AKRON – Kris Eric Gearhart, 60, Akron, died at 9:22 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Akron. Arrangements are currently pending at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Max DeWayne Brand, 90, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, at Timbercrest Senior Living in North Manchester. Max was the son of John and Aileen Buss Brand. He was born on Aug. 7, …

MENTONE – Larry Lee Heisler, 80, of rural Mentone, passed at 3:09 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, at Signature HealthCare of Bremen, from complications of COVID-19. He was born on Sept. 16, 1940, …

SYRACUSE – Frederick A. “Fred” Hewitt Sr., 79, North Webster, died at 5:03 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, at his home. Arrangements are pending at Owen Family Funeral Home, Syracuse.

COLUMBIA CITY – Franklin D. Stayer, 84, of Kendallville, died at 11:31 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, at his home. He was born Aug. 23, 1936, in Whitley County, a son of the late Ernest and Lovel …

NORTH WEBSTER – Alice Earlene Rider, 88, North Webster, died at 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, at Parkview Reginal Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Arrangements are pending with Owen Family …

NORTH WEBSTER – James Sample, 83, Leesburg, died at 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, at his residence. Arrangements are pending at Owen Family Funeral Home, North Webster.

Jeanne Anona Marstella Redlin, 88, Claypool, died at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, at her residence.   She was born on June 29, 1932, to Richard O. and Alice W. Boynton Marstella. She was …

ROCHESTER – Lee W. Lacey Sr., 69,  Leiters Ford, died at 5:55 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, at the VA Northern Indiana Health Care. On Oct. 23, 1951, Lee Walter Lacey was born in Dayton, …

Ruth Gale Hudson, 83, Grace Village Retirement Community in Winona Lake, died at 1:47 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, at Grace Village Healthcare. Funeral arrangements are pending with Redpath-Fruth …

Kristina Renee Lee Elliott Jones, of Warsaw, passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early hours of Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, at her residence at the age of 39. She was born on April 28, 1981, in …

Rebecca Phend, 63, South Whitley, died at 11:55 a.m. Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester. Arrangements are pending at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw. ***** …

VENICE, Fla. – On Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, Nell Taylor, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away at the age of 78 after a brave fight with cancer. Nell was born in Fort Gay, W.Va., on …

SYRACUSE – Sherri Lyn, 63, of Millersburg, passed away on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, after a short battle with cancer.   She was born on July 8, 1957, in Goshen, to Donald and Shirley Nicodemus …

Jane Sturgeon ROCHESTER – Jane Sturgeon, 99, died at The Estelle Peabody Memorial Home of North Manchester. On Nov. 3, 1921, Betty Jane Sturgeon was born in Richland Center to Clyde Orland and …

Daniel P. Harper AKRON – Daniel P. Harper, 70, Rochester, and formerly of Gas City, died at 8:47 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne. Daniel was born on July 26, 1950, …

Nathanael Luke Neufeld Nathanael Luke Neufeld, beloved son of Linda Mast Neufeld and John Neufeld, of Silver Lake, passed away at 1:40 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, surrounded by his family at the …

Betty D. Kratzsch Betty D. Kratzsch passed away on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, at 91 years old. She was a longtime resident of Warsaw and retired to Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake, where …

Kristina Renee Lee Elliott Jones, 39, Warsaw, died in the early hours of Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, at her residence. Funeral arrangements are pending with Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw. ***** …

Carolyn Ann Tilden AKRON – Carolyn Ann Tilden, of Akron, passed away lovingly surrounded by family at her home on Friday, Dec. 5, 2020. Carolyn was born in North Manchester on Aug. 5, 1935, to …

Douglas D. ‘Doug’ Schuler NORTH WEBSTER – Douglas D. “Doug” Schuler, 61, of North Webster, passed away at 2:15 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, at his home. He was born …

NORTH MANCHESTER – John Michael Hyden, 41, Colorado, formerly of North Manchester, died Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. Born July 24, 1979, in Kosciusko County, he was the son of Jack and Linda Kamp …

Aura Rosa Aguilar, 95, Fort Wayne, died at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, at 8:30 a.m. in Coventry Meadows, Fort Wayne. Arrangements are pending with McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw. ***** To …

SYRACUSE – Norman R. “Norm” Metzler, 98, Syracuse, died at 9:15 a.m. Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw. He was born July 16, 1922, in Nappanee, to Ray …

Deborah K. Piper, age 66, of Winona Lake, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, at 9:45 p.m. in her residence. Deb was born March 19, 1954, in Warsaw, to Richard O. and Sharon A. Craighead Dustin. …