Hite Funeral Home Obituaries

Looking for a recent obituary from Hite Funeral Home in Kendallville, Indiana? You can find published death notices, family information, visitation hours, funeral arrangements, burial details, and memorial options through its obituary records. Below, you’ll find a recent obituary reference list, exact instructions for searching older notices, and the information needed to contact the funeral home.

Recent Hite Funeral Home Obituaries

Hite Funeral Home maintains obituary listings for families in Kendallville, Noble County, and surrounding northeast Indiana communities. Its online notices may include a person’s life story, relatives, memorial events, and ways to send condolences.

The following names appeared in the funeral home’s official 2026 obituary archive when reviewed on October 17, 2026.

What the most recent notices tell us

The official obituary for Ronnie Lee Hicks identifies him as a 63-year-old Kendallville resident who died October 14, 2026, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne.

Gary Wayne Clouse, age 67, of Avilla, died October 7, 2026, at his residence. His published obituary also includes biographical information and a memorial tribute link.

Janet Rosella Stout, age 86, died October 6, 2026, at her home in Crossville, Tennessee. Her notice includes family history and connections to Fort Wayne.

These examples illustrate why checking the complete notice matters: a person may have lived or died outside Kendallville while still having an obituary published by Hite Funeral Home.

How to Find a Hite Funeral Home Obituary by Name

You do not need to know the exact date of death to begin. A first name, surname, or approximate year can often help narrow down the obituary.

1. Open the obituary directory. Visit Hite Funeral Home’s All Obituaries page.
2. Locate the search fields. The page provides a name search, including options to search by a full or partial name.
3. Enter the person’s surname first. For example, if you are searching for Janet Rosella Stout, try Stout. If several notices appear, add the first name.
4. Use the alphabet filter. The directory includes A–Z surname browsing. Select the relevant initial if the name search is not helpful.
5. Open the matching obituary. Select the person’s name or the corresponding view option to read the full memorial notice.
6. Check the service section. Look below the life story for visitation, funeral service, burial, memorial contributions, or other arrangements.
7. Confirm important details. If you plan to attend a service, recheck the obituary or call the funeral home before traveling.

How to Find Funeral, Visitation, and Burial Details

An obituary may include several separate events. The visitation, funeral, graveside ceremony, and burial are not necessarily held at the same time or location.

Example: Understanding a published funeral schedule

The official obituary of Jane Ellen Tucker provides a practical example of how funeral details are organized:

• Visitation: September 28, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
• Funeral: September 29, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., at Hite Funeral Home.
• Burial: Woodruff Cemetery in LaGrange County.

These are historical arrangements for a specific obituary, not upcoming events. You can read the official Jane Tucker obituary for the full record.

What if the notice says the service is private?

Do not assume a graveside service or family gathering is open to the public. If the obituary identifies an event as private, respect that request. You can still send condolences or a memorial donation if the family has provided an appropriate option.

Search Older Hite Funeral Home Obituaries

The funeral home maintains a dedicated obituary archive. This is particularly useful for genealogy research, finding a notice from an earlier year, or checking records that no longer appear among the latest notices.

1. Visit the official Obituary Archive.
2. Look for the name search box near the top of the page.
3. Enter a full or partial name, or browse the year-based listings.
4. Select the correct year if you know approximately when the person died.
5. Open the matching name and review the available biography, relatives, and funeral information.
6. Record the full name, date of death, service location, and cemetery details for future reference.

What years are available?

The archive includes a 2026 section with individual obituary names and dates. Earlier available records should be checked directly in the archive rather than assuming it contains every death since the funeral home’s founding.

Hite Funeral Home states it has served Noble County since 1949, but that does not mean its online obituary archive is complete back to 1949. Older records may exist only in newspapers, family collections, cemetery registers, or other historical sources.

If you cannot locate an older notice

Gather the following information before contacting the funeral home or checking historical archives:

• Full legal name and any known maiden name.
• Approximate death year or date.
• City or county of residence at the time of death.
• Names of a spouse, parent, or other close relative.
• Possible funeral date or cemetery name.
• Whether the person used a nickname or alternative spelling.

Try searching county newspaper archives or public library obituary indexes next. A funeral home obituary and a newspaper death notice are different records, and one may exist even when the other does not.

What Information Can an Obituary Provide?

Obituaries can help relatives, friends, and family historians establish details about an individual’s life. However, the amount of information varies by family and by notice.

An obituary is a useful starting source, but information such as parentage, dates, and burial location should be compared with other records when documentary proof is required.

How to Leave Condolences or Share a Memorial

Hite Funeral Home’s website offers ways for visitors to participate in online memorials, including signing a register book, offering condolences, lighting a candle, and viewing or sharing photographs where available.

1. Find the person’s obituary using the name search.
2. Open the full individual memorial page.
3. Look for the condolence, guestbook, tribute, or memorial options displayed with that obituary.
4. Follow the prompts and enter the requested details.
5. Review your message for spelling and personal information before submitting.

Keep condolence messages respectful and avoid publishing private phone numbers, home addresses, financial information, or sensitive family matters.

