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Edna Lois Ruff

By: Anita Goodan
Published: January 24th, 2013

Edna Lois Ruff, 86, of Star City, Indiana passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2013.  No funeral services or visitation are scheduled.  Memorials may be given to the St. Peter’s Catholic Church.  The Frain Mortuary in Winamac is in charge of arrangements.

Rosemary Ruff Weaver

By: Anita Goodan
Published: November 15th, 2012

Rosemary Ruff Weaver, 86, of Star City, Indiana passed away Wednesday, November 14, 2012.  Funeral Mass will be held Monday, November 19, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. ET at the St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Winamac.   Visitation is Sunday from 4:00-8:00 p.m. ET at the Frain Mortuary in Winamac with a 7:00 p.m. ET Rosary service followed by a Christian Mother’s Service and a Scriptural Wake Service.  Memorials may be made to Pulaski Health Care Center, Pulaski Memorial Hospital Auxiliary or to the Helping Hand Fund at Eastern Pulaski Schools.

Patricia A. Klein

By: Anita Goodan
Published: September 13th, 2012

Patricia A. Klein, 56, of Star City, Indiana passed away Wednesday, September 12, 2012.  Funeral services will be Monday, September 17, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. ET at the Frain Mortuary in Winamac.  Visitation is Monday one hour prior to services at the funeral home.  Memorials may be made to the family.

Roger Goble

By: Anita Goodan
Published: July 10th, 2012

Roger Goble, 50, of Star City, Indiana passed away Tuesday, July 10th, 2012.  Funeral Mass will be Friday, July 13th, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. ET at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Pulaski, Indiana.  Visitation is Thursday from 4:00-8:00 p.m. ET at the Frain Mortuary in Winamac, Indiana.

Wayne Planck

By: Anita Goodan
Published: June 27th, 2012

Wayne Planck, 93, of Star City, Indiana, passed away Wednesday, June 27th, 2012.  Funeral services will be Saturday, June 30th, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. ET at the Frain Mortuary in Winamac.  Visitation is Friday from 4:00-8:00 p.m. ET at the funeral home.  Memorials may be made to the Star City United Methodist Church.

Kay Lucy Clemons

By: Anita Goodan
Published: May 31st, 2012

Kay Lucy Clemons, 74, of Brownsburg, Indiana, formerly of Star City, Indiana, passed away Wednesday, May 30th, 2012.  Funeral services will be Tuesday, June 5th, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. ET at the Frain Mortuary in Winamac.  Visitation is Monday from 3:00-8:00 p.m. ET at the funeral home.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Pulaski Human Services Food Pantry.

Howard M. “Buck” Bonnell

By: Anita Goodan
Published: May 2nd, 2012

Howard M. “Buck” Bonnell, 86, of Star City, Indiana, passed away Tuesday, May 1st, 2012.  Funeral services will be Monday, May 7th, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. ET at the Frain Mortuary in Winamac, Indiana.  Visitation is Sunday from 3:00-7:00 p.m. ET at the funeral home.  Military graveside services will be conducted.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Buck Cemetery or to the Pulaski County Community Foundation.

Newton H. Brown

By: Anita Goodan
Published: April 17th, 2012

Newton H. Brown, 87, Star City, Indiana, passed away Tuesday, April 17th, 2012.   Funeral services will be Friday, April 20th, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. ET at the Frain Mortuary in Winamac, Indiana.  Visitation is Thursday from 4:00-9:00 p.m. ET with a Kiwanis Service at 6:45 p.m. ET, followed by a Masonic Service at 7:00 p.m. ET at the funeral home.  Memorials may be made to the Pulaski Presbyterian Church.

Charles R. Fahler

By: Anita Goodan
Published: April 11th, 2012

Charles R. Fahler, 64, of Star City, Indiana, passed away Saturday, April 7th, 2012.  Funeral services will be Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. ET at the Harrison-Metzger and Rans Funeral Home, Royal Center Chapel.  Visitation is Wednesday from 1:00 p.m. ET until the time of services at the funeral home.  Memorials may be made to the American Kidney Foundation

Vickie A. (Branson) Bruce

By: Anita Goodan
Published: March 20th, 2012

Vickie A. (Branson) Bruce, 55, of Star City, Indiana, passed away Sunday, March 18th, 2012.  Funeral services will be Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. ET at the First United Methodist Church in Winamac, Indiana.  Visitation is Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET at the church.  Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.  Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Harrison Metzger and Rans Funeral Home, Royal Center Chapel.

Nathan VanDerAa to be Sentenced Friday

By: Anita Goodan
Published: March 19th, 2012

Nathan VanDerAa

Nathan VanDerAa, of Star City, is expected to be sentenced in U.S. District Court in South Bend on Friday, March 23rd.

He was arrested on two separate occasions in 2011 on various drug charges and police found that he illegally possessed firearms. The Pulaski County Prosecutor filed charges but the ATF took over the investigation. On July 14th, 2011, a Federal Grand Jury in South Bend indicted VanDerAa with two counts of Unlawful User of Controlled Substances in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition and one count of Manufacture of a Controlled Substance.

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Terry Lynn Maxson

By: Anita Goodan
Published: March 12th, 2012

Terry Lynn Maxson, 59, of Star City, Indiana, passed away Saturday, March 10th, 2012.  Private family graveside services will be held at a later date.  Visitation is Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 from 2:00-8:00 p.m. ET at the Harrison-Metzger and Rans Funeral Home in Royal Center.

Sentencing Hearing Continued for Nathan VanDerAa

By: Anita Goodan
Published: January 31st, 2012

Nathan VanDerAa

Nathan VanDerAa’s sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court has been continued to March. His sentencing hearing was scheduled for Friday, January 27th.

On June 3rd, 2011, VanDerAa was arrested on a charge of Possession of Methamphetamine after a traffic stop and a few days later, Starke County officers arrived at his home in Star City and found that he was in the presence of a meth lab, firearms and ammunition. Pulaski County Prosecutor Stacey Mrak filed methamphetamine related charges against him and the ATF was expected to file a federal charge for a firearm possession. Mrak recently dismissed the County’s charges against VanDerAa and they were transferred to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in South Bend.

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David Clarence Reutebuch

By: Anita Goodan
Published: January 12th, 2012

David Clarence Reutebuch, 74, of Star City, Indiana, passed away Wednesday, January 11th, 2012.  Funeral Mass will be Monday, January 16th, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. ET at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Pulaski, Indiana.  Visitation is Sunday from 4:00-8:00 p.m. ET with a Rosary service at 7:30 p.m. ET at the Frain Mortuary in Winamac, Indiana.  Military graveside services will be conducted.  Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or to a charity of the donor’s choice.