Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Henry, Madison and Delaware Counties, Indiana

Gene Paul Pierce

Gene Paul Pierce

Dec 3, 2018

Daleville....Gene Paul Pierce, 88, resident of Daleville, passed away December 3, 2018 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.  He was born in Middletown, June 24, 1930, the son of Carl and Leta Miller Pierce.  He joins his wife Mary E. Hodson Pierce, his parents, a brother and sister who all preceded him He was a utility man at...

Edward E. Ray

Edward E. Ray

Nov 29, 2018

Edward E. Ray, 74, went home to be with the Lord on November 29, 2018. He was born September 18, 1944 to Vay B. and Emma Katherine Parker Ray.  He was a very proud 1962 graduate of Anderson High School.  He married his childhood sweetheart, Paula Marie Johnson, on April 21, 1962. The most important thing to him was family....

William Edward Mccarty

William Edward Mccarty

Nov 27, 2018

Sulphur Springs.....William Edward McCarty, 73, resident of Sulphur Springs, passed away at his daughter's home in Sulphur Springs on November 27, 2018. He was born in Paris, KY, September 22, 1945, the son of William McCarty and Viola Crump Leach.  He was a graduate of Indianapolis Arsenal Technical High School (1963) and was owner of McCarty Home maintenance for many...

James Edward Mundell

James Edward Mundell

Nov 26, 2018

Middletown....James Edward Mundell, 78, resident of Middletown passed away Monday morning at his home. He was born in Muncie, September 4, 1940, the son of Francis and Marian Sanders Mundell.  He was a 1958 graduate of Sulphur Springs High School, attended Purdue University and retired from General Motors (Delco Remy) .  He served 2 terms on the Middletown Town Council...

Janis Yvonne Smith

Janis Yvonne Smith

Nov 26, 2018

Middletown....Janis Yvonne Smith, 82, resident of Middletown passed away Monday at Miller's Merry Manor.  She was born in Anderson, Indiana, September 15, 1936, the daughter of Theodore and Mildred McCoy Rent. She attended Anderson High School and was a homemaker most of her life. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Legion, Phi Iota Xi, and a...

Nina Danforth

Nina Danforth

Nov 25, 2018

Nina Maxine Danforth, 94, passed away at Miller's Merry Manor in Chesterfield.  Services are pending at a later date.

Jo Ann Reedy

Jo Ann Reedy

Nov 22, 2018

Middletown...Jo Ann (Laird) Reedy, 93, resident of Middletown, passed away November 22, 2018 at St. Vincent's Regional Hospital in Anderson.  She was born in Wabash, Indiana, July 26, 1925, the daughter of Henry G. and Bessie Small Laird.  She was a graduate of Carthage High School and retired from General Motors.  She had also worked at Delco Battery and Liebhardt...

Vera Ethel Sanders

Vera Ethel Sanders

Nov 19, 2018

Middletown...Vera Ethel Laswell Sanders, 91, resident of Middletown, passed away Monday morning at her residence.  She was born in Indianapolis, January 18, 1927, the daughter of Roy Edison and Dora Brown Laswell. She was a 1945 graduate of Middletown High School and owned and operated Vera's Doll House for 32 years.  She was a member of the Honey Creek United...

Jack Ray Stevenson

Jack Ray Stevenson

Nov 12, 2018

Daleville...Jack Ray Stevenson, 72, resident of Daleville Passed away November 12, 2018.  He was born in Muncie, November 17, 1945, the son of Cleatis "Pete" and Vivian Woods Stevenson.  He was a 1965 graduate of Daleville High School and retired from General Motors in 1999. He was a member of the Sons of the American Legion.  He enjoyed motorcycles, hunting,...

Jessica Mckee

Jessica Mckee

Nov 9, 2018

Jessica Tolley McKee, 72, resident of Winter Haven, Florida, passed away November 8, 2018 at Ball Memorial AMG LTAC Hospital, Muncie, Indiana. She was born in Knoxville, TN, 16 January, 1946, the daughter of Robert Clayton and Mary Dee Arnett Tolley. She was previous resident of Anderson, Indiana and was a 1964 graduate of Anderson High School.  She graduated from...

Justin Allen Nance

Justin Allen Nance

Nov 7, 2018

Anderson....Justin Allen Nance, 32, resident of Anderson passed away November 7, 2018 from injuries in an accident on US 31 near Atlanta, IN. He was born January 2, 1986, the son of Douglas A. Nance and Martina Ward Nance.. He was a graduate of Shenandoah High School and served in the US Marine Corps for 12 years with deployments in...

