Stories from Monday, June 30, 2008

TERRE HAUTE -- They may come from small schools, but on Saturday they made their presence known. Saturday's Wabash Valley Coach's Association All-Star Game had more than 80 players from around the Wabash Valley to ISU Memorial Stadium. However, the 32-27 come-from-behind win for the South All-Stars (their first in the game's four-year history) saw some notable performances from some recent Putnam County graduates...

Francis Marie Summers, 89, of Brazil, died Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at St. Vincent Hospice in Indianapolis. Mrs. Summers was born April 11, 1919 in Clay County to Roscoe and Bessie Boyd Mercer. She graduated from Van Buren High School. She married Howard Summers on Feb. 24, 1940 in Brazil, and he survives...

Earl Russell Blaydes, 93, of Greencastle died Thursday, June 26, 2008, at the Waters of Greencastle. Mr. Blaydes was born April 4, 1915, in Carpentersville to Grover Cleveland and Clona Dickerson Blaydes. He married Leona Claire Jenkins on Sept. 25, 1935, in Paris, Ill., and she preceded him in death in December 1983...

Don and Mary Ellen Smith, Belle Union, celebrated their 50th anniversary with a two-week cruise to Alaska. The couple was married June 20, 1958 in Greencastle by Mary's brother-in-law Ellis Smiley. Don is retired from IBM and farming. They have a daughter Andrea Robertson and husband Donnie and two grandchildren, Taylor and Austin, Yukon, Okla...

Carol J. Winebarger, 79, of Indianapolis died Thursday, June 26, 2008. Mrs. Winebarger was born June 9, 1929, in Indianapolis to Walter and Juanita (Hines) Turner. She was retired from Eli Lilly. Surviving are two granddaughters and a grandson-in-law, , Robin Winebarger and Rebecca and Jason Lowe; two great-granddaughters, Hayleigh Fenwick and Chloe Lowe; a daughter-in-law, Linda J. ...