Columbia City, IN. Obituaries
Darlene J. Collar
Jan 4, 2025
Darlene J. Collar, age 70, of Columbia City, IN, passed away at 9:05 am on Saturday January 4, 2025, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne. Born on January 22, 1954, in Garden City, Michigan, she was the daughter of John and Ruth (Sandburg) Didion.
She attended Columbia City High School and graduated with the Class of 1973. She worked at...
Timothy Wayne Oliver
Jan 2, 2025
Timothy Wayne Oliver, age 74, of Columbia City, IN, passed away at 10:31 pm on Thursday January 2, 2025, at Miller’s Oak Pointe, Columbia City. Born on June 29, 1950, in Fort Wayne, IN, he was the son of David and Beverly (Hutton) Oliver.
Tim attended Columbia City Joint High School and graduated with the Class of 1969. He was a...
Dalton T. Hartman
Jan 1, 2025
Dalton T. Hartman, age 82, of Columbia City, IN, passed away at 10:45 am on Wednesday January 1, 2025, at Miller’s Oak Pointe, Columbia City. Born on September 11, 1942, in Columbia City, he was the son of Herbert and Rachel (Davis) Hartman.
Dalton attended Columbia City Joint High School and graduated with the Class of 1960. He then proudly served...
Michael James Huntine
Dec 31, 2024
Michael James Huntine, age 35, of Warsaw, IN, passed away unexpectedly at 12:48 pm on Tuesday December 31, 2024. Born on March 7, 1989, in Fort Wayne, IN, he was the son of James and Margaret (Konkol) Huntine.
Michael attended Columbia City High School and graduated with the Class of 2007. He then attended Ivy Tech Community College and Grace College,...
Martha Elizabeth Goudy
Dec 18, 2024
Martha Elizabeth (Schwaiger) Goudy, 97, of Columbia City, passed away at her home in Coesse on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, surrounded by her family at home. Martha placed on her pink travel hat along with her angel wings to fly high over her Mackinac Bridge one last time, on her way to the Golden Gates of Heaven, and joining her...
Michael Paul Adams
Dec 18, 2024
Michael Paul Adams, age 74, of Pierceton, IN, passed away at 12:54 pm on Wednesday December 18, 2024, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. Born on March 12, 1950, in Decatur, IN, to Paul and Viola “Ginny” (VanWald) Adams. On August 10, 1996, he married Tanya Kerr in Pierceton.
Mike attended Columbia City Joint High School and graduated with the Class of...
Dustin Devon Greenwood
Dec 14, 2024
Dustin Devon Greenwood, 46, of Columbia City, Indiana, passed away on Saturday, December 14, 2024, surrounded by family after a long illness. Born on November 3, 1978, in Warsaw, Indiana, he was the beloved son of John "Jack" Greenwood and Cindy (Carey) Greenwood.
Dustin attended Whitko High School and was a dedicated member of Bethel Baptist Church in Pierceton, Indiana. He...
Alice R. Fett
Dec 12, 2024
Alice R. Fett, age 52, of Huntington, IN, passed away at 7:39 am on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at her residence. Born on December 8, 1972, in Fort Wayne, IN, she was the daughter of Neal and Karen (Andorfer) Fett.
Alice attended Paul Harding High School, Fort Wayne.
In her free time, Alice enjoyed pencil drawing flowers and unicorns and her dog...
Shelly Mae Vance
Dec 9, 2024
Shelly Mae (Decker) Vance, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2024, at home surrounded by her loving family after an eleven-year battle with cancer. Born on September 17, 1959, in Edgerton, Wisconsin to Maureen (Bolden) Jordan and James Decker, she attended Edgerton Schools.
On November 12, 2013, she married Mark Vance in Albion, Indiana.
Shelly’s greatest joy in life was her kids...
Bernard "Bud" Sawyer
Dec 4, 2024
Bernard “Bud” Sawyer, age 78, of Pierceton, IN, passed away at 2:15 pm on Wednesday December 4, 2024, at Miller’s at Oak Pointe, Columbia City. Born on March 20, 1946, in Dwale, Kentucky, he was the son of Walter Preston and Florence (Derossett) Sawyer.
