Marjorie P. Jones (Nee Stewart)
Nov 12, 2013
MARJORIE P. JONES (Nee Stewart), age 75, of Hobart, passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at Golden Living Center in Portage. She was born on May 27, 1938 in Hamilton, Ohio to the late John and Edna (nee Mikels) Stewart. Marjorie worked at Bethlehem Steel, Burns Harbor Plant as a fork lift operator and retired in 1999. She was a...
Johnny B. Adams, Jr.
Nov 12, 2013
Johnny Buchanan Adams, Jr., age 70, of Portage, formerly of Hobart, passed away on November 12, 2013 at St. Mary Medical Center. Johnny was born on November 7, 1943 to Johnny and Beulah (nee Hall) Adams in Versailles, Kentucky. Johnny was a truck driver for 42 years. He was an avid fisherman and loved NASCAR. Johnny is survived by his...
Ernie Lee Yarrington
Nov 11, 2013
Ernie Lee Yarrington, (nee Robinson) age 81, of Lake Station passed away Monday, November 11, 2013. She was born March 21, 1932 in Great State, Mississippi to the late Alma and Keener Robinson. She worked for the FBI for 11 years before she married her husband, Robert Paul Yarrington. Ernie was a member of the 29th Avenue Baptist Church in...
Raymond Green
Nov 10, 2013
Raymond Green, age 76, of Valparaiso previously of Hobart, passed away Sunday, November 10, 2013 at the Porter Regional in Valparaiso. He was born February 1, 1937 in Dyersburg, Tennessee to the late Cecil and Bertha (nee Merrick) Green. Raymond married Marlene Jo Wojtysiak on September 24, 1952 in Mississippi. Raymond worked 20 years for Ford Motors in Chicago Heights...
Ethel M. Groves
Nov 10, 2013
Ethel M. Groves (Nee Vaughn) Lake Station, Indiana Age 78, passed away Sunday, November 10, 2013 at Golden Living Center in Portage. Ethel was born January 2, 1935 in Harrisburg, Ill to the late Claude and Vera Vaughn. On June 5, 1954 Ethel married the love of her life Kenneth L. Groves in Harrisburg, Ill. She will be remembered as...
Wenseslao Camacho
Nov 9, 2013
Wenseslao Camacho, age 86, of Lake Station passed away Saturday November 9, 2013 at St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart. Wenseslao was born September 26, 1927 in Michoacan, Mexico to the late Mateo and Matilde (Corona) Camacho. Wenseslao moved to Lake Station twelve years ago. He is survived by his wife Maria Luisa (Torres) Camacho of Lake Station; four sons,...
Tamara "Tammy" Dawn Reed
Nov 6, 2013
Tamara Dawn Reed "Tammy", age 54, of Lake Station passed away Wednesday November 6, 2013 at the St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart. Tammy was born September 24, 1959 in Gary, Indiana to Jack Reed and Nona (Cunningham) Johnson. Tammy was an aid at Polk Elementary School. She loved to read and work crossword puzzles. Tammy was a lifelong member...
Rickie Ray Collins
Nov 6, 2013
RICKIE "RICK" RAY COLLINS, age 63, of Valparaiso, formerly of Hobart, passed away Thursday, November 7, 2013 while surrounded by his loving family. He was born on July 19, 1950 in Gary, IN to Edward and Myrtle "Katherine" Collins. He was a 1968 graduate of Hobart High School and then entered the U.S. Navy. Rick retired as millwright and had...
Jeanine S. Dommer
Nov 5, 2013
JEANINE S. DOMMER, age 82, of Hobart, passed away Tuesday, November 5, 2013. Jeanine was born on February 6, 1931 in Chicago to Joseph and Viola Comer. She was a lifelong area resident and a 1949 graduate of Portage High School. Jeanine worked for many years as a hardware clerk at Ace Hardware in Merrillville. She was an active member...
Eddy C. Koehler
Nov 4, 2013
Eddy C. Koehler, age 65, of Valparaiso passed away in his home on November 4, 2013. Eddy was born February 22, 1948 in Gary, Indiana to the late Elmer and Shirley (Adams) Koehler. He was a former truck driver working for several area trucking companies and worked in security the last five years. Eddy was a Member of American Legion...
