Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Henry, Madison and Delaware Counties, Indiana
Elizabeth Susan Nielsen
Jan 7, 2020
Ingalls...Elizabeth Susan Pollock Nielsen, 58, resident of Ingalls, passed away January 7, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Muncie, Indiana, April 7, 1961, the daughter of Thomas and Maxine Fields Pollock. She was a member of the Mothers Club of Pendleton and the Emmaus Lutheran Church. Susan touched many peoples lives, from her career in the travel and...
Jonah Michael Clark Ashcraft
Jan 5, 2020
Markleville....Jonah Michael Clark Ashcraft, 17, resident of Markleville, passed away Sunday morning at St. Vincent's Regional Hospital in Anderson. He was born in Mesquite, Texas and had lived in Markleville all of his life. He was a junior at Pendleton Heights High School and loved music, people and Basketball. Survivors are his mother and father Theodore "Ted" and Heather (Lively)...
Molly Jayne Day
Dec 28, 2019
Yorktown...Molly Jayne Day, 43, resident of Yorktown passed away Saturday, December 28, 2019 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital. She was born in Lafayette, Indiana, September 6, 1976, the daughter of Gary Swank and Karen Swank. Molly was a 1994 graduate of Monroe Central High School where she had been a cheerleader and a trumpet player in the three time...
Russell Lee Godsey
Dec 27, 2019
New Castle....Russell Lee Godsey, 36, resident of New Castle, passed away in Muncie on December 27, 2019. He was born in Anderson, March 10, 1983, the son of William Godsey and Carl Huffman Hamilton. He attended Union High School and worked for several years at Jiffy Lube in New Castle and loved cars and four wheeling. He is survived by...
Barbara Ann Ritchie
Dec 27, 2019
Middletown...Barbara Ann Ritchie, 90, passed away at Living Petals Nursing Care in Middletown on December 27, 2019. She was born in Richland Township, July 21, 1929 the daughter of John J. Clotilde Hodson Mills. She was a graduate of Anderson High School and worked for 25 years at Daleville Schools in the Cafeteria retiring in 1990. She was a member...
Larry Eugene Reedy
Dec 26, 2019
Larry Eugene Reedy, 74, resident of Middletown, passed away December 26th at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. Larry was born in Anderson, October 4th, 1945, the son of Dennis and Mable Keesling Reedy. He married Sharon Thomas Reedy on April 3, 1971 and they have been married for 48 years. Larry grew up on his parents'...
Gail Louise Hale
Dec 19, 2019
Middletown....Gail Louise Hensley Hale, 69, resident of Middletown, passed away at her home early on December 19, 2019. She was born in Noblesville, May 29, 1950, the daughter of Raymond and Marguerite Esterline Hensley. She was a graduate of Shenandoah High School and attended Olivet Nazarene University. She received her teaching degree from Anderson University and her MA from Ball...
Dorothy "Dottie" Jeanette Downing
Dec 18, 2019
Indianapolis...Dorothy "Dottie" Jeanette Downing (Justus), 95, former resident of Daleville, passed away December 18, 2019 at St. Franciscan Hospice in Indianapolis. She was born June 17, 1924, in Switz City, Indiana, the daughter of Loam and Blanche Frey Justus. She was a graduate of Switz High School and Methodist Hospital School of Nursing. She was an R.N. at Ball Memorial...
Bennett Michael Gaunt
Dec 17, 2019
New Castle...Bennett Michael Gaunt, infant son of Branden Todd Michael Gaunt and Madison Breanne Lyall, passed away December 17, 2019 at Henry County Memorial Hospital in New Castle. He was born in Anderson, September 23, 2019. Besides his parents he is survived by his mother's significant other: Michael Haffner, Paternal grandparents: Todd Gaunt and Amy Myers of Anderson, maternal grandparents:...
Robert D. Leathers, Sr.
Dec 15, 2019
Chesterfield....Robert Dwaine Leathers, Sr., 81, resident of Chesterfield, passed away at Community Heart and Vascular Hospital in Indianapolis, December 15, 2019. He was born in Chesterfield, Indiana, March 18, 1938, the son of Marion and Addie McAllister Leathers. He worked for many years through General Motors with Canteen Corporation and was a member of the UAW 663. He served in...
