Patricia Brainerd (Schliefer) Brainerd
May 30, 2016
Patricia J. Brainerd, age 86, of Mishawaka passed away Monday, May 30, 2016 at the Sanctuary at St. Paul''s. Patricia was born December 13, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois to the late George and Gladys (Powell) Schleifer. On January 2, 1951, she married Richard L. Brainerd. He preceded her in death on February 8, 2015 after 64 years of marriage. Patricia...
Berdie Tinsley (Murphy) Tinsley
May 27, 2016
ELKHART- Berdie Tinsley 83 passed away at Hospice House Elkhart Friday morning. She was born in Southside Tennessee to Branch and Mattie(Reynolds)Murphy. Berdie has lived in the Mishiana area most of her life. She met James Tinsley and together they would spend the last forty years together. Berdie was a production worker in the mobile home manufacturing industry before becoming...
Richard George "(Murphy Or Pizza)" Piraccini
May 26, 2016
SOUTH BEND- Richard Piraccini better known as (Murphy or Pizza) passed away in his home Thursday unexpectedly. Richard was born to Alsvero and Mildred (White) Piraccini in Mishawaka. Richard was very proud to have served in the U.S. NAVY and had great admiration for all of the armed forces. He was an avid Notre Dame and Chicago Bears football fan....
Darlene K. Hauger
May 23, 2016
Darlene Kay Hauger, 64, of Bristol, died Monday May 23, 2016 at the Elkhart Center for Hospice Care. The South Bend native was born June 9, 1951 to (the late) James D. & Reda (Smith) Juday and graduated from Penn High School with the Class of ''69. On May 18, 1974, Darlene married Mark S. Hauger in Osceola. She retired...
Fred C. Christy
May 22, 2016
Fred C. Christy, 91, of Edwardsburg, passed away Sunday May 22, 2016 at Eastlake Terrace in Elkhart, after suffering from Alzheimer''s disease for several years. Fred was born June 17, 1924 in Apollo, Pennsylvania, the youngest of eleven children born to James Herman & Cora (Schellhammer) Christy. Fred served in the US Army during WWII and on November 1, 1945,...
Ora Guyer (Nelson) Guyer
May 21, 2016
Ora Mae Guyer, age 87, of Mishawaka passed away on May 21, 2016 at her home. She was born November 27, 1928 to George William and Jennie Lee (Woods) Nelson in Wickes, Arkansas. In 1978 she reentered the workplace with employment in several different machine shops. Her final position was with Master Metal Engineering where she machined precision surgical and...
Elaine Shank Brenneman
May 19, 2016
Elaine Shank Brenneman, 93, of Sarasota FL and formerly of Elkhart, died Friday, April 8, 2016 in Sarasota. She was born Sept. 4, 1922, in Chicago. Her family moved to Elkhart in 1929. Elaine retired from Miles Laboratories Inc. in 1982. She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Nellie Hoffman, husband, Abraham Brenneman, and sister Shirley Windmiller....
Freddie Edward Bryant
May 17, 2016
ELKHART-Freddie 82 went to be with our Lord on Thursday May 17, 2016. He made his transition at the Golden Living Center in Elkhart. Freddie was born on July 29, 1933 to Herbert and Mary (Hardin) Bryant in Chicago Ill. He leaves behind his wife of 59 years Wilhelmina (Nance) Bryant. His sons Eric (Joyce) of Chicago, Ray (Sandra) of...
Beverly Kuntz (Smith) Kuntz
May 17, 2016
Beverly M. Kuntz, age 91, of Mishawaka passed away peacefully in her sleep on May 17, 2016 at her home. She was born June 26, 1924 to Chester and Beulah M. (Wordinger) Smith in Mishawaka, Indiana. Beverly worked for Ball Band and for Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home for over 30 years serving as office manager for over...
George J Debow
May 12, 2016
ELKHART- George DeBow 80 passed away at Riverside Village Thursday morning. George was born to John and Madeline (Timmons) DeBow. He married Jacqueline Currie on June 30, 1956 (deceased) and together they would raise four children, He is survived by children Terry(Don) Evans, Alan(Teresa) DeBow, Brenda (Knowel) Broadway and Susan(Michael)Stanton, grandchildren Bianca, Krystal, Kristofer, Kassandra, JamieLynn, Erin, Zachary and Jacob....