Albion - James E. "Jim" Knafel, 70, of Albion, passed away at his home on Thursday June 20, 2019.  A life-long resident of Albion, he grew up on a farm in Noble County.  Jim was a 1967 graduate of Albion Jefferson High School.  Throughout his life, Jim had many jobs including McClure International Harvester dealership, was a mechanic at Leatherman Brothers Ford and at Black Chevy & Oldsmobile, worked at Dana in Ft Wayne, owned the Sunoco Station in Albion, worked...

Avilla - James E. "Jim" Schmenk, 80, of Avilla, passed away on Wednesday June 19, 2019 at Parkview Regional Medical Center.  He was born on Oct 6, 1938 in Avilla to the late Herman "Resy" and WIlma (Meyer) Schmenk.  He was a 1957 graduate of Avilla High School and later served in the US Army stationed in Germany from 1961 to 1963.  In 1961, he married Margaret Ross.  She preceded him in death in June of 2003.  He later married Dolores Brand in...

Harold Lee Ober age 84 of Albion, IN died Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Harold was born April 11, 1935 in Garrett, IN to Manford J. and Valera B. (Lung) Ober. He married Roberta D. Mynhier on November 26, 1958 in Wolcottville, IN. Harold was a Korean War Army veteran - serving from 1954 - 1956.  He was a farmer and maintenance person for INDOT, retiring in 2000. He was a member of the Sweet Church Community Organization and Pheasants...

Linda (Teders) Delizer, 78, formally of Avilla, IN died May 28, 2019 at Jim Wood Home in Hatch, NM following a lengthy illness. Linda was born July 28, 1940 in Noble County, IN to Louis H. Teders and Bernadette C. Meyer. Linda taught in Catholic Schools, was principal and director of Religious Education in both IN and IL for over 40 Years. She taught in New Mexico for 5 years. In addition, Linda contributed to the research which led up to the writing of the manuscript “THE QUESTION...

Rome City - Helen J. Slone, 73, of Rome City, passed away on Wednesday May 15, 2019 at Orchard Pointe Health Campus in Kendallville.  She was born on June 3, 1945 in Knott County, Kentucky, to the late Lester and Susie Slone.  On October 2, 1963, in Kentucky, she married Chalmer Slone.  Helen worked for over 20 years at Star Craft Marine.  In her free time, she loved fishing with her husband, traveling, and spending time with her church family at Salem United Baptist...

Norman Munson, 84, of Fort Wayne, passed away on Tuesday May 14, 2019 at his home.  He was born on Jan 21, 1935 in Warsaw to the late Charles and Mable Munson.  On March 16, 1957, in Warsaw, he married Betty Wertenberger.  Mr. Munson retired as a driver from Ruan Trucking.  He also drove charter bus.  He was a member of New Life Tabernacle for over 15 years.  Survivors include his wife, Betty Munson, of Ft. Wayne, son, Steve (Susan) Munson of Camby, IN,...

Albion - Adele May (Lynch) Kienzler, 89, of Albion, passed away on Friday May 10, 2019 at North Ridge Village in Albion.  She was born on April 1, 1930 in Kendallville, to the late William and Frieda (Kern) Lynch.  On Oct 10, 1948, she married Rudolph "Rudy" Kienzler.  He preceded her in death on July 3, 2008.  Adele retired from Dana Corp after 21 years of service.  In her free time, she enjoyed being a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Avilla. ...

Brenda K. Firestone, of Albion, passed away on Wednesday May 8, 2019 at her home in Albion.  She was the daughter of the late WIlliam D. and Evelyn L. (Stump) Gaerte.  Brenda had many jobs throughout her life, including working at Tower Advertising in Ligonier.  She retired from Parker Hannifin in Albion.  She enjoyed reading, and had been a member of the Ladies Circle at the United Methodist Church and belonged to the Noble County Democratic Party.  She especially...

Harriet Ellen (Rimmel) Page, 92, died Monday, May 6, 2019, at 1:47 p.m. at Northridge Village Nursing Home in Albion, where she had been a resident for the last 3 years. She was born Dec. 1, 1926, to Roscoe and Mary (Wiley) Rimmel in Noble County. Harriet was first married to Radean Hile, and later married Martin (Junior) Page. He preceded her in death in 2013. She graduated in 1944 from Albion High School. She worked as a secretary throughout the years for several county offices in...

Kendallville - Nick A. Weber, 63, of Kendallville, passed away on Tuesday April 23, 2019 at Parkview Regional Medical Center.  He was born on March 1, 1956, in Wolf Lake, to the late Floyd and Martha (Davis) Weber.  Nick worked at Tower Automotive for many years, and recently retired from Dexter Axle.  He had been working part time with Banco in Kendallville.  He was a member of the Albion American Legion.  In his free time, Nick could be found enjoying the outdoors...