Margaret "Jo" Pattison

May 30, 2024

Margaret "Jo" (Conley) Pattison, 89, passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Fort Wayne, IN. Born in Winchester, Indiana, Jo was a daughter to the late Doris Gertrude (Funkhouser) Conley and was proudly raised by her grandparents, Hazel and George Funkhouser. Jo was a graduate of Dunkirk High School. She then attended Beauty School and was a waitress...

Norma Sue Robinson

May 20, 2024

Norma "Sue" Warner Robinson, 96, passed away Monday, May 20, 2024. She was surrounded by her daughters and sons-in-law and was welcomed into Heaven as they sang to her. Sue was born in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky and while she lived in Indiana for a long time, in her heart, Kentucky was home too. Sue worked in the insurance field...

Jerry K. Putman

May 18, 2024

Jerry K. Putman, 83, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2024, at home in Decatur, IN. Born in Whitley County, IN, Jerry was a son to the late Charles Oliver and Ilo Mae (Clark) Putman. He was a 1959 graduate of Columbia City High School and served honorably in the United States Marine Corps from 1960 to 1964 during the...

Diana Kay Guerrero

May 15, 2024

Jesus sent his beloved angels for Diana Kay Guerrero, 78, on May 15, 2024. She was born in Noblesville, Indiana. She married Rudy on October 7, 1967, and they were married for 56 years. They met on Rudy's fifteenth birthday when Diana drove by in a convertible, and they dated for four years prior to marriage. Diana was employed...

Nancy Betty Hoehn

May 12, 2024

Nancy (Waters) Hoehn, 90, passed away on Sunday, May 12, 2024, with her daughters at her side. She was raised in Fort Wayne, IN, graduated from North Side High School in 1951 and served honorably in the United States Marine Corps from 1952-1953. She married Paul Hoehn in 1952 and they were proudly married 70 years before his death...

Michael Dale Jackson

May 12, 2024

Michael Dale Jackson, 70, of Fort Wayne, IN was called peacefully to his heavenly home on May 12, 2024. He was born September 11, 1953, in Fort Wayne, IN, son to the late Ronald and Mary Lou Jackson. He is survived by his sisters, Tanya (Jackson) Zent, Jacqueline (Jackson) McLeod and husband, Randall of Fort Wayne, IN, and Patricia...

William Alan Messner

May 12, 2024

William "Bill" Alan Messner, 74, passed away on Sunday, May 12, 2024 in Fort Wayne, IN. Born in Chicago, IL, Bill was a son to the late Thoedore Albert and Martha Elizabeth (Mai) Messner. He was a high school graduate and worked in the manufacturing industry. Bill was a long-time member of Lifeway Wesleyan Church. He enjoyed assembling model...

Lois Joan Baumgartner

May 12, 2024

Lois Joan (Starost) Baumgartner, 91, died Sunday May 12 at home in Fort Wayne, IN. Lois was the daughter of Charles and Agnes Starost who preceded her in death. Lois met Jack Baumgartner while in high school and they married in 1951; Jack preceded Lois in death.

Lois is survived by her five children, Denny (Patty) Baumgartner,...

Sam O'Neal Norwood

May 3, 2024

Sam O'Neal Norwood, formerly known as 'Sammie Joe O'Neal', was born on April 11, 1939 to Mary Alice O'Neal and Sam Tolliver. Their beloved son was delivered in a cotton field on "Mr. Cooper's Plantation" in Itta Bena, Mississippi according to Sam's birth certificate. From a very young age, Sam had a deep faith in Jesus Christ and considered...

Jacqualyn Sue Budrow

May 2, 2024

Jacqualyn Sue Budrow, 70, of Columbia City, passed away suddenly on May 2, 2024 from cardiac artery disease and celebrated her eternal homecoming with Jesus. She was born on January 26, 1954, at Luckey Hospital in Wolf Lake, IN, a daughter of the late Earl and Alma Barnes.

During her working years, she was a retail manager...