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Helen Topitges

Helen Topitges

Apr 24, 2004

Mrs. Helen S. Topitges, 78, of LaPorte, Indiana passed away Saturday April 24, 2004 at LaPorte Hospital. She had been an area resident for 57 years coming from Athens, Greece. Mrs. Topitges was born October 12, 1925, in Athens Greece to Anthanasios and Olga Bobotis Skouras, who preceded. On February 22, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois she married Rev. George J....

Regina Matthews

Regina Matthews

Apr 24, 2004

Mrs. Regina L. Matthews, 81, of 40 Toronto St., LaPorte, Indiana passed away Saturday April 24, 2004 at LaPorte Hospital. She had been an area resident for 50 years coming from Judsonia, Arkansas. Mrs. Matthews was born November 23, 1922, in Judsonia, Arkansas to Conley and Edna Harvey Joyner, who preceded. On August 7, 1937 in Judsonia, Arkansas she married...

Suzanne Chambers

Suzanne Chambers

Apr 22, 2004

The funeral for Mrs. Suzanne Carol Chambers, 62, of 1366W CR-650N, LaPorte, will be Monday at 1 p.m. at the Haverstock Funeral Home, with Rev. David Sickelka officiating. She died Thursday, April 22, 2004, at LaPorte Hospital. Friends may call Sunday from 1 to 3 and 5 to 7 p.m. and Monday from 8 a.m. Burial will be in Swan...

Sandra Scalf

Sandra Scalf

Apr 20, 2004

Mrs. Sandra K. Scalf, 61, of 719 Rose St., LaPorte, IN., died Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at 7:33 a.m., at the home of her sister. She was born June 17, 1942 in LaPorte, IN. to Richard and Frances Galko Arndt, and has been a life long resident of the LaPorte area. Mrs. Scalf had worked in the Deli and Meat...

Margery Gilchrist

Margery Gilchrist

Apr 18, 2004

Mrs. Margery Jean Jones Gilchrist, 72, of Rolling Prairie, died Sunday, April 18, 2004, in LaPorte. She was born Feb. 15, 1932, in Rolling Prairie to Richard M. Jones Sr. and Esther I. Elkins Jones Carpenter. She was raised by her grandparents, Bill and Lottie Elkins, and had lived in Rolling Prairie all her life. Mrs. Gilchrist retired after 16...

Belva Stone

Belva Stone

Apr 18, 2004

Mrs. Belva E. Stone, 83, of 1700 ?I? St., LaPorte, Indiana, pass away Sunday April 18, 2004, at Countryside Place, Laporte, Indiana. Born February 2, 1921in Mayfield, Kentucky, to Arthur and Nina Miller Waldrop, who preceded. She married Wesley Stone on January 4, 1944, in Mayfield, Kentucky, who preceded on January 1, 1976. Mrs. Stone was a homemaker and worked...

John Ginther

John Ginther

Apr 17, 2004

Mr. John O. Ginther, 78, of 4 New Market Dr., Delaware, Ohio passed away Saturday April 17, 2004 at Delaware Court Health Care, Delaware, Ohio. Born October 8, 1925 in Burrows, Indiana, to Floyd and Ruth Johnsenbaugh Ginther, who preceded. Mr. Ginther married Jean Schupbach on July 5, 1947, in Dayton, Indiana, who survives. Mr. Ginther worked for Ace Hardware...

Bernice Akers

Bernice Akers

Apr 14, 2004

Mrs. Bernice M. Akers, 82, of 0441 W. CR 1000 N., LaPorte, In., died Wednesday April 14, 2004, at 11:59 a.m. at the LaPorte Hospital. She was born May 6, 1921, in Chicago, IL., to Gustav and Louise Rubin Fischer, and had lived in the LaPorte area since 1955 coming from Valparaiso, IN. Mrs. Akers was a homemaker. She attended...

Charles Lucas

Charles Lucas

Apr 10, 2004

Mr. Charles A. Lucas, 72, of LaPorte, Indiana, passed away Saturday April 10, 2004 at the LaPorte Hospital. Mr. Lucas was born on January 10, 1932, to Joe and Lela Philbeak Luker, in Pine Hill Kentucky. He had lived in the LaPorte area for 5 years coming from California. He served in the US Army for 20 years, retiring in...

Joseph Jemiolo

Joseph Jemiolo

Apr 9, 2004

Mr. Joseph Jemiolo, 76, of 3405 Silverbrook Ave., LaPorte, passed away Friday, April 9, 2004 at LaPorte Hospital. He was born May 2, 1927, in Southwick, MA to John and Victoria Harwood Jemiolo, and had lived in the LaPorte area most of his life. Mr. Jemiolo, married Nancy Evans, on March 15, 1952, in Ayer MA, and she survives. He...

