Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Henry, Madison and Delaware Counties, Indiana

Wyatt Jase Abbott

Wyatt Jase Abbott

Oct 6, 2006

Middletown...Wyatt Jase Abbott, ""Our Little Warrior"", infant son of Jason Robert Abbott and India Starr Jones, passed away October 6, 2006.Our ""Little Warrior"" fought his last battle and went to be cradled in the arms of God. He will be painfully missed by the lives he touched...How very softly you tiptoed into our world almost silently and only a moment...

Mary Jo Nichols

Mary Jo Nichols

Sep 27, 2006

Middletown...Mary Jo Nichols (Behymer) 82, resident of Miller's Merry Manor, passed away at the nursing home after an extended illness.She was born in Anderson, October 1, 1923, the daughter of Arvin and Mary Robinson Behymer.She retired from Delco Remy in Anderson in 1979 after 30 years.She was a 1941 graduate of Anderson High School.She attended Unity Church of Anderson and...

Viva Jean Fadely

Viva Jean Fadely

Sep 22, 2006

Middletown...Viva Jean (Riggs) Fadely, 81, resident of Middletown, passed away Friday morning at St. Johns Medical Center in Anderson.She was born in Daleville, December 12, 1924, the daughter of Lloyd and Irene Emswiller Riggs.She retired from J.C. Penny as a credit clerk and attended Middletown High School.She was preceded in death by her husband: Robert and her son: Jeff.Survivors include...

Barbara J. Mcmichael

Barbara J. Mcmichael

Sep 21, 2006

Middletown...Barbara J. (East) McMichael, 77, resident of Middletown, passed away at Community North Hospital in Indianapolis.She was born in Anderson, August 17, 1929, the daughter of Hobart and Marie Heflin East.She retired from Delco Remy in 1981 after 30 years of service.She was a member of the UAW #662 and had attended the Middletown United methodist Church and was active...

Glendale Harless

Glendale Harless

Sep 20, 2006

Sulphur Springs...Glendale ""Pete"" Harless, 86, resident of Sulphur Springs, passed away Wednesday evening at The Waters in New Castle after an extended illness.He was born in Anderson, July 28, 1920, the son of Hugh E. and Ruth Chapman Harless.He attended Sulphur Springs High School and was a US Army veteran of WW 2.He retired from Delco Remy in Anderson in...

Donna R. Richey

Donna R. Richey

Sep 15, 2006

Daleville...Donna ""Anne"" Richey, 64, resident of Daleville, passed away at her home on Friday evening.She was born on September 5, 1942 in Muncie, the daughter of Prince and Madalyn Hall Murphy.She dedicated her life to the caring and nurturing of others. We were blessed to have her as a mother, Gram, sister, Aunt, and friend. One of her endearing qualities...

Melvin Russell Pugsley

Melvin Russell Pugsley

Sep 14, 2006

Daleville...Melvin Russell Pugsley, 77, resident of Daleville, passed away Thursday evening at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.He was born in Daleville, March 27, 1929, the son of George and Marybelle Haugh Pugsley.He attended Daleville High School and retired in 1991 from Warner Gear in Muncie where he began his career as a gear cutter.He one of the original member of...

Charles I. Englert

Charles I. Englert

Sep 9, 2006

Middletown...Charles I. Englert, 79, resident of Middletown, passed away unexpectedly Saturday evening at St. Johns Medical Center.He was born in Medina Ohio, April 25, 1927, the son of Charles I and Grace Ammens Englert.He retired from Russ Reganold Pontiac in Anderson in 1989 and was a US Navy veteran of WW 2.He was a member of the Middletown Lions Club...

Henry Thomas Sinkevicius

Henry Thomas Sinkevicius

Sep 4, 2006

Anderson...Henry Thomas Sinkevicius, 59, resident of Anderson, passed away Monday at his home in Anderson after an extended illness.He was born in Holtzminden, Germany, September 24, 1946, the son of Felix and Julia Sinkevicius.He graduated from a high school in St. Louis, MO and had worked for the Department of Correction in Pendleton at C.I.C. for many years holding the...

Wilfred ""Brie"" Hinkle

Wilfred ""Brie"" Hinkle

Sep 3, 2006

Daleville...Wilfred ""Brie"" Hinkle, 68, resident of Daleville, passed away Sunday evening at his home after an extended illness.He was born in Albany, Indiana, April 16, 1938. the son of Wilfred and Gladys Hardy Hinkle.He attended Middletown High School and lived in Daleville for the last 40 years.He was a member of the American Legion of Middletown and was employed at...

