Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Henry, Madison and Delaware Counties, Indiana

Christina Marie Saunders

Christina Marie Saunders

May 15, 2019

New Castle...Christina Marie Saunders, 44, went peacefully to heaven May 15, 2015. She is now pain free from brain and esophagus cancer. She was courageous and never gave up.  The fight was too much for her body.  She was to her family and friends "Princess Warrior." She was born August 3, 1974 to David A. and Dianne Tomlinson Saunders who...

John Wesley Ketcham

John Wesley Ketcham

May 10, 2019

Leesburg, FL.,....John Wesley Ketcham, 86, resident of Leesburg, FL, passed away Friday afternoon at his home.  He was born in Muncie, July 17, 1932 the son of Charles W. and Susie Resler Ketcham. He was a graduate of Cowan High School (1951) and in December of 1996 from General Motors (Delco Battery) after 45 years of service. He was a...

R.D. Rowe

R.D. Rowe

May 3, 2019

Daleville...R.D. Rowe, 91 resident of Daleville passed away at his home on May 3, 2019.  He was born in Columbia, Kentucky, August 11, 1927, the son of Lennis and Essie James Rowe. He had been self employed at Carpet and Home Furnishings by Rowe for over 50 years and had managed carpet and furniture stores in the area. He was...

Stanley Lewis Butterfield

Stanley Lewis Butterfield

Apr 27, 2019

Daleville...Stanley Lewis Butterfield, 75, resident of Daleville passed away April 27, 2019 at his residence. He was born in Anderson, July 6, 1943, the son of Harrell and Freda Beaty Butterfield.  He was a 1962 graduate of Daleville High School and retired from ABB in Muncie after 35 years. Survivors are two sons: Tracy Butterfield of Anderson and Corey (Christina)...

Peggy Sue Popplewell

Peggy Sue Popplewell

Apr 24, 2019

Anderson...Peggy Sue (Bratcher) Popplewell, 84, passed away April 24, 2019 at her residence.  She was born in Centertown, TN, April 10, 1935, the daughter of Jessie T. and Stella McMahan Bratcher. She retired from Delco Remy General Motors after 32 years of service. She was a member of the UAW Local 662 and the Fraternal Order of Eagles.  She attended...

Voight Mitchell Mckissack

Voight Mitchell Mckissack

Apr 21, 2019

Farmland...Voight Mitchell McKissack, 79, resident of Farmland, passed. away Sunday morning at St. Vincent's hospital of Randolph County.  He ws born in McMinnville, TN, January 12, 1940, the son of Voight and Effie McReynold McKissack. He was a graduate of Center High School and retired from Borg Warner in Muncie after 44 years of service. He was a member of...

Marilyn June Johnson

Marilyn June Johnson

Apr 16, 2019

Middletown....Marilyn June Risen Johnson, 80, resident of Middletown, passed away April 16, 2019 at Miller's Merry Manor.  She was born in Burkesville, Ky, February 10, 1939 the daughter of Welby Duke Risen and Ruth Hazel Sparks Risen. She was a 1957 graduate of Middletown High School and worked as a bookkeeper for a furniture store in Elwood. Survivors are her...

Guy Joe Sork

Guy Joe Sork

Apr 3, 2019

Middletown....Guy Joe Sork, 79, resident of Middletown, passed away April 3, 2019 at Community Hospital of Madison County in Anderson.  He was born December 10, 1939, the son of Ross H. and Alice Book Sork. He was a graduate of Madison Heights High School and received a degree in mechanical engineering from Tri State University in Angola in 1964.  He...

Dennis Bruce Rogers

Dennis Bruce Rogers

Mar 28, 2019

Muncie....Dennis Bruce Rogers, 69, resident of rural Muncie passed away on March 28, 2019 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.  He was born in Shelbyville, March 10. 1950. the son of Grover and Harriet Kent Rogers.  He was a graduate of Daleville High School and attended International School of Business  (Ivy Tech) in Ft. Wayne. He worked for...

Amanda Dicken

Amanda Dicken

Mar 22, 2019

Middletown.....Amanda Jean (Flynn) Dicken, 83 resident of Middletown passed away March 22, 2019 at her residence.  She was born June 30, 1936, the daughter of Dewey and Margaret Flynn and had lived in Henry County her entire life. Survivors are her daughter: Risa Gullion  (Charles) of Middletown, grandchildren: Lisa, Andrew, Jamie and Erin, 1 sister: Bonnie Lepper and 1 brother:...

