Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Henry, Madison and Delaware Counties, Indiana

Wayne Franklin Ritchie

Wayne Franklin Ritchie

Sep 1, 2005

Middletown...Wayne Franklin Ritchie, 82, resident of Middletown, passed away Thursday September 1, 2005 at his residence after a brief illness.He was born in Middletown, October 14, 1922, the son of Joseph Weeks and Irene Viola Harter Ritchie.He was a 1940 graduate of Sulphur Springs High School. He retired from Chevrolet in Muncie in 1981.He was a member of the Chesterfield...

Walter T. Zumpe, Jr

Walter T. Zumpe, Jr

Aug 29, 2005

New Orleans, LA...Walter T. Zumpe, 85, a fifty year resident of New Orleans, LA, and former resident of Daleville, passed away unexpectedly August 29 during Hurricane Katrina.He was born in Daleville, IN, October 15, 1919, the son of Walter and Helen Grace Stewart Zumpe.He was a graduate of Daleville High School and a 1941 Ball State Teachers College (Ball State...

James Kenneth Jones

James Kenneth Jones

Aug 25, 2005

Sulphur Springs...James Kenneth Jones, 77, resident of Sulphur Springs, passed away unexpectedly Thursday morning at Henry County Memorial Hospital in New Castle.He was born in Lakeland , Florida, June 23, 1928, the son of Joseph H. and Lila Browne Jones.He has worked for nearly fifty years for the Marsh Supermarket Company and was a veteran of the US Navy.He was...

Janice Joan Hoover

Janice Joan Hoover

Aug 19, 2005

Middletown...Janice Joan (Whitworth) Hoover, 64, resident of Middletown, died unexpectedly Friday at St. Johns Medical Center in Anderson.She was born in Henry County, July 24, 1941, the daughter of Charles and Phyllis Benbow Whitworth.She had worked as a secretary and accounts payable clerk for Muncie Healthcare in Muncie for 15 years.She was part owner and operator of Old West Galleries...

George Finch, Jr

George Finch, Jr

Aug 9, 2005

Daleville...George Finch, Jr., 74, resident of Daleville, passed away August 9, 2005 at his residence after an extended illness.He was born in Oxford, IN, November 29, 1930, the son of George Morton and Ruby Laird Finch.He retired in 1977 from Warner Gear in Muncie and was a 1949 graduate of Daleville High School.He was a US Marine Corps veteran and...

Odis J. Surber

Odis J. Surber

Aug 3, 2005

Middletown...Odis Jay Surber, 47, resident of Middletown, passed away at the Middletown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Middletown after a brief illness.He was born in Bangor, Maine, August 22, 1957, the son of Odis E and Betty Jo McMaster Surber.He attended Shenandoah High School and worked for many years in local businesses.Survivors include 1 brother: William Hershal Surber of Pendleton,...

Norma Elsie Watkins

Norma Elsie Watkins

Jul 21, 2005

Middletown...Norma Elsie Watkins, 88, resident of Middletown, passed away July 21, 2005 at Middletown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a brief illness.She was born in Anderson, April 17, 1917, the daughter of Maynard and Lula Watkins.She was a member of Pleasant Valley Christian Church and a graduate of Markleville High School.She retired in 1980 from Delco Remy as a machine...

Carl Henry Moreland

Carl Henry Moreland

Jul 19, 2005

Middletown...Carl Henry Moreland, 88, resident of Middletown, died July 18, 2005 at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie after a brief illness.He was born in Delaware County, May 28, 1917, the son of Garner C. and Beryl Miller Moreland.He retired in 1975 from Guide Corporation after 37 years as a Boiler Technician.He attended Middletown High School and had been a member...

Zechariah Keath Kellem-Tuterow

Zechariah Keath Kellem-Tuterow

Jul 18, 2005

Morris, Illinois...Zechariah Keath kellem-Tuterow, 19, resident of Morris, Illinois and former Middletown resident, died Monday evening from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.He was born in Muncie, Indiana, March 28, 1986, the son of Anthony and Denise tuterow Kellem.He was a student at International College of Excellence through the Family Harvest Church.Survivors include his mother: Denise Kellem of Morris,...

John Leslie Skinner

John Leslie Skinner

Jul 7, 2005

Daleville...John Leslie Skinner, 90, resident of Daleville, died July 7, 2005 at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.He was born in Hancock, VA, February 24, 1915, the son of Thaddeus Stephen and Blanche Mehaffey Skinner.He retired in 1977 from Union Hall in Muncie where he had been a millright/carpenter for many years.He had lived in Pendleton before moving to Daleville.He was...

