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James A. Martindale
(Obituary ~ 02/04/13)
James A. Martindale, age 91, of Muncie, formerly of Cambridge City, died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, at West Minster Village. Born Sept. 28, 1921 in Richmond to Voyle and Margaretta Horner Martindale, he was a resident of Cambridge City from 1921 to 1945 and also Greencastle from 1962 to 2008...
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Paul Hoopengarner
(Obituary ~ 02/04/13)
Paul Hoopengarner, age 75, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at his home near Putnamville, following a brief illness. Born July 25, 1937 in Vigo County, Ind., he was the son of Emory and Hazel (Chapman) Hoopengarner. He is survived by his wife, Patricia (Rector) Hoopengarner, and daughters, Carol (Ronald) Smith of Fillmore and Jane (Robert) Best of Waveland...
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Thomas A. Nally
(Obituary ~ 02/04/13)
Thomas A. Nally, 24, of McCutchenville, Ohio, died Friday morning, Feb. 1, 2013 in Tiffin, Ohio. He was born Jan. 24, 1989 in Greencastle, to Michael and Angela (Bixler) Nally. He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Angela and Joel Lands of Tiffin, and his father and stepmother Michael and Lisa Nally of Cloverdale; three children, Phoenix Nally, Laila Nally and Owen Nally; his companion, Sabrina Brose, of McCutchenville; two brothers, Michael P. ...
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Russell E. Williams
(Obituary ~ 02/04/13)
Russell E. Williams, 67, Reelsville, passed away on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. He was born on Dec. 2, 1945 in Greencastle, and was the son of the late Dennis Franklin "Frank" and Edith M. (Russell) Williams. He is survived by his children, Beth Lavender and husband Eugene, Reelsville, Cindy Jaenicke and husband Dan, Kokomo, Russell D. ...
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Jennifer Kaye Watson
(Obituary ~ 02/04/13)
Jennifer Kaye Watson, age 39, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 at home surrounded by her family. Born Feb. 14, 1973 in Greencastle, she was the daughter of Opal (Malone) Arnold and was a 1991 graduate of Cloverdale High School. Jennifer and her husband, Kenneth Watson, shared more than 24 years together and were married on Aug. 8, 1997...
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Belinda Jean Hunter
(Obituary ~ 02/05/13)
Belinda Jean Hunter, 40, of Greencastle, passed away on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. She was born on Aug. 16, 1972 in Greencastle. Belinda was a 1991 graduate of Greencastle High School, and had been employed at Boston Scientific in Spencer, and Hickory Creek at Sunset in Greencastle...
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Annalene Singleton Cooper
(Obituary ~ 02/05/13)
Mrs. Annalene Singleton Cooper, 75, Fredericksburg, Texas, passed away on Monday, Feb. 4 in the Knopp Nursing Rehab Center. Mrs. Cooper is survived by her husband, David Cooper of Fredericksburg; three sons and their spouses, Bracky and Diane Cooper of Mississippi, Gregory and Elaine Cooper of Washington and Tim and Denise Cooper of Austin, Texas; five grandchildren; three sisters and one brother, Revenna and Kenneth Richardson of Indiana, Lucy and Darrell Detro of Indiana, William and Ginny Singleton of Indiana and Rebecca and John Fair of Florida.. ...
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Walter 'Pappy' Thayer
(Obituary ~ 02/07/13)
Walter "Pappy" Thayer, 79, of Bainbridge, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. Walter was born on Nov. 6, 1933 to Ole and Beulah Plumber Thayer. He married Charlotte Baker, and she survives. He had worked for GM truck and bus in Indianapolis for 35 years, retiring in 1997 as a millwright. He was a member of the Greencastle Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses...
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Mary Elizabeth Reed
(Obituary ~ 02/08/13)
Mary Elizabeth Reed, 93, of Casa Grande, Ariz., and Greencastle, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 in Arizona. Mrs. Reed was born on June 28, 1919 in Greencastle to Herman Hendrich and Freda Heil Hendrich. She was a 1937 graduate of Bainbridge High School and was a graduate of Indiana Business College...
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Barbara Gayle Gowens
(Obituary ~ 02/08/13)
B. Gayle Gowens, 70, of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, surrounded by her family. Born on Jan. 26, 1943 in Nashville. Tenn., she was the daughter of the late William and Edna Walpool. Gayle and her husband Alvin shared 48 happy years together...
