Obituaries

Nov 7, 2015

Sullivan, IN. David Eugene Pirtle, 68, of Sullivan, died on November 7, 2015 in Terre Haute, Indiana. He was born on March 22, 1947, in Sullivan, Indiana to Vernor E. "Buck" and Virginia R. "Pat" Pirtle, both deceased. He was a 1965 graduate of Sullivan High School and 1973 graduate of Indiana State University. He taught 32 years in...

Nov 7, 2015

Sullivan, Henry Everett Hoesman, 88, of Sullivan passed away at 7:56am on Saturday, November 7, 2015 in Miller's Merry Manor Nursing home. He was born January 9, 1927 in Sullivan County to Charles Augustus and Lula Belle Robertson Hoesman. Survivors include sons Everett "Gene" Hoesman (Mary Paige) of Cypress, TX, Donald Hoesman (Cheryl) of Terre Haute and Ross Hoesman...

Oct 27, 2015

Colleen Stoppenhagen, 73, passed away on Tuesday, October 27, 2015, at Zionsville Meadows. She was born in Sullivan, Indiana, on July 18, 1942, to Paul Patrick and Olive (Hancock) Boyle. Colleen was a 1960 graduate of Sullivan High School, and a 1964 graduate of the Indiana University School of Education; she earned her Master's in Education in 1965. While...

Oct 18, 2015

Winona Ruth (Monroe) Howard, 62, of Shelburn passed away on Sunday October 18, 2015 at her residence with her family by her side. She was born in Spokane WA on December 19, 1952 to William and Beverly Jean (Shelton) Monroe. Winona was a nurse and a member of Southside Gospel Church of Sullivan. She was preceded in death by...

Oct 16, 2015

Jeanette I Goodman 93, of Hymera, passed away at 1:50pm, on Friday, October 16, 2015 in Miller's Merry Manor Nursing Home. She was born May 2, 1922 in Hymera to Oscar and Bessie May Thomas Sparks. Jeanette was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband Charles Collett, her second husband William Goodman, and a sister Ernestine Bledsoe....

Oct 2, 2015

Anna K. Croney, of Hymera, passed away at 9:45am on Monday, October 12, 2015, in Millers Merry Manor in Sullivan, Indiana. Annie was born April 25, 1924, to Michael and Elizabeth Hoban Croney, in Bruceville, Indiana. She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters Mary Jeanette Croney, Donetta Dean Barry, and brothers Edgar Eugene Croney, Michael Croney Jr.,...

Sep 28, 2015

Donna J. Hibbard Townsend, 79 of Sullivan, passed away on Monday, September 28, 2015 in Oak Village Nursing Home in Oaktown, Indiana. She was born December 28, 1935 in Cass, Indiana to Clint and Mabel Heady Gott. She had worked at Gossards for 24 years and the Sullivan Elementary School for 28 years. Survivors include daughters Darlene (Brian) Hibbard...

Sep 27, 2015

Mary Jane Phegley, 82, of Carlisle, passed away on Sunday September 27, 2015 at Bridge Pointe Health Campus in Vincennes. She was born in Sullivan County on January 26, 1933 to Roy and Axi (Lemon) McCammon. She was a 1951 graduate of Carlisle High School, married Richard Lee Phegley on June 12, 1954 and became a homemaker. She was...

Sep 24, 2015

Beverly Ann Raley, 76, of Sullivan, passed away at 12:42pm, Thursday, September 24, 2015 at her residence. She was born October 23, 1938 in Vincennes to Matthew and Sylvia Hill Pearison. Survivors include her husband Irvin Raley, daughters Darla West and Julie Hayden, a son Richard (Meisha) Raley, sisters Paulette Wall, Sonja Hauger, Celia Flatter and Shelley Robinson, brothers...

Sep 24, 2015

Roberta "Bertie" Maxine Osburn, 89, of Shelburn passed away on Thursday September 24, 2015 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. She was born in Lawrence County IL on September 8, 1926 to Leo Robert and Linda Frances (Stone) Hudspeth. She was a 1944 graduate of Bridgeport High School, a graduate of Vincennes University School of Nursing and was a RN...

