Obituaries
The list of obituaries is in alphabetic order and includes Stephens family members spouses. Women are listed alphabetically by their married name with their maiden name in parentheses. The obituaries have been retyped as they appeared in the newspaper. No attempt made to correct even obvious errors in spelling, punctuation or data.
For purposes of identifying which family line an individual belongs, they are identified as a descendant of either Catherine (Stephens) Schleier, Balthasar Stephens, Margarget (Stephens) Smith or Joseph Stephens. In cases where the spouse is not a direct descendant, the spouse is identified with the family member from whom their spouse is descended.
To view a family member's obituary, click on the individual's name.
| Stephens Family Member | Date of Death | Place of Death | Descendant of |
Darlene Joyce (Beck) Ammon |
November 15, 2001 |
Chilehowee, Missouri |
Joseph Stephens |
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March 12, 1918 |
Chesterton, Indiana |
Joseph Stephens |
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| Elmer A Anderson | April 6, 1977 | Kimberling, Missouri | Joseph Stephens |
| Emma Sofia (Anderson) Anderson | May 12, 1938 | Porter, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Ester Lillian (Turner) Beck | August 19, 1979 | Michigan City, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Harold Arthur Beck | April 4, 1961 | Chesterton, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Philip A Beck | January 27, 1995 | Fayette, Ohio | Joseph Stephens |
| Ruby (Zane) Buczkowski | 1991 | Chesterton, Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| Elizabeth (Ehlen) /Boyle/Brody | June 1, 1941 | Porter, Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| William George Bogue | October 19, 1963 | Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Mary Ellen (Stephens) Carr | March 21, 1899 | Hobart, Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| Durwood Orville Clem | October 29, 1995 | Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Marie Adela (Rintz) Clem | December 30, 1987 | Chesterton, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Roscoe McKinley Clem, Sr. | May 9, 1968 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Anna (O'Connor) Dillinger | September 30, 1985 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Margaret Smith |
| Etta (Smith) Dillinger/Harbrecht | November 9, 1938 | Porter, Indiana | Margaret Smith |
| Laurence Dillinger | March 8, 1970 | Chesterton, Indiana | Margaret Smith |
| Elsie (Wortman) Draper | August 25, 1962 | South Bend, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Doris Lablanche (Johnson) Gland | May 8, 1982 | Chesterton, Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| Katherine (Schleier) Kleinschmidt | October 1, 1903 | Dubuque, Iowa | Baltlhasar Stephens |
| Thomas Andrew Kosmatka | September 14, 1994 | Wanatah, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Sylvester Kosmatka | July 4, 1987 | Chesterton, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Susan Kay Krewett-Howard | January 25, 2004 | Safety Harbor, Florida | Joseph Stephens |
| Alta Olive (Johnson) Lee | July 26, 2000 | Chesterton, Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| Donald B. Lee | October 7, 1987 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| Elihu Pete Mills | July 21, 1985 | Adrian, Michigan | Joseph Stephens |
| Hazel Pansy (Turner) Mills | December 1, 1989 | Adrian, Michigan | Joseph Stephens |
| Marjorie Alvena (Beck) Morton | September 16, 1995 | Michigan City, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Jeannette Ethel (Stephens) Myers | April 26, 1992 | South Bend, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Charles Nester | Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
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| Elizabeth (Stephens) Nester | November 11, 1918 | Porter, Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| William A. Pacholke | October 8, 2005 | Michigan City, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Francis Louise (Sievert) Pliske | December 27, 1992 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Lillian S (Harbrecht) Reglein | September 7, 1960 | Wall Lake, Iowa | Margaret Smith |
| Vietta Margaret (Schroeder) Reglein | December 24, 1992 | Wall Lake, Iowa | Margaret Smith |
| Fred Martin Rintz | April 30, 1938 | Chesterton, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Isabel Angeline (Stephens) Rintz | May 3, 1947 | Chesterton, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Joseph Rintz | 1967 | Chesterton, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Martin Rintz | January 22, 1962 | Joseph Stephens |
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| Oakley Rintz | March 17, 2005 | Sun City West, Arizona | Joseph Stephens |
| Veronica C (Putchaven) Rintz | April 5, 1977 | Chesterton, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Leonard "Bud" George Schilla | June 11, 1997 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Marjorie Jean (Clem) Schilla | June 5, 1981 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Byrl L Sharples | July 8, 1978 | Porter, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Helen Hazel (Mills) Schutte | July 5, 1985 | Senaiveen, Michigan | Joseph Stephens |
| Roy Charles Shutte | March 9, 1986 | Wayne, Michigan | Joseph Stephens |
| Robert M. Shultz | October 30, 2004 | Bonham, Texas | Joseph Stephens |
| Anna Suzanna (Stephens) Sievert | September 8, 1967 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Arthur Wilbur Sievert | May 11, 1980 | Hammond, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| John Sievert | October 22, 1959 | Porter, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Oliver Sievert | August 7, 2005 | Michigan City, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Rose (Crawford) Sievert | March 6, 2004 | Michigan City, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| William George Sievert | April 12, 1993 | Chesterton, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Louisa Melvina (Smith) Singrey | October 2, 1945 | Kalamazoo, Michigan | Margaret Smith |
