All Obituaries

Marjorie “Marge” A. Baldini, 90, of Mishawaka, passed away on November 3, 2019 at the Sanctuary at Holy Cross. Marge was born February 20, 1929 in LaPorte to the late Albert and Margaret (Wright) Sheets. She grew up in LaPorte and Mishawaka and was a 1948 graduate of St. Joseph Academy in South Bend. She lived most of her life in Mishawaka but lived from 1997 to 2013 in Naples, Florida. Marge was employed as a retail clerk in various areas stores. In Mishawka, she was a member...

Joseph John Gyarmati, 94 years old, passed away at 1:55 a.m. on Saturday, November 2, 2019, at Southfield Village in South Bend, IN.  Joe was born January 4, 1925 in Mishawaka, IN to the late Joseph and Victoria Gyarmati. In June, 1946, Joe married Geraldine Bruynell.  They were together 31 years and had two sons, John (Sue) Gyarmati of Cedarburg, WI and Joseph (Karen) Gyarmati of South Bend, IN.  Geraldine passed away in July, 1977.  Joe married Doris Cooper in 1978 and...

Carl Gene Demske, 55, of South Bend, passed away Friday, October 25, 2019, at Memorial Hospital with his family by his side following an extended illness with cancer. Carl was born January 22, 1964 in Mishawaka. He was preceded in death by his father, Donald Demske. He is survived by his mother, Lula Belle Demske; two brothers, Charles and Ronald Demske; two sisters, Deborah (Kevin) Brown and Dianna (Ryan) Collins; a son, Joshua Gene (Stephanie) Demske; a daughter, McCaela Eileen Demske;...

Alyce “Joyce” Stebbins, 94, of Mishawaka, passed away Thursday morning, October 24, 2019, at Sprenger Health Care. Joyce was born April 19, 1925 in White Plains, Kentucky, to the late Harold Atwood and Helen M. (Grzesk) Clark. On February 19, 1946, she married Paul Dean Stebbins who preceded her in death on July 18, 2002. Joyce is survived by two daughters, Judith (Jon) Nace of Mishawaka and Kathleen (Jerry) Pierce of Denver, Colorado; four grandchildren, Jill (Jeremy)...

Brett Alan Keiling, 55, of Mishawaka, passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Brett was born April 13, 1964 in Mishawaka to Roger and Daralyn “Dar” (Huffman) Keiling.    He grew up in Mishawaka and graduated from Mishawaka High School in 1982.  He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA for 3 years. Brett most recently lived at Apostolic Temple Village, South Bend, before moving to Eureka, CA a couple months ago. He had a great passion for music and...

Michael G. Cox, 70, of Mishawaka, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. Mike was born September 11, 1949 in Clinton County, Indiana to the late Forest and Dena (Wilson) Cox. He grew up in Kempton, Indiana, and was a 1968 graduate of Tipton High School. He moved to the Michiana area in the 1970’s. On September 9, 1989, Mike married Julie P. Verheye. They lived in South Bend until moving to Mishawaka in 2000. Mike was employed for many years in...

William Burnell Killilea, 81, of South Bend, passed away Sunday morning, September 22, 2019 at home. Bill was born April 13, 1938 in San Mateo, California, the son of the late Moylan and Ardis (Eckhardt) Killilea. He grew up in San Mateo and traveled east as a college freshman to attend the University of Notre Dame. Bill was the head football manager for two years while at ND and graduated with a degree in Business Administration. The University was instrumental in his entire life and...

Eldon C. Robison, 62, of Bloomington, Indiana, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2019 at IU Hospice House.  Eldon was born on November 14, 1956 in Mishawaka, IN.  He grew up in Mishawaka, Indiana and was a 1974 graduate of Mishawaka High School.  In 1980, he was graduated from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Reading was one of Eldon’s greatest passions in life.  Sharing what he had read through reading aloud to others was also one of his supreme...

Margery R. Biltz, 100, of Mishawaka, passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2019 in Golden Living Center, Mishawaka. Margery was born October 4, 1918 in Bremen, a daughter of the late Phillip and Elizabeth (Kuntz) Felten. She grew up in Bremen. On September 14, 1935, Margery married Kenneth E. Biltz and a short time later they made Mishawaka their home. Years ago, Margery worked at Fulmer School and later worked and eventually retired from Tall Girls in Scottsdale Mall. She enjoyed cooking...

Rita Gail (Micek) White, 80, of Fort Myers Beach, FL passed away on September 5, 2019 at her home in the care of her family. Rita was born on July 2, 1939 in Oklahoma City, OK to Elizabeth (Pavlicek) and Valerian Micek. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Harold Micek of Lake Wales, FL and Aremen “Joe” Micek of Mishawaka; and grandson Kevin Treat. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Jack White of Fort Myers Beach, FL; three children, Dan White of...