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Deaths & Funerals • George Gnagy ANGOLA — George “Keith” Gnagy, age 95, passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at Northern Lakes Nursing Center, Angola, Indiana. He formerly was Mr. Gnagy a longtime Fremont resident. Mr. Gnagy was a band teacher all his life, and retired from Fremont High School as music teacher and band director. He graduated from Hamilton High School and the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington, and received his master’s degree in teaching from Northwestern University at Gunnison, Colorado. He was a United States WW II Marine Corps veteran, serving from 1944-1946. Mr. Gnagy was a member of Clear Lake Lutheran Church. He was born on April 26, 1918, in Hamilton to Kenneth and Olive Gnagy. He married Pauline U. Lowery on May 4, 1939, in Bloomington and she preceded him in death May 5, 2010. Surviving are two daughters, Mellodee and Peter Barlow of Portland, Ore., and Sherree Shilt of Kearney, Mo.; two sons, Dan and Shari Gnagy and Jon and Robin Gnagy, all of Angola; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was also preceded in death by his parents; a sister, June Meyer, and a brother, Jerald Gnagy. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at Beams Funeral Home in Fremont. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with Pastor Tim Miller officiating. Burial will be in Clear Lake Lutheran Cemetery at Fremont. With military committal services conducted by members of Fremont American Legion Cassel Post 257. Memorials are to the Fremont High School Music Department. Condolences may be sent online to www.beamsfuner alhome.com.
John Aschliman AUBURN — John W. Aschliman, 74, of Auburn died Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, at his home. Visitation will be from 1-3 p.m. Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1801 N. Main St., Auburn. A private family service will be held with the Rev. Jonathan Nack officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Auburn.
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William Gage ALBION — William F. ‘‘Bill’’ Gage, age 82, of Albion died on Monday, August 19, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Mr. Gage was born in Mr. Gage Ligonier, Indiana, on August 9, 1931, to the late Frank and Alice Anita (Caldwell) Gage. He graduated from Albion Jefferson High School in 1949 and Ball State Teacher’s College in 1955. He enlisted in the United States Air Force and served his country in the Air Force for eight years attaining the rank of captain. He taught sixth grade at Wolf Lake and history at Albion Jefferson High School. He married Sheila Fay Lash on June 12, 1954 in Kendallville. She preceded him in death June 20, 2009. In 1963, along with his brothers, Bill began Gage Brothers Construction and remained actively involved in the business until his retirement from Gage Construction in 1996. Also, along with his family, he established the Pondi Restaurant in Albion in the early 1970s, developed Hickory Hill Apartments and also donated the land to build Gage Field in Albion. Bill was a member of Albion American Legion Post #246, Kendallville Elks, and past president of the Albion Jaycees and St. Marks Lutheran Church in Albion. Bill loved playing golf and watching sports. He was an avid Chicago Cubs fan. Survivors include three daughters, Monte and Jeff Van Gessel of Avilla, Mindy and Vince (deceased) Kipfer of Fort Wayne and Marilee and Gregg Wetzel of Albion; a son, Michael Gage of Fort Worth, Texas; grandchildren, Andrew and Jonathan Van Gessel, Bailey Weisz, Sydney Kipfer and Dugan, Will, and Jessica Wetzel; three brothers, Richard Gage of Kendallville, Fred “Hod” and Grace Gage of Fort Wayne and Tom and Joyce Gage of Albion; and two sisters, Norma “Sis” Bogner of Larwill and Carolyn “Squirt” and Jim Pippenger of Churubusco. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, Robert Gage, James Gage, and Harry “Bud” Gage.
Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, August 25, 2013, at St. Marks Lutheran Church, 210 N. Orange St. in Albion. Officiating the service will be Pastor Phyllis Smoot. Burial with military honors will follow the funeral at Rose Hill Cemetery in Albion. Military honors will be conducted by members of the Albion American Legion Post #246 honor guard team. Visitation will be from 2-4 p.m. prior to the memorial service. Preferred memorials may be made to St. Marks Lutheran Church. Send a condolence to the family or view a video tribute of Bill by Sunday at www.hitefuneralhome.com.
Timothy Troxell WALKERTON — Timothy J. Troxell, 48, of Walkerton, went home to be with the Lord surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at Saint Joseph Regional Mr. Troxell Medical Center in Mishawaka. He was born October 28, 1964, in Sullivan, Ind. Tim was a 1983 graduate of DeKalb High School and attended Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne. He was a self-employed excavator. Tim loved spending time with his nieces and nephews and also enjoyed the great outdoors and fishing. He was a member of The Church of Christ. Survivors include his parents, Cliff and Janis Troxell of Auburn; his fiancee, Caroline Bridge of Walkerton; a sister, Susan Troxell of Auburn; a brother and sister-in-law, Tom and Tammy Troxell of Traverse City, Mich.; a sister and brother-in-law, Rae Ann and Mark Graber of Auburn; his nieces and nephews, Brent Troxell of Fort Wayne, Travis Troxell of Traverse City, Mich., Ty Troxell of Traverse City, Mich., Jennifer (Rich) Graber-Hutto of Charleston, S.C., and Kevin Graber of Auburn. Great niece, Bella Troxell of Angola; and a great-nephew, Parker Troxell of Angola. Visitation will be held Friday from 5-7 p.m. at Pinnington-McComb Funeral & Cremation Services 502 N. Main St., Auburn. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery, Auburn, with the Rev. Marshall Anderson officiating. Memorials are to the American Diabetes Association.
