Stabe Albert, 68, died Monday in the Lutheran Old Peoples Home in Kendallville. He suffered a heart
attack Saturday. He served approximately 53 years as a director of the
Noble County Savings & Loan Association. Surviving are a brother, Fred, near
here, and a sister, Mrs. John Bauman of Kendallville. Rites in the St.
John’s Lutheran Church, Kendallville. Burial, Lake View Cemetery. ~ 1-31-1957
Stabe Betty Evelyn, 87, of Kendallville, died March 26, 2008 at Lutheran
Hospital in Fort Wayne. She owned and operated Betty's Salon of Beauty in
Kendallville for many years and was an Avon representative. She was a
member of Zion Lutheran Church near Corunna and of Kendallville BPW. She
was born April 23, 1920 in Kendallville to Donald and Leora Sollenberger.
She married Paul Stackhouse, who preceded her in death. She then married
Harold F. Stabe in October 1972, and he died Oct. 4, 2007. Surviving are 2
daughters and sons-in-law, Sandra and Jim Hagerty of Kendallville and Sharry and
Dave Wiehe of Columbia City; 8 grandchildren and their spouses, Diana and David
Ladig, Kevin and Vickie Bortner, Ron and Sandra Bortner, Terry and Elizabeth
Bortner, Lana Snyder, Lisa McDaniel, Jennifer Roark and Sara and Shawn Schuller;
18 great-grandchildren; and 6 great-great-grandchildren. She was also
preceded in death by 3 sisters, Rosie, June and Helen. Services Saturday
at Hite Funeral Home. Burial, Lake View Cemetery. ^ 3-27-2008
Stabe Frederick Lewis, 74, of R. R. 2, Avilla, died Friday at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Fort Wayne. He was born July 14, 1885, to
John and Julie Stabe. Survivors include the widow, Maude; a son Harold, near
here; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Bauman, Auburn; three grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren. Services in Kendallville Monday. Burial, Lake View
Cemetery. ~ 1-28-1960
Stabe Harold F, 95, died Oct. 4, 2007 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort
Wayne. A Noble County farmer, he worked at the surveyor's office and was
employed with International Harvester and the Auburn Cord Duesenberg factory in
Auburn. He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church. He was born in
DeKalb County on March 24, 1912 to Frederick and Maude (Haynes) Stabe. He
married Lorene B. Hissong on Dec. 30, 1953. She died May 6, 1964.
He married Betty Sollenberger Stackhouse on Oct. 21, 1972. Surviving are
his wife; 2 daughters and sons-in-law, Sandra and Jim Hagerty of Kendallville
and Sharry and Dave Wible of Columbia City; 8 grandchildren and spouses, Diana
and David Ladig, Jennifer and Travis Roark, Sara and Shawn Schuller, Lana
Snyder, Lisa McDaniel, Kevin and Vickie Bortner, Ron and Sandra Bortner, Terry
and Elizabeth Bortner; 18 great-grandchildren and 5
great-great-grandchildren. He was also preceded in death by a daughter,
Jacqueline M. Snyder; a son, Fredie Lee; a grandson, Lynn Snyder; and a
granddaughter, Vicki Bortner. Services Monday at St. John Lutheran
Church. Burial, Lake View Cemetery. ^ 10-6-2007
Stabe Maude, 71, R. 2, Avilla, died last Thursday in the
Garrett Hospital. She was born in DeKalb County March 2, 1891, the daughter of
Edward and Lydia Lehner Haynes. She was a lifelong resident of DeKalb County.
Her husband, Frederick, preceded her in death in 1960. She was a member of St.
John Lutheran Church in Kendallville and the Richland Twp Home Demonstration
Club. Surviving is a son, Harold, Avilla; three sisters, Mrs. Elza Jordan,
Mrs. Walter Kern and Mrs. Clair Tuttle, all of Garrett; two brothers, G. Heber
Haynes of near Garrett and Lloyd Haynes of Winter Haven, Fla.; three
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. One grandchild and one
great-grandchild also preceded her in death. Services Sunday at St.
John Lutheran Church. Burial, Lake View Cemetery. ~ 8-30-1962
Stabler Albert "Red", 4218 Colman Av., Fort Wayne, died last Tuesday in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. He was born May 19, 1900 in
Payne, Ohio, the son of Daniel and Louella Bachelor Stabler. On Nov. 1, 1924 he
was married to Nadine Smith in Albion. He was a 45-year resident of Ligonier and
a retired Joslyn Steel Worker. He was a member of Richville United Methodist
Church, Eagles Lodge and the Sheriff’s Posse of Fort Wayne. Surviving are the
widow; two sons, Lawrence, Bluffton, and Sanger, Avilla; one foster son, Albert
Wayne Anspach, Fort Wayne; seven grandchildren and six foster grandchildren.
Funeral August 20 in Ulrey Funeral Home, Ligonier. ~ 8-27-1970 + 8-18-1970
Stabler DeLoss, 51, of Marion, Ind., had been in failing health four
years and heart failure was termed the cause of death. Services were held at the
D. O. McComb Funeral Home. He was married to Luella Conrad who formerly resided
in LaOtto. She is the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Conrad, who now
live at the Lamplighter in Kendallville. The widow and a daughter at home
survive. ~ 6-6-1974
Stabler Glen W, 60, R. 1, Milford, was stricken at his place of
employment, the Maple Leaf Farms near Milford Tuesday and died Funeral
will be Friday at Ulrey-Sedgwick Funeral Home, Ligonier. His wife, 2 sons, one
daughter, 8 grandchildren, and a brother, Albert of Fort Wayne survive. He
formerly resided on the County Line Road west of Cromwell. + 5-?-1967
Stabler Harry M, 71, of North Webster, died Sat. in
his home. He was born in Payne, Ohio on Oct. 19, 1897 to Samuel and Mary Ann (Birkhold)
Stabler. He married Esther White on Oct. 6, 1920. She preceded him in death. He
was a retired businessman and had resided in North Webster for the past 20
years. He was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church in Cromwell. Survivors include
2 sons, Samuel of Roanoke, Theodore of Fort Wayne; one daughter, Mrs. Ray
(Harriett) Rupprecht of North Webster; 10 grandchildren; 2 brothers, Ira,
Portland, and Charles of Roanoke; 2 sisters, Mrs. Paul (Bessie) Miller and Mrs.
William (Lila) Breamer, New Haven. Funeral at Calvary Church in Cromwell
Wednesday. Burial, Lehman Cemetery in Payne. + 1-?-1969
Stabler Nora "Nadine", 80, Bluffton, died June 18 at her
home in Bluffton. She was born March 16, 1905, the daughter of Sanger and Idris
(Wright) Smith. She married Albert Stabler Nov. 1, 1924 in Albion. He died in
1970. She formerly lived in Ligonier and Fort Wayne before moving to Bluffton a
year ago. Surviving are two sons, Sanger of Avilla, Lawrence of Bluffton; a
foster son, Albert Anspach of Fort Wayne; a sister, Cecil Leslie of
Ligonier; 7 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Services in
Ligonier. Burial, Oak Park Cemetery. ~ 6-27-1985 + 6-8-1985
Stabler Sanger, 54, died January 22 in his home in Murfreesboro,
Tenn. He was born March 30, 1943 to Albert and Nora Nadine (Smith) Stabler. He was a retired iron worker. Surviving are his wife; 4
daughters, Fawn Stabler of Columbia City, Michelle Mosley of Albion, Tracey
March of Garrett and Melanie Davis of Murfreesboro; a brother, Lawrence of
Bluffton; 2 sons-in-law, Scott Mosley of Albion and Don March of Garrett; and 7
grandchildren. Memorial services Sunday in Miller's Reception Hall,
Kendallville. 1-22-1998
Stackhouse Allen E, 66, a former Kendallville resident, died
Tuesday in his home in Coldwater, Mich. He was born Feb. 11, 1908 in Newville,
Ind. Surviving are 7 brothers, Raymond, Ralph and Dallas, Corunna, John and
William, Angola, Albert, Fort Wayne, and Ora, Pleasant Lake; 2 sisters, Mrs.
Gladys Bikoske, Coldwater, and Mrs. Lois Wright, Hudson. Funeral
Thursday at Gillespie Funeral Home, Coldwater. Burial, Fairfield Center
Cemetery. + 2-?-1975
Stackhouse, John H., 75, died Thursday in Cameron Memorial Hospital,
Angola. He was retired from Moore Business Forms in Angola. He lived at RR4,
Angola. Born Sep 26, 1914 in Corunna he was the son of Glenn and Hazel (Bordner)
Stackhouse. Survivors include his wife, Lois; 1 son Lee of Fort Wayne; 2
daughters, Carol of Brownsville, TX and Mitzi Forrester of Angola; 4 brothers,
Ralph & Dallas both of Corunna, Ora of Pleasant Lake and William of Angola; 1
sister Lois Wright of Orland, IN; 4 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Five
brothers and 2 sisters preceded him in death. Services in Weicht’s Funeral
Home, Angola. Burial in Fairfield Center Cemetery near Corunna. + 5-1989
Stackhouse, Paul E57, died in a tractor accident Feb 28, 1968.
He was born May 6, 1910 in DeKalb Co, the sone of Glen Stackhouse and
Mrs. Hazel (Bordner) Stackhouse. He married Betty E Sollenberger in
Holgate, OH on July 12, 1941. He leaves 2 sister, Mrs. Lois Wright, Hudson;
and Mrs. Gladys Biskiski, Coldwater, MI; 9 brothers, Allen, Coldwater;
Raymond, Corunna; Robert, Auburn; John, Angola; Albert, Fort Wayne; Dallas,
Corunna; Ora, Pleasant Lake; and William, Angola. Services at Fairfield
Zion Lutheran Church. Burial in Lake View, Kendallville. + 2-26-1968
Stackhouse Maude, who lived with her sisters, Mrs. Lester (Helen) Whitson
and Mrs. Dorothy DeWitt at 110 Harding St., Kendallville, died Friday in McCray Hospital from a heart condition. She was born in Noble County
to John W. and Mary Ellen (Miller) Childs and was raised in the Kendallville
area and graduated from Kendallville High School. She married Charles Stackhouse
in Albion Aug. 21, 1930. He died Dec. 24, 1963. She lived in Chicago, Ill., and
Lovelock, Nev., before moving back to Kendallville to live in 1971. Only the
sisters survive. A Methodist, she had been employed as a private secretary.
Services Sunday in Berhalter-Hutchins Funeral Home. Burial, Garden
Cemetery, Gardnerville, Nev. + 12-?-1974
Stacy Winfred, 64, of Kendallville, died Feb. 17, 2009 at Parkview Noble
Hospital. He was a processor with Essex Wire in Kendallville and had
served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Conflict. He was born in
Hindman, Ky., on April 6, 1944 to Ishmael and Sirena (Miller) Stacy. He
married Bonetta Sells on April 18, 2004 in Wolcottville. Surviving are his
wife; 4 children and their spouses, James Stacy and Iolet and Randy Risedorph of
Kendallville, Julie Stacy of Topeka and Mary and George Allen of Cherryville,
N.C.; 13 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; his brothers and sisters and
their spouses, Arthur and Vickie Stacy and Clyde and Hazel Stacy of Montgomery,
Ky., Floyd and Regina Stacy of Lower Mill Creek, Ky., Carly and Teresa Stacy of
Carrie, Ky., Virginia Patrick of Lower Mill Creek, Capie and Eldon Hicks of
Hindman, Ky., Caliee and Arnold Smith of Wolcottville, Charles and Pauline Stacy
of Clarksville, Tenn., and Fred and Sherri Stacy of Rome City. Services
Saturday at Harbor of Love Baptist Church. Burial, Orange Cemetery with
military rites. ^ 2-19-2009
Stadick Anna M, 72, of Kendallville died March 20, 2011, at her residence.
She worked as a file clerk for the Meat Cutters Union, as a clerk in
grocery stores, and did factory work while living in Chicago.
She was born March 20, 1939, in Chicago to Edward A. and Anna (Machek)
Stadick. Surviving are a sister, Emily J. Napier of Rome City; 3 brothers and 2 sisters-in-law, Franklin J.
Stadick of Chicago, James J. Stadick, Frederick A. and Linda Stadick of Chicago,
and Jeanette M. Stadick of Winfield, Ill. Funeral Wednesday at Young Family Funeral Home. Burial,
Orange Cemetery. ^ 3-22-2010
Stadtfeld Ralph L, 76, died July 9, 2007 at his home near Albion.
He was born July 16, 1930 in Remus, Mich. to Lawrence and Dorothy (Merritt)
Stadtfeld. He married Mary E. Campbell on May 3, 1958 at St. Mary's
Catholic Church in Avilla. He retired in 1993 as a machinist at Dana Corp.
in Auburn. He served as a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps in the Korean
Conflict. Surviving are his wife; 2 daughters and a son-in-law, DeLane and
Val Parker of Albion and Dawn Mariage; 2 sons and daughters-in-law, Eric and
Cheryl Stadtfeld of Kendallville and Harold and Melissa Stadtfeld of North
Vernon; 3 sisters, Rosemary Clingerman of Holt, Mich., Elaine Ernst and John
Winnicki of Buxton, N.C. and Kathy and Delanuy Delaney of Avondale Estates, Ga.;
a brother-in-law, Harold Campbell of Albion; and 3 sisters-in-law, Helen
Campbell of Auburn, Carole Campbell of Arco, Idaho, and Maxine Campbell of
Paullina, Iowa; and grandchildren, Mark and Dee Eggering, Sherman and Jamie
Howard, Benjamin Parker, Jonathan and Koleton Teders, and Bryson, Zachery,
Marissa, Grace, Xavier, Caleb and Talon Stadtfeld. He was preceded in
death by 3 brothers, Robert, Curtis and Charles; and a sister, Joyce
Pitts. Services today at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in
Albion. Burial, Rose Hill Cemetery with military services by American
Legion Post 246. ^ 7-13-2007
Stafford Evelyn D, 84, of Albion, died May 14, 2005 at Provena Sacred
Heart Home in Avilla. She retired in 1991 as an office worker at Group
Dekko. She was born Aug. 29, 1920 in Garrett to George E. and Eve H.
(Huff) Mayo. On Aug. 30, 1942 in Columbus, Ohio, she married James E.
Stafford. He is deceased. Surviving are 2 daughters and sons-in-law,
Anne and Robert Johnson of Kinston, N.C., and Lynda and John Moran of Saltville,
Va.; 3 grandchildren and their spouses, April and Paul Howard, Carol and Douglas
Taylor and Robert Johnson II; and 3 great-grandchildren, Kaitlyn and Anna Howard
and Bodie Taylor. Graveside services May 27 at Rose Hill Cemetery. ^
5-20-2005
Stafford Flossie F, 92, died Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Leroy (Catherine) Anderson of Avilla. She was born in Auburn May 8, 1899 and
married Fred Stafford, who died in April 1964. She previously lived at Dickman’s
Mobile Home Court in Auburn. Other survivors include another daughter, Mrs.
Robert Muhn, Royal Oaks, Mich.; two sisters, Mary Shawver, Detroit, Mich., and
Gladys Tenney, California; 10 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and five
great-great-grandchildren. Service in Brazzell Funeral Home, Avilla, on
June 4. Burial, Woodlawn Cemetery. ~ 6-4-1981 + 6-?-1981
Stafford Fred, 75, father of Mrs. Leroy Anderson, Avilla, died Monday in Garrett Hospital. Death was attributed to complications. A lifelong
resident of DeKalb County, he was born October 7, 1888 in Jackson Twp, son of
the late Emanuel and Frances Stafford, and was married March 5, 1909 to Flossie
Hough, who survives. He was a retired employee of the Northern Indiana Fuel
& Light Company and a charter member of the Auburn Community Grange.
Surviving in addition to the wife and daughter are a son Robert, of New Haven; a
daughter, Candice Muhn, formerly of Avilla and now residing in Royal Oak, Mich.;
ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral Thursday in Gerig
Funeral Home, Auburn. Burial, Roselawn Cemetery. ~ 4-9-1964
Stafford James V, 68, 226 Spring Beach Road, Rome City, died
today at his home. He was born Aug. 12, 1904 in Wayne County, W. Va., to Joseph
and Stella (Smith) Stafford. He married Gladys Wright in 1950. He moved to Rome
City in 1969 after he retired as a mold maker for Thatcher Glass Co., Saugus,
Calif. He was a member of Central Christian Church, Huntington, W.Va.,
and the American Flint & Glass Workers Union No. 139. Surviving are the
wife; a son, J. W., Saugus, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. C. L. Hunter, Ashland, Ky.;
and 2 grandchildren. A son, William H., preceded him in death. Services are
Thursday in Hite Funeral Home. The body will then be taken to Fort Wayne for
cremation. + 7-?-1972
Stage -"Grandma" was buried in Springfield Cemetery last
Monday. ^ 7-11-1884
Stage Allie, 73, died at her home in North Manchester Aug. 14. Funeral
was Aug. 16 at Bender Funeral Home in North Manchester. Burial, Sparta Cemetery.
She was the widow the late James B. Stage, Leesburg druggist. She is survived by
twin daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Burr of North Manchester and Mrs. Stacey Miller of
the home; a brother Rollin Blackman of near Albion; 4 grandchildren. She was a
former resident of York Twp, attended the Albion High School, Lebanon National
Normal University in Ohio and taught school many years in Noble County. +
8-?-1938
Stage Charles R, 74, farmer, died Thursday at his home northeast of
Ligonier. Surviving are the widow, Edith; and one daughter, Eleanor at home.
Funeral Saturday at the residence. Burial, Oak Park Cemetery. + 12-?-1939
Stage Eleanor L, 79, died Sunday in Goshen Hospital. She was born
October 10, 1910 in Ligonier, the daughter of Charles and Edith (Cochran)
Stage. A lifetime Ligonier resident, she was a correspondent for the
Advance-Leader and News-Sun and an employee of Mad Hatter Antique Store in
Ligonier. She was a member of United Methodist Church. Surviving are a niece, Shirley Miller. One brother,
Glen, preceded her in death. Services Wednesday in Ulrey-Renner Funeral
Home. Burial, Oak Park Cemetery. + 9-?-1990
Stage George Clinton, 71, died yesterday while
plowing in the garden on his farm northeast of Ligonier in Perry Twp. Death was
due to a heart attack. Soon after going to the garden, his wife noticed the mule
standing in the garden but did not see her husband. Going to the garden she
found him lying on the ground at the handles of the plow. He was born Aug. 3,
1861 in Wells County, Ind. but had resided practically all of his life in the
Ligonier community. He had always engaged in farming. Surviving are the widow
and one daughter, Mrs. Helen Squires at Roann. + 6-?-1932
Stage Glen T, 37, of Ligonier, whose right arm was mangled in a corn
shredder 10 days ago and amputated at Lakeside Hospital, died Jan. 18 as a
result of the injury. Funeral was Friday at a Ligonier funeral home. Burial, Oak
Park Cemetery. Surviving are a daughter, Shirley; the parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Stage south of Ligonier; and one sister, Eleanor at home. + 1-?-1939
Stage Jacob, 81 years, 4 months and 17 days, died Dec. 8 on the Hawpatch.
^ 12-19-1878
Stage Jennie, 71, died Thursday at her home in Ligonier. Surviving are
her husband, L. M.; one sister, Mrs. Frank Rayer of Beverly Hills, Cal., and
several nieces and nephews. Funeral Saturday at the home. Burial, Oak Park
Cemetery. + 3-?-1936
Stage Lemuel, 80, of near Wawaka committed suicide by hanging himself in
the closet at the home of his nephew, Leo Stage. Funeral was Saturday at Brown
Funeral Home, Ligonier. Burial, Salem Cemetery. The body was found by the
housekeeper, Miss Lucille Dukes. + 6-?-1940
Stage Rollie E, 79, a Noble County native of the Ligonier area, died March 18 in the VA Hospital at Fort Wayne. He was a veteran of the
Spanish-American War and a member of the American Legion and Eagles Lodge. The
only survivor is a cousin, Mrs. Lillie Plank of Ligonier. Services
Wednesday in the funeral home. Burial, Oak Park Cemetery. + 3-?-1955
Stage Samuel died March 21. Burial, Springfield Cemetery. ^ 3-24-1881
Stage Sidney, 79, was found dead in bed Tuesday at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Stanley Surfus of Ligonier. Death was presumably caused by a
sudden heart attack. He is also survived by a son, Fern of Ligonier. Funeral Thursday from the Surfus home. Burial, Wolf Lake Cemetery. *
12-?-1934
Stage Susie, 63, native of Wawaka, died at her home 3 miles northwest of
there Friday from complications. Her husband, Frank, died some
years ago. She is survived by the son, Leo, with whom she made her home. Funeral Sunday at the home. Burial, Salem Cemetery. + 8-?-1935
Stage Theron D died Oct. 23 on the Hawpatch, aged 51 years, 10
months and 2 days. He was born Dec. 23, 1841 and spent his whole life on the
farm where he was born. He leaves 6 brothers, a wife and one son to mourn.
Contracting a cold while in attendance at the World’s Fair it terminated in
pneumonia from which he died. Funeral at the home on Oct. 25. Burial, Salem
Cemetery. + 10-23-1892
Staggs Norma D, 59, of Cromwell, died Sunday in Parkview Hospital, Fort
Wayne. She was born May 1, 1938 in Noble County to William and Juanita (Beckner) Grimes. A lifetime Noble County resident, she worked at BRC
Rubber Group, Ligonier, for more than 20 years. She was a member of The
Rock Church. Surviving are 4 sons, Randy Nicodemus, Scott and Doug Staggs
of Cromwell, and Michael Staggs of Waynesboro, Tenn.; a brother, Raymond Grimes
of Elkhart; 3 sisters, Nell Hipshire of Cromwell, Dora Kelly of Elkhart, and
Helen Ley of Avilla; and 4 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by 3
brothers and one sister. Funeral Wednesday in Ulrey-Renner Funeral
Home. Burial, Sparta Cemetery. + 6-15-1997
Stahl Anna (Grieling), another of Avilla’s residents died last Saturday. She has been in poor health for some time and on Friday suffered
a stroke of paralysis, from which she did not rally. Death came
Saturday. She was born in Lehigh Twp, Northampton County, Pa., September 24, 1815 and died in Avilla, October 9, 1897, aged
82 years and 15 days. She married John Stahl of Wooster, Ohio,
December 4, 1834. They had eleven children, eight of whom with
the husband and father, preceded her in death. Her living descendants
comprise three children, 28 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. She came to Indiana in 1852 and since that time has resided
at or near Avilla. In 1870 she united with the Lutheran Church, remaining a member
thereof until 1892, when she joined the Evangelical Association. The funeral
services were at the Evangelical Church Monday. Burial, Avilla Cemetery. ~
10-14-1897
Stahl Beverly G, 79, of Kendallville, died June 27, 2010 at Lutheran Life
Villages in Kendallville. She worked for Dana Corp. in Churubusco for 25
years, retiring in Oct. 1990. She was born in Newville, Ind. on Sept. 30,
1930 to Ernest and Edna (Harter) Nelson. She was married to Paul Stahl
until his death in 1986. Survivors include 4 daughters, Gloria Yarde of
Tacoma, Wash., Mary Yarde of Butler, Sheryl Yarde of Ohio and Patricia and
Richard Barnes of Bristol; 2 sons, Larry and Cindy Yarde of Rockwood, Tenn., and
David Brumbaugh of Auburn; 15 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren and one
sister, Betty Pring of Tacoma, Wash. She was also preceded in death by 2
grandchildren, Patrick and Heather; one sister and 2 brothers. No funeral
or burial. ^ 6-29-2010
Stahl, Byron L. "Barney"”, 73 of R 3 LaGrange, died Sunday in
Sturgis Hospital, Sturgis, MI. He was born Oct 12, 1915 in Fairview, MI
the son of Charles W and Esther (Reber) Stahl. On Dec 27, 1937 in Topeka,
he married Mary Cathryn Speicher, who survives. Mr. Stahl had lived in
Detroit, MI until moving to LaGrange Co in 1946. He was a retired farmer.
Surviving are 2 daughters, Mrs. Michael (Mary Ellen) Getzmiller of Lansing,
MI and Mrs. Milton (Martha) Dexter of LaGrange; 2 sisters Priscilla Harrison
of Standish, MI and Alene Rabold of Waycross, GA; two brothers, Willis Stahl
of West Unity, OH and Carl Stahl of St. Claire Shores, MI; 6 grandchildren and
3 great-grandchildren. Burial in Lake Bethel Cemetery, LaGrange, IN + 3-12-1989
Stahl Elias was born in Union County, Pa., February 10, 1816. He was
married in Clinton County, that state, August 15, 1841, to Mary Frank, who died
September 4, 1889. They had eleven children, of whom eight are yet living. Mr. and Mrs. Stahl came to Indiana in 1865, and with the
exception of about two years, lived in Noble County continuously until their
deaths. Mr. Stahl was an honest, industrious, warm-hearted citizen. He has been in precarious health for several months and
died at the age of 75 years, 3 months, 13 days. Funeral at the
Evangelical Church on Monday. ~ 5-28-1891
Stahl Gerald L "Butch", 50, of Dorchester, MA., died
Sunday. He was born April 1, 1944 in Kendallville to Orville and Imo B. (Casselman) Stahl. A U.S. Navy veteran, he worked for McCray Refrigerator
Co. in Kendallville. Surviving are his wife, Clare; 2 sons, Gerald
"Guy" and Patrick; a grandson; 3 brothers, Orville Jr. of Henderson,
Nev., Syrene "Sy" of Corunna, and Danny of Kendallville; and a sister,
Sally Chandler of Marcellus, Mich. Funeral Friday in Boston, Mass. +
12-4-1994
Stahl Imo B, 59, 342 N. State St., died Friday in McCray
Hospital from a heart condition. Born March 30, 1914 in Sedan, Ind., she was the
daughter of George and Emma (Treesh) Casselman. She lived in Kendallville since
1904, moving from Corunna. She married Orville F. Stahl May 3, 1934 in Auburn
and was employed 23 years at the V&A Restaurant in Kendallville. Surviving
are the husband; 4 sons, Orville Jr., South Bend, Syrene, Corunna,
Gerald, Dorchester, Mass., and Danny, Kendallville; a daughter, Mrs. Wade
(Sally) Cooper, Syracuse; a sister, Mrs. Gorden (Beulah) Antrup, Kendallville;
and 15 grandchildren. Two brothers and a sister preceded her in death. Funeral Tuesday in Berhalter-Hutchins Funeral Home. Burial, Lake View Cemetery.
+ 2-?-1974
Stahl Ira, 51, died Saturday at his home in Davidsville, Pa. of
a heart attack. Surviving are the widow; 2 daughters, Miss Romaine, music
instructor in the Cromwell and Kimmell schools, and Miss Grace, student at
Goshen College; a son, Lorraine at home; and a grandson. Funeral Tuesday in
Davidsville, Pa. + 3-?-1948
Stahl John, a member of the Fort Wayne bar, died Saturday at his
residence in that city. He was born in Juniata County, Pa. in Oct. 1837, the son
of John and Annie Stahl. He lived in the western part of that state until about
15 years of age when he moved to Avilla, Ind. Until 23 years of age he worked on
a farm; he then attended the Fort Wayne High School. He was a teacher and in
turn principal of the Auburn, Waterloo and Decatur Schools. While at Waterloo he
studied medicine with Dr. Stowe and about that time united with the Presbyterian
Church. In 1869 he graduated from the law department of the Michigan University
and was one of the best scholars in his class. For 2 years he practiced law with
Judge Wildman of Kendallville. In May 1872 he was married to Sarah Hillegass and
shortly after he moved to this city and began practicing with his
brother-in-law, J. D. Hillegass. He leaves a wife, 2 daughters and one son. >
8-22-1878
Stahl Joshua J, 16, of LaOtto, died Monday in Parkview Hospital, Fort
Wayne, from injuries sustained in a traffic accident Monday. He was born
in Kendallville May 29, 1982 to Bruce and Pamela Sue (Krock) Stahl. He was
a junior at East Noble High School and a cashier for Scott's Foods,
Kendallville. Surviving are his mother in Auburn; his father in LaOtto;
his grandparents, Joy C. Stahl of Rome City and Suzanne Stahl of Port Richey,
Fla.; Bill and Marylan Krock of Avilla; great-grandparents, Marguerite Stahl of
Warren and Harry and Pauline Cogan of Traverse City, Mich.; 2 half-sisters,
Brandy Stahl and Lindsey Meadows of Auburn; a half-brother, Bradley Meadows of
Auburn; 3 stepsisters and one stepbrother. Funeral Friday in Hite Funeral
Home. Burial, Orange Cemetery. + 1-17-1999
Stahl Noah died last Saturday from the effects of having a tooth
filled without killing the nerve. The tooth ulcerated, the pain of which caused insanity, in which condition he died. Albion New Era 4-18-1878
Stahl Orville Franklin, 69, of Garrett, Ky., died Saturday at Highlands
Regional Hospital at Prestonsburg, Ky. Born in Kendallville June 11, 1911, he
was the son of Syrene and Effie (Moree) Stahl. His first wife, Imo Casselman,
died in 1974. In 1975 he married Elizabeth (Hicks) Tuttle. Following retirement
from Kraft, Inc. in 1976 he moved to Ky. He was a 40-year member of the Baptist
Church. Surviving are his wife; 4 sons, Orville F. Jr., South Bend, Sy, Isom,
Ky., Gerald, Boston, Mass., and Danny of Kendallville; a daughter, Mrs. Sally
Chandler of Marcellus, Mich.; 6 stepchildren; 16 grandchildren and 5
great-grandchildren. Services Monday in Hall Funeral Home, Nartin, Ky.
Burial, Hicks Family Cemetery, Mousie, Ky. + 11-?-1980
Stahl Paul E, 46, died Saturday in his rural Avilla home. He
had been a resident here for 18 years and was employed with Don’s Service
Station in Garrett. He was born July 15, 1939 in DeKalb County, the son of
George and Margaret (McClellan) Stahl. His father died in 1953. He married
Beverly Nelson June 15, 1967. Surviving are his mother and his wife; five
daughters, Mrs. Lou Schipper, Auburn, Miss Mary Lou Yarde, Ligonier, Mrs.
Patricia Schadel, Wolcottville, Mrs. Gloria Yarde, Washington, and Mrs. Cheryl
Shipe, Waterloo; three sons, Bruce, Fla., Larry Yarde, Tenn., and David
Brumbaugh, Garrett; two brothers, Jessie, Wolcottville, Ray, Garrett; one
sister, Mrs. Betty Dunn, Ky.; and 20 grandchildren. Services Wednesday in
Dilgard, Cline & Southern Funeral Home, Auburn. Burial, Fairfield Cemetery.
~ 10-24-1985 + 10-19-1985
Stahl Syrene F, 57, native of Noble County, died at his home in
Kendallville last Wednesday from apoplexy. Surviving are the widow; a
son, Orville of Kendallville. Funeral was Saturday from the home.
Burial, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. + 1-?-1935
Stahlhut Lisa, 31, of Greenwood and formerly of Albion, died Sunday (d.
4-24-1988) in University Heights Hospital, Greenwood. Born at Wolf Lake Aug.
1, 1956, she was the daughter of Walter and Fay (Leitch) Wilson. Surviving are
her mother and stepfather, Fay and Walter Malony, in Albion; a daughter, Brandi
and a son, Travis, both of Greenwood; a sister, Mrs. Bret (Carla) Frymier,
Albion; a brother, Walter Wayne Wilson, Angola; grandmothers, Dorothy Leitch and
Hazel Wilson of Albion. Services Wednesday in Trinity United Methodist
Church, Albion. Burial, Rehoboth Cemetery. + 4-24-1988
Stahly Doris E, 85, of Cromwell, died Feb. 2, 2005 at Goshen
Hospital. She had worked at Wirk Garment Co. and was a member of Ligonier
Presbyterian Church and the Lady Elks. She was born May 5, 1919 in Noble
County to Walter W. and Laura Alice (Miller) Knepper. On July 27, 1940 in
Wawaka she married Fred Stahly. He died in 1990. Surviving are 3
sons and daughters-in-law, Roger and Karen of Cromwell, Richard and Ellen of
Auburn and Randy and Linda of Marion; a sister, Thelma Black of Wilmot; 6
grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; and 4 great-great-grandchildren. She
was also preceded in death by 2 brothers, Harold Knepper and an infant.
Services Sunday at Ulrey-Renner Funeral Home. Burial, later. ^
2-3-2005
Stahly Ethel M, 98, died Wednesday in Heritage Manor Health Care Center
in Ligonier. She was born December 23, 1892 in Nappanee, the daughter of
Jonas and Lydia (Anglemyer) Frederick. On August 30, 1916 in Nappanee she
married Roy Stahly, who died in 1986. A retired school teacher, she had
lived in the Ligonier area since 1922. She was a member of the Wawaka
Church of the Brethren. Surviving are 2 daughters, Mrs. Earnest (Donabelle) Shell of Ligonier, and Mrs. John (Norma Jean) Loveless of Cromwell;
2 sons, John of South Bend, and Daniel of Tipton; a brother, Harvey of Nappanee;
23 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. She
was preceded in death by 2 sons, 4 brothers, 3 sisters, one grandchild and one
great-grandchild. Services Saturday in Orr Funeral Home, Ligonier.
Burial, Oak Park Cemetery. + 3-10-1991
Stahly Fred, 72, died Wednesday in Scottsdale Hospital, Scottsdale,
Ariz. Born in Kosciusko County August 18, 1917, he was the son of Roy and
Ethel (Frederick) Stahly. On July 27, 1940 in Wawaka he married
Doris Knepper. A lifetime area resident, he retired as a Standard Oil
distributor in Ligonier after 29 years. He was a WW II U.S. Army veteran
and a member of Ligonier Presbyterian Church, Elks Club and West Noble American
Legion Post. Surviving are his wife; his mother, 3 sons, Roger of
Ligonier, Richard of Auburn, and Randy of Cromwell; 2 sisters, Donabelle
Shell of Ligonier, and Jean Loveless of Cromwell; 2 brothers, Dan of Tipton and
John of South Bend; and 6 grandchildren. One brother preceded him in
death. Memorial services Sunday in Ulrey-Renner Funeral Home. +
2-21-1990
Stahly Roy, 92, of 1205 S. Martin St., Ligonier, died Saturday
at his residence. The son of Daniel and Sarah (Smucker) Stahly, he was born May
13, 1893 in Nappanee. On Aug. 30, 1916 in Nappanee, he married Ethel Frederick.
He had resided in Ligonier since 1922, moving from Nappanee. He retired from
farming after 30 years and was employed by Weaver’s Hardware and Lyon &
Greenleaf Mill, Ligonier and as custodian at the Ligonier Library. He was a
member of Ligonier Presbyterian Church. Surviving are his wife; 2 daughters,
Mrs. Ernest (Donabelle) Shell of Ligonier, and Mrs. John (Norma Jean) Loveless
of Cromwell; 3 sons, Frederick S. of Cromwell, John B. of South Bend, and Daniel
of Tipton; 2 sisters, Ida Pletcher of Goshen, and Mrs. Jack (Dorothy) Hoffer of
Nappanee; a brother, Russell of Nappanee; 23 grandchildren; 37
great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. A son, Roy Jr., preceded
him in death. Services Tuesday in Orr Funeral Home, Ligonier. Burial,
Oak Park Cemetery. + 4-?-1986
Stahly Rosalind M, 82, of South Bend died March 14, 2012, in Morning View
Nursing & Rehab, South Bend. She worked as a bank teller and also in
the cafeteria for the West Noble School Corp. She was a member of Grace
United Methodist Church. She was born July 7, 1929, in Cromwell to Arnold
and Nolene (Lindsey) Dull. She married Roy Stahly Jr. on Aug. 9, 1949, in
Ligonier. He died May 23, 1963. She then married John Stahly on April 5, 1980.
Surviving are her husband; her children, Larry (Candi) Stahly of Ligonier, Paul
(Lou Anne) Stahly of Marysville, Rebecca (Ted) Peterson of South Bend, Jay
Stahly of Iowa, Steven (Sharon) Stahly of Fort Wayne, Daniel Stahly of San
Diego, Calif., Lyle (Linda) Stahly of Indianapolis, and Renee S. (Scott)
Schriver of South Bend; 19 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and 2
great-great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by a grandson,
Troy; and a sister, Mary K. Dull. Funeral Monday in Palmer Funeral Home,
South Bend. Burial, Sparta Cemetery. ^ 3-17-2012
Stahly Roy Jr, 34, farmer was fatally injured when trapped in an
automatic silage unloader in a Harvester silo at the John O. Abshire Oil-Rite
dairy farm about 3 miles northeast of Goshen. Funeral was Sunday in Middlebury
Church of the Brethren. Burial, Sparta Cemetery. He was born at Ligonier Jan.
13, 1929, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stahly. He graduated from Cromwell High
School in 1947 and married Rosalind Dull on Aug. 28, 1949. They moved to the
Oil-Rite farm a year later. Surviving are the parents; 2 sons, Larry 11, and
Paul 7; a daughter, Rebecca 2; two sisters, Mrs. John (Jean) Loveless, Cromwell,
and Mrs. Ernest (Donabelle) Shell, Ligonier; and 3 brothers, John, South
Bend, Fred, Ligonier, and Daniel of Cromwell. + 5-?-1963
Stair Martha A (Bracken) was born Dec. 18, 1830 in Wayne County,
Ohio, and died in Kendallville Jan. 19, 1901, aged 70 years, 1 month and 1 day.
She was married to Daniel Stair Jan. 8, 1852 in Wooster, Ohio. They resided near
there until 1856 when they moved to Noble County, where they have since
resided. A husband and six children survive, Sidney V. of Chicago,
Mrs. Etha Baker, Frank E. and Mrs. Ida Finley, who reside near the old home,
Mrs. Minnie L. Cunningham of Alien Indian Territory, and Will F. of Valdez,
Alaska. One daughter died in 1882. Funeral was Jan. 21 at Union Chapel, Noble
County. Burial, Union Cemetery. ^ 1-18-1901
Stalcup Justine B, 92, 2209 St. Joe Center Road, Fort Wayne, died Tuesday at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne. She was born in
Kendallville Dec. 30, 1889 to Lee and Eva (Morgan) Bodenhafer. On Dec. 25, 1915
in Kendallville she married B. Floyd Stalcup, who preceded her in death. She
returned to Kendallville from New York in 1949 where she had been a teacher and
librarian. Surviving are a sister, Berniece E. Clark of Tampa, Fla.; 5
nephews and one niece. Three brothers and 2 sisters preceded her in death.
Graveside services April 8 in Lake View Cemetery. + 3-30-1982
Stalf Betty, 72, of Naples, Fla., died March 26, 2006. She had been
employed at Midwestern Life Insurance Co. for many years and later had been
employed by Sears as an interior designer. She was a member of Naples
Church of Christ. She was born April 16, 1933 to Marion and Ida Shroyer
and was a 1951 graduate of Columbia City High School. She married Jack C.
Stalf in 1951. Surviving are her husband; a sister and brother-in-law,
Evelyn and Robert Auer of Columbia City; a brother, Robert Shroyer; a
stepbrother. She was preceded in death by a sister, Alice Anderson; and a
brother, Elmer Shroyer. Memorial services April 29 at Merriam Christian
Chapel. ^ 3-31-2006
Stallman Carl Frederick Jr, 75, Kendallville physician, died September
10, 1994 in Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He suffered an apparent heart
attack while playing tennis at Wildwood Racquet Club in Fort Wayne. He was
born in Steuben County on March 22, 1919 to Carl Frederick and Evelyn Lucille
(Myers) Stallman. On June 14, 1948 near Salem Center he married Margaret
Jean Hughes, who died December 4, 1965. He graduated from Auburn High
School in 1937 and from Manchester College in 1941. He taught school
briefly in Huntertown before entering the U.S. Army where he was a tank
commander in the South Pacific during WW II. He earned a Silver
Star. In 1951 he graduated from Indiana University of Medicine and in 1952
moved to Kendallville. He was a member of the American, Indiana, and Noble
County Medical Associations. Surviving are a son, Dr. Donald Stallman of
Kendallville; and a granddaughter, Sarah Jean Stallman. Funeral today in
Berhalter-Hutchins Funeral Home. Burial, Lake View Cemetery. +
9-10-1994
Stallman Margaret Jean, 37, wife of Dr. Carl Stallman, Kendallville, died Saturday in McCray Hospital of leukemia. Born in VanBuren Twp in
LaGrange County on Feb. 26, 1928, she was the daughter of Wayne and Ellen
Sprankle Hughes of Hudson. She was married to Dr. Stallman on June 14, 1948. She
had lived in Kendallville since 1952, coming from Muncie. She was a graduate of
Ball State Teachers College and the Salem Center High School. She was a member
of the First Christian Church and OES. Besides her husband and parents,
survivors include one son, Don F., at home; two brothers, John Hughes, Hudson,
and Dan Hughes, a senior at Purdue University in Lafayette. One brother, Don,
preceded her in death in 1951. Services Monday at the Berhalter Hutchins
Funeral Home. Burial, Lake View Cemetery. ~ 2-9-1965 + 12-?-1965
Stamm Mary J - See Lottie Surfus.
Stampell, Katherine, 90, died Monday at Sacred Heart Home, Avilla,
after an 8-year illness. She was a resident there since 1986. Born in
Minersville, PA, Jan 19, 1899 she was the daughter of John and Katherine (Silk)
Stampell. Surviving are 2 sisters, Ursula Stampell of R 1 Wolcottville, and
Constance Koch of Chicago; and 2 nieces, Sister Ursula Stampell of Wolcottville
and Joan Barc of Beverly Shores. Services in St. Gaspar Church, Rome City and
burial in St. Joseph cemetery, Riverside, IL. + 2-1989
Stanger Gary Joe, 20, Ligonier, drowned Sunday in Engle Lake when he fell from
a fishing boat, fishing with a
friend Leonard Gard, Ligonier. He had a history of epileptic seizures, the
apparent cause of the fall. He roomed by himself at Ligonier, working at odd
jobs and was attempting to finish high school. He was the son of Mrs. Willadean
Stanger, Angola. Funeral was Wednesday at Ulrey-Sedgwick Funeral Home, Ligonier.
Survivors include his mother; 3 sisters, Mrs. Joe Heintzelman, Ligonier,
Mrs. Tom Durham, Kendallville, and Bonnie Kay, Pleasant Lake; grandparents, Mrs.
Beulah Franks, Ligonier, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stanger, Wawaka. Burial, Oak Park
Cemetery. + 7-?-1966
Stanger Harold S, native of Mishawaka but a resident of the
Ligonier-Wawaka community most of his life, died Jan. 28, 1954 as he
was being admitted to the LaGrange County Hospital. He was an employee of an
electric company at Goshen. Ill with pneumonia 4 days, he was a member of the
Eagles Lodge. Surviving are the widow, Willadean, a son, Gary of Gary;
and 3 daughters, Rosalie, Judy and Bonnie Kay at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Stanger of Wawaka; 2 sisters, Mrs. William Johnson of Boston, and Mrs.
Nelson Showers of St. Johns, Mich.; 7 brothers, Leo of Detroit, Otis of St.
Joseph, Mich., Eugene of Rome City, Leroy, Donald and Kenneth of Fort Wayne, and
John of Wawaka; a half-sister, Mrs. Walter Hollister of Battle Creek, Mich.
Funeral at a Ligonier funeral home Saturday. Burial, Oak Park Cemetery. +
1-?-1954
Stanger Norma, 69, died Nov. 8, 2002 at Lee Memorial Hospital, Fort
Myers, Fla., due to complications following surgery. She had been employed
by Mutual Security and Key Benefits. She was born June 23, 1933 in Fort
Wayne to Edward and Luella (Lankenau) Carter. She was a member of Shepherd
by the Lake Church in Syracuse. She married Kenneth M. Stanger on Aug. 9,
1952 in Fort Wayne. Surviving are her husband; 2 sons and
daughters-in-law, Kenneth and Julie Stanger of Valrico, Fla., and Nicholas and
Carolyn Stanger of Roanoke; 2 grandchildren, David and Sarah Stanger; a brother,
Jack Carter of Fort Wayne; and a sister, June Fry of North Webster.
Services Wednesday at Ulrey-Renner Funeral Home. Burial, Oak Park
Cemetery. ^ 11-11-2002
Stanger Roy C, 94, R. 2, Ligonier, (Wawaka) died on Nov. 23
in Strawberry Village Nursing Home in Ligonier. He was born Oct. 1, 1881 in
Huntington County, the son of Emanuel and Josephine (Coffee) Stanger, and had
been a resident of the Wawaka community for the past 55 years. On April 10, 1910
he married Ruth LaRue who died in 1972. He was a retired farmer. Survivors
include 5 sons, Otis, Stevensville, Mich., Lee Roy, Fort Wayne, John, Denver,
Don, Tampa, Fla., and Kenneth, Fort Wayne; 3 daughters, Mrs. William (Virginia)
Johnson, Boston, Mrs. Nelson (Bonnie) Showers, St. Johns, Mich., and Mrs. Walter
(Opal) Hollister, Bellevue, Mich.; 18 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren;
and one sister, Mrs. Fern Heeter, Huntington. Funeral Tuesday in Ulrey
Funeral Home, Ligonier. Burial, Oak Park Cemetery. + 11-23-1975
Stanger Ruth, 80, R. 2, died Monday in National Nursing
Home, LaGrange. She was born April 23, 1891 in North Manchester to Theodore and
Eliza LaRue and was married in 1910 to Roy Stanger. She was a resident here 51
years coming from Mishawaka. Surviving are her husband; 3 daughters, Mrs.
William Johnson, Boston, Mass., Mrs. Nelson Showers, St. Johns, Mich., and Mrs.
Walter Hollister, Bellevue, Mich.; 5 sons, Otis, Stevensville, Mich., Leroy and
Kenneth, Fort Wayne, Don, Miami, Fla., and John, Denver, Colo.; 15 grandchildren
and 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral Thursday in Ulrey Funeral Home in
Ligonier. Burial, Oak Park Cemetery. + 2-?-1972
Stangland Amy, 60, of Noble County died last Thursday in
Whitley County Hospital. A lifelong resident of the Merriam community, she was
born July 31, 1905, a daughter of Donald and Maggie Kitt Stangland. Survivors
include a brother Ethan, and two sisters, Miss Olive Stangland and Mrs.
Elizabeth Luckey, all of R. 2, Albion. Final rites Saturday in Sonday &
Sheets Funeral Home, Churubusco. Burial was in the church cemetery. ~ 10-7-1965
+ 10-?-1965
Stangland Benjamin F, 92, native Noble County, mechanical engineer
who designed and installed ventilating plants in many of New York’s large
buildings, died yesterday at his home at Morton. N.Y. At the time of the Chicago
fire in 1871 he was sales engineer for Forsythe Scale Co. and saved the firm’s
records from the flames by pushing them round on a hand truck all night keeping
a step ahead of the flames. He was an authority on the ventilating of drying
ovens for fruit products. In 1876 he developed the practice of counting small
parts of watches by weighing them on a delicate scale, which is continued to
this day. + 1940
Stangland Bill B, 67, died Aug. 15, 2007 at Banner Good Samaritan
Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz. He was born June 22, 1940 in Wolf Lake to
Tallock A. and Mary Lois (Bryan) Stangland. He graduated from Wolf Lake
High School and graduated from Florida State University with a degree in
accounting. He was a CEO of many airlines and was proud of his time with
Tigers Airlines. Surviving are his daughter, Hayley Stangland of Eugene,
Ore.; a sister, Johanna Petry of Walkerton; and a brother, Tom of Santa Fe,
N.M. Services Thursday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia
City. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery. ^ 8-21-2007
Stangland Dorothy, 67, died Feb. 23, 1986 at
Miller’s Merry Manor in Columbia City. She was born in Noble County to James
and Grace Mohn Stangland, and was graduated from Columbia City High School in
1936. She received her master’s degree from Indiana University. From 1948 to
1950 she resided in Burbank, Calif., and in 1974 she retired from the East Allen
County Schools System. She is survived by a brother, Robert, R. 6, Columbia
City; and 6 nieces and nephews. A sister, Ruth Orcutt, is deceased. Services Wednesday in Columbia City. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery. + 2-23-1986
Stangland Edith E, 82, of R. 2, Albion, died Friday in her home
near Merriam. She was born in Kankakee, Ill. on Oct. 8, 1902, the daughter of
George and Bertha (Kuester) Kiester. In 1915 she moved to the Wolf Lake area and
was a 1920 graduate of Wolf Lake High School. She was also a graduate of
International Business College in Fort Wayne. She was married on Feb. 12, 1924
to Ethan Stangland. They were lifelong residents of Noble Twp. She was a member
of Christian Chapel Church. She is survived by one son, Roger of Albion; one
brother, John, Deer Lodge, Tenn.; 7 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and
one great-great-grandson. Preceding her in death was one son, Roy; one sister
and 3 brothers. Services Monday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home in
Columbia City. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery. + 7-19-1985
Stangland Edward "Roy", 41, was killed Saturday when his tank truck loaded with fuel oil went off U.S. 24 near Roanoke,
struck a utility pole and tipped over. Funeral was this afternoon in
Hollingsworth Chapel. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery. He was born in Noble
County on Feb. 17, 1926, a son of Ethan and Edith Kiester Stangland. He was a
former distributor for the Standard Oil Co. in Columbia City. He had been with
the Gulf Oil Co. in Huntington for 8 ½ years. He was a member of the Christian
Chapel at Merriam. He is survived by his wife, Beatrice Joan (Armstrong); 3
sons, Edward R., John A., and Timothy E., all at home; 2 daughters, Mrs. Wayne
(Beverly) Collinsworth, Huntington, and Barbara Jo, Kewanee, Ill.;
2 grandchildren, Wayne C. and Sherri Kay Collinsworth; his parents, R. 2,
Albion; a brother, Roger E., Wheaton, Ill. + 1965
Stangland Ethan, 88, of R. 2, Albion, died Tuesday in Kinney Health Care
Center, Ligonier. Born November 28, 1901 in Noble County, he was the son
of Donald and Maggie (Kitt) Stangland. On February 12, 1924 he married
Edith E. Kiester. She died July 19, 1985. A lifetime Noble Twp
resident, he lived most of his life on a farm near Merriam. He was a 1920
graduate of Wolf Lake High School and worked for Morsches Builders Mart in
Columbia City and farmed. He was a member of Merriam Christian
Chapel. Surviving are 2 sisters, Olive Stangland and Elizabeth Luckey of
Albion; 7 grandchildren, Mark, Ed, John and Tim Stangland, Kathy Orr, Beverly Collinsworth
and Barbara Bumphrey; several great and great-great-grandchildren. Two
sons, Roger and E. Roy, and a sister, Amy, preceded him in death. Services
Friday in Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City. Burial, Christian
Chapel Cemetery. + 3-27-1990
Stangland Eunice, 67, R. 2, Albion, died Wednesday at
Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne as a result of injuries sustained in a 2-vehicle
mishap 7 miles south of Albion Wednesday. Gerald C. Adams disregarded a stop
sign and struck the vehicle she and her husband were in. She was born July 25,
1912 in Noble County where she lived all her life in the Wolf Lake and
Stringtown area. She was the daughter of Lee M. and Blanche (Hindman) Kiester.
She married Marlo Stangland Sept. 27, 1929. Survivors include her husband; a
daughter, Mrs. James (Norma Jean) Munk, R. 2, Albion; a sister, Mrs. Donald
(Juanita) Adair, South Bend; 3 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at Smith Funeral Home in Columbia City. + 10-?-1979
Stangland Evelyn L,,
76, of rural Albion, died Aug. 30, 2013, at her home. She
at one time had been employed at Peter Eckrich in Fort Wayne. She was a member of the Merriam
Christian Chapel. She was born Nov. 4, 1936, in Fort
Wayne to Franklin and Annetta (McNeal) Gaff. She married Rex E. Stangland on
Oct. 28, 1956, in Merriam. He died July 25, 2013. Surviving are two daughters, Deborah
(Jerel) Shively of Columbia City and Dawn (Michael) Taylor of Greenville; 2
sons, David (Louise) Stangland and Daniel (Emily) Stangland, both of Albion; 16 grandchildren; and 3
great-grandchildren, Austin, Avery, and Ace Shively. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Mellie Boggs; and her brother,
Clarence Gaff. Funeral Tuesday at the Merriam Christian Chapel. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery. ^ 8-31-2013
Stangland Fannie E, 91, R. 2, Albion, was dead on arrival at McCray
hospital Saturday (d.7-8-1972). She was born Aug. 24, 1880
in Ohio to John and Lucy Ann (Rathbun) Wilkins. She married Omar Jay Stangland
Dec. 5, 1903 in Merriam. He died April 25, 1941. She spent most of her life in
Albion and is survived by 3 daughters, Mrs. Oscar (Ada) Narveson, Wis., Mrs. Max
(Bertha) Wolfe, Albion, and Mrs. M. B. (Nora) McNab, Ore.; 5 sons, Roscoe C.,
Goshen, Jay P., Albion, Tallock A., Calif., Marlo and Omar Jay
Jr., Albion; 24 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and one
great-great-grandchild. Funeral Wednesday at Merriam Christian Chapel.
Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery. + 7-?-1972
Stangland Frances E, 96, of Albion, died Aug. 4, 2011 in her
rsidence. She graduated from Wolf Lake High School in 1932. She was
a teachers' aide and worked in the cafeteria at Wolf Lake School. She was
a member of the Burr Oak Baptist Church. She was born Jan 18, 1915 in
Noble County to Marshall and Frances (Stout) Young. On Nov. 15, 1935 in
Wolf Lake she married Omar Stangland. He died Aug. 31, 1997.
Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Danny and Louise Stangland of Albion; 2
grandchildren, Erik and Rachel Stangland, and Kristin and Jeff Mains; 3
great-grandchildren, Elisabeth, Katherine and David Mains. She was
preceded in death by 2 sisters, Lois Roettger and Jayne Clouse; and 3 brothers,
Glenn, Max and Walter Young. Funeral Aug. 8 at Merriam Christian
Chapel. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery. ^ 8-5-2011
Stangland Grace was born in Noble County on March 24, 1893, the daughter
of William and Alta James Mohn. She married James Stangland
March 3, 1915. She died Sunday at her home of a heart ailment. Surviving
are the husband; 2 daughters, Mrs. Ferman Orcutt, Columbia City, Miss Dorothy, a
teacher in the Churubusco School,; and a son, Robert; 2 brothers, Lester,
Auburn, and Orvan, Havana, Ill.; and 2 sisters, Mrs. Harry Fuller, Grand Rapids,
Mich., and Mrs. Henry Dolan, Albion. Funeral at Troy Methodist Church of
which she was a member, Wednesday. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery.
+ 12-?-1942
Stangland Jay P, 86, of Albion, died Saturday in Parkview Hospital in
Fort Wayne. He was born October 30, 1905 in Noble County to Omar and
Fannie (Wilkins) Stangland. On July 17, 1929 in Warsaw, he married Mary
Starkey. A lifetime area resident, he was a 1924 graduate of Wolf Lake
High School. A retired farmer, he had served on the Central Noble school
board, as Noble Twp trustee, and was on the Noble County Co-op board of
directors for 25 years. He was a member of Merriam Christian Chapel and
Gideons International. Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Sue Johnson of
Albion; 2 sons, Don and Rex of Albion; a sister, Nora McNab Mayse of Portland,
Ore.; 2 brothers, Marlo of Columbia City and Omar of Albion; 11
grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Two brothers and 2 sisters
preceded him in death. Funeral in Christian Chapel. Burial,
Christian Chapel Cemetery. + 6-27-1992
Stangland Maggie, 83, died May 13, 1958 in her home
northwest of Merriam on U. S. Highway 33. She suffered a fractured hip in
November. She was born on the same farm where she had always lived and was a
member of Christian Chapel. Surviving are the husband, Donald; one son, Ethan of
R. 2, Albion; 3 daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Luckey, R. 2, Albion, and Misses Amy
and Olive at home; 3 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Funeral
Friday in Merriam Christian Chapel. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery.
+ 5-?-1958
Stangland Marlo Glenn, 85, died Monday in Miller's Merry Manor Columbia
City. He was born June 10, 1911 in Noble Twp, Noble County to Omar and
Fannie (Wilkins) Stangland. On September 27, 1929 he married Eunice E.
Kiester. She was killed in an auto accident October 3, 1979. He
graduated from Wolf Lake High School and worked on the family farm. He
suffered a stroke in March 1980. Surviving are a daughter, Norman Jean
Munk of Albion; 3 grandchildren, Connie, Marlo and Phil Munk; 4
great-grandchildren; Kristy, Shane, Jason and Tara; a great-great-granddaughter,
Tori; a brother, Omar of Albion; and a sister, Nora Drescher of Portland,
Ore. He was preceded in death by 3 brothers, Tallock, Jay and Roscoe; and
2 sisters, Bertha and Ada. Funeral Thursday in Smith & Sons Funeral
Home, Columbia City. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery. + 10-7-1996
Stangland Mary A, 91, died Sunday in D&D Nursing Home in
Ligonier. She was born in Noble Twp, Noble County. She married Jay
Stangland, who died in 1992. A teacher for 40 years, she taught in Wolf
Lake, Kimmell and Cromwell schools and was principal at the Kimmell
school. She was a member of Merriam Christian Chapel, Retired Teachers
Association and Gideons Auxiliary. Surviving are 2 sons, Don and Rex of
Albion; a daughter Sue Johnson of Albion; 12 grandchildren and 23
grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by 4 brothers. Funeral
Friday in Christian Chapel. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery. +
1-10-1999
Stangland Omar J, 71, died with a crushed chest Wednesday. He was
attacked by a bull at his home Monday while he and his sons were
caring for their dairy cattle herd. He lived at Burr Oak about 1 ½ miles
southwest of Albion In Noble Twp. He was a native of that community, being the
son of a pioneer family. He was born Aug. 31, 1869, the son of Tallock A. and
Elizabeth Abrams Stangland, and died April 23, 1941. There were ten children in
the family. The 3 sisters and 3 brothers who survive are Frank E. of Madras,
Ore., Donald of Albion, James of Columbia City, Mrs. Grace Kitt of Los Angeles,
Cal., Mrs. Jessie Thompson and Mrs. Walter Johnson of Albion. In 1903 he was
married to Fannie E. Wilkins and moved to a farm near Burr Oak where their
family of eight children were born and raised. They are Roscoe C. of Kokomo,
Mrs. Oscar Narveson of Mt. Horeb, Wis., Mrs. Max Wolfe of Kimmell, Jay P.,
Tallock A., Marlo G., Omar J. Jr. of Albion, and Nora attending college. There
are 10 grandchildren. He was a member of Christian Chapel where
funeral was held April 15. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery. + 4-?-1941
Stangland Omar J, 83, former Noble County commissioner, died Sunday in
University Park Nursing Center in Fort Wayne. He was born in Noble County
on November 4, 1913 to Omar and Fannie (Wilkins) Stangland. On November
15, 1935 in Wolf Lake he married Frances Young. A 1932 graduate of Wolf
Lake High School, he attended Purdue University. He helped establish the
EMS in the county, initiated a bridge replacement program and worked toward the
opening of a county landfill. He served with the Neopolitan Egg Auction,
the Soil Conservation Service and Noble County Extension Board and was a member
of Burr Oak Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife; a son and
daughter-in-law, Danny and Louise Stangland of Albion; a sister, Nora Drescher
of Portland, Ore.; and 2 grandchildren, Erick and Kristin Stangland. He
was preceded in death by 4 brothers and 2 sisters. Funeral Thursday in
Burr Oak Baptist Church. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery. +
8-31-1997
Stangland Rex E,
78, of rural Albion and formerly of Merriam, died July 25, 2013, at his home. He
was engaged in farming in Noble County all of his life. He also was employed at
Dana Corp., Fort Wayne for 31 years. He was a lifetime member and former
deacon and Sunday school teacher at Merriam Christian Chapel. He was a 1953 graduate of Wolf Lake
High School. He was born on June 4, 1935, in Wolf
Lake to Jay and Mary (Starkey) Stangland. He married Evelyn L. Gaff on Oct.
28, 1956. Surviving are his wife; 2 daughters,
Deborah (Jerel) Shively of Columbia City and Dawn (Michael) Taylor of
Greenville; 2 sons, David (Louise) Stangland and Daniel (Emily) Stangland,
both of Albion; a brother, Don (Pat) Stangland of Albion; a sister, Sue
Johnson of Albion; 16 grandchildren; and 3 great-grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at Merriam Christian Chapel.
Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery. ^ 7-27-2013
Stangland Roger E, 64, of R. 2, Albion, died Wednesday in St.
Joseph Medical Center, Fort Wayne. He was born Sept. 16, 1924 in Noble County,
the son of Ethan and Edith (Kiester) Stangland. On June 12, 1949 at Wolf Lake he
married Helen Erdly. A resident of Noble County most of his life, he had lived
several years in the Chicago-Wheaton, Ill. area. He was a 1942 graduate of Wolf
Lake High School and attended Purdue University, Grace College and Moody Bible
Institute. He was a WW II U. S. Air Force flight instructor, a vice president
and trust officer of Churubusco State Bank, and a member of Merriam Christian
Chapel. Surviving are his wife; his father in Albion; a daughter, Mrs. Dale
(Kathie) Orr of Albion; a son, Mark of Albion; and 2 grandchildren. His mother
and a brother preceded him in death. Services Saturday in Merriam
Christian Chapel. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery. + 4-3-1989
Stangland Roscoe, 87, of Goshen and Bradenton, Fla., died January 24,
1992 from injuries sustained in a one-car accident north of Tampa, Fla. He
was born May 27, 1904 in Noble County and married Dorothy Hays on May 8, 1925 in
Centreville, Mich. He was a former county extension agent in Goshen and
Howard County; a member of Plymouth United Church of Christ, Alpha Gamma Rho at
Purdue University; a 50-year Kiwanis member; and a manager of the Indiana State
Fair for 5 years. Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Doris)
Johnson of Munster; a son, Lee of Goshen; a sister, Nora Mayse of
Portland, Ore.; 3 brothers, Omar Jr. of Bradenton, and Jay and Marlo of Albion;
6 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Two sisters, Ada Narveson
and Bertha Wolfe; and a brother, Tallock, preceded him in death. Services
Friday in Yoder-Culp Funeral Home, Goshen. Burial in Goshen.
+1-24-1992
Stangland Tallock died at his home in Noble Twp April 10, 1881
from rheumatism. Born in Orleans County, N.Y., Feb. 14, 1832, he came with his
parents to Indiana in 1839. The father and mother died, leaving a large family
of young and helpless children. Several of them, including Tallock, were
taken by relatives to New York state. He remained there until a young man, then
returned to the old farm in Noble Twp. He followed teaching during the winters
and labored on his land the rest of the time. In April 1861 he married Elizabeth
Abrams, daughter of James Abrams, one of the early pioneers of Noble County. She
is still living on the farm with their 8 children. His father was a Norwegian by
birth and his mother a native of New York. He was a member of the Christian
Church. + 4-?-1881 > No date ^ 6-9-1881
Stangland Tallock A, 77, a native of Noble County and 1927 graduate of
Wolf Lake High School, died March 8, 1986 at Holy Cross Parkview Hospital in
Plymouth. He was born to Omar and Fannie Wilkins Stangland on their farm in
Noble Twp and after graduating from high school engaged in general farming. He
married Mary Bryan in 1935 and they operated the Wolf Lake IGA Store for 25
years. He retired in 1963 after suffering a stroke, and moved to Carlsbad,
Calif., and then briefly in Arizona before moving to Plymouth, Ind. 6 years ago.
He was affiliated with Merriam Christian Chapel, a former member of the Wolf
Lake Volunteer Fire Department and helped found the Wolf Lake Little League
baseball program. Surviving are 2 sons, Bill B., Santa Ana, Calif., and
Thomas A., of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; a daughter, Mrs. Glen (Johanna) Perry of
Walkerton; 7 grandchildren and one great-grandson; 4 brothers, Roscoe of Fla.,
Jay, Omar and Marlo of rural Albion; 2 sisters, Mrs. Ada Narveson of Mt. Horeb,
Wis., and Mrs. Nora Mayse of Portland, Ore. A sister, Bertha Wolfe, is deceased.
Funeral Wednesday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home in Columbia City. Burial,
Christian Chapel Cemetery. + 3-?-1986
Stankiewicz Catherine Joan, 50, Saginaw, Mich., died Friday in St. Mary’s
Hospital in Saginaw. She was born in Kendallville April 25, 1927, the daughter
of Peter P. and Mary (Froehly) Demske. She graduated from Huntertown High School
and resided in this area until she married Gerald Stankiewicz Sept. 14, 1962.
Surviving are her husband; two daughters, Anne and Jennifer; one son, James, all
at home; two sisters, Mrs. Paul (Mary Rose) Rehling, Kendallville, and Mrs. Gary
(Jennie) Wigent of Fort Wayne; a brother, Paul J., Avilla; two aunts, Cecilia
Demske, Sacred Heart Home, Avilla, and Julia Demske, Columbia City; one niece
and three nephews, including Matthew Rehling of Kendallville. Services
Tuesday at St. Casimir Catholic Church in Saginaw. Burial, Mount Olivet
Cemetery, Saginaw. ~ 7-9-1987 + 7-4-1987
Stanko Bill, 51, was killed Oct. 18 when his truck was struck by a
ConRail freight train in Kendallville, where he was a resident. He was a veteran
of WW II and was self-employed. He was a member of the Moose Lodge. He was born
in Syracuse, Neb. Oct. 10, 1926, the son of George and Rose (Morgan) Stanko.
Surviving are his widow, Marianne (Boggs), a daughter, Katie Nichols, Jackson,
N.J.; a son, George, Des Moines, Iowa; 3 stepdaughters, Donna Morris at home,
Carolyn Mobley, Ten Mile, Tenn., and Theresa Cunningham, Avilla; one stepson,
Ray Morris at home; 4 sisters, Stella Morgan, Ypsilanti, Mich., Margaret Jones,
Kalamazoo, Mich., Mary Stanley, Bernie, Mo., and Juanita Jones,
Mitchellville, Iowa; and 5 grandchildren. Funeral Oct. 20 at Immaculate
Conception Church, Kendallville. Burial, Holy Cross Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. +
10-?-1977
Stanko Marianne, 58, of Kendallville, died Sunday in DeKalb
Hospital. She was born in Carrie, Ky., on April 23, 1936 to Carlos and
Eythel (Martin) Boggs. She married Bill Stanko, who died in 1978.
She had lived in this area 20 years and was a private duty nurses aide.
Surviving are 3 daughters, Theresa Fields and Donna Price of Kendallville, and
Carolyn Queen of Cincinnati, Ohio; a son, Ray Morris of Kendallville; 2
brothers, Ivan Boggs of Kendallville and James Boggs of Corunna; and 6
grandchildren. One brother, Willis, preceded her in death. Funeral
Wednesday in Berhalter-Hutchins Funeral Home. Burial, Orange
Cemetery. + 11-20-1994
Stanley - Charles and Jennie Stanley’s little babe died last Monday . Funeral at the residence of Samuel Edwards. Burial Sweet Cemetery
Wednesday. This was their first and only child. ^ 2-26-1886
Stanley Charles M, 82, (b.6-16-1863) died Feb. 17, 1946 at
his home one mile east of Albion. He was a lifelong resident of Noble County and
is survived by the widow, Toinette; 3 daughters, Miss Georgia, Mrs. Lawrence
Bohnhoff of Minneapolis, Minn., and Mrs. Cecil Schoults of Indianapolis; one
son, Roy of Columbia City,; 13 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Funeral
was Wednesday. Burial, Rose Hill Cemetery. + 2-?-1946
Stanley Clara G, about 87, (b.12-24-1868) who resided at R. 3,
Albion near Green Center, died March 19, 1956 in a rest home in
North Webster. She was the widow of J. Frank Stanley and was a lifelong resident
of the Green Center community. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Roy Lint of R. 3,
Albion; a son, Aubrey Stanley of Clayton; 3 grandchildren and 3
great-grandchildren. Funeral at Bonham & Miser Funeral Home Wednesday. Burial, Rehoboth Cemetery. + 3-?-1956
Stanley Cyrus H, 79, former Albion buggy salesman and real estate man,
died Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Berger at Mexico, Mo.
Aug. 11. He fell 3 days prior, breaking his hip. He was the son of the late
Henry C. Stanley of Green Twp, who was an early settler here and at one time a
member of the Indiana legislature. A son, Guy, died several years ago. Surviving
are a sister, Edna Berger; a granddaughter, Jane Berger, both of Mexico, Mo.;
and a brother, Charles of east of Albion. Funeral Friday at Bonham
Funeral Home. Burial, Rose Hill Cemetery. + 8-?-1944
Stanley Evelyn E, 74, of Auburn, died April 15, 2006 at her home.
She was born May 26, 1931 in Mt. Ash, Ky., to Bart and Sallie (Vickery) Gibbins.
She married Willis E. Stanley on April 14, 1956 in Lawrenceburg, Ky. He
died July 4, 1997. Surviving are 3 daughters and sons-in-law, Judy and
Jimmy Ritchie of Wolcottville, Connie and Mark Armstrong of Auburn and Joyce and
Brian Sparkman of Ligonier; 3 sons and a daughter-in-law, Jerry Brown of
Cromwell, Ken and Diane Stanley of Donaldsville, Ohio, and James Stanley of Rome
City; 19 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. She was also
preceded in death by 8 brothers and sisters; and a grandson, Scotty Ritchie, in
1977. Services Tuesday at Bethel Christian Baptist Church. Burial, Oak
Park Cemetery. ^ 4-17-2006
Stanley Guy was born in Green Twp near Albion Sept. 19, 1884, the son of
Cyrus and Anna Katherine (Singrey) Stanley, and died in a hospital in
Niagara Falls, N.Y. Feb. 13, 1924. He was 39 years, 4 months and 24 days of age.
About 10 days before his death he became ill with pneumonia. He was holding a
responsible position with a large manufacturing company in Niagara Falls.
Surviving are a sister, Edna Berger of Mexico, Mo., and a niece, Jane Berger.
Funeral at the home of his father Saturday. Burial, Albion Cemetery. +
2-?-1924
Stanley Henry C died Saturday at his farm home
in Green Twp. He was a native of Clermont County, Ohio, where he was born
January 22, 1818, and was therefore somewhat over 80 years of age. He was
married in 1839 to Miss Hanna L. Hunt, who died two years later. In 1847 he
married Sophronia Beeson who, with five sons and two
daughters, survive him. In 1849 he settled in Green Twp on the farm on which he
died. He was prominent in the political and business circles of Noble County. He
has served the public as trustee, county commissioner and representative in the
legislature. Funeral at his residence on Monday. Burial, Rose Hill Cemetery.
~ 6-23-1898
Stanley Howard ‘‘Sonny’, 73, died March 20, 2012, at his home in
Brimfield. He was born in Caretta, West Virginia April 17, 1938, to
Zeb and Ollie (Hicks) Stanley. He first married Virginia R. “Ginger”
Antrup on June 6, 1958. She died December 10, 1989. Two years later he
married Connie Sue Wells on October 20, 1990, in Lisbon. He was the
pastor for many years at the True Church of God In Jesus’ Name in
Lisbon. He owned Stanley Sanitation from 1976-1991. He was a foundry
worker and was employed with Lane Foundry, Kendallville Foundry and Mahoney
Foundry. The McDonald’s restaurant in Kendallville was the last place he
worked. Survivors include his wife; 3 sons, Howie Stanley of Brimfield,
Mick Stanley of Syracuse and Rocky and Vicky Stanley of South Whitley; a
daughter, Tracey and Norman Hunt of Fort Wayne; 6 grandchildren, Danielle and
Chad Waters; Justin and Kendra Stanley; Skye Stanley; Lindsey Hunt, Tyquon Hunt,
and Keon Hunt all of Indianapolis; 7 great-grandchildren, Blake, Kiera, Keagon,
Kalista, J.P., Crystal, and Ka’mya. He was also preceded in death
by his brothers, baby Stanley, Mitchell, Ossi, Oddi, Haven, Buck, Ballard, Jack
Stanley; and his sisters, Lee Christian, Becky Hicks, and Bessie Pearson.
Funeral March 23 at New Life Tabernacle. Burial, Orange Cemetery. ^
3- 22-2012
Stanley Irene,
67, of Brimfield and formerly of Ligonier, died November 12, 2013 at Parkview
Noble Hospital. She worked at Essex Wire in Ligonier
for 4 years. She then worked for Sorg Paper Products in Ligonier for 19 ½
years and Walker, Inc. in Ligonier for 7 years. She then owned and
operated Swingin’ with Irene Lynn Karaoke. She was born May 31, 1946, in Fort
Wayne to Earland and Marjorie (Collins) Baron. Surviving are a daughter, Donita
(Lonnie) Luna of Kendallville; a son, Teddy Ray (Christine) Stanley of
Columbia City; 5 grandsons, Christopher Stanley, Joshua Stanley, Jermey
(Chelsey Shepherd) Luna, Harley (Misty Cannon) Stanley and Branden Stanley;
6 great-grandchildren, Cassandra Lynn Stanley, Ariel Vahn Stanley, Annlynn
Faye Stanley, Navan Lee Luna, Javen Danalexander Shepherd Luna and Kody Ray
Stanley; 4 brothers, Lyle (Betty) Baron of Columbia City, Kenny (Laura)
Baron of Fort Wayne, Paul (Christy) Baron of Fort Wayne, and Chuck (Connie)
Baron of New Haven; 4 sisters, Gladys (Mike) Stewart of Garrett, Barbara
Veigel of Hurricane, Utah, Martha Sharp of Fort Wayne, and Judy Terry of
Kendallville. She was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Baron; a brother, Arthur Baron; her husband,
Jack Stanley; and a granddaughter. Funeral,
November 15, 2013 in the True Church of God in Jesus Name at
Lisbon. Burial, Orange Cemetery. ^ 11-13-2013
Stanley J Frank died at his home in Green Twp last Saturday, aged 85
years 5 months and 15 days. He leaves a wife; one son, Aubrey of near
Indianapolis; one daughter, Mrs. Roy Lint of Green Twp; 3 brothers, Milton of
Fort Wayne, Charles of Albion, and Cyrus of Mo. Funeral at the home Monday. Burial, Rehoboth Cemetery. + 9-?-1934
Stanley Jack, 64, of Bulan, Ky., died Nov. 28, 2004 at Lutheran Hospital
in Fort Wayne. He was a restaurant cook. He had received his GED and
went on to receive bachelor and master's degrees. He was a member of True
Church of God in Jesus Name. He was born Aug. 19, 1940 in War, W. Va. to
Zeb and Ollie (Hicks) Stanley. Surviving are his ex-wife, Irene Stanley of
Columbia City; 3 daughters and a son-in-law, Donita and Leonard Luna of Bulan,
Jackie Stanley of Chicago and Tammy Robinson of Fort Wayne; a son and
daughter-in-law, Teddy and Christine of Columbia City; a brother and
sister-in-law, Howard and Connie of Brimfield; and 10 grandchildren. He
was preceded in death by 7 brothers; 3 sisters; and a granddaughter.
Services Thursday at True Church of God. Burial, Orange Cemetery. ^
12-1-2004
Stanley Justie L, 75, died Monday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Bertha E. Hersh of Fort Wayne due to pernicious anemia. Prior to
moving to Fort Wayne 12 years ago she lived in Avilla. She was a member of the
Avilla Eastern Star. Surviving are the husband, Milton D.; the daughter; and
several nieces and nephews. Charles D. Stanley of this city is a brother-in-law,
and Mrs. Blanche Barnum and Walter Bonham are a niece and nephew. + 1-?-1932
Stanley Kenneth L, 61, a Big Lake resident, died July 10 at
McCray Hospital. He was born Dec. 3, 1923 in Marion, a son of Kenneth Cecil and
Fern Clifton Stanley. He was raised in Marion and was employed by the Fisher
Body Co., RCA, and Marion Water Treatment Plant. On Oct. 13, 1945, he was
married to Deloris King. They lived in Marion until 1964 when they moved to
Columbia City where he was employed by the city and Holmes Lumber Co. For the
past 8 years he was employed by Phillips Industries in Albion. His wife died
Sept. 17, 1974. On Dec. 23, 1983 he was married to Alta L. Rickey. They first
lived in Albion and then moved to Big Lake. He was a member of Albion Eagles
Lodge. Surviving are his wife; 4 sons, Kenneth Jr. and Dexter of Skinner Lake,
Ted of South Whitley, and Duncan of Ligonier; a daughter, Mrs. Roy D. (Judy)
Potts of Clinton, Ark.; a stepson, David Hill; and 2 stepdaughters, Marcy and
Laura Hill of Columbia City; 2 brothers, Earl of Marion, and Richard of Salt
Lake City; 5 sisters, Janet Ravencraft and Velma Jean Ratliff of Marion,
Rosemary Moore of Sweetser, Betty Lou Heckard and Wanda Sue Haisley of
Wabash; 11 grandchildren. A daughter, Carolyn, is deceased. + 7-10-1985
Stanley Kile Alan, 7 weeks old, died Sunday from SIDS. He was born
in Kendallville July 11, 1996 to Jeremy Stanley and Renae McDaniels, both of
Kendallville. Surviving are his parents; grandparents, Harland McDaniels,
Ruthene McDaniels and Mary Stanley; great-grandparents, George and Vernice
McDaniels, Raymond and Elsie Ousley, Paul and Polly Stanley, all of
Kendallville. Graveside services Wednesday in Lake View Cemetery. +
9-1-1996
Stanley Marie K, daughter of Will and Martha Reyburn, was born in
Albany, Ia. on March 10, 1858; died at Albion Aug. 15, 1926, aged 68 years 5
months and 5 days. When 3 years of age she moved with her parents to Putnam County, Mo.
In 1873 she married B. K. Sims. They had 5 children, Edith
Davis of Clinton, Mo., Mattie Washburn of Detroit, Mich., Harry and Forrest,
both of whom have died. Holly B. Sims died Dec. 24, 1909. On May
7, 1913 she married Cyrus H. Stanley at Bloomington, Ill. where they resided
until June 6, 1916, when they came to Albion. She was a member of the Lutheran Church at Albion.
Noble Co Democrat 8-19-1926
Stanley Martha, 76, 302 W. Jefferson St., Albion, died Tuesday (d.5-8-1979) in DeKalb County Hospital. She was born Aug. 25, 1902
in Noble Twp of Noble County to F. E. and Alma (Kimmell) Seymoure. Her husband,
Ralph R. Stanley, preceded her in death in 1943. He was superintendent of Noble
County Schools and principal of Wolf Lake High School. She was a retired Albion
elementary school teacher with 38 years of service. She was a member of OES, BPW,
Noble County Historical Society and Noble County Retired Teachers Association.
Survivors include 2 sons, Charles E., Remington, and Ralph S., Churubusco; one
brother, Harold, R. 4, Albion; 5 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Two
brothers and one grandchild preceded her in death. Funeral Thursday at
Brazzell Funeral Home in Albion. Burial, Rose Hill Cemetery. + 5-?-1979
Stanley Matilda, 74, died Saturday at the home of her son Noah
Williams, her death being due to complication of diseases incident to old age.
She was a widow for several years during which time she lived with her children,
eight of whom survive her. The funeral party drove to Wolf Lake Monday where
services were held and interment was made in that cemetery. ~ 8-7-1912
Stanley Milton D, 82, of Fort Wayne, was born in Green Twp and spent most
of his life in the community. For several years he was a stock buyer in Avilla.
He married Justie Bonham who preceded him in death by 2 years. He is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Bertha Hersh of Fort Wayne; and 2 brothers, Charles M. of
Albion and Cyrus of Mexico City, Mo. Funeral at Bonham Funeral Home Monday. Burial, Sweet Cemetery. + 12-?-1935
Stanley Myrta, about 76, died at her home in Los Angeles, Calif.
on Feb. 22. She was a former resident of the Wolf Lake community, going to
Calif. 25 or 30 years ago. She was a sister of the late William Surfus of Wolf
Lake. Funeral was held in Los Angeles. Burial in Englewood Cemetery. + 2-?-1948
Stanley Nellie (Rumbaugh) (Mrs. Perry J.) died at her home at
Hagerstown, Ind. Monday. Funeral was at the M.E. Church, Albion, Wednesday. Burial, Osborn Cemetery. + 10-?-1924
Stanley Paul L,
80, of Kendallville, died January 4, 2014, in Parkview Regional Medical Center,
Fort Wayne. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a welder, working for
Wirco in Avilla and Levin & Sons in Kendallville. For the last 20 years, he
had worked for the Robert and Marie Strater family of Kendallville. He was born November 4, 1933, in
Garrett, Floyd County, Kentucky, to Jake and Ellen (Hicks) Stanley. On June 11, 1953, in War, West
Virginia, he married Polly Gibson. Surviving are his wife; 4 sons, Edwin (Donna) Stanley of Albion, Danny
(Kari) Stanley of Kendallville, Beech Stanley of Kendallville, and Paul Stanley
of Wolf Lake; 4 daughters, Ruth Ann (Roy) Christian of Woodruff, Kathy (Nick)
Arnold of Kendallville, Mary Stanley of Kendallville, and Jamie Stanley of
Kendallville; 14 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one brother; 7 sisters; a grandson, Roy Allen Christian; and a
great-grandson, Kile Allen Stanley. Funeral, January 7, 2014 in Young Family Funeral Home, Kendallville.
Burial, Orange Cemetery. ^ 1-6-2014
Stanley Perry Mr. and Mrs. of Ligonier were killed Tuesday when their car was struck by a large semi-trailer truck 100 feet
west of the intersection of U. S. Highways 30 and 33 northwest of Fort Wayne.
Double funeral services will be held at the Sparta Christian Church in Kimmell
Friday. Mr. Stanley will be buried in Orange Cemetery and Mrs. Stanley in Sparta
Cemetery, each next to a former spouse. Mr. Stanley had one son, Rollin, and two
grandchildren at Lansing, Mich. ~ 6-5-1947 + 1947
Stanley Rallin P, 64, of 211 Pigeon St., Ligonier, died
Sunday in Kish Twin Pines Nursing Home at Albion. He was born Sept. 24, 1904 in
Noble County and lived most of his life in the area. Surviving are his widow,
the former Beatrice Nelson; a son, John of Fort Wayne; and a daughter, Mrs.
Richard Bechtold of Ligonier. Services Tuesday from Ulrey-Sedgwick Funeral Home in Ligonier. Burial, Orange Cemetery. + 3-?-1969
Stanley Ralph R, 41, (b. 11-23-1901 - d. 3-20-1943) public school
instructor, died at his Albion home last Saturday from cerebral
hemorrhage. He served 2 terms of 4 years each as county superintendent of
schools. At the time of his death he was principal of the Wolf Lake Schools. He
is survived by the widow, Martha; 2 sons, Charles and Ralph Jr. at home; his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Stanley of east of Albion; 3 sisters, Alice
Stanley, Mrs. Lawrence Bohnhoff and Georgia Stanley; and one brother, Roy.
Funeral Tuesday at the residence. Burial , Rose Hill
Cemetery. + 3-?-1943
Stanley Roy Cuppy, 58, native of Jefferson Twp, and a
former resident of Allen County, died today at his home in
Washington Twp following a severe heart attack. Surviving are the wife, Ruth; 5
sons, Charles, Robert, William and James at home, and John at Valparaiso
University; 5 daughters, Mrs. Richard Hanover and Joan of Fort Wayne, Mrs.
Eugene Reddy, San Gabriel, Calif., and Margaret and Charlotte at home; 2
granddaughters; his stepmother, Mrs. Toinette Stanley, Indianapolis; and 2
sisters, Mrs. Cecil Shoults, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Lawrence Bohnhoff,
Minneapolis, Minn. He was a WW I veteran and attended Washington Center EUB
Church. Funeral at a Columbia City funeral home July 13. Burial, South
Whitley Cemetery. + 7-?-1948
Stanley Sherri Elaine, 5-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stanley
of R. 2, Churubusco, died June 27, 1969 at the Whitley County Hospital in
Columbia City after having submitted to a tonsillectomy. Surviving are the
parents; a brother, Kevin at home; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Dale McCoy of R.
2, Avilla, and Mrs. Martha Stanley of Albion. Funeral Sunday in
Krider-Lane Funeral Home in Churubusco. Burial, Rose Hill Cemetery. + 6-?-1969
Stanley Toinette, 94, died Jan. 10, 1967 at Indianapolis. Her
ashes were interred in Rose Hill Cemetery, Albion on June 17. She was a former
Noble County school teacher and had lived in Indianapolis since the death of her
husband in 1946. She was born Dec. 18, 1872 at Independence, Kansas and was
married to Charles Stanley in 1895 on the Stanley farm near Albion. Surviving
are 2 daughters, Mrs. Lucille Bonhoff of Minneapolis, and Mrs. Alice Irene
Shoultz of Indianapolis; 2 sisters, Mrs. Irene Stoops of Butler, and Mrs. Mabel
Bachelder of Washington, D.C.; 3 grandsons and 8 great-grandchildren. One son,
Ralph, died in 1943. Memorial services at the grave Saturday. +
1-?-1967
Stanley Virginia "Ginger", 47, Brimfield, died Sunday at
Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne. She was a bookkeeper at Stanley Sanitation.
Surviving are her parents, George R. and Ann B. Antrup, Avilla; her husband,
Howard "Sonny"; two sons, Rocky of Brimfield, and Mick of Kokomo; a
daughter, Tracey of Brimfield; two grandchildren; three brothers, Richard and
Robert of Auburn, and James of Butler; and a sister, Lou Ann of Auburn. Services Wednesday at the True Church of God In Jesus Name, Lisbon. Burial,
Orange Cemetery. ~ 12-12-1989 + 12-10-1989
Stanley Walter "Jr", 58, of Kendallville, died June 12, 2004 at
his residence. He was born January 14, 1946 in Lackey, Ky. Surviving
are his former wife, Ernestine Stanley, of Wolcottville; 3 sons, David of
Bronson, Mich., Daniel of Wolcottville, and Zackery of Fort Wayne; 3 daughters
and a son-in-law, Geneva Hall, and Freda and John McRoberts of Avilla, and
Virginia Stanley of Fort Wayne; 5 grandsons, Auston Hoover, Shawn, and Devin
McRoberts, Robbie Stanley and Jordan Hall; one granddaughter, Alea Stanley; a
brother and sister-in-law, Ken and Sue Wallace of Waterloo. Preceding him
in death were a grandson, Bailey Hall. He was employed at Flint &
Walling and was a U.S. Army Vietnam veteran. Service at Hite Funeral
Home, Burial, Orange Cemetery. ~ 6-17-2004
Stanley Willis E, 66, of Ligonier, died Friday in Parkview Hospital, Fort
Wayne. He was born January 20, 1931 in McCreary, Ky., to Jerome and Pernie
(Laxton) Stanley. On April 14, 1956 in Lawrenceburg, he married Evelyn
Gibbons. He moved to Ligonier 25 years ago. He retired in 1993 from
Smoker Craft Boat Co. in New Paris and was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean
Conflict. Surviving are his wife; 3 daughters, Judy Ritchie of Ligonier,
Mrs. Mark (Connie) Armstrong of Auburn, and Mrs. Brian (Joyce) Sparkman of
Ligonier; 3 sons and a daughter-in-law, Jerry Brown of Cromwell, Ken and Dianne
Stanley of Donaldsville, Ohio, and James Stanley of Ligonier; a sister, Betty
Stanley of Cincinnati; 5 brothers, Willard, James and Bobby of Cincinnati, Bill
of Taylor, Mich., and Dean of Freeland, Mich.; 19 grandchildren and 9
great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister and a
grandson. Funeral today in Bethel Christian Church. Burial, Oak Park
Cemetery. + 7-4-1997
Stanley Winona J, 47, wife of Kenneth Stanley, R. 2, Avilla, died Jan. 2
in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Fort Wayne. A native of Kentucky, she spent most of
her life in the Columbia City-Churubusco area. She was born May 3, 1933 in
Kentucky to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Angel, now residents of R. 2, Avilla. Surviving are
one son Edgar Egner of Elkhart; four stepsons, Kenneth Jr., Dexter, Ted and
Duncan Stanley, all of Columbia City; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Roy (Judith) Potts
of Clinton, Ark.; a brother, Tom Angel Jr. of Fraser, Mich.; 10 grandchildren. A
brother preceded her in death. Services Tuesday in Krider-Workman Chapel,
Churubusco. Burial, Riverview Cemetery. ~ 1-8-1981 + 1-2-1980
Stansberry Agnes M, 90, of 106 Maple Lane, Churubusco, died Monday at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne. She was born on July 4, 1891 in
Austria, Hungary, the daughter of John and Barbara Zeka Minarik. She came to the
U. S. on Jan. 1, 1893 with her parents. They resided in North Judson, Ind. In
1911 she was married to James Smolek. They resided in Whitley County. In 1938
she married Grover C. Stansberry. He died Dec. 12, 1957. In 1962 she moved to
Churubusco. She was an employee of the State Hospital in Fort Wayne and a member
of St. John Bosco Church in Churubusco. Survivors include 3 sons, Arthur Smolek
of Albion, Richard Smolek of Corunna and Eugene Smolek of Kendallville; one
daughter, Mrs. Gail (Irene) Burgoon of Sacramento, Calif.; one stepdaughter,
Mrs. Robert (Helen) Heck of Indianapolis; 19 grandchildren; 32
great-grandchildren; 6 great-great-grandchildren; and one brother, Frank of
Rochester, Ind. She was preceded in death by one son, George in 1968, and 2
sisters. + No date
Stansbury Charles R, 86, a retired merchant of Ligonier, died Aug. 4 at South Bend Hospital. He had operated a dry goods store in
Ligonier for 69 years. His son-in-law, Roswell K. Earnhart, who took over the
business when he retired 9 years ago, died several weeks ago. John and Catherine
(Frantz) Stansbury were his parents, and he was born in Ligonier May 5, 1863. He
was married Sept. 1, 1886 to Celestia Hostetter. His daughter, Marie
Earnhart of Ligonier; and a brother, Harry of South Bend are survivors. Funeral Sunday at Ligonier EUB Church of which he was a member. Burial, Oak Park
Cemetery. + 8-?-1944
Stansbury, J.W. H.., one of Ligonier’s oldest and best-known citizens,
died at his home in this city on Wednesday, Apr 17, aged 83 years. He had been
a resident here for more than half a century, coming from Ohio when a young man.
He resided on a farm east of the city for a number of years but had been living
in Ligonier for many years. He was an upright citizen, a man of honesty and
integrity and always stood for all that was best in life. Some years ago he
became blind on account of cataract, but recovered his sight through a surgical
operation. He leaves to mourn a widow, one son, J. W. Stansbury of North
Dakota, one daughter in Illinois and one in Michigan, besides other relatives.
His funeral occurred on Saturday, from his late residence in the north part
of the city. Mrs. Stansbury and son and daughters wish in this connection to
extend their sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for their kind assistance
and sympathy. + Ligonier Leader, 25 Apr 1918, p. 4
Stansbury Walter B, 90, Clearwater, Fla., and formerly of Ligonier, died April 26 in Bay Pine VA Hospital, St. Petersburg, Fla. He was born
July 20, 1892 in Ligonier to Harry J. and Alma (Brand) Stansbury. He was a
retired salesman, veteran of WW I and a member of Skycrest United Methodist
Church, Clearwater, South Bend American Legion Post 313, South Bend A&FM
Lodge No. 294 and Egypt Temple No. 15936, Tampa. He is survived by his wife,
Marie, whom he married in Albion in 1920; a daughter, Mrs. Monte (Patricia)
Seiser of Lindale, Texas; 2 sons, Robert of Richardson, Texas, and Walter Jr. of
Springfield, Mo.; a sister, Madine Hogson of Santa Ana, Calif.; 11
grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Masonic graveside services
Tuesday at Oak Park Cemetery, Ligonier. + 4-26-1983
Stanson Russel J Jr, 77, of Largo, Fla., died today in his home. He
was born May 24, 1917 in Anderson to Russel and Willoughby (Begien) Stanson. On February 26, 1949 he married Phyllis Williams. He moved
from Des Moines, Iowa to Largo in 1994. He was a retired district sales
manager for Economy Forms in Iowa and a member of Largo St. Patrick's Catholic
Church. Surviving are his wife; 2 daughters, Mrs. Russell (Malinda) Jones
of Fairfield, Calif., and Mrs. James (Elizabeth) Welch of Kenosha, Wis.; a
brother, Earl of Squaw Valley, Calif.; and 4 grandchildren. One son,
Russel J. III, preceded him in death. Graveside services Monday in Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Avilla. + 6-9-1994
Stanton Addison, born in Wayne County, N.Y., Feb. 18, 1828, he
came to Wayne Twp, Noble County, in 1836. He married Lucinda Potter Dec. 25,
1850 and they had 2 children. A member of the M. E. Church for 26 years, he died
April 13, 1884. + 4-13-1884 He died at his home in Wayne Twp April 13, 1884 at the age of 56.
He came to Noble County with his father in 1836 and settled in Wayne Twp,
where he spent the remainder of his life. He was born in Wayne County, N.Y., Feb. 18, 1828.
He married Lucinda Potter Dec. 25, 1850, who with 2 children are left
behind. He was for 26 years a member of the M. E. Church. His
daughter is the wife of Jesse Devoe of Wayne Twp and his son is pastor of the M.
E. Church at Indianapolis. Albion New Era 6-12-1884
Stanton Lucinda P nee Potter was born March 20, 1831 in Onondaga
County. N. Y. After a brief residence in Ohio, she, at 12 years of age, came
with her parents to Indiana. Her father purchased what is now known as the Day
farm in Wayne Twp where she resided until her marriage with Addison B. Stanton
Dec. 25, 1850. Some months later they settled on the farm in Wayne Twp where she
resided until about 3 years since. A log cabin was erected in the forest,
cutting away the timber for that purpose. They had 2 sons and one daughter, Homer V., who died at the age of one; D. Addie
Devoe, with whom she has spent the three closing years of her life; and Seymour S., now and for many
years a minister in the Indiana conference of Methodist Protestant Church. In
1866 she united with the M. P. Church at Perseverance. She died April 25, aged 66 years 1 month and 5 days. She leaves the
son, daughter, their companions, 7 grandchildren. Funeral was at Perseverance
Church. Burial, Lake View Cemetery. ^ 5-7-1897
Stapleton Homer, 68, of R. 1, Wolcottville, died Sunday at
McCray Hospital. He was born June 27, 1915 in Hager Hill, Ky. to Ashland and
Virgie (McKenzie) Stapleton. He married May Cheek. He moved to this area from
Ky. 32 years ago. He had worked at McCray Refrigerator 23 years and was retired
from Lyall Electric. Surviving are his wife; 2 daughters, Ranay Uhl of
Wolcottville, and Karen Landon of Angola; a stepdaughter, Jurlean Martinez of
Riverside, Calif.; a stepson, Doug Cheek of Waterloo; 4 sisters, Sarah, Judy and
Leecie of Hager Hill, and Hazel of Huntington, W. Va.; 2 brothers, Bill of
Huntington, and John of Phelan, Calif.; 8 grandchildren; and one
great-grandchild. A stepson, Lt. Col. Michael Cheek preceded him in death.
Services Wednesday at Hutchins-Armes Funeral Home, Wolcottville. Burial,
Flint Cemetery. + 9-25-1983
Stapleton Lawrence, 80, Cromwell, died Thursday at home. He had been a
salesman for American Maize Co. Surviving are 2 daughters, Marjorie Dalzotto,
New Buffalo, Mich., and Judith Bardsley, Gary; and 10 grandchildren. Services Saturday in
Eastlund-Harris Funeral Home, Syracuse. + 8-18-1988
Stark Emma E, 63, R. 2, Ligonier, died Thursday in Goshen
Hospital. Born March 5, 1902 in Allen County, she had lived the last 33 years in
the Ligonier-Cromwell area. She married Hobart Stark in Centreville,
Mich. on July 28, 1921. She was a member of the Legion Auxiliary and Pythian
Sisters. Surviving are her husband; 3 daughters, Mrs. Sam James, Goshen,
Mrs. Terry Pressler, South Whitley, and Mrs. Charles Sparrow, Kendallville; 8
grandchildren; her mother, Mrs. Grace Hile, Pierceton; 4 brothers, William and
Charles Hile, Pierceton, Paul Hile, Columbia City, and Lewis Hile in Miss.; and
2 sisters, Mrs. John Rantz, Pierceton, and Mrs. Howard Simon, Columbia City.
Services Saturday at Ulrey-Sedgwick Funeral Home in Cromwell. Burial,
Sparta Cemetery. + 7-?-1965
Stark Helen K, 86, of Auburn, died Feb. 7, 2011 at her home. She
had worked as a beauty operator in Albion. She was a member of the First
Christian Church, Disciples of Christ in Auburn, and the OES. She was born
Dec. 4, 1924 in Albion to Archie and Berniece (Neufer) Bortner. She
married Jack Stark on June 15, 1947 in Albion. He died March 9,
2006. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Becky and Allen Wilmes
of Auburn; and a granddaughter and her husband, Katrina and Christopher Keohler.
She was also preceded in death by a grandson, Mark Wilmes; and 2 brothers, Max
and Howard Bortner. Services Friday at Fetter & Clark Funeral Home,
Auburn. Burial, Woodlawn Cemetery. ^ 2-9-2011
Stark Henry was born in Lancaster County, Penn. Jan. 21, 1842 and died
April 15, aged 56 years 3 months and 15 days. He moved to this state about one
year ago, working at his trade, shoemaking and cobbling whenever health would
permit. His wife died 11 years ago leaving him with 6 children. One son and one
brother who live near Kendallville were the only relatives present, the other
children being in Ohio. He had to struggle with poor health and small resources
which made his lot not the most pleasant. Funeral at the United Brethren
Church of Corunna. ^ 4-22-1898
Stark Hobart H, 83, of R. 1, Kimmell, died Monday in Alfran
Nursing Home, Columbia City. Born Oct. 30, 1896 in Noble County, he was the son
of Samuel and Mary (Hart) Stark. In July 1921 he married Emma Hile in Albion.
She died in 1965. He was self-employed and a lifetime Noble County resident. He
was a WW I veteran and a member of Broadway Christian Chapel, Cromwell American
Legion. Survivors are 3 daughters, Mrs. Charles (Rosemary) Sparrow of Rome City,
Mrs. Larry (Betty) Pressler of South Whitley, and Mrs. Sam (Dortha) James of
Goshen; 7 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Services Thursday in
Ulrey-Moore Funeral Home, Cromwell. Burial, Sparta Cemetery. + 9-?-1980
Stark Mary Ann, 66, died Dec, 21, 2009 at her home in Avilla. She
was born Dec. 18, 1943 in Fort Wayne, the daughter of Arthur and Mary (Peterink)
Tebbe. On Aug. 8, 1964 she married Ralph Stark. She retired as a
secretary-treasurer from Rome City School Corp. and was a teacher's aide at St.
Mary's Catholic School in Avilla. She is survived by her husband; a
daughter, Jennifer Stark of Covington, Ohio; sons, Matthew (Amy) Stark of
Bloomington, Jeremy (April) Stark of Fort Wayne, Joshua (Kathleen) Stark of Glen
Ellyn, Ill.; 7 grandchildren; a brother, Arthur Tebbe of Fort Wayne; sisters,
Karen (Jim) Brudi of New Haven and Sandy (Dave) Pienta of Port Clinton,
Ohio. She was preceded in death by a son, Michael Stark. Mass of
Catholic burial Thursday at Brazzell Funeral Home. Burial, St. Mary's
Cemetery. ^ 12-22-2009
Stark Mary Elizabeth, 86, died Friday in Alfran Nursing
Home on U. S. 30 east of Warsaw. Surviving are 2 sons, Hobart of near
Cromwell, and Orton of Oxford, Ohio; one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Reeves of Cromwell;
7 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at
Henney Funeral Home in Cromwell. Burial, Sparta Cemetery. + 3-?-1946
Stark Richard H, 85, of Kendallville, died Oct. 267, 2009 at his
residence. He was born in Sandusky, Ohio on May 8, 1924 to Richard and
Edna (Coffman) Stark. He graduated from Sandusky High School in 1942 and
served in the Merchant Marines during WW II. He married Ethel Smith on May
18, 1946 in Sandusy and she died Aug. 167, 1992. He married Betty Jenkins
on Sept. 23, 1999 and she died July 21, 2006. He was employed with Ford
Motor Co. for 30 years, retiring in 1986. Surviving are 6 sons, Richard
and Connie Stark of Sandusky, Gary and Susan Stark of Eugene, Oregon, Mark and
Denise Stark of Victory, Ohio, Roger and Christine Stark of Sandusky, Walter
Dirks of Huron, Ohio, and Donald and Joy Yates of Greensburg, Ind.; 3 daughters,
Kay and Gary Pooch of Sandusky, Brenda and Randy Leas of Kendallville, Loretta
and Mike Haines of Cincinnati, Ohio; 27 grandchildren; and 18
great-grandchildren. He was also preceded in death by a brother, James, in
2008, as well as an infant brother. Funeral Thursday at Hite Funeral
Home. Burial, Lake View Cemetery. ^ 10-29-2009
Stark Sharon L, 80, of Kendallville, died February 1, 2011, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.
Born March 19, 1930, to Clare and Gwen (Freeman) Aldrich, Sharon
graduated from Kendallville High School in 1948. She attended William Woods
College in Fulton, Missouri, and graduated from Ball State University in 1952.
She taught elementary school for seven years in Fort Wayne, and in Tucson and
Phoenix, Arizona. She married Kenneth J. Stark, of Tucson, on June 28, 1958. They owned several businesses,
including Taylor’s Shoe Store, the Jean Shop, and Baskin-Robbins ice cream
store, until retirement in 1991. She
is survived by her husband, a son and daughter-in-law, John and Lynn Stark, of
Fredericksburg, VA, grandchildren Erika and Ben, and by son and daughter-in-law,
Paul and Ann Stark of Peoria, IL, and grandchildren Elizabeth, Caroline and
Stephanie. She was preceded in death by her parents and a granddaughter, Sarah
Aldrich Stark. She was a member of Trinity Church United Methodist, Kendallville
A memorial service will be held February 12, 2011 in Trinity Church
United Methodist, Kendallville. Family burial service at Lake View Burial,
Lake View Cemetery. ^ 2-10-2011
Starkey Alice "Loena", 72, died August 31, 1989
in Whitley County Hospital. She was born in Noble County to Guy and Martha
Winebrenner Kesling. In 1937 she married Roy Starkey, who died in 1974. A
lifetime Wolf Lake area resident, she was a homemaker and member of the Wolf
Lake Baptist Church. Surviving are six daughters, Shirley Beard of Goshen,
Sharon Fear, Melba Moorhouse, Lois Gabet, Lana Frick and June Treble, all of
Wolf Lake; four sons, Roy, John and Russell, all Wolf Lake, and David K.,
Columbia City; two sisters, Mrs. J. Devon (Maxine) Jagger and Mrs. Calvin (Ardilla)
Dunfee, both Columbia City; 36 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
Services Sunday at Sheets Funeral Home, Churubusco. Burial, Christian
Chapel Cemetery. + 8-31-1989
Starkey Arthur B, son of Frederick E. and Lucretia Mullen Starkey,
was born Jan. 11, 1849. He was a farmer and spent practically all his life on
the farm where he was born and where also he died. June 11, 1867 he married Sarah A. Moore.
