Stories from Sunday, March 20, 2022

Howard Martin Tippin, 85, was born July 21, 1936, in Salem, Ind. He moved with his family to a farm just south of Morton and lived most his life in Putnam County until his death on Friday, March 18, 2022. He graduated from Bainbridge High School and went into farming. When Van Bibber Lake began to develop adjacent to his farm, Howard became involved with the development of the lake, which led to a career of over 40 years in facilities management...

Ashley Renee (Noll) Berry, beloved wife and mother, went to her heavenly home on March 17, 2022. She was born on March 2, 1983 to Rick Noll and Jodi (Hebb) Chuang. She married Jordan Berry on October 5, 2019 in Greencastle,. Ashley graduated from Milton-Union High School in 2001 and went on to attend IUPUI. She was an active person who loved the outdoors. Among some of her favorite things were running, hiking, kayaking, cooking, gardening and going to the beach...