Obituaries

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...

Liberty Hicks

Liberty Hicks

Mar 24, 2004

Liberty Reign Hicks, 15-day old infant daughter of Brian and Mary Pointon Hicks, of 1478 W. U.S. 20, LaPorte, died Tuesday, March 23, 2004, at Riley University Medical Center, Indianapolis. She was born March 8, 2004, in Michigan City. Surviving are her parents; one sister, Alixandra, at home; two brothers, Michael and Aaron, both at home; grandparents, Mary Pointon and...

Justine Jones

Justine Jones

Mar 22, 2004

Sarah Olive Justine Jones, 87, of P.O. Box 4 Mill Creek, IN. died Monday, March 22, 2004, at 10:02 a.m. LaPorte County time at Miller?s Merry Manor, Walkerton, IN. She was born January 10, 1917 in Mill Creek, IN. to Howard B. and Hilda W. Miller Smith and has lived in the Mill Creek area all of her life. Mrs....

Charlotte Fleming

Charlotte Fleming

Mar 19, 2004

Miss. Charlotte L. Fleming, 57, of 1405 "F" Street, LaPorte, died Friday March 19, 2004 at the LaPorte Hospital. Miss Fleming was born January 14, 1947 to Lawrence and Delores Horley Fleming and had live in the LaPorte all of her life. She had worked for Kingsley Funiture Co. as an inspector and Arby's as a prep cook. She also...

Charles Fullerton

Charles Fullerton

Mar 17, 2004

Mr. Charles P. Fullerton, 84, of 111 Indiana 212, Michigan City, died Wednesday, March 17, 2004, at 7:25 a.m. at LaPorte Hospital. He was born January 20, 1920, in Chariton, Iowa, to Alexander and Etta Cramer Fullerton, and lived most of his life in the LaPorte area. Mr. Fullerton retired in 1983 as a welder from Alls-Chalmers Corp. after 25...

Ethel Rosentreter

Ethel Rosentreter

Mar 15, 2004

Mrs. Ethel M. Rosentreter, 86, of 1101 E. Coolspring Ave., Michigan City, IN., died Monday March 15, 2004, at 5:45 a.m. at the Arbors Nursing Center, Michigan City, IN. She was born February 24, 1918 in McGoffin Co., Kentucky to Dona and Polly Joseph Allen, and had lived in the LaPorte area most of her life. Mrs. Rosentreter worked at...

Lucille Werner

Lucille Werner

Mar 13, 2004

Mrs. Lucille H. Werner, 92, of 1111 Longwood Dr., LaPorte, IN., died Saturday, March 13, 2004, at 5:15 a.m. at the LaPorte Hospital. She was born November 17, 1911 in Peotone, IL., to William and Pauline Scheer Wolla and has lived in LaPorte since 1988 coming from Union Mills. IN. On January 25, 1936, in LaPorte, IN. she married LeRoy...

Robert Gault

Robert Gault

Mar 13, 2004

Mr. Robert C. Gault, 70, of 815 S. Mayflower Rd., LaPorte, died Friday March 12, 2004, at 7:00 a.m. at his residence He was born April 5, 1933 in LaPorte, IN., to Charles and Genevieve Langman Gault, and has lived in the LaPorte area all of his life. Mr. Gault was a custodian for the LaPorte Post Office for 24...

R. Williams

R. Williams

Mar 8, 2004

Mr. R. George Williams, 84, of 422 Kenwood St., LaPorte, Indiana died 3:31 p.m., Monday March 8, 2004, at LaPorte Hospital. Mr. Williams was born May 17, 1919, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to Jesse and Verta Chaplinski Williams. He had lived in the LaPorte area most of his life. On October 4, 1945, in LaPorte, he married Mary van Walter...

Johnnie Ashford Jr.

Johnnie Ashford Jr.

Mar 8, 2004

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Kurt Wilson

Kurt Wilson

Mar 7, 2004

Mr. Kurt A. Wilson, 26, of 1705 N. 1000 E., Millcreek, Indiana died Sunday March 7, 2004 at Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana. Mr. Wilson lived in the LaPorte area all his life. He was born November 13, 1977, in LaPorte, Indiana to John and Annie Harper Wilson. Mr. Wilson was employed by Tree Core as a tree trimmer for...

Johnnie Ashford Jr.

Johnnie Ashford Jr.

Mar 7, 2004

Mr. Johnnie A. Ashford Jr., 53, of 206 Washington St., LaPorte, Indiana, died 7:00 a.m., Sunday March 7, 2004, at 6813 South Evans St., Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Ashford was born October 11, 1950, in Chicago, Illinois, to Johnnie and Lucille Lakiomac Ashford Sr., and had lived in the LaPorte area for 20 years coming from Chicago, Illinois. On September 14,...

Allan Kuzydym

Allan Kuzydym

Mar 7, 2004

Mr. Allen F. Kuzydym, 54, of 3873 W. Timber Ridge Rd., LaPorte, Indiana died Sunday March 7, 2004 at his residence. Mr. Kuzydym lived in the LaPorte county area since 1971 coming from East Chicago, Indiana. He was born November 30, 1949, in East Chicago, Indiana to Walter and Irene Baut Kuzydym. On October 1, 1983, in South Bend, Indiana,...

William Schlundt

William Schlundt

Mar 4, 2004

Mr. William F. Schlundt, 69, of 4755 W. CR 900 S., Union Mills, IN., died Thursday, March 4, 2004, at 7:33 p.m., at his home. He was born June 11, 1934 in LaPorte, IN., to William H. and Oguerite Bremer Schlundt and has been a life long resident of the Union Mills area. Mr. Schlundt Retired from Whirlpool Corp. in...

Dorothy Brady

Dorothy Brady

Feb 27, 2004

Mrs. Dorothy E. Brady, 90, of 1211 Longwood Dr., LaPorte, died Friday, February 27, 2004, at 7:25 a.m. at the LaPorte Hospital. She was born June 1, 1913, in LaPorte, IN., to Otto and Minnie Vanslow Rotzean, and had lived in this area most of her life. Mrs. Brady was a teller at the First National Bank for 30 years...

Jeffrey Leksa

Jeffrey Leksa

Feb 27, 2004

Mr. Jeffrey E. Leksa, 46, of 6092 W. Johnson Rd., LaPorte, passed away 9:00 p.m., Friday February 27, 2004, at his residence. He was born December 27, 1957, in Sumter, South Carolina to Edward and Pauline Meek Leksa Jr., who preceded him in death. Mr. Leksa, received his masters degree from Northwestern University in Chicago Illinois, and had worked for...

Violet Houseknecht

Violet Houseknecht

Feb 26, 2004

Mrs. Violet E. Houseknecht, 95, of 6252 E. CR 350 N., Rolling Prairie, IN., died Feb. 26, 2004, at 4:00 a.m. at her home. She was born Feb. 19, 1909, in Wills Twp., LaPorte Co., IN., to David and Sarah Short Stoner, and had lived here all of her life. Mrs. Houseknecht had her first beauty shop in New Carlisle...