Elkhart High School Class of 1961
1961 Classmate David Eugene Ong of Nashville, Tennessee passed away due to cancer on April 25,2015 in his home. After graduation from Elkhart High School, he received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Wabash College in 1965, where he graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. He received his Ph.D in bio chemistry from Yale University…
EHS 1961 Classmate Judy Miller Hogendobler passed away February 11, 2014 at Greencroft Health Care Center in Goshen. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Thomas, and a sister, Kathy Long. Surviving are her children, Cheryll ( Todd ) Beachy of Middlebury and David (Ellisha ) Went of Woodland, Michigan; stepsons William…
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EHS 1961 classmate Sandy Overholt Wing passed away December 27th, 2014 at Elkhart General Hospital. She is survived by her husband, Dale D.Wing Sr., seven children, Terry ( Debbie ) Stitt of Elkhart, Tammy ( Robert ) Wisk of Constantine, MI, and Todd ( Joanna ) Stitt, Mary Wing, Dale D. Wing Jr., Edward Wing, and…
EHS 1961 Classmate Barbara ( Bobbie ) Lerch passed away on November 25th, 2014 in Camarillo, California. Her husband , Jim Lerch ( EHS class of 1959 ) sent the following obituary. Bobbie Lerch, 71, passed away Tuesday, November 25th at 5:00 p.m. She was born January 25th, 1943, in Elkhart, Indiana to Dale and…
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EHS 1961 classmate Norris Dryer passed away on October 30, 2014. Norris attended Indiana University graduating with a degree in mass communications . He then earned a master’s degree in music history from Boston University. His first job in radio was at WBRN in Big Rapids, Michigan and then he left for the public radio station…
Elkhart High School 1961 classmate, Michael J. Buckley died September 24th, 2014 at Elkhart General Hospital. Mike was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He was also an avid car enthusiast and retired as a quality control supervisor at Crosbie Foundry in Elkhart. Mike is survived by his wife of 49 years , Connie Crosbie, who is…
EHS 1961 Classmate C. David Gableman passed away on August 24th at IU Health Goshen Hospital. Dave retired from Elkhart Community Schools. He also previously worked for Excel Industries and AACOA in Elkhart. Dave was a proud Vietnam veteran who loved his God, his family, Notre Dame football and his long time friends at My…
Bruce (Beezy) Brown passed away on September 24,2013 of health complications . Bruce completed 4 years of college and served four years in the US Navy as a radio-man. He moved to New York City to begin his bartending career. He spent 24 years as a bartender in the Four Seasons Hotel chain. He is…
William Vernon Zipser passed away on Friday, July 19,2013 at Ironwood Health & Rehabilitation Center in South Bend. He is survived by two sons , William “Todd” of Goshen, and Thomas ( Jennifer ) of South Bend, 5 grandchildren and one great-grandson, three sisters, Wanda, Louise, and Norma, and a twin brother, Louis Jr. Bill…
1961 EHS Classmate Dennis Murphy of La Grange, Illinois, passed away June 12, 2013 . He is survived by his wife of 44 years , Deborah; 2 daughters, Kristen Murphy and Laura ( James ) Ferri and three grandchildren. Dennis graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University , and an MBA from…