| Margaret (Stephens) Smith | March 31, 1895 | Porter, Indiana | Margaret Smith |
| Patricia Lynn (Wright) Smith | Joseph Stephens |
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| Louisa Melvina (Stephens) Spencer | March 22, 1916 | Porter, Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| Arthur L Stephens | January 16, 1933 | Gary, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Augusta C (Dettman) Stephens | September 25, 1929 | Chesterton, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Bertha Stephens | January 11, 1898 | Porter, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Charles A Stephens | February 22, 1918 | Porter, Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| Cora E (Morrical) Stephens | December 13, 1965 | Beverly Shores, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Dorthea Irene (Brown) Stephens | February 9, 1986 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Dorothy Charlotte Stephens | July 9, 1983 | Los Angeles, California | Joseph Stephens |
| Dorothy Alda Stephens | February 1920 | Gary, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Frank Stephens | May, 1941 | Chesterton, Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| George Stephens | December 27, 1972 | Escondido, California | Joseph Stephens |
| Harrison & Peggy (Confer) Stephens | August 22&18, 1992 | Fridley, Minnesota | Joseph Stephens |
| Hattie (Hjelm) Stephens | 1947 | Chesterton, Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| Hazel Belle (Sears) Stephens | December 25, 1978 | Escondido, California | Joseph Stephens |
| John Ebmück Stephens | December 13, 1957 | Chesterton, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| John "Big John" Stephens | May 2, 1919 | Crown Point, Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| Joseph Stephens | March 7, 1894 | Porter, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Joseph A Stephens | February 10, 1941 | Gary, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Joseph B Stephens | April 23, 1959 | Harvey, Illinois | Joseph Stephens |
| Kenneth George Stephens | July 9, 1998 | Palo Alto, California | Joseph Stephens |
| Louis Stephens | May 15, 1884 | Porter, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Louisa Ludovica (Rück) Stephens | July 12, 1940 | Chesterton, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Mabel Elizabeth (Anderson) Stephens | March 14, 1982 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Marie (Koehneman) Stephens | July 20, 1932 | Crown Point, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Marion Russell Stephens | August 24, 1997 | Chesterton, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Mildred (Anstiss) Stephens | November 14, 1997 | Michigan City, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Matthew Stephens | November 15, 1907 | Porter, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Phyllis Anita (Hepburn) Stephens | October 24, 1993 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Joseph Stephens |
| Robert Andrew Stephens | May 20, 2000 | Michigan City, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Theodore Stephens | April 16, 1959 | Porter, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| James Richard Strange | March 5, 1998 | Oakland, California | Joseph Stephens |
| Sherry Lynn Strange | August 7, 1976 | Three Oaks, Michigan | Joseph Stephens |
| Irene Viola (Sievert) Swoverland | August 5, 1994 | Chesterton, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Luther Orval Swoverland | April 1, 1995 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Barney Andrew Tarchala | November 8, 2003 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Spenser Turner | October 13, 1907 | Porter, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Theodore Turner | June 30, 1929 | Porter, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Barbara Jean (Oness) Walstra | December 27, 2001 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Marion (Zane) Weaver/Weisemann | August 1987 | Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| Francis Ray Wiesemann | February 9, 2001 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| Phyllis L. (Stephens) Wilding | March 26, 2005 | Sun City, Arizona | Balthasar Stephens |
| Russell "Casey" Wilding | January 11, 1982 | Chesterton, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Dorothy Velera (Clem) Wright | July 13, 1982 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Jack Lee Wright | June 10, 1984 | LaPorte, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Roscoe "Rocky" Wright | December 5, 2002 | Washington, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Sharon Ann Wright | March 22, 1989 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Wilbur Wilson Wright | April 16, 1961 | Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Eda (Harris) Vercoe | February 27, 1973 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
| Charles B Zane | January 16, 1964 | Porter, Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| Charles Leslie Zane, Sr. | November 16, 2003 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| Helena (Stephens) Zane | July 29, 1966 | Porter, Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| Leslie E Zane | November 3, 1991 | Porter, Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| Mark L Zane | July 16, 1982 | Golden, Colorado | Balthasar Stephens |
| Patricia (Bechinski) Zane | January 11, 1997 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Balthasar Stephens |
| Shirley Jeanne (Wright) Zimmerman | July 19, 1988 | Indiana | Joseph Stephens |
Copies of individual obituaries were obtained from the microfilm section of the Chesterton Library. At the end of each obituary is a citation for The Chesterton Tribune, providing the date of the obituary as well and the page and column where it appeared. Some obituaries were obtained from other sources and passed on to me by interested family members.