Obituaries
Bremen, IN. Obituaries
Local Obituaries for families in Bremen and Marshall County, IN.
R. Phil Deavel
Sep 3, 2013
R. Phil Deavel, 81, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania passed away September 3, 2013. He was born January 29, 1932, son of Harold R. and Mary Ellen (Harbaugh) Deavel. He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant sister, elder sister Deane. E. Marshall, first wife Frances Tait Deavel, daughters Susan and Nancy, and by his second wife Karen Sowers...
Janeen (Chapman) Slos
Sep 1, 2013
Janeen (Chapman) Slos, 61, of Bremen passed away September 1, 2013, at her residence. She was born February 28, 1952 in Fort Wayne to James F. and Phyllis (Henson) Chapman. She married David Slos on April 24, 1970; he survives. Janeen was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister. She was baptized into and attended the Lutheran Church. She...
Phil H. England
Aug 25, 2013
Phil Howard England, 62, of Bremen passed away August 25, 2013 at home. He was born November 3, 1950 to Howard England and June Bole in South Bend. In 1969 Phil graduated from Bremen High School and in 1974, he married Laura Staton. Phil worked as a network administrator for Bremen Schools. He enjoyed reading and working with computers....
Donald Lynch
Aug 24, 2013
Donald Lynch, 72, of Bremen passed away Saturday, August 24, 2013 at Community Hospital of Bremen. Don was born to Bill and Viola (Vollmer) Lynch in Bremen on September 14, 1940. Don graduated from Bremen High School with the class of 1958. He went on to honorably serve his country in the Navy Seabees. On January 2, 1960, he...
Stanley J. Harper
Aug 24, 2013
Stanley J. Harper, 87, of Syracuse passed away August 24, 2013 at Visiting Nurses Hospice Home in Fort Wayne. He was born May 20, 1926 in New Haven to Emmet E. and Fannie G. (Greenawalt) Harper. Stan married Cindy Bucher on May 16, 1976; she survives. Stan served in the US Navy during WWII. He attended Worsham College of...
Jerry L. Berg
Aug 15, 2013
Jerry L. Berg passed away Thursday, August 15, 2013 at St Joseph Regional Medical Center at the age of 66. Jerry was born, grew up, and lived his life in Bremen, Indiana. He served in the US Army from 1968 -1970, much of that time as an artillery sergeant in the Republic of Korea. Since separating from the service,...
Charles "Doug" Stanifer
Aug 15, 2013
Charles “Doug” Stanifer, 68, of Bremen passed away on Thursday, August 15, 2013 at home. He was born on October 21, 1944 to Jack and Bertha (Cochran) Stanifer in Bremen. Doug honorably served his country in the US Army during Vietnam and later his community as a police officer for the town of Bremen. He was a member of...
Kathryn Koontz
Aug 15, 2013
Kathryn Koontz, 92, of Bremen passed away on August 15, 2013 at Miller’s Merry Manor in Wakarusa. She was born June 25, 1921 in Bremen to Milo and Roberta (Grose) Kuntz. She married Warren Koontz on June 1, 1942; he passed away in August of 2010. Kathryn graduated with the Bremen High School class of 1940. She was a...
Sallie Haywood
Aug 13, 2013
Sallie Haywood, 71, of Bremen passed away on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at her home. She was born August 30, 1941 in Allen, Kentucky to William “Ervin” and Nancy (Wright) Bentley. She married Charles Haywood; he passed away in 1984. Sallie loved to quilt and spend time with her family. Sallie is survived by her son, Jim (Nancy) Haywood...
Richard L. Coy Jr.
Aug 12, 2013
Richard L. “Rick” Coy Jr., 44, of Milford passed away on August 12, 2013. He was born on September 12, 1968 in Goshen to Richard Sr. and Nancy (Plank) Coy. He married Lori Golden on January 8, 1993; she survives. Rick was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather. He loved his family and enjoyed spending time with them. He...
