Archive - Dec 13, 2012 - Obituary
Sondra Kay Bishop, 69, of Columbia City, died at 5 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at Parkview Oaks where she had been a resident since July 2008.
She was born Jan. 24, 1943, in Marion, a daughter of Cecil and Mary (Counterman) Simpson. On July 22, 1962, she was united in marriage to Richard K. Bishop.
Surviving relatives include four children, five grandchildren,a sister and three brothers.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Helen Bishop.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City.
Laurell E. “Tuney” Leitch, 82, a resident of rural LaOtto and a life-long resident of Green Township, passed away at 12:32 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at Dupont Hospital in Fort Wayne following an extended illness.
Mr. Leitch was born on Dec. 15, 1929, in Kendallville, a son of Noah T. and Edna (Diffendarfer) Leitch.
The surviving relatives include his wife Mary Ann, two daughters, a sister, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
