SYRACUSE – Harold Bitner Jr., 87, of Syracuse, died May 3, 2011, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Syracuse. Arrangements are pending at Owen Family Funeral Home, Syracuse.

Maxine L. Miller, 92, died at 11:05 p.m. June 20, 2011, in Mason Health & Rehab, Warsaw.           She was born May 13, 1919, in Atwood, to Boyd and Emma Smith Leedy. On Nov. 19, 1948, in Huntington, she married Theodore "Ted" Miller, who died Oct. 4, 1993.

Beverly Barbara Watkins Goff, 70, of North Webster, died at 10:35 p.m. May 16, 2011, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw. Arrangements are pending at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw.

Velma Rae Blackwell, 78, of Winona Lake, died at 3:41 p.m. Feb. 11, 2011, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw

Geneva Lukens, 75, a lifetime Kosciusko County resident, died Sept. 29, 2007, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.

NAPLES, Fla. – Joseph P. Prout, 87, passed away March 9, 2016, at the Naples Community Hospital, Naples, Fla.

MENTONE – Esther M. Holloway, 74, Mentone, and North Port, Fla., died at 6:46 p.m. Dec. 22, 2015, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, after being in failing health since Oct. 14, 2015.

VALPARAISO - Jane Johnson Lee, 89, of Valparaiso, died Sept. 16, 2001, at Pines Village Retirement Communities. She was born April 27, 1922, in Baltimore, Md., to Alfred and Lula Burns Lee. On Oct. …

PERU – Lonnie Shell, 68, of Peru, died at 8:42 p.m. May 5, 2012, at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.

SYRACUSE – Valerie Faith Reed, 3-week-old daughter of Aaron M. and Kim L. Wolfe Reed, died at 5:23 p.m. June 19, 2013, in Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis.

NORTH WEBSTER – Stanley E. “Stan” Spaw, 76, Warsaw, died at 12:05 a.m. Jan. 25, 2016, in his home.Arrangements are pending at Owen Family Funeral Home, North Webster.

Dalen Anthony Ousley, 29, Fort Wayne, joined our Father in Heaven at 6:24 a.m. March 19, 2015, in Pierceton.

NAPPANEE – Kenneth “Kenny” Klotz, 61, Etna Green, died at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 7, 2014.

SYRACUSE – Thurl Fuller, 88, of Leesburg, died Dec. 30, 2011, in Quitman, Miss.

NAPPANEE - Marietta Bender, 50, of 5117 Beech Road, Bremen, died at 11:48 a.m. July 15, 2009, in her residence, after a three-year battle with cancer.

MILFORD - Della Marie Baumgartner, 90, of Milford, passed away at 1:12 a.m. Oct. 13, 2010, in Goshen Hospital, where she was a patient for several days.

Robert Lee Marsh, 82, Warsaw, passed away at 4:45 a.m. June 5, 2015, in his residence.

Edwina B. Hayes, 76, of Hill Lake, Silver Lake, died at 8:57 a.m. Sept. 12, 2013, at her residence.

Jessica Elmore, 39, Warsaw, passed away unexpectedly at 6:37 a.m. June 9, 2015, in her residence.

ELLENTON, FLA. – Eugene L. Ringgenberg, 90, passed away June 8, 2015.

SYRACUSE - Effie E. Hickman, 98, of North Webster, died at 11:52 a.m. May 22, 2010, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

AKRON – Barbara E. Haines, 69, Roann, died at 4:58 p.m. Dec. 7, 2015, at her residence.

Maria Irma Garza Gomez Villarreal, 72, Warsaw, died March 27, 2016, in Warsaw Meadows Care Center.Arrangements are pending at Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw.

Eula P. Rust, 84, of North Manchester, passed away at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 10, 2011, in Peabody Retirement Center, North Manchester.

GREENFIELD – David M. Whitesell,  67, died Feb. 7, 2012, in Kindred Healthcare, Greenfield, after a long-time illness with Alzheimer’s.