Treva G. Rodgers, 92, Nappanee, died at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, at her daughter’s residence in Nappanee.
She was born Jan. 27, 1931. On Oct. 14, 1951, she married Glenn A. Rodgers, who preceded her in death in 2006.
She is survived by her son, Rick (Valerie) Rodgers, Elkhart; daughter, Susan (Don) Hochstetler, Nappanee; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, is handling arrangements.
Marlene Couse, 87, formerly of Nappanee, died at 10:13 a.m. Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, at The Waters of Wakarusa.
She was born Oct. 3, 1935. On May 20, 1961, she married Roger Couse, who preceded her in death in 2013.
She is survived by three children, Steven Couse, Nappanee, Lori (Marc) West, Elkhart, and Lynn (Trent) Sheets, Nappanee; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, is handling arrangements.
Larry D. Weaver, 79, died at 6:10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, at home.
He was born Dec. 27, 1943. He is survived by his wife, Mardell “Susie” (Andrews) Weaver, Elkhart.
He also is survived by two sons, Tim (Jennifer) Weaver, Nappanee, and Todd (Michele) Weaver, Mentor, Ohio; a stepson, Dustin Miller, Warsaw; a stepdaughter, Debi Xaver, Dallas, Texas; four grandchildren; and three step-grandchildren.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Wakarusa, is handling arrangements.
Savanah Lynn Stalhood, 17, Nappanee, died Monday morning, Aug. 28, 2023, at home.
She was born May 31, 2006.
She is survived by her parents, Nicholas and Jessica Stalhood, Nappanee; three sisters, Michelle (Greg) Holman, Tucson, Ariz., and Angel and Jocelyn Stalhood, both of Nappanee; one brother, Isaiah Stalhood, Nappanee; her maternal grandparents, Mike (Donna) Hayes, Kansas, and Debbie (Glen) Rohten, Bolivar, Mo.; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, is handling arrangements.
Anita DeFrees, 90, Nappanee, died Tuesday morning, Aug. 29, 2023, at Goshen General Hospital.
She was born March 6, 1933. On May 29, 1954, she married Harvey DeFrees Jr., who survives.
She also is survived by her son, Philip (Rhonda) DeFrees, Muncie; daughter, Elaine (Charles) Howell, Bluff City, Tenn.; three grandchildren; a step-grandson; two great-grandchildren; and a sister, Linda Hathaway, Liberty Mills.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, is handling arrangements.
Craig D. Spicher, 71, Wakarusa, died at 1:56 a.m. Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, at home.
He was born Dec. 4, 1951. On Dec. 1, 1974, he married Linda K. Klein, who survives.
He also is survived by two sons, Dustin C. (Jenny) Spicher, Akron, and Christopher C. (Danille) Spicher, Wakarusa; and six grandchildren.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Wakarusa, is handling arrangements.
Raymond David Rhinesmith, 68, Nappanee, died at 1:34 a.m. Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, at Elkhart General Hospital.
He was born June 15, 1955.
He is survived by his daughter, Nicole Peppers, Edwardsburg, Mich.; three grandsons; four brothers, Dennis Rhinesmith, Brian Rhinesmith, Larry O’Bannon, David O’Bannon and Mark O’Bannon; and a sister, Pam (Dale) Conner.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, is handling arrangements.
Larry Haney, 85, Milford, died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, at Waterford Crossing, Goshen.
He was born July 4, 1938. On Jan. 30, 1960, he married Dorothy J. Hawley, who survives.
He also is survived by his brother, Galen Haney, North Webster; two daughters, Karen (Mark) Stevens, Pierceton, and Laura (Oliver) Grimm, Bourbon; and three grandchildren.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, is handling arrangements.
Francis M. Bender, 96, Wakarusa, died at 6:17 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, at home.
He was born Nov. 7, 1926. On Jan. 9, 1949, he married Mary Catherine Stutzman, who survives.
