OBITUARIES
Trell Meade
Trell Meade, 75, Warsaw, died Jan. 6, 2025, at Parkview Regional Medical Center.
Peggy J. Welty
Peggy J. Welty, 86, Warsaw, died Dec. 13, 2024.
Dione Antoinette Gregg McCandlish
Dione Antoinette Gregg McCandlish, of Albuquerque, N.M., passed away unexpectedly on Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in her residence at the age of 54.
Patricia Hilliard
Patricia Hilliard, 71, Warsaw, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, at Lutheran Hospital.
Jerry Kerns
Jerry Kerns, Syracuse, died Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
Marceil Conley
Marceil Conley, 89, Warsaw, died Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, at Paddock Springs
Martin Hernandez
Martin Hernandez, 72, Warsaw, died Friday, Jan. 3, 2025.
Steven Coates
Steven Coates, Irish Lake, died Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
Janice L. ‘Jan’ Pratt
AKRON – Janice L. “Jan” Pratt, 86, of rural Rochester, passed at 9:22 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, at Hickory Creek of Rochester.
Patricia ‘Patty’ A. Smith
Patricia "Patty" A. Smith, a loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend, passed away in her Warsaw home on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, surrounded by her family at the age of 61.
Marianne Smith
Marianne Smith went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. She passed away in the loving care of Grace Village Health Care in Winona Lake at the age of 88.
Rev. Jerome ‘Jerry’ Hoskins
NORTH MANCHESTER – The Rev. Jerome "Jerry" Hoskins, born on Sept. 30, 1944, in Bell County, Ky., to Morris Neal and Nellie Hampton Hoskins, passed away on Jan. 3, 2025, at Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City.
Jeffrey ‘Jeff’ W. Harding
Jeffrey “Jeff” W. Harding, 72, Warsaw, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025.
Loretta B. Veenstra
Loretta B. Veenstra, 84, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, at Peabody Retirement Community in North Manchester.
