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JAMES L. ROSE SR.
June 6, 1944 - May 16, 2012

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RAY E. WINDBIGLER
April 22, 1933 - May 18, 2012

WINIFRED S. WALTNER
May 23, 1914 - May 17, 2012

ELKHART James Leroy Rose Sr., 67, of Elkhart, passed away at 11:30 a.m. May 16, 2012, at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born June 6, 1944, in Avon Park, Fla, t o Wo o d r ow Wilson and Carolyn (Cox) Rose. James is sur vived by Rose s o n s Ja m e s R o s e J r. o f Elkhart and Robert Lambert of South Bend, daughters Star Mar ie Race of South Bend and Jamie Hook of Michigan, and stepbrother Cecil Stanley Rose. Also surviving are 10 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by son Timothy Rose, brother Woodrow Rose Jr., and sisters Cathy Singleton and Mary Rose. James worked as a truck driver for Pony Express and then went to Accra Pac and worked there as a security guard. In his younger years, he spent a lot of time at the VFW. He loved traveling, especially with his friend, Jackie. Visitation for James will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2012, with services starting at 2 p.m. at Walley-Mills-Zimmerman Funeral Home. The Rev. Alan Liechty will preside. Cremation will take place. Memorials for James may be given to the family in care of Walley-Mills-Zimmerman Funeral Home.

E DWA R D S B U RG
Gary L. Gardner, 62

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Doris I. Barfell, 85 Frank C. Bonfiglio, 87 Milton T. Montandon Jr., 62 James L. Rose Sr., 67 DaJeianna L. Smith, 12 Ray E. Windbigler, 79

GOSHEN
Willard D. Hunsberger, 85 Thelma E. Mishler, 87 Winifred S. Waltner, 97

UNION
Linda L. Harrington, 54, Union

INDIANA
Lawrence E. Williams, 79, Lafayette

O U T O F STAT E
Joshua S. Lampen, 29, Westwood, N.J.

FRANK C. BONFIGLIO ELKHART Frank C. Bonfiglio, 87, of Elkhart, died at the Center for Hospice Care in Elkhart at 12:18 p.m. Friday, May 18, 2012, after an extended illness. Arrangements are pending at Billings Funeral Home, 812 Baldwin St., Elkhart. DORIS I. BARFELL ELKHART Doris I. Barfell, 85, of Elkhart, passed away at 7:05 a.m. Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Hubbard Hill Estates in Elkhart. Arrangements are pending at Hartzler-Gutermuth-Inman Funeral Home.

ELKHART Ray E. Windbigler, 79, of Elkhart, passed away May 18, 2012, in his home surrounded by his wife and family. He was born April 22, 1933, in Elkhart to Carl and Ruth (McFarland) Windbigler. Ray was married on June 13, 1967, for Windbigler 45 wonderful years to Leilani. He is survived by his wife Leilani; and four children, Ronald, Edward and Cindy, all of Elkhart, and Terry of Canton, Ohio; four stepchildren, John, Carla and Pam, all of Elkhart and Dianne of Muskegon, Mich.; 27 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; one sister, Roena Willard of Elkhart; and one brother, Vernon Windbigler of Tulsa, Okla. Ray was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Tom and Tim Windbigler. Ray graduated from Elkhart High School and was a key polisher for Rouston Brass Co. He was a family man and enjoyed fishing and hunting. Ray will be loved forever. Memorial contributions may be given to the American Lung Association. Cremation will take place. Stemm-Lawson-Peterson Funeral Home at Cobblestone Crossing, Elkhart, is assisting the family with arrangements. Visit www.stemmlawsonpeterson. com to share a message with the family. LAWRENCE E. WILLIAMS LAFAYETTE Lawrence E. Williams, 79, of Lafayette, formerly of Elkhart, died Friday, May 18, 2012. Arrangements are pending at Chapel Hill Funeral Home, Osceola. DAJEIANNA L. SMITH ELKHART DaJeianna L. Smith, 12, of Elkhart, died at Memorial Hospital in South Bend at 10:29 a.m. Thursday, May 17, 2012, after suffering injuries from a motor-vehicle accident. She was born Feb. 27, 2000. Arrangements are pending at Billings Funeral Home, 812 Baldwin St., Elkhart.