Sending flowers or making a donation

Check the obituary before arranging flowers. Some families request donations instead, while others specify a charity or organization. Follow the family’s stated wishes, confirm delivery timing with the florist, and check whether the service location accepts deliveries.

Can You Watch a Hite Funeral Home Service Online?

Some funeral services may be livestreamed, but streaming is not guaranteed for every obituary.

For example, the funeral home’s September 2026 obituary for Daniel Lee Rutherford stated that his funeral service would be livestreamed on the Hite Funeral Home Facebook page.

To check whether a particular service can be viewed online:

1. Open the individual obituary.
2. Read the funeral service arrangements carefully.
3. Look for a reference to livestreaming, Facebook, video, or a memorial tribute.
4. If no broadcast information appears, contact Hite Funeral Home to ask whether an online viewing option is available.

Do not assume that a recording will remain available after the service. Access may depend on the family’s preferences and the platform used.

Hite Funeral Home Address and Contact Details

The funeral home states that families can call at any time for immediate assistance. This does not necessarily mean office walk-in services or viewings are available without arrangements. Call ahead before visiting, especially if you need assistance outside ordinary business hours.

What to ask when calling about an obituary

If a notice is missing or a service detail is unclear, you can ask:

• Has an obituary been published for the person I’m seeking?
• Are visitation and funeral arrangements confirmed?
• Is the ceremony open to the public?
• Has the burial location been announced?
• Is a livestream or recorded memorial available?
• How can I obtain information about an older funeral record?

Provide the person’s name and approximate date of death. Remember that staff may be unable to release private information that the family has not authorized for publication.

Receive New Obituary Notices by Email

If you want to follow new notices without checking the obituary directory repeatedly, Hite Funeral Home provides an email notification service.

1. Visit the official obituary mailing list.
2. Locate the email address field.
3. Enter your preferred email address.
4. Complete the displayed anti-spam verification.
5. Select Join Email List to submit your subscription.

The funeral home describes this as a complimentary service and states that subscribers receive notifications within approximately one hour after a new obituary or death notice is posted. Subscribers may unsubscribe later.

What If a Person’s Obituary Has Not Been Posted?

Not every death notice appears immediately. Families may need time to confirm arrangements, prepare an obituary, or decide what information they wish to publish. Some families also choose not to publish an online notice.

How to Request an Indiana Death Certificate

For legal, estate, insurance, or certain genealogical purposes, an obituary may not be enough. An official Indiana death certificate is issued through an authorized vital-records office, not through the public obituary directory.

The Indiana Department of Health maintains state death records beginning in 1900. For deaths before 1900, researchers may need to consult the local county health department where the death occurred.

Information to prepare

• Deceased person’s legal name at death.
• Date or approximate year of death.
• City and county where the death occurred.
• Date of birth, if known.
• Parent names, if known.
• Your relationship to the deceased.
• Required identification and eligibility documentation.

Ordering by mail: step by step

1. Check your eligibility. Indiana restricts access to certified death records. Applicants generally need qualifying kinship or a documented legal or financial interest.
2. Get the correct form. Download Indiana State Form 49606 (PDF), the Application for Search of Certified or Non-Certified Copy of a Death Record.
3. Enter the deceased person’s information. Complete the legal name, death date or at least the year, known parents’ names, and place of death.
4. Select the record type. The form provides certified, non-certified, with-cause, and without-cause options. Select an option you are eligible to request.
5. Provide your information. Enter your relationship, purpose, address, telephone number, signature, and other requested details.
6. Prepare identification. Follow the form’s identification instructions. It requires copies of both sides of the appropriate identification and any supporting eligibility documents.
7. Prepare payment. The published state mail fee is $8 for the initial record search and $4 for each additional copy of the same record ordered at the same time.
8. Mail the application. Send it to the Indiana Department of Health Vital Records address printed on the current form, with the required documents and payment.

Online and local ordering options

Indiana also supports online certificate ordering through its authorized service and applications through the local health department where the death occurred.

For current eligibility, fees, processing times, and ordering options, use the Indiana Department of Health certificate ordering page.

State Vital Records does not offer walk-in ordering at its central office. Local health departments may offer in-person services, subject to local requirements.

Finding a Cemetery or Burial Place from an Obituary

If your goal is to locate a grave rather than simply read an obituary, begin with the burial information in the official funeral notice.

1. Read the full obituary’s burial or interment section.
2. Write down the complete cemetery name and town.
3. Check whether the burial is described as private, scheduled, or already completed.
4. If multiple cemeteries share the same name, use the county and state to distinguish them.
5. Contact the cemetery office or record keeper for the section, lot, plot, or grave location where records are available.
6. For an unmarked or older burial, compare cemetery registers, death records, historical maps, and funeral home documents.

A cemetery named in an obituary is a useful clue, but a planned burial is not always evidence that interment was completed exactly as announced. For genealogy or memorial documentation, verify the final burial record where possible.

Frequently Asked Questions

Official Resources and Final Checklist

Choose the resource that matches your immediate goal:

For most obituary searches, begin with the person’s name, check the official listing, and read the individual notice for funeral and burial details. If you need historical documentation or a certified death record, use the appropriate archive or vital-records process rather than relying on an obituary alone.