Helen Klinefelter

Helen Klinefelter

Apr 7, 2004

Mrs. Helen L. Klinefelter, 75, of LaPorte, Indiana, passed away at home Wednesday April 7, 2004 at 3:10 a.m.. She had lived in the LaPorte area since 1952 coming from Gary, Indiana. Mrs. Klinefelter was born April 3, 1929, to Ernest and Helen Longshore McGown, in Gary, Indiana. On September 9, 1950, in Gary, Indiana, she married Robert Klinefelter who...

Avice Ferel

Avice Ferel

Apr 4, 2004

Mrs. Avice G. Ferel, 90, of 1211 Longwood Dr. Apt. 217, LaPorte, IN. died Sunday, April 4, 2004, at 10:55 p.m. at the LaPorte Hospital. She was born Aug. 16, 1913 in Bloomington, IL. To Roy and Lou Kerr Karr, and has lived in the LaPorte area since 1952. Mrs. Ferel is retired from Whirlpool Corp. and had worked for...

Martha Metheny

Martha Metheny

Mar 31, 2004

Mrs. Martha J. "Mity" Metheny, 71, of 6113 Ind. 104, Stillwell, died Wednesday, March 31, 2004, at 8:30 a.m. at her home. She was born Sept. 23, 1932, in LaPorte to John and Goldie Jones Pisello, and had lived most of her life in the LaPorte area. Mrs. Metheny retired in 1997 as a truck driver with the Indiana State...

Myrtle Kautz

Myrtle Kautz

Mar 29, 2004

Myrtle A. Kautz, 83, of 805 Glenwood Dr., Fish Lake Walkerton, IN., died Monday, March 29, 2004, at 3:50 a.m. LaPorte County time at the home of her son Thomas Kautz in Argos, Indiana. She was born July 8, 1920, in Elkton, South Dakota, to Emil and Annie Steufen Dankert, and had lived here for 52 years, coming from South...

Jeanette Varda

Jeanette Varda

Mar 29, 2004

Mrs. Jeanette Varda, 69, of 1281 W. CR 650 N., LaPorte, passed away Monday March 29, 2004 at LaPorte Hospital, in LaPorte, Indiana. She had lived here for 37 years coming from Gary, Indiana. She was born on October 3, 1934, in Gary, Indiana, to Claude and Josephine Urbanic Klasner On October 27, 1956, in Gary, Indiana, she married Slobodan...

Charles Hildreth

Charles Hildreth

Mar 28, 2004

Mr. Charles C. Hildreth, 81, of 9828S CR-100W, Union Mills, died Sunday, March 28, 2004, at 7 a.m. at his home. He was born Aug. 25, 1922, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Charles Guy and Sadie Brawner Hildreth, and had lived most of his life in the LaPorte area. Mr. Hildreth retired in 1983 as a supervisor in auto part...

Walter Shaw

Walter Shaw

Mar 27, 2004

Mr. Walter J. Shaw, 89, of 1404 W. 300 N., LaPorte, Indiana, passed away Saturday March 27, 2004 at Fountainview Terrace, LaPorte, Indiana. Mr. Shaw was born September 30, 1914, to Homer and Rose Arndt Shaw in LaPorte and had lived here all of his life. On September 30, 1944, in LaPorte, he married Charlotte Berg, who survives. Also surviving...

Lloyd Haverstock

Lloyd Haverstock

Mar 26, 2004

Mr. Lloyd A. Haverstock, 77, of 2601 N. CR 600 E., Rolling Prairie, IN., died Friday March 26, 2004, at 6:10 p.m. at his home. He was born April 1, 1926, in LaPorte, IN., to Archie & Edna Stoner Haverstock, and has lived in the Rolling Prairie area all of his life. Mr. Haverstock was a retired farmer. He was...

Keith Stratton

Keith Stratton

Mar 26, 2004

Mr. Keith W. Stratton, 40, of 0500 E US 20, LaPorte, Indiana dies at 07:24 PM on Friday, March 26, 2004 at LaPorte in La Porte, Indiana. He was on born September 23, 1963 in Gary, IN, to John and Thelma Stratton and had been in the LaPorte area since 1973. He was formerly married to Penny Galloway. He is...

Hazel Graves

Hazel Graves

Mar 25, 2004

Hazel L. Graves, 72, of 1407 Spruce St., LaPorte, IN., died Thursday March 25, 2004, at 8:30 a.m. at the LaPorte Hospital. She was born Aug. 19, 1931, in Hanna, IN. to Fred L. & Laura M. Smith Ames, and has lived in the LaPorte area for the last eleven years. Mrs. Graves was a secretary for Vectren formerly Indiana...

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