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L. R. ""Ray"" Gossett

L. R. ""Ray"" Gossett

Mar 22, 2015

Middletown..L. R. ""Ray"" (Whitey) Gossett, 77, resident of Middletown, passed away March 22, 2015 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.He was born November 29, 1937, the son of William Sherman and Rosa Sweet Gossett.He retired from General Motors (New Venture Gear) in Muncie in 1991 after 30 years of service.He served in the US Army with the rank of Corporal...

Betty Ruth Whitteberry

Betty Ruth Whitteberry

Mar 19, 2015

Middletown... .Betty Ruth (Niccum) Whitteberry, 78, resident of Middletown, passed away Wednesday evening at St. Vincent's Regional Hospital in Anderson.She was born in Delphi, Indiana, the daughter of Joseph and Emma Folgman Niccum and was a graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School. She had worked at Sear and Roe buck for several years.She served with her husband Rev. David Whitteberry...

Leslie Earl Reeves, Jr

Leslie Earl Reeves, Jr

Mar 16, 2015

Middletown....Leslie (Les) Earl Reeves, Jr., 71, resident of Middletown passed away Monday at his residence.He was born in New Castle, Indiana, June 19, 1943, the son of Leslie and Agnes Bowman Reeves.He was a attended Sulphur Springs High School and retired from General Motors after 34 years of service.He served his country in the US Army and National Guard receiving...

Vonna Bea Jernegan

Vonna Bea Jernegan

Mar 15, 2015

Yorktown...Vonna Bea Jernegan, 88, resident of Yorktown/Daleville area, passed away Sunday evening at Meadowbrook Nursing Care in Anderson.She was born in Muncie and was a 1944 graduate of Muncie Burris School.she was a Bank Teller at Industrial Trust (Yorktown Bank) for over 27 years.She was a member of the ABWA.She was preceded in death by her husband: Paul in 1998.Survivors...

Judith Ann Webber

Judith Ann Webber

Mar 14, 2015

Middletown...Judith Ann (Barnard) Webber,80, resident of Middletown, passed away Saturday evening at Morrison Woods Health Center in Muncie.She was born near Fortville, Indiana, July 9, 1934, the daughter of William F. and Iduna Brandle Barnard.She was a 1951 graduate of Anderson High School and worked for many years as a Library Aid in the Shenandoah Schools.She was a member of...

Debora ""Debby"" Jo Allen

Debora ""Debby"" Jo Allen

Mar 12, 2015

VEro Beach, FL....Debora ""Debby"" Jo Allen, 62, died peacefully at her home on March 12th in Vero Beach, Florida. She had been suffering from Polycystic Renal/Kidney failure for the past 10 years. She was the daughter of Marion Lee and Joan K. Allen, Middletown, Indiana. She graduated from Shenandoah High School in 1970 and earned a BS and MA degree...

Virginia ""Ginny"" Sims Catron

Virginia ""Ginny"" Sims Catron

Mar 2, 2015

Middletown....Virginia Ann ""Ginny"" (Sims) Catron,88 Middletown, Indiana, passed away peacefully March 2 at Miller's Merry Manor in Middletown after a lengthy illness. Ginny was born in Muncie, IN October 6, 1926 to Bernice (Funkhouser) and Cleon C. Sims. She led a full 88 years and had a smile for everyone she met.She graduated from Daleville High School, Class of 1944,...

John Arlie Rench

John Arlie Rench

Feb 27, 2015

Muncie....John Arlie Rench, 73, resident of Muncie, passed away Fridayat IU Ball Memorial Hospital.He was born in Muncie, December 24, 1941, the son of Earl and Wynona Rench.He was a graduate of Muncie Central High School where he held the High Hurdle Track record for many years. He worked for over 10 years at M & M Bus Company of...

Richard ""Dick"" Stevenson

Richard ""Dick"" Stevenson

Feb 25, 2015

Chesterfield....Richard ""Dick"" Stevenson,65. resident of the Chesterfield/Daleville area, passed away Wednesday at St. Vincent's Regional Hospital in Anderson.He was born in Muncie, February 6, 1950, the son of Cleatus and Vivian Woods Stevenson. He retired from Frito-Lay.He was a 1968 graduate of Daleville High School and was a superior athlete holding the track school records set in 1967 and 1968...

Susan Renee Williams

Susan Renee Williams

Feb 23, 2015

Anderson...Susan Renee Williams, 54, resident of Anderson and longtime resident of Oxford, NC, passed away Monday morning at St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. She was born in Muncie, Indiana, November 26, 1960, the daughter of Orin Lee and Joyce Ann Cranor Williams.She worked for The Maids of Noblesville and lived in Anderson...

