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     His Social Security Number was 717-03-5547.⁵ Ora Jasper Dixson was buried at Laketon Cemetery, Laketon, Wabash Co., Indiana.³ He was born on July 25, 1883 at Laketon, Wabash Co., Indiana.^1,2,3,5 He married Bertha Ellen Merrill, daughter of Albert Merrill and Margaret E. "Maggie" Wolverton, on September 10, 1914 at Berrien Co., Michigan.^3,4 Ora Jasper Dixson died on December 21, 1950 at Logansport, Cass Co., Indiana, at age 67.³

     Velma I. Sauer was buried at Bremen Municipal Cemetery, 100 East 2nd Street, Bremen, Marshall Co., Indiana.^2,1 She was born on September 26, 1927 at Bremen, Marshall Co., Indiana.^2,1 As of March 25, 1944,her married name was Merrill.² She married Kenneth Oren Merrill Sr., son of William Roscoe Merrill and Ida Elizabeth Kreisher, on March 25, 1944.^2,1 Velma I. Sauer died on January 18, 2009 at Bremen, Marshall Co., Indiana, at age 81.^2,1

     Her Social Security Number was 304-44-0893.⁵ Hazel Irene Merrill was buried at Southlawn Cemetery, 61300 US Highway 31, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.^3,6 Her married name was Wright.¹ She married Ralph B. Wright.⁷ Hazel Irene Merrill was born on May 3, 1913 at Lakeville, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.^3,6,5 She died on June 21, 1988 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, at age 75.^3,6,5

     Ralph B. Wright was buried at Southlawn Cemetery, 61300 US Highway 31, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.^2,3 He married Hazel Irene Merrill, daughter of Floyd Earl Merrill and Maude Belle Kreisher.⁴ Ralph B. Wright was born on January 5, 1904 at Indiana.^1,2,3 He died on February 19, 1986 at Lakeville, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, at age 82.^2,3

     Her Social Security Number was 309-34-6779.⁶ Elsie Luella Merrill was buried at Southlawn Cemetery, 61300 US Highway 31, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.^4,7 Her married name was Myers.¹ Her married name was Pittman.⁴ She married Glenn Thomas Myers.^1,4 Elsie Luella Merrill married Lloyd Irvin Pittman.^4,5 Elsie Luella Merrill was born on August 18, 1915 at Indiana.^4,6 She died on November 3, 1984 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, at age 69.⁴

     Glenn Thomas Myers was buried at Southlawn Cemetery, 61300 US Highway 31, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.^1,2 He married Elsie Luella Merrill, daughter of Floyd Earl Merrill and Maude Belle Kreisher.^3,2 Glenn Thomas Myers was born on October 14, 1912 at Indiana.² He died on June 6, 1976 at Lakeville, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, at age 63.²

     His Social Security Number was 308-34-5468.⁵ Richard Eugene Wright was buried at Southlawn Cemetery, 61300 US Highway 31, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.^3,4 He was born on March 12, 1934 at Plymouth, Marshall Co., Indiana.^2,3,4,5 He married Mary M. McIntosh on April 24, 1954 at Lakeville, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.^3,4 Richard Eugene Wright died on February 24, 1998 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, at age 63.^3,4,6,5 He LAKEVILLE - Mr. Richard E. Wright, 63, residing on Pierce Road, Lakeville, Ind., passed away at 11:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Ind. Mr. Wright was a former employee of Wheelabrator-Frye Corporation, Mishawaka, Ind., and the Liberty Coach Company, Goshen, Ind. He was born on March 12, 1934, in Plymouth, Ind., to the late Ralph B. and Hazel (Merrill) Wright, and had lived in this community all of his life. On April 24, 1954, in Lakeville, he married Mary M. McIntosh, who survives. He is also survived by a daughter, Kathleen Clemons of Lakeville; three sons, Keven Wright of Orovill, Calif., Michael Wright of Bremen, Ind., and Lynn Wright of Lakeville; ten grandchildren; and by two brothers, Ronald Wright of Hamlet, Ind., and Roger Wright of Lakeville. Mr. Wright was a member of the Lakeville Conservation Club and American Legion Post 363. He was also an avid bird watcher and greatly enjoyed fishing. Services for Mr. Wright will be at 1:30 p.m. on Friday in the Palmer Funeral Home, 314 S. Michigan Street, Lakeville. Rev. Vito Rulli of Lakeside Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will follow at Southlawn Cemetery, South Bend. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today in the Palmer Funeral Home. on February 26, 1998.⁴

     Roger Wayne Wright was buried at Fair Cemetery, North Liberty, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.² His Social Security Number was 309-42-2090.³ He and Adanelle Adams were divorced.⁴ Roger Wayne Wright and Beverly Batson were divorced.² Roger Wayne Wright was born on June 16, 1941 at Plymouth, Marshall Co., Indiana.^2,3 He married Adanelle Adams on June 1, 1974 at Marshall Co., Indiana.⁴ Roger Wayne Wright married Beverly Batson on May 27, 1988 at Mishawaka, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.⁴ Roger Wayne Wright died on May 27, 2004 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, at age 62.^2,3

