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Edward Galloway Jr.

Edward Galloway Jr.

Dec 27, 2010

Edward O. Galloway, Jr., 62, of La Porte, Indiana, passed away Monday December 27, 2010 at La Porte Hospital. He was born October 22, 1948 in LaPorte, Indiana, the son of Edward O. Galloway, Sr. and Shirley J. Schweder Galloway. Edward was a member of St. John Lutheran Church. He was one of the first clients with Michiana Resources. Edward...

Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes

Dec 26, 2010

Howard W. Hughes , 86, of La Porte, Indiana, passed away on Sunday December 26, 2010 at Golden Living Fountainview in LaPorte. He was born December 30, 1923 in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of John Hughes and Mary Pasture Hughes. Howard was an engineer for NIPSCO for twenty-three years, retiring in 1988. He was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church,...

Richard Buss

Richard Buss

Dec 26, 2010

Mr. Richard A. Buss of La Porte, Indiana, passed away on Sunday December 26, 2010 at Golden Living Center-Countryside in LaPorte. He was born June 30, 1935 in LaPorte, Indiana, the son of William J. Buss and Opal Chapman Buss. Richard was as a teacher for LaPorte School System for thirty years, retiring 1992, he also worked at LaPorte Hospital...

Alan Pinkstaff

Alan Pinkstaff

Dec 24, 2010

Alan B. Pinkstaff, 63, of La Porte, Indiana, passed away on Friday December 24, 2010 at his home. He was born January 26, 1947 in Lawrence Co., Illinois, the son of Bruce G. Pinkstaff and Elma Johnson Pinkstaff. Alan was a training instructor for NIPSCO for twenty-seven years, retiring in 2009. He was a member of Grace Baptist Church. Alan...

Nancy Wood

Nancy Wood

Dec 22, 2010

Mrs. Nancy L. Wood, 78, of La Porte, Indiana, died Wednesday December 22, 2010 at La Porte Hospital. She was born June 25, 1932 in La Porte, Indiana, the daughter of Richard E. Salzer and Lois Bunton Salzer. Nancy was a homemaker and lived in the La Porte area all of her life. On September 27, 1952, in La Porte,...

Denise Daniel

Denise Daniel

Dec 20, 2010

Denise M. Daniel , 61, of LaPorte, Indiana, passed away on Monday December 20, 2010 at her home in LaPorte. She was born September 30, 1949 in LaPorte, Indiana, the daughter of Richard A. Griffin and Shirley E. Zellers Griffin. Denise worked in the maintenance dept. for the LaPorte Co. Courthouse, until her retirement in 2001. She attended the Springville...

Doris Haneline

Doris Haneline

Dec 20, 2010

Mrs. Doris E. Haneline, 86, of LaPorte, Indiana, passed away on Monday December 20, 2010 at Brentwood Assisted Living in LaPorte. She was born June 1, 1924 in Bobbins, South Carolina, the daughter of Daniel P. Dubois and Leitha L. Reid Dubois. Doris had moved to LaPorte in 1936, coming from Racine, Wisconsin. Doris was a bail bondsman for twenty-five...

Homer Shaw

Homer Shaw

Dec 15, 2010

Mr. Homer Walter Shaw, 87, of La Porte, Indiana, passed away Wednesday December 15, 2010 at Brentwood Assisted Living in LaPorte. He was born December 15, 1923 in La Porte, Indiana, the son of Homer Shaw and Rose Ahrendt Shaw. Homer worked in shipping at Allis-Chalmers for thirty-nine years, retiring in 1982. He was a member of First Christian Church...

Mckinley Hammons Sr.

Mckinley Hammons Sr.

Dec 12, 2010

Mr. McKinley Ray Hammons Sr., 79, of Elkhart, Indiana, died Sunday December 12, 2010 at his home in Elkhart. He was born December 22, 1930 in White River, Tennessee, the son of Harry Hammons and Cassie Sexton Hammons. McKinley worked in management for Budd Company. He was a member of Trinity Methodist Church of Elkhart, IN., Masonic Lodge F. &...

Jesus Ruiz Sr.

Jesus Ruiz Sr.

Dec 11, 2010

Mr. Jesus O. Ruiz Sr., 90, of La Porte, Indiana, died Saturday December 11, 2010 at La Porte Hospital. He was born October 15, 1920 in Santa Rosa, Texas, the son of Romulo Ruiz and Dolores Obregon Ruiz. Jesus grew up and went to school in Santa Rosa, TX and moved to the La Porte area over 65 years ago....

