Obituaries

Mrs. Maxine Seymour Bessler
Dec 26, 2003
Mrs. Maxine Seymour Bessler, 85, Wanatah, died at 9:15 p.m. Friday (Dec. 26, 2003) at Porter Memorial Hospital in Valparaiso. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Cutler Funeral Home, LaPorte, with Craig Culver officiating. Burial will be in Monon Cemetery, Monon, Ind. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 10 a.m. until the service...

Vance N. Iselman
Dec 24, 2003
Vance N. Iselman, 83, LaPorte, died at 7:10 a.m. Wednesday (Dec. 24, 2003) at LaPorte Hospital. A private family service will be at a later time. Burial will be in Patton Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Cutler Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Mr. Iselman was born Feb. 14, 1920, in LaPorte, to Frank and Elsie (Brayton) Iselman. On June...

Irene D. Swanson
Dec 22, 2003
Irene D. Swanson, 87, LaPorte, died at noon Monday (Dec. 22, 2003) at LaPorte Hospital. The funeral is at 11 a.m. Monday at Bethany Lutheran Church, LaPorte, with the Rev. Laura Altman officiating. Burial is in Carmel Chapel Cemetery. Visitation is from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Cutler Funeral Home, LaPorte, and 10 a.m. until the service Monday at...

Ahlie Abiney
Dec 17, 2003
Ahlie Abiney, 77, LaPorte, died of natural causes at 11:50 a.m. Wednesday (Dec. 17, 2003) at his home. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Cutler Funeral Home, with Pastor Joe officiating. Burial will be in Swan Lake Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. until the funeral Friday at...

Lorella Eileen Schafer
Dec 17, 2003
Lorella Eileen Schafer, 86, New Carlisle, formerly of LaPorte, died at 9:05 p.m. Wednesday (Dec. 17, 2003) at Hamilton Grove Communities, New Carlisle. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Cutler Funeral Home, with Dr. Howard Abbott officiating. Burial will be in Pine Lake Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. today and from 9 a.m....

Warren C. Wakeman
Dec 16, 2003
Warren C. Wakeman, 75, LaPorte, died of natural causes at 7:57 p.m. Tuesday (Dec. 16, 2003) at LaPorte Hospital. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Cutler Funeral Home, with the Rev. Doug Hadley officiating. Burial will be in Pine Lake Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, and from...

Larry D. Johnson
Dec 12, 2003
Larry D. Johnson, 61, LaPorte, died at 7 p.m. Friday (Dec. 12, 2003) at LaPorte Hospital of natural causes. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cutler Funeral Home, with the Rev. Doug Hadley officiating. Interment will follow at 3 p.m. E.S.T. at South Union Cemetery, Nappanee, Ind., with the Rev. David Harper officiating. Visitation is from 3...

Louis L. Solmos Jr
Dec 10, 2003
Louis L. Solmos Jr., 84, LaPorte, died at 2 a.m. Wednesday (Dec. 10, 2003) at Fountainview Terrace Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. The memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Cutler Funeral Home, LaPorte, with the Rev. George Vrabely officiating. Burial will be in Pine Lake Cemetery with full military rites. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until the...

Harry W. Gregory
Dec 9, 2003
Harry W. Gregory, 84, LaPorte, died at 6:13 p.m. (EST) Tuesday December 9, 2003, at St. Joseph Medical Center, South Bend. The funeral will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday at Cutler Funral Home, LaPorte, with Dr. Howard Abbott officiating. Burial will be in Patton Cemetery, where full military rites will be conducted. Visitation will be from 2:00-8:00 p.m. today with...

Fred Jack Ott
Dec 8, 2003
Fred Jack Ott, 83, LaPorte, died of natural causes at 11:45 a.m. Monday (Dec. 8, 2003) at Fountainview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in LaPorte. The funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Cutler Funeral Home, LaPorte, with the Rev. Hugh Smith officiating. Burial will be at a later time at Pine Lake Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 to...