Ruth Ellen Anderson

Ruth Ellen Anderson

Aug 25, 2006

Middletown...Ruth Ellen (Ford) Anderson, 84, resident of Middletown, passed away August 25, 2006, at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.She was born in Anderson, November 20, 1921, the daughter of James and Lula Hurlock Ford.She had worked for many years for Dr. Ted S. Doles MD in Middletown and Muncie beginning in 1969.She was a member of the Middletown United Methodist Church...

Joy Mae Mccord

Joy Mae Mccord

Aug 25, 2006

Anderson...Joy Mae McCord, 55, longtime Anderson resident passed away Friday morning at her residence.She was born in Anderson, November 21, 1950, the daughter of Irvin and Colleen Brooks Payne.She worked as a simulcast coordinator for Hoosier Park Racetrack since it's inception.She was a member of the Eagles Lodge, the American Legion auxiliary of Middletown and was a local Ham Radio...

Randy C. Singer

Randy C. Singer

Aug 24, 2006

Nocatee, Fl...Randy C. Singer, 62, resident of Nocatee, FL, passed away August 24, 2006 after a brief illness.He was born February 26, 1944 in Indianapolis, the son of Robert (Bo) and Ruth Hollingsworth Singer who proceeded him in death.He was a photographer for the Indianapolis Star, The Evansville newspaper, the Cleveland Ohio newspapers, the Tampa Tribune and the Ft. Meyers...

Phyllis L. Brennhofer

Phyllis L. Brennhofer

Aug 20, 2006

Middletown...Phyllis L. Brennhofer, 82, resident of Miller's Merry Manor, Middletown, passed away Sunday morning a the nursing home after an extended illness.She was born in Cottenwood, MN, May 31, 1922 the daughter of Ethel (Carebread)and Frank C. Brennhofer.She had worked for many years at the Minnesota State Hospital in Deerwood as an LPN for many years.During World Way 2, she...

George Norman Sanders

George Norman Sanders

Aug 19, 2006

Middletown...George Norman Sanders, 64, resident of Middletown (Honey Creek), passed away Saturday morning at St. Johns Medical Center in Anderson.He was born in Anderson, April 14, 1942.He was a graduate of Middletown High School in 1961 and retired from Delphi Corporation in 1997.He worked a short time at Warner Gear in Muncie.He loved his family very much and loved planting...

Robert Charles Williams

Robert Charles Williams

Aug 19, 2006

Anderson...Pastor Robert ""Rob"" C. Williams, 54, resident of Anderson, passed away Saturday at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis following an extended illness.He was born on October 12, 1951 to Elmer G. and Joyce (Cooper) Williams.Rob never met a stranger and everyone who knew him loved him. He was a 1969 graduate of Anderson High School and earned a mechanical engineering degree...

James Mccleary Stelle

James Mccleary Stelle

Aug 18, 2006

Middletown...James M. Stelle, 88, died August 18, 2006 at the Middletown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Middletown after an extended illness.He was born in Indianapolis on October 21, 1917, to Christopher B. and Alta McCleary Stelle. He retired in 1975 from Delco Remy as a Model Shop Supervisor and moved to Stuart, FL in 1986 and returned to Anderson in...

Robert E. Lee Hensley

Robert E. Lee Hensley

Aug 18, 2006

Shirley...Robert E. Lee Hensley, 64, resident of Shirley, passed away Friday at Community Hospital in Anderson unexpectedly.He was born in Smith Kentucky on May 23, 1942, the son of Enos and Pauline Cavins Hensley.He worked as a supervisor for Burns Construction for 37 years and loved to fish, spend time at the lake house with his grandchildren and family.He loved...

Frances Jane Spiker

Frances Jane Spiker

Aug 16, 2006

Middletown...Frances Jane Spiker, 63, resident of Middletown, passed away at her home on Wednesday morning.She was born in Anderson, February 22, 1943, the daughter of Frank and Helen Strickland Begley.She had been a homemaker and worked at the Shenandoah School cafeteria retiring in 1988.She attended the Middletown Church of the Nazarene and had been active in girls softball as a...

Mary Louise Mcmullen

Mary Louise Mcmullen

Jul 29, 2006

Daleville...Mary Louise Shigley McMullen, 86, resident of Daleville, passed away on Saturday morning at St. Johns Medical Center in Anderson.She was born in Kokomo, Indiana, March 22, 1920, the daughter of Ernest Lee and Bessie Arvella Lear Shigley.She retired from Delco Remy in Anderson in 1977 after 32 years of service.She was a member of the Eagles of Anderson, American...