Reiko Sockrider
Jul 29, 2018
Reiko Sockrider, age 89 a former Portland resident passed away Sunday, July 29, 2018 at her home in Indianapolis. She retired from CTS in Berne after 29 years. She attended the First Baptist Church in Portland.
Reiko Sockrider was born March 2, 1929 in Yokohama, Japan the daughter of Taeroku and Mitue (Ageoka) Hashimoto. She was married...
Betty Jean Shultz
Jul 23, 2018
Betty Jean Shultz, age 87, passed away Monday, July 23, 2018 at her rural Portland home. She was a homemaker and a member of the Union Chapel Church, the Women’s Auxiliary of Gideons International, and Christian Women’s Fellowship.
Betty was born September 20, 1930 in Fort Wayne, Indiana the daughter of Alton and Alma (Franke) Liddy. She...
Gerald Raymond Dickson
Jul 20, 2018
Gerald Raymond Dickson, 88 was born October 21st, 1929 in Portland to Raymond Avery Dickson and Ola Ethel Dickson (Pyle). He passed away July 20th, 2018 at Swiss village in Berne, Indiana. He married Carolyn Sue Wright June 17th, 1956. In January of 1998, she preceded him in death.
Gerald started school at the age of four...
Darren Martin
Jul 17, 2018
Darren Martin, age 50, a resident of Portland, passed away on Monday, July 16, 2018 at his home in Portland.
Darren was born on November 29. 1967, in Portland, the son of Paul and Lana May (Flintcraft) Martin. He worked at many factories in Portland through Jay Randolph Developmental Services. He was very active in Jay County...
James Ridgway
Jul 12, 2018
James L. Ridgway, age 69, a resident of Portland passed away Thursday July 12, 2018 at his home in Portland.
James was born August 17, 1948 in Portland, the son of William and Mary Jane (Bullens) Ridgway. James was a veteran in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He also served in the National...
Ralph Lindy James
Jul 5, 2018
Ralph Lindy James, age 89, a resident of Pennville passed away Thursday July 5, 2018 at his home in Pennville.
Ralph was born January 13, 1929 in Jay County the son of Clarence and Nellie (Hutson) James. He worked at Haynes Mill in Portland, Sheffer-Weinland in Portland for over 20 years and he then retired from Jay...
Tom Warren
Jun 24, 2018
Tom Warren, age 75 a rural Portland resident passed away Sunday, June 24, 2018 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. He was a 1960 graduate of Madison Twp. High School. He retired from farming in Pike Twp.
Tom Warren was born July 22, 1942 in Muncie, Indiana the son of William and Nedra (Painter) Warren. ...
Leoris Williamson
Jun 24, 2018
Leoris J. Williamson, age 87, a resident of Portland, passed away Sunday, June 24, 2018 at Persimmon Ridge in Portland.
Leoris was born November 8, 1930 in Portland the son of Darwin J. and Alta (Orr) Williamson. He graduated from Portland High School in 1950 and from Indiana College of Mortuary Science in 1953. Leoris was a...
Vera Lynn Archer
Jun 17, 2018
Vera Lynn Archer, age 68, a resident of Redkey, passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2018 at her home in Redkey.
Vera was born on January 4, 1950, in Dayton, Ohio and raised in Eaton, Ohio the daughter of Vernie and Mary Zonia (McGowan) Moore. She worked for Covington Commons, Chalet Village and Persimmon Ridge in Portland....
Helen Louise Miller
Jun 11, 2018
Helen Louise Flauding Miller, 93, went home to the arms of Jesus Monday June 11, 2018 at her home in Southgate, Michigan. Reunited with her husband of 56 years, C. Glen Miller (d. 2007), Helen leaves behind three daughters, Sharon L. Forbes (Steve), Indianapolis; Sandra A. Radvanyi (Mark), Amherstburg, Ontario; and Robin E. Long (Virgil), Accident, Maryland; three granddaughters;...
Roland "Ron" Deffenbaugh
Jun 9, 2018
Hartford City – Deffenbaugh, Roland L. “Ron”
Roland L. Deffenbaugh, known to family and friends as "Ron," passed away on Saturday, June 9th 2018, at the age of 83 years.
A native of Portland, Indiana, Ron was a 1952 graduate of Portland High School and attended Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. He retired from Fisher...
Roger Alan Luedeke, Jr.
Jun 4, 2018
Roger Alan Luedeke, Jr., age 31, a resident of Dunkirk, passed away on Monday, June 04, 2018, at Indiana University Hospital in Indianapolis.
Roger was born on September 4, 1986, in Jay County, Indiana, the son of Roger Alan Luedeke, Sr. and Melissa (Copeland) Franks.
Survivors include:
His Father: Roger Alan Luedeke, Sr....
Richard Charles Brickley
Jun 3, 2018
Richard Charles Brickley, age 33 a resident of Pennville, passed away on Sunday, June 3, 2018 at his home in Pennville.
Richard was born on November 20, 1985 in Decatur, Indiana, the son of Michael and Renee (Cook) Collier.
Survivors include:
His mother: Renee Collier – Hartford City, Indiana
2 sisters: ...
Linda Brown
Jun 3, 2018
Linda Brown, age 61, a resident of rural Pennville, passed away on Sunday, June 3, 2018, at University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan following an extended illness.
Linda was born on July 9, 1956, in Bluffton, Indiana, the daughter of Alvin “Short” and Edith (Gilley) Watkins. Linda graduated from Pennville High School in 1975 and...
James D Archer
May 26, 2018
James D. Archer, age 70 a resident of Portland passed away Saturday, May 26, 2018 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. He was a retired truck driver, and a U.S. Army veteran. He was a member of the Portland American Legion Post # 211.
James Archer was born January 11, 1948 in LaFollette, Tennessee the...
Betty Farris
May 22, 2018
Betty Farris, age 70, a resident of Portland, passed away on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at her home in Portland.
Betty was born on June 21, 1947 in Bedford, Indiana the daughter of Clarence and Mary (Owens) Colglaizer. She worked for Standard Brush and Broom in Portland for several years and was a member of the Evangelical...
Dwanna Rowles-Axe
May 21, 2018
On Monday, May 21, 2018 Dwanna Diann (Moneysmith) Rowles-Axe passed away at her home in Portland at the age of 66 years.
She was born on April 30, 1952 to Laura (Imel) and Adrain Moneysmith. Dwanna was a loving wife, mother, sister, and grandma. She will forever be remembered by her husband Robert W. Axe whom she...
Kenneth Atkinson
May 19, 2018
Kenneth Atkinson, age 49, a resident of Dunkirk, passed away on Saturday, May 19, 2018, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne following an extended illness.
Kenneth was born on March 4, 1969, in Portland, Indiana the son of Phillip Roger and Margie (Blankinship) Atkinson. He worked for Peyton Northern in Bluffton for several years.
Survivors...
Linda Guntle
May 17, 2018
Linda Guntle, age 49, a resident of Portland passed away Thursday May 17, 2018 at Lutheran Hospital in Ft. Wayne.
Linda was born March 14, 1969 in Bellflower, California the daughter of David Baynes and Linda (Ball) Horine. She married Todd Guntle on June 8, 2013.
Survivors Include:
Husband: Todd Guntle – Portland,...
Jacob Gentry
May 17, 2018
Jacob Gentry, age 65 a resident of Winchester and a former Jay County resident passed away Thursday, May 17, 2018 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. Jacob was a graduate of Madison Twp. High School and was self employed in recycling.
Jacob Gentry was born September 16, 1952 in Portland, Indiana the son of Raymond...
