Lindenwood Cemetery

Arlington. November 16th. Beloved husband of Helen M. (Major). Loving father of Jeanne Danton and her husband Richard, Judith Day and her husband Robert and David Kirmes all of Arlington. Dear grandfather of Julie Day Burke, Robert Day, Trevor Danton and Jillian Danton. Cherished great grandfather of Jonathan, Emma, Callie and Madelyn. Relatives and friends are invited to visit in the DeVito Funeral Home 1145 Mass. Ave., ARLINGTON on Friday from 10:00 - 11:00 am and to a funeral home service at 11am. Burial to follow in Lindenwood Cemetery, Stoneham. For directions or to send a condolence visit, devitofuneralhomes.com.

So Coleman was not prepared for dealing with funeral costs amid trying to comprehend the loss of a son, a homicide victim. But she had little choice. In Allen County, there have been 35 homicides this year. In many of those cases, life insurance had not been purchased, funeral directors said.What is called a decent burial costs about $10,000, according to two local funeral home owners who have helped families bury many homicide victims.“With rare exceptions, people in that age group don’t have insurance,” said Craig Ellis, owner of the Ellis Funeral Home on East Lewis Street.Local activist and pastor Carlton Lynch joined with two fathers whose children were involved in a multiple homicide to appeal for community help.  A fund created to cover those expenses attracted at least two large donations, including one $25,000 check from a local real estate developer and $8,400 from employees at a restaurant where the father of a victim works.Burial assistance is available at the township level and at the state level. Wayne Township Trustee Richard Stevenson said most families want to upgrade from a township-paid pauper’s burial, which the township will cover up to $1,450.For victims of violent crime, The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute will re­imburse costs, including burials of up to $5,000, said Jessica Crozier, director of the Fort Wayne Police Department’s Victim Assistance.Her department provides the application and address, but other than basic information, it’s up to the families to finish the application and send it off.Families have up to 180 days to file the form, Crozier added.But Coleman couldn’t wait, hoping that financial help would come. As her son lay at the Carmichael Funeral Home on East Jefferson Boulevard, she needed money quickly. Coleman sold everything she could – televisions, video games – to pay for his funeral, she said Tuesday, as she waited at the Rousseau Centre to see someone at the Victim Assistance office.“I don’t have anything,” she said, a day after she laid her son, Jerry, to rest at Lindenwood Cemetery. He was killed in an e...

Ravenwood Specialty Care; Locke Funeral Home, 233-6138.WATERLOO — Michael Carl Dennis, 68, of Waterloo, died Saturday, Oct. 1, at Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo; Parrott & Wood Chapel of Memories, Waterloo, 232-3235.WATERLOO — Justin R. Niedert, 36, of Waterloo, died Thursday, Sept. 29, at home. The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on South Street where there will be a time of sharing at 7 p.m. Memorials to the family.WATEROO — Katherine “Katy” Waterman, 96, of Marion, formerly of Waterloo, died Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Ed and Joan Hemphill Inpatient Hospice Unit of UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, at Waterloo Memorial Park Chapel. Visitation will be for an hour before services at the cemetery chapel. Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway, 233-3393. Memorials to Ed and Joan Hemphill Inpatient Hospice Unit of UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital.CEDAR FALLS — Bill Henderson, 83, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, Oct. 2, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home, Waterloo; Richardson Funeral Service, 266-3525.INDEPENDENCE — Harry J. Meek Sr., 58, of Independence, died Friday, Sept. 30, at his home in rural Independence; Reiff Funeral Home & Crematory, Independence, 334-2501.LATIMER — Darren Lee Chipp, 50, of Latimer, died Friday, Sept. 30. Services are 10:30 a.m., Friday, Oct. 7, at Church of the Living Word, Hampton. Visitation from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 6, at the church. Burial will take place in the Lindenwood Cemetery, rural Geneva. The Sietsema Vogel Funeral Home of Hampton, (641) 456-3232 is handling arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family. Family requests casual attire be worn for the visitation and service.STEAMBOAT ROCK — Patience M. Hewitt, 61, of Steamboat Rock, died Saturday, Oct. 1, at Grundy County Long Term Care, Grundy Center; French-Hand Funeral Home, Reinbeck, 345-2622.