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Robert K. Drotziger
(Obituary ~ 02/10/13)
Robert K. Drotziger, 70, of Greencastle and formerly of Lombard, Ill., passed away on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. He was born on Aug. 27, 1942 in Chicago to Charles Drotziger and Alice Grogan Drotziger. Bob was of the Catholic faith, and had retired from Foremost Fastener as a warehouse foreman...
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Mary K. Archer
(Obituary ~ 02/10/13)
Mary K. Archer, 84, formerly of Greencastle and recently of Lebanon, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. She was born on Feb. 18, 1928 in Kansas City, Mo., to William M. Smith and Ruth Lighter Smith. Mary married Joseph Archer on Jan. 14, 1952, and he preceded her in death in 1983...
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Garnet M. Huffman
(Obituary ~ 02/10/13)
Garnet M. Huffman, 83, of Greencastle, passed away on Friday Feb. 8, 2013. She was born on Aug. 4, 1929 in Fillmore to Ivan C. Proctor and Lucille R. Crosby Proctor. Garnet was a 1947 graduate of Bainbridge High School, a member of Bainbridge Christian Church, had been a Cub Scout leader...
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Rita M. Davis
(Obituary ~ 02/11/13)
Rita M. Davis, 50, of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. She was born on July 26, 1962 in Bunckomb County, N.C., to Don Edward Campbell and Irma Lee DeBruhl Campbell. Her parents and a sister, Donna Campbell preceded her in death. Rita had been employed at Heartland Automotive for 17 years...
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Mark A. Pickel
(Obituary ~ 02/11/13)
Mark A. Pickel, 90, of Boynton Beach, Fla., for the past 14 years, formerly of Crete, Ill., passed away Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 in Boynton Beach. He was born June 17, 1922 in Roachdale. In 1949 Mr. Pickel graduated from Purdue University. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force during World War II...
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Charles E. Keeney
(Obituary ~ 02/12/13)
Charles E. Keeney, 83, of Russellville, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 at the Putnam County Hospital. He was born in Cincinnati to Ernest Jay and Francis E. Wallace Keeney on Jan. 13, 1930. Mr. Keeney was a farmer and he opened graves at several cemeteries in surrounding communities. He was a member of the Browns Valley Christian Church. He graduated from Russellville High School in 1948...
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Paul H. Wichmann
(Obituary ~ 02/12/13)
Paul H. Wichmann, 83, of Greencastle, passed away on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. He was born May 26, 1929 in Tippecanoe County, the son of Fred and Emma (Haben) Wichmann. He was a 1947 graduate of Clinton Center High School. He married Charlotte (Brackney) Wichmann on July 14, 1950 and she survives...
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Tom Ford
(Obituary ~ 02/13/13)
Tom Ford, longtime resident of Greencastle, passed away on Monday, Feb. 11 with Grace, his loving wife of 62 years, at his side. Tom was an active community member, contributing his time and energy to multiple charities, from soup kitchens to church activities...
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Irma Sue Hubble
(Obituary ~ 02/13/13)
Irma Sue Hubble, 66, Ladoga, died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2013 at Hendricks Regional Health at Danville. Born Oct. 28, 1946 at Hardburly, Ky., she was the daughter of Roy and Alpha Sandlin. She graduated from Wayne High School in Ohio. She was employed as a janitor at New Market Elementary School...
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Chad E. Gehle
(Obituary ~ 02/13/13)
Chad E. Gehle, 27, of Brazil, died following a tragic automobile accident Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Muncie. He was taken to St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis where he later died. His brother was also in the accident and is currently in the hospital in Muncie...
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Robert E. Lane
(Obituary ~ 02/14/13)
Robert E. Lane, 65, of Ladoga, passed away at home on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Funeral arrangements are pending with Shoemaker Funeral Home, Waynetown.
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Ray E. Wells
(Obituary ~ 02/15/13)
Ray E. Wells, 84, of Sebring, Fla., went to be with his Lord on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Sebring following a brief illness. Mr. Wells was born on Sept. 10, 1928 in Greencastle to parents Louis E. and Eula Grace (Hutcheson) Wells. He graduated from Reelsville High School in 1947, where he was a member of the 1946 Reelsville High School basketball team that was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame...