Lloyd R. Werking
Dec 14, 2019
Middletown....Lloyd Roady Werking, 92, resident of Middletown, passed away December 14, 2019 at Community Hospital in Anderson. He was born in New Castle, Indiana, October 26, 1927, the son of Curtis and Malinda Werking. He was a graduate of New Lisbon High School and a US Navy Veteran. He owned and operated the Werking Sign Company in Middletown for over...
Joseph Bud Weiser
Dec 11, 2019
Joseph Bud Weiser, 78, passed away, Wednesday, December 11, 2019, at Middletown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Middletown, Indiana, after a valiant fight against Parkinson's disease. Bud was born in Middletown, Indiana, on January 25, 1941, to George Leslie and Dora "Dode" Ellen (Leffler) Weiser. Bud graduated from Sulphur Springs High School in 1959, where he played basketball and baseball...
Vicky L. Nixon-Richeson
Dec 8, 2019
Anderson...Vicky L. Nixon Richeson (Emswiller), 63, passed away December 8, 2019 at St. Vincent's Regional Hospital in Anderson after a brief illness. She was born in Anderson, May 17, 1956, the daughter of Bobby Emswiller and Shirley (Mock) Black. She had lived in this area most of her life and was a graduate of Shenandoah High School. She worked at...
Phillip H. Ambs
Dec 1, 2019
Phillip H. Ambs age 83 of Springfield, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, December 1, 2019 in his loving home. He was born the son of Everett Michael & Helen Marie (Mattingly) Ambs on August 19, 1936 in Anderson, IN. He was preceded in death by his parents; his loving wife of 54 years, Joyce Ann (Chapman) Ambs; siblings, James...
Carolyn Ann Pugsley
Dec 1, 2019
Middletown...Carolyn Ann Wilson Pugsley, 76, resident of Middletown, passed away December 1, 2019 ay St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born in Noblesville, April 11, 1943, the daughter of Samuel and Eva Millikan Wilson. She worked for several years at Snug Harbor Group Homes, and Middletown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She lived in the area for 59 years and...
Theodore Paul Jenkins
Dec 1, 2019
Middletown....Theodore Paul Jenkins , 54, resident of Middletown passed away Sunday December 1st, 2019 at his residence after an extended illness surrounded by family. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana July 11, 1965 the son of Cecil Paul Jenkins and Mary Jane Scoggin. He recently worked at Harvest Market in Middletown and absolutely loved the people he worked with. He...
Ethel Mae Kendall
Nov 30, 2019
Ethel Mae (Hunter) Kendall ,88, passed away quietly in her home on November 30, 2019 following an extended illness. She was born February 18, 1931 in Middletown to Clinton and Esta (Bowers) Hunter. She was a 1949 graduate of Middletown High School, worked for Delco Remy Division, and later was a cook in the Middletown School System. After retiring from...
Brenda Ward
Nov 29, 2019
Brenda "Benzi" J. Ward of Greenwood, Indiana, died on November 29 from a brief illness at 79. Born November 18, New Castle Indiana, to Lena Ellington Mettert Utt and Russell Mettert, Brenda was a life-long Indiana Hoosier. Brenda enjoyed her family, painting ceramics, coloring pages, jewelry, and socializing with friends. She also enjoyed attending local reenactment events, watching Disney and...
Francis Eugene Ashton
Nov 27, 2019
Middletown....Francis Eugene Ashton, 93, longtime resident of Middletown passed away Wednesday morning at Middletown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Anderson, Indiana April 1, 1926, the son of Earl and Mary Huffman Ashton. He retired from Westinghouse after 20 years of service. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Middletown. He farmed and painted farm...
Marilyn Beatrice Jackson
Nov 25, 2019
Middletown....Marilyn Beatrice Tackett Jackson, 83, longtime resident of Middletown passed away late Monday evening in New Castle. She was born in Chicago, IL, December 5, 1935, the daughter of Lee and Frances Wilson Tackett. She was a graduate of Dugger High School and retired from General Motors- Delco Remy in 1991 after 25 years of service. She attended the Cadiz...
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