Gene Farmer

Gene Farmer

Jul 7, 2005

Middletown...Gene Farmer, 65, resident of Middletown, passed away at Miller's Merry Manor in Middletown after an extended illness.He was born in Shirley, Indiana, May 3, 1940, the son of Woodrow G. and Thelma Clevenger Mundell Farmer.He retired from Westinghouse in Muncie in 1980 after 19 years as a coil winder and had lived in Warsaw before moving back to Middletown.He...

Bettyjune H. Garman

Bettyjune H. Garman

Jul 3, 2005

Middletown...Bettyjune H. Garman, 86, resident of Middletown, died Sunday at St. Johns Medical Center in Anderson after a brief illness.She was born in New Castle, IN, May 13, 1919, the daughter of John and Maude Wolf Hollis.She graduated from Greenfield Ohio High School and Bliss College of Business.She retired from Delco Remy in Anderson and was a member of the...

Goldie G. Barton

Goldie G. Barton

Jul 1, 2005

Goldie G. Barton, age 94, a life long resident of Daleville, passed away on July 1, 2005 at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie after an extended illness. She was born on January 25, 1911 in Portland, Indiana and was the daughter of Benjamin Gross and Frances (Brandyberry). She was a graduate of Daleville High School, class of 1929. She was...

Mark W. Hanna

Mark W. Hanna

Jun 25, 2005

Middletown...Mark W. Hanna,age 73 a life long resident of Middletown, Indiana died at his residence after a sudden illness.He was born on July 7, 1931 to John C. Hanna and Glady (Hunt). He was a graduate of Middletown High School. He was a toolmaker and toolmaker supervisor for General Moters in Anderson. He retired from GM after 34 years of...

Linda Kay Gregory

Linda Kay Gregory

Jun 18, 2005

Belleville, FL...Linda Kay (McDonnell) Gregory, 62, resident of Belleville, FL and former Indiana resident, died June 18, 2005 unexpectedly at St. Johns Medical Center in Anderson.She was born in Anderson, November 25, 1942, the daughter of Lloyd and Della Electa McLain McDonnell.She was a 1962 graduate of Sulphur Springs High School and had worked at ICAP of Henry County in...

Doris L. Beavers

Doris L. Beavers

Jun 18, 2005

New Castle...Doris L. (Harter) Beavers, 96, resident of New Castle, passed away June 18, 2005 at The Waters Nursing Care in New Castle.She was born in Jefferson Township, September 15, 1908, the daughter of George F. and Dora Cory Harter.She was a 1926 graduate of Sulphur Springs High School and was a homemaker most of her life.She was preceded in...

Dorothy R. Murray

Dorothy R. Murray

Jun 10, 2005

Middletown...Dorothy R. (Ayres) Murray, 92, former resident of Springport, passed away Friday evening at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.She was born in Adams County, Indiana, October 1, 1912, the daughter of Roy and Lilly Ostella Biery Ayres.She had taught Home Economics for many years at schools in Royal Center, Bluffton, and Mishawaka.She was a 1929 graduate of Sulphur Springs High...

Rachel Marie Thompson

Rachel Marie Thompson

Jun 1, 2005

Anderson...Rachel Marie Thompson...85, resident of Community Northview in Anderson, passed away on June 1, 2005 after a brief illness.She was born in Whitesburg, KY, August 21, 1919, the daughter of John Eldridge and Lillian Grady.During her lifetime she had owned a Dress Shoppe as well as a Gift Shop. Her later years prior to retirement, she had worked in the...

Ruth Marie Kitterman

Ruth Marie Kitterman

May 28, 2005

Chesterfield...Ruth Marie (Jackson) Kitterman, 84, resident of Miller's Merry Manor in Chesterfield, passed away at the nursing home on Saturday evening.She was born in Daleville, July 15, 1920, the daughter of Walter and Vita Coffman Jackson.She had lived in the Daleville area all of her life and retired from the Daleville Schools Cafeteria after 16 years of service. She was...

Eunice K. Newton

Eunice K. Newton

May 21, 2005

Port Charlotte, FL...Eunice K. Gossage-Newton, 75, resident of Port Charlotte, FL, passed away May 21, 2005 in Port Charlotte.She was born April 18, 1930 in New Lisbon, IN, the daughter of Williard and Retta (Ramsey) Gossage. She worked for General Motors until her retirement in 1986.She had been a longtime resident of Middletown and Anderson before moving to Florida in...