Peru Tribune Obituaries: 2011 - Debby's Web Pages

her in death. Private services were observed and she was laid to rest in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Twelve Mile. McClainFuneral Home, Denver, handled arrangements. The online guestbook can be signed at www.mcclainfh.com. MemorialContributions may be made to Mount Carmel Cemetery, in care of McClain Funeral Home, PO Box 248, Denver, Ind.Peru Tribune, The (IN) - Wednesday, May 25, 2011Annis Fay Thompson, age 78, Nappanee, died at 3:40 p.m. Sunday, May 22, 2011 at Dukes Hospital in Peru, where she hadbeen admitted May 18 after a long illness. She was born Jan. 5, 1933 in Houston, Miss. to Forrest W. and Allie Mae CriddleCollums. She was a graduate of Woodland high School in Woodland, Miss. On March 12, 1950 she married Willie EddThompson in Chicksaw County, Miss. He preceded her in death May 8, 2002. They moved to Nappanee in 1968 fromMississippi. Mrs. Thompson was a homemaker. She and her husband had owned Willie’s Market in Elkhart for many years.Mrs. Thompson loved her kids and grandkids. She enjoyed traveling with her husband, gardening and flowers. Surviving areher daughters, Branda (Craig) Middaugh, Nappanee, Cathy (Marvin) Schmucker, Peru, a son, Jimmy Wayne (Connie)Thompson, Fort Worth, Texas, 13 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, sisters, Josephine (Henry) Bullard, Woodland, Mis..,Grace Clark, Ponotoe, Miss., Regina (Rodney) Burgess, Jackson, Miss., Marika (Tim) Kunder, Bremen, and a brother, ForrestWebster (Wanda) Collums, Houston, Miss. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and sisters, Nell Faulk,Burnetta Patterson and Marie Long. Friends may call Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Thompson-Lengacher and Yoder FuneralHome, Nappanee, where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 25. Burial will be in Bremen Cemetery.Memorial contributions may be made to United Cancer Services of Elkhart County.Peru Tribune, The (IN) - Wednesday, May 25, 2011Audra Snyder Bailey, 102, North Vernon, formerly of Amboy, died at Hospice of South Central Indiana, Columbus, at 4:45p.m. Saturday, May 21, 2011. Arrangements are pending at Laird-Eddy Funeral Home, 201 N. Main, Amboy.Peru Tribune, The (IN) - Wednesday, May 25, 2011M. Max White, 88, of Wabash, died at 1:20 p.m., Monday, May 23, 2011 at Miller’s Merry Manor East in Wabash. He wasborn Aug. 4, 1922 in Ora to Floyd E. and Lacy R. (Kessler) White, Sr. Max was a 1940 graduate of Culver high School andattended Anderson College. He was a U.S. Army veteran during WWII. He married Ruthann Brackenhamer in Peru on Jan. 13,1950. He was a service technician for Northern Indiana Public Service Company, retiring after 33 years. He was a member ofthe Wabash First Church of God, and in 1986 became an ordained minister in the Church of God Anderson. He was a formermember of Gideons International. After retirement, Max worked summer youth camps and as a campground pastor at theChurch of God campground at Yellow Creek Lake. He enjoyed working with youth groupds, spending time with the “noongroup” at the Wabash Donut Shoppe, and enjoyed being with people. He also led devotions at Wabash Skilled Care Center andEastwood Place, in Peru. Max and his family moved to Wabash in 1960, coming from Peru. He is survived by his wife,Ruthann White; 2 children, Sue A. White and Steven M. (Margie) White; grandson, Benjamin S. (Shanna) White; greatgranddaughter,Abbi Campbell, all of Wbash; sister, Melba Easterday of Culver; brother, Floyd E. (Liz) White Jr. of Peru. Hewas preceded in death by two sisters and a brother. Funeral services will be held at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241Manchester Avenue, Wabash, on Friday, May 27, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Robb Rensberger officiating. Burial will be inMemorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeralhome. Preferred memorial is Gideons International or Yellow Creek Lake Youth Camp (YCL Ministries). The memorialguest book for Max may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com .Peru Tribune, The (IN) - Wednesday, May 25, 2011Richard L. Maggart, LTC, USAF retired, age 90, of Peru, passed away at 4:47 p.m., Sunday, May 22, 2011 at his residence.He was born in Noble County on May 16, 1921 the son of Russell and Ruth Shock Maggart. Dick was a 1939 graduate ofCromwell High School in Cromwell, and attended Indiana University at Ft. Wayne. A paragon of America's GreatestGeneration, Richard L. Maggart enlisted in the US Army Air Corps during WWII. As a 22 year old 1st Lt. and a B-17command pilot, Dick flew 32 missions in B-17s from England all over Europe during WWII. He flew his first mission toSarreguemines, France on May 24, 1944 and two days later he took his crew and went on a raid to Mannheim, Germany, whichwas his first taste of an actual combat mission. During his 23rd combat mission to bomb Coubronne in France his plane was hitby anti-aircraft fire knocking out the left inboard engine, moments later additional anti-aircraft fire knocked out the secondengine. As the plane swung out of formation in an attempt to return to an English air force base the third engine was hit andknocked out and they were left flying on one engine. Miraculously, Dick was able to navigate his plane across the EnglishChannel and crash land on English soil. His military decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal withthree Oak Leaf Clusters and the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal. Dick returned to civilian life followingWWII and ran the Wawassee Airport. With the outbreak of the Korean War he was called back to active duty and remained onactive until the war ended. After the Korean War Dick purchased Keller Kleaners in Peru in 1953 and owned and operated ituntil his retirement in 1986. He also co-owned and operated Rolling Greens Golf & Dining, the former Mississinewa CountryClub, from 1978-1984. Dick was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. He was a charter member and first Commander ofthe Cromwell American Legion Post. Dick also belonged to the Peru Elks Lodge, Peru Moose Lodge, Miami County VFWPost #2067 and Cromwell Masonic Lodge #705. He was an avid IU basketball fan and thoroughly enjoyed playing golf. He issurvived by his sons Richard L. Maggart, Jr. of Peru and David R. Maggart and his wife Bonnie of Phoenix, Ariz., a daughterDeborah Huff of Peru; grandchildren Jennifer Maggart and Melissa Maggart; a sister Rose Albrecht of Massillon, Ohio and his