Howard T. “Pops” Wikoren, 94 of La Porte, passed away Saturday, April 17, 2021 at home. He was born January 8, 1927 in Joice, Iowa to Julius and Bertha Eldora (Woods) Wikoren. In April of 1962 he married LeDean Buchanan who passed away February...
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Retired electrician, son father, husband, and grandpa Arnold Norman “Arnie” Coates of Westville’s obituary
Arnold Norman “Arnie” Coates, 86 of Westville, passed away Saturday, April 10, 2021 at home. He was born January 18, 1935 in Gary, Indiana to Wayne and Evangeline (Barnard) Coates. On June 12, 1971 he married Barbara Elliott who survives. Arnie...
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Betty M. Westmoreland, 90 of Chesterton, passed away Saturday, March 27, 2021. She was born November 25, 1930 in Clendenin, West Virginia to Orville Maywood and Lona Belle (Short) Reynolds. Betty is survived by her children James Michael King of...
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Arlene Mae Bos, 87 of Wanatah, passed away Monday, March 1, 2021. She was born December 28, 1933, in East Chicago, Indiana to Leslie and Margaret (Stafford) Carpenter, Sr. On November 5, 1955, in Valparaiso, she married Kenneth Bos who passed away on...
Read MoreRobert Coulter
Robert (Bob) Hugh Coulter, 78, of LaPorte, passed away on Friday, January 22, 2021 at Northwest Health - Porter. Bob was born on October 11, 1942 in Valparaiso, Indiana to Hugh and Mildred (Sedgwick) Coulter. On April 18, 1964, Bob married Carolyn...
Read MoreEdward L. Forney
Edward L. Forney 64, of Westville, passed away Friday, January 8, 2021 in Boulder, Colorado. He was born March 8, 1956 in LaPorte to Elwood and Ida (Born) Forney. On August 7, 1976 he married Kathryn A. Skibbe who survives. Ed is also survived by his...
Read MoreRuby N. White Obituary
Ruby N. White, 95 of Westville passed away peacefully in her sleep, Wednesday, August 19, 2020 in LaPorte. She was born December 25, 1924 in McHenry, Kentucky to Owen and Jesse (Baize) Hudson. On October 31, 1942 she married O.S. White, Jr. who...
Read MoreNancy L. Nichols
Nancy L. Nichols, 77 passed away on Tuesday February 18, 2020. She was born November 25, 1942 in Michigan City, Indiana the only child to the late Otto and Hazel Helsing. Nancy graduated from Elston High School in 1961. She attended Cosmetology...
Read MoreDonald R. Wetzel
Donald R. Wetzel, of Westville, passed away Friday, December 20, 2019. He was born January 31, 1932 in Trivandrum Travancore, India to Louis and Madeline (Schmiege) Wetzel. Donald is survived by his children Jason of Wanatah, Jennifer of La Porte,...
Read MoreFuneral services for Mayor Richard Gordon Hatcher
Mayor Hatcher will Lie in State in the Richard Gordon Hatcher Arena in the Genesis Convention Center (1 Genesis Plaza, Gary, Indiana) from Noon to 8 p.m., Dec. 21. Funeral Services will begin at 1 p.m., in the Richard GordonHatcher Arena in the...
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