ROCHESTER – Vernal Hackworth, 77, of 14339 N. CR 700W, Silver Lake, died at 9:15 a.m. Aug. 15, 2012, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw.

OSCEOLA - Martha J. Vandeventer, 68, Mishawaka, passed away at her residence Dec. 29, 2010, following an extended illness.

Siang Hao Sou, 86, of Leesburg, died at 8:11 a.m. Dec. 19, 2008, in Hospice Home of Northeast Indiana, Fort Wayne, following extended illnesses.

AKRON – H. Jean Conner, 85, Akron, died at 4:30 a.m. Oct. 29, 2013, at her residence.Arrangements are pending at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.

SYRACUSE – Rosalyn Jeanne Jones, 72, Syracuse, passed away April 28, 2016, at Goshen Hospital.

Robert Stowman Goff, 91, of Nokomis, Fla., passed away at 10:10 a.m. Nov. 5, 2012, in Englewood Hospice House, Port Charlotte, Fla.

SYRACUSE – Dorothy Lucille Rumbles, 95, Syracuse, passed away March 6, 2016, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Syracuse. She was born Aug. 4, 1920, in Midland, Mich., to Walter and Viola Wagoner …

SYRACUSE – Robert J. Neibert, 86, North Webster, passed away Feb. 10, 2014, at Shands Hospital University of Florida Health, Gainesville, Fla.

Stephen “Steve” Allan Devenney, 65, of 823 Lydia Drive, Warsaw, died at 7:15 p.m. July 12, 2013, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw.

ROCHESTER – Richard “Richie” Biltz, 47, Rochester,  died Sept. 5, 2015.Arrangements are pending at the Good Family Funeral Home, Rochester.

Barbara Joan Faris, 71, Pierceton, passed away at 7:22 a.m. Oct. 17, 2013, in Mason’s Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Warsaw.

Bradley "Brad" A. Hemmer, 44, of 10931 S. CR 200W, Silver Lake, died of complications of brain cancer at 9:59 p.m. June 20, 2011, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. He was born Aug. 17, 1966, in Warsaw, to Larry and Carolyn Baker Hemmer, who preceded him in death. On Oct. 13, 1999, he married Emily M. Burris, who survives.

John Isaac Mullins, 87, Etna Green, passed away at 2:50 a.m. Jan. 1, 2014, at his residence.

SYRACUSE – Larry Snyder, 52, Fort Wayne, passed away March 4, 2015, in Fort Wayne.

Lois J. Stone, 69, Claypool, died at 7:45 p.m. July 17, 2015, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.

ROCHESTER – Shirley Smith, 51, Rochester, died at 4:25 p.m. Oct. 21, 2015, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne. Arrangements are pending at Good Family Funeral Home, Rochester.

AKRON – Mildred Marie Smith, 94, of 7122 E. Fort Wayne Road, Akron, died at 9:43 a.m. June 16, 2012, in Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester, where she resided for six years.

Ruth L. Harris, 83, Warsaw, and formerly of Claypool, passed away at 11:35 a.m. Dec. 4, 2014, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

SYRACUSE - Virginia L. Pergrem, 90, of Ligonier, died at 1:50 p.m. March 3, 2008, in Maples of Waterford Crossing Nursing Home, Goshen.

NAPPANEE – Richard Ahrens, 86, Elkhart, died peacefully May 21, 2015, at his home following a long illness.

AKRON – Karen Ellenwood, 66, Akron, died at 12:33 a.m. April 11, 2016, in Center For Hospice, South Bend.Arrangements are pending at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.

BOURBON – Carl E. Melton, 73, of Etna Green, died at 9:17 p.m. Aug. 13, 2012, in Miller’s Manor, Warsaw.

MENTONE – Rebecca E. Goble, 84, Burket, passed away at 4:30 a.m. Dec. 18, 2015, at Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester.

PLYMOUTH – Thelma I. Pasley, 96, of 638 Windmill Dr., formerly of East Garro Street, passed away of natural causes at 4:36 a.m. Sept. 1, 2014, at the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center-Plymouth Campus.

William Morgan, 56, of 74 EMS R3E Lane, Pierceton, died at 9:40 p.m. June 5, 2013, in Mason Health & Rehab, Warsaw.Arrangements are pending at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.