Frances Wineke (Urschel) Wineke
Sep 8, 2015
Frances Mae Wineke, 92, died Tuesday September 8, 2015. She was born July 18, 1923 in Wabash County, IN to the late Peter and Katie Urschel. She was a member of Anthony Wayne First Church of God and Martha''s Society. Surviving are her children, Edward E. Wineke, Deborah (Mike) Graves, 5 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death...
Violet Bellis (Saylor) Bellis
Sep 5, 2015
Violet May (Saylor) Bellis, 77, died, Saturday, September 5, 2015 at Renaissance Village. Born July 11, 1938, in Fort Wayne, she was a daughter to the late, William Joshua "Jot" and May E (Swihart) Saylor. She worked for Dale''s Drive In, in her youth and retired from Kroger Distribution Center after 34 years of service. She loved to crochet and...
Rosemary Burley (Cannon) Burley
Sep 3, 2015
Rosemary Burley, 89, died Thursday September 3, 2015. She was born July 16, 1926 in Toledo, OH to the late Claude and Lillian Cannon. Rosemary worked 30 years on the assembly line for the Triad Utrad Co. Surviving are her children, Robert W. Burley, Judith E. (Madison) Rogers, Nancy L. (Glenn) Haneline, Darlene M. (Jay) Haney, 16 grandchildren, 32, great-grandchildren...
Edna Given (Ribeiro) Given
Sep 2, 2015
Edna H. Given, 86, died Wednesday September 2, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born February 3, 1929 in New Bedford, MA to the late Manuel and Amelia Ribeiro. Edna was a greeter at the Illinois Rd Meijers for 20 years. Edna was a devoted I.U. Basketball fan. Her family requests all friends to wear your...
Dean Alan Ormiston
Aug 29, 2015
Dean Alan Ormiston, 67, of Fort Wayne, died on Saturday, August 29, 2015. Born in Crawfordsville, to the late, Allen and Verona Ormiston. Dean graduated from Concordia High School and then went off to serve his country in the Air Force. He retired from Midwest Tool & Die. Dean enjoyed going to the South Side Farmers Market every Saturday, cooking...
Neil Owen Blauvelt
Aug 27, 2015
Neil Owen Blauvelt, 98, died on Thursday, August 27, 2015 at Covington Manor with his family by his side. Born in Fort Wayne, he was the son of the late, Herbert and Daisy Blauvelt. Neil served his country in the National Guard and retired from Fire Systems. During his retirement he also had worked as a security guard for Fort...
Beverly Purdue (Ankbrant) Purdue
Aug 25, 2015
Beverly Ann Purdue, 86, died Tuesday, August 25, 2015. She was born May 17, 1929 in Ft. Wayne, IN to the late Frank and Zeretha Ankbrant. Bev was a member of the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception and loved bowling and was a PTA member of Washington Elementary and Central School. Surviving is her son Dan Purdue and a sister Raelane...
Richard Lee "Dick" Meese
Aug 17, 2015
Richard L. "Dick" Meese, 67, died Monday August 17, 2015 at his home. He was born October 24, 1947 in Ft. Wayne, IN to the late Richard M. and Adelma E. Meese. Dick was a dispatcher for J&R Trucking and Bunsold Trucking. In his younger years Dick was very athletic, active in Baseball, Softball, coaching various youth teams. Surviving is...
Karen Arbuckle (Hoffman) Arbuckle
Aug 13, 2015
Karen Yvonne Arbuckle, 71, died on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at home. She was born in Rochester, the daughter of the late Clyde and Helen (McCalla) Hoffman. She retired from Fort Wayne News Papers and then in her retirement in the deli at Wal-Mart. She is survived by her children, Chris (Lisa), David (Tammie) Jamie, Cindy Aguilar and Susan Shirley...
Jack G. Lambert
Aug 11, 2015
Jack G. Lambert, 86 died Tuesday, August 11, 2015. He was born July 31, 1929 in Pennington Gap, VA to the late Robert and Grace Lambert. Jack worked at Wayne Candies and Peter Eckrich and after retirement he was a security guard at General Electric. Jack was an Army Korean War Veteran Surviving are his children, Betsy (Rick) McSorley, Sharon...