Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Henry, Madison and Delaware Counties, Indiana

Harlan Egan

Harlan Egan

Nov 6, 2004

Middletown...Harlan Egan, 80, resident of Middletown, died November 11, 2004 at Henry County Memorial Hospital in New Castle.He was born in Des Moines, Iowa, August 24, 1924, the son of Harry and Eathel (Young) Egan. He was a US Army Veteran serving in WW 2 and was a member of the US Army Band playing the trombone.He was a video...

James Wilson Hurley

James Wilson Hurley

Nov 3, 2004

Daleville....James Wilson ""Woody"" Hurley, 81, resident of Daleville, died unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday evening.He was born in Daleville, September 3, 1923, the son of Berryman and Beulah Fenwick Hurley. He attended Daleville High School and was a WW 2 Navy veteran serving as Fireman 1st Class.He worked as a Diesel Mechanic for Marhoffer Company for 17 years and...

Floyd C. Mcwilliams

Floyd C. Mcwilliams

Nov 1, 2004

Daleville...Floyd C. McWilliams, 103, resident of Daleville, died Monday at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie after a brief illness.He was born in Daleville, May 8, 1901, the son of Enos and Ella Cory McWilliams. He had been a WW 1 veteran in the US Army serving as Lieutenant in 335 Infantry division.He was a graduate of Daleville High School and...

Earl D. Carter, Sr

Earl D. Carter, Sr

Oct 30, 2004

Middletown...Earl D. Carter, Sr., 77, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on October 30, 2004 at St. Johns Medical Center in Anderson after a short illness.He was born December 28, 1926 in Livingston, TN, Overton County, the son of Earl T. and Hattie Ann Garrett Carter.He married Gloria A. Stevenson Carter in April of 1964...

John F. Shockley

John F. Shockley

Oct 29, 2004

Muncie...John F. Shockley, 85, former Jefferson Township resident, passed away Friday evening at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.He was born in Monroe Township, November 9, 1918, the son of William B. and Lavina Harman Shockley.He was a graduate of Cowan High School and was a 65 year member of Whitney Lodge #229 F & AM and a 50 year Past...

Jo Ellyn Peckinpaugh

Jo Ellyn Peckinpaugh

Oct 27, 2004

Middletown...Jo Ellyn Peckinpaugh, 78, resident of Middletown, died Wednesday at St. Johns Medical Center in Anderson after a brief illness.She was born in New Castle, September 20, 1926, the daughter of Noble and Lucille Allen Jones.She had lived in Henry County her entire life and was a Sulphur Springs High School graduate.She belonged to the Redbirds Club of Muncie and...

Helen Lillian Bohn

Helen Lillian Bohn

Oct 24, 2004

Indianapolis...Helen Lillian (Nana) Bohn, 78, passed away peacefully on October 24, 2004.She was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey on March 14, 1926, the daughter of Calvin and Catherine (Kally) Warren. She grew up in New York City and married Eugene Francis Bohn, the love of her life, on March 16, 1949. They moved to Indianapolis in 1954, where she...

William A. Walker

William A. Walker

Oct 23, 2004

Daleville...William A. Walker, 85, resident of Daleville, died Saturday at Westminster village in Muncie, after an extended illness.He was born in Mt. pleasant Township, November 2, 1918, the son of Ward and Effie (Fosnot) Walker.He was a US Marine Veteran of WW 2 serving in Iwo Jima and retired from Chevrolet in Muncie in 1981 after 43 years of service.He...

Mary Ruth Powell

Mary Ruth Powell

Oct 13, 2004

Middletown...Mary Ruth Powell, 78, resident of Middletown, died Wednesday morning at St. Vincents Hospital in Indianapolis after a brief illness.She was born in Anderson, August 17, 1926, the daughter of Wilbert and Mary Scott (Goul) Rockwell.She was a receptionist at First United Bank in Middletown where she had worked for over 30 years.She was an Anderson High School graduate (1944)...

James Leroy Forney

James Leroy Forney

Oct 10, 2004

Anderson...James Leroy Forney, 80, resident of Anderson, died early Sunday morning at Rawlins House Convalecent Center in Pendleton, after an extended illness.He was born in Anderson, November 17, 1923, the son of Everett and Lilith Cox Forney.He retired from Guide Lamp Division of Genral Motors in Anderson in 1976 after 30 years of service.He was a WW 2 veteran of...

