Winifred (Wendy) Claudine Blankenship-Harmon of Miller Beach (Gary, IN) passed away suddenly at home on January 29, 2016. She was a homemaker, mother of 5, grandmother of 2 as well as a 1983 graduate of Merrillville High School. She is preceded in death by her parents and survived by her children and grand children as well as her 2 brothers.

Montgomery (Monty) Allan Johnson 68 Passed away after a long battle with cancer with his loving wife Kim by his side.
Monty was a lifelong Ironworker with the local 771 International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers in Saskatchewan Canada retiring after 43 years of service in 2008.
Monty was preceded in death by his parents Lucy (Roulston) and Donovan Johnson and his late wife Patricia.
He is survived By wife Kim Wright-Johnson, Children Derek Johnson, Tyler Johnson and Belinda Wright, Brother Arnold Johnson (Janice), Sister Correen Hackl (Ken) and many Aunt's, Uncle's, Nieces, Nephews and cousins.
Monty's love of life was pure and simple his Faith in God, A heart of full of love for his family and friends, he could walk into a room and fill it with laughter and music, you could always count on him to be there to lend a hand with anything you needed he will be missed so much by those whose live's he touched.
The Family would like to Thank Foothills Country Hospice in Alberta, Canada and Lifecare Hospice in Stanberry, Missouri for all their support during his illness their care and compassion will never be forgotten.
Condolences can be sent to the families at their own homes since Kim's address may not be known by all it is listed below.
Kim Wright-Johnson
954 S. Main APT 134
Maryville MO 64468
USA

Marie Kavalec was born in Omaha, Nebraska. After graduating from high school, Marie worked at the weather bureau in Omaha until her marriage to Clifford Halvorson. Marie and Clifford enjoyed a special union while living in multiple states as Clifford served in the United States Air Force. Marie and Clifford had five children, three grandchildren and one great grandchild. After her husband's death, Marie pursued her life dream of earning a college education. She first successfully completed a two year nursing degree and then went on to earn another associates of arts degree n psychology.

Chuck Balazs was a great, generous man with a huge heart. Anyone who knew him loved him, and was rewarded in turn with a friendship with a man who was loving, loyal, and willing to do anything he could to help you in any way. Chuck had a way of making everyone he met feel like a long-time friend, and he was someone you just wanted to sit with and throw back a few beers while laughing over stories about old times. He just had a personality and sense of humor that people were drawn to and wanted to be around.

Chuck was intelligent, clever, resourceful and as sharp-witted as they come. He spoke with a colorful vocabulary and was skilled in the use of sarcasm. He loved to work with his hands, whether it was working on cars and Harleys, or building adirondack chairs and bird houses. He loved the warm weather, the outdoors, and wildlife. He would often send pictures of the squirrels he fed and the deer that came through his yard. Chuck loved to ride Harleys with his daughter Dawn, son-in-law Tim, and countless friends taking in the scenery on the way to Sturgis, the Badlands, Daytona, Myrtle Beach, and so many other destinations. He also loved to ride in the memorial runs to honor the fallen servicemen and heroes who sacrificed their lives. He was a fan of history and enjoyed stopping to see historical sites and landmarks along the way on the rides.

Chuck's hobbies included boating and shark fishing in Florida, riding and wrenching on Harleys, leather crafting belts and holsters for friends and fellow servicemen, making home-made pies, cookies, and ice cream, enjoying time by himself in his state-of-the-art indoor basement firing range, watching NASCAR races, hanging out in the garage drinking beers with friends and family.

In his lifetime, Chuck was a son, a brother, a husband, a father, a favorite uncle, a papa to his grandkids, a friend to hundreds, an honorably discharged private in the Army after being stationed in Greenland, a plumber, a past president of the Police Masonic Fellowcraft Club of Ohio, a New Port Richey police officer, retired Deputy Sheriff for Cuyahoga County, and a master Googler and one of Amazon's most loyal customers.

During their 19 year marriage, Chuck and his first wife Del (Delores) had three kids to whom they passed on their good looks, intelligence, and many other qualities that contribute to their success. Chuck was extremely proud of his kids and their accomplishments. His oldest daughter Deanna is a Doctor of Veterinarian Medicine and lives with her husband and two daughters in Columbus, OH. Dawn, his younger daughter is a 911 Emergency Medical Dispatcher for Parma, Brooklyn, and Parma Heights and lives with her husband, two daughters, and son in Hinckley, OH. Chuck Jr, his son is an IT Director and lives with his wife in Cuyahoga Falls, OH.

People are often described as being "One-in-a-million" and Chuck Balazs was definately that. He broke the mold and is survived by a family and hundreds of friends who will always love and remember him for being the kind and generous man that he was. He had a winning smile that is hard to forget. In the last years of his life, Chuck struggled with COPD which he eventually surrendered to. During his stays in the hospital, the doctors and nurses who cared for him became an extended family who often went out of their way to keep each other updated on his well-being and kept in touch as if he were their own family. That is just the kind of man Chuck Balazs was. He was the life of the party.

Breathe easy Dad, we love you.

Gwenolyn Plumlee LeFor, 100, passed from this life peacefully on January 20, 2016 in Sun City West, Arizona to join her loved ones who went before her. She was born in Oxford, Kansas, on June 28, 1915. Gwen lived many years in the northwest near Seattle and spent her latter years in Arizona.

Gwen was a warm, genuine, friendly person, and no one could be around her without feeling a greater joy in the moment. She loved life and lived it to the fullest. She enjoyed playing games, especially Bingo, listening to music, watching sports and being with her family. All of her kin were blessed to have had such a precious member of their family.

Gwen was survived by her son, Gerald A. Plumlee and wife, Dawn Anita; her daughter, Yvonna Marie Weiss and husband, Gary; her son, Claude A. Plumlee, and daughter-in-law Sharon M. Plumlee, and her daughter, Sharon Kay Sands and significant other, Gretchen Gfroerer. She was also survived by 16 grandchildren, namely: Mike Plumlee, Shawn Plumlee, Kevin Plumlee, Richard L. Plumlee, Sharmiane Woodall, Wynonna Dillon, Jerry Don Plumlee, Priscilla Plumlee, Terri Cook, Mark Weiss, Duane Weiss, Tina Weiss, Tamara Latham, Margaret Clements, Jeff Plumlee and Eric Plumlee. She was also survived by her sister, Eula Knox, and many great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins. Gwen was predeceased by her son, Richard L. Plumlee, and her grandson, Scott G. Weiss, and three sisters, Jean Sands, Anita Sands and Teresa Elam.

f I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

he loved sports and loved to learn how to play instruments
his passion was snowboard he loved nature his life was inspiring to others and he was like a brother to me, I mean we once got trapped in a cave for 2 days although he was young he did what he loved more being with his friends and in nature

James Allen Rouda age 58 of Orlando, Florida passed away January 28, 2016.
James was the most stubborn person I ever knew. But he had the biggest heart, willing to go without to make sure friend had what they needed. The last 5 years of his life he battled with end stage liver disease. Your courage and Strength where always an inspiration for all of us. You are a fighter and That is how you will always be remembered.