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Leade ship qualityse vice integrityand amil ownership isourpledg e. RECORDS OBITUARIES ENGAGEMENT ROANOKE James A. Steinen, 91, died at 2:50 p.m., Friday, June 24, 2016 at the Apostolic Christian Home of Roanoke. He was born June 8, 1925, in Trimountain, the son of Peter and Lillian Smith Steinen. He married Mary M.
Condon on June 12, 1948, in Hanco*ck, Mich. She died Dec. 7, 2011, in Roanoke. Survivors include two sons, Robert (Sue) Steinen, Abingdon, and Thomas (Kathy) Steinen, Little Rock, two daughters, Barbara (Chris) Kolber, Wadsworth and Karen (Rohn) Peterson, Roanoke; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one sister, Kathleen (Skip) Lewis, Rapid River, and several nieces and nephews He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Robert and Leslie Steinen, and two sisters, Doris Bailey and Betty Beckius. Jim served in the Navy during World War II.
The couple started their married life in Hanco*ck, while he attended Michigan Tech University on the GI Bill. Their oldest son Bob was born there. They later moved to Springfield, where Jim worked for the state highway department and Tom and Barb were born. The family moved to Chicago in 1955 where he began work with PPG Industries and their daughter Karen was born. They moved to Pittsburgh, in 1963 and to Cape Elizabeth, Maine, two years later.
Jim retired in 1983 after 28 years with PPG. The couple moved to Florida, where they lived for 26 years in New Port Richey and Inverness, and later moved to Roanoke in October of 2009. Jim was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He lovingly cared for his wife as disease took over her mind, even into the nursing home, where they both resided. Cremation rites will be accorded.
Services will take place Oct. 8 at 11:30 a.m. at Knapp-Johns on-Harris Funeral Home in Roanoke. Visitation will be held Oct. 8 from 11 to 11:30 a.m.
at the funeral home. Interment will follow the service in the Roanoke Township Cemetery, Roanoke. Memorials may be made to the AC Home of Roanoke. EUREKA Suzanne H. Bishop, 95, died Saturday, July 16, 2016, at Greencroft Healthcare in Goshen, due to congestive heart failure.
She was born May 8, 1921, in Eureka, the daughter of Frank and Esther Schertz Harnish. She married C. Franklin Bishop on April 25, 1943, in Eureka. He died Oct. 29, 2000.
Survivors include four sons, David (Sandra) Bishop, Teaneck, N.J., John (Jeanie) Bishop, Kailua, Hawaii, Lawrence (Adrianna) Bishop, Nashville, and Bruce Bishop, Goshen; nine grandchildren; six gre at-grandchildren; one brother, Robert (Ruth) Harnish, Eureka and two sisters, Marjorie (Wayne) Guth and Patricia (Maurice) Yordy, both of Eureka. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, David Harnish. Suzy graduated from Eureka High School in 1939 and obtained a degree in art from Goshen College in 1985. Following her marriage, the couple moved to Morgantown, W. where she worked as a secretary at E.I.
DuPont. They later moved to Arthurdale, W. which was the first New Deal Homestead built during the Great Depression. There, she raised her sons and began a lifelong career as a potter. When her husband became a professor at Goshen in 1956, they moved to East Goshen and then to South Goshen two years later.
At that time, Suzy worked as a office manager and then as a receptionist in the relation office. She co-o wned and co-operated Turkey Creek Pottery before she retired. Suzy was a member of East Goshen Mennonite Church, where she served as an elder. She was a founding member of the Goshen Clay Art ist Guild and the Goshen Photo graphy Guild. Suzy served on the Foundation and Auxiliary Boards of the Oaklawn Psychiatric Center in Goshen, where she also volunteered and started the gift shop.
She was active in a multitude of organizations. Her father was an early homesteader who received land from then-President Woodrow Wilson and her mother was devoted to and faithfully prayed for all of her extended family. Services will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. Central time) at the church. Visit ation will take place Friday from 1 to 3 p.m.
and 5 to 7 p.m. at Yoder-Culp Funeral Home in Goshen. Memorials may be made to the C. Franklin Bishop Scholarship Fund for biology at Goshen College. E.
Brown, 68, died Sunday, July 10, 2016, at his home in Fresno, Calif. He was born Oct. 4, 1947, in Peoria, the son of Irving E. and Marjorie Rients Brown. He married Astrid Schelander on May 31, 2003, in Fresno.
