She was born March 30, 1929, in Chicago to Ralph and Anita (Curtis) De Jong.

   Mrs. Sullivan was a mother and homemaker who lovingly cared for her home and family. She was an avid reader and enjoyed crocheting, knitting and crossword puzzles. Esther played the organ and piano and enjoyed listening to all styles of music. She will be remembered as a loving and intelligent woman with an excellent sense of humor who always enjoyed learning and spending time with her family.

   On April 2, 1949, in Chicago, she married James L. Sullivan, who survives.

   Also surviving are three sons, Michael (Kathleen) of South Bend, IN, James (Eileen) of Oklahoma and Daniel (Rose) of Chicago; three daughters, Jill Young of Chicago and Maureen (Brian) Timm and Penny (Faud) Saleh, both of LaPorte; one brother, Larry (Pam) De Jong of Massachusetts; eight grandchildren, Marti, Lynn, Christina, Jason, Brandon, Christopher, Genevieve, and Mary; and two great-grandchildren, Brian and Richard.

   Preceding Esther in death were her parents; one daughter, Patricia A. Smail; one brother, Ralph De Jong; and one grandson, Peter Sullivan.

   A memorial gathering celebrating her life will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 13, at Lakeview Funeral Home and Crematory, LaPorte. Visitation will be on Saturday from noon until the service. Cremation will take place.

   Messages of condolence may be posted below on WNLP, as well as at www.LakeviewFHC.com.

The Count Basie Orchestra

   Jazz legends Arturo Sandoval and the Count Basie Orchestra will headline the Valparaiso University Jazz Festival, which takes place April 5-10 in Harre Union.

Arturo Sandoval

   Sandoval will perform at 8 p.m. April 7 and the Count Basie Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. April 10. Tickets for each concert are $25 for the general public and $18 for senior citizens and Valpo alumni.

   Other concerts during the festival, are:

   — April 5 – Several Northwest Indiana high school jazz bands and the Indiana University South Bend Jazz Band will perform starting at 6 p.m. The Faculty Jazz Trio will perform to conclude the concert, which is free and open to the public.

   — April 6 – The Valparaiso University Jazz Ensemble, an auditioned “big band” student ensemble that plays traditional and contemporary jazz, will perform with several Northwest Indiana high school jazz bands starting at 6 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public.

   — April 8 – Jerry Bergonzi, an internationally recognized jazz tenor saxophonist, will join the Valparaiso University Jazz Ensemble in a performance beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for the public and $10 for senior citizens and alumni.

   Tickets for all performances are now on sale online at http://valpo.edu/union/tickets and will be available beginning March 15 at the Welcome Desk of Harre Union. The desk is staffed from 8:30 a.m. until midnight. Mastercard, Visa and Discover credit cards are accepted, as well as checks. (Tickets purchased online can be picked up on or after March 15, including the night of the performance.)

The VU Jazz Fest is the largest non-juried jazz festival in the Midwest and is sponsored by Harre Union, the Post-Tribune, Health and Oncology Services Inc. and Chase Bank, with support from the Porter County Convention, Recreation and Visitor Commission and Friends of Valpo Jazz.

   Robert was born in LaPorte on June 30, 1973.

   He is survived by his parents, Christine and Robert Naue of Bradenton, FL; his sister, Melissa Bruner of Mississippi, and brother, Christopher Naue of Pinellas Park, FL; and his three children, Pau Lani and Tristan Naue of Kingsford Heights, IN, and Michelle Naue of Clearwater, FL.

   A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 13, at LaPorte Church of the Nazarene, 2147 West Ash, LaPorte, with Rev. Daniel McDonald officiating.

   Memorial contributions may be made to the family c/o Cheryl Lilly at Cutler Funeral Home, 2900 Monroe St., LaPorte, IN 46350.

   Messages of condolence may be posted below, as well as at www.cutlerfuneral.com.