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Myron Hostetler TOPEKA — Myron Eugene Hostetler, 7, son of Melvin and Esther Hostetler of Topeka died Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne from injuries received in an auto-bicycle accident near his home earlier in the day. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today and all day Saturday at the family residence, 6600 S. C.R. 400W, Topeka. Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at the Kenny Fry residence, 6655 S. C.R. 400W, Topeka. Burial will be in Hawpatch Cemetery, Topeka. Miller-Stewart Funeral Home, Middlebury, is handling arrangements.
Thomas Gage ALBION — Thomas M. Gage, 80, of Albion died Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, at his residence Arrangements are pending at Brazzell Funeral Home, Albion Chapel.
Louise Fender HUDSON — Louise P. Fender, 86, died Thursday, August 22, 2013. Services are pending at Johnson Funeral Home, Hudson.
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FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The Army psychiatrist on trial for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood passed on his final chance to address jurors before they started deliberating Thursday, even after prosecutors insisted they hand down a verdict that would allow the death penalty. Maj. Nidal Hasan is acting as his own attorney but declined to plead his case after prosecutors finished their closing argument. When the judge told Hasan he could begin, he said: “The defense chooses not to make a closing statement.” Army psychiatrist is facing numerous counts of premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder for the attack, which killed 13 people and wounded more than 30 others at the Army post in central Texas on Nov. 5, 2009.
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State sued over abortion pill law INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Planned Parenthood filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to block a new Indiana law that tightens abortion pill regulations, arguing it wrongly targets the organization’s clinic in Lafayette. The Lafayette clinic is the only site in Indiana that provides the abortion pill but not surgical abortions. Under the law, it is required to meet surgery center standards, such as having separate procedure and recovery rooms and wider doorways and halls by Jan. 1. The lawsuit claims the law violates U.S. constitutional rights of equal protection because it requires the clinic to meet the same standards as surgical abortion clinics but doesn’t apply those rules to offices of doctors who distribute the abortion pill. The Republican-dominated Legislature approved the changes in April and they were signed into law by GOP Gov. Mike Pence. Supporters said the law is aimed at ensuring the abortion pill is given under proper medical care. Betty Cockrum, president of Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, said she believed the law was meant to restrict women’s
access to the abortion pill. Women take the pill at the office, then leave and let the drugs take effect. “The additional restrictions in this new law are in no way related to patient safety,” Cockrum said. “This law is clearly part of a coordinated national effort to end access to safe, legal abortion by trying to shut down Planned Parenthood health care centers.” State Attorney General Greg Zoeller said his office would defend the new law in court. Other provisions of Indiana’s law prohibit the abortion pill from being given to a woman who is more than nine weeks pregnant unless federal regulations approve use after that. It also requires clinics to provide information on the dangers of abortion-causing drugs and offer women the option of viewing an ultrasound or hearing the fetal heartbeat. Planned Parenthood, which is being represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, isn’t challenging those sections, which took effect last month. Indiana Right to Life President Mike Fichter said he thinks the state was within its rights to enact the new clinic restrictions.
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FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Bradley Manning wants to live as a woman named Chelsea and begin hormone treatment as soon as possible, the soldier said a day after being sentenced to 35 years in prison for giving government secrets to WikiLeaks. Manning announced the decision Thursday in a statement provided to NBC’s “Today” show. “As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me. I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible,” the statement read. The statement asked people to use the feminine pronoun when referring to Manning. It was signed Chelsea E. Manning. Manning received the stiffest punishment ever handed out in the U.S. for leaking information to the media. With good behavior and credit for more than three years of time served, Manning could be out in as little as seven years, the soldier’s attorney David Coombs said. Coombs told “Today” he hoped officials at the military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., will accommodate Manning’s request for hormone treatment. If they don’t, Coombs said he would do “everything in my power” to make it happen. The Army said it doesn’t provide the treatment or sex-reassignment surgery. “All inmates are considered soldiers and are treated as such with access to mental health professionals,
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In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Army, Pfc. Bradley Manning poses for a photo wearing a wig and lipstick.
including a psychiatrist, psychologist, social workers and behavioral science noncommissioned officers,” Army spokesman George Wright said. Many transgender people use cross-sex hormone treatments to alter their gender characteristics. Guidelines from the Endocrine Society endorse the therapy along with monitoring for potential health risks of long-term use. For instance, high doses of the female sex hormone estrogen given to someone born male promote breast development. Leavenworth is an all-male prison. Spokesman George Marcec said there had never been a case similar to Manning’s, and the soldier would need to petition for a transfer to a federal prison to receive hormone treatment. As far as where Manning would be held, the prison staff has some leeway to separate them from the general population based on the security risk to themselves and others, Marcec said.
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