BREMEN — Norma Leismer, 90, Kouts, formerly of Leesburg, passed away Feb. 13, 2017, at home. She was born March 30, 1926, in Waterville, Ohio, the daughter of Clarence and Letta Studer Brown. She graduated from DeVilbiss High School in Toledo, Ohio. On April 7, 1947, she married Allen Leismer in Petosky, Mich., and they later moved to Chicago. Together they raised two sons in Hammond, where Norma worked as a clerk at Mina’s in downtown Hammond for many years. In 1992, she and her husband retired to Leesburg. She loved to do crafts and travel to crafts shows with her husband. She was a member of Living Gospel Church, Nappanee, and loved to spend time with her family.
ROCHESTER — Edwin W. Reeves I, 66, Leesburg, passed away at 6:30 a.m. Feb. 13, 2017, at his residence. On Dec. 2, 1950, Edwin Warren Reeves was born in Anniston, Ala. He was the treasured son of Columbus and Bertha Lecroy Reeves. As the second youngest, growing up he shared his childhood with four brothers and three sisters.
WINONA LAKE – For the second time this season, No. 19 St. Francis proved too hard to stop as Grace College’s men’s basketball team fell 87-70 on Wednesday.
Arthur David “Art” Needler, 73, Warsaw, peacefully passed away with his loving family by his side at 9:19 p.m. Feb. 13, 2017, at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.
Sandra K. “Sandy” Groninger, 75, passed away at 3:12 a.m. Feb. 14, 2017, in Avalon Village, Ligonier, after being afflicted by dementia/Alzheimer’s disease for eight years.
At the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee School Board on Tuesday, Wawasee Superintendent Dr. Tom Edington mentioned several things under good news.
I was sitting at home last night celebrating Valentine’s Day with my wife and kids and it occurred to me that this is a really interesting time of the year.