Cass Township trustee

Timothy A. Guse (R)

Cass Township board

James Irwin Sr. (D)

Joseph Rudolph (R)

Eugene L. Shurte (R)

Joyce Spoljaric (R)

Jacqueline Treese Tharp (R)

Center Township trustee

Greg Smith (D)

Center Township board

Jack Ott (D)

Mark T. Swanson (D)

Michael Turner (D)

Eric Haverstock (R)

Clinton Township trustee

Daniel R. Satkoski (R)

Clinton Township board

No candidates

Coolspring Township trustee

Dennis Metheny (D)

Coolspring Township board

Sharon Metheny (D)

Monica Prosser (D)

Henry S. Wroblewski (R)

Jacqueline W. Wroblewski (R)

Dewey Township trustee

Dick Bucher (R)

Dewey Township board

Paul Malecki (R)

Sherry Meiss (R)

Aaron Rust (R)

Galena Township trustee

Edward S. Hynek (D)

Galena Township board

No candidates

Hanna Township trustee

Glenn Wallace (R)

Hanna Township board

Heather Wallace (D)

Brian Garner (R)

Steven Koontz (R)

Tony Wallace (R)

Hudson Township trustee

Joyce E. Forbes (D)

Hudson Township board

Edward E. Bowen (D)

John “Jack” DeGroote (D)

Michele Rizzo (D)

Johnson Township trustee

Katherine Lamborn (R)

Johnson Township board

Charles T. Daube (R)

James Keeling (R)

Roy John Williams (R)

Kankakee Township trustee

Steve Lestinsky Jr. (R)

Kankakee Township board

Thomas J. Thode (R)

Kevin Wheatbrook (R)

Tom Wheatbrook (R)

Lincoln Township trustee

Dennis Christensen (D)

John G. McDaniel (D)

Lincoln Township board

Mark Emerick (D)

Steve Holifield (D)

Mark Sabinas (D)

Yolanda Spence (D)

David G. Kaufman (R)

Michigan Township assessor

Scott Bell (D)

Dick Pilcher (D)

Thomas F. Wagner Sr. (D)

Michigan Township trustee

Rodney Washington (D)

Mary L. Lombard (R)

Michigan Township board

Sharon J. Gralik (D)

George Kazmierczak (D)

Gerti H. Miller (D)

New Durham Township trustee

Phillip J. Hannon (D)

New Durham Township board

Suzanne K. Burns (D)

James Ingram (R)

Noble Township trustee

David Scarborough (R)

Noble Township board

Mary Deering (R)

Glenn A. Schlundt (R)

Wayne V. Schoof (R)

Pleasant Township trustee

Susan Cable (R)

Pleasant Township board

Edward Burek (D)

Bette Parker Conroy (D)

Tim Kazmierzak (D)

M. Jean Fain (R)

Prairie Township trustee

Norma L. Garner (R)

Lynne Shei (R)

Prairie Township board

Phyllis Gorski (D)

Scipio Township trustee

Nina R. Sampson (R)

Scipio Township board

Richard W. Rutz (R)

Roger Singleton (R)

Roger L. Wolff (R)

Springfield Township trustee

Howard Conley (R)

Springfield Township board

Charles Conjalka (D)

Jerry P. Cooley (D)

Daniel C. Kilgore (R)

Union Township trustee

Sherry Morris (D)

Melanie Beverly (R)

Union Township board

Lauri Enochs (D)

Bettye L. Evans (D)

Washington Township trustee

Loretta Rudolph (D)

Washington Township board

Tracey Kae Cummins (D)

Harold Barr (R)

Wayne Dipert (R)

Wills Township trustee

Stanley J. Hynek (D)

Wills Township board

John Cuson (D)

David N. Nickerson (D)

Paul P. Tuszynski (D)

   Here are candidates on the LaPorte County Democratic and Republican primary ballots (NOTE: township candidates are in a separate story under Election Info on WNLP):

DEMOCRATIC BALLOT

U.S. senator

No official candidate yet

U.S. representative, 2nd District

Joe Donnelly (incumbent)

State representative, 9th District

Scott Pelath (incumbent)

State representative, 20th District

No candidate

LaPorte County prosecutor

Robert Beckman (incumbent)

Robert Szilagyi

LaPorte County sheriff

Mike Mollenhauer (incumbent)

Dick Buell

Barbara Huston

LaPorte County assessor

Judy Anderson

Pam Kieft

Michael Schultz

LaPorte County commissioner, District 1

Mike Bohacek (incumbent)

Stacy Dudley

James LaRocco

Willie Milsap

Fred Strefling

LaPorte County Council, District 1

Annemarie Polan

LaPorte County Council, District 2

Earl Cunningham (incumbent)

Derald Borton

Edward Kluge

Lee Mumaw

Anthony Rodriguez

Matthew Sikorski

LaPorte County Council, District 3

Mark Yagelski (incumbent)

Fred Kless

LaPorte County Council, District 4

Rich Mrozinski Jr. (incumbent)

Merle Janiszewski

Lisa Parrett

John Shelton

REPUBLICAN BALLOT

U.S. senator

Don Bates Jr.

