Carol Lyn Ewing
ZIONSVILLE — Carol Lyn Ewing, 52, died Wednesday, July 31, 2002 in Walkerton. Ruth was Cemetery in South Bend.

Lorene K. Driscoll
WABASH — Lorene K. Driscoll, 81, born Dec. 5, 1920 in Wabash to Clearence Miller and Faye Holcomb. On Sept. 14, 1940 she married Mark Driscoll. He died Tuesday, June 30, 2002 at 12:34 a.m. in Parkview Hospital fo Fort Wayne. Junia was died March 11, 1971. She was a resident of Fort Wayne most of her life. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Fort Wayne. She was homemaker and loved to crochet. She also loved tomatoes and her dogs. She is survived by her children, Betty and Joseph Maksi and Patty and Fred Gulker, all of Fort Wayne; seven grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; her sisters, Ruth and Harold Worsham of Warsaw, Norma and Ray Hite of Plymouth, Lou Dell Bollinger of Indiana and Phyllis and Devoe Huff of Nappanee. She was preceded in death by a sister, Lois Clabaugh, and her brothers, Paul, Judah, Perry and Welcome. Visitation will be Thursday, Aug. 1, 2002 from 12-2 p.m. in Deaton Funeral Home, 115 S. Main St., Bourbon. Services will follow at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will take place at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bourbon. Deaton Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Verne J. Hutchins
BURR OAK — Verne J. Hutchins, 64, died at 2:50 p.m. Monday in Hospice House, South Bend. Arrangements are pending at Palmer Funeral Home. A complete obituary will be printed in Wednesday’s edition of The Pilot News.

Eileen J. Thomas
October 6, 2002
PLYMOUTH — Eileen J. Thomas, 81, a longtime resident of 700 Lincoln St. Plymouth, born in Plymouth, on April 5, 1921, the daughter of Russell D. and Ollie F. Webster Shearer. She was a 1939 graduate of West High School. On January 24, 1942, in Plymouth, Eileen married Lester L. Thomas who survives. She was a devoted mother and homemaker. She enjoyed cooking and gardening. She and Lester were avid Plymouth sports fan. Eileen was a member of the Plymouth Church of the Brethren. She is also survived by daughters; Cheryl S. (Michael) Mertes of Plymouth and Patricia A. (Mark) Schutts of Mishawaka; a son; Matthew S. (Stacy) Thomas of Terre Haute,; six granddaughters, three grandsons, three great-granddaughters and four great-grandsons; sisters; Gwen (David) Scheetz of Plymouth and Jeanette Doran of Parma Heights, Ohio; a brother; Dewey (Phyllis) Shearer of North Webster; and several nieces and nephews also survive. Eileen was also preceded in death by a son Michael Thomas in August 1969. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 in the Plymouth Church of the Brethren. A gathering of family and friends will be held immediately following services in the Church Fellowship Hall. Interment will take place in New Oakhill Cemetery,. Memorial gifts may be made to the Marshall County Hospice or the Church. Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, Plymouth is in charge of arrangements.

Earl E. Trueblood
October 7, 2002
NAPPANEE — Earl E. Trueblood, 46, of Nappanee born on March 14, 1956 in Anderson to Rollin Trueblood and Margaret Shelly. Earl had lived in Nappanee for 25 years. On Feb. 18, 1977 in Clunette, he married Nancy Herr. Earl was a boat and auto mechanic as well as a Marine Veteran who served in Vietnam. Other survivors include sons, Adam (Mary) Trueblood of Claypool and Timothy Trueblood of Nappanee; daughter, Christina (and Brian) Rains, Plymouth; brothers, Ronnie Trueblood and Steve (and Sheryl) Trueblood, all of Columbia, S.C.; sisters, Diana (and Bud) Yates, Warsaw, and Barbara Trueblood, of Florida.; three grandchildren and two step-grandchildren. Visitation is Wednesday at the Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home 5-8 p.m. Services are Thursday at 10 a.m. in the funeral home. Burial will follow at Hepton Union Cemetery with special military graveside services by the Nappanee American Legion and VFW.

Dorothy L. Exley
October 5, 2002
PLYMOUTH — Dorothy L. Exley, 85, of 318 Ewing St. the past 50 years died, following several years of failing health, at 3:50 a.m. Saturday in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Dorothy was died on Saturday in Ingalls Hospital, Harvey, Ill., after an illness. Daniel was died at 5:15 a.m. on Sunday, in the Catherine Kasper Home, where she had lived since her retirement in February 1995. Sister Berg was died in her home at 10:43 a.m. Saturday. Barbie was died Friday at 8:22 a.m. in Catherine Kasper Life Care Center, Donaldson. Margaret was died in 1976. Margaret worked at the Kingsbury ordnance Plant during the war. She is survived by her son, Donald McAvoy of Walkerton; sisters Mildred (Lee) Reid of Culver; Iris (Eugene) Keck of South Bend; several nephews and nieces. She was also preceded in death by brothers Alfred, Wil-liam, Daniel, Floyd and Everett Couts and sisters Hazel Ogle and Eva Harmes Visitation is Tuesday, 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. services at the Van Gilder Funeral Home. Burial will be at the New Oak Hill Cemetery Memorials may be made to any charity. Memories may be shared: www.vangilderfuneralhome.com.

Christopher Strobel
December 7, 2002
CULVER — Christopher Strobel, 31, 14480 North Road, Fenton, Mich., formerly of Culver, died at 3:32 p.m. Friday in Elkhart General Hospital. Rozella was died at 5:22 p.m. on Tuesday, in St. Joseph Reg...[cut off]

Lillian A. Cunningham
February 10, 2003
ROCHESTER — Lillian A. Cunningham, 95, of 1429 College Avenue, died at 12:20 p.m. on Monday at Hickory Creek at Rochester, where she had been a patient...[cut off]

Robert L. Huffman
December 5, 2002
PLYMOUTH — A lifelong educator and farmer, Robert L. “Bob” Huffman, 86, of Law-0rence Lake and Englewood, Fla., died, following a short illness, at 3:07 p.m...[cut off]