MENTONE — Oscar Lewis Robinson, 86, Mentone (Palestine), died at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, at his residence. He was born Aug. 12, 1931, in Audrain County, Mo., to Al Newton and Bertie Ellen Mundy Robinson. On Nov. 5, 1955, in Warsaw, he was married to Emma Gooch, who preceded on Dec. 25, 2004.

SYRACUSE — Tom Kinch, 54, Warsaw, passed away Oct. 5, 2017, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. 

Markus Neal Middleton, 23, Albion, passed away at 9:01 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, in Albion. Arrangements are pending at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw.

NAPPANEE — Eleanor M. Schmucker, 89, Nappanee, died at 4:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Wakarusa, where she had resided for one year.  She was born June 15, 1928, in Nappanee, to Claude and Gladys Leasenby Stout. On Dec. 20, 1946, she married Tony Raymond “Bud” Schmucker. He survives. Calling is from 3 to 7 p.m. today and one hour prior to the 10:30 a.m. funeral service Tuesday at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee. The Rev. Janet McFall-Brown will officiate. Burial will be in South Union Cemetery. ***** Memorials to First Mennonite Church.

SYRACUSE — Violet May Parson, 1, New Paris, died at 7:49 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, at Hospice House in Elkhart. 

NORTH MANCHESTER — Ella Mae Weaver, 94, North Manchester, died at             9:45 a.m. Oct. 6, 2017, in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester.

Cheryl Lynn Flohr Johnson Miller Terry, known by most simply as “Sherry,” passed away at 8:47 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, in Warsaw Meadows Care Center. She was 69 years old at the time of her passing.

Monroe “Buddy” Shepherd, 72, Claypool, passed away at 11:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, in his residence.  He was born Dec. 14, 1944, in Prestonsburg, Ky., to Alex and Audie Ellen Reffitt Shepherd.

Tom Kinch, 54, Warsaw, passed away on Oct. 5, 2017, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne. He was born on July 6, 1963, in Wabash, to John and Diane Grindle Kinch. He is survived by his life companion, Sonya Sturgill, Warsaw; a son, Dylan Kinch, Warsaw; two grandchildren; a brother, Todd Kinch, Warsaw; two stepbrothers, Kenny Archer, Warsaw, and Kevin Archer, Washington, D.C. Services will be held on Sunday, Oct. 8 at 4 p.m at the Eastlund Funeral Home. Visitation will be two hours prior from 2 to 4 p.m. at the funeral home.

Jerry L. Titus, 69, passed away on Wednesday, Oct 4, 2017, at 2:10 p.m. in Fort Wayne’s Lutheran Hospital. Jerry was a lifetime Warsaw resident. Jerry was born on Dec. 24, 1947, in Warsaw, to Ned C. and Maryon L. Circle Titus. He graduated from Warsaw High School in 1966 and from Indiana College of Mortuary Science in 1974.

County Jail Bookings The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:

Louis "Lou" Salvatore Biondi passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, having lived and enjoyed 80 years devoted to and loved by his family and many friends.  Lou was born in Rome, N.Y., on Jan. 10, 1937, the youngest child of the late Edgardo and Ausila Marino Biondi Sr.  He was a 1954 graduate of Rome Free Academy. Lou married his high school sweetheart, Faith Smith, on June 1, 1957, at St. Peter's Church in Rome.

Demaris “Dee” Hochstetler, 78, Bremen, died at 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, at Elkhart Hospice House after a brief illness. She was born May 24, 1939, in Argos, to Lloyd and Ruth Bodey Reed.

Betty L. Wildman, 85, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, at 11:05 a.m. at Miller’s Merry Manor in Warsaw where she had been a resident since January 2017.

Cheryl Flohr Johnson Miller Terry, 69, Warsaw, died at 8:47 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, at Warsaw Meadows Care Center in Warsaw. Titus Funeral Home in Warsaw is in charge of arrangements.

AKRON – Trella McGee Grossman, 82, Silver Lake, died at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. She was born June 30, 1935, in Bourbon, and was the daughter of John Ervin and Minnie May Elkins Scott. On Nov. 23, 1954, she married George Charles Grossman, who died on Aug. 21, 1997. Visitation will be 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Earl-Love Funeral Home, 811 E. Rochester St., Akron, with a graveside service at the cemetery immediately afterward. The Rev. Mike Roher will officiate. Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos. * * * *?* Online condolences may be sent to www.earllovefuneralhome.com.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Stephen G. McCammon, 76, North Manchester, died at 11:09 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

Louis Salvatore Biondi, 80, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, at 8:08 p.m. in Winona Lake. Arrangements are pending with McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw.

Jerry L. Titus, 69, Warsaw, passed Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, at 2:30 p.m. in Fort Wayne’s Lutheran Hospital after a brief illness. Arrangements are pending at Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw.

AKRON – Trella Grossman, 82, Silver Lake, died at 11:06 a.m. Oct. 3, 2017, at her residence. Arrangements are pending at the Earl-Love Funeral Home, Akron.

Doris Lucille Berlin, 92, of Pierceton, passed away Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, at 1:15 p.m. in Visiting Nurses & Hospice Home Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born Dec. 18, 1924, in Pierceton, to Alfred Ray and Trilby Droud Linn.

ROCHESTER – Mr. John P. Hudkins, 74, Rochester, passed away at 11:55 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, at his residence. On July 6, 1943, John Phillip Hudkins was born in Fulton County. He was a treasured son of William Judson and Mildred I.

Doyle Allen Heckaman, 80, passed away on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, at 3:45 p.m. at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne.  He was born on Sept. 14, 1937, in Etna Green, to Forrest H. and Marie Heyde Heckaman. He was a 1955 graduate of Burket High School and was married to Bernita Aline Neal on Nov. 28, 1968, in Warsaw. They were married for 48 years before his passing.

Charles W. Rumple, 61, Warsaw, passed away Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, at 6:55 p.m. in his home.  He was born March 20, 1956, in Sullivan, to Robert and June Arnold Rumple.

ROCHESTER – John P. Hudkins, 74, Rochester, passed away at 11:55 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, at his residence. John and Dottie Damron were married in Gatlinburg on July 6, 1999. She survives. A celebration of the life will be 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 6 in the Good Family Funeral Home, 1200 W. 18th St., Rochester. Pastor Gretchen Snyder will officiate. Friends may visit from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and one hour prior to the services in the funeral home. Interment will be in the Rochester IOOF Cemetery. ***** Memorials to St. Joseph County 4-H Scholarship Trust, 5117 Ironwood Road, South Bend, IN 46614; or to the Animal Education and Adoption Center through the Northern Indiana Community Foundation, 715 Main St., Rochester, IN 46975. More information available online. Expressions of sympathy may be made to his family at www.goodfamilyfh.com.