He also is survived by three sons, Curtis John (Deb) Bender, New Paris, Phil (Patty) Bender, Fishers, and Steve (Ida) Bender, New Paris; 11 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, is handling arrangements.
Eugene Anthony “Geno” Bontrager, 44, Nappanee, died at 2:45 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18, 2023.
He was born Nov. 16, 1978.
He is survived by his parents, Joe M. and Verba (Hochstetler) Bontrager, Nappanee; three brothers, Virgil (Doretta Lehman) Bontrager, Shipshewana, John (Barbara Yoder) Bontrager, Millersburg, and Merl Bontrager, Milford; four sisters, Janice (Glen) Miller, Shipshewana, Deb (Willie) Lehman, Nappanee, Jolene (Andrew) Schwartz, Nappanee, and Cathy (Michael) Slabaugh, Nappanee; 20 nephews; and eight nieces.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, is handling arrangements.
Elizabeth Slabaugh, 88, Nappanee, died at 4:38 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, at home.
She was born Feb. 16, 1935. On Nov. 11, 1954, she married Tobias J. Slabaugh, who preceded her in death in 2021.
She is survived by her six children, Inez (Alvin) Lehman, Shipshewana, Danny (Clara) Slabaugh, Nappanee, Joseph (Diane) Slabaugh, Bourbon, Richard (Dorothy) Slabaugh, Nappanee, Ezra Slabaugh, Nappanee, and Arlene (Ronald) Miller, Nappanee; 30 grandchildren; 108 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; two sisters, Bill (Minerva) Cupp, Etna Green, and Lydia Ann Hochstetler, Sarasota, Fla.; and one brother, Raymond (Rosemary) Hochstetler, Nottawa, Mich.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, is handling arrangements.
Esther Marie Yoder, 59, Bremen, died at 10:43 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, at Goshen General Hospital.
She was born July 22, 1964. On Dec. 25, 1985, she married Robert Lee Yoder, who survives.
She also is survived by seven children, Paul (Wilma) Yoder, Plymouth, Steven Ray Yoder, Bremen, Ruby (Matthew) Plank, Bourbon, Edna (Gary) Borkholder, Nappanee, Naomi (Joseph) Borkholder, Plymouth, Ruth (Leon) Bontrager, Nappanee, and Gilbert (Kara) Yoder, Bremen; 22 grandchildren; seven siblings, Naomi (Paul) Yoder, Fredricksburg, Ohio, Roy (Mary) Yoder, Libby, Mont., Carol (John) Yoder, Townville, Pa., Clara (Denny) Slabaugh, Nappanee, DeWayne (Laura) Yoder, Millersburg, Ohio, Sandra (Mark) Yoder, Trout Creek, Mont., and Ervin Yoder Jr.; and a sister-in-law, Trish Yoder, Millersburg, Ohio.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, is handling arrangements.
Lydia Faith Schwartz was stillborn Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital, Warsaw.
She is survived by her parents, Steven and Carolyn (Schwartz) Schwartz; brothers, Matthew James, Christopher Jon and Edwin Lee, all at home; paternal grandparents, Victor and Ruth Ann (Schwartz) Schwartz, Etna Green; maternal grandparents, Arden and Irma (Hochstetler) Schwartz, Etna Green; eight cousins; 19 aunts and uncles; paternal great-grandparents, Melvin and Rebecca Schwartz, Geneva, Ind., and Kathryn Schwartz, Etna Green; and maternal great-grandparents, Lamar and Elizabeth Hochstetler, Nappanee, and Clara Schwartz, Etna Green.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, is handling arrangements.
Yvonne Murphy, 85, formerly of Nappanee, died at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, at Majestic Healthcare, Goshen.
She was born Jan. 29, 1938. On Dec. 23, 1959, she married Norman Murphy, who preceded her in death in 2013.