They had five children, of whom George F. died in infancy. The surviving ones are Flora, Homer, Lewis and
Daniel. Mr. and Mrs. Starkey also reared from infancy their niece, Carrie Moore.
These with their companions, together with nine grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren remain. His wife preceded him in death Nov. 3, 1903. He suffered a stroke of paralysis about 7 weeks ago and gradually
grew worse until death came Jan. 5, 1925, aged 75 years, 11 months and 25 days.
+ 1-?-1925
Starkey Arthur L was born in Noble County just one mile and a half west
of Wolf Lake on Oct. 5, 1875. He lived in this vicinity until 1912 when he moved
to Pennsylvania. He was active in the Wolf Lake Baptist Church until he moved
from this community. In Pa., he was an active member of the Baptist Church at
Clearfield. On June 29, 1895, Jennie Banta became his wife, and they had one son. After living in the Ormas community for a time they moved to
Clearfield, Pa. Several weeks ago he became ill with pneumonia which caused his
death Feb. 21, 1942. Left are the wife; one son, Lynn of Clearfield;
one sister, Mrs. Rollie Gray; two brothers, Homer and Dan; seven grandchildren;
and two great-grandchildren. Services at the Wolf Lake Baptist Church.
Burial, Wolf Lake Cemetery. + 3-?-1942
Starkey Daniel J, about 76, a retired service station operator in Wolf
Lake, died June 11, 1954 at his Wolf Lake home. He was a
native of Washington Twp but had lived most of his lifetime in Wolf Lake and
community. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Surviving are his widow,
Blanche; a son, Roy W. of Wolf Lake; a brother, Homer of R. 1, Kimmell; nine
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services Monday at the
Wolf Lake Baptist Church. Burial, Wolf Lake Cemetery. + 6-?-1954
Starkey Donald F, infant son of Joseph A. and Lena (Smith) Starkey, was
born March 20, 1926 at Wolf Lake, and died January 10, 1929,
age 2 years, 9 months and 20 days. He leaves father and
mother; Grandfather and Grandmother Starkey, Grandfather Smith; one brother,
Mirwood Allen; and one sister, Mary Ellen. Services at Christian Chapel
January 12. Burial, church cemetery. + 1-?-1929
Starkey James Luckey, son of Homer and Jennie Luckey Starkey, was born
July 16, 1903 and died Aug. 6, 1929, aged 26 years, one month. He married Elizabeth Stangland on May 21, 1927. He has been a
teacher in the Noble County schools for a number of years and at the time of his
death was principal elect of the Kimmell schools. He was an active
member of the Wolf Lake Baptist Church and the superintendent of its Sunday
School. He leaves his widow; father; mother; two brothers,
Joseph and Ray; and one sister, Mrs. Mary Stangland, all of Wolf Lake. +
8-?-1929
Starkey John Homer, 83, (b. 5-9-1873) died
February 19 in the Luckey Hospital where he had been taken four days ago from
his home two miles west of Wolf Lake. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Jay Stangland, near Albion; two sons, Joe,
Kimmell, and Ray, Knox; sixteen grandchildren; and twenty-nine
great-grandchildren. Services at the Baptist Church, Wolf Lake, of which
he was a member, Thursday. Burial, Wolf Lake Cemetery. + 2-?-1957
Starkey Joseph Arthur, 72, Wolf Lake, died Friday at
Halifax District Hospital, Daytona Beach, Fla. He suffered a stroke March 13. A
retired school teacher, he was born in Washington Twp, Feb. 11,
1899, the son of John Homer and Mary Jane (Luckey) Starkey. He graduated from
Wolf Lake High School in 1917, received his Bachelor of Science degree from
Manchester College and also attended Ball State and Indiana Universities. He
taught school 45 years, retiring in 1963. He spent winters in Florida since
1963. He married Lena Smith Aug. 26, 1922. She survives, along with a son,
Mirwood, Muncie; and five daughters, Mrs. Robert P. Adams, Muncie, Mrs. William
Cowan, Shepherdsville, Ky., Mrs. Phillip Tobey, Portage, Mrs. Fred
Larson, Hobart, and Mrs. Cal Hile, Kimmell; 22 grandchildren; and one
sister, Mrs. Jay Stangland, Albion. He was preceded in death by a son, Don, and
three brothers, Fred, James and Ray. Services at Merriam Christian
Chapel Wednesday. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery. + 3-?-1971
Starkey Lena S, 105, of Wolf Lake, died March 4, 2005 at Parkview Whitley
Hospital. She taught school for one year at Little Lake School and had
been a stenographer at Wayne Tank & Pump and an administrative secretary at
Purdue University. During WW II she worked at Kingsbury Ordnance Plant and
later was a bookkeeper for Gary Drapery. She was a member of Merriam
Christian Chapel, serving as organist and pianist many years. She had been
a member of Noble County Farm Bureau. She was born Feb. 10, 1900 in Noble
County to William H. and Lydia Irene (Frederick) Smith. She graduated from
Wolf Lake High School and Anthony Wayne Institute. On Aug. 26, 1922 she
married Joseph Arthur Starkey. He died March 26, 1971. Surviving are
a son and daughter-in-law, Mirwood and Lois Starkey of Mooreland; 5 daughters
and 2 sons-in-law, Mary Ellen and Phil Adams Goodrich of Wolf Lake, Jane Cowan
of Shepherdsville, Ky., Joan Tobey of Wolf Lake, Nancy and Fred Larson of
Hobart, and Shirley Hile of Kimmell; 24 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren;
13 great-great-grandchildren; and a great-great-great-grandchild. She was
also preceded in death by an infant son; 2 sisters, Bernice Friskney and Vera
Justus; and 2 brothers, Marion T. and Frederick Smith. Services Friday at
Merriam Christian Chapel. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery. ^
3-7-2005
Starkey Mary Jane, about 76, (b. 2-17-1871) died at her home
in Noble Twp two miles west of Wolf Lake Feb. 15, 1947 from
complications. She was a lifelong resident of her home community. She is
survived by her husband, John H.; one daughter, Mrs. Jay Stangland of
near Albion; two sons, Joseph A., Chesterton, Ind., and Ray H., of Knox, Ind.;
one brother, Joseph Luckey of Churubusco; and one sister, Mrs. May Hontz of
Albion; and 16 grandchildren. Services at Wolf Lake Baptist Church Tuesday. Burial, Wolf Lake Cemetery. + 2-?-1947
Starkey Nora "Blanche", 105, Noble county’s oldest
native, died Tuesday in Goshen Hospital. She was born June 18, 1880
in a brick farm house near Wolf Lake, the daughter of Scott and Rebecca (Cramer)
Galloway who had come to Noble County from Pennsylvania in a covered wagon. A
graduate of an Angola college, she worked in one-room school houses as a teacher
in Washington Twp before moving to a four-room school in Wolf Lake. In 1904 she
married fellow educator Daniel J. Starkey and gave up teaching. He died in 1954.
In 1910 the Starkeys opened a general store in Wolf Lake. The following year
they traded the store for a Shipshewana farm. The couple later lived in Corunna
and Kendallville but lived most of their lives in the Wolf Lake area. She was a
member of the Wolf Lake Baptist Church and attended Easter services less than
two weeks ago. Surviving are her daughter-in-law, Loena Starkey, Albion;
a sister, Vera Wilkins, Goshen; 10 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren and 21
great-great-grandchildren. A son, Roy died May 9, 1974. + 4-8-1986
Starkey Roy W, 57, R. 4, Albion, died Thursday in Parkview
Hospital, Fort Wayne. He was born May 23, 1916 in Clearfield, Pa., to Daniel and
Blanche (Galloway) Starkey. He married Loena Egolf March 21, 1936. A lifetime
resident of the area and owner of a farm near Wolf Lake since 1941, he was an
employee of Weatherhead in Columbia City 13 years. He was a charter member of
the Wolf Lake Fire Department, present director of the Noble County Civil
Defense and a member of the Wolf Lake Lions Club. Surviving are his wife; six
daughters, Mrs. Harry (Shirley) Beard, Goshen, Mrs. Thomas (Sharon) Fear, and
Mrs. John (Melba) Moorhouse, R. 4, Albion, Mrs. Dale (Lois) Craig, Pierceton,
Mrs. Randy (Lana) Emerick, Kendallville, and Miss Jane at home; four sons, Roy,
John and Russell, all of R. 4, Albion, and David, R. 7, Columbia City; 26
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; his mother, Syracuse. Services
Saturday in Sheets Funeral Home, Churubusco. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery.
+ 5-?-1974
Starks Christine, about 32, of 7 miles north of Albion, died May 23, 1952
at McCray Hospital after suffering cerebral hemorrhage. Surviving are the
husband, Olen; the parents; 4 sisters and a brother. Funeral and interment were
at Indianapolis Tuesday. + 5-?-1952
Starmer Amos, about 80, was discovered dead in his bed last Monday at his
home in Pontiac, Mich. He was a former resident of Noble County, having left
here about 20 years ago. He has a daughter, Mrs. Cora Owen of York Twp; and a
son, Orla in Mich.; several grand and great-grandchildren. Funeral this afternoon at Bonham Funeral Home in Albion. Burial, Sweet Cemetery. + 12-?-1941
Starmer Charles, 68, died this morning at Lakeside Hospital from injuries
sustained last Saturday in an automobile collision west of the city on
U. S. 6. He had been a resident of this city nearly 25 years and was employed at
the McCray and Flint & Walling factories. He was born March 18, 1865 in
Morrow County, Ohio, the son of Eli and Martha Starmer. He was first married in
1888 with Emma Craven who died in 1924. They had 3 children.
March 6, 1926 he married Martha Ellen Bixler. He was a member of the
local Presbyterian Church. Surviving are the widow; 2 sons and one daughter,
Leroy of this city, Ralph Starmer and Mrs. Vera Tatman of Fort Wayne; one
stepdaughter, Mrs. Maude Williams, this city; 3 brothers, Isaac and Melvin, Mt.
Gilead, O., and Amos, Pontiac, Mich.; 5 grandchildren. He was preceded in death
by 2 brothers and one sister. Funeral Monday from the
Presbyterian Church. Burial, Lake View Cemetery. ^ 1-19-1934
Starmer Ethel B, 83, Kendallville Nursing Home, died there
Saturday. She was born June 9, 1891 in rural Kendallville to Aaron and Cora
(Graham) Ackerman. She married Leroy Starmer in 1911. He died March 22, 1957. A
lifetime area resident, she was a member of Ben Hur Lodge and was active in
Faith United Methodist Church since 1904. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Katherine Kruse, Hialeah, Fla.; 3 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. One
brother preceded her in death. Funeral Tuesday at Berhalter-Hutchins
Funeral Home. Burial, Lake View Cemetery. + 3-?-1975
Starmer Martha, 41, died Monday at the home of
her father, Mikel Kiser, 5 miles southwest of this city, and where she
and her family have been residing since the death of Mrs. Kiser. She had been
ill for a week with grip followed by lung fever. She leaves a husband, Amos; a
son and a daughter. Funeral was held from Union Church near her late residence
Wednesday. ^ 2-3-1899
Starmer Susan,
wife of M. R. Starmer, died at her home 3 miles west of Albion last Wednesday of hardening of the arteries and other complications at the age of 61
years 10 months and 12 days. She is survived by the husband, 2 sons, 5 daughters.
Funeral at Albion in the United Brethren Church Saturday. ~6-6-1917
Starr Adella (Clapp), 91, died at her home in Goshen
Saturday. She was born in Albion Jan. 16, 1858 and was the widow of Thomas A.
Starr, many years associated with the Albion New Era. There children surviving
are Mrs. Clarence Briggs of Goshen, Pierre C. of Larchmont, N.Y., and Hugh of
Indianapolis. Funeral at Culp Funeral Home in Goshen Monday. Burial,
Oakridge Cemetery, Goshen. + 2-?-1949
Starr Oma, 94, died Friday at Kenney Retirement Community,
Ligonier. She was born October 9, 1898 in Delmartin, W.Va., the daughter
of Nath and Esther (White) Carey. She married Loren Starr on June 2, 1920
in Delmartin. He died in 1964. A resident of Ligonier for 26 years,
she was a member of the Church of Christ. Surviving are 3
daughters, Oma Lee Starr, Mary Marcum and Irene Brewster of Ligonier; 5 sons,
Nath of Columbus, Ohio, Ray of Lake Placid, Fla., Westley of Sellersburg,
Clifford of Fairmount, W.Va., and Linden of Ligonier; 2 brothers, Wheeler Carey
of Coleman, Fla., and John Carey of Kermit, W.Va.,; 3 sisters, Thelma Gauze of
Delmartin, Goldie Caines of Centerville, Ohio, and Sylvia Osborne of Woodlawn,
Tenn.; 21 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren. One son, Loren Jr.; 3
sisters; a grandchild and 3 great-grandsons preceded her in death. Burial,
Oak Park Cemetery. + 1-8-1993
Starr Oma Lee, 76, died October 17, 2000 in Goshen Hospital. She
was born September 8, 1924 in Belo, W.Va., to Loren and Oma (Carey) Starr.
She was a homemaker and attended the Church of Christ. She is survived by
a sister, Irene Brewster of Ligonier; a sister and brother-in-law, Mary and
David Marcum of Ligonier; 5 brothers and sisters-in-law, Clifford and Louise of
Fairmount, W.Va., Wesley and Jewel of Sellersburg, Nath and Lucile of Columbus,
Ohio, Oakey Ray and Letha of Lake Placid, Fla., and Linden and Leola of
Ligonier. Services Friday at Orr Funeral Home. Burial, Oak Park
Cemetery. + 10-18-2000
Starr Phillip, 58, Ligonier, died Tuesday from
complications at the Fort Wayne State School. He was born Oct. 22, 1912 in
Ligonier to Fred and Gladys (Carr) Starr. He had resided at the Fort Wayne State
School for approximately 45 years. One sister, Mrs. Herman (Roberta) Cochran,
Ligonier, survives. Funeral Thursday at Ulrey Funeral Home. Burial, Oak Park
Cemetery. + 7-?-1971
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