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James Edward Allison

James Edward Allison

Apr 22, 2006

Middletown...James Edward Allison, 59, resident of Middletown, passed away unexpectedly Saturday evening at his home.He was born in Columbus, Indiana, July 14, 1956, the son of James E. Allison Sr. and Marjorie (Sonnefield) Allison.He retired from General Motors plant 20 and loved to work on cars and go to car shows.He was a US Army veteran of Vietnam.Survivors include his...

James Wallace Parrish

James Wallace Parrish

Apr 13, 2006

Middletown...James Wallace Parrish, 54, resident of Middletown, went to be with the Lord on Thursday afternoon at St. Johns Medical Center.He was born November 27, 1951 in Anderson, the son of Richard and Betty Jean Reedy Parrish.He was a 1970 graduate of Shenandoah High School and was self employed as a brick mason for JP Masonery of Middletown.He was a...

Lloyd Sherman Barton

Lloyd Sherman Barton

Apr 10, 2006

Daleville....Lloyd Sherman Barton, 93, resident of Daleville, passed away April 10, 2006 at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.He was born in Hartford City, IN, September 28, 1912 the son of Hugh and Emma Lewis Barton.He retired in 1977 from Delco Remy and also had worked in accounting and payroll at Pepsi Cola in Muncie and A. E. Boyce , Corp.He...

Clarence L. Brown

Clarence L. Brown

Apr 7, 2006

Middletown...Clarence L. Brown, 98, resident of Middletown since 1934, passed away Friday at his residence after an extended illness.He was born in Mooreland, Indiana, June 20, 1907, the son of Earl and Maude Canady Brown.He was a WW 2 veteran of US Army serving in coastal artillery.He was Fall Creek Township Trustee for 19 years and served as Assessor for...

George R. Smith

George R. Smith

Mar 30, 2006

Middletown...George R. (Bob) Smith, 71, Middletown, died March 30, 2006, at the Heart Center in Indianapolis after a brief illness.He was born September 3, 1934, in Henry County and was a Middletown resident after retiring from the US Army in 1973. He served 20 years in the US Army with two tours of duty in the Vietnam War. He went...

Pearl Shelton

Pearl Shelton

Mar 27, 2006

Daleville...Pearl Shelton, 67, resident of the Daleville area, passed away early Monday mroning at his residence after an extended illness.He was born in War Creek, Kentucky, December 26, 1938, the son of Robert and Nannie Johnson Shelton.He was a graduate of Brethitt County High School and retired in 2004 from Delco Remy in Anderson.He had lived in the Middletown/ Daleville...

Edith Lavonne Williams

Edith Lavonne Williams

Mar 24, 2006

Middletown...Edith Lavonne (Lewis) Williams, 85, longtime resident of the Middletown area, passed away early Friday morning at Miller's Merry Manor in Middletown after an extended illness.She was born in Springfield, ILL, December 7, 1920, the daughter of Sanford M. and Elma DeLong Lewis.She had been a cook at Miller's Merry Manor for several years and a member of the Suburban...

Jim (Jimmy) Helsley

Jim (Jimmy) Helsley

Mar 13, 2006

Bedford...Jim (Jimmy) Helsley, 58, resident of Heltonville, IN, died suddenly Monday March 13, 2006 at his home in Heltonville.He was born in Henry County, February 19, 1948, the son of E.M. and Barbara Jennings Helsley.He was a graduate of Middletown High School class of 1966 and was a member of the Mechanicsburg United Methodist Church. He attended the Old Union...

Guy Allen Humes

Guy Allen Humes

Mar 10, 2006

Daleville...Guy Allen Humes, 46, resident of Yorktown, passed away on Friday morning at St. Johns Medical Center.He was born in Muncie, July 8, 1959, the son of the late James W. Humes and Barbara Lawton.He was a 1978 graduate of Shenandoah High School and was employed as an Injector Technician with Utilx of Indianapolis.He had lived in this area for...

Patricia Diane Bertram

Patricia Diane Bertram

Mar 6, 2006

Daleville...Patricia Diane Wallace (Whitehead) Bertram, 63, resident of Daleville, passed away early Monday morning at her residence after an extended illness.She was born in Anderson, August 7, 1942, the daughter of Otto and Vivian Koenigger Whitehead.She was a graduate of Fayetteville High School and worked as a Nurse practitioner at the Marion VA Hospital for over 17 years.She was an...

