Leslie Osborn Elshire, 82, of Battle Creek, Mich., died Nov. 15, 2007.

ROCHESTER – Wendell “Wendy” Ringle, 88, of Rochester, died at 11:23 p.m. Jan. 20, 2012, in his residence. Arrangements are pending at Good Family Funeral Home, Rochester.

Leona Grace Frink Lackey, 94, died Dec. 8, 2009, in Hearthstone Health Center, Round Rock, Texas.

Beverly A. Johnson, 83, of Warsaw, went home peacefully at 5:28 a.m. March 25, 2011, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, with her family by her side.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Philip L. Partridge, 67, Servia, died at 3 a.m. Dec. 5, 2015, in his residence.

SYRACUSE – Wesley T. Cox, 37, Laketon, died Aug. 30, 2013, in Sidney, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident.

Karen Sue Grover, 60, of Leesburg,  passed away at 3:15 p.m. March 2, 2013, in her residence.

NAPPANEE - Gertrude W. Ritter, 93, died at 12:35 a.m. Oct. 31, 2009, in LuAnn Nursing Home, Nappanee, where she resided.

Lorraine B. Brownell, 83, Warsaw, died at 1:15 p.m. Feb. 6, 2014, in Warsaw Meadows Healthcare Center.Arrangements are pending at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw.

ROCHESTER – Jana Marie Bahney Green, 52, Kokomo, and formerly of Rochester, died at 5:54 p.m. Feb. 7, 2014, in Howard Community Hospital following a short illness.

AKRON – G. Shannon Buck, 78, Akron, died at 5:04 p.m. July 25, 2015, in his residence.Arrangements are pending at Earl-Love Funeral Home, Akron.

Glen J. Williamson, 86, passed away at 4:46 p.m. Jan. 26, 2016,  where he was a patient in the Inpatient Hospice Unit at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne.

LIGONIER – Sandra L. “Pam” Johnston, 59, Cromwell, passed away Oct. 28, 2013, in Parkview Noble Hospital.

SYRACUSE – Annabelle Bieghler, 82, Cromwell, passed away Feb. 17, 2014, in I.U. Health Goshen Hospital.

ROCHESTER – Larry G “Chappy” Chapel, 68, of Kokomo, died at 7:50 a.m. April 21, 2013, in Howard Community Hospital, Kokomo.

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

Ernesto “Ernie” Rivera, 78, of 221 S. Roosevelt St., Warsaw, died at 3:30 p.m. May 18, 2011, in Covington Manor Health and Rehab, Fort Wayne. Arrangements are pending at Redpath-Fruth …

PIERCETON - Lester "Bud" E. Menzie, 79, of Pierceton, died at 8:40 p.m. Sept. 19, 2010, in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne.

Sammy Ealey, 60, of Warsaw, passed away at 4:48 p.m. Jan. 4, 2012, in his residence.

SYRACUSE – Jimmie Lee “Jim” White, 74, of Syracuse, died at 8:35 p.m. Sept. 25, 2012, in I.U. Goshen Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Owen Family Funeral Home, Syracuse.

Richard Breed Thomas, 90, third child of Gardner J. and Katharine Lindsay Thomas, was born May 11, 1925, and passed away July 18, 2015.

BOURBON – Betty I. Baney, of Bourbon, died at 5:30 p.m. April 21, 2013, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.Arrangements are pending at Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home, Bourbon.

NAPPANEE - Esther Elizabeth Mullett, 90, of 13291 N. CR 1025W, Nappanee, died at 4:02 p.m. Dec. 18, 2009, at Bremen Healthcare, Bremen.

BOURBON – DeVon Sponseller, 95, lifetime resident of Etna Green, passed away at 8:35 a.m. Feb. 14, 2014, in Miller’s Merry Manor Nursing Home of Fort Wayne.

Lawrence F. Pozorski, 78, of 711 Northside Drive, Warsaw, died at 7:48 a.m. March 19, 2009, at Veterans Administration Northern Indiana Health Care System, Fort Wayne.