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Ellen Katherine Jordan

Ellen Katherine Jordan, 78, of Marion, passed away peacefully at 10:23 am on Friday, September 20, 2024, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. She was born on August 31, 1946, in...

Belinda F. Kirkendall

Belinda F. Kirkendall, 66, of Marion, passed away peacefully at her residence on Friday, September 20, 2024. She was born on August 2, 1958, in Hartford City, Indiana, to Richard and Faye. Belinda...

Dorothy Hidy

Dorothy Hidy, born on September 23, 1958, in Jamestown, North Dakota, to Wilfert and Helen (Ziemann) Thom, passed away on her 66th birthday, September 23, 2024, in Wabash, Indiana. She leaves behind a...

John W. Finster

John W. Finster, of Richmond, TX passed away on September 18, 2024.  He was 88 years old.  John was the son of Hazen and Bertha Finster of Peru, IN. A 1954 graduate of Peru High School, he went on to...

Helen Louise (Gilbert) Bowman

Helen Louise (Gilbert) Bowman, 92, of Wabash, Indiana passed away peacefully at 11:44 p.m. on Friday, September 20, 2024, at Bickford of Wabash in Wabash, Indiana. She was born on April 5, 1932, to...

Benny “Ben” DeBonis

Benny "Ben" DeBonis, 70, Marion, passed away at 8:39 pm on Thursday, September 19, 2024, at Marion Health. He was born in Marion, Indiana, on Friday, July 30, 1954, to Joseph and Dorothy (Keene)...

Edward “Ed” L. Harrison

Edward “Ed” L. Harrison, 88, of Marion, passed away peacefully at 8:52 pm on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. He went to spend eternity with his Lord and Savior, Jesus...

Rita Eileen Barber

Rita Eileen Barber, 72, Sweetser, passed away at 1:28 pm on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at Marion Health from pulmonary embolism. She was born in Medaryville, Indiana, on Friday, November 23, 1951...

Miami County’s Women’s Giving Circle awards $7,000 to local organizations

PERU, IN- Peru Civic Center was bustling last Thursday during the annual Boomerang Sisterhood Women’s Giving Circle event. Over 30 women from the Boomerang Sisterhood, Miami County’s women’s giving...