Mary M. Myers

Mary M. Myers

Mar 6, 2006

Sulphur Springs...Mary M. Myers, 86, resident of Sulphur Springs, passed away early Monday morning at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.She was born in Fountain City, February 3, 1920, the daughter of Dwight and Edna Mossaline Moon Osborn.She was a 1938 graduate of Sulphur Springs High School and had been a Homemaker most of her life.She had been a member of...

Ray Padgett

Ray Padgett

Mar 2, 2006

Middletown...Ray Padgett, 84, resident of Middletown, passed away Thursday morning at St. Johns Medical Center after an extended illness.He was born in Florida, February 13, 1922, the son of James and Susan Padgett.He retired from the Town of Middletown in 1986 where he had worked for many years.He was a veteran of WW 2 serving in the US Army.He was...

James Edward Ashton

James Edward Ashton

Feb 28, 2006

Middletown...James Edward Ashton, 73, resident of Middletown, passed away Tuesday at St. Johns Medical Center in Anderson.He was born in Indianapolis, May 9, 1932 the son of David and Mary F. Baker Ashton.He grew up in New Castle before moving to Middletown. He was a 1950 graduate of New Castle Chrysler High School.He retired from Delco Remy in Anderson in...

Elsie Pearl Hale

Elsie Pearl Hale

Feb 26, 2006

Middletown...Elsie Pearl (Walker) Hale, 81, resident of Middletown, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 26, 2006 at St. Johns Medical Center in Anderson.She was born January 8, 1925 in Burkesville, KY, the daughter of Wiley and Millie Walker.She was a member of the Middletown Church of the Nazarene where she had been active in the Young at...

Phyllis Sanders Poor

Phyllis Sanders Poor

Feb 25, 2006

Sulphur Springs...Phyllis Sanders Poor, 90, longtime resident of Sulphur Springs, IN, passed away early Saturday at South Central Indiana Hospice in Columbus.She was born in Henry County, December 14, 1915, the daughter of John F. and Margaret Mowrey Sanders.She was a 1932 graduate of Middletown High School and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star since 1944. She...

Howard Jr. Reedy

Howard Jr. Reedy

Feb 21, 2006

Middletown...Howard Jr. Reedy, 76, lifetime resident of the Middletown area, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday at St. Johns Medical Center in Anderson.He was born October 21, 1929 in Middletown, the son of Howard C. and Fannie Kirby Reedy.He was a 1948 graduate of Middletown High School and a US Marine veteran serving in Japan from 1952-54.He had retired from Valley View...

James W. Findling

James W. Findling

Feb 14, 2006

Muncie...James W. Findling, 89, resident of Muncie, passed away early Tuesday morning.He was born in Tipton, Indiana, October 14, 1916, the son of Francis Clyde and Arlien Boyer Findling.He was a 1933 graduate of Daleville High School and a 1939 graduate of Ball State Teachers College receiving bachelor degrees in teaching, business education, math and physics.He taught school in Sheridan...

Donald Paul Martin

Donald Paul Martin

Feb 10, 2006

Muncie...Donald Paul Martin, 81, resident of Muncie, died at home at his residence after a brief illness.He was born in Anderson, the son of Bill and Dorothy Martin and was one of five children. He graduated from Middletown High School in 1943 and joined the US Navy.He served aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bogue from 1943 to 1946 and left...

Harold E. Shaffer

Harold E. Shaffer

Jan 21, 2006

Chesterfield...Harold E. Shaffer, 92, resident of Chesterfield, passed away Saturday morning, January 21, 2006 at Miller's Merry Manor in Chesterfield.He was born in Anderson, February 14, 1913, the son of Walter and Iva (Lowe) Shaffer.He was a 1931 graduate of Anderson High School and retired from Delco Remy in 1975 where he had worked for 42 years.He is survived by...

Delaney Grace Vrshek

Delaney Grace Vrshek

Jan 16, 2006

Fishers...Delaney Grace Vrshek, infant daughter of Brian and Stephanie VanCour Vrshek, passed away January 16, 2006 at Community North Hospital in Indianapolis, shortly after birth.Besides her parents, she is survived by Special family members: Barray and Ann Carpenter of Washington Island, WI, Maternal grandparents: Raymond and Trudy Van Cour of Middletown, Aunt: Stacy VanCour of Noblesville and Uncle: Steve Vrshek...

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