James "Jim" Perry Stewart
Kokomo, Indiana
James Jim Perry Stewart 79 of Kokomo passed away at 1133 p.m. on Monday February 9 2026 at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital 86th Street in Indianapolis. He was born January 22 1947 in St. Marys West Virginia to Gale and Dessie Morris Stewart. On September 14 1968 he married Constance Connie Rautenbusch at Faith United Methodist Church in Kokomo and she survives. Jim graduated from Lost Creek High School in West Virginia in 1964. Following graduation he proudly served in the United States Army from 1964 to 1967 including service in Vietnam and attained the rank of SP4. After returning home Jim started a career with General Motors as a job setter where he worked for over thirty years before retiring. He went on to work parttime at Meijer for an additional 11 years before retiring a second time. Jim was a talented woodcarver and an active member of the…
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Janet Sue Nelson
Kokomo, Indiana
Janet Sue Nelson 71 Kokomo passed away at 8 am on Thursday February 12 2026 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born in Kokomo on January 18 1955 to the late Robert L. and Rose M. Purvis Roach. Janet graduated from Kokomo High School and later earned her CDA Child Development Associate. She worked for the YMCA Early Learning Center for 17 years before she retired in August of 2025. She was a member of Mercy Church where she sang in the choir and served as a Sunday School teacher for 40 plus years. She loved doing crafts and was an avid reader and could often be found reading on her lunch break. Above all Janet loved her family especially her grandchildren. Janet is survived by her daughter Melissa Mark Markley of Kokomo IN daughterinlaw Shanna Nelson of Bourbon IN brothers Steven Peggy Roach of Derby KS…
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