Stories from Monday, November 9, 2015

Due to county highway work on Walker Lane, Big Walnut Water Company customers may see some interruptions of service starting on Tuesday, Nov. 10. The interruptions were originally announced as a possibility last week, but the work was delayed. The work is likely to occur between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m...

The Humane Society of Putnam County is having a Christmas decor sale at the Red Barn at South Locust Street and Berry Street on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 8 a.m.-noon. All proceeds are to benefit HSPC animal programs.

Six Greencastle High School students recently placed in the Ivy Tech Community College 2015 Spartan Match. The annual contest challenges students in the areas of technology and engineering, including fashioning items together to create a mousetrap racer, building a marshmallow tower with uncooked spaghetti and other projects...

Christine Delma Huggler, 85, of Greencastle, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015. She was born on March 18, 1930 in Danville to Christopher C. Greene and Bessie Mae Lawson Greene. Christine was a member of the Greencastle Church of the Nazarene and had been employed at Fillmore Elementary in the cafeteria...

Gloria Ann Poynts, 86, Crawfordsville, and formerly of Parkersburg, passed away Sunday, Nov. 8, at 2:18 a.m. in the Williamsburg Healthcare. She was born April 6, 1929 in Indianapolis to Chester and Elsie (Summers) Ryan. She married William E. "Bill" Poynts on April 6, 1947 in Parkersburg. He preceded her in death on Sept. 30, 1991...

Jeffrey David Ummel, 54, of Greencastle, passed away on Nov. 9, 2015 with his family by his side. Born July 5, 1961 in Elkhart, he was the son of John (Dave) and Nancy (Hunsberger) Ummel, and was a 1979 graduate of Concord High School, Elkhart. Jeff was a master carpenter and owned J.D. Ummel Construction in Mechanicsville, Md. for many years...

Jack M. Shedron, 79, of Cloverdale, went home on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. Jack was born on June 17, 1936 to the late Marvin and Opal (Walters) Shedron, of Cutler. He loved farming and camping. He was a member of the UAW Local 23. He retired from GM in 2006...

Glenn Edwin Welliver, fifth son of the Rev. Lester A. Welliver and Eleanor Yeaworth Welliver, died on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, at home in Berryville, Va. Born in Baltimore, Md., on Feb. 20, 1933, he attended schools in Central Pennsylvania before graduating from high school in Westminster, Md. ...

MOUNT MERIDIAN -- New Providence Baptist Church and New Providence Cemetery have been busy lately. From a new roof on the church to diligent maintenance at the adjacent cemetery, the area has been home to one local resident who would like to remind everyone that the spirit of gratitude is what brings the community together during these Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving holidays...

A former Putnamville Correctional Facility inmate was sentenced on Monday to 50 more years in prison for the June 2014 killing of another inmate. Anthony Reid, 39, had already entered a guilty plea to the June 12, 2014 stabbing death of fellow PCF inmate Darwin L. Elmore, 34, Indianapolis...

Cyril Bernard "Cy" Bresson, 74, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. He is survived by his two children, daughter Katherine Bresson Kelley (Butch) of Andalusia, Ala., and son Steven Bresson (Laura) of Salem, Ala.; his partner of 25 years, Jerrie Upchurch of Roachdale; brother Delynn Bresson (Barbara) of Hanley Falls, Minn.; niece Robin Nuchols and husband Monte of Milwaukee; and foster mother Phyllis Minehart of Minneapolis.