Obituaries

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...

Donald Anez

Donald Anez

Feb 24, 2004

Mr. Donald Anez, of 309 Park St., LaPorte, Indiana, passed away at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday February 24, 2004, at his residence. Mr. Anez was born January 21, 1912, to Alfred and Elizabeth Gillis Anez. On January 31, 1942, in Chicago he married Mary Jablonsky, who survives. Also surviving are two sons, James Mary Anez, of LaPorte and Donald Juanita Anez...

Minnie Gooch

Minnie Gooch

Feb 20, 2004

Mrs. Minnie L. Gooch, 72, of 4821 E. State Road 4, LaPorte, passed away Friday February 20, 2004, at 6:10 a.m., at the LaPorte Hospital. She was born September 7, 1931, in Dyersburg, Tennessee, to Jack and Mable E. Seaton Southern, and has lived in the LaPorte area for 46 years coming from Dyersburg, Tennessee. Mrs. Gooch retired as a...

Betty Sies

Betty Sies

Feb 18, 2004

Mrs. Betty H. Sies, 79, of 1207 F St., LaPorte, died Wednesday February 18, 2004, at 7:15 a.m. at the LaPorte Hospital. She was born April 7, 1924, in LaPorte, IN., to Leonard and Helena Anders Stimley, and had lived here all of her life. Mrs. Sies was an accountant, she was a former President of the V.F.W. Woman?s Auxiliary,...

Sandi Friend

Sandi Friend

Feb 17, 2004

Sharon Ann Johnson Friend passed away on Feb. 17, 2004 due to C.O.P.D. and lung cancer. She was born Sept. 6, 1952 in Paris, IL, to Robert and Alice Johnson. In her passing, she left her husband Robert E. Friend of 20 years, one son John, 32; and one daughter, Julie, 30; and one stepson, Chad, 33. She also had...

Ronald Mulligan

Ronald Mulligan

Feb 17, 2004

Mr. Ronald J. Mulligan, 61, of 2702 W. CR 950 S., Union Mills, IN., passed away Tues. February 17, 2004, at 11:50 a.m. at his home. He was born March 16, 1942 in Melrose Park, IL., to Emmett and Mary Ryan Mulligan, and had lived here for 32 years, coming from Glen Ellyn, IL. Mr. Mulligan was a supervisor at...

Evelyn Kennedy

Evelyn Kennedy

Feb 16, 2004

Mrs. Evelyn T. Kennedy, 74, Of 3495 S 800 E , Walkerston, IN, died Monday Feb. 16, 2004, at 2:30 p.m., at the LaPorte, Hospital. She was born on Sept. 9, 1921, in LaPorte to Charles C. and Verneatha Emigh Goethals. On April 15, 1950, in LaPorte, she married Robert L. Kennedy, who survives. Also survuving are, three daughters, Patricia...

Martha Wheatbrook

Martha Wheatbrook

Feb 15, 2004

Mrs. Martha E. Wheatbrook, 72, of Michigan City, Indiana, died 11:00 p.m. Sunday February 15, 2004 at her residence. She was born October 25, 1931, in Chicago, Illinois to Henry and Clara Kelley Farber Sr., and has lived in the area since 1975, coming from Jeffersonville, Indiana. Mrs. Wheatbrook was a sales clerk for K-Mart for 19 years and retired...

Eileen White

Eileen White

Feb 15, 2004

Mrs. Eileen A. White, 87, formerly of LaPorte, died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2004 at St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers in Greenwood, IN. She was born Jan. 16, 1917 in LaPorte, IN to John R. and Cecil Kathryn McGarity Zarr Sr. Mrs. White worked as a clerk at Allis Chalmers Corp. for 8 years, retiring in 1959. On May 7,...

Charles Albertson Sr.

Charles Albertson Sr.

Feb 15, 2004

Mr. Charles F. Albertson, 82, of 3877 E 300 S, LaPorte, IN, died Sunday Feb. 15, 2004, at 11:48 p.m., at LaPorte Hospital, LaPorte, IN, and had lived here all of his life. He was born Aug. 24, 1921, in LaPorte, IN, to Alfred and Phoebe Lang Albertson. On April 20, 1942, in LaPorte, IN, he married Betty J. Parker,...

Pauline Wilkey

Pauline Wilkey

Feb 15, 2004

Mrs. Pauline A. Wilkey, 81, of 616 E. Clay Street, New Buffalo, Michigan, died Sunday, February 15, 2004, at 3:45 p.m. at the LaPorte Hospital. She was born October 17, 1922, in Princeton, Indiana, to W. Leslie and Flossie E. Wilson Irvin. Mrs. Wilkey had worked as a seamtress for Gateway Industries for 16 years, retiring in 1989. She was...

Florence Stefano

Florence Stefano

Feb 12, 2004

Mrs. Florence M. Stefano, 81, of 110 Cedar Dr., Walkerton, IN., died Thursday February 12, 2004, at 8:45 a.m. at the LaPorte Hospital. She was born Aug. 2, 1922 in Pittsburgh, PA., to John and Mary Meinhart Eggers, and has lived in the LaPorte area for over 50 years. Mrs. Stefano retired in 1987 from American Ribber Co. after working...

Russell Wineholt

Russell Wineholt

Feb 12, 2004

Russell W. Wineholt, 90, Oakwoods Manor, LaPorte, IN. passed away Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. at the LaPorte Hospital. Russell?s life began May 3, 1913 in Kingsbury, IN. the first son of Daniel and Lottie Clayton Wineholt, and is a life long resident of the LaPorte area. He was united in marriage on Aug. 19, 1939 in LaPorte,...

Dorothy Garrison

Dorothy Garrison

Feb 11, 2004

Mrs. Dorothy M. Garrison, 91, of 1900 Andrew Ave., LaPorte, formerly of 310 Maple Ave., LaPorte, died Wednesday February 11, 2004 at 1:05 a.m., at Fountainveiw Terrrace Rehabilitation Center, LaPorte. She was born May 14, 1912, in LaPorte, to Daniel and Anna Heberling Taylor, and had live in the LaPorte area all of her life. On February 21, 1936, she...

Robert Kirkham

Robert Kirkham

Feb 10, 2004

Mr. Robert D. Kirkham Sr., 73, of 301 Williams St., LaPorte, died Tuesday Feb. 10, 2004, at 9:57 p.m. at the LaPorte Hospital. He was born June 6, 1930, in LaPorte, IN. to Charles and Edith Freese Kirkham Sr., and has lived in the LaPorte area all of his life. Mr. Kirkham was a milkman for Lenick's Dairy for 22...

William Pawlak

William Pawlak

Feb 9, 2004

Mr. William L. Pawlak, 82, of 0712 E. CR 300 N., LaPorte, IN., died Monday Feb. 9, 2004 at 2:30 p.m. at his home. He was born Dec.26, 1921, in South Bend, IN., to Lawrence and Mary Kuchanczyk Pawlak, and has lived in the LaPorte area for 50 years coming from South Bend, IN. Mr. Pawlak retired from Studebaker after...