OBITUARIES

Bernard Vermillion

Bernard Vermillion, 89, Warsaw, died Dec. 20, 2024.

Patricia L. Stonebraker

KOKOMO - Patricia L. Stonebraker, 87, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, at Waterford Place Health Campus in Kokomo.

Joann Wilcoxson

Joann Sellers Wilcoxson went to be with her Lord on Dec. 7, 2024.

Ellen ‘Ellie’ R. Elliott

BOURBON – Ellen “Ellie” R. Elliott, 76, of Bourbon, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Ernestine M. Raclin House of Mishawaka.

Hayden Bartels

Hayden Bartels, 21, died Dec. 16, 2024, at the Ernestine M. Raclin House in Mishawaka.

Esther Dunning

SYRACUSE – Esther Dunning, 91, previously of Milford, died Dec. 17, 2024, at Waterford Crossing in Goshen.

Frankie A. Blackburn

SYRACUSE – Frankie A. Blackburn, 79, Milford, died Dec. 13, 2024, at Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital.

Patricia Ann McNeely

NORTH MANCHESTER – Patricia Ann McNeely died Dec. 18, 2024, at Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital in Warsaw.

Donald Swinford

Donald Swinford, 75, of Kuhn Lake, Pierceton, died Dec. 18, 2024.

June Ann Senff

MENTONE – June Ann Senff, 84, Mentone, died surrounded by family at 2:05 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, 2024.

Guadalupe ‘Lupe’ Aguilar Medrano

Guadalupe “Lupe” Aguilar Medrano, of Warsaw, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, at the age of 51.

Infant Oaks

Ryan Michal Embury Oaks came into this world sooner than expected, and was born on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Huntington. He died after meeting his parents, Gracie Minerva Oaks and Tyler Michal Embury, of Columbia City.

Kermit L. Collins

Kermit L. Collins, 88, peacefully passed away in his home on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024.

James Riley Bowman

James Riley Bowman, 78, Bourbon, formerly of Warsaw, died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024.

Frankie Blackburn

SYRACUSE – Frankie Blackburn, 79, Syracuse, died Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, at Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital.