All Obituaries

Steven T. Hunter 71, Rochester, Indiana, passed away at 3:41 P.M.  Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born on March 24, 1948 in Fulton County, Indiana, the son of Melvin and Betty (Wallace) Hunter. On May 23, 1980 in Marshall County, Indiana, he married Carrie Cormican and she survives. Steven served with the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He had worked at the former Sealed Power facilities in Rochester and Syracuse,...

Helen R. Spotts 96, Portland, Oregon, passed away at 6:45 A.M. Wednesday October 30, 2019 at her residence. She was born on September 20, 1923 in McComb, Illinois, the daughter of Howard and Ethel (Foster) Ruffner. On June 23, 1946 in Freeport, Illinois, she married George Robert Spotts. He preceded her in death on October 21, 2004. Helen graduated from Indiana Central College (Now the University of Indianapolis) with a Bachelors Degree in History and English. She worked as Editor for...

  David Owen Miller was born September 5, 1943 to Russell and Esther (Healy) Miller in Kokomo, Indiana. He passed November 3, 2019 at the St. Vincent Heart Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.  On June 5, 1965, in Kokomo, Indiana, he married Charlotte Trueblood. They had two sons, Doug (Angie) Miller, Akron, IN and Steve (Shari) Miller, Rochester. They have five grandchildren: Daniel and Madison Miller, Akron, IN; Shelby Miller, Galena, IL; Sidney (Josh) Baker, Rochester; and Sammi...

  Carl E. Dittfield 75, Macy, Indiana, passed away at 4:26 P.M. Wednesday October 30, 2019 at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born on March 7, 1944 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of William Carl and Agnes May (Wheeler) Dittfield. He served with the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. On July 26, 1976, in Rochester, Indiana, he married Nancy (Conrad) Klinefelter and she survives. Mr. Dittfield retired from the Chrysler Corporation in Kokomo,...

  Beverly Sue Holcomb 77, Rochester, Indiana, passed away at 11:01 A.M. Thursday October 24, 2019, at her residence. She was born on September 1, 1942 in Logansport, Indiana, the daughter of George Alvin and Donna (Simpson) Carlson. She married Jackie “Tex” Holcomb on May 9, 1964 in Logansport, Indiana. Beverly retired from Kroger after working there for over fifteen years. She was a member of the Liberty Baptist Church. In her spare time, she loved to read, work...

Emmanuel V. Molho December 4, 1926-October 25, 2019 Emmanuel V. Molho (“Manny”) passed away peacefully at his home on October 25, 2019 at the age of 92. Manny was born December 4, 1926 in the Bronx, New York at a time when there were still working farms there. He was the first child in his family to be born in a hospital. Manny’s mother had two aspirations for him: one, that he never go to jail and two, that he not become a communist. He did not disappoint her. [A person...

  Darla Jean Sayers Greer 80, Kewanna, Indiana passed away at 12:20 P.M. Thursday, October 24, 2019, at her home surrounded by her family.  She was born on August 26, 1939 to Elston Hiram and Darline Vivian Lemmon Sayers in Pulaski County, Indiana. Darla was a 1957 graduate of Winamac High School. She married her husband, Robert “Bob” Greer, on April 12, 1959, and they had 37 years of adventures before his passing in 1996. Darla never let any grass grow beneath her...

  Ronald Allen Barnes 63, San Pierre, Indiana, passed away at 12:15 P.M. Friday October 18, 2019, at Porter Regional Hospital, Valparaiso, Indiana. He was born on September 3, 1956 in Peru, Indiana, the son of Albert Wayne and Joyce Ann (Humphries) Barnes. Mr. Barnes worked various jobs throughout the United States during his life. Survivors include his children, Shawnna Barnes Gilbert, San Pierre, Indiana, Justin Henderson, Indianapolis, Indiana, grandchildren, Dominique Barnes,...

  Jimmie L. Shine 54, Rochester, Indiana, passed away at 5:52 A.M. Friday October 11, 2019, at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester, Indiana. He was born on September 29, 1965, in Wahiawa, Hawaii, the son of Robert Eugene Shine Sr. and Charlotte (Rose) Shine Bechdolt. He graduated from Tippecanoe Valley High School and later served with the United States Army from 1985-1992. Jimmie was creative, artistic and resourceful having worked various jobs throughout his career. He will be remembered...

  Carol Sue Wilson, 71, Dyersburg, Tennessee, and formerly of Fulton County, Indiana, passed away on September 24, 2019, at 7:30 A.M. at West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital, Dyersburg, Tennessee. She was born on February 7, 1948, in Kokomo Indiana, the daughter of Emma Sue (Wermes) White. She was married to James Larry Wilson in 1969, and he precedes her in death. Carol worked for Robert Gibson Fuel Company, Dyersburg, Tennessee for thirteen years.  She enjoyed sewing,...