She survives. Other survivors include one stepson, Aaron Johnson, San Jose, and two sisters, Diana (Givin) Owen, Amherst, N.H., and Coleen (Steve) Bachman, Roanoke. He was preceded in death by his parents. As a youth in Roanoke, Ron was an outstanding athlete and scholar. He was well-known for his basketball skills, which earned him a college scholarship, and he also enjoyed baseball, track, cross country and golf.
Ron ranks fifth on the Roanoke-Benson High School career scoring list with 1,361 points. The RBHS basketball teams he played on recorded some of the most successful seasons in school history and, to this day, records are still held and storied legends are remembered. He played basketball at Memphis State (Tenn.) University and later at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington. Ron was a Naval Reservist for 20 years. He worked in the hazardous waste division for the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency before he retired in 2004. He was a member of the Roanoke United Methodist Church, Roanoke, where he was involved in youth fellowship. As the years passed, Ron became very involved and dedicated to his wife, her son and the Brown family. He loved and supported his sisters and advised his nieces and nephew on their careers and investments. Ron was always there for family and friends when they needed him.
Family and friends meant everything to Ron. He had a loving and generous heart and a wonderful smile. Services were yesterday at the church. The Rev. Charlie Graul officiated.
Visitation was before the service at the church. Burial was in the Roanoke Township Cemetery in Roanoke. Knapp-Johnson-Harris Funeral Home, Ro anoke, was in charge of the arrangements. EUREKA Betty Jean Schertz, 91, died at 8:25 a.m., Sunday, July 17, 2016, at the Apostolic Christian Home of Eureka. She was born Nov.
10, 1924, in Princeton, the daughter of Alvin and Elsie Sears Smucker. She married Wayne Schertz on July 14, 1945, at her home near Buda. He died May 16, 2003. Survivors include one son, Randall (Tereza) Schertz, Eureka; three daughters, Sharon Schertz, Eureka, Marcia (Rich) Gerig, Phoenix, and Roxanne Schertz, Goshen, six grandchildren, Juliana (Kevin) Kupferschmid, David (Nicole) Schert Ashley (Bryan) Beatty, Jill Gerig, Ben (Jill Schmidt) Gerig and Brett Hart; eight great-grandchildren and two brothers, Alvin Smucker, Tiskilwa and Clayton Smucker, Washington. She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother and one infant sister.
Betty graduated from Buda High School, Buda, in 1942, and attended Illinois State Normal University (ISNU) from 1943-1944, where she was captain of the basketball team. She was a stenographer for RG LeTourneau from 1942-1943. From 1944-1946, she worked as a stenographer at State Farm and secretary for the Woodford County Farm Bureau in Eureka. Betty worked as a secretary in the Eureka College Alumni office from 1960-1977. She was an active member of the Roanoke Mennonite Church, rural Eureka.
The couple enjoyed traveling to Canada, Brazil, Peru, Australia, New Zealand, Haiti and Germany. Following retirement, they spent the winters in Bradenton, where they had many great times golfing and getting together with friends. Betty was an accomplished homemaker who excelled in sewing, crocheting, cooking and gardening. She had a keen eye for design in home-decorating and clothing. Betty used those skills as a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Throughout the years, her center was always her family and her considerable energy and work was directed for their benefit. Services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the chur ch with Frank Kandel officiating. Visitation will take place Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall.
A private burial will follow the service in the church cemetery. Argo-Ruestman-Har ris Funeral Home in Eureka is in charge of the arrangements. Memorials may be made to the church, AC Home of Eureka or to any charity. Jim Steinen Jim Steinen Ron Brown Ron Brown Suzanne Bishop Suzanne Bishop Betty Schertz Betty Schertz Kariann Renee Richard of Toluca and Aaron Kenneth Koprowski of New Lenox are engaged to be married. She is the daughter of Scott and Renee Richard of Toluca.
He is the son of Michael and Janet Koprowski of New Lenox. The future bride received an degree in occupational therapy from Illinois Central College, East Peoria. The soon-to-be groom has a degree in health administration from National Louis University, Chicago. The couple is planning an Oct. 1, 2016, wedding at St.
Mary Catholic Church in Mokena. They will take their honeymoon to St. Martin. The couple will reside in New Lenox. Richard- Koprowski ou can submit a milestone announc ement for your event either in person or by mail.
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