Funeral services for David Michael Watson, 68, of Knox, will be Saturday, March 25 at 1 p.m. CT at the Braman and Bailey Funeral Home in North Judson, with visitation there from 10 a.m. CT until the time of services.

Funeral services for John F. Atkins, 82, of Grovertown, will be Wednesday, March 22 at 11 a.m. CT at the Gospel Lighthouse Church in Knox. Visitation is Tuesday, March 21 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. CT at the Rannells Funeral Home, Hamlet Chapel, and one hour prior to services Wednesday at the church.

Graveside services for William R. “Bill” Maxwell, 85, of Winamac, will be Saturday, March 25 at 1 p.m. ET at the
Winamac Cemetery (McKinley Addition). Memorial contributions may be made to Pulaski County Human Services Food Pantry. The Frain Mortuary in Winamac is in charge of arrangements.

Mary June (Zeek) McIntire, 79, of Royal Center passed away peacefully at 8:35 p.m., Monday, March 13, 2023 at home surrounded by family.  Born September 20, 1943 in Winamac, she was the daughter of the late Jack and Virginia (Foust) Zeek Smith and her step father, Larry Smith.

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Funeral services for Phyllis June Johnson, 77, of Francesville, will be Friday, March 17 at 11 a.m. ET at the Winamac Church of the Nazarene in Winamac. Visitation is Thursday, March 16 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET at the Frain Mortuary Querry-Ulbricht Chapel in Francesville, and one hour prior to services Friday, March 17 at the church.
Graveside Services will be held Friday, March 17 at 3 p.m. ET at the Roseland Cemetery in Francesville. Memorial contributions may be made to Winamac Church of the Nazarene.

Richard Robert Stalbrink, Sr., 78 of LaCrosse, IN passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2023. He was born February 13, 1945 in LaPorte, IN to Fred and Viola (Schacht) Stalbrink.

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Funeral services for Robert A. Martin Sr, 72, of Knox, will be Saturday, March 18 at 3 p.m. CT at the Braman and Son Memorial in Knox, with visitation there from noon CT until the time of services.

A Memorial Service will be held at a later date for 81-year-old John Arthur “Hen” Roberts. Memorial contributions may be made to Shriner’s Hospitals for Children, www.lovetotherescue.org, or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, www.stjude.org. The Frain Mortuary in Winamac is in charge of arrangements.

Graveside services for Patty L. Hoffman, 89, of Winamac, will be Thursday, March 23 at 11 a.m. ET at the Winamac Cemetery (McKinley Addition). Memorial contributions may be made to the Tippecanoe Christian Church or to the Pulaski County 4-H Council. The Frain Mortuary in Winamac is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for Carl Thomas Doty, 89, of Winamac, will be Wednesday, March 15 at 10 a.m. ET at the Frain Mortuary in Winamac, with visitation there Tuesday, March 14 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET. The American Legion and VFW will conduct Military Graveside Services. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or Gentiva Hospice.

Our lovely and beloved Bonnie Jo Small left this earth on the morning of March 8, 2023. Bonnie was born outside of Hamlet, Indiana to Jacob and Jenny (Shenkle) Crabill on September 9, 1935. Bonnie attended Grovertown elementary and middle school before moving to Knox and graduating from Knox High School in 1955. Bonnie was the second youngest of five children with her twin sisters Henrietta (Kuhls) and Marietta (Newgent), sister Nina (Greenawalt) and younger brother, Jacob, Jr. During the summers in high school, she worked at a downtown café in Plymouth with her sister Marietta driving her first car, a used 1931 Model A. After graduation, she lived for part of a year in Chicago working at a downtown restaurant with her high school best friend, Norma Pinion. She returned to Knox and to her high school sweetheart, Harold (Skeeter) Small, and the two would be married on June 24, 1956.

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A Celebration of Life Service for Nancy Jean McCormick, 75, of North Judson, will be held Saturday, March 18 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT at the Braman and Bailey Funeral Home in North Judson.

A memorial service will be held at a later date for 65-year-old Mark D. Richwalski, of Walkerton. The Rannells Funeral Home, Koontz Lake Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for 93-year-old Harold L. Smith, of Grovertown, will be Thursday, March 9 at 1 p.m. CT at the Rannells Funeral Home, Hamlet Chapel, with visitation there from 11 a.m. CT until the time of services. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the donor’s choice.

Carol Jean Zachary, age 79 of Grovertown, IN, passed away peacefully on Thursday March 2, 2023. Carol was born January 13, 1944, in Mt Carmel, IL. In 1960, she married James Howard Zachary.

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Funeral services for Phillip “Phil” Wendell Mullins, 47, of Bourbon, will be Wednesday, March 8 at 11 a.m. CT at the Braman and Son Memorial Chapel in Knox, with visitation there Tuesday, March 7 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. CT. Memorial contributions may be made to the family.

Funeral services for Dr. Rev. James H. Gabhart, 96, of Francesville, formerly of Winamac, will be Wednesday, March 8 at 10 a.m. ET at the Frain Mortuary Querry-Ulbricht Chapel in Francesville, with visitation there Tuesday, March 7 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET. Military Graveside Services will be conducted by the American Legion and VFW. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Gideon’s International.

No funeral services are scheduled for Raymond “Bruce” Stamper, 72, of Winamac. The Frain Mortuary in Winamac is in charge of arrangements.

HAMLET – Jimmie L. Berg of Hamlet passed away on Monday, February 27, 2023, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka following an illness.

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HAMLET – Donna Marjorie Riehle Toth, 78, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 26th, 2023, in her home, Hamlet, IN with her loving family and devoted caregiver Gertrude Namuchimba. Donna was born March 11, 1944, in Phoenix, AZ, to Daniel Riehle and Vivian (Binkley) Riehle, and had lived in Starke County all her life.

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