Charles Robert Mcdanell

Charles Robert Mcdanell

Nov 5, 2018

Middletown...Charles "Chuck" Robert McDanell, 81, resident of Middletown, passed away Monday at his home.  He was born in Gary, Indiana, May 13, 1937, the son of Charles Miller and Louise Hershey McDanell. He was a graduate of Anderson High School and a veteran of the US Marine Corps where he held the rank of Corporal.  He had lived in Albany,...

Jeffrey Donald Spell

Jeffrey Donald Spell

Nov 1, 2018

Lynn...Jeffrey Donald  "Jeff" Spell, 52, resident of Lynn, passed away November 1, 2018 at his residence.  He was born in Indianapolis, August 15, 1966.  He served in the US Navy from 1986-87 aboard the BB-63, USS Missouri.  He worked at several vocations and settled on Professional Truck Driving with Francis Trucking.in Muncie He was involved in a severe accident in...

Deloris Caudill

Deloris Caudill

Oct 30, 2018

Daleville...Deloris (Keen) Caudill, 89, resident of Daleville passed away Tuesday at Millers Merry Manor in Chesterfield, She was born in Marion, Indiana Dec. 7, 1928 the daughter of Frank and Anna (Vanderneck) Amrhine. She attended Muncie Schools, she became a Homemaker where she cared for her three children. She enjoyed Wednesday evening meals at Daleville United Methodist Church for many...

Lora Pearl Gift

Lora Pearl Gift

Oct 29, 2018

Middletown...Lora Pearl Gift, 86, resident of Middletown passed away Tuesday at St. Vincent Hospital in Anderson. She was born in Middletown, Indiana May 31, 1932, the daughter of Arthur and Blanch (Fletcher) Hall. She was a graduate of Middletown High School. She spent many years volunteering at Millers Merry Manor in Middletown and also spent 18 years volunteering her time...

Virgina T. Hunter

Virgina T. Hunter

Oct 20, 2018

Middletown...Virginia T. Hunter, 93, resident of Middletown passed away Saturday at Rawlins House Nursing home in Pendleton.  She was  born in Frankton, Indiana, October 26, 1924, the daughter of Linville and Sara Gooding Trissel.  She was a graduate of Frankton High School and retired from General Motors (Guide Lamp) in Anderson after 31 years of service. She was a member...

Barbara Jean Shelton

Barbara Jean Shelton

Oct 18, 2018

Barbara Jean Shelton, 82, of Mt. Summit passed away October 18 following a courageous battle with cancer.  She was born on February 12, 1936 to Marshall W. and Thelma P. Lambert Johnson in Knoxville Tennessee. Barbara spent her early days on the family farm near Harrogate Tennessee and attended Ellen Myers Elementary school.  The family moved to Scott County Indiana...

Doris Kristeen Katzmarek

Doris Kristeen Katzmarek

Oct 17, 2018

Daleville....Doris Kristeen (Hartzell) Katzmarek, 66, resident of Daleville passed away Wednesday at St. Vincent's Regional Hospital in Anderson.  She was born in Muncie, September 9, 1952, the daughter of James and Vita Orebaugh Hartzell. She was a 1970 graduate of Daleville High School and worked for many years at Wal-Mart. She attended Trinity Community Church and the former Pikes Peak...

David Lee Emswiller

David Lee Emswiller

Oct 14, 2018

Middletown...David Lee "Crockett" Emswiller, 53, resident of Middletown, passed away Sunday morning at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Anderson.  He was born in Muncie, February 24, 1965 and his parents were Bobby and Betty Gothard Emswiller.  He attended Shenandoah High School and worked for many years at Liebhardt Mills as well as BRS heating and Air Conditioning where he was...

Thelma Grace Mills

Thelma Grace Mills

Oct 13, 2018

On Oct.13, 2018, Thelma "GRACE" Luttrull Mills, 84.5 yrs old, was in the presence of her Lord, healed and rejoicing in the happiest reunion she had ever been to. Among that joyous reunion, was her beloved husband of 61 yrs, Paul Mills, her parents, Isaac and Opal (Nelson) Luttrull, her sister and brother in law, Joyce and Herschel Drake, 5...