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Carol Joan Keel (Wale) 85, of Chesterton passed away Wednesday July 13, 2022. She was born May 16, 1937 in East Chicago, IN. She was the daughter of Edwin Woodwin and Verna Pauline (Press) Wale.  Carol was an owner of Keel’s Country Corner in...

Mark Stephen Pacholke, 73 of Lewisville, NC, formerly of Valparaiso, passed away May 31, 2022 in North Carolina. He was born February 15, 1949 in Michigan City, the son of Lee and Gladys (White) Pacholke. Mark was a US Army Veteran, a longtime...

Carolyn Joan Thatcher passed away peacefully on May 26, 2022 at her home in Hebron. She was born on September 4, 1933 in Brook, Indiana to Athol and Esther Christine (Holley) Purkey. On November 19, 1952 she married Francis Wendell Thatcher who...

She was born March 31, 1941 in East Chicago, IN, the daughter of Michael and Dorothy (Sabol) Hanchar. On April 20, 1963 Phyllis married her first husband Ronald Spencer who preceded her in death. On April 22, 1978, she married Robert Wayne Phillips,...

Phyllis Ann Phillips, 81 of Valparaiso, passed away Friday, May 27, 2022. She was born March 31, 1941 in East Chicago, IN, the daughter of Michael and Dorothy (Sabol) Hanchar. On April 20, 1963 Phyllis married her first husband Ronald Spencer who...

Rita Mae Finazzo, 55 of Valparaiso, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2022. She was born September 13, 1966 in Fairburn, Ohio the daughter of Kelly and Christine (Howard) Williams. On May 31, 1997 she married Paul Finazzo, who survives in Valparaiso....

Roger L. Rowe, 75 of Valparaiso, passed away Sunday, February 6, 2022. He was born April 21, 1947 in Stockbridge, Michigan. On April 13, 1964, he married Ruth Haack who survives. Also surviving him are his children Kimberly (Doug) Zeese of Royce...

David J. Konkey, 85 of Westville, passed away Friday, January 21, 2022 at home. He was born October 14, 1936 in Michigan City to John and Lilah (Bohnstadt) Konkey. On November 22, 1962 he married Rose Marie Kienitz who survives. Also surviving are...

John “Mark” Taylor, 59, of Wanatah, passed away Saturday, November 27, 2021. He was born March 17, 1962 in Valparaiso to John Daniel Taylor and Louise Joan (Spangler) Taylor. On April 22, 1983 in Valparaiso, Mark married his loving wife of 38...

Elizabeth Anne “Betty” Kyprianou, 83 of Plainfield, IL, passed away Thursday, October 21, 2021. She was born March 25, 1938 in Gary, the daughter of Glen and Sophie (Krakowiak) Griffin. Betty was a homemaker and worked for J.C.Penney for many...