Andrew Lewis Fugate
Nov 4, 2013
ANDREW L. FUGATE, age 27, of Hobart, passed away November 4, 2013. He was born on February 5, 1986 in Valparaiso to Stephen and Janet (nee Cash) Fugate. He was a lifelong area resident and a graduate of home school. He was an employee of Piatak Meats and attended Bethel Ministries in Crown Point. Andrew was an easygoing guy and...
Charles A. Whelan
Nov 3, 2013
CHARLES A. WHELAN, age 86, of Hobart, passed away Sunday, November 3, 2013. He was born on December 14, 1926 in Ekron, KY. Charles was a longtime resident of Hobart and a member of Deep River Church of Christ. He retired from US Steel as an assistant roller in 1984. Charles enjoyed fishing, woodworking and Tuesday night dartball games. He...
James N. Toscani
Nov 1, 2013
James N. Toscani Valparaiso, Indiana Age 74, a lifetime Northwest, Indiana resident, passed away Friday, November 1, 2013 at VNA Hospice in Valparaiso. James was a retired supervisor for US Steel and a retiree of the Indiana Toll road. On August 29, 1964 James married the love of his life, Jean Courtney in East Gary, Indiana. James proudly served his...
Carolyn S. Anderson
Oct 31, 2013
Carolyn S. Anderson, age 69 of Portage passed away Thursday, October 31, 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was born on July 24, 1944 in Adolphus, Kentucky to the late Carline and Vera Calvert. She retired from Porter Memorial Hospital where she had worked as a cashier. She loved being a mother and grandmother. She also enjoyed watching movies at home...
Mildred H. Spearman
Oct 28, 2013
Mildred H. Spearman, age 93, of Portage and formerly of Aetna passed away Monday 10/28/13 at Miller's Merry Manor in Portage. She was born September 22, 1920 in Grand Forks, ND to the late Ole and Thora (Moen) Hegland. Mildred was a homemaker, loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a graduate of Trinity Hospital School of Nursing and was...
Christine Whittaker
Oct 24, 2013
CHRISTINE A. WHITTAKER, age 87, of Hobart, and formerly a longtime Portage resident, passed away Thursday, October 24, 2013. She was born on December 3, 1925 in Gary. She was preceded in death by her husband, Julian; her parents, Stephen and and Helen Homiak ; and her brother, David Homiak. Christine had previously worked for the Portage School Systems and...
Mary Ann Knight
Oct 23, 2013
Mary Ann Knight Hobart, Indiana Age 68, passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at Porter Regional in Valparaiso. Mary had been a lifelong Northwest Indiana resident and longtime member of Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hobart. She was a 1963 Hammond High School graduate. On May 4, 1968, Mary married the love of her life Arthur O. Knight in Hammond,...
Barbara Mae Mcgehee
Oct 23, 2013
Barbara Mae McGehee (nee, Hull), age 65 of Valparaiso passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2013. She was born on November 30, 1947 to Robert and Ruby Hull. She was a long time Valparaiso resident coming from Kentucky. Barbara was a homemaker and enjoyed volunteering at the Church of Jesus Christ Food Pantry in South Haven where she was a dedicated...
Dorothy Puchowski
Oct 22, 2013
Dorothy Margaret (Miller) Puchowski, 90, a life-long resident of Northwest Indiana, passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at Porter Regional Hospital. Dorothy is survived by her five children: Carol Puchowski of Valparaiso, Janet Richmond of Portage, George Michael Puchowski , Gerald Puchowski and Dan Puchowski, all of Hobart; four grandchildren, Michelle (Moises) Vallejo of Sahuarita, AZ, Jennifer Richmond of DeMotte,...
Barbara Mabe
Oct 22, 2013
Barbara Mabe (nee Wiggins), age 74 of Portage passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2013. She was born on July 24, 1939 in Cedar Grove Kentucky to the late Thelbert and Ida Lorraine Wiggins. She was a longtime Portage resident and attended Real Life Community Church. She was retired from the accounting department at Kmart in Miller. She was also a...
