OBITUARIES
Charles G. Kroft
AKRON – Charles G. Kroft, 90, of Syracuse and formerly of Nappanee, died at 5:41 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at VNA Hospice of NorthWest Indiana in Valparaiso.
Jovanni Garza Peña
Jovanni Garza Peña, 24, Warsaw, died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.
William J. Reiland
SYRACUSE – William J. Reiland, 71, Syracuse, died Oct. 31, 2024, at Parkview Noble Hospital.
John W. Meade
MENTONE - John W. Meade, 67, Silver Lake, died at 6:25 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, at Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital of Warsaw.
Brenda Gervais
Brenda Gervais, 66, died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at Cedar Creek Nursing Home.
Linda J. Flenar
MENTONE - Linda J. Flenar, 81, Etna Green, died at 5:50 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, at Miller’s Merry Manor of Warsaw.
Michael L. Bishop
NORTH MANCHESTER - Michael LeRoy Bishop, 69, Akron, formerly of Fort Wayne, died Oct. 28, 2024, at the Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne.
Paul Dean Freed
Paul Dean Freed, a resident of Grace Village Retirement Community in Winona Lake, Indiana, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, at Grace Village Health Care at the age of 78.
James A. ‘Jim’ Boggs
James A. “Jim” Boggs, 78, went to be with the Lord is his own onery way on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. He was living with his daughter in Leesburg.
Robin Cole
Robin Cole, 59, Warsaw, died Oct. 30, 2024.
Beverly D. Van Westen
Beverly D. Van Westen, 73, Warsaw, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, at Warsaw Meadows Care Center.
Roger Hammonds Sr.
NORTH MANCHESTER – Roger Hammonds Sr., 79, died Sept. 4, 2024, at Richard A. Anderson Texas State Veteran’s Home in Houston, Texas.
Paul Dean Freed
Paul Dean Freed, 78, resident of Grace Village Retirement Community in Winona Lake, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, at Grace Village Health Care.
Edward Wayne Reed
MENTONE – Edward Wayne Reed, 54, Mentone, died at 7:51 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, at Parkview Regional Medical Center of Fort. Wayne.