     Adanelle Adams and Roger Wayne Wright were divorced.² Adanelle Adams was buried at Southlawn Cemetery, 61300 US Highway 31, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.¹ She was born on June 27, 1947 at Plymouth, Marshall Co., Indiana.¹ As of June 1, 1974,her married name was Wright.² She married Roger Wayne Wright, son of Ralph B. Wright and Hazel Irene Merrill, on June 1, 1974 at Marshall Co., Indiana.² Adanelle Adams died on December 1, 2010 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, at age 63.¹

     Lloyd Irvin Pittman was buried at Southlawn Cemetery, 61300 US Highway 31, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.^2,3 He married Elsie Luella Merrill, daughter of Floyd Earl Merrill and Maude Belle Kreisher.^2,4 Lloyd Irvin Pittman was born on June 1, 1912 at Indiana.² He died on July 31, 1950 at St. Joseph Co., Indiana, at age 38.²

     His Social Security Number was 309-34-7366.⁴ Lyle Earl Pittman was buried at Riverview Cemetery, 2300 Portage Avenue, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.¹ He was born on October 13, 1934 at Plymouth, Marshall Co., Indiana.^3,1,4 He married Guinevere Fisher in 1953 at St. Joseph Co., Indiana.⁷ Lyle Earl Pittman died on April 22, 2001 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, at age 66.^1,4

     Verna K. Pittman was born on October 26, 1941 at Plymouth, Marshall Co., Indiana.¹ As of May 20, 1960,her married name was Biller.² She married William L. Biller on May 20, 1960.^1,2 Verna K. Pittman died on July 7, 2007 at Bremen, Marshall Co., Indiana, at age 65.¹ She BOURBON -- Verna K Biller, 65, of Punta Gorda, Florida, passed away suddenly while visiting friends and family in Indiana. Verna was born in Plymouth, Indiana, and was the daughter of the late Lloyd and Elsie (Merrill) Pittman. She grew up in Lakeville, Indiana, and married William L Biller on May 20th, 1960. They moved to Michigan in 1967 and then lived in New Jersey and North Carolina, and Punta Gorda, Florida, her current home. She was a homemaker. She loved her husband of 47 years and before her husband retired they traveled to many places together: Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Australia, Hawaii and many more. She loved her children and treated her daughter-in-law and son-in-law as if they were her own. Her grandchildren were her pride and joy, and she loved spoiling them and keeping up-to-date with the happenings in their lives. She supported their dreams and aspirations. She loved to shop and to spend time talking on the phone with friends and family. She had many friends who she treated as family, and she loved her special family friends, Beverly and Andy Hoffer of Warsaw, Indiana, and Betty and Dick Baney of Bourbon, Indiana. Surviving are her husband, William L Biller of Punta Gorda, FL; son, Stephen Lyle and his wife, Cindy (Dowdy) Biller, and their two children, Zachary William and Kristen Geneva, all of Eagle Lake, FL; daughter, Cheryl Lynn (Biller) Wells, and husband, John Mark Wells of Haines City, Florida; a brother, Wayne Myers, and his wife, Pam from Plymouth; and a stepbrother, Larry Myers. Verna had seven nieces, one nephew and several grandnieces and a grandnephew, two stepnieces and one step-nephew. She was preceded in death by her stepfather, Glen T Myers; brothers, Lyle Pittman and Gary Pittman; and one stepsister, Dixie Myers. There will be no service as Verna was cremated and her wish was to not have a funeral. A celebration of her life will be held in Punta Gorda at a later date. on July 24, 2007.²

     His Social Security Number was 309-42-2054.⁵ Gary Lee Pittman was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery (also known as New Oak Hill Cemetery), 1300 Chester Street, Plymouth, Marshall Co., Indiana.^2,4 He and Donna Jean Pittman were divorced.³ Gary Lee Pittman was born on January 3, 1945 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.^2,4,5 He married Donna Jean Pittman on November 10, 1962 at Bremen, Marshall Co., Indiana.³ Gary Lee Pittman married Judy K. Hygema on December 23, 1964 at Lakeville, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.^2,3,4 Gary Lee Pittman died on June 18, 1998 at Plymouth, Marshall Co., Indiana, at age 53.^2,4,5 He Gary Lee Pittman, 53, residing at 2750 Pine Road, Plymouth, Ind., passed away in the emergency room of St. Joseph Hospital of Marshall County at 5:59 p.m. on Thursday, June 18, after suffering an apparent heart attack. Mr. Pittman was born on Jan. 3, 1945, in South Bend, Ind., to the late Lloyd and Elsie (Merrill) Pittman, and had lived in the LaPaz and Plymouth area all of his life. Gary was an auto mechanic. On Dec. 23, 1964, in Lakeville, Ind., he married Judy K. Hygema, who survives. He is also survived by two daughters and their husbands, Kim and Jeff Johnson, and Tania and Mike Woodrum, all of Plymouth; a son, Tony Whitmer of Florida; three grandchildren and two step-grandchildren; a sister, Verna Biller of Cary, N.C; two brothers, Wayne Myers of LaPaz and Lyle Pittman of South Bend; and by a stepbrother, Larry Myers of Lakeville. Services for Gary Lee Pittman will be at 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 21, in the Palmer Funeral Home, 314 South Michigan Street, Lakeville. Rev. David Cross of the Lakeville United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will follow in New Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth. on June 20, 1998.⁴