All Obituaries

Marion, IN Peggy J. Cook, 85, long time resident of Grant County, died at 11:47 p.m. Friday evening, September 25, 2020 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. She was born November 19, 1934 near Converse in Miami County and graduated from Marion Bennett High School, class of 1952. She was a long time and faithful member of St. Paul Catholic Church and formerly belonged to the Altar Rosary Society of the church.  On June 20, 1954 she married Charles C. Cook, who precedes her...

Hartford City, IN Jimmy D. Riddle, 52, died on September 6, 2020 in Albany, Kentucky. Jimmy was born on April 13, 1968 to Dennis Riddle and Rheba Montgomery. He graduated from Blackford High School in 1986 and went on to be a diesel mechanic. Jimmy loved the outdoors. He enjoyed camping, horses, bull riding and movies. He was a Star Wars fanatic and loved tinkering with anything that had an engine. On September 9, 2006 he married Karen Baldwin. He is survived by his loving wife Karen;...

HARTFORD CITY, IN—    Jay T. Dawson, 61, passed away peacefully, late Monday morning, August 3, 2020 at his home, after a long battle with the disease, Porphyria.    He was born in Huntington, Indiana on January 27, 1959, the seventh of ten children, born to Lloyd “Al” Dawson and Margaret “Maggie” [Lautzenheiser] Dawson.  He spent the first year of his life in California, moving back to Indiana as a child, to spend the rest of his life...

Hartford City Nancy Sue (Snider) Schorey, 87, passed away July 28, 2020 in IU Health Blackford Hospital.           She was born in Muncie on November 19, 1932 to Ralph and Ellen (Wimmer) Snider and graduated from Hartford City High School in 1950, then graduated from Ball State Teachers College in 1954 with a bachelor’s degree in nursing. Nancy married James R. Schorey in Muncie on December 27, 1954 and traveled the world with her...

HARTFORD CITY, IN-    Anita M. (Swoveland) Reid, 74, passed away early Wednesday morning, July 22, 2020 at IUHealth Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie.    She was born in Norway, Michigan on August 20, 1945, one of four daughters of the late Wm. Blaine and Dorothy M. (Schmidt) Swoveland.    Anita started her first job in Hartford City, at the age of fourteen, at the A & W               ...

HARTFORD CITY, IN— Lee Hess, Jr., 68, passed away Tuesday evening, June 23, 2020 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie. Lee was born and raised in Hartford City, the only son of three children born to Lee Earl and Anna B. (Hall) Hess. He retired from Gripco in 2006 after several years of employment and had previously worked for Premix of Hartford City and Indiana Glass of Dunkirk. On December 27, 1988 he married Tina Hamilton in Hartford City.  Lee had a passion for...

MILLGROVE—    Norma G. Donathan, 88, passed away early Sunday morning, June 14, 2020 at Albany Health Care, after an extended illness.    She was born in Monterey, TN, on September 17, 1931 to James H. and Mary Alice (Wilson) Brown and married Fred A. Donathan in Dunkirk on her twentieth birthday.  He passed away on March 23, 2014.    Norma had a passion for vegetable gardening and canning.  She especially enjoyed going to rummage sales with...

HARTFORD CITY, IN—   Virginia A. Ridgeway, 94 of Hartford City, passed away Friday evening, June 5, 2020 in the Golden Living Center, Muncie after a long illness.      A life resident of Hartford City, she was born April 14, 1926 the daughter of Frank L. and Edna Ethel (Johnson) Everhart-Landis, graduating from Hartford City High School in 1944.  She married Herbert Vaughn Ridgeway on Aug. 4, 1946, in the E.U.B. Church.  He preceded her in death on...

Gas City, IN Peggy M. Cansler, 81, of Gas City, passed away Thursday, June 4, 2020 in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne. She was born in Portland on February 13, 1939 to George Washington and Priscilla (Hastings) Hummer. She married Eddie L. Cansler on September 8, 1956. Peggy’s first job, which she loved, was at Pierce Governor, Upland. She was a licensed insurance agent for Western Southern Life for many years and retired from Key Plastics of Hartford City.  After...

Berne, IN Brian Christopher Fights (Woodchuck) age 61, of Berne, Indiana, died May 26, 2020 from a work-related accident in Huntington County, IN.  He was born to Robert Lugene and Virginia Ruth (Maddy) Fights on November 5, 1958. When young he sang with his family at churches and fairs. He graduated from Blackford County High School in 1978. He worked for R. L. McCoy for the past 18 years.  Brian was a kind and helpful man who loved God’s word. He enjoyed camping with his...