Obituaries

May 29, 2017

Helen P Drake, 97, of Fairbanks passed away on Monday May 29, 2017 at Cobblestone Crossing Health Campus. She was born on September 15, 1919 in Sullivan County to Ray Phegley and Almeda (Carmichael) Phegley. Helen was a 1936 graduate of New Lebanon High School. On October, 11 1938 she married Herbert "Hub" Drake and together they had a...

May 24, 2017

Sherra Creed, 58, of Sullivan passed away on Wednesday May 24, 2017 at her residence with her loving family by her side. She was born in Cory IN, on May 12, 1959 to Marvin Lee Warken and Helen Eileen (Williams) Warken. Sherra was a 1977 graduate of Clay City High School and attended Indiana State University where she received...

May 22, 2017

William Mitchell "Mitch" Hoesman II, 72, of Farmersburg passed away on Monday May 22, 2017 at Breckenridge Commons in Sullivan with his family by his side. He was born in Sullivan County on August 31, 1944 to William Mitchell Hoesman I and Frieda (Sparks) Hoesman. Mitch was a minister for over thirty Two years, most of those years were...

May 20, 2017

Mary Alice (Adams) Nichols, 62, of Sullivan passed away on Saturday May 20, 2017 at St Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born on June 20, 1954 in Tell City to Thomas F. Adams and Edith (Suddarth) Adams. She was a 1972 graduate of Tell City High School and received her Masters from Indiana State University in Textiles and...

May 15, 2017

Dean Ridge "Poppy" 82, passed away peacefully on Monday May 15, 2017 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. He was born in Sullivan County on March 25, 1935 to Willard Cecil Ridge and Dicie (Hoesman) Ridge. Dean was a wonderful husband, father, brother, grandfather, great-grandfather, as well as a mentor to many others. He enjoyed spending time with all of...

May 14, 2017

Judith A Waltman, 76, of Sullivan passed away on Sunday May 14, 2017 at Millers Merry Manor. She was born in Sullivan on October 6, 1940 to Don and Esther (Decker) Drake. Judith was a retired nurse, a mother and grandmother who enjoyed her family, sewing, quilting and baking. She was preceded in death by her parents husband Harold...

May 11, 2017

Patsy L (Saucerman) Wells, 79, of Sullivan passed away on May 11, 2017 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. She was born in Sullivan County on February 6, 1938 to Robert Samuel Saucerman and Geneva Jordan Saucerman. Patsy was the Matriarch of her family, a Master Gardner and a member of the Elks Lodge, where she was Club Champion....

Apr 13, 2017

John Ham, 66, of Sullivan passed away on Thursday April 13, 2017 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. He was born in Sullivan on February 27, 1951, to the late Ralph E Ham and Edith Pauline (Huff) Ham. John was a 1969 Graduate of Sullivan High School, and a Lineman for Win Energy. He was a member of the American...

Apr 2, 2017

Betty June (Walters) Clerk, 95, died 1AM at home on April 2nd, in Sullivan. She was born in Sullivan, Indiana on March 31, 1922 to Clarence E. "Flea" Walters and Mamie Marie Bond Walters, both preceded her in death. She was preceded in death by the love of her life, her husband, John Wm Clerk of New Lebanon, Indiana...

Mar 31, 2017

New Lebanon,

Peggy Joyce Cole, 83, of New Lebanon, passed away on Friday March 31, 2017 at IU Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born in Greencastle on July 28, 1933 to William "Butch" and Ruth (Knight) Morris. She was a 1952 graduate of Sullivan High School, was a member of New Lebanon Methodist Church, OES Chapter 185,...

Mar 27, 2017

Farmersburg,

Anna Marie Dunn, 45, of Farmersburg, passed away on Monday March 27, 2017 at her residence with her family by her side. She was born in Terre Haute on February 28, 1972 to John Dunn Sr. and Carlena Hart. Anna was a CNA, loved taking care of her Children, and her parents. She enjoyed big trucks,...

Mar 15, 2017

Melba Fern Haythorne, 89, of Carlisle, formerly of Graysville, entered the gates of heaven on Wednesday March 15, 2017 with her loving family and friends by her side. She was born in Hymera on June 30, 1927 to Robert and Amy (Snyder) Lucas. She was a 1945 graduate of Hymera High School, was a member of the Carlisle Christian...

Mar 9, 2017

Charles Faye Dugan Jr., 91 of Sullivan, passed away on Thursday, March 9, 2017 in Terre Haute Regional Hospital. He was born January 3, 1926 in Sullivan to Charles F. and Luna Ann Parson Dugan. Survivors include a daughter Marcia McCallon, sons Mark (Cheryl) and Mike (Margie) Dugan, eight grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. Junior was preceded in...

Mar 8, 2017

Edward Lee Thornberry, age 79 of Sullivan, Indiana went home to be with our Lord on Wednesday, March 8.

Ed was preceded in death by his parents Willis Ernest and Gladys (Malone) Thornberry, brothers Ernest Willis, Joseph, Paul, and sister, Irene Settles Rollins.

Survivors include his loving wife Betty (Luttrell), daughters Debra (Richard) Markham, Nashville,...

Mar 7, 2017

Melvin Eugene Shipley, 88, of Carlisle passed away on Tuesday March 7, 2017 at Oak Village Nursing Home in Oaktown. He was born in Vincennes, on October 24, 1928, to William Oval and Stella (Beaman) Shipley. Melvin was a self-employed carpenter by trade, a Navy veteran of the Korean and WWII, NRA Life Member, Admiral Nimitz Association Life Member,...

Mar 6, 2017

Goldie Ann Bush, 70, of Sullivan, passed away on Monday March 6, 2017 at Millers Merry Manor. She was born in Gary IN, on September 21, 1946 to Alfred Bush and Martha (Beckett) Bush. Goldie had retired from Illinois Bell Telephone and a member of Sullivan First Christian Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, and two...

Mar 6, 2017

Donald Snyder, 68, of Fairbanks passed away on Monday March 6, 2017 at Union hospital in Terre Haute. He was born on July 14, 1948 to Raymond and Eunice (Hinton) Snyder. Don was a crane operator and had retired from Dumis Salvage. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Patty, son Shane, and a sister Judy Ward....

Feb 28, 2017

Muriel June Thompson, 85, of Sullivan slipped into the arms of Jesus on Tuesday February 28, 2017. She was born on June 22, 1931 in Oella, MD to George Clements and Hazel (Burkert) Clements. She was a Homemaker and a lifelong member of the Assemblies of God. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Charles Thompson,...

Feb 27, 2017

.Sullivan, formerly of Terre Haute Robert Richard Cutsinger, 91, of Sullivan, formerly of Terre Haute passed away on Monday February 27, 2017 with his loving family by his side. He was born in Sullivan County on August 14, 1925 to Roy and Bertha Euna (Street) Cutsinger. Robert was a 1943 graduate of Pimento High School, an Army Veteran of...

Feb 25, 2017

Virginia Lee Keene, 79, of Sullivan passed away on Saturday February 25, 2017 at home with her family by her side. She was born on August 26, 1938 to Aruther Pryor and Ruth Holland Pryor. Virginia was a loving mother, grandmother and wife of Walter Keene who preceded her in death in 2016. She had retired from the Sullivan...