Archive - Obituary
March 18th, 2013
James E. Staub, 69, of Decatur, died Sunday.
Arrangements are pending at Haggard-Sefton & Hirschy.
March 14th
(Please note that an incorrect day for the funeral and Masonic service was listed here earlier and is in today's print edition. The following notice is correct.)
Daniel J. Mills
Daniel J. Mills, 80, of Decatur, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne.
Dan was born on July 4, 1932, in Adams County to the late Robert L. and Harriet (Myers) Mills.
On August 1, 1967, he married Phyllis E. (Liby) Minch; she survives in Decatur.
March 13th
Maria S. Alanis, 85, of Decatur, died Monday, March 11, 2013, at Adams Memorial Hospital.
Maria was born on May 17, 1927, in San Juan, Texas, to the late Jose and Paula (Hinojosa) Trevino.
On May 17, 1945 she married Salvador Alanis; he preceded her in death on January 29, 1995.
Maria was a member of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church. She was a county office assistant for the U.S.D.A. Farmer’s Home Administration for 15 years and also a homemaker.
Anna Jane Gilliom, 88, Berne, died Saturday, March 9, at Swiss Village.
Among survivors are her husband, Laverne "Bowtie" Gilliom; three daughters, Carol Gilliom of Ronald, Wash.; Betty Mosure of Berne; and Judy (Dan) Rosenberger of Sheridan, Ind.; two sons, Tom (Martha) Gilliom of West Lafayette and Richard (Mary) Gilliom of Goshen.
Visitation is 12:30-2 p.m. Saturday First Mennonite Church Chapel. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m.. Burial will be in MRE Cemetery, Berne.
March 12th
Maria S. Alanis, 85, Decatur, died March 11, 2013.
Arrangements are pending at Haggard-Sefton & Hirschy Funeral Home.
Carolyn Ruth West, 71, of Decatur, passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2013.
She was born to the late Lester Schleh and the late Mildred (Bierly) Schleh.
Carolyn married Whitney Dale West on August 14, 1965; he survives.
She was the pastor's wife and an active member of the First Baptist Church in Decatur. She had worked for 15 years at Sheakley Unicomp in Cincinnati, Ohio.
March 11th
Dwight L. "Whitey" Dailey, 81, Geneva, died Friday at Visiting Nurse Hospice Home in Fort Wayne.
Among survivors are his wife; sons, Randy (Teresa) Dailey of Fort Wayne, Michael(Becky) Dailey of Goshen, Scott (Jill) Dailey of Amelia, Ohio; stepdaughter, Carol Lynne (Nicholas) Arthur of Pendleton; and stepson, William (Brenda) Stolz of Pennville.
Anna Jane Gilliom, 88, Berne, died Saturday March 9.
Arrangements are pending at Yager-Kirchhofer Funeral Home.
Barbara Young Spencer, 70, of Decatur, formerly of Huntington, died Saturday at her residence.
Carolyn Ruth West, 71, of Decatur, died Saturday, March 9.
Arrangements are pending at Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home, Decatur.