Norma Jean Price
Mar 17, 2016
Norma Jean Price, age 89, a resident of Portland, passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2016 at Persimmon Ridge in Portland.
Jean was born on December 29, 1926, in Madison Township, Jay County, the daughter of Burl Leon and Garnet (Schenk) Hathaway. She graduated from Madison Township High School in 1945. Jean worked for Jay Garment in...
Verl D. Williamson
Mar 12, 2016
Verl D. Williamson, age 87, a rural Portland resident passed away Saturday, March 12, 2016 at the Lutheran Hospital in Ft. Wayne. He was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Portland. He retired as a Funeral Director with the Williamson and Spencer Funeral Home where he worked in the family business for over 60 years. He...
Robert Cummings
Mar 11, 2016
Robert E. Cummings, age 96, a resident of Portland, passed away on Friday, March 11, 2016 at Albany Health and Rehab in Albany, Indiana.
Robert was born on April 2, 1919, in Redkey, Indiana, the son of Ervin and Grace (Berry) Cummings. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during World War II. He worked...
Madonna Pauline Borders
Mar 9, 2016
Madonna Pauline Borders, age 65, a resident of Pike Township, in rural Jay County, passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne.
Madonna was born on October 20, 1950, in Portland, Indiana, the daughter of Kenneth and Madonna (Longnecker) Pensinger. She graduated from Portland High School and later graduated from...
Sandra Mcneely
Mar 7, 2016
Sandra E. McNeely, age 78, a resident of Pennville, passed away on Monday, March 7, 2016 at Visiting Nurse and Hospice in Fort Wayne.
Sandra was born on January 26, 1938, in Redkey, Indiana, the daughter of Wayne and Virginia (Harmon) Turpen. She worked Kitco in Bluffton for several years and Peyton’s Northern in Bluffton for several...
Janet Ann (Poling) Farber
Mar 7, 2016
Janet Ann Farber, age 76, a resident of Portland, passed away on Monday, March 7, 2016
at Jay County Hospital. She was a 1958 graduate of Portland High School. Janet worked at CTS in Berne for 17 years and was a caregiver for many years. She attended The Rock Church in
Portland and was a...
Marjorie Harshman
Mar 5, 2016
Marjorie Harshman, age 87, a resident of Portland, passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Persimmon Ridge in Portland.. Marjorie was a member of the Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945 She was a life member of the Moose Auxiliary and a member of the American Legion in Montpelier, Marjorie worked for Coca Cola in Portland. She...
Barbara Ann Wendel
Feb 28, 2016
Barbara Ann Wendel, age 63, a former resident of Portland, passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2016 at her home in Berne, Indiana. She was a member of the Collett Church of the Nazarene and a life member of the Women of the D.A.V. in Portland, Barbara worked for Jay Garment in Portland.
Barbara was born on...
Beryl "Bud" Denney
Feb 25, 2016
Beryl “Bud” Denney, age 89, a resident of Bryant, passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2016, at his home in Bryant.
Bud was born on October 15, 1926, in Bryant, Indiana, the son of Alfred and Phyllis (Burkett) Denney. Bud was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving during World War II and worked for Sheller Globe...
Martha Caylor
Feb 14, 2016
Martha Caylor, age 50, a resident of rural Ridgeville, passed away on Sunday, February 14, 2016 at her home following an extended illness.
Martha was born on September 23, 1965 in Celina, Ohio, the daughter of Joseph and Grace (Barnard) Merrill. She worked for EP Graphics in Berne for 27 years, Cox Manufacturing and FCC in Portland. ...
Earl Ray Stevens
Feb 13, 2016
Earl Ray Stevens, age 53, a resident of Portland, passed away on Saturday, February 13, 2016 at his father’s home in Portland.
Earl was born on February 9, 1963, in Marion, Indiana, the son of Eldon Stevens, Sr. and Bernice (Jobe) Stevens. He graduated from Jay County High School in 1981 and worked for W&M Manufacturing in...
Norma Spahr
Feb 11, 2016
Norma Spahr, age 89 a former resident of Portland passed away Thursday, February 11, 2016, at Harbour Manor in Noblesville, Indiana. She was a longtime member of the Blaine United Methodist Church and was the church organist. She and her husband farmed in Greene Township, Jay County for many years. In 1971 Norma and her husband started Spahr Sales...
Janice Lee Hudson
Feb 1, 2016
Janice Lee Hudson, age 76, a resident of rural Portland, passed away on Monday, February 1, 2016 at her home in rural Portland.
Janice was born on June 9, 1939, in Jay County, Indiana, the daughter of Dorwin Keith and Genevieve (Whitacre) Myers. She graduated from Portland High School in 1957 and retired from Wal-Mart Pharmacy in...
Ralph Grapner
Jan 28, 2016
Ralph Grapner, age 80, a resident of Portland, passed away on Thursday, January 28, 2016, at his home in Portland.
Ralph was born on March 30, 1935, in Adams County, Indiana, the son of Lloyd and Mary Margaret (Tucker) Grapner. He married Rosie Schmidt on June 19, 1955. Ralph was a veteran...
Ruby G. Litton
Jan 26, 2016
Ruby G. Litton, age 84, a resident of Berne, Indiana, passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at
Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. She was a former rural Bryant resident.
Ruby was born on August 3, 1931, in Oneida, Tennessee, the daughter of Daniel and Minnie (Anderson) Terry. She...
Robert "Rob" Jellison
Jan 22, 2016
Robert “Rob” Jellison, age 41 a resident of Portland passed away Friday, January 22, 2016 at Jay County Hospital. He was a member of the Gospel Lighthouse Church in Portland. He was a 1993 graduate of Jay County High School. He was employed by Jay Randolph Developmental Services Workshop for many years.
Robert Jellison was born January...
Keith E. Morrical
Jan 16, 2016
Keith E. Morrical, age 89 passed away peacefully at his Portland home with his wife at his side on Saturday, January 16, 2016. He was a long time member and past Deacon and Elder Emeritus of the West Walnut St. Church of Christ in Portland. He was a 1944 graduate of Pennville High School. He was a veteran of...
Helen Territo
Jan 12, 2016
Helen M. Territo, age 63, a resident of Redkey, Indiana and a former Jamestown, New York resident passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2016, at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Indiana.
Helen was born on July 15, 1952 in Ulysses, Pennsylvania. She worked in home health care for many years. ...
Betty Beerbower
Jan 5, 2016
Betty Beerbower, age 86, a resident of Portland, passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at her home in Portland.
Betty was born on May 30, 1929, in Missouri, the daughter of Harmon and Opal (Malory) Watkins. She worked for CTS in Berne for many years. Betty married Don Beebower and he...
Elmer A Harden
Dec 31, 2015
Elmer A. Harden, age 83, a resident of rural Bryant, passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2015 at the State of the Heart Hospice Care Center in Greenville, Ohio.
Funeral arrangements are pending at the Williamson and Spencer Funeral Home in Portland.