Jessie Mae Scott

Jessie Mae Scott

Oct 7, 2004

Daleville...Jessie Mae Gilbert Scott, 81, Daleville, passed away Thursday evening at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. She loved her God and family very much. She was born in Burkesville, Ky, September 11, 1923, the daughter of William and Fannie Mae Bunch Gilbert.She moved to Daleville in 1954 and had been a homemaker most of her life.She attended the Middletown Church...

Lisa Babette King

Lisa Babette King

Oct 3, 2004

Middletown...Lisa Babette King, 5o, resident of Middletown, died early Sunday morning at her residence after an extended illness.She was born in Muncie, November 24, 1953, the daughter of Lelton E. and Barbara Bondy Rhodes.She had been employed at West Point Stevens (Liebhardt Mills) for over 12 years before taking a medical leave of absence.She grew up in Blountsville and New...

Robert H. Fridley

Robert H. Fridley

Sep 30, 2004

Anderson...Robert H. Fridley, 81, resident of Anderson, died Thursday evening at St. Johns Medical Center after a brief illness.He was born in Henry County, April 5, 1923, the son of Lloyd and Janie May Rogers Fridley.He retired from the Zinc Diecast Department at Delco Remy Plant 7. He owned and operated Duraclean Carpet and Furniture Cleaning franchise for many years.He...

Edward Lee Walters

Edward Lee Walters

Sep 22, 2004

Dubois, IN...Edward Lee Walters, 62, Resident of Dubois, Indiana and former Middletown resident, died early Wednesday morning in Bloomington Hospital in Bloomington, after a brief illness.He was born in Anderson, September 9, 1942, the son of Carl and Hazel Maupin Walters.He retired from Delco Remy in Anderson in 1995 and was a 1961 graduate of Daleville High School.He was a...

Walter Beaty

Walter Beaty

Sep 18, 2004

Yorktown...Walter Beaty, 86, resident of Yorktown, died late Saturday evening at his resident after an extended illness.He was born in Clinton County, Kentucky, June 6, 1918, the son of Elmer and Osha Stockton Beaty.He retired from Warner Gear in Muncie after 30 years of service in 1982. He had lived for over 50 years in the Daleville/Yorktown area.He was a...

Florence Mae Stanley

Florence Mae Stanley

Sep 15, 2004

Anderson...Florence Mae ""Toloday"" Stanley, 80, former Middletown resident, died Wednesday morning at St. Johns Medical Center in Anderson after a brief illness.She was born in Henry County, July 13, 1924, the daughter of Donald L. and Florence Oakerson Toloday.She was a 1940 graduate of Kennard High School.Survivors include: 2 sons: Eric Stanley of Middletown and Stephen (Mary) Stanley of Middletown,...

Jennie Marie Lail

Jennie Marie Lail

Sep 14, 2004

Tahlequah, OK...Jennie Marie Lail, 91, former Anderson resident, died Tuesday morning in Tahlequah, Oklahoma after an extended illness.She was born in Daleville, Indiana, December 10, 1913, the daughter of Albert J. and Elma M. Haugh Fosnot.She had been a homemaker most of her life and lived in Anderson for over 50 years.She was preceded in death by her husband William...

Enid R. Bronnenberg

Enid R. Bronnenberg

Sep 8, 2004

Daleville...Enid R. (Grove) Bronnenberg, 80, resident of Daleville, died Wednesday at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie after a brief illness.She was born in Delaware County, August 22, 1924.She was preceded in death by her father and Step mother: Garfield and Effie Grove and her husband Wilmer B. Bronnenberg in 2003, and a son: Jerry Lee in 1944.She worked in the...

Richard Lee Singer, Jr

Richard Lee Singer, Jr

Sep 4, 2004

Daleville...Richard Lee Singer, Jr, 60, longtime area resident, died after a brief illness at Ball Memorial Hospital Saturday morning.He was born in Anderson, Indiana, March 9, 1944, the son of Richard Lee and Elsie Rose Sargent Singer and was a graduate of Madison Heights High School in 1962 and lived in Anderson and Indianapolis before coming to Daleville. He has...

Julia Ann Romine

Julia Ann Romine

Sep 3, 2004

Middletown...Julia Ann (Hall) Romine 80, passed away quietly to be with the Lord Friday morning, September 3, 2004 at St. John's Medical Center in Anderson.Julia was born on May 18, 1924 in Middletown and resided there most of her life. She was the daughter of Arthur and Blanche (Fletcher) Hall. She married Malcolm E. Romine in 1940. He passed away...