Obituaries

Sven Louis Swanson
Oct 20, 2003
Sven Louis Swanson, 94, Woodland Terrace, Bridgman, died at 7:10 p.m. E.D.T. Monday (Oct. 20, 2003) of natural causes at his home. A private family service will be held at the Cutler Funeral Home, 2900 Monroe St., LaPorte, with the Rev. Erik Gustafson officiating. Burial will be in Heckman Cemetery, LaPorte. There will be no visitation. Mr. Swanson was born...

Elaine Allen Wise
Oct 16, 2003
Elaine Allen Wise, 87, New Carlisle, died at 12:24 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 16, 2003) at South Bend Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Cutler Funeral Home, LaPorte. Burial will be in Westville Cemetery. Visitation is from 2 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 10 a.m. until the service Tuesday at the funeral home. Mrs....

Imagene Jean Rodgers Bowen
Oct 12, 2003
Imagene Jean Rodgers Bowen, 73, Fish Lake, died at 5:30 a.m. Sunday (Oct. 12, 2003) at her home. The funeral is at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Cutler Funeral Home, LaPorte, with the Rev. Dee Miller officiating. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Mrs. Bowen was born Sept. 3,...

Edward L. Hartke
Oct 11, 2003
Edward L. Hartke, 74, LaPorte, died at 11:45 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 11, 2003) at LaPorte Hospital. The funeral is at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Evergreen Baptist Church, Michigan City, with the Rev. John Rumley officiating. Interment is in Swan Lake Memorial Gardens, Michigan City. Visitation is from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Cutler Funeral Home, LaPorte, and 9 to...

Richard H. Ivey
Oct 10, 2003
Richard H. Ivey, 88, New Carlisle, formerly of LaPorte, died at 3:45 a.m. Friday (Oct. 10, 2003) at Miller's Merry Manor, New Carlisle. Private family services will be at Cutler Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jack Ivey officiating. Burial will be in Pine Lake Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Mr. Ivey was born March 6, 1915, in LaPorte, to...

Carol Patricia Klenk
Oct 5, 2003
Carol Patricia Klenk, 63, LaPorte, died at 5:35 a.m. Sunday (Oct. 5, 2003) in her home. A private family service will be at a later time. Visitation will be 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Cutler Funeral Home, LaPorte. Mrs. Klenk was born Oct. 17, 1939, in Tinley Park, Ill., the daughter of Joseph and Matilda (Kraatz) Machtemes. On Feb....

Lorraine Lory
Sep 30, 2003
Lorraine Lory, 80, LaPorte, died at 4 a.m. Tuesday (Sept. 30, 2003) at her home. The funeral is at 11 a.m. Thursday at Cutler Funeral Home, LaPorte, with the Rev. David Tripp officiating. Burial is in Rolling Prairie Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. until the services Thursday at the funeral home. She was...

Merle Allen Prascak
Sep 26, 2003
Merle Allen Prascak, 60, LaPorte, died at 9:45 a.m. Friday (Sept. 26, 2003) at Carroll Woods Health and Rehabilitation Center, Michigan City. A private family service will be held. Cremation has taken place. Mr. Prascak was born Sept. 11, 1943, in Rensselaer, Ind., to Michael and Martha (Halstead) Prascak Sr. On April 1, 1999, he married Barbara Janke Newman, who...

Stephen D. Keeling
Sep 23, 2003
Stephen D. Keeling, 39, Michigan City, died at 10:55 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 23, 2003) in Michigan City. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Cutler Funeral Home, LaPorte. Burial will be in Pine Lake Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. until the service Saturday at the funeral home. He was born...

Irene Virginia Olson
Sep 21, 2003
Irene Virginia Olson, 85, LaPorte, died at 11 p.m. Sunday (Sept. 21, 2003) at her home. A memorial service is at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at Cutler Funeral Home, LaPorte, with the Rev. David Sickelka officiating. Cremation has taken place, and interment of the ashes will be in Pine Lake Cemetery at a later date. There is no visitation....

