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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2013
Deaths & Funerals • Cynthia Miller
Larry Timmis
James Smith
WAWAKA — Cynthia Ann Miller, 71, of rural Wawaka died at her home on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. Mrs. Miller was a homemaker. She had also worked at Essex Wire in Ligonier and Starcraft in Goshen. She attended Five Corners Baptist Church. She was Mrs. Miller born in Tina, Ky., on July 8, 1942, to Charles and Cassie (Napier) Combs. She married Charles J. Miller on March 23, 1963, in Wolcottville and he survives. Also surviving are a son, Charles A. “Tony” and Salina Miller of Wawaka; five daughters, Charlene and David Smith of Fisty, Ky., Eileen and Dean Sturgill of Wolcottville, Brenda and Jeff Burkhead of Wawaka, Lena and Dave Tabb of Warsaw and Tena Walter of Mentone; 14 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Rev. Leburn Combs of Wolcottville and J.W. and Vicky Combs of Stroh; and two sisters, Herma Terry of Emmalena, Ky., and Josephine Shipe of Anniston, Ala. She was also preceded in death by four sisters, Armentha “Pud” Terry, Betty Martin, Paulina Combs and Judy Combs; and three brothers, Larry “Tiny” Combs, John Combs and Richard Combs. Visitation will be today after 3 p.m. at Five Corners Baptist Church north of Wolcottville on S.R. 9, with an evening service there at 6 p.m. Funeral services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Five Corners Baptist Church with the Rev. Clarence Combs and the Rev. Garland “Rusty” Slone officiating. Burial will be at Woodruff Cemetery. Hite Funeral Home in Kendallville is in charge of arrangements. Send a condolence to the family at www.hitefu neralhome.com.
LAGRANGE — Larry L. Timmis, 81, of LaGrange, Ind., died Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Ind. Mr. Timmis was born on June 16, 1932, in LaGrange, Ind., to Harry M. and Hazel (Routsong) Timmis. They preceded him in death. Living his lifetime in LaGrange County, he Mr. Timmis had owned and operated with his father the former Timmis and Son Motor Sales Ford dealership in LaGrange. He worked at Sealed Power Corp. in LaGrange, Ind., in purchasing from 1963 until his retirement in 1988. Mr. Timmis was a United States Navy veteran during the Korean War. He attended Brighton Chapel in rural Howe, Ind. He was a member of LaGrange American Legion Post #215 and was a former member of the Lakeland school board. On February 15, 1956, in Howe, Ind., he married Shirley E. Lantz; she preceded him in death on March 10, 1989. On October 14, 1989, in Elkhart, Ind., he married Nancy (Oswalt) Liechty. She survives in LaGrange. Also surviving are three sons, Scott L. Timmis of LaGrange, Ind., Steven M. Timmis of LaGrange, Ind., and Tim E. (Ingrid) Timmis of League City, Texas; three grandchildren, Heather Timmis of Houston, Texas, Benjamin J. Timmis of Evansville, Ind., and Patrick S. Timmis of Evansville, Ind.; four stepsons, Stephen (Mary Ann) Liechty of LaGrange, Ind., Michael J. Liechty of Sarasota, Fla., J. David Liechty of Chicago, Ill., and Philip A. Liechty of Churubusco, Ind.; and four stepgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother, Robert L. Timmis. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 2, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Frurip-May Funeral Home, 309 W. Michigan St., LaGrange, Ind., with Pastor Rustin Krapfl officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery in LaGrange, Ind. The LaGrange American Legion Post #215 will conduct a graveside service. Visitation will be today, Friday, November 1, 2013, from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Brighton Chapel. Condolences may be left for the family at www.fruripmayfuneralhome.com.
SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. — James E. Smith, 75, of Sunrise Beach and formerly of Angola, Ind., passed away Monday, October 28, 2013, at his home. Mr. Smith served in the Air Force as a KC 97 crew member out of Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, and retired in 2003 from TFE Inc., in Columbia City, Ind. Mr. Smith He was born May 10, 1938, in LaGrange County, Ind., to Buryl and Irene Parker Smith. He was married 55 years to Barbara Stevens Smith who survives at their home. Also surviving are three sons, Jeffrey A. and Suzy Smith of Waterloo, Ind., Scott B. and Pam K. Smith of Middlebury, Ind., and Barry L. and Kim L.Smith, Avon, Ohio; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a brother, Jack E. Smith of Ashley, Ind. Memorial services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Fairfield Community Center, 1131 C.R. 12, Corunna. Memorials are to the American Heart Association or your local humane society. The Allen Holman Funeral Home in Camdenton was in charge of arrangements.