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Herbert Louis Wehrheim
(Obituary ~ 02/15/13)
Herbert Louis Wehrheim of Camby, Ind., and Naples, Fla., died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 at the age of 71, surrounded by his loving family. He was born June 18, 1941. Herbert served in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1965. He retired after 45 years as an electrician for IBEW Local 481...
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Vernie P. Zeiner
(Obituary ~ 02/17/13)
Vernie P. Zeiner, 92, of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 at his residence. Born Jan. 13, 1921 in Fillmore, he was the son of William F. and Verna E. (Proctor) Zeiner and was a 1939 graduate of Fillmore High School. He married Betty J. (Poynter) Zeiner on June 15, 1941, and she survives...
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Rita Dee Sibbitt
(Obituary ~ 02/17/13)
Rita Dee Sibbitt, 73, of Carbon, passed away Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 at her residence. Born Nov. 25, 1939 in Greencastle, she was the daughter of Noble and Margaret (Channey) Robinson. She attended Fillmore Schools, where she had been a cheerleader. She married Robert "Bob" Sibbitt, who survives...
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Myrdell S. York
(Obituary ~ 02/18/13)
Myrdell S. York, 88, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. Born August 18, 1924 in Somerset, Ky., she was the daughter of Walter and Ella (Hargis) Surber. Myrdell was a 1942 graduate of Greencastle High School. She married Franklin F. York and he preceded her in death...
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Marian Linn Wright
(Obituary ~ 02/18/13)
Marian Linn Wright, 93, of Greencastle, and formerly of Port Washington, N.Y., passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. She was born on June 24, 1919 in Craig, Neb. to Dr. H.H. Linn (professor) and Dorothy Carlson Linn. She graduated from Barnard College in 1941 with a bachelor's in History and Teachers College, Columbia University in 1942 with a Master's in Education...
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Robert E. Lane
(Obituary ~ 02/18/13)
Robert E. Lane, age 65, of Ladoga, went to his heavenly home on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. He was born on June 1, 1947 at Crawfordsville, the son of Ira Eugene "Gene" and Phronissa Irene Davis Lane. He grew up in Montgomery County and graduated from Ladoga High School...
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Gerald Ray 'Jerry' Buis
(Obituary ~ 02/19/13)
Gerald Ray "Jerry" Buis, 64, Greencastle, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 at his home. He was born on July 4, 1948 in Greencastle to Arthur "Windy" Buis Sr. and Myrtle Buis. He married Jeannie Hobbs on Dec. 29, 1967 in Greencastle. Gerald retired from Komatsu as a welding instructor and Boilermakers Local 60 Union as a welder mechanic...
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Catherine Bean
(Obituary ~ 02/19/13)
Catherine Bean of Greencastle, died on Jan. 15, 2013. A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 at Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. P.T. Wilson officiating. Arrangements have been entrusted to Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home, Greencastle...
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Wiggins Family
(Obituary ~ 02/19/13)
Charleen Wiggins Jan. 28, 1939-Feb. 17, 2013 Charleen Wiggins, 74, died Sunday morning, Feb. 17, 2013 in a house fire in her home in Roachdale. She was born Jan. 28, 1939 to Charles and Cathleen (French) Burnes at Indianapolis. She graduated from Ben Davis High School...
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Edward Earvin Lawson
(Obituary ~ 02/21/13)
Edward Earvin Lawson, 47, of Crawfordsville, passed away at his residence on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. He was born in Greencastle on Nov. 3, 1965 to James Earvin and Geraldine Francis Webb Lawson. He graduated from North Putnam High School in 1984 and served in the U.S. Air Force as a senior airman from 1985-89...
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Betty Lou McCorkhill
(Obituary ~ 02/24/13)
Betty Lou McCorkhill, 74, of Greencastle and formerly of Salina, Kan., passed away on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. She was born on June 12, 1938 in Salina, Kan., to Willis J. Bledsoe and Helen L. Nelson Bledsoe. Betty had been a resident of this area since 2005 after her marriage to Kenneth L. McCorkhill. She had also lived in Oregon and Colorado...
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Sonja Jean Whitehead Everts
(Obituary ~ 02/24/13)
Sonja Jean Whitehead Everts, 74, dearly loved wife and mother, went to be with the Lord peacefully at her home on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. She was born on May 2, 1938 in Elkhart to George Grover and Evelyn (Eger) Whitehead. She graduated from Elkhart High School in 1956, received her Bachelor's Degree from Ball State University, and her Master's in Education from Saint Francis College...