Bud attended East Jackson High School, Jackson, Michigan, and graduated with the Class of 1965. He later...
Cheryl Kay Wireman
Dec 1, 2024
Cheryl Kay Wireman, age 58, of Columbia City, IN, passed away at 8:15 pm on Sunday December 1, 2024, at her residence. Born on April 23, 1966, in Columbia City, she was the daughter of Theodore John and Kay E. (Hopping) Jones.
Cheryl attended Columbia City Joint High School and graduated with the Class of 1984. She also attended Kaiser University...
Edward Eugene Geiger
Nov 29, 2024
Edward Eugene Geiger, 79, of Fort Wayne, Indiana passed away Friday, November 29, 2024, at home. Born December 24, 1944, in Wolf Lake, Indiana he was a son of the late W. Wayne and Eva (Zumbrun) Geiger.
He graduated from Columbia City Joint High School with the Class of 1963. Ed proudly served in the United States Army. On January 14,...
Heather Marie Rice
Nov 28, 2024
Heather Marie Rice, 54, of Columbia City, Indiana passed away unexpectedly in a tragic motor vehicle accident on Thursday, November 28, 2024. Born March 2, 1970, in Auburn, Indiana she was a daughter of Frederick and Ginny Fryback and the late Danny and Judy (Burniston) Rice.
She graduated from Northrop High School with the Class of 1988, and obtained an associate's...
Nancy Carol Taylor Becker Hartmann
Nov 26, 2024
Nancy Carol Taylor Becker Hartmann, 90, of Fort Wayne, Indiana passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2024. Born July 4, 1934, in Columbia City, Indiana. She was a daughter of the late Thomas and Mary (Widup) Boggs. She graduated from Columbia City High School with the Class of 1952. She continued on to Comptometry school.
On July 25, 1954, she married William...
Leonard C. Knipstein
Nov 26, 2024
Leonard C. Knipstein, 81, of Columbia City, Indiana passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at home surrounded by family. Born March 29, 1943, in Hoagland, Indiana he was a son of the late Otto and Louise (Bieberich) Knipstein.
He graduated from Arcola High School with the Class of 1961. Leonard proudly served in the United States Marine Corps. He was a...
Anne Marie Hontz
Nov 26, 2024
Anne Marie Hontz, 55, of South Whitley, Indiana passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, with her loving family at her bedside. Born January 28, 1969, in Columbia City, Indiana she was a daughter of the late Curtis Hontz and Sharon (Hyndman) Julian.
She graduated from Columbia City Joint High School with the Class of 1987. Anne...
Bonnie Marie Davis
Nov 26, 2024
Bonnie Marie Davis, 61, of Columbia City, Indiana passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at home surrounded by family and dear friends. After a 28-month fight with cancer she went home to be with her Lord and Savior. Born July 28, 1963, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, she was a daughter of Leonard McKinney and the late Helen (Beuker) McKinney.
She graduated...
Jessie Lee Rose, Sr.
Nov 25, 2024
Jessie Lee Rose, Sr., age 72, of Columbia City, IN, passed away at 1:10 am on Monday November 25, 2024, at his residence after an 18 month battle with leukemia. Born on July 2, 1952, in Evarts, Kentucky, he was the son of Jess C. Rose and Nancy Lee (Sanders) Lay.
Jessie attended Evarts Schools in Kentucky and Northside High School...
Christopher M. HIll
Nov 22, 2024
Christopher M. Hill, age 45, of Columbia City, IN, passed away at 11:26 pm on Friday November 22, 2024, at his residence. Born on August 11, 1979, in Crawfordsville, IN, he was the son of Michael and Martha (Mitchum) Hill.
Chris attended Brandon High School, Brandon, Florida and graduated with the Class of 1997. He then earned his degree from the...
Etta Elaine Clark
Nov 21, 2024
Etta Elaine Clark, 87, of Summerfield, Florida passed away Thursday, November 21, 2024, in Summerfield, Florida. Born November 7, 1937, in Whitley County, Indiana she was a daughter of the late Paul and Lillian (Heichel) Druley.
She graduated valedictorian at Pierceton High School with the Class of 1955. Etta graduated Manchester College with a bachelor of science degree and also graduated...