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Opal M. Kindley
Opal M. Kindley, 88, 7801W-600S, Andrews, died at 9:40 a.m. Monday (Feb. 17, 2003) at the Norwood Nursing Center.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Friday at the Glancy Funeral Homes, H. Brown & Son Chapel, 203 N. Matilda St., Warren, where funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Rev. Russell Buzzard will officiate.
Burial will be at the Lancaster Cemetery.
Preferred memorials are to the Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, 100N-500W, Huntington, IN 46750; Norwood Nursing Center, 3720N Norwood Rd., Huntington, IN 46750; or Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice, P.O. Box 12869, Fort Wayne, IN 46866.
Grace L. Shalley
Grace L. Shalley, 91, 407 Etna Ave., died at 9:09 a.m. Tuesday (Feb. 18, 2003) at the home of Nelson and Donna Rich.
Calling is from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the Bailey-Love Mortuary.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, with calling one hour prior to services, at the First Church of the Nazarene, 1000 Flaxmill Rd. Her brother, Rev. Russell Shalley, and Rev. Eugene Vickery will officiate.
Burial will be at Pilgrims Rest Cemetery.
Dwight G. Shafer
Dwight G. Shafer, 82, Union Township, died at 7:07 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 19, 2003) at his home.
Calling is from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Myers Funeral Home, Huntington Chapel, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday with Dr. Howard Cherry officiating. Interment will be at Union Cemetery.
Preferred memorials are to the Visiting Nurse Service and Hospice Home of Northeast Indiana, the American Cancer Society, to Union Church, or to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, in care of Myers Funeral Home, 2901 Guilford St., Huntington, IN 46750.
Charles C. Schell
Charles C. Schell, 82, formerly of Bluffton, died at 11:16 a.m. Tuesday (Feb. 18, 2003) at the Canterbury Nursing Home, Fort Wayne.
There will be no calling.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the First United Methodist Church, Bluffton, with Rev. Bruce Holland officiating. Burial will be at Ivy Lawn Cemetery, Ventura, Calif.
The Goodwin Memorial Chapel, Bluffton, is in charge of arrangements.
Jeanette L. Mankin
Jeanette L. Mankin, 85, Muskegon, Mich., died Wednesday morning (Feb. 19, 2003) at her home.
At Mrs. Mankin’s request, there will be no visitation or service.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Muskegon County Garden Club, in care of Sytsema Funeral Homes, 737 Apple Ave., Muskegon, MI 49442.
Eula Mae Grant
Eula Mae Grant, 86, Fountain City, died Wednesday (Feb. 19, 2003) at her home after a short illness.
Calling is 4-8 p.m. Friday at the Thomas Funeral Home, 108 E. Sherman St., Lynn. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home with Pastor James Chronister officiating.
Burial will be at the Cedar Grove Cemetery, Hollansburg, Ohio.
Preferred memorials are to the Wayne County Hospice, in care of Thomas Funeral Home, 108 E. Sherman St., Lynn, IN.
Ronald Carter
Ronald Carter, 45, Zephyrhills, Fla., died at 9 a.m. Tuesday (Feb. 18, 2003) at Hernando-Pasco Hospice Care Center, Dade City, Fla.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Williams Cemetery, Dade City, Fla., with Pastor Mike Smith officiating
Preferred donations are to the charity of the donor’s choice.
The Hodges Family Funeral Home, Dade City, Fla., is in charge of arrangements.
R. Max West
R. Max West, 84, Huntington, died Wednesday (Feb. 19, 2003) at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne.
Mr. West was a co-founder of the South Side Business Association and served as the group’s vice president and president in 1960. He was the owner and operator of West’s Sandwich Shop and the West Sweet Shop, both in Huntington. He was a lapidarist and created jewelry out of the carved stones. He joined his mother in West Supply Company, Huntington, in 1973.
He was a life member of the the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion, both in Huntington, and a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Bluffton. He was a member of Central Christian Church.
He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in five major battles in the European Theater in World War II with the 79th Field Artillery. He earned five Bronze Stars.