Sep 18, 2015

Dustie Marie Wycoff, 47, of Terre Haute, Indiana, formerly of Knox County, passed away on Friday, September 18, 2015. She was born on January 20, 1968, in Terre Haute, Indiana to John Wycoff and L. Kay Baysinger. She attended North Knox High School. Dustie loved spending time with her family. She especially loved the time that she spent with...

Sep 16, 2015

Sullivan, IN Robert Maurice Dyer, 90, of Sullivan passed away peacefully at Breckenridge Nursing Home on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 3:30pm. He was born in Davies County on November 7, 1924 to Ermil and Jesse Watson Dyer. Survivors include his wife of 69 years, Lois Dillingham Dyer, daughters Susan (Randy) Smith and Edie (H.D.) Dyer-Wilson, sisters Phyllis Smith,...

Sep 2, 2015

Marjorie Ellen Sparks Padgett, 86, of Sullivan passed away on Wednesday September 2, 2015 at Millers Merry Manor. She was born in Sullivan County on May 21, 1929 to Roy and Catherine "Katy" (Smith) Sparks. She was a 1948 graduate of Merom High School, a homemaker, a member of the First Baptist Church of Sullivan where she was very...

Aug 29, 2015

Daniel Keith Adams, 54, of Terre Haute passed away this August. He was born in Indianapolis on February 26, 1961 to James A and Glenda M (Smith) Adams. Dan was a 1979 graduate of Muncie North, was a longtime scorekeeper for the ISU Athletics and a member of the First Baptist Church of North Terre Haute. Preceding him in...

Aug 27, 2015

Gloria Jean Gambill, 67, of Sullivan and formerly of Danville passed away on Thursday August 27, 2015 at Breckenridge Commons. She was born in Sullivan on July 31, 1948 to Harold S Gambill and Kathryn Leach Gambill. Gloria was a 1966 graduate of Sullivan High School and a 1970 graduate of Indiana State University. She enjoyed hiking, horseback riding,...

Aug 25, 2015

On August, 25, 2015, at approximately 2:24 p.m., Betty Jean Marshall Reed left this world and joined her husband, John Reed, her parents, Bud and Fern Marshall, and her grandson, Shawn Drake. Betty is survived by her daughters, Linda Reed Drake (husband Randall Drake) and Janice Reed Knotts (husband Richard Knotts); four grandchildren, Michelle Drake turner (husband Brad Turner),...

Aug 25, 2015

Lora Jean Graykowski, 56, of Sullivan, passed away at her home on Tuesday August 25, 2015. She was born in Chicago IL on April 25, 1959 to Harry Graykowski and Faye Collins Graykowski. She was a 1977 graduate of George Washington High School in Chicago, a home health care giver, love to go fishing, gardening and a member of...

Aug 17, 2015

Betty L Dallas, 86, of Sullivan passed away on Monday August 17, 2015 at Millers Merry Manor. She was born in Carrie Mills IL on January 30, 1929 to O. D. Bovinet and Pauline Richey Bovinet. She was a 1947 graduate of Harrisburg IL High School, had worked at Mary Sherman Hospital, Sullivan State Bank and other secretary positions...

Aug 8, 2015

Sullivan,

Ruel Otto Hoesman, 88, of Sullivan, passed away on Saturday August 8, 2015 at Plainfield IN. He was born on February 23, 1927 in Merom to Otto Clayton Hoesman and Cora Ann (Pinkston) Hoesman. Ruel was a 1945 graduate of Sullivan High School, an Army Veteran and a farmer most all of his adult life having...

Aug 2, 2015

Janalyn Snapp Lubbehusen, 50, of Sullivan passed away on Sunday August 2, 2015 at her residence. She was born in Knox County on October 30, 1964 to Perry Snapp and Stephanie Hale Snapp. She was a 1983 graduate of Sullivan High School, 1987 graduate from ISU School of Education having received her Masters' Degree in special education and counseling....