Carl “Dean” Coplen, 89, formerly of Warsaw, died peacefully Dec. 30, 2013, in Banner Gardens Hospice House, Mesa, Az. Helen Coplen, 88, formerly of Warsaw, died peacefully at Banner  Baywood Medical Center, Mesa, after a recent illness.

SYRACUSE - Graveside services for Joseph Gordon Howell, 87, North Webster, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Lakeview Cemetery, Silver Lake, with full military rites by American Legion Post 253, North Webster.

Joe W. Reffitt, 77, of Claypool, passed away at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 30, 2011, in Bremen Health Care Center.

Theresa A. Whitcraft, 90, Winona Lake, passed away at 2:05 a.m. May 25, 2012, at Grace Village Health Care, Winona Lake.

PIERCETON – Barbara Joan Sylvester, 74, Pierceton, passed away at 10 a.m.  Jan. 22, 2016, in her residence.

AKRON – Larry L. Wood, 73, of  3752 S. CR 1000E, Akron, died unexpectedly at 8:42 p.m. April 3, 2011, in the emergency room at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester

Walter Blackburn Sr., 72, of Warsaw, died at 6:22 p.m. April 12, 2009, in his residence.

HUNTINGTON - Russell W. Ferguson, 84, of Andrews, died at 7:40 a.m. Dec. 30, 2007, in Oakbrook Village Nursing Home, Huntington.

Kathryn “Kathy” H. Kuhn, 66, of 300 E. Prairie St., Warsaw, passed away at 7:30 a.m. June 1, 2012, at Warsaw Meadows Care Center.

Ellis Adams, 62, of Albion, died at 1:18 p.m. Jan. 20, 2009, in Parkview Whitley Hospital, Columbia City. He was born March 3, 1946, in Prestonsburg, Ky., to Hargos and Carrie Whitaker Adams.

ROCHESTER – Mabel Ruth Nelson, 89, Fresno, Calif., died June 14, 2014.Arrangements are pending at Good Family Funeral Home, Rochester.

NORTH MANCHESTER - Max E. Rhoades, 83, of Elkhart, died at 4:30 a.m. Aug. 4, 2008, in Riverside Village, Elkhart.

Francis Ray Denny, 90, of Gardens at Lake City, Warsaw, died at 4:30 a.m. Dec. 19, 2008, in his residence.

MACKSVILLE – Kan. – Agnes B. Smith, 91, died Oct. 25, 2011, in Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt, Kan.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Grover W. England, 59, Akron, died at 2:46 a.m. Jan. 13, 2014, at I.U. Health, Goshen.

BOURBON – Virgil D. Enders, 93, formerly of Bourbon, passed away Oct. 4, 2013, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw.

AKRON – J. LeeRoy Arceneaux, 50, of Akron, passed away Dec. 21, 2012, with his daughter, Brittany, in an automobile accident in Wabash County.

NORTH MANCHESTER - Thomas W. Platt, 62, North Manchester, died at 5:10 p.m. Nov. 25, 2010, at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne.

Jan Carter, 62, Leesburg, passed away Jan. 1, 2015 at 9:55 a.m. in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.

SYRACUSE – William M. “Bill” Beemer, 86, of Syracuse, died Dec. 26, 2012, in IU Goshen Hospital.

Royce A. Lenfestey, 68, Warsaw, died at 3:06 a.m. May 27, 2013, in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne.

PIERCETON – Jack A. Bodkin, 70, Warsaw, died at 5:20 a.m. Jan. 20, 2015, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.Arrangements are pending at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Pierceton.

GOSHEN - Jerry Dean "Preach" Blosser, 69, of Syracuse, died Jan. 21, 2010, in Goshen General Hospital.

Dollis Zechiel Dillon Studebaker, 94, died Dec. 9, 2015, at Kosciusko Community Hospital.

SOUTH WHITLEY – John R. Ross, 57, rural South Whitley, died Oct. 24, 2015, at his home.