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Rev. C. Raymond Rissler (02/08/10)
The Rev. C. Raymond Rissler, 91, of Greencastle Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 at Autum Glenn. He was born Dec. 9, 1918 in Brazil, the son of Clem Raymond and Anna Margaret Baumunk Rissler. He graduated from Reelsville High School and the Louisville Baptist Theological Seminary and was a minister for 71 years with the American Baptist Churches, pastoring in several Indiana communities...

Dorothy Stanley (02/08/10)
Dorothy VanCleave Stanley, 88, of Greencastle died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 at her home. She was born May 23, 1921, in Greencastle, the daughter of Charles E. and Bessie Knoebel VanCleave. She married Jesse R. Stanley on June 12, 1955, and he preceded her in death on Sept. 22, 1994. Her parents also preceded her in death...

Wanda L. Harvey (02/08/10)
Wanda L. Harvey, 84, of Greencastle died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 at the Waters of Greencastle. Born January 26, 1926 in Putnam County, she was the daughter of Raymond and Myrtle Head Alexander. She was a graduate of Greencastle High School. She married Paul E. Harvey on April 10, 1948 and he preceded her in death on Dec. 7, 1983...

Dorothy V. Stanley (02/08/10)
Dorothy V. Stanley, 88, of Greencastle died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 at her residence in Autumn Glen. Arrangements are pending at the Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home.

Willard Lee Masten (02/05/10)
Willard Lee Masten, 77, of Greencastle died Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 at the Putnam County Hospital. He was born in Bainbridge on Nov. 23, 1932, the son of Cyril and Adele (Modlin) Masten. He was an accountant at IBM for 31 years retiring in 1987, and was a member of New Life Baptist Church and served as the church treasurer for 10 years...

Barbara L. Bernsee (02/05/10)
Barbara L. Bernsee, 84, Mission Viejo, Calif., died early Thursday morning at Parkview Terrace in Rancho San Margarita, Calif. She was the daughter of the late Oscar and Belle (Rhoades) Grassman and was a longtime resident of the Chicago suburbs of Maywood and Broadview before moving to California...

Elizabeth H. Crawford (02/05/10)
Elizabeth Heretta Crawford, 94, of Greencastle died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 at the Mill Pond Health campus. Born Aug. 28, 1915 in Cloverdale, she was the daughter of Lewis and Emma McCoy Green. She had attended Cloverdale schools. She married Charles Crawford on Dec. 31, 1936 and he preceded her in death in 1981...

James Michael Shaughnessy (02/05/10)
James Michael Shaughnessy, 74, died at Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 in Brazil. He was born Jan. 12, 1936 in Putnam County to George and Izma Shaughnessy. Mr. Shaughnessy retired from CSX Railroad where he worked as an agent-telegrapher and later as a brakeman conductor for 29 years. ...

Thomas E. Webb (02/05/10)
Thomas E. Webb, 81, of Roachdale died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 at St. Vincent Seton Specialty Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born Oct. 4, 1928 in Montgomery County, the son of Howard and Helen French Webb. Mr. Webb had been a salesman for Mid-States Wire and Keystone Manufacturing in Crawfordsville and had farmed and raised saddle and trotter horses...

David Earl Duff Sr. (02/03/10)
David Earl Duff Sr., 65, of Greencastle died Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 at the Putnam County Hospital. He was born in Lincoln County, Ky., the son of Earl L. and Eula M. Sandlin Duff. Mr. Duff was a US Army Veteran and a member of the Greencastle Church of God. He was a laborer with Local 204...

Donald B. Phelps (02/03/10)
Donald B. Phelps, 62, of Greencastle died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. He was born in Martinsville on June 10, 1947, the son of Darius and Mildred Wilson Phelps. Mr. Phelps was a truck driver for Humpreys Outdoor Equipment for 13 years, retiring in 2008. Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Short Phelps; daughters Angie Lane and husband Artis of Kentucky, Lana Shoemaker and husband Richi of Greencastle and Tanya Collier of Greencastle; Donald Phelps and wife Roxanne of Coatesville and Joseph Morgan and wife Shelly of Indianapolis; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and brother Ronald Phelps and wife Angel of Cloverdale.. ...

Donna C. Duncan Ellis (02/03/10)
Donna C. Duncan Ellis, 56, of Cloverdale died Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. Mrs. Ellis was a bank officer in check processing for J.P. Morgan Chase. She was a member of American Pool Players Assoc., VNEA and the Billiard Congress of America. She is survived by husband Jay Ellis; son Gregory Ellis; mother Mary "Maggie" Duncan; sisters Brenda Brickler, Karen Earhart, Paula Medjeski and Stephanie Woodson; brothers Rick Duncan, Steve Duncan, Donnie Duncan, Doug Duncan and Craig Duncan; and many nieces and nephews.. ...

