This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Sprunger, Siler, Jones, Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4288/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat Adams County, Indiana Tues., Dec. 16, 2003 Nellie C. Sprunger, 89, of Berne, died on Sunday night in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. She was born on March 12, 1914 in Adams County to Charles and Ethel Siler Jones. She married Lowell Sprunger; he died in 1992. She was a former employee of The Winner House and the Berco firm, both in Berne, and was a member of First Mennonite Church at Berne. Surviving are three sons, Powell Sprunger of Celina, Ohio; Melville Sprunger of Phoenix, Arizona; and Michael Sprunger of Leamington, Utah; a brother, Ben Jones of Berne; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A daughter, a sister, and a brother are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Yager-Kirchhofer Funeral Home, Berne, with burial in MRE Cemetery, rural Berne. Visiting hours are 9-11 a.m. Wednesday. Preferred memorials are to the church. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Ray, Striker, Marshall, Welsheimer, Townsend, Bauer, Durbin Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4287/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat Adams County, Indiana Wed., March 5, 1986 RAYMOND C. RAY Raymond C. Ray, 89, of Whitley County, a native of Adams County, died at 7:40 p.m. Sunday in Whitley County Memorial Hospital at Columbia City. He was born in Monroe on March 16, 1896 to Elmer J. and Lessie M. Striker-Ray, and married the former Dora A. Marshall; she died in 1976. The couple moved to Whitley County in 1924. Mr. Ray, a farmer and a general contractor, is survived by three sons: Ernest Ray of Whitley County, Francis Ray of Haines City, Florida and Raymond C. Ray Jr. of Colorado; a daughter, Mrs. Jack (Maxine) Welsheimer of Columbia City; three sisters, Ortha Townsend of Berne, Francile Bauer of South Bend, and Florine Durbin of New Haven; 19 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Two sons, Robert and Don Ray, a brother and a sister are deceased. Funeral services were held this afternoon in Columbia City with burial in Jefferson Chapel Cemetery. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hopefully EVERHART researchers are aware of the picture of Bazel Everhart (1846-1926) that appeared in the FW Journal Gazette on Sunday, 17 April 1960, first page of Magazine Section E. The article is on file in the Decatur library. He was Monroe’s first honorary town marshal and owned all of the land that became the town site. The picture shows him with right hand on a long staff and with a pistol tucked in the breast pocket of his jacket.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Gerardot, Hartman, Maldeney, Vachon, Miller Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4286/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat Adams County, Indiana Wednesday, March 5, 1986 MARIE J. GERARDOT Marie J. Gerardot, 90, mother of three Decatur-area residents, died at 3:25 p.m. Tuesday at Golden Years Homestead, Fort Wayne. She was a native of Allen County. Her husband, Albert, died in 1980. Survivors include three sons, Lawrence E., Decatur; Arnold A. and Albert D., both of Monroeville; four daughters, Melitine Hartman and Madonna Maldeney, both of Fort Wayne and Jeanette Vachon and Lucille Miller, both of New Haven; and 29 grandchildren. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Marquart & Jacobs Funeral Home, Monroeville, and 10:30 a.m. at St. Rose Catholic Church, Monroeville. Calling will be held from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with a rosary recited at 8 p.m. Burial will be in St. Louis Besancon Cemetery, New Haven. Memorials are Masses to the church. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Adams, Hobrock, Gallmeier Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4285/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat Adams County, Indiana Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1986 GERALDINE ADAMS Geraldine Adams, 77, Fort Wayne, a native of Root Township, died early this morning at Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne. She was born in Adams County, the daughter of Theodore and Louise Gallmeier-Hobrock. Survivors include two sons, Roland, Fort Wayne and Walter, Jr., St. Paul, Minn.; and two brothers, Herbert Hobrock, Decatur and Theodore Hobrock, Fort Wayne. Services are pending at D. O. McComb & Sons Funeral Home, Fort Wayne. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Houser Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4284/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat Adams County, Indiana Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1986 RAYMOND L. HOUSER Raymond L. Houser, 71, Redkey, who retired from EPC in Geneva after 10 years of service, died Saturday evening in Cooper Nursing Home, Bluffton. He also formerly owned and operated Houser Farm Equipment in Antiville for 15 years. Survivors include the wife, Bernadine, one son, three sisters, and two grandchildren. Services were held this afternoon in the Portland chapel of Williamson and Spencer Funeral Home, Portland. Burial was in Gravel Hill Cemetery, west of Bryant. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Kyle, Taylor, Gilliland, McCrory, Thurston, Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4283/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat Adams County, Indiana Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1986 ROEANNA MARIE KYLE Roeanna Marie Kyle, 84, Bluffton, died at 7:37 p.m. Sunday in Swiss Village Retirement Center, Berne. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Bluffton. Born in Bluffton on July 2, 1901, she was the daughter of Edward A. and Verne Taylor-Gilliland, and was married to Cletus Kyle on April 24, 1920; he died July 1, 1967. Survivors include two daughters, Doris McCrory, Berne, wife of Berne dentist, Dr. James McCrory, and Elizabeth Thurston, Riverside, Calif.; four sons, Harold and William, both of Sunnyvale, Calif.; Robert, Fort Wayne and Cletus Eugene, Belmont, Mich., 15 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Thoma-Rich Funeral Home, Bluffton, with calling there after 2 p.m. today. Memorials are to Wells County Council on Aging. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Kipley, Neering, Des Jean Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4282/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat Adams County, Indiana Thursday, Dec. 20, 1951 PETER KIPLEY DIES IN CHICAGO WEDNESDAY Word was received here last evening of the death of Peter F. Kipley, 58, in Chicago. His death was attributed to a heart attack. Mr. Kipley was a brother of Mrs. John Neering and Mrs. Florence Des Jean of South Third street. Besides the two sisters, he is survived by his wife and two children. Funeral arrangements had not been completed this afternoon. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Brandyberry, Barber, Reffey, Roe, Waddy Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4281/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat Adams County, Indiana Thursday, Dec. 20, 1951 RAY BRANDYBERRY IS TAKEN BY DEATH Long Illness Fatal at Home of Parents Raymond D. Brandyberry, 45, of 2821 Beaver Avenue, Fort Wayne, died at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brandyberry, 315 North Tenth street in this city. Death followed an illness of two years. He was born in Berne Oct. 5, 1906, a son of Frank and Ada Barber-Brandyberry. He attended the Decatur high school and lived here for a number of years. In recent years he had operated a grocery and meat market on Fairfield Avenue in Fort Wayne. He was married to Marie Reffey Dec. 31, 1930. Mr. Brandyberry was a member of the Royal Arch Masons and the Shrine at Terre Haute, the Knights Templar at Fort Wayne and the Allen county sheriff's reserve posse. Surviving in addition to his wife and parents are a daughter, Janice Roe, at home; four brothers, Gregg of Fort Wayne, Robert of Bluffton, and Chester and Randolph, both of Decatur; and three sisters, Miss Marcella Brandyberry, a major in the army nurses corps in France, Mrs. Gertrude Waddy of Mineral Wells, Tex., and Miss Florence Brandyberry of Decatur. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Samuel Emerick officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:30 o'clock this evening. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Draper, Grim, Deam, Numbers Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4280/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Abstract taken from The Evening Banner of Wells County, IN Efie Draper, w/o William Draper d. March 14, 1921 Decatur, Indiana Surviving: husband William dau Florence Draper dau Stella Draper dau Helen Draper father Uriah Grim bro William Grim bro Charles Grim sis Mrs. Alfred Deam sis Mrs. Albert Numbers Buried March 16, 1921 Reynolds Cemtery, Adams County, Ind. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Niblick, Boerger, Perry, Lautzenheiser, Foy, Knox Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4279/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Abstract taken from Bluffton News, Wells County, Indiana dated Friday, May 11, 1962 Rufus C. Niblick b. Adams County, Indiana d. May 10, 1962 Fort Wayne, Indiana Survivors: wife, Marie dau, Mrs. Clell Boerger dau, Mrs. Donald Perry dau, Miss Linda Niblick son, Thomas Niblick son, Roger Niblick brother, Milo Niblick sis, Mrs. George Lautzenheiser sis Mrs. Don Foy sis Mrs. M. J. Knox buried May 12, 1962 Oak Lawn Cemetery, Ossian, Indiana Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Sutton, Muselman, Bierly, Smith, Parrish, Schurger, McCleanahan Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4278/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat Adams County, Indiana Friday, Oct. 25, 1956 SUTTON FUNERAL IS HELD THIS AFTERNOON Funeral services were held this afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church for Mrs. Garnet Sutton, prominent Decatur lady, who died Tuesday afternoon after a three week's illness. The Rev. Ray J. Walther officiated, and burial was in the Decatur Cemetery. Pallbearers for Mrs. Sutton, whose husband the late Jesse C. Sutton, was a former judge of the Adams Circuit, were C. H. Muselman, G. Remy Bierly, Lewis L. Smith, Judge Myles Parrish, Severin Schurger and Hubert McCleanahan. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: LeBrun, Hoffman, Miller, deBolt, Stauffer, Sheets Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4277/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat Adams County, Indiana Wednesday, August 4, 1982 RAYMOND O. LeBRUN Raymond O. LeBrun, 84, Wren, O., a retired poultry dealer in the Wren area with 55 years of service, died at 1:50 a.m. (EDT) today at the Van Wert County Hospital, where he had been a patient for three weeks. He had been in ill health since June. He was a member of the Wren U.B. in Christ Church, where he had been a custodian for 30 years. He formerly served on the Wren Town Council for 12 years, and was a member of Homer Pierson Post 207 of the American Legion in Willshire, O. Born in Decatur on Oct. 4, 1897, he was the son of Ezra and Lucy Hoffman-LeBrun, and was married on March 19, 1918, to Elsie Miller, who survives. Also surviving are three children, Robert L. LeBrun, route 1, Rockford, O.; Mrs. Gerald (Marjorie) DeBolt, route 1, Markle; Richard D. LeBrun, Marietta, Ga.; a sister, Mrs. Leota Stauffer, Fort Wayne; and three half-brothers, Lelend Sheets, Wren; Carl Sheets, Fort Wayne, and R. Earl Sheets, Decatur; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 p.m. (Ohio time) at the Zwick, Boltz & Jahn Funeral Home with Revs. Michael Brown and John Richardson officating. Burial will be in the Woodland Cemetery, Van Wert. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. (Ohio time) Thursday. Preferred memorial are to the Wren EMS. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Burkhead Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4276/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Abstract taken from Evening Banner, Wells County, Indiana dated Feb. 19, 1918 Samuel O. Burkhead D. Feb. 18, 1918 Decatur, Indiana B. Ohio Military Funeral Feb. 20, 1918 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Elzey, Parrish Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4275/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Abstract taken from Bluffton News Banner, Bluffton, Indiana Abner S. Elzey B. Oct. 3, 1867 Adams County, Indiana, s/o Elisha Elzey & Rebecca Parrish Md. Sarah Linn, Aug. 27, 1889 D. Nov. 20, 1949 Bluffton, Indiana Surviving: Wife Son, Dale Daugher, Ilow 2 grandchildren 3 great-grandchildren Buried Oct. 22, 1949 Oaklawn Cem., Ossian, Indiana Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Elzey, Parrish Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4274/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Abstract taken from Bluffton News Banner, Bluffton, Indiana Abner S. Elzey B. Oct. 3, 1867 Adams County, Indiana, s/o Elisha Elzey & Rebecca Parrish Md. Sarah Linn, Aug. 27, 1889 D. Nov. 20, 1949 Bluffton, Indiana Surviving: Wife Son, Dale Daugher, Ilow 2 grandchildren 3 great-grandchildren Buried Oct. 22, 1949 Oaklawn Cem., Ossian, Indiana Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Dettinger, Hower, Smith, Kell, Sheller Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4273/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Abstract from Evening News Banner of Bluffton, Indiana Rosetta Dettinger B. Feb. 5, 1876 Decatur, Indiana; d/o John Hower & Emma Smith Md. Charles Dettinger Oct. 14, 1893. D. Sept. 2, 1941 Magley, Indiana Surviving: husband 2 dau, Mrs. Florence Kell & Mrs. Beatrice Hower 4 grandchildren 2 brothers, E. E. Hower & Dallas Hower 1 sister Mrs. Nellie Sheller Preceded in death by son, Ralph Dettinger in 1916 and son in infancy Bur. Oct 1, 1941 Decatur Cemetery Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Ray Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4272/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Abstract taken Evening News Banner, Bluffton, Indiana Levi Ray d. July 14, 1939, Geneva, Adams County, Indiana at home of nephew, Will Ray Age 77 M. Ida Smith who d. about 18 years ago. Surviving are 1/2 brother, Andrew J. Ray of Willshire, Ohio Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Sommer, Flueckiger, Steiner, Lehman, Zumbrum, Wall Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4271/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Abstract for Willis Sommer from News Banner, Wells County, Indiana Willis Sommer b. Sept. 16, 1917 Adams County, IN s/o Abraham Sommer & Louise Flueckiger md Ruth Steiner Jan. 16, 1943 in Berne; she survives d. Dec. 31, 2003 Berne, Adams County, Indiana Surviving: 2 sons: David & Steven Sommer 1 sister: Hulda Lehman 7 grandchildren 3 great-grandchildren Preceded in death by: 6 bro: Rufus, Ernest, Otto, Eugene, Amos & Walter 3 sis: Louise Wall, Caroline Zumbrum & Johanna Sommer Buried: Jan 3, 2004 MRE Cemetery, Berne, IN Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Zumbrum, Sommer, Beutler, Voechs Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4270/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat Adams County, Indiana Tuesday, October 12, 1982 ALFRED E. ZUMBRUM Alfred E. Zumbrum, 76, 317 High St., Berne, a long-time member of the Berne Police Department, died at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday at his private rifle range south of Berne. Death was attributed to a heart attack. The World War II veteran was a Berne policeman for 35 years, retiring in 1974; he then worked for Berne Furniture Co. for several years. He was a gun collector and an expert marksman. A member of the Cross United Church of Christ in Berne, Mr. Zumbrum was born February 6, 1906 in Pierce, Nebraska, the son of Albert and Rosa Zumbrum. He was married August 23, 1932 in Berne to Caroline Sommer, who survives. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Emma Beutler, Pierce, Nebraska and Mrs. Laura Voechs, Norfolk, Nebraska. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Yager Funeral Home, Berne, Rev. Robert Kauffman officiating and burial will be in the MRE Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted at the cemetery by the Berne American Eagles Post. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Preferred memorials are to the church assistance fund. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.