Willis Thornton

Willis Thornton

Dec 9, 2010

Mr. Willis Thornton, 59, of South Bend, Indiana, passed away on Thursday December 9, 2010 at his home. He was born June 17, 1951 in Lehi, Arkansas, the son of Willis Thornton and Jesse Harris Thornton. Willis was a carpenter. He is survived by his companion - Brenda of South Bend, IN; seven sisters - Dorothy Robert Nelson of Little...

Walter Becker

Walter Becker

Dec 8, 2010

Walter Becker, 88, of LaPorte, Indiana, died Wednesday December 8, 2010 at Golden Living Center Fountainview in LaPorte. He was born December 3, 1922 in Cismar, Germany, the son of Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Becker and Margarette Scheef Becker. Walter had lived in the LaPorte area, since 1936 coming from Chicago, Illinois. Walter was owner/operator for Becker Excavating. He was a...

Mary Peterson

Mary Peterson

Dec 7, 2010

Mary J. "Jean" Peterson, 91, of LaPorte, Indiana, passed away on Tuesday December 7, 2010 at Golden Living Center-Countryside in LaPorte. She was born January 8, 1919 in La Porte, Indiana, the daughter of Glen O. Ott and Vita C. Rittenhouse Ott. Mary had lived in the LaPorte area, all of her life. Mary had worked for American Home Foods...

Shirley Maxey

Shirley Maxey

Dec 7, 2010

Shirley Shippee Maxey, age 81, died in La Porte Indiana on Tuesday December 7, 2010, after recently moving back home from Waynesville, North Carolina. Shirley was born to Bert Shippee and Helen Tappan Shippee on November 10, 1929, in La Porte County. She graduated in 1948 from Springfield High School, and pursued training for missionary work that took place at...

Delbert Stevens

Delbert Stevens

Dec 6, 2010

Delbert D. Stevens, 86, of LaPorte, Indiana, passed away on Monday December 6, 2010 at Golden Living Center Fountainview in LaPorte, IN. He was born October 8, 1924 in La Porte, Indiana, the son of Leroy D. Stevens and Estella L. Dunham Stevens. Delbert was a life-long resident of LaPorte. Delbert had been a member of the First Christian Church...

Craig Mcdonald

Craig Mcdonald

Dec 5, 2010

Mr. Craig A. McDonald, 61, of La Porte, Indiana, passed away on Sunday December 5, 2010 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. He was born August 29, 1949 in Winamac, Indiana, the son of Guy McDonald and Patricia Reed McDonald-Weaver. Craig was the owner of Craig McDonald Insurance. He was a member of Moose Lodge of LaPorte and the Life...

Clifford Bealor

Clifford Bealor

Dec 1, 2010

Mr. Clifford D. Bealor, 84, of La Porte, Indiana, passed away on Wednesday December 1, 2010 at La Porte Hospital. He was born May 28, 1926 in Walkerton, Indiana, the son of Joseph Raymond Bealor and Ruth Peer Bealor. Clifford worked as a customer service representative for Indiana Michigan Electric Co. for forty-two years, retiring in 1978. He was a...

Dorothy King

Dorothy King

Nov 26, 2010

Mrs. Dorothy A. King, 80, of La Porte, Indiana, died Friday November 26, 2010 at the La Porte Hospital. She was born July 23, 1930 in Vincennes, Indiana, the daughter of Robert Ellis and Helen Finch Ellis. Dorothy was a homemaker. She was a member and attended the La Porte Church of the Nazarene and the Koonze Lake Ministry Church....

Sylvester Salisbury

Sylvester Salisbury

Nov 23, 2010

Mr. Sylvester L. Salisbury, 81, of Elkhart, Indiana, passed away Tuesday November 23, 2010 at Woodland Manor in Elkhart, IN. He was born May 3, 1929 in, Michigan, the son of Lyle Smith and Ethel Smith. Sylvester worked in landscaping and did custodial work. On November 15, 1949, in LaPorte, IN, he married Louella May Tarnow Salisbury who preceded him...

Mildred Clifton

Mildred Clifton

Nov 23, 2010

Mrs. Mildred G. Clifton, 72, of New Carlisle, Indiana, passed away on Tuesday November 23, 2010 at Hamilton Communities, Inc. in New Carlisle, IN. She was born March 21, 1938 in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of William Pagen and Lydia Marshall Pagen. Mildred had worked for the Autolite Corp., American Home Foods and Kenco Plastics. She was a member of...

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