Barbara Passwater (02/01/10)
Barbara Passwater, 57, of Brazil died unexpectedly at her residence on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. She was born Aug. 26, 1952 to William and Eleanore Hatfield Wells. She graduated from Carmel High School and had previously worked at Marsh Supermarket in Greencastle. She was presently a mold tech at the Lear Corporation...

Vance H. 'Champ' Champion (01/30/10)
Vance H. "Champ" Champion, 89, Genoa, Ohio, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, in St. Charles-Mercy Hospital, Oregon, Ohio. A lifelong resident of Genoa, he was born June 30, 1920, to Lloyd E. and Hazel Holland Champion. On May 22, 1948, in Genoa, he married Alberna M. Bringe, and they had three sons, the Rev. Paul H. (Margaret) Champion of Greencastle, David (Kathy) Champion of Holland, Ohio and Douglas Champion...

Janet M. Sides Arner (01/30/10)
Janet M. Sides Arner, 82, Greencastle, died Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 at St. Vincent Heart Center in Indianapolis. She was born Oct. 2, 1927 in Highspire, Pa. daughter of Walter and Susan Yeager Sides. Mrs. Arner was a homemaker and a member of the Greencastle Presbyterian Church. She had been active in Habitat for Humanity...

Walter H. Barker (01/29/10)
Walter H. Barker, 92, of Roachdale died Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 at Hendricks Regional Health. He was born Sept. 22, 1917 in Roachdale to William V. and Eva M. Hylton Barker. Mr. Barker worked as a machine repairman for 29 years at California Pellet Mill in Crawfordsville, where he retired, and 12 years at Linde Air at Indianapolis...

Gary M. Nelson (01/29/10)
Gary M. Nelson, 56, of Bainbridge died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2010 after a four-year battle with cancer. He was born Nov. 16, 1956 at Putnam County Hospital in Greencastle, the son of Robert Nelson and Dorothy Houser. He was a 1972 graduate of North Putnam High School...

Forrest O. York (01/28/10)
Forrest O. York, 76, of Greencastle died Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born March 15, 1933 in Greencastle, the son of Earon S. and Laura M. McDonald York. He married Phyllis Elaine Humphry on March 31, 1956 and she preceded him in death March 11, 2007...

John H. Viens (01/27/10)
John H. Viens, 71, of Bainbridge died Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 at his home from pancreatic cancer. The son of Jean F. Viens and Corrine Mason Viens, he was born and raised in Lynn, Mass. and graduated from Lynn English High School. He was active in the National Guard and also worked at Harvard Paleontology Lab. ...

Forest York (01/27/10)
Forest York, 76, of Greencastle died Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Arrangements are pending at the Bittles & Hurt Funeral Home. A full obituary will be published in the Thursday Banner Graphic.

Virginia L. Deardorff (01/26/10)
Virginia L. Deardorff, 90, of Seymour, formerly of Brazil, died unexpectedly Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010 at the Schenk Medical Center in Seymour. She was born Sept. 28, 1919 in Clay County, the daughter of Fred and Verna Heck. She attended the Vinegar Hill School and Brazil High School...

Karen Jean Medlin Thompson (01/26/10)
Karen Jean Medlin Thompson, 53, of Bowling Green died Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 at her residence after battling a terminal illness. She was born Oct. 23, 1956 in Greenfield, the daughter of Arthur "Tiny" and Mary Medlin. She married Mac Thompson on April 14, 2006 and he survives...

Dennis Michael Hiland (01/25/10)
Dennis Michael Hiland, 56, of Lebanon died on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. He was born July 7, 1953 in Lebanon to Richard and Doris Hughes Hiland. Mr. Hiland graduated from Pittsboro High School and was a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints. He worked in the Warehouse for True Value Hardware in Indianapolis for 35 years. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp...

Harley "Mitch" Authement (01/24/10)
Harley "Mitch" Authement, 60, of Spencer died at his residence on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. He was born in Chauvin, La. on Oct. 12, 1949 to Druis and Edris LeBlanc Authement. He was a 1970 graduate of St. Joseph Benedictine High School in Chauvin. Mr. Authement was a U.S. ...

Mickey D. Hammond (01/23/10)
Mickey D. Hammond, 47 of Greencastle passed away Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Born Feb. 18, 1962 in Noblesville, he was the son of Ray W. and Ila "Bunny" (McPherson) Hammond. He was a graduate of Greencastle High School in the Class of 1980, and received his bachelor's degree of science in parks and recreation from Indiana State University...