He was born in Huntington on Feb. 18, 1919, to Lester A. West and Pearl Hicks West. He married Ruth M. Kilty, who survives in Huntington.
Other survivors include a daughter, Nancy A. Bergdall, Fort Myers, Fla., and Hoagland; a son, Larry A. West, Easley, S.C.; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
A brother, Lester A. West Jr., preceded him in death.
No calling nor services will be held.
Preferred memorials are to the American Heart Association.
D.O. McComb and Sons Foster Park Funeral Home, 6301 Fairfield Ave., Fort Wayne, is in charge of arrangements.
James J. Shuttleworth
A prominent Huntington businessman died Thursday when his vintage plane crashed nose-first into a Wabash County farm field.
James J. Shuttleworth, 65, died at the scene of the 5:10 p.m. crash, Wabash County Coroner Marilyn McDonald said. Shuttleworth is CEO of Shuttleworth Inc., a multinational company based in Huntington.
“He went up to do a stall,” Indiana State Police Master Trooper Paul Daugherty said a witness told him. “He went up and straight down. He couldn’t pull it out and he crashed.”
Daugherty, who is heading the investigation, was at the scene this morning waiting for Federal Aviation Administration authorities to arrive for an inspection of the site. FAA inspectors were expected to be on the scene sometime this morning, but Daugherty wasn’t sure how long their investigation would take.
Shuttleworth, who was flying a vintage World War II P-51D Mustang, had left Huntington Municipal Airport 15 to 20 minutes before the crash, Wabash County Sheriff Leroy Striker said. He had no passengers.
At least three witnesses saw the crash, Striker said, and Daugherty said he has interviewed two of the them. Those witnesses said that Shuttleworth had been performing aerobatics when the engine stalled and the plane crashed nose first into the field. The initial investigation showed that the plane may have lost power while performing a stall maneuver, Striker said. There was no fire, Daugherty said. The weather was clear at the time of the crash.
Shuttleworth was a “very experienced” pilot, said Diane Redlich, who operates the Huntington airport with her husband Paul. He could frequently be seen in the skies above Huntington performing maneuvers with one of his vintage planes.
Thursday’s crash occurred in a cleared farm field along Ind.-16, east of Wabash CR 500E and 2.2 miles west of the Huntington-Wabash county line. Few homes are in the area. Initial reports placed the crash in Miami County, then in Huntington County, but Daugherty said emergency personnel had no trouble locating the scene.
The crumpled plane remained in the field Friday morning; Wabash County deputies had been assigned to guard the scene overnight. Shuttleworth’s body was not removed from the plane until about 8:30 p.m. Thursday.
“It’s a shame; that’s a piece of history there,” Daugherty said as he looked at the shattered plane Friday morning.
The Wabash County Sheriff’s Department was the first to respond to the scene, but has turned the investigation over to the Indiana State Police out of the Peru post. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will also be involved in the investigation. Fire departments from Urbana, Lagro, and North Manchester also responded Thursday, along with Wabash County Emergency Management. An ISP helicopter was at the site Friday to take aerial photos of the scene.
Daugherty said he plans to interview mechanics at Huntington Municipal Airport, where the plane was based.
James J. Shuttleworth
James J. Shuttleworth, 65, Huntington, died at approximately 5 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 20, 2003) of injuries suffered in an airplane crash in Wabash County.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Monday at the Myers Funeral Home, Huntington Chapel, and 10-11 a.m. Tuesday at Emmanuel Community Church, 12222 U.S.-24 West, Fort Wayne. Services will be held at the church at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Officiating will be Dr. C. Ray Miller, Dr. Eugene B. Habecker, Dr. G. Blair Dowden, and Rev. Kyle McQuillen. Entombment will take place later at Pilgrims Rest Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Shuttleworth Scholarship Fund, Huntington College, 2303 College Ave., Huntington IN 46750; or to the Wings of Freedom Museum, the Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering, or the Shuttleworth/Nuck House Fund, all in care of Myers Funeral Home, 2901 Guilford St., Huntington IN 46750.
