Graveside services for Douglas Phillip Kruzick, 74, of Winamac, are Wednesday, July 3 at 10 a.m. EDT at Winamac Cemetery. The American Legion and VFW will conduct Military Graveside Services. Memorials may be given to the Frain Mortuary to help with funeral expenses. Frain Mortuary in Winamac is in charge of arrangements.

No services or visitation are planned for 60-year-old Lynne Berg Metz of Knox.

The Rannells Funeral Home, Hamlet Chapel is handling arrangements.

MaryAnn C. Bombagetti, age 89, of Bass Lake, passed away Sunday, June 23, 2019.

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A memorial service for Emma Schrum, 71, of Knox, will be held Friday, June 28 at 7 p.m. at Braman & Son Memorial Chapel in Knox, with visitation there from 4 p.m. until the time of the service. Memorials may be given to the family.

76-year-old Patricia Seese, of Grovertown, passed away Thursday, June 20, 2019.  A memorial service will be Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. CDT at Rannells Funeral Home, Koontz Lake Chapel.  Visitation will be Saturday at the funeral home from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. CDT.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to the Starke County Scholarship Foundation.

Funeral services for Evelyn M. Fechner, 100, of Winamac, are Tuesday, June 25 at 11 a.m. EDT at Frain Mortuary in Winamac, with visitation there Monday, June 24 from 4 to 7 p.m. Memorials may be given to the Pulaski Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.

Funeral services for Ann “Granny” Laurie Fort, 71, of North Judson, are Thursday, June 20 at 11 a.m. at Braman & Bailey Funeral Home in North Judson, with visitation there Wednesday, June 19 from 4 to 8 p.m. Memorials may be given to the family.

Funeral services for Parneil Minix, 85, of Knox, are Wednesday, June 19 at 2 p.m. CDT at the Rannells Funeral Home Hamlet Chapel, with visitation there from noon until the time of the service. Memorials may be given to the family.

Funeral services for Connie Robinson, 54, of Walkerton, are Friday, June 21 at 1 p.m. EDT at the Rannells Funeral Home Koontz Lake Chapel, with visitation there from 11 a.m. until the time of the service. Memorials may be given to the American Cancer Society.

Funeral services for Janice E. Joseph, 71, of Knox, are Tuesday, June 18 at 11 a.m. CDT at M.C. Smith Funeral Home, with visitation there Monday, June 17 from 4 to 8 p.m.

Funeral services for 37-year-old Amanda M. (Dolezal) Caudill, of North Judson, will be held on Tuesday, June 18th at 11 a.m. at the Braman and Bailey Funeral Home in North Judson, with visitation there on Monday, June 17th from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the family.

Funeral services for Viola (Rudd) Rowe, 93, of Sevierville, Tennessee, formerly of North Judson, are Monday, June 17 at 11 a.m. at Braman & Bailey Funeral Home in North Judson, with visitation there Sunday, June 16 from 4 to 8 p.m.

A celebration of life service for Carl Gene Allen, 74, of Knox, will be held Saturday, June 15 at 5 p.m. at USA Cafe in Knox, with visitation there from 2 to 7 p.m. Memorials may be given to the family, in care of Emma Schrum. Braman & Son Memorial Chapel in Knox is in charge of arrangements.

Margaret L. Bonini (93) and Leedio J. Bonini (97) of Winamac, IN (formerly of Crown Point, IN) passed away twelve hours apart from one another at the Pulaski Health Care Center in Winamac. Margaret died at 6:40 PM Friday, June 7, 2019 and Leedio died at 6:40 AM Saturday, June 8, 2019. The couple was married on May 8, 1948 and recently celebrated 71 years of marriage. They are survived by their loving daughters, Janice (Al) Davis of Winamac and Nancy (Brent) Braithwaite of Melbourne, FL; three grandchildren, Joseph, Heather and Justin; and two great grandchildren, Allyson and Jonas. An infant son, Richard Bonini, preceded them in death.

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Ronald S. Lemon, age 80, of Knox passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Private family services will take place at a later date. M.C. Smith Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Kristin L. “Kris” Miller, age 58, of Knox, passed away Monday, June 10, 2019. A celebration of life service is planned for later this summer. M.C. Smith Funeral Home is handling arrangements

Funeral services for 65-year-old William J. “Jim” Duncan, of Knox, will be Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 1 p.m. CT at the M.C. Smith Funeral Home in Knox with visitation there two hours prior to the services.

James Thomas Britton, age 72, of Knox, passed away Saturday, June 8, 2019.

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Donna M. Hunnicutt, age 79, of Ora, Indiana, passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2019. Donna was born July 26, 1939 in Ora, to John Plante and Ethel Greer Plante, both deceased.

She had worked for many years at the Culver Academies. She is survived by her children, Norman Hunnicutt Jr. (Wendy) of Ora, Andrew Hunnicutt (Trish) of Tyner, Indiana and Roger Hunnicutt (Brieanna) of Bass Lake, Indiana, a sister, Camilla Brettin of Knox, 7 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, her husband, Norman Hunnicutt Sr., brothers, Vernon, Richard and John Plante, and a sister, Betty Brettin.

Graveside Services will take place at the Alexander Heinemann Cemetery in Ora at 9:00am (CT), Saturday, June 15, 2019 with Rev. Don Franklin officiating. M.C. Smith Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Funeral services for 72-year-old Marie Bonnie Rosenkranz, of Valparaiso formerly of LaCrosse, will be Tuesday, June 11 at noon CT at the Kosanke Funeral Home in Kouts, with visitation one hour prior to services.