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Frank V. Knoll
(Obituary ~ 02/24/13)
Frank V. Knoll, 85, of Indianapolis and formerly of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. He was born on Nov. 30, 1927 in Madison, Ind., to Frank V. Knoll and Mildred E. Still Knoll. Frank retired from Allison Gas Turbine Division of General Motors where he was a production general foreman...
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Mary Elizabeth Hendrich Blue Reed
(Obituary ~ 02/24/13)
Mary Elizabeth Hendrich Blue Reed, 93, of Casa Grande, Ariz., and of Greencastle, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 in Arizona. Mrs. Reed was born on June 28, 1919 in Greencastle to Herman Hendrich and Freda Heil Hendrich. She was a 1937 graduate of Bainbridge High School and was a graduate of Indiana Business College...
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Max H. Parker
(Obituary ~ 02/25/13)
Max H. Parker, 83, of Roachdale, passed away at his residence Sunday evening, Feb. 24, 2013. He was born on Feb. 21, 1930 at North Salem to Charles J. and Gertrude E. Miller Parker. Max worked as a truck driver for IR & D Motor Freight from 1954 to 1982, when he retired...
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Jeannette R. Mishler
(Obituary ~ 02/25/13)
Jeannette R. Mishler, 54, of Brazil, passed away at Union Hospital, Terre Haute, on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 following a brief illness. Cremation services have been entrusted to French Funeral Home in Brazil. Visit www.frenchfuneralhome.com to light a candle in her memory...
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Patricia Lee (Larkin) Enlow
(Obituary ~ 02/25/13)
Patricia Lee (Larkin) Enlow, 74, Reelsville, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 at Exceptional Living Center. Patricia was born Aug. 25, 1938 the daughter of the late Doyle and Ethal (Lamb) Larkin. She was a 1956 graduate Reelsville High School. Patricia married the love of her life Kirby Garfield Enlow on Feb. 22, 1957. They recently celebrated 56 years of marriage...
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Henrietta M. Reed
(Obituary ~ 02/26/13)
Henrietta M. Reed, 92, Cloverdale, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 at Hickory Creek at Sunset, Greencastle. She was born on Dec. 30, 1920 in Terre Haute and was the daughter of the late Henry and Mary (Corby) Cottrell. She is survived by her children, Sandra Thron of Cloverdale, Cheryl Crawley of Greencastle and Bob Wilkinson of Cloverdale; 12 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren...
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Kelly Kathleen Paul
(Obituary ~ 02/26/13)
Kelly Kathleen Paul, 37, Rockville, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, following a long struggle with anorexia. She was born in Indianapolis on March 29, 1975, to David and Donna J. Paul. Kelly graduated from North Central High School and Hanover College. She was involved with the family business, Raccoon Lake Golf Course and The Clubhouse Restaurant...
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Carolyn S. Keck
(Obituary ~ 02/26/13)
Carolyn S. Keck, 72, of Roachdale, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born on April 3, 1940 at Ladoga to John Franklin and Emma Nosler Clark. She retired from Raybestos in Crawfordsville as a machine operator...
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James Leroy Miller
(Obituary ~ 02/27/13)
James Leroy Miller, 80, of Lutz, Fla., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. James was born March 5, 1932 in Greencastle, to the late Floyd R. and Martha (Haverkamp) Miller. He served with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and moved to Hillsborough County, Fla., in 1958...
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Alva 'Ray' Brattain Jr.
(Obituary ~ 02/27/13)
Alva "Ray" Brattain Jr., 77, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. He was born Jan. 27, 1936 in Carbon, the son of Alva Ray and Dorothy Mae (Harney) Brattain. He was a 1954 graduate of Greencastle High School. He married Darlene (Cash) Brattain on Oct. 6, 1957 and she survives...
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Mingle Fern Vaughn
(Obituary ~ 02/28/13)
Mrs. Mingle Fern Vaughn, age 85, Belle Union, passed away Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 27, at St. Vincent's Hospice in Indianapolis with family at her side. She was born on Nov. 26, 1927 near Broad Park in Jefferson Township, Putnam County, to Roy Allen and Dana Mae (Terry) Wheeler...
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