William "Bill" J. Bailey
Nov 4, 2022
William “Bill” J. Bailey, age 62, a resident of Union City, Indiana, passed away on Friday, November 4, 2022 at his home in Union City, Indiana. He was a former resident of Portland.
Bill was born on May 10, 1960, in Portland, Indiana, the son of Jerry and Carolyn (Mason) Bailey. He attended Jay County High School...
Joseph Riddell
Nov 3, 2022
Joseph Riddell passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at the age of 91. He was born on Oct 11, 1931 in Franklin Ohio. The son of Park and Audrey (Pittman) Riddell. He was a veteran of the US army, Serving in the 25th infantry 502 Reconnaissance during the Korean Conflict. Joe Retired from DP&L. And was a...
William "Bill" Hicks
Nov 1, 2022
William “Bill” J.A. Hicks, age 51, a resident of Redkey, passed away on Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Portland.
Bill was born on February 16, 1971, in Bluffton, Indiana, the son of William B. and Linda (Lee) Hicks. He attended Jay County High School and worked as a handyman. Bill married...
Bill Fenters
Oct 29, 2022
Bill Fenters, age 93, a resident of Portland, passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2022 at Albany Health and Rehab in Albany, Indiana.
Bill was born on November 4, 1928, in Pennville, Indiana, the son of Robert J. and Helen (Williams) Fenters. He graduated from Pennville High School and was the owner of Fenters Boneless Beef in...
Kamari Markley
Oct 27, 2022
Kamari Markley was stillborn on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. He’s the son of Dacia Curme and Quinton Elliott.
Survivors include:
His mother: Dacia Curme – Fort Wayne, Indiana
His father: Quinton Elliott – Anderson, Indiana
Grandmother: Teresa Morgan (wife Stephanie) – Fort Wayne, Indiana...
Jesse Bentz
Oct 27, 2022
Jesse Bentz, age 79, a resident of Portland, passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at Persimmon Ridge in Portland.
Jesse was born on February 20, 1943, in Portland, the son of Jesse and Mary Jane (Snyder) Bentz. He graduated from Madison Township School in 1961 and served in the U.S. Army. He was member of the...
Annabelle Smith
Oct 27, 2022
Annabelle Smith, age 92, a former resident of Noble Township, Jay County, passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at Swiss Village in Berne.
Annabelle was born on July 19, 1930, in Portland, the daughter of Veo and Ethel (Martin) Flory. She and her husband farmed for many years in Noble Township. She also worked as a...
Reverend Wendell Ora Jellison
Oct 26, 2022
Reverend Wendell Ora Jellison passed from this life to his eternal reward on Wednesday, October 26, 3:37 AM at his home, following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born on June 10, 1946 in Portland, Indiana. He was 76 years old.
He pastored the First United Pentecostal Church in Greenfield, Tennessee for the past 18...
Clarel Strausburg
Oct 24, 2022
Clarel Strausburg, age 77, a resident of rural Portland, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 24, 2022 at his home.
Clarel was born on June 27, 1945, in Portland, Indiana, the son of Frances Strausburg and Ruth (Rittenhouse) Strausburg-Nevil. He graduated from Poling High School in 1963. Clarel served in the U.S. Navy and Indiana Air National...
Terry W. Lemaster
Oct 22, 2022
Terry W. LeMaster, age 77 a rural Portland resident passed away at his son’s home on Saturday, October 22, 2022. Terry was a 1963 graduate of Madison Twp. High School in Jay County. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business from Ball State University. He was employed by the State of Indiana as a land buyer for many years. ...
Darrell A Norris
Oct 19, 2022
Darrell A. Norris, age 81 a former Pennville resident passed away Wednesday October 19, 2022 at his granddaughter’s home in New Haven, Indiana. Darrell was a 1960 graduate of Pennville High School, and a member of the Hickory Grove Church, south of Pennville
He worked for many years at Fenters in Pennville, and retired from Keebler in...
Barbara A Lindsey
Oct 17, 2022
Barbara Ann Lindsey, age 77, a resident of Portland, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2022 at her home in Portland. She was a former resident of Lakeland, Florida.
Barbara was born on February 1, 1945, in LaPorte, Indiana, the daughter of Robert and Iva Lou (Pensinger) Rickner. She graduated from Portland High School in 1963 and...
Peggy Robinette
Oct 17, 2022
Peggy Robinette, age 82, a resident of Portland, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2022 at her home in Portland.
Peggy was born on August 5, 1940, in Muncie, Indiana, the daughter of Donald and Sarah (Sackett) Irwin. She graduated from Muncie Central High School and worked for Indiana Glass in Dunkirk and Village Pantry in Portland. ...
Thomas Du Jardin
Oct 16, 2022
Thomas Du Jardin, age 81, a resident of Portland, passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2022 at his home in Portland.
Tom was born on December 14, 1940, the son of Joseph and Helen (Ruble) Du Jardin. He graduated from Portland High School and served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam. Tom was owner/operator of the Restoration...
Billy Dulin
Oct 13, 2022
Billy Dulin, age 76, a resident of rural Portland, passed away on Thursday, October 13, 2022 at Envive Health in Berne, Indiana.
Billy was born on April 19, 1946, in Morgan, Kentucky, the son of Coy and Mary (Cantrell) Dulin. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and worked as a self-employed mechanic.
Survivors...
Richard "Dick" Ridgway
Oct 12, 2022
Richard “Dick” Ridgway, age 83, a resident of Portland, passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.
Dick was born on August 21, 1939, in Pennville, Indiana, the son of William and Violet (Taylor) Ridgway. Dick graduated from Portland High School in 1957 and worked for Jay Products in Portland...
Tyler Callahan
Oct 5, 2022
Tyler Callahan, age 18, a resident of rural Ridgeville, passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at his home in rural Ridgeville.
Tyler was born on January 15, 2004, the son of James Hicks and Tosha (Robbins) Noggler. He attended Jay County High School and worked for Cartec in Ridgeville. He was active in A Better Life...
Jack Gamester
Oct 4, 2022
Jack D. Gamester, age 98, a resident of Redkey, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at his home in Redkey. Jack was a former longtime resident of Ridgeville.
Jack was born on July 24, 1924, in Ridgeville, Indiana, the son of Orville and Zella (Heston) Gamester. He graduated from Ridgeville High School and was drafted into...
Jason Corwin
Oct 3, 2022
Jason Corwin, age 50, a resident of Pennville, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2022.
Jason was born on December 11, 1971, in Bluffton, Indiana, the son of John and Kathy (Watkins) Corwin. He graduated from Jay County High School in 1990 and worked at Corwin Trenching and Landon Excavating in Portland.
Survivors include:
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Patricia (Vanderbur) Stant
Sep 24, 2022
Patricia Stant, age 68, a resident of Portland, passed away Saturday September 24, 2022 at her home in Portland.
Patricia was born March 16, 1954 in Portland, Indiana the daughter of Galen and Mildred (Ward) Vanderbur. Patricia worked at Indiana Glass in Dunkirk and at the Jay County Retirement Center. Patricia married Paul Stant on May 21,...
