Columbia City, IN. Obituaries
Clarence L. Soest
Feb 3, 2020
Clarence L. Soest, age 94, of Fort Wayne, IN, passed away at 3:45 am on Monday, February 3, 2020 at Hearth of Sycamore Village, Fort Wayne. Born on October 3, 1925 in Fort Wayne, he was the son of Clarence F. and Mary (Fuchshuber) Soest. Clarence attended South Side High School and graduated with the Class of 1944....
William Stephen "Steve" McMillen
Feb 1, 2020
William Stephen "Steve" McMillen, 74, of Columbus, Ohio, died at 12:34 a.m. on Saturday, February 1, 2020. Born on November 24, 1945, in Crossville, Tennessee, he was the son of Gordon A. and Barbara (Resor) McMillen. At the time of his birth, the McMillen family was living in Tennessee while Steve's father worked on the Manhattan Project, an...
Ralph W. Anderson
Jan 30, 2020
Dedicated, intelligent, accepting and professional were just a few ways Ralph Anderson's family could describe such a wonderful man. He was competitive but humble and quiet about winning. He had a great sense of humor, was not one to judge others and easy to talk with. You could go to Ralph with a problem and he was great...
Henry Whiteman
Jan 29, 2020
Henry Whiteman Jr., 76, of Fort Wayne, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at Parkview Regional Medical Center. Born on July 9, 1943, he was the son of Henry "Hank" L., Sr. and Ruth Leon Whiteman. He worked on a farm in Whitley County and is survived by his sister, Linda Whiteman and brother, Robert "Dean" Whiteman. Funeral...
Dennis L. Judd
Jan 28, 2020
Dennis L. Judd, 71, of Columbia City, IN passed away unexpectedly of natural causes Tuesday morning, January 28, 2020 at his home. Born on February 24, 1948 in Columbia City, he was the oldest son of Glen and Evelyn (Hartman) Judd. As he attended Marshall Middle School, he loved sports and took care of the school's score books,...
Kathleen A. Marker
Jan 28, 2020
Kathleen A. Marker, 67, of Fort Wayne, IN passed away at 11:34 p.m. Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at her daughter's home. Born July 2, 1952 in Fort Wayne, she was the daughter of John and Darlene (Bradshaw) Fey. She grew up in Whitley County, attended Thorncreek School and graduated from Columbia City Joint High School with the Class...
Joan Weigold
Jan 27, 2020
Strong, funny and adventurous were a few ways Joan Weigold's family could describe her. She was an intelligent gal who had a feisty side to her and was fearless. Joan lived her life to its fullest and experienced many wonderful things including a loving family and being able to travel around the world and teaching others in several...
Norma J. Bolinger
Jan 22, 2020
In 1932, most Americans were struggling as they entered the third year of the Great Depression. The Ford Motor Corp. produced the Model Y automobile, the first parking meter was developed, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) aired their first public television program. Families at...
Martha M. Essex
Jan 20, 2020
Martha M. Essex, 92, of Columbia City, IN, passed away at 2:08 p.m. Monday, January 20, 2020 at her home. Born February 3, 1927 in Fort Wayne, she was the daughter of Fred W. and Marie (Rough) Busche. She attended Fort Wayne Community Schools and on August 6, 1950 she married Lester Essex. In 1953, she and Lester...
Mabel A. Clark
Jan 17, 2020
Mabel A. Clark, 82, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 7:30 p.m. Friday, January 17, 2020 at Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home. Born on August 7, 1937 in Fort Wayne, she was the daughter of Thomas A. and Lillian (Groerian) Clark. Mabel grew up in Fort Wayne and graduated from Elmhurst High School with the Class of 1955....
Betty Scott
Jan 13, 2020
Betty Scott, age 90, of Fort Wayne, IN, and formerly of Columbia City, passed away at 12:30 am on Monday, January 13, 2020 at Byron Health Center, Fort Wayne. Born on March 28, 1929, in Basin, WY, she was the daughter of Willis and Elva (Zehr) Gilmore. Betty attended Pettisville High School in Pettisville, OH and graduated with...
Joel G. Moss
Jan 11, 2020
Joel Moss (he always answered the phone with his full name) was one of those personalities that was larger than life. He teased everyone - wait staff in restaurants, check-out clerks, telemarketers, his employees, essentially everyone. When dining out, he held his cup up in the air when he needed more coffee and pointed to it with a...
Dakota Messmann
Jan 6, 2020
Dakota "Cody" Lee Messmann, 23, of Columbia City, Indiana, passed away Monday morning, January 6, 2020 from injuries sustained in a car accident. Born December 28, 1996 at Whitley Memorial Hospital, he was the son of Chuck Lucarelli and Nicole Messman-Green. As a boy, Dakota enjoyed playing video games, shooting air soft guns and playing with ERTL Farm...
Michael Greene
Jan 5, 2020
Michael R. Greene, age 52, of Columbia City, IN, passed away at 12:32 pm on Sunday, January 5, 2020 at his residence. Born on August 1, 1967 in Warsaw, IN he was the son of Carl and Anetta (Roberts) Greene. Michael attended Warsaw High School and graduated with the Class of 1985. He then went on to attend...
Amy Catherine Wireman
Jan 3, 2020
Amy Catherine Wireman, 49, of Dandridge, Tennessee, passed away at 10:15 a.m. Friday, January 3, 2020 at her home with her husband and son by her side. Born November 24, 1970 in Springfield, Ohio, she was the daughter of Roger Watson and Sharon (Aldridge) Halbach. Amy attended Peter and Paul Catholic School in Huntington and graduated from Huntington...
Seth J. Thompson
Jan 3, 2020
Seth J. Thompson, 20, of Albion, IN passed away at 10:24 p.m. Friday, January 3, 2020 from injuries sustained in a car accident. Born December 21, 1999 in Fort Wayne, he was the son of Dave Thompson and Sara (Holbrook) Miller. He grew up in Albion and enjoyed fishing, hunting and played football as he grew up. He...
Charles Gordon Knight
Dec 29, 2019
Charles Gordon Knight, 74, of Columbia City passed away peacefully at 4:45 a.m. on Sunday, December 29, 2019 at his brother's home in Burr Oak, Noble County, IN. He was born in West Virginia on July 17, 1945, the son of James C. and Hazel Katherine Collins) Knight. His formative years were spent in West Virginia and he...
Dan L. Romine
Dec 29, 2019
Dan L. Romine, age 71, of Columbia City, IN, passed away peacefully, at 5:02 pm on Sunday December 29, 2019 at his residence. Born on December 23, 1948 in Warsaw, he was the son of Marvin and Alice Virginia (Archambeault ) Romine. Dan grew up in Etna Green. He attended Mentone High School and graduated with the Class...
Cynthia Sharkey
Dec 27, 2019
Cynthia Teresa Sharkey, age 66, of Columbia City, IN, passed away at 6:56 pm on Friday December 27, 2019 at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. Born on March 30, 1953 in Pittsburg, PA, she was the daughter of John and Thresa (Vodzak) Paunovich. Cynthia attended Columbia City Joint High School and graduated with Class of 1972 and from Ivy...
Dewey L. Souers
Dec 17, 2019
Dewey Lynn "Skip" Souers, 84, of Columbia City, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was born December 7, 1935, to Fred and Gladys (Berst) Souers in Fort Wayne. His formative years were spent on a farm outside of Markle, Indiana. He then moved with his parents to Columbia City in 1943 where...
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