Dan Francis Murphy Sr., 86, passed away Oct. 13, 2016, in Colorado at home listening to Artie Shaw with his wife and children by his side. He was born Feb. 4, 1930, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Irish immigrants John and Mary Ingham Murphy.

Mary Jo Shumaker, 67, Bremen, passed away at 8:20 p.m. Oct. 19, 2016, in Community Hospital of Bremen. She was born Aug. 10, 1949, the daughter of George and Esther Sauter Hill.

NAPPANEE – Robert Stutzman, 73, Courtyard Health Care, Goshen, formerly of Milford and Nappanee, died at 2:08 a.m. Oct. 20, 2016, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born April 14, 1943, in …

Ella R. Bradley 68, Goshen, died at 6:02 p.m. Oct. 18, 2016, at Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Wayne. She was born Dec. 3, 1947, in Magoffin County, Ky., to James and Arizona Howard Mullins. In 1976, she married Cleo Bradley, who died May 26, 1994.

Wilma F. Creighbaum, 86, Bourbon, passed away at 9:55 p.m. Oct. 18, 2016, at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. She was born May 26, 1930, in LaPaz, to Dale and Pluma Slife Miller. On April 29, 1950, she married Dean William “Diz” Creighbaum, who passed away Nov. 4, 1981.

Dennis G. Goff, 61, North ?Manchester, died at noon Oct. 18, 2016, in his residence. He was born Oct. 7, 1955, in Wabash, to Gaelon B. and Joyce M. Tyner Goff.

Shane E. Blackburn, 44, Warsaw, passed away at 9:05 a.m. Oct. 17, 2016,  in Warsaw.  He was born Sept. 13, 1972, in South Bend, to Diane Blackburn-Hicks.

Mary L. Pozorski, 59, Warsaw, passed away at 6:30 a.m. Oct. 16, 2016, at her home.  She was born Nov. 7, 1956, in Milwaukee, Wis., to LeRoy M. and Alice Y. Katczka Beilke.  She was married in 1989 to Donald Market, who preceded her in 2013. On April 3, 2016, in Wabash, she married Paul B. Pozorski, who survives.  She graduated from North High School, Evansville, and attended the University of Evansville. She was employed with AT&T in Indianapolis and Evansville for 35 years. 

June W. Fisher, 98, North Manchester, formerly of Warsaw, died at 2:25 a.m. Oct. 12, 2016, at Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester. She was born June 10, 1918, in Warsaw, to Herman and Gertrude Dick Dahms. On May 27, 1938, she married Floyd Eugene Fisher, who died June 9, 2014.

Charles Lawrence Sekafetz, 79, Indianapolis, died suddenly Sept. 12, 2016, in Indianapolis. He was born Dec. 3, 1937, in Chicago, to Charles and Lillian Cunat Sekafetz.

Allan “Big Al” Andreas Tjernagel, Warsaw, was welcomed into the arms of his heavenly Father at 12:14 p.m. Oct. 17, 2016, at Miller’s Merry Manor of Warsaw at the age of 76 – a day before his 77th birthday.  

M. Max Gross, 91, Warsaw, passed away at 6:50 a.m. Oct. 18, 2016, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw. He was born June 20, 1925, in Warsaw, to Earl and Katie Pearl Rapp Gross. On June 12, 1954, in Franklin, he married Georgia Marie Mishler, who passed away Nov. 15, 2011.

Lisa Ann Daugherty, 53, Westfield, passed away Oct. 13, 2016, as the result of an automobile accident in Albuquerque, N.M., while returning from San Diego, Calif.

 Mary E. Watkins, 93, Etna Green, died at 8:48 a.m. Oct. 16, 2016, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw.  She was born Jan. 25, 1923, in Bremen, to Franklin and Eva Kring Slabaugh. On Sept. 15, 1950, in Cleveland, Ohio, she married Dale E. Watkins, who preceded her in death Sept. 30, 2012.

Allan Andreas Tjernagel, 76, Warsaw, died at 12:14 p.m. Oct. 17, 2016, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw. Arrangements are pending with Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.

Robert A. Haupert Sr.., 72, North Manchester, died at 7:01 a.m. Oct. 13, 2016, in his residence. He was born Feb. 14, 1944, in Wabash, to Harland and Helen Barns Haupert. In January 1965, he married Rita Kay Brauneller, who died Dec. 31, 1983. On March 22, 1986, he married Lisa M. James, who survives.

LaMar F. Johnson, 82, formerly of Rochester, died at 1:20 p.m. Oct. 14, 2016, at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born May 5, 1934, in Fulton County, to Amos M. and Ethel May Swihart Johnson. On Aug. 22, 1952, in Rochester’s Church of the God parsonage, he married Ann Metzler, who survives.

Vicki Sue Dills, 57, Akron, died at 7:18 p.m. Oct. 14, 2016, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. She was born Aug. 24, 1959, in Richmond, to Larry and Edith Meyers Kulhman. In 1988 she married Larry R. Dills, who survives in Akron.

Jenny L. Layne, 58, Akron, died Oct. 14, 2016, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. She was born Jan. 19, 1958, at Woodlawn Hospital, to Ralph and Betty Smith Nicodemus.

ROCHESTER – Cinda Lou Kelley, 52, Rochester, was surrounded by her loving family when she departed this life at 4:15 p.m. Oct. 14, 2016, at her home. She was born May 11, 1964, in Fulton,  to Merle and Vivian Olinger Kelley. 

NAPPANEE – Mary Watkins, 93, died at 8:48 a.m. Oct. 16, 2016, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw.   Arrangements are pending with Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee.  

Mary L. Beilke Pozorski, 59, Warsaw,

ROCHESTER – Cinda Lou Kelley Peltz, 52, Rochester, died Oct. 14, 2016. Arrangements are pending at Good Family Funeral Home, Rochester.

CARMEL – Ray Steenhausen, formerly of Warsaw, died peacefully Oct. 13, 2016, at The Stratford, Carmel.

Lutie Ellen Beatty, 87, known by most simply as “Granny,” passed away at 11:26 a.m. Oct. 12, 2016, in Lutheran Hospital of Indiana, Fort Wayne.