness. She was born April 13, 1943 in Detroit Mich. to the late Emmett Smith and the late Sadie Harris Smith. She has lived in the LaPorte area all of her life. She had worked at American Rubber,...
Helen Doyle
Dec 18, 2006
Helen J. Doyle, age 79, of La Porte, Ind., died 9:05 AM Monday, December 18, 2006, at Fountainview Terrace in LaPorte, Ind. Mrs. Doyle was a homemaker and has lived in the LaPorte area most of her life. She was born February 19, 1927 in LaPorte, IN. to the late Myrtle Mc Cormick Shank and the late Delbert Shank. She...
Esther Hula
Dec 16, 2006
Mrs. Esther Rose Hula, age 88, of La Porte, Ind., died 7:00 PM Saturday, December 16, 2006, at Brentwood Assisted Living in La Porte, Ind. She was born April 15, 1918 in Chicago, Ill to the late Henry Reitknecht and the late Rose Bielak Reitknecht. She has lived in the LaPorte area coming from Knox, Ind. Mrs. Hula was employed...
Dennis Ramsey
Dec 15, 2006
Mr. Dennis O. Ramsey, age 52, of Kingsford Heights, Ind., died 9:18 AM Friday, December 15, 2006, at Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was born April 8, 1954 in Chicago, IL. to the late Earl Ramsey and Wilma Troutman Ramsey. Mr. Ramsey was employed by Dart Transit. He loved his children and grandchildren, He enjoyed woodworking, cooking and driving his truck....
Doris Lawrence
Dec 15, 2006
Mrs. Doris M. Lawrence, age 76, of La Porte, Ind., died 7:30 AM Friday, December 15, 2006, at Brentwood Assisted Living in La Porte, Ind. She was born November 17, 1930 in Ansted, West Virginia to the late Luther Watters and the late Marie Price Watters. She has lived in the LaPorte area for 49 years coming from West Virginia....
Carrol Stark
Dec 14, 2006
Carrol L. Dawson Stark passed away at her home in Oro Valley, Arizona on Thursday, December 14, 2006. On, December 24, 1924, she entered this world as the first daughter of A. Ward and Evelyn Stromwall Dawson. She married, on May 30, 1942, Anton W. Stark. Their family included three children, Carolyn Stark Drew, Al Linda Upp Stark, Marcia Stark;...
Bradley Emerick
Dec 10, 2006
Mr. Bradley A. Emerick, age 56, of La Porte, Ind., died 9:30 AM Sunday, December 10, 2006, at his residence in La Porte, Ind. He was born April 24, 1950 in LaPorte, Ind. to Harold Emerick and Rilla Rosenbaum Emerick. Mr. Emerick was employed as a machinist by Aero Metals and was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church. He was...
Reah Hall
Dec 10, 2006
Mrs. Reah May Hall, age 83, of New Carlisle, Ind., died 1:50 AM Sunday, December 10, 2006, at LaPorte Hospital in La Porte, Ind. She was born July 30, 1923 in LaPorte, IN. to the late William Clark and the late Ethel Barker Clark. He was a life long resident of LaPorte, Ind. Mrs. Hall was employed in housekeeping by...
Bernice Cabanaw
Dec 9, 2006
Miss Bernice Mary Cabanaw, age 95, of La Porte, Ind., died Saturday, December 9, 2006, at Fountainview Terrace in LaPorte, She was born March 7, 1911 in LaPorte, Ind. to the late Noah Cabanaw and the late Bessie Richter Cabanaw. Miss Cabanaw started her career right after graduating from High School with Western Union in Richmond, Ind., she was transferred...
Rafael Flores
Dec 9, 2006
Mr. Rafael Flores, age 23, of La Porte, Ind., died Saturday, December 9, 2006, at LaPorte Hospital in La Porte, Ind. He was born Sept. 25, 1983 in Puebla, Mexico to the late Galdino Flores and Irma Sanchez Flores. He has live in LaPorte for the last eight years coming from Mexico. Mr. Flores was a Competitive Boxer and was...
John Bryan
Dec 6, 2006
Mr. John P. Bryan, age 33, of La Porte, IN, died Wednesday, December 6, 2006, at Niles, Michigan in Niles, Mich. He was born January 2, 1973, in Flint, MI, to Thomas Bryan and the late Barbara Zajac Bryan. Mr. Bryan has lived in the LaPorte area since 1977, coming from Adrian, MI. On June 6, 1997 in Michigan City,...
Delsie Olson
Dec 5, 2006
Mrs. Delsie L. Berg Olson, age 73, of La Porte, IN, died Tuesday, December 5, 2006, at Fountainview Terrace in LaPorte, IN. She was born April 13, 1933 in Altanta Twp., MN, to Joseph Berg and Pauline Molacek Berg, who has preceded. Also preceded are two brothers, Delward Berg, Lloyd Berg, two sisters, Beverly Leglen, Norma Anderson, a daughter, Cindy...
Jane Buss
Dec 4, 2006
Mrs. Jane Weir Wiberg Buss, age 88, of Rolling Prairie, IN, died Monday, December 4, 2006, at Hamilton Communities in New Carlisle, IN. She was born February 22, 1918, in Louisville, KY, to Carl Wilberg and Katherine Dempesey Wilberg, who has preceded. Also preceded, is a son, Robert Buss, sister, Anne Hess, brother, Carl Wilberg. Mrs. Buss was a life-long...
Dr. Weinstock
Dec 1, 2006
Adolph Weinstock, for many years physician in Rolling Prairie, IN. died December 1, 2006 at Hamilton Communities, New Carlisle, IN., where he and his late wife Anne death January 12, 2005 had moved in September 2004. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 24, 1913, the only child of Hyman Weinstock who had come to the USA from Latvia...
Clara Fort
Nov 30, 2006
Mrs. Clara Fort, 87, of Union Mills, died Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006, at 9:45 a.m. at her home. She was born July 19, 1919, in North Judson to Joseph and Mary Lucas Budka, and was a lifelong resident of LaPorte County. Mrs. Fort had worked in housekeeping at Westville Correctional Center for 17 years, retiring in 1989. She was a...
Randy Stoeckinger
Nov 29, 2006
Mr. Randy D. Stoeckinger, 46, of LaPorte, died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006, at his home. He was born Nov. 17, 1960, in South Bend to Everett and Nancy Stoeckinger, and lived in the LaPorte area all of his life. Mr. Stoeckinger was self-employed in maintenance. He was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church and was family-oriented. On Feb. 14, 1990,...
Irene Gladden
Nov 28, 2006
Mrs. L. Irene Gladden, age 95, of Rolling Prairie, Ind., died Tuesday, November 28, 2006, at her residence in Rolling Prairie, Ind. She was born February 19, 1911 in LaPlace, IL. to the late Peter Probst and the late Alice Roberts Probst. She has lived most of her life in the LaPorte area. Mrs. Gladden was a homemaker and was...