Rose M. Holmes

Rose M. Holmes

Feb 18, 2015

Markleville....Rose Marilyn (Tidus) Holmes, 88, resident of Markleville, passed away Wednesday morning at Community Hospital in Anderson. She was born, June 20, 1926, the daughter of Oscar O. and Gladys Lewis Tidus. She had been a homemaker most of her life. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband: James A. Holmes in 2002, a brother and a...

James Roy ""Bimbo"" Cornwell

James Roy ""Bimbo"" Cornwell

Feb 17, 2015

Anderson...James Roy ""Bimbo"" Cornwell, 62, resident of Anderson, fought valiantly against his illness and peacefully went home to be with Lord at his home surrounded by his family.He was born in Westover, MA, September 6, 1952, the son of William Cornwell and Angeline Teixeira Cornwell.He graduated from Indianapolis Washington High School and worked as a plasterer for Malernee Plastering in...

Lorena Naomi Costerison

Lorena Naomi Costerison

Feb 13, 2015

Daleville...Lorena Naomi Costerison, 89, resident of Daleville, passed away Friday evening at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.She was born in Daleville, March 11, 1925, the daughter of Aleck and Edessie Carpenter Costerison.She graduated from Daleville High School in 1944 and retired from AT & T where she had been a telephone operator for over 30 years.She was a member of...

Margaret Lucretia Givens

Margaret Lucretia Givens

Feb 9, 2015

Middletown...Margaret L. Givens, 87, resident of Middletown, passed away Monday at Bethany Pointe Health Campus after an extended illness. She was born in Elkhart Indiana, April 21, 1927, the daughter of John J. and Lillian E. Hall-Grimes Miller.She was a homemaker but worked at Oakville Post Office, Westminster Community Center, and Sears Farm Store in New Castle.She had lived her...

Michael Marion Loser

Michael Marion Loser

Feb 9, 2015

Middletown...Michael Loser, 59, Middletown, passed away Monday at St. Vincent's Regional Hospital in Anderson.He was born in Elwood, April 27, 1955, the son of Marion Pearl Loser and JoAnne Klump Loser.He was a graduate of Pendleton Heights High School.He was a master electrician and worked in maintenance at St. Vincent's Hospital Systems as well as Ashpaulgh Electric.He owned and operated...

Ashlyn Lauryn Price

Ashlyn Lauryn Price

Feb 2, 2015

New Castle...Ashlyn Lauryn Price, infant daughter of Jeremy Chad and Angela Dawn Becker Price, passed away February 2, 2015 at Henry County Hospital in New Castle at birth.Besides her parents, she is survived by 2 brothers: Cayle of New Castle and Coy of Shirley, 1 sister: Alexys Price of Shirley, Paternal Grandmother: Leisa Price of New Castle, Maternal grandparents: Butch...

Charles Edward Norris

Charles Edward Norris

Jan 27, 2015

Middletown....Charles Edward Norris, 80, resident of Middletown, passed away Tuesday evening at St. Vincent's Regional Hospital in Anderson.He was born in Memphis, TN, December 31, 1934, the son of Paul and Ethel Norris.He was self employed for over thirty years as a well driller.Survivors are his wife of 38 years: Linda Kay (Pierce) of Middletown, 5 children: Lori Mendenhall of...

Wayne Dale Morgan

Wayne Dale Morgan

Jan 16, 2015

Daleville....Resting Safe in the arms of the Lord, Wayne Dale Morgan, 64, resident of Daleville, passed away Friday at St. Vincent's Regional Hospital Anderson after a brief illness.He was born in Anderson, November 5, 1950, the son of Herman and Alma Whitson Morgan.He attended Anderson High School and worked for over 40 years at Phillips Industries as a crane operator...

Colleen Hensley Hartzell

Colleen Hensley Hartzell

Jan 9, 2015

Yorktown...Colleen Hensley Hartzell, 82, former resident of Yorktown, passed away Friday evening at Liberty Village in Muncie.She was born in Madison County, June 26, 1933, the daughter of Gilbert and Aidah Ashby Hensley.She was a 1951 graduate of Yorktown High School and retired from Marsh Supermarkets.She is survived by her husband: Harold Marvin Hartzell of Yorktown, 3 children: James Hartzell...

Katherine Dennis Sears

Katherine Dennis Sears

Jan 9, 2015

Middletown....Katherine Dennis Sears, 97, former Middletown resident, passed away at Manor Care in Anderson.She was born in Anderson, January 8, 1918, the daughter of Joe and Emma Stewart Dennis.She attended Anderson High School and retired from RCA in 1983.She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband: LaMar, 2 sisters, 1 grandchild, and 2 great grandchildren.Survivors are her children:...

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