James Kilgore LAGRANGE — James F. Kilgore, 72, of LaGrange died Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, in IU Health Goshen Hospital at Goshen. Arrangements are pending at Young Family Funeral Home, Wolcottville Chapel.
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KIMMELL — Betty J. Fetters, 90, of Kimmell died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, at her home. Mrs. Fetters was a homemaker. Mrs. Fetters was a member of Ormas Baptist Church, American Legion Post #98 Auxiliary and a charter member of Wolf Lake VFW. Mrs. Fetter Post #4717 Auxiliary. She graduated from Huntington High School. She was born June 22, 1923, in Kokomo to Harry John and Mildred Mae (Heath) Adams. She married Richard L. “Rick” Fetters on Feb. 19, 1950. He died Feb. 22, 2010. Surviving are two sons, Duane (Trudy) Fetters of Kimmell and Dennis (Darlene) Fetters of Goshen; 11 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; two great-great-granddaughters; two brothers, Larry Adams of Fort Wayne and Richard Adams of Huntington; and a sister, Barbara Knox of Fort Wayne. She was also preceded in death by two great-granddaughters; a brother, Nelson; and a sister, Patricia. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Orville Bontrager Columbia City. Burial will LAGRANGE — Orville be in Salem Cemetery, Dean Bontrager, 49, of Wilmot. LaGrange died Thursday, Oct. Visitation will be from 31, 2013, at his residence. 2-6 p.m. Sunday at the Visitation will be all day funeral home. today at the family residence, Memorials are to 6055 W. C.R. 050S, Parkview Home Health & LaGrange. Hospice. Funeral services will be at Condolences may be sent 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Earl www.smithandsonsfuneral Yoder residence, 6100 W. home.com. C.R. 050S, LaGrange. Burial will be in Yoder Cemetery, Margaret Tarlton Shipshewana. GARRETT — Margaret Miller-Stewart Funeral F. Tarlton, 89, of Garrett Home, Middlebury, is in died Thursday, Oct. 31, charge of arrangements. 2013, in Springboro, Ohio. Arrangements are Madaline Fusselman pending at Feller and Clark FORT WAYNE — Funeral Home in Auburn. Madaline Hill Ternet Fusselman, 87, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, at Hamilton House in Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Sheets Obituaries appear online at & Childs Funeral Home in Churubusco. Burial will be in this newspaper’s Web site. Please visit the Web site to Eel River Cemetery. add your memories and Visitation will be from messages of condolence 2-5 p.m. Sunday and one at the end of individual hour prior to the services obituaries. These messages Monday. from friends and family will Memorials are to Alzheibe attached to the obituaries mer’s Foundation, 6324 and accompany them in the Constitution Drive, Fort online archives. Wayne, IN 46804.
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Official: 92 bodies of migrants found in Niger DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Nearly 100 African migrants hoping to escape crushing poverty met a grisly end in the desert, officials said Thursday, dying of thirst under the baking sun after their two trucks broke down in the middle of the Sahara before reaching Algeria. It took weeks for authorities to learn of the tragedy and for recovery teams to reach the distant site, where they found a gruesome scene including the remains of 52 children and 33 women. “It was horrific. We found badly decomposing bodies and others that had been eaten by jackals,” said Almoustapha Alhacen, the head of a nonprofit organization in northern Niger that helped bury the bodies and who was at the site Wednesday. “We found the bodies of small children who were huddled beside their dead mothers.” The victims were spread out across a 12-mile (20-kilometer) radius, suggesting they had set off on foot but failed to head in the direction of the Algerian border just 6 miles (10 kilometers) away, he added. The tragedy is the latest to shed light on the perils of illegal migration. In early October, at least 365 migrants drowned when a boat capsized near the Italian island of Lampedusa, which is closer to North Africa than to the European mainland. The migrants in Niger had begun their journey late last month in two trucks and were being smuggled along a well-established trafficking route to neighboring Algeria, said Col. Garba Makido the governor of Niger’s Agadez province, south of where the bodies were found. From Algeria, many continue on in hopes of crossing from North Africa to southern Europe. While nearly all who take this desert route are economic migrants, it was not immediately clear why so many women and children were among the victims. Officials were alerted to the migrant deaths only when a lone woman managed to
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