Obituaries

Shirley  Mae Conkright

Shirley Mae Conkright

May 2, 2016

Mrs. Shirley Mae Conkright, 69, Crawfordsville, passed away Monday, May 2nd, at 6:28 PM in the Hickory Creek of Crawfordsville Healthcare. She was born May 13th, 1946, in Louisville, Kentucky, to George and Lillie Mae (Graham) Branham.

Mrs. Conkright had worked as a Production Worker for Crawford Industries. She attended Rock Point Church; was a...

Dale  Richard Young

Dale Richard Young

Apr 30, 2016

Mr. Dale Richard Young, 83, Crawfordsville, passed away Saturday, April 30th, at 8:55 PM in the Franciscan St. Elizabeth Crawfordsville Hospital. He was born June 8th, 1932 in Frankfort to Edward S. and Mary L. (Brady) Young. He married Goldie Evelyn Scolley in Frankfort on November 6th, 1958. She preceded him in death on January 21st, 2015....

Bernadine  S Bruner

Bernadine S Bruner

Apr 27, 2016

Mrs. Bernadine S. Bruner, 92, Crawfordsville, passed away Wednesday, April 27th, at 12:27 AM in the Franciscan St. Elizabeth Crawfordsville Hospital. She was born July 20th, 1923, in Crawfordsville, to Minter and Vertie (Beaman) Stonebraker. She married Parvin F. "Buck" Bruner on November 22nd, 1943, in Crawfordsville. He preceded her in death in 2003.

Mrs....

Harold Allen

Harold Allen

Apr 27, 2016

Harold "Johnny" Allen, age 91, of Kingman passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born in Harveysburg, Indiana on October 4, 1924 to the late Charles & Clara (Shoemaker) Allen.

He graduated from Wallace High school in 1943 and married his wife of 65 years, Elizabeth (James)...

Joan  Rae McCloud

Joan Rae McCloud

Apr 23, 2016

Mrs. Joan Rae McCloud, 79, Linden, passed away Saturday, April 23rd, at 5:05 PM in the Carmel Health & Living Community Center, Carmel, Indiana. She was born April 17th, 1937, in Crawfordsville, to Roscoe Lee and Mary Elizabeth (Weir) Nelson. She married Robert Lee McCloud, Sr. on April 14th, 1956. He preceded her in death on June...

Thomas  Lee Pugh

Thomas Lee Pugh

Apr 21, 2016

Thomas L. Pugh, 87, passed away at 5:00 am Thursday, April 21, 2016 at Wellbrooke of Crawfordsville.

He was born May 10, 1928 at Ridge Farm, Illinois to Joe and Vera (Hester) Pugh. He married Alberta Lorrine Ratcliff, his loving wife of 66 years, on September 4, 1949 in the Wallace Lutheran Church. They resided...

Judith Lynne Reamer

Judith Lynne Reamer

Apr 12, 2016

Mrs. Judith Lynne Reamer, age 75, of Crawfordsville, IN. passed away at home in the loving care of her family at 11:10 am Tuesday April 12, 2016 following an extended illness. Judy was born on June 13, 1940 at Romney the daughter of Marion and Minnie Deacon Wolf and attended school at Romney and as a child attended church at...

Edward  Curtis Howard

Edward Curtis Howard

Apr 9, 2016

Mr. Edward C. Howard, 84, Crawfordsville, passed away Saturday, April 9th, at 9:37 AM, in the Franciscan St. Elizabeth Crawfordsville Hospital. He was born February 4th, 1932, in Mudlick, Kentucky, to Malcolm C. and Bessie O. (Page) Howard. He was married for 62 years to Elda Lou Davidson, having married on March 5th, 1951, in Railton, Kentucky....

Katherine  Alberta Ellis

Katherine Alberta Ellis

Apr 6, 2016

Katherine Alberta Ellis, age 83, of Hillsboro passed away on April 6, 2016 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born in Indianapolis, IN on June 2, 1932 to the late Harold M. & Roma H. (Allen) Sackmire.

Alberta graduated from Kingman High School in 1950 and on July 2, 1950 she married James...

Raymond  Eugene Wooten

Raymond Eugene Wooten

Apr 5, 2016

Raymond E. Wooten, age 80, of Waynetown passed away on April 5, 2016 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Crawfordsville. He was born on January 27, 1936 in Crawfordsville to the late Ivan & Iola (Howard) Wooten.

