PIERCETON – Richard E. Banks, 65, of Pierceton, died at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 19, 2011, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw. Arrangements are pending at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw.

Charlotte L. Oaks, 49, of 3191 N. Myrtle Glenn Road, Silver Lake, died June 22, 2009, in Goshen General Hospital.

ROCHESTER – Gladys M. Leap, 94, formerly of Rochester, died at 11:48 a.m. July 13, 2011, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Culver, where she resided. She was born June 15, 1917, in Fulton County, to Jonas Mathias and Mae Lunsford Shidaker. On March 4, 1940, in Aubbeenaubbee Township, she married Manson W. Leap, who died Sept. 26, 1998.

Kay Lee Dotson, 59, Warsaw, died at 4:07 p.m. June 13, 2016, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne.

SYRACUSE - Norma M. Bitner, 80, of Ligonier, and formerly of Syracuse, died Dec. 5, 2007, in her residence.

ROCHESTER – Steven Marshall Reel, 59, Akron, died at 10:16 p.m., Aug. 8, 2015, at Hospice Home, Fort Wayne.

NORTH MANCHESTER - Dr. Marcia L. Benjamin, 57, North Manchester, passed away quietly at her home at 1:20 p.m. Nov. 24, 2010.

INDIANAPOLIS – Stephanie Singleton Kinney, 46, Indianapolis, formerly of Warsaw, died Oct. 15, 2015.

AKRON - Frances E. Bowyer, 80, of 208 N. Maple St., Akron, died at 7:30 p.m. July 13, 2007, in Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne.

SYRACUSE – Mary C. Hewitt, 89, of Syracuse, died at 7 p.m. Sept. 30, 2012, in her residence.

Don Rogers, 63, of Warsaw, died unexpectedly at 4 a.m. June 14, 2013, in his residence.

Clarence Nickols, 80, Warsaw, and formerly of Indianapolis, passed away at 1:45 p.m. April 7, 2014, in Warsaw Meadows Care Center.

NAPPANEE – Edna Schwartz, 89, of 10495 W. CR 1350N, Nappanee, died at 4 a.m. Aug. 25, 2011, in her residence, of natural causes.

NORTH MANCHESTER – DeWayne L. Fitch, 78, of North Manchester, died at 8:31 p.m. April 23, 2013, in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne.

Donald Paul "Don" Long, Bourbon, and formerly of Etna Green, died Sept. 21, 2015, in Goshen.Arrangements are pending at Cremation Services of Kosciusko County, Warsaw.

NORTH MANCHESTER - F. Pauline Hapner, 99, of North Manchester, died at 8 p.m. Feb. 25, 2010, in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester.

G. David Holabeck, 69, Warsaw, passed away in his residence at 7:45 a.m. July 1, 2015.

MENTONE - Bill G. Griffis, 72, of 403 S. Walnut St., Burket, died at 1:50 a.m. Jan. 2, 2010, in his residence.

Madeline Holbrook Nelson Puckett, 80, Warsaw, went home to be with the Lord at 5:37 p.m. Feb. 14, 2015, at her residence.

Thelma Marie Emshoff Gakstatter Streifler, 100, Winona Lake, died peacefully Jan. 12, 2015, at her residence.

Patricia “Trish” Dorene Eby Ragan, 89, passed away at 5:10  p.m. June 16, 2014, in the home of her daughter in Albuquerque, N.M.

GOSHEN - Valentine J. Stutzman, 72, of 1700 E. 38th St., Marion, died at 10 a.m. June 8, 2007, in VA Northern Indiana Health Care System, Marion.

Walter Cole, 81, died at 11:45 p.m. Feb. 4, 2010, in Grace Village Health Care, Winona Lake, where he resided.

BOURBON – William “Bill” “Pecky” Peckham, 88, of Bourbon,  passed away at 7:30 a.m. Nov. 7, 2012, in his son’s residence in Atwood. He had been in failing health.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Wilford O. Young, 77, formerly of Columbia City, passed away at 9:15 p.m. Jan. 31, 2015, at Peabody Retirement Center, North Manchester.