Chester A. Grys
Dec 6, 2003
Chester A. Grys, 66, LaPorte, died of natural causes at 12:04 a.m. Saturday (Dec. 6, 2003) at LaPorte Hospital. The funeral is at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Cutler Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dennis Meyer officiating. Full military rites will follow. Interment will be in Patton Cemetery at a later time. Visitation is from 1 p.m. until the funeral Tuesday...

Arlowa Schuyler Vorm
Dec 5, 2003
Arlowa Schuyler Vorm, 77, North Judson, died of natural causes Friday (Dec. 5, 2003) at Porter Memorial Hospital, Valparaiso. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. EST Monday at United Methodist Church, North Judson, with the Rev. David Mullens officiating. A private burial will take place at a later date. There will be no visitation. Cutler Funeral Home, LaPorte, handled...

Kathy Louise Mace
Nov 23, 2003
Kathy Louise Mace, 58, LaPorte, died Sunday morning (Nov. 23, 2003) at Rush Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago. A requiem Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, LaPorte, with the Rev. James Jones officiating. Burial is in Pine Lake Cemetery at a later date. Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Cutler Funeral Home,...

Dorothy Musselman
Nov 22, 2003
Dorothy Musselman, 88, LaPorte, died at 2:18 a.m. Saturday (Nov. 22, 2003) at LaPorte Hospital. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Cutler Funeral Home, with the Rev. Doug Hadley officiating. Burial will take place in Pine Lake Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday at...

Donald E. Webb
Nov 22, 2003
Donald E. Webb, 83, Union Mills, died at 8:10 p.m. EST Saturday (Nov. 22, 2003) at Elkhart Rehabilitation Center, Elkhart, Ind. The funeral is at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cutler Funeral Home, LaPorte, with the Rev. Bob Clevenger officiating. Burial is in Crown Hill Cemetery, Knox, Ind., where full military rites will be conducted. Visitation is from 4 to 8...

John C. Hargrave
Nov 20, 2003
John C. Hargrave, 91, LaPorte, died at 8:35 a.m. Thursday (Nov. 20, 2003) at LaPorte Hospital. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30, in the LaPorte First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Doug Hadley officiating. A private family entombment will be in Swan Lake Memorial Gardens, Michigan City. There will be no visitation. Cutler Funeral...

David J. Tastet
Nov 18, 2003
David J. Tastet, Sr., 51, LaPorte, died of natural causes at 11:25 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 18, 2003) at Countryside Place Nursing Home, LaPorte. A memorial service will be at 6 p.m. Friday at Community AME Church, LaPorte. Burial will be in Mount Mariah Cemetery, Sixth Ward, La. There will be no visitation. Cutler Funeral Home handled arrangements. He was born...

Rosetta B. Newkirk
Nov 15, 2003
Rosetta B. Newkirk, 76, Rolling Prairie, died at midnight Saturday (Nov. 15, 2003) at LaPorte Hospital. The funeral is at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cutler Funeral Home, LaPorte, with the Rev. David Tripp officiating. Burial is in Patton Cemetery, LaPorte, with American Legion Post 434, Kingsford Heights, performing full military rites. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and...

John R. Scott
Oct 26, 2003
John R. Scott, 82, LaPorte, formerly of Devon Springs, Fla., died at 2:45 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 26, 2003) at Countryside Place Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, LaPorte. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Cutler Funeral Home, 2900 Monroe St., LaPorte, with the Rev. Hugh Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery, Mill Creek. Visitation is from...

Robert Lee Smith Sr
Oct 23, 2003
Robert Lee Smith Sr., 70, LaPorte, died at 11:15 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 23, 2003) at his home of natural causes. A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Monday (Oct. 27, 2003) at Countryside Christian Church, Michigan City, with the Rev. Rick Jones officiating. A private family interment will be held in Swan Lake Memorial Gardens, Michigan City. Visitation will...
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