Dan Rannells, 81, of Koontz Lake, Indiana formerly of Hamlet, Indiana passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2012.  Funeral services will be Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. CT at the Hamlet United Methodist Church. Visitation is Monday from 2:00-8:00 p.m. CT at the Rannells Funeral Home, Hamlet Chapel and Tuesday one hour prior to services at the church.  Memorial contributions may be given to the Hamlet United Methodist Church.

Wilma Jean (Plotner) Parish, 80, of Royal Center, Indiana passed away Tuesday, October 9, 2012.   A Celebration of Life Service will be held Friday, October 12, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. ET at the Harrison-Metzger and Rans Royal Center Chapel.  Visitation is Thursday from 4:00-8:00 p.m. ET at the funeral home.  Memorials may be made to the Natalie Gerhart Scholarship Fund and/or to the Blake Schmaltz Scholarship Fund.

Sixty-nine-year-old Janet Van Drunen of North Judson, Indiana passed away Saturday, October 6, 2012. Visitation will be Thursday, October 11, 2012 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the M.C. Smith Funeral Home in Knox, Indiana, with funeral services on Thursday at 5 p.m. at the funeral home.

Sixty-eight-year-old Bryan Craft, Sr. of Bremen passed away Friday. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. CT at Rannells Funeral Home in Hamlet, with visitation on Monday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Tuesday after 9 a.m. until the time of services. In lie of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to REAL Services in Plymouth.

Lester L. “Bud” Manis, 83, of Winamac, Indiana passed away Friday, October 5, 2012.  No funeral services or visitation are scheduled.  Private burial will take place at McKinley Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Winamac.  The Frain Mortuary in Winamac is in charge of arrangements.

Nancy K. Johnson, 69, of Texas passed away September 20, 2012.  Local arrangements are pending with the Frain Mortuary in Winamac, Indiana.

Malachi Luke Palmer, 3, of Plymouth, Indiana formerly of Walkerton, Indiana passed away Monday, October 1, 2012.  Funeral services will be Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. ET at the Nusbaum-Elkin Funeral Home in Walkerton.  Visitation is two hours prior to services at the funeral home.  Memorials may be made to the family.  Malachi Luke Palmer is the son of James Alan Palmer and Josephine Ruth Brady.

Jon M. Harrison, 51, of North Judson, Indiana passed away Monday, October 1, 2012.  Funeral services will be Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. CT at the M.C. Smith Funeral Home.  Visitation is Friday from 4:00-8:00 p.m. CT at the funeral home.  Memorial contributions may be made to the family.

Robert E. Waite, 75, of Grants, New Mexico passed away August 2, 2012.  Graveside services will be held Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. ET at the Burr Oak Cemetery.  Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 478, Grants, New Mexico  87020.

Kern David Howard, 56, of Mountain Springs Community, Texas passed away October 18, 2009.  A graveside service will be held Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. ET at the Culver Masonic Cemetery.  Memorials may be made to the friends of the family in Denton, Texas.  The Odom Funeral Home in Culver is in charge of arrangements.

George “Jack” Bunkowfst, 62, of Knox, Indiana passed away Monday, October 1, 2012.  Funeral services will be Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. CT at the Braman and Son Memorial Chapel in Knox.  Visitation is Wednesday from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mary E. Poston, 93, of Kewanna, Indiana passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2012. Funeral services will be Friday, October 5, 2012 at Noon ET at the Frain Mortuary in Winamac.  Visitation is from 10:00 a.m. ET until the time of services at the funeral home.  Memorials may be made to the Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church.

Devin Holbrook, 19, of Medaryville, Indiana passed away Saturday, September 29, 2012.  Funeral services will be Friday, October 5, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. ET at the Goodway Baptist Church.  Visitation is Thursday from 4:00-9:00 p.m. ET at the church.  The Boersma Funeral Home in Wheatfield is in charge of arrangements.

Fred Eugene Wagner, Sr., 85, of Medaryville, Indiana passed away Sunday, September 30, 2012.  Funeral services will be Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. ET at the Frain Mortuary Querry-Ulbricht Chapel in Medaryville.  Visitation is Thursday from 10:00 a.m. ET until the time of services at the funeral home.  Military graveside services will be conducted.  Memorials may be made to the Medaryville Park Fund for the purchase of playground equipment.

Wanda Wachowicz, 89, of Bass Lake, Indiana passed away Friday, September 28, 2012.  No funeral services or visitation are scheduled.  The Braman and Son Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Charlene Howard Thompson, 63, formerly of Knox, Indiana passed away Friday, September 28, 2012.  A Celebration of Life service will be held Sunday, October 7, 2-12 at 1:00 p.m. CT at the Knox Community Center.  Memorials may be made to the Lymphoma Foundation, P.O. Box 286236, New York, NY 10128.

Walter L. Heil, 93, of Walkerton, Indiana passed away Friday, September 28, 2012.  No funeral services are scheduled.  Visitation is Tuesday, October 2, 2012 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET at the Nusbaum-Elkin Funeral Home in Walkerton.  A Masonic service will be held at 1:00 p.m. ET at the funeral home.

A memorial service for Harold and Janetta Rigs Hoffman will be held at 11:00 a.m. ET Saturday, October 6, 2012 at the First Christian Church in Winamac, Indiana.  Visitation is at the church one hour prior to services.  The Hoffmans were former residents of Pulaski and White counties.  Memorials may be given to the charity of the donor’s choice.  The Frain Mortuary in Winamac is handling arrangements.

Max Arden Grostefon, 83, of Winamac, Indiana passed away Sunday, September 30, 2012.  Funeral services will be Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. ET at the Frain Mortuary in Winamac.  Visitation is one hour prior to services at the funeral home.  Memorials may be made to the Star City West Cemetery.

Benjamin “Ben” V. Mevis, 76, of Culver, Indiana passed away Saturday, September 29, 2012.  Funeral services will be Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. ET at the Odom Funeral Home in Culver.  Visitation is Tuesday from 5:00-8:00 p.m. ET and Wednesday one hour prior to services at the funeral home.  Memorials may be made to the Union Church of the Brethren.