Obituaries
Rodney Bartak
Mar 22, 2011
Rodney Calvin Bartak, 64, Logansport, died at 8:12 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. Born Feb. 4, 1947, in Bedford, Ohio, he was the son of Frank and Viola Ruth Waller Bartak. He was married June 1, 1968, in Logansport, to Sharon A. Stanton, who preceded in death Sept. 30, 2010. Rodney was a former tool...
James Minthorn
Mar 20, 2011
James Harry Minthorn, 84, Twelve Mile, died at 11:07 p.m. Sunday, March 20, 2011, in the emergency room at Logansport Memorial Hospital. Born March 25, 1926, in Cass County, he was the son of Ivan Wilbur and Lottie May Hufford Minthorn. He was married Aug. 13, 1949, in Logansport, to Elsie Virginia Hall, who preceded in death July 13, 2004....
Joan Wren
Mar 19, 2011
Joan Wren, 74, Logansport, died at 4:37 a.m. Saturday, March 19, 2011, in Logansport Memorial Hospital. Born Sept. 26, 1936, in Delphi, she was the daughter of Howard C. Kistler and Stella L. Nethercut. She was married Nov. 26, 1966, in Logansport, to Joe C. Wren, who survives. She retired from Elco Industries in 2007 after 18 years of service....
Dolores Mcclure
Mar 15, 2011
Dolores C. McClure, 81, Logansport, died at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at her residence. Born June 12, 1929, in Belvidere, Ill., she was the daughter of Claude and Nevada Yetive Straher Bair. Dolores retired as a teacher’s aide for Columbia Middle School. She had also helped at Daniel Webster School. She was a member of Eagles Lodge Auxiliary...
Wilma Hasman
Mar 13, 2011
Wilma R. Hasman, 76, Newaygo, Mich., formerly of Walton, died at 11:10 p.m. Sunday, March 13, 2011, at Spectrum Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Mich. Born March 6, 1935, in Walton, she was the daughter of Clyde and Jennie Martin Woolever. She was married June 5, 1960, in Kewanna, to LaVon R. Hasman. Wilma retired as a case worker for the...
Larry Elpers
Mar 13, 2011
Larry “Joe†Elpers , 50, Logansport, died at 4 a.m. Sunday, March 13, 2011, at his residence. Born in Logansport on Jan. 29, 1961, he was the sone of Bert and Shirley Wray Elpers. Joe was a maintenance worker for A. Raymond Tinnerman Company. Joe enjoyed playing pool and riding his Harley Davidson. Survivors include two daughters, Devin Elpers, Walton,...
George Smith
Mar 8, 2011
George Thomas Smith, 82, Logansport, died at 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, 2011, in Miller’s Merry Manor. Born Aug. 25, 1928, in Sciotoville, Ohio, he was the son of James and Tillie Smith. He was married Jan. 5, 1968, in Logansport, to Anna May Smith, who preceded in death Oct. 6, 2008. George retired from Rockwell International and the U.S....
Issa Dempsey
Feb 24, 2011
Issa “Jean†Dempsey, 75, Logansport, died at 1 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, at St. Elizabeth Central Hospital, Lafayette. Born April 1, 1935, in Clearfield, Pa., she was the daughter of Edmund and Lena Lauder Stephens. She was married May 13, 1951, in Logansport, to George W. “Bill†Dempsey. She was a homemaker and a member of the VFW Post...
Mary Breckenridge
Feb 24, 2011
Mary Ellen Breckenridge, 85, Lucerne, died at 5:36 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, at WoodBridge Health Campus. Born Aug. 15, 1925, in Logansport, she was the daughter of Roscoe L. and Erna Wendt Hinkle. In May of 1986, she married Fred Breckenridge, who survives. She worked as a legal secretary to attorney Lynn O’Neill for several years. After moving to...
Dorothy Dague
Feb 13, 2011
Services for Dorothy Kathleen Dague, 87, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Metea Baptist Church. She passed away Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, at her home near Grass Creek surrounded by family. She was born Sept. 3, 1923, in Cass County to Claude and Bertha (Guy) Hamon. She graduated from Metea High School in 1941. She married Joseph W. Dague...