She is survived by four children, Cynthia Murphy, Goshen, Shannon (Shelley) Murphy, Nappanee, Kevin (Cherry Mae) Murphy, Mishawaka, and Stanley (Mandy) Murphy, Nappanee; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, is handling arrangements.
Vernon J. Miller, 70, Nappanee, died at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, at home.
He was born Aug. 15, 1953. On Oct. 13, 1974, he married JoEllen Hostetler, who survives.
He also is survived by stepsons, David (Chrissy) Hostetler, Nappanee, and Shannon (Chrystal) Bonee, Syracuse; stepdaughter, Connie Bonee, Newport, Va.; 16 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; sister, Betty Ferrell, Wakarusa; and brothers, Walter (Martha) Miller, Nappanee, Andrew Miller, Bremen, and Homer (Ann) Miller, Bremen.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, is handling arrangements.
Elizabeth “Betty” Borkholder, 83, New Paris, died Sunday evening, Oct. 15, 2023.
She was born July 30, 1940. On Sept. 5, 1963, she married Amos P. Borkholder, who survives.
She also is survived by her children, Norman (Christina) Borkholder, New Paris, Lonnie (Rhonda) Borkholder, Nappanee, Lamar (Rebecca) Borkholder, New Paris, and Dale (Esther) Borkholder, New Paris; 15 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Alvin (Donna) Kuhns, Cottonwood, Ariz., Otis Kuhns, Milford, Lotus (Loretta) Kuhns, Goshen, and Katie Harshberger and Ruby Fry, both of Nappanee; stepsisters, Alice (Melvin) Fry, Topeka, Mary (Herbert) Miller, Wakarusa, and Ruby (Delbert) Slabaugh of Shipshewana; and stepbrothers, Marvin (Mary) Borkholder, Kenny (Mary) Borkholder and Leroy (Clara) Borkholder, all of Burr Oak.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, is handling arrangements.
Barbara Ellen (Moneyheffer) Truex, 91, Davie, Fla., a native of Kosciusko County, died Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023.
She was born Oct. 18, 1931. Her husband of 73 years, Lloyd Evart Truex, survives.
She also is survived by her children and their spouses, Debbie (David) Webster, Ted (Linda) Truex, Deanna (George) Williams and Terry (Brandy) Truex; daughter-in-law, Janet Truex; 15 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, is handling arrangements.
Paul Charles Garl, 69, formerly of Nappanee, died at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, at home.
He was born May 1, 1954. On May 6, 1993, he married Nancy (Schmeltz) Wolf, who survives.
He also is survived by a son, Tony (Erin) Garl, Milford; three stepchildren, Jennifer (Kelsy) Zumbrun, Bremen, Jim (Ashly) Wolf, Warsaw, and Jody (Randy) Roberts, Warsaw; three grandchildren; 10 step-grandchildren; his parents, Harley and Betty Garl, Nappanee; two brothers, Bill (Julie) Garl, Mishawaka, and Dave (Sue) Garl, Nappanee; and two sisters, Susan (Mike Hinds) Garl, Nappanee, and Ann Garl (Linda Roher), Goshen.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, handled arrangements.
Daniel Wayne Holiday, 59, a native of Rochester, died at 10:07 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.
He was born Oct. 15, 1963. On Sept. 2, 2010, he married Vickie (Prescott) Culp, who survives.
He also is survived by a son, Clayton (Kwan) Holiday, Kokomo; four stepchildren, Brittany (Mike) Mills, Nappanee, Brad (Sara) Culp, Bremen, Brent (Whitney) Culp, Nappanee, and Brandon (Kara) Culp, Charlotte, N.C.; 17 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; his father, Richard Holiday, Peru; and two sisters, Susan (Mitchell) Cariaga, Redland, Calif., and Beth (Les) Slough, Lancaster, Pa. His mother, Helen Cook, died two days after he did, on Oct. 14, 2023.
Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, is handling arrangements.