Raymond married Linda (Miller) Wooten on April 14, 1984 in Veedersburg. Throughout the years he was self-employed as a...

Donald  William Benge

Donald William Benge

Mar 30, 2016

Mr. Donald W. "Pujer" Benge, 64, Crawfordsville, passed away Wednesday, March 30th, at 3:30 PM in the St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. He was born November 19th, 1951, in Lebanon, to Henry H. and Hazel (Maddox) Benge. He was first married to Robin Kellerman, and later to Brenda Raines. He has been with his current companion, Brenda Wright,...

Betty  Lou Lester

Betty Lou Lester

Mar 26, 2016

Mrs. Betty Lou Lester, 80, Crawfordsville, passed away Saturday, March 26th, at 9:00 PM in Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. She was born August 11th, 1935, in Montgomery County, to Lawrence and Chrystal Lucille (Brown) Hester. She married Darrell R. Lester in Waveland on February 7th, 1953. He survives.

Betty had been a Sales Clerk for Loebs,...

Joyce  Louise Dickerson

Joyce Louise Dickerson

Mar 22, 2016

Mrs. Joyce Louise Dickerson, 66, Crawfordsville, passed away Tuesday, March 22nd, at 4:58 PM in the St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. She was born April 11th, 1949, in Crawfordsville, to Dale and Emma Gene (Chrisman) Friend. She married Harold E. Dickerson on September 25th, 1970, in Indianapolis. He survives.

Joyce was a Homemaker and had worked...

Glen  R Sillery

Glen R Sillery

Mar 22, 2016

Glen R. Sillery, 90, formerly of New Market passed away Tuesday morning March 22nd at Christian Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Glen served his country during World War II in the U. S. Army from 1944-45 in the Pacific Theater. He was with the Indiana State Police from 1950-1974 and served as the sheriff of Montgomery County...

Russell Wayne Gooding

Russell Wayne Gooding

Mar 22, 2016

Russell Wayne Gooding, 91, passed away peacefully in his Wallace home with family by his side on March 22, 2016. Greeting Russell when he awoke were his Heavenly Father, as well as his wife of 62 years, Elinor Joanne (Grimes) Gooding. A lifelong resident of the Wallace area, Russell was born in a log cabin on his parent's farm. He...

Pamela  Elizabeth Wray

Pamela Elizabeth Wray

Mar 17, 2016

Pamela E. (Lewis) Wray went to be with the Lord for eternity on March 17th, 2016, after a brief, but critical illness in IU Arnett Hospital, Lafayette, Indiana. She was born in Tippecanoe County, June 27th, 1957, to James E. and Doris J. (Rush) Lewis. She was a 1976 graduate of Crawfordsville High School.

Pamela...

Randy  Lee Kiger

Randy Lee Kiger

Mar 17, 2016

Randy Lee Kiger, age 54, of Cates passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2016 at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Clinton, IN on February 5, 1962 to Clifford R. Kiger and the late Mary Ann (Hutson) Kiger.

He attended Covington High School and the Cates Community Church. He worked as...

Ralph  Gray Myers

Ralph Gray Myers

Mar 16, 2016

Mr. Ralph Gray Myers, 91, Crawfordsville, passed away Wednesday, March 16th, at 3:05 PM in the Danville, Illinois, VA Medical Center. He was born March 1st, 1925, in Waveland, to Clarence and Mary (Gray) Myers. He was raised by Homer and Agnes Gray of Fountain County. He married Linda S. Horn in Alamo on December 4th, 1988....

Helen  Maxine Fraley

Helen Maxine Fraley

Mar 13, 2016

Mrs. Helen Maxine Fraley, 85, Crawfordsville, passed away Sunday, March 13th, at 1:45 PM, in the Lane House Nursing Home. She was born May 24th, 1930, in Danville, Indiana, to Alva Buren and Crystal (Pritchett) Pace. She first married Jimmie D. Harshbarger and they later divorced. She then married Clyde Nichols who preceded her in death. Later...

Marcia L Noblitt

Marcia L Noblitt

Mar 13, 2016

Mrs. Marcia L. Noblitt, age 80, of Waynetown passed away early Sunday morning March 13, 2016 in the emergency room of Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health in Crawfordsville, IN. Marcia was born in Morgan County Indiana on July 28, 1935. She was the daughter of Gilbert and Bessie (nee: Anderson) Lewis. She graduated from Mooresville High School and then from IUPUI...