Clarence I. Huhnke
Sep 13, 2003
Clarence I. Huhnke, 78, LaPorte, died at 10 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 13, 2003) at his home. The funeral is at 11 a.m. Thursday at Cutler Funeral Home, LaPorte, with the Rev. Ransom Ebersole officiating. Burial with full military rites is in Patton Cemetery. Visitation is from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. until the service Thursday at the...

Evelyn W. Heise
Sep 11, 2003
Evelyn W. Heise, of La Porte, In, age 77, died at 9:33 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003 at Hospice House in South Bend, In after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Survived by her husband, best friend and soul-mate, Robert, they would have celebrated 60 years of marriage next month. She was the loving mother of Carol (Charles) Wright of...

Ernest J. Stevens
Sep 9, 2003
Ernest J. Stevens, 66, LaPorte, died at 1 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 9, 2003) at LaPorte Hospital. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Cutler Funeral Home, with Pastor Wayne Joyner officiating. Burial will be in Patton Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. until the service Friday at the funeral home....

Cullen W. Lindsey
Sep 8, 2003
Cullen W. Lindsey, 54, Stillwell, died at 5:30 a.m. Monday (Sept. 8, 2003) at his home. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Cutler Funeral Home, LaPorte, with Pastor Monroe Jones officiating. Burial will be in Salem Chapel Cemetery Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 10 a.m until the service Thursday at the...

Jerry Luverne Salo
Sep 7, 2003
Jerry Luverne Salo, Jr., 32, of Peoria, Ariz., died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003, in Arizona. Surviving are his parents, Pam and Jerry Salo Sr., of Peoria; one son, Tyler of La Porte; one sister, Karin Scholz of Westlake Village, Calif.; his grandparents, Arley and Sendie Holt and Hellen Salo, all of La Porte, and H.A. and Bessie Ladd of Turlock,...

Boguslaw Poreba
Sep 6, 2003
Boguslaw Poreba, 41, LaPorte, died at 10:10 a.m. Saturday (Sept. 6, 2003) at LaPorte Hospital. The rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Cutler Funeral Home, LaPorte, with the Rev. Marion Keciz officiating. Visitation is from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Muszyna, Poland. Mr. Poreba was born...

Mrs. Frances Struble Barnes
Sep 5, 2003
Mrs. Frances Struble Barnes, 91, LaPorte, died at 8:20 p.m. Friday (Sept. 5, 2003) at LaPorte Hospital. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cutler Funeral Home, with the Rev. Doug Hadley officiating. Burial will be in DeMotte Cemetery, DeMotte, Ind. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until the service Wednesday at the funeral home. Mrs. Barnes was born...

Julie Gnatt Boyd
Sep 4, 2003
Julie Gnatt Boyd, 93, LaPorte, died at 9:18 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 4, 2003) at LaPorte Hospital. A private family graveside service will be held, with the Rev. Louis Schumm officiating. Burial will be in Pine Lake Cemetery. There will be no visitation. She was born Dec. 27, 1909, in Copenhagen, Denmark, to Ove and Valgerdur (Nielsen) Gnatt. On April 22,...

Patrick B. Kuzmin
Aug 31, 2003
Patrick B. Kuzmin, 57, LaPorte, died at 7:20 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 31, 2003) at his home. The funeral is at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Cutler Funeral Home, LaPorte, with the Rev. Floyd Wilcox Jr. officiating. A Catholic prayer service is at 6 p.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. Jim Morris officiating. Visitation is from 1 p.m. until the prayer service Wednesday...

Glenn O. Jackson
Aug 29, 2003
Glenn O. Jackson, 94, Mishawaka, formerly of LaPorte, died at 11:50 p.m. Friday (Aug. 29, 2003) at Fountainview Terrace Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Mishawaka. An Eagles memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Cutler Funeral Home. Burial will take place in Patton Cemetery, LaPorte. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until the service Thursday at the funeral home....
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