Judith Larimore
Feb 13, 2011
Judith A. Larimore, 70, Logansport, died at 2:20 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, at St. Vincent Hospital Indianapolis. Born Feb. 10, 1941, in Indianapolis, she was the daughter of James A. and Margaret M. Groff Dougherty. She was married Sept. 1, 1961, in Faith Lutheran Church to Larry E. “Buck†Larimore. Judith retired in February of 1997 from Grissom Air...
Carolyn Walker
Feb 5, 2011
Carolyn M. Walker, 76, died peacefully at Saint Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis on Saturday, February 5, 2011. She was surrounded and comforted by family. Born August 7, 1934, in Logansport, she was the daughter of Fred and Martha Hardt. As a young girl growing up on Michigan Avenue, she was proud to be a Horney Creek Marine, as well as...
Richard Fiedler
Feb 5, 2011
Richard Allen Fiedler, 75, died at 6:45 PM Saturday February 5, 2011 at his residence in Fort Wayne. Born June 21, 1935 in Logansport, he was the son of Ernest and Euna Lewis Fiedler. He was married July 23, 1966 in Galveston, Indiana to Dee Ann Garbert who survives. Rich was very active in Boy Scouts, he also received the...
Betty Hoff
Jan 30, 2011
Betty J. Hoff, 89, Lucerne, died at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, at Hickory Creek Nursing Home, Rochester. Born Oct. 13, 1921, in Cass County, she was the daughter of Claude Hamon and Bertha Guy. She was married July 20, 1937, in Kokomo, to Richard Dean Hoff, who preceded in death Oct. 1, 1992. Mrs. Hoff worked for Hart-Schafner-Marx...
Ruth Macklen
Jan 26, 2011
Ruth M. Macklen, 104, Logansport, died at 12:28 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at Miller’s Merry Manor. Born May 12, 1906, in Burnettsville, she was the daughter of Leroy and Annie Wirick Liston. She was married June 11, 1924, in Logansport, to Joseph Macklen, who preceded in death Dec. 3, 1943. Ruth worked as a title researcher for the BMV...
James Guy
Jan 23, 2011
James L. Guy, 69, Logansport, died at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011, at his residence. Born May 22, 1941, in Cass County, he was the son of James Delton and Amanda Luella Smith Guy. He was married April 30, 1960, in the home of the Rev. Virden Graham, to Carmen K. Strasser, who survives. He worked eight years for...
Dewitt Stuart
Jan 22, 2011
PERU — DeWitt “Jay†Stuart, 88, Peru, died at 10:33 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011, at his residence. Born in Cass County on April 29, 1922, he was the son of DeWitt Stuart Sr. Mary Margaret Sheetz Stuart. On Jan. 8, 1965, he married Mary Catherine Selleck in Logansport. He retired from Arone Hardware in 2010 after eight years of...
William Pottenger
Jan 18, 2011
William Dale “Hooker†Pottenger, 85, Macy, died at 5:03 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, in Chase Center. Born April 5, 1925, in Miami County, he was the son of Charles and Marie Clingenpeel Pottenger. He retired from Exide Battery Corporation. He was a member of Perrysburg Baptist Church, was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in World War II...
E. Arven
Jan 12, 2011
E. Dean Arven, 93, Logansport, died at 5:32 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, at Howard Regional Health System in Kokomo. Born Feb. 27, 1917, in Fulton County, he was the son of Orval and Lenora Fry Arven. His first marriage was on Sept. 4, 1941, in Rochester, to Dixie L. Harvey, who preceded in death on March 15, 2000. His...
John Rhoades
Jan 10, 2011
John F. Rhoades, 87, Logansport, died at 1:23 a.m. Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, in Community Hospital North, Indianapolis.John F. Rhoades, 87, Logansport, died at 1:23 a.m. Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, in Community Hospital North, Indianapolis. Born Jan. 25, 1923, in Cass County, he was the son of John Lester Rhoades and Bernice Anderson. He was married April 3, 1943, in...
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