Kathryn Ann Carmer of Winona Lake, Indiana passed away at 2:56 p.m. on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at her residence at the age of 78. She was born on January 16, 1940 in Jackson, Michigan to Alvin Clarence Barker and Pauline (Stairs) Barker.  On September 10, 1960 she was married to Dwayne Charles Carmer, who survives. Raised in a pastor’s home, Kathy learned the power of a warm and loving family, the practices of hospitality, generosity and sacrificial living; the beauty of...

PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR UPDATED MEMORIAL SERVICE TIME AND DATE.  THANK YOU. Betty L. (Sturgill) Walker, of Grace Village Retirement Community in Winona Lake, Indiana passed away at Grace Village Health Care at 8:52 p.m. on Friday, October 12, 2018 at the age of 87. She was born on April 25, 1931 in Knoxville, Tennessee to B. Iradel Hutchison and Lizzie Belle (Albright) Hutchison.  In 1949 she was married to Charles Ray Sturgill, he passed away in 1999.  In June 2002 Betty...

Tracy A. Rice of Warsaw, Indiana passed away unexpectedly at 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne, Indiana at the age of 61. She was born on December 31, 1956 in Blytheville, Arkansas to Sheila (Lundy) Kerber and Robert Means.  On January 17, 1987 she was married to Kenneth Rice, who survives. Tracy moved to the area in 1984.  She had worked for many years at the Blue Coyote and since 2000 she worked as a waitress at the Boathouse Restaurant...

Mary Katherine Whitling of Warsaw, Indiana passed away at 5:51 a.m. on Friday, October 5, 2018 at Warsaw Meadows Care Center of Warsaw at the age of 87. She was born on November 8, 1930 in Clarion County, Pennsylvania to Arthur W. Edinger and Ruth Whitling.  Her mother passed away a little over a year after her birth and she was raised by her grandfather, George Henry Whitling.  He passed away in 1951. Mary had worked at Creighton Brothers in Warsaw for 16 years and throughout...

Richard L. Surface of Claypool, Indiana passed away at 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at his residence at the age of 72.  He was born on November 14, 1945 in Warsaw, Indiana to Cornelius Surface and Irene (Brown) Surface.  Richard was a lifetime resident of Kosciusko County, Indiana where he was a 1964 graduate of Mentone High School.  In 1965 he enlisted and proudly served in the U.S. Army serving in Vietnam until 1967.  For a number of years he worked in...

Lynn Richard Newswanger of Kokomo, Indiana and formerly of Warsaw, Indiana passed away unexpectedly on July 27, 2018 in Larado, Texas at the age of 55.  He moved to the area in 1981 when he attended Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana where he studied biblical studies for a number of years.  He loved his family and he especially loved his grandchildren.  Lynn will be dearly missed and forever loved. He was born on August 4, 1962 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to the...

Chane Richard Funnell of Warsaw, Indiana passed away at 10:35 p.m. on Sunday, September 30, 2018 at Millers’ Merry Manor of Warsaw at the age of 76. He was born on February 2, 1942 in Warsaw, Indiana to Howard Kenneth Funnell and Doiles E. (Rookstool) Funnell.  Chane was a lifetime area resident and a 1960 graduate of Warsaw High School.  He was a grain farmer and worked at a number of business in Kosciusko County, Indiana.  Lastly he worked at Dennis Polk Equipment in...

Dennis Eugene Blue of Auburndale, Florida and formerly of Warsaw, Indiana passed away on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at Lakeland Regional Hospital in Lakeland, Florida at the age of 76. He was born on December 16, 1941 in Kendallville, Indiana to Melva L. Blue and Mary Ellen (Ott) Blue.  Dennis was a resident of Kosciusko County, Indiana for 47 years, where he was a 1960 graduate of Warsaw High School.  He worked at Lake City Bank and was the owner of Service Liquors in Warsaw...

Carolyn Kay Thomas, affectionately known as just Kay, of Silver Lake, Indiana passed away at 3:40 a.m. on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at Kosciusko Community Hospital of Warsaw at the age of 77.  She was born on November 9, 1940 in Dexter, Ohio to Doug Chaney and Magie (McClocklin) Chaney.  On April 29, 1980 she was married to Roy Allan Thomas, who survives. Kay was a resident of Kosciusko County, Indiana for the past 55 years where she worked at Kosciusko Community Hospital of...

William “Bill” Anthony Priser of Warsaw, Indiana passed away at 2:42 p.m. on Friday, September 21, 2018 at Kosciusko Community Hospital of Warsaw at the age of 73. He was born on March 23, 1945 in Warsaw, Indiana to Ralph G. Priser and Mary Margaret (Fairbanks) Priser. He was a 1963 graduate of Claypool High School, in Claypool, Indiana.  Bill was inducted into the U.S. Army on November 8, 1967 and served in Vietnam until his honorable discharge on November 7,...