Stories from Thursday, May 10, 2018

Geraldine (Aker) Pritchett died April 23, 2018 at Autumn Glen Assisted Living facility, of cancer. She was born Jan. 31,1931 to Dr. Charles L. and Marie B. (Gatewood) Aker in Mooresville. Geri spent many after-school evenings and weekends driving her father to house calls in Putnam County before graduating from Greencastle High School in 1948. She subsequently graduated from DePauw University with a BA in nursing in 1952 and from the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in 1953...

ELLETTSVILLE — With nationally-ranked Emma Wilson winning three events as expected, Greencastle’s girls’ track and field team had a leg up on the competition on Tuesday evening in the Western Indiana Conference meet. Yet, to win such a meet requires more balance and contributions throughout the remainder of the events — and the Tiger Cubs got exactly that in defending their WIC championship...

Trees from Vallonia State Nursery will be available Saturday at the opening of Farmer's Market in downtown Greencastle. Everyone is welcome to have 10 trees to plant. The trees available on a first-come, first-served basis are pawpaw, Ohio buckeye, white pine, red oak, black gum, black oak, black walnut, sycamore, chestnut oak, American plum and hazelnut...

Claudia Fisher, 81, of French Lick, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at her home. She was born in Gary, Ind., on March 7, 1937 to Claude Drake and Helen (Rimmel) Drake. Claudia married E. Harry Fisher on Sept. 8, 1956, and he preceded her in death Dec. 26, 1998...