Thelma (Spitzer) Bock
Feb 2, 2014
Thelma Spitzer Bock, age 83 passed away Sunday, February 2, 2014 at her home in Portland. She was a member of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Portland. She retired in 1991 from the local Sears store in Portland after 24 years. She also worked at the Jay Co. Abstract Co. for several years. She was a member of...
Dorthea Fields
Feb 1, 2014
Dorthea P. Fields, age 97, a resident of Portland, passed away on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at Swiss Village in Berne.
Dorthea was born on February 17, 1916, in Jay County, the daughter of Christopher and Edith M. (Stroube) Limbert. She worked for Shellers for 10 years and Jim’s IGA. She was a...
Faye L. Myers
Jan 28, 2014
Faye L. Myers, age 91, a former resident of Pike Township, Jay County, passed away on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at her home in Portland.
Faye was born on April 16, 1922, in Jay County, Indiana, the daughter of James and Maggie (King) Trobridge. She worked for Jaqua Shinaberry Insurance in Portland for...
Lowell Watkins
Jan 26, 2014
Lowell W. Watkins, age 79 of Indianapolis and a former resident of Berne and Jay County passed away Sunday evening, January 26, 2014 at Community Hospital North in Indianapolis. He was a former member of the Berne First Church of the Nazarene and current member of the Indianapolis South West Church of the Nazarene. He retired in 2001 from...
Bingo Garringer
Jan 24, 2014
Bingo Dean Garringer, age 52, a resident of Pennville, passed away on Friday, January 24, 2014, at his aunt’s home in rural Bryant.
Bingo was born on February 2, 1961 in Jay County, Indiana, the son of Forrest Wayne and Hazel (Caylor) Pitman. He worked for Standard Brush and Broom in Portland, First...
Max D. White
Jan 23, 2014
Max D. White, age 63 a resident of Redkey passed away Thursday, January 23, 2014 at IU Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. He was a member of the Gospel Lighthouse in Portland. He was an avid CB radio operator with the handle name of “Redkey Slim”.
Max White was born September 8, 1950 in Portland, Indiana the...
Lois E. Bradburn
Jan 22, 2014
Lois E. Bradburn, age 74 a resident of Portland passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at IU Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. She retired from Tyson Foods in Portland.
Lois Bradburn was born January 1, 1940 in Coalgrove, Ohio the daughter of Alfred and Goldie (Roy) Hilgenberg. She was married to Jack Markley who died in 1981. ...
Ronald Iliff
Jan 22, 2014
Ronald Iliff, age 79 a resident of Portland passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at Parkview Regional Hospital in Ft. Wayne. He retired from the Portland Forge in 1997 after 34 years. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Portland and the Portland Masonic Lodge. He and his wife were active in the Limberlost Square...
Janetta Straley
Jan 19, 2014
Janetta Straley, age 78 a resident of Portland passed away Sunday, January 19, 2014 at IU Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. She and her husband owned and operated Straley Garage for many years. She worked at Naas Foods in Portland for 27 years and retired from Red Gold in Geneva. She was a member of the Women of the...
Carl Heidegger
Jan 4, 2014
Carl E. Heidegger, age 75, a resident of Noble Township, Jay County, passed away on Saturday, January 4, 2014 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.
Carl was born on June 10, 1938, in Portland, Indiana, the son of Walter and Ruth (Wiley) Heidegger. He graduated from Portland High School. Carl was...
Gerald O. Johnson
Jan 2, 2014
Gerald O. Johnson, age 69 a resident of Portland passed away, Thursday, January 2, 2014 at his home. He was a member of the Church of the Brethren Church in Portland and also attended Fellowship Baptist Church, Portland. He was a member of the Eagles, Moose and Elks Lodge all in Portland.
Gerald Johnson was born November...
Richard Travis Lothridge
Jan 1, 2014
Richard Travis Lothridge, age 39 a resident of Portland passed away Wednesday , January 1, 2014 at IU Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. He was employed at the Circle K Convenient Store in downtown Portland. He was an avid pool player and traveled with the APA and BCA playing in tournaments.
Richard Travis Lothridge was born June...
Donna G. Stafford
Dec 29, 2013
Donna G. Stafford, age 81, a former Pennville resident passed away Sunday, December 29, 2013 at Albany Health and Rehabilitation Center in Albany, Indiana.
Donna Stafford was born July 6, 1932 in Delaware County, Indiana the daughter of Ervin and Delphia (Metz) Stafford. She attended Pennville United Methodist Church.
Survivors include:
1 Sister-...
Mary Gray
Dec 28, 2013
Mary E. Gray, age 84, a Portland resident passed away Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Swiss Village in Berne. She was a member of the West Walnut St. Church of Christ in Portland. She graduated in 1948 from Portland High School and earned a Bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Kentucky and then received her Master degree...
John Carsten
Dec 28, 2013
John Carsten, age 69, passed away Saturday at his Ft. Wayne home surrounded by his family. He retired from Raytheon Co. in Ft. Wayne. He was a US Navy veteran and a member of the American Legion Post 82. John was a proud steward of the Acres Land Trust.
He was born on September 29, 1944 in...
Mary K. Atha
Dec 26, 2013
Mary K. Atha, age 88 a resident of Portland passed away Thursday, December 26, 2013 in Persimmon
Ridge Rehabilitation Centre. She was a member of the Cornerstone Baptist Church in Portland. She
worked at the Portland Book Bindery, Portland Co-op, and CTS in Berne, Indiana. She was a member of
the Portland American...
Betty Barley
Dec 14, 2013
Betty Barley, age 87, a former Portland resident passed away Saturday, December 14, 2013 in St. Elizabeth Central Hospital in Lafayette, Indiana. She was a member of the Evangelical Methodist Church in Portland. She was also a member of the Greene Twp. Home Economics Club and the Portland Moose Auxiliary.
Betty Barley was born April 8, 1926...
Georgia M. Bright
Dec 12, 2013
Georgia M. Bright, age 81 passed away Thursday, December 12, 2013 at her home in Portland. She was retired from Sheller Globe in Portland and was a cook at the Portland American Legion Post 211. She was a member of the Ladies of the Portland Moose, and the Portland American Legion Auxiliary.
Georgia Bright was born October...
Wanda J. Love
Dec 6, 2013
Wanda J. Love, age 83 a resident of rural Hartford City, Indiana and a former resident of Jay County passed away on Friday, December 6, 2013 at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. She was a member of the Olive Branch Nazarene Church in Blackford County. She retired from Armstrong Cork in Dunkirk, Indiana. She also graduated from Amber Beauty School...
Norreen J. Coats
Dec 6, 2013
Norreen J. Coats, age 55, a resident of Portland, passed away on Friday, December 6, 2013, at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.
Norreen was born on August 2, 1958, in Barstow, California, the daughter of Thomas Lee and Eileen (Severance) Marsh. She was a member of the National Rifle Association. Norreen worked for Burger King,...
