Betha J. Gackenheimer, 88, of North Manchester, and formerly of Wabash, died at 10:04 a.m. April 3, 2011, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.

NAPPANEE – Mina Ethel McPheeters, 85, Nappanee, died at 12:10 a.m. July 22, 2015 at her residence.

BOURBON - Jane A. Harman, 84, of 10297 W. CR 250N, Etna Green, died April 25, 2008, in her residence.

Billy E. Jackson, 66, of Warsaw, passed away at 8:44 p.m. July 11, 2011, in Lutheran Hospital Fort Wayne. He was born Aug. 23, 1944, in Floyd County, Ky., to Eddie and Sola Blanton Jackson. On Aug. 31, 1962, in Atwood, he married Sue Ellen Hively, who died April 15, 2008.

DeVon Hurd, 56, of Roanoke, died at 4:05 p.m. Feb. 21, 2012, in Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home, Fort Wayne.

Flora Bynum, 72, Warsaw, died at 3:37 a.m. Feb. 25, 2015, at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

William Matthews "Matt" Dalton, San Diego, died Feb. 4, 2009.

WABASH - Helen E. Grossnickle, 91, formerly of Wabash and North Manchester, died at 9:05 a.m. April 7, 2009, in Miller's Merry Manor, Warsaw.

DeWayne Lee Barker, 65, Warsaw, died at 2:48 p.m. Feb. 2, 2015, at Gulf Coast Medical Center, Fort Myers, Fla.Arrangements are pending at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.

SYRACUSE – Jack Morris, 54, formerly of North Webster, died July 8, 2014, in Yorktown.

Timothy “Tim” Brown, 54, of Warsaw, passed away at 5:30 a.m.  Jan. 22, 2013, in his residence.

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Eleanore J. Williams, 88, of Warsaw, passed away at 3:35 p.m. June 8, 2012, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

Sandra D. "Sandy" Heeter, 31, Warsaw, died at 1:59 p.m. Nov. 17, 2010, in her home.

Melvin E. Cook, 66, of Eldorado, Ohio, died March 17, 2012, in Brooksville (Fla.) Regional Hospital.

BOURBON – Walter P. Krontz, 63, Bourbon, passed away of natural causes April 30, 2014, at his residence.

NORTH MANCHESTER – A graveside service for Mary Faith Hill, 78, of North Manchester, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Oaklawn Cemetery, North Manchester.

FORT WAYNE - Cecil Hall, 79, died March 20, 2009, in Fort Wayne.

MENTONE – Doris Newton, 94, Mentone, and formerly of rural Rochester, died at 9:20 p.m. Jan. 12, 2014, at Hickory Creek of Rochester.Arrangements are pending at King Memorial Home, Mentone.

Janet Louise Dawson, 67, Warsaw, passed away at 1 p.m. April 24, 2014, in Manor Care Health Care and Rehab, Anderson.

Frances M. Ashman, 87, of 1413 Avalon Court, Winona Lake, lived her earthly life in such a godly way and peacefully departed to be with the Lord whom she adored with all her heart at 12:25 p.m. Feb. 21, 2012, in Grace Village Healthcare, Winona Lake. On July 12, 1946, in Compton, Calif., she married Charles H. Ashman, who survives.

David A. Susaraba, 45, Warsaw, died June 7, 2014, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.Arrangements are pending at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw.

Evelyn Lucille Hamell, 91, Winona Lake and formerly of Syracuse, passed away at 11:10 p.m. Oct. 27, 2013, at Grace Village Health Care of Winona Lake.

AKRON – Waitsel L. “Gummy” Wright, 86, of Akron, died at 1:20 p.m. Dec. 10, 2012, in his residence.Arrangements are pending at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.

COLUMBIA CITY – Elizabeth L. “Betty” Zumbrun, 86, Columbia City, passed away peacefully at 5:24 a.m. Oct. 24, 2015, at Kingston at DuPont, Fort Wayne.