All Obituaries

Lois Mae (Peters) Schoof, 97 of Union Mills, passed away Friday, January 4, 2019 at home. She was born August 14, 1921in Gilman, Wisconsin to John and Lena (Werner) Peters. On June 21, 1941 in Kingsbury, she married Victor E. Schoof who passed away March 18, 1990.  Lois is survived by her children Sharon (Ralph) Erwin and Wayne (Peggy) Schoof both of Union Mills, eight grandchildren Colleen (Brian) Hunsley, Pat Ferreira, Kim (Daryl) Iseminger, Dustin (Erin) Erwin, Sharalee Falls,...

Arrangements are pending at this time and will announced later.  

Penny L. Hill, 68 of Paris, Illinois passed away Monday, December 24, 2018.  She was born December 29, 1949 in LaPorte to Arthur and Zoetta (Hardin) Tarnow.  On December 21, 2004, she married Robert Hill who survives.  Penny is also survived by her son John (Holly) McPhearson of Granger, Indiana, her grandchildren Nolan and Chloe and her sister-in-law LouAnn Tarnow.  She was a retired L.P.N after working in various facilities for many years. Funeral services will be 11:00...

Jack A. Bacon, 86 of Michigan City, formally of Westville, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2018 in Michigan City.  He was born April 2, 1932 in Porter County to William and Viola (Quinn) Bacon. On October 28, 1950 in Westville, he married Shirley J. Allison, who preceded him on September 5, 2016. Jack is survived by his children Kim Haddad, Kurt Bacon, Robert “R.J.” (Linda) Bacon, Kitte Schwimmer, Kent (Janice) Bacon, Katie Bacon, 10 grandchildren and six...

Carl Robert DePaul, 57, of Michigan City, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2018.  He was born July 12, 1961 in Gary to Robert and Marlene (Trethewey) DePaul.  Carl was Lance Corporal with the US Marine Corps., serving for 10 years at Camp Lagune, NC, in Africa and the Aleutian Islands. He was a carpenter with Local 1005 of the Carpenter’s Union, a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Michigan City, the Westville American Legion Post #21 and Michigan City American Legion...

Mary Jane Carpenter 80, of LaPorte passed away Monday, December 3, 2018 in LaPorte.  She was born March 31, 1938 in South Bend, Indiana to Roger and Catharine (Cummings) Pullin.  On March 5, 1960 at Bethel Presbyterian Church in Union Mills, she married Phillip Carpenter who passed away April 16, 2016.  Mary Jane is survived by her daughter Wendy (John) Beehler of Union Mills, her son K.C. Carpenter of Hanna, four grandchildren Cody (Sarah) Beehler, Brenden, Brayden and Broc...

Shirley Esther Simmons, 77 of Brownsville, formerly of Westville, passed away Saturday, December 1, 2018. She was born October 28, 1941 in Clinton, Indiana the daughter of Myrl and Luella (Newkirk) Reidelberger. Shirley was a homemaker and a member of Westville United Methodist Church. Surviving are her sons, Steven Bendzsa of Pittsboro, IN and Eric Bendzsa of Carbon, IN and 2 sisters, Lana Schuster of Brownsburg and Lorraine Abel of Valparaiso. She was preceded in death by her parents and a...

Ellen Carolyn Keplar left this life on November 24, 2018. She was born at home in Plummer, Minnesota to Nick and Emma (Erickson) Thoreson on April 9, 1926.  She moved to Hobart, Indiana with her family in her sophomore year at Mentor High School with an enrollment of 20. She graduated in 1944 from Hobart High School.  After graduation she worked in the Gary Steel Mills until the end of WWII. She then worked in Gary, Indiana as a real estate agent.  Later, she worked on the...

Michael D. Puntney, 49, of Westville, passed away on October 26, 2018, at his residence.  He was born on September 17, 1969 in East Chicago to Vernon and Beverly (Gray) who both survive.  A memorial service will be held at a later date. 

Glenn Allen Boo. Born March 28, 1927 in what is now Burns Harbor, Indiana. Died Oct. 17, 2018 in Wilton Manors, Florida. Formerly of Westville, Indiana and Fort Meyers, Florida. Survived by his wife of 70 years, Louisa, also of Wilton Manors, Florida, sister Josephine Alice Ernest of Noblesville, Indiana and four sons, Thomas (wife Lynn) of Chesterton, Indiana, Dennis (wife Trish) of Granger, Indiana, Jeffery (wife Mary Anne) of North Judson, Indiana and Robert of Fort Lauderdale,...