Richard Behney

Dan Coats

John Hostettler

Marlin Stutzman

U.S. representative, 2nd District

Martin Dolan

Jack Jordan

Jackie Walorski

Tony Zirkle

State representative, 9th District

No candidate

State representative, 20th District

Tom Dermody (incumbent)

Todd Reinert

LaPorte County prosecutor

No candidate

LaPorte County sheriff

Rob J. Perkins

LaPorte County assessor

No candidate

LaPorte County commissioner, District 1

Keith A. Harris

LaPorte County Council, District 1

Terry L. Garner (incumbent)

Dan VanSchoyck

LaPorte County Council, District 2

Christopher M. Beebe

LaPorte County Council, District 3

No candidate

LaPorte County Council, District 4

Cary Kirkham

David B. Peery

Kayla Mrozinske

   Purdue North Central student Kayla Mrozinske, a communication major from LaPorte, has been accepted to present a research paper at the 18th annual Clement S. Stacy Undergraduate Research Conference at Purdue University Calumet on April 9 and 10.

   Her paper, entitled Making Sense of Social Networks, concerns the changes in communication transmissions and networks as a result of new technologies.

   This is the second consecutive year that the PNC Department of Communication has sent a student to the conference, which attracts students from many upper Midwestern universities to present their research. The papers are then considered for e-publication in a Research Conference Proceedings that will be released in the summer of 2010.

   The conference gives students a forum to present their research in front of an audience and provides an opportunity for students and faculty from many universities to network.

   At stake are ballot choices for various U.S., state, county and township offices.

   April 26 is the deadline to vote absentee by mail.

   To register to vote, visit your local license branch or download a registration form at the Indiana secretary of state’s website by clicking here:

   http://www.in.gov/portal/faq.html?faqid=1245&p_created=1249302185

   According to the American Diabetes Association diabetes has become a national health crisis. The Stop Diabetes movement encourages each person in LaPorte County to ask themselves the question, “What will I do to stop diabetes?” The ADA recommends the first step to stopping diabetes is to take the diabetes risk test by answering simple questions about age, family history, weight and other factors to show if the risk is low, moderate or high.

   There are 24 million people in the nation who have diabetes, and 6 million Americans with type 2 diabetes don’t even know it. One in five Americans have pre-diabetes, and are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Research studies have shown that type 2 diabetes can be prevented or delayed.

   Risk factors for type 2 diabetes include:

   — Being overweight

   — Being sedentary

   — Being over the age of 45

   — Having a family history of diabetes

   For more information, call (219) 326-2478 or toll free (800) 235-6204, ext. 2478, or visit www.laportehealth.org.

   The meeting, hosted by LaPorte County Sheriff Mike Mollenhauer, will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Springfield Township Fire Department, 7111 N. County Road 300 West, Michigan City.

   “We would like everyone in the Springfield Township area, including areas surrounding Michigan City, Trail Creek, Michiana Shores and Pottawattomie Park, to attend to ask questions or to gain some insight about the operation of the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office. I invite questions in reference to the patrol division, operation of our jail facility or any other area or division of the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office that the public would like to learn more about,” Mollenhauer said.

   The meeting will last as long as it takes to address the public’s concerns. The sheriff will be joined by other sheriff’s office members to answer questions.

   If any organization would like to host a future Town Hall Meeting in their area, please contact Mollenhauer at 219-326-7700, extension 2338, or Major Gary Broling at 219-326-7700, extension 2335.

   — Residential entry, Class D felony

   — Domestic battery, Class D felony

   — Criminal mischief, Class A misdemeanor

   — Battery, Class A misdemeanor.

   Lumpp, 24, is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 155 pounds. He has dark blond hair and brown eyes. He has been known to live in the Mill Creek area.

   If you have any information about the current location of Bryan Lumpp, please call LaPorte City Police at 219-362-9446. Any information you can provide is appreciated and you do NOT have to provide your name.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Every week, WNLP publishes a notice about a wanted individual, with the information and photos supplied by the LaPorte City Police Department.