Obituaries

Apr 30, 2014

Rhonda L. Byerly Arnett, 58, of Perrysville, and formerly of Sullivan IN, passed away at 12:55 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. She was born March 7, 1956 to Paul F. Byerly and Claudine Parker Byerly. She was preceded in death by her parents. She had worked at Theodore Rich in Terre Haute, 500 Platolene...

Apr 24, 2014

Norma Tislow Barker, 87, of Carlisle, passed away on April 24, 2014 at Millers Merry Manor in Sullivan. She was born in Knox County on April 14, 1927 to Roy and Maize (Vantlin) Tislow. She was a 1945 graduate of Monroe City High School, had married Jim Barker on February 22, 1948 and a member of Oakland Church of...

Apr 17, 2014

Farmersburg,

Jarod Evan Naylor, 17 of Farmersburg, passed away on April 17, 2014. He was born on January 8, 1997 in Crawfordsville IN to David M. and Connie (Ard) Naylor. Jarod was attending North Central High School, a member of the Track Team, Beta Club, a Brown Belt in Taekwondo, and attended Ebenezer United Methodist Church of...

Apr 6, 2014

Bill Pierson, 85, of Sullivan passed away on Sunday April 6, 2014 at his residence. He was born in Sullivan County on June 15, 1928 to Paul J and Glen Minter Pierson. Bill was a 1946 graduate of Sullivan High School, honorably discharged Navy Veteran, been employed by Pfizer, past president and business manager for the IUOE Local Union...

Apr 4, 2014

Merom, IN Robert L. Wilson, 75, of Merom, IN. passed away in his residence at 6:03pm March 28, 2014. He was born April 20, 1938, in Muncie, IN. to William Russell and Ruby Ridge Wilson. Survivors include wife of 39 years Penny Neighbors Wilson, daughters Tamy Crockett, Gayle Geiger and Terra Callahan, sons Rodney, Robert L. II and Mark...

Apr 4, 2014

Esther M. Drake, 96, of Sullivan passed away on Friday April 4, 2014 at her residence. She was born in Vincennes on December 10, 1917 to Thomas C and Birdie (Ice) Decker. She was a 1936 graduate of Sullivan High School, was a member of the Sullivan First Baptist Church for 80 years and had married Don Drake who...

Mar 9, 2014

Raymond Ernest Kerns, 80, of Hymera passed away on Sunday, March 9, 2014 at Kindred Transitional Care Southwood, in Terre Haute. He was born in Terre Haute on September 21, 1933 to Ernest and Ilene (Wagner) Kerns. He was a 1952 graduate of Gerstmeyer and a honorably discharged Korean War Veteran, having served in the Army and Navy, had...

Mar 7, 2014

Mary Frances Chowning, 94, of Fairbanks went home at 11:30am in Kindred Transitional Care Southwood in Terre Haute. She was born October 14, 1919 in Turman Township to Roy R. and Iva Joy Monroe Myers. Survivors include a daughter Joy Ellen Kuppler, and a son Alan Chowning and wife Patty. Grandsons Russ Kuppler and wife Kim, his family Tyler...

Mar 2, 2014

Velsa V. Chambers, 86, of Shelburn passed away at 10:24pm on March 2, 2014 in Millers Merry Manor in Sullivan. Velsa was born December 20, 1927 in Shelburn to Ira and Myrtle Mae Brickey Houser. She is survived by a son Edward Chambers of Fairbanks, sisters Minnie Sinders and Shirley Wise, brothers Aris, Holly, and Venus Houser, seven grandchildren,...

Feb 27, 2014

Bruce Wayne Thompson, 72, of Sullivan passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2014. He was born on July 22, 1941, in Riverton, IN to Hugh "Babe" and Emma Irene Thompson. Bruce attended Merom High School and was an Operator for the Operating Engineers Local 841and was an avid coon hunter having belonged to the Sullivan County Coon Hunters Association...

Feb 25, 2014

Naomi Jean Severs passed away on February 25, 2014 while residing at Hamilton Pointe in Newburgh, IN. She was born April 20, 1927 in Ullin IL to Holdie and Emma Brewer Gaskill. She is survived by a daughter Judy Penny of Australia, sons Terry (Nancy) of Sullivan IN and Gary (