Howard E. Smith

Howard E. Smith

Mar 12, 2019

Middletown....Howard E. Smith, 83, resident of Middletown passed away March 12, 2019 at Community Hospital in Anderson. He was born in Middletown, September 15, 1935, the son of Carl and Emma Comstock Smith. He retired from Westinghouse (ABB) in Muncie in 1996. He was a member of the IBEW of Muncie. Survivors are his children: Terry Lawson (Ray) of Livingston,...

Allison L. Forney

Allison L. Forney

Mar 6, 2019

Allison L. Forney, 30, of Connersville passed away Wednesday morning, March 6, 2019, at her home. She was born, December 1, 1988, in Sumter, South Carolina, the only child of Wayne E. and Mary Ann Bright Forney. For the past ten years, she had been a resident of Residential CRF. An avid reader of books and magazines, she enjoyed visiting...

Kenneth "Kenny" Wayne Perry

Kenneth "Kenny" Wayne Perry

Mar 2, 2019

Middletown...Kenneth "Kenny" Wayne Perry, 81, resident of Middletown, passed away Saturday at his home after an extended illness.  He was born June 22, 1937 in Shelbyville, Indiana, the son of Fred and Ella Mae Sallee Perry. He retired from building Maintenance with General Motors in 2002 after 39 years of service.  He was a US Army Veteran.  He was in...

Donald Gene Tutterow

Donald Gene Tutterow

Feb 28, 2019

A Celebration of the life of Donald G. Tutterow will be held on Friday, August 9, 2019 at Miller Cemetery at 10:00 am. Donald was preceded in death by his mother Ada (Good) and father Logan Tutterow.  He was also preceded in death by siblings: Freda, Keith and Lawrence, Jeanette Day and Ellen Webb. He graduated from Middletown High School...

Deloris Jean Peckinpaugh-Miller

Deloris Jean Peckinpaugh-Miller

Feb 26, 2019

Sulphur Springs....Deloris Jean Alspaugh Peckinpaugh-Miller, 91, resident of Sulphur Springs, passed away February 26, 2019 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.  She was born in New Castle, August 20, 1927 the daughter of Hoyt and Mae Bowers Alspaugh.  She worked for many years at the Sulphur Springs Elementary School.  She was a member of the White Union Church. She was...

Willard D. Cheatham

Willard D. Cheatham

Feb 24, 2019

Daleville.....Willard D. Cheatham, 84, resident of Daleville, passed away Sunday at his residence.  He was born in Burksville, KY, April 24, 1934, the son of Willie and Nora Walker Cheatham. He was a graduate of Daleville High School and received his BA from Ball State University and his MA from Indiana University.  He taught Industrial Arts at Yorktown High School...

Robert O. Kauffman

Robert O. Kauffman

Feb 23, 2019

Blue Ash, Ohio....Robert O. Kauffman, 91, resident of Blue Ash, Ohio, passed away February 23, 2019 in Ohio. He was born in Rensaleer, Illinois, November 11, 1927, the son of Edward and Martha Okerson Kauffman.  He was a graduate of Anderson High School and a fifty year member of the Fellowship Lodge F & AM. He had retired as a...

Sharon Sue Peters

Sharon Sue Peters

Feb 22, 2019

Silver Lake, Indiana....Sharon Sue (Lee) Peters, 61, resident of Silver Lake, passed away Friday in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.  She was born in Henry County, April 6, 1957, the daughter of Elijah Winchester and Mary (Crabtree) Mendenhall. She was a graduate of Shenandoah High School and worked for Grossnickle Eye Center in Warsaw.. Survivors are her husband: Jeff Peters, 1 child:...

Patricia L. Isenhart

Patricia L. Isenhart

Feb 13, 2019

Middletown.....Patricia L. Hardwick Isenhart, 66, resident of Middletown passed away February 13, 2019 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. She was born in Muncie, January 16, 1953, the daughter of Elwin and Gladys Willard Hardwick. She loved spending time with her kids, grandkids and great grandkids. they were the enjoyment of her life.. Survivors include her husband of...

David Gregory Ricker

David Gregory Ricker

Feb 5, 2019

Middletown....David Gregory Ricker, 76, resident of Middletown, passed away February 5,  2019 at St. Vincent's Heart Center in Indianapolis. He was born in Anderson, April 5, 1942, the son of David and Naomi Gregory Ricker. He was a graduate of Madison Heights High School and retired from Magnaquench of General Motors.  He worked for GM over 40 years.  He was...