Karen Mae Hill
Aug 3, 2013
Karen Mae Hill, 65, formerly of Bremen, passed away on Saturday, August 3, 2013 at the Sanctuary at St. Paul’s in South Bend, IN. She was born on October 18, 1947 in Bremen, IN to Carl and Lucille (Shumaker) Reed. Karen is survived by her children, Tami Rene Hill of Eugene, OR, Michael Anthony Hill of Montoursville, PA, and...
Frank Nemeth
Aug 3, 2013
Frank Nemeth, 85 of Bremen passed away Saturday, August 3, 2013 at the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care in Elkhart. He was born in South Bend to John and Rose (Varga) Nemeth on July 9, 1928. Frank married Doris Elaine (Badman) on June 25, 1955. Frank was a Veteran of the United States Marines Corps and served two...
Virginia Wamsley
Jul 31, 2013
Virginia A. Wamsley, 65, of Bremen passed away Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at the Center for Hospice in South Bend. She was born in Churchill, Tennessee on July 13, 1948 to John Claude and Anna Mae (Spears) Vaughn. Virginia enjoyed spending time with family and loved her late Cocker Spaniel, Mandy. Virginia is survived by her children, Tina (Craig)...
Charles E. Gigous
Jul 31, 2013
Charles Gigous, 40, of Leesburg went on to lands of God’s eternal Summer Wednesday, July 31, 2013. He was a loyal and loving son born to Alan and Linda (Lemler) Gigious on April 26, 1973. He married his one and only true love, Sherry Lynn Foster Gigous on December 17, 1994. Together they were blessed by the births of...
Jeanne Anderson
Jul 30, 2013
Jeanne Marie Anderson, 68, of Bremen passed away on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at home. She was born September 27, 1944 to Melvin and Lucille Savage in Hawthorne, California. In August of 1960, she married LeRoy Anderson. Jeanne worked for many years as a CNA with Visiting Nurse Association. She was a member of the Bremen United Methodist Church....
John Leslie
Jul 29, 2013
John Leslie, 88, of Bremen passed away Monday, July 29, 2013 at Bremen Healthcare Center. He was born April 9, 1925 in Farmington, Ohio. John married his wife Freda in 1972. After graduating from high school, John honorably served his country in the US Army during WWII. He worked for many years as a truck driver and was a...
Allen H. Leismer
Jul 28, 2013
Allen H. Leismer, 88, of Milford passed away on Sunday, July 28, 2013 at Bremen Health Care Center. Allen was born to Ralph and Doris Leismer in Flint, Michigan on December 15, 1924. On April 7, 1947 he married Norma Brown. After graduating with the class of 1943 from Petoskey High School in Petoskey, Michigan, Allen honorably served his...
Rose Lucille "Lou" Lovell
Jul 26, 2013
Rose Lucille “Lou” Lovell, 77, of Milford, passed away on July 26, 2013 at Kosciusko County Hospital, Warsaw, Indiana. She was born on March 6, 1936 in Lawrence, Massachusetts to Joseph and Roseanna (Guilmette) Theberge . She married Norman S. Lovell on September 9, 1956; he passed away on August 16, 2009. Lucille moved to Milford in 1963. She...
Margie Chupp
Jul 26, 2013
Margie E. Chupp, 88, of Milford passed away on July 26, 2013 at Miller’s Merry Manor. She was born on March 15, 1925 in Judsonia, Arkansas to Frank and Ellen (Stevens) Nichols. She married Carl Chupp on August 28, 1943; he survives. Margie moved to Indiana in 1948 after living in Arkansas. She was a homemaker. She was a...
Freda Faye Wright
Jul 26, 2013
Freda Faye Wright, 71, of Bremen passed away on Friday, July 26, 2013 at her son’s home. She was born on July 25, 1942 to Dillard and Fannie (Lambert) Wilder in Pennington Gap, Virginia. She married Billy Wright on April 2, 1961. He preceded her in death. Freda was a supervisor for 14 years at Brooklyn Products. She was...