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GOSHEN Winifred S. Waltner, 97, of Goshen, died May 17, 2012, at 9:55 p.m. at the Maples at Waterford Crossing in Goshen. Winifred was born May 23, 1914, in Qixien, Henan Province, China, to George and Mary (Ogren) Waltner Schlosser. They preceded her in death. Sh e m a r r i e d Erland Waltner o n Ju n e 5 , 1939, in Greenville, Ill. Erland, former president of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries, passed away in 2009. Survivors include daughters Mary Liechty Adams of Oceanside, Calif., Kathleen ( D a v i d ) Wa l t n e r- To e w s o f Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, and Rose (Dan) Graber of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; sonin-law Alan Nadon of Elkhart; brother-in-law James Scherer of Oak Park, Ill.; sister-in-law Ruby Schlosser of Stanwood, Wash.; seven grandchildren; four greatgrandchildren; and one greatgreat-grandchild. She is preceded in death by her parents, George and Mary Schlosser; husband Erland Waltner; daughter Irene Nadon; sisters Anabel Miller and Frances Scherer; and brother John Schlosser. Winifred was a member of the Riverside Club, was a volunteer for Elkhart County Hospice for 23 years and was one of the first volunteers. She also volunteered at Elkhart General Community Hospice. She developed and directed several area churchrelated nursery schools. She was a founding member of the Hively Avenue Mennonite Church in Elkhart. Services will be at Hively Avenue Mennonite Church on June 2, 2012, at 11 a.m. A private burial will take place at Prairie Street Cemetery. Memorials can be given to the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary; Greenville College, Ill.; or a charity of your choice. Hartzler-Gutermuth-Inman Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements.

July 19, 1926 - May 16, 2012

WILLARD D. HUNSBERGER

GOSHEN Willard Detweiler Hunsberger died on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at Greencroft Health Care in Goshen. He was born July 19, 1926, to Earl Heacock Hunsberger and Estella Detweiler. His stepmother was Sara Detweiler Kulp. He Hunsberger was known as Ted to Fort Wayne friends and Willie to college friends. He is survived by two children, daughter Patrice and son Terry, both of Fort Wayne. Terry is married to Lois Kaufmann from Tiskilwa, Ill. A brother, Harold, lives in Pennsylvania. Sister Kathryn died in 2007 and brother Earl in 2011. Willard grew up in Souderton, Penn., and attended Blooming Glen Mennonite Church. During World War II he served in civilian public service camps in Virginia and California and at the Rhode Island State Mental Hospital. He graduated from Goshen College in 1950. He also received a Master of Education degree from Temple University, and a masters in library science from Florida State University. The family spent six years in Guam where he served as a teacher and librarian in the Guam school system. In 1968 he became a librarian at IndianaPurdue University in Fort Wayne, retiring in 1991. He married Ann Raber in 1951. They were divorced in 1974 but continued to stay in touch with each other over the years. In 1976 he married Pauline Farquhar, a librarian co-worker at IPFW and the mother of four children. She died of multiple sclerosis in 1996. The children, Mary, John, Paul and Patricia, live in Minnesota, Colorado, Michigan and Kansas. In 2000 he married Virginia Oberley, the mother of nine children from a previous marriage. She died in 2006 of pancreatic cancer. Eight of the children survive, all in the Fort Wayne area. They are Denise, Matthew, Ted, Kenneth, Mark, Stewart, Philip and Timothy. Despite disappointments, he continued to enjoy life through traveling in the United States and abroad, and especially singing. He was always involved in some singing group, quartet or chorus. While a resident in Fort Wayne, he sang in the Philharmonic Chorus. At Greencroft he sang with the Evergreen Singers. He is also the author of two books, The Franconia Mennonites and War, 1951, his senior thesis at Goshen College, and Clarence Darrow; A Bibliography, 1981. He was a great admirer of Clarence Darrow, an internationally known defense attorney from 1890 to 1930. Darrow defended over 2,000 people, many of them for free. Friends may call an hour prior to the 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 25, memorial service in the Koinonia Room at College Mennonite Church, Goshen. The cremains will be deposited into following locations: next to Paulines urn at Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne; next to Virginia at St. Louis Besancon Catholic Church east of New Haven; and also scattered in the Greencroft Gardens in Celebration Park. Memorial contributions may be made to the Fort Wayne Philharmonic or Goshen College. Yoder-Culp Funeral Home is assisting with funeral arrangements.

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Bus driver hero in 76 incident dies at 91

GOSIA WOZNIACKA

Associated Press

FRESNO, Calif. The nation called Ed Ray a hero when he led a terrified group of children to safety after they were kidnapped aboard their school bus and held underground for ransom in the summer of 1976. But the unassuming bus driver from central California never saw himself that way, even after news of the infamous Chowchilla kidnapping grabbed headlines and inspired a TV movie. As for the 26 children he saved, Ray became their lifelong friend until he died Thursday at 91 from complications of cirrhosis. I remember him making me feel safe, said Jodi Medrano, who was 10 at the time.