Obituaries

Charles Riewoldt

Charles Riewoldt

Nov 3, 2012

Charles V. Riewoldt, 61, Logansport, died at 10:20 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at his residence. Born Jan. 16, 1951, in Logansport, he was the son of Richard F. Riewoldt and Nell Johnson. He was married March 14, 1975, in Cheyenne, Wyo., to Vickie L. Dix. Charles was an attendant at the Logansport State Hospital. He had also worked at...

Leroy Russell

Leroy Russell

Nov 2, 2012

PERU — LeRoy Wayne Russell, 84, Peru, formerly of Logansport, died peacefully and joined the Lord at 2:10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, at the Blair Ridge Health Campus in Peru. He was born Aug. 6, 1928, in Cass County, the son of Arthur and Lillian Noble Russell. He was married Sept. 26, 1954, in Miami Baptist Church to Carol...

Frederick Jeffers

Frederick Jeffers

Nov 1, 2012

Frederick A. Jeffers Jr., 86, Logansport, died at 5:50 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis. Born September 7, 1926, in Kokomo, he was the son of Frederick A. Jeffers Sr. and Angeline Gardner. On January 3, 1981in Monon, IN, Fred married Anne McCall Weaver, who survives. Fred retired from Conrail Railroad, where he had...

Harold Mcelheny

Harold Mcelheny

Oct 29, 2012

Services for Harold E. McElheny Jr. will be held at 10:00AM Friday November 2, 2012 at the Gundrum Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 4 - 8PM Thursday November 1, 2012 at the Gundrum Funeral Home.

Helen Phillips

Helen Phillips

Oct 26, 2012

Helen L. (Smith) Phillips, age 84, of Fishers, IN and Formerly of Logansport, IN passed away at 10:30 am Friday, October 26, 2012 in her daughters residence with Hospice. Helen was born June 21, 1928 in Logansport to Thomas E. & Cecile L. (Woodruff) Smith. Survivors include one daughter, Vickie Paton, one son, John Paton and several nieces and nephews....

Sharon Burns

Sharon Burns

Oct 20, 2012

Mrs. Sharon “Grandma Kay” Burns, 71, of Kokomo, died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, at St. Elizabeth Central, Lafayette. Mrs. Burns was born July 27, 1941, in Peru, to Vern L. and Mary Jane (Murtha) Dunn She married Richard Oliver “Dick” Burns on July 17, 1959, in Logansport. He preceded her in death Sept. 6, 2009. Mrs. Burns retired in 2002...

Vernon Hile

Vernon Hile

Oct 15, 2012

Vernon Willis Hile, 77, Logansport, died at 7:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at his residence. Born Oct. 6, 1935, in Logansport, he was the son of Jessie Hile and Florence Cohee. He was married June 20, 1955, in Logansport, to Bonnie Hile. He was an operations foreman for animal bi-products in New Carlisle. He was a member of First...

Isom Watterson

Isom Watterson

Oct 14, 2012

Isom H. Watterson, 92, Logansport, died at 6:40 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, in Logansport Memorial Hospital. Isom was born March 25, 1920, in Lawrence County, Indiana, to Charles Watterson and Nora Collins. On Jan. 11, 1940, he married Della Jane Piercy, who preceded in death Nov. 23, 1989. He was the former grounds keeper for the Logansport Golf Club...

Mary Hayden

Mary Hayden

Oct 12, 2012

Mary F. Hayden, 81, Logansport, died at 12:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 in Memorial Hospital. She was born March 14, 1931, in Logansport, the daughter of Joyce S. and Goldie I. Beeler Johnson. She was married June 3, 1950, in Logansport to James “Jim” Hayden, who preceded in death on Jan. 19, 2010. She worked for H.W. Gossard Co.,...

Bert Elpers

Bert Elpers

Oct 7, 2012

Bert Eugene Elpers, 80, Kewanna, died at 6:53 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, in Hickory Creek Health Care, Winamac. Born Feb. 9, 1932, in Logansport, he was the son of Doremus Bebee Elpers and Margaret Grauel. He was married June 14, 1953, in Logansport to Shirley J. Wray. Bert retired in 1994 from National Friction. He enjoyed bowling and watching...

Nina Mantock

Nina Mantock

Oct 4, 2012

Nina M. "Pinky" Mantock, 84, passed away at 11:15 p.m. Thursday, October 4, 2012 at Indiana Masonic Home, Franklin, IN. Nina was born May 9, 1928 in Rushville, IN, to Jesse Frye and Grace Burton. She was married August 20, 1970 in Indianapolis, IN. Jack L. Mantock who preceded in death on August 25, 2002. Nina retired from Cass County...

Grace Goin

Grace Goin

Sep 23, 2012

LOGANSPORT — Grace E. Goin, 94, Logansport, died at 1:49 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, at her residence. She was born March 20, 1918, in Logansport to Bruce Shaver and Elizabeth Caldwell. She married Lester G. Goin on Feb. 7, 1953, in Logansport. He preceded her in death Nov. 3, 1987. She was a homemaker and former employee of Maibens...

Joseph Minthorn Sr

Joseph Minthorn Sr

Sep 23, 2012

LOGANSPORT — .Joseph Alan Minthorn Sr., 59, Logansport, died at 9:50 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. He was born Aug. 13, 1953, in Logansport, to James Harry Minthorn and Elsie Virginia Hall. He married Nancy A. Tyler Feb. 1, 1975, in Logansport. He worked for Tri-Green Tractor for 17 years. He was a 1972 graduate...

Helen Abshire

Helen Abshire

Sep 18, 2012

Helen L. Abshire, 94, Logansport, died at 5 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, at WoodBridge Health Campus. Born March 26, 1918, in Twelve Mile, she was the daughter of Clark Lewis and Glen Sausaman. She was married Oct. 27, 1963, in Logansport, to John A. Abshire, who preceded her in death Aug. 6, 1994. She was a retired owner of...

Mary Watts

Mary Watts

Sep 13, 2012

Mary M. Watts, age 91, Panama City, Florida, formerly of Logansport, passed away Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, in Panama City Florida. Born February 2, 1921, in Logansport, she was the daughter of the late Otto and Blanche Adair Pursch. On August 19, 1939, in Logansport, she married Eugene E. Watts, who preceded her in death on July 10, 2001. Mary...

Charles Streu

Charles Streu

Sep 9, 2012

Charles F. Streu, age 93, of Logansport, Indiana, died at 10:55 am Sunday , September 9, 2012 in Millers Merry Manor Nursing Home Born May 25, 1919 in Cass County, IN, he was the son of Gustav W. and Sarah Margaret Marie (Rivers) Streu. On January 13, 1940 in Royal Center, IN, he married his high school sweetheart, Elizabeth "Betty"...

Patricia Wade

Patricia Wade

Sep 5, 2012

Patricia K. Wade, 62, Peru, died at 11:29 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, at St. Joseph Hospital in Kokomo. Born Oct. 27, 1949, in Star City, she was the daughter of Kenneth Douglas Moss and Earline C. Clemons. She retired from Wilson Foods. Surviving are a son, Oliver “Buck” Wade Jr., Clearwater, Fla.; brother, Bobbie Moss and wife, Irene, Logansport;...

Robert Canfield

Robert Canfield

Sep 1, 2012

Robert E. Canfield, 87, New Waverly, died at 10:04 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, at his residence. He was born Dec. 31, 1924 in Howard County to Harold P. Canfield, father, and Edith Merle Boone, mother. On March 18, 1950 in Fort Wayne, he married Wanda C. Smith. He was the owner of Canfield Motors, and was also a retired...

John Lemoine

John Lemoine

Sep 1, 2012

John Randall Lemoine, 24, passed away Saturday, September 1, 2012. John was born August 5, 1988, to Drs. Joseph Robert Lemoine and Hannelore Sophie Niess Lemoine. John graduated Cleveland High school in 2006. He went on to Delta State University after high school where he obtained a Bachelors Degree in Science in May 2011. In August 2012, he graduated from...

Margaret Merrill

Margaret Merrill

Aug 31, 2012

Margaret M. Merrill, 85, Lafayette, formerly of Logansport, died at 11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, at her residence. Services will be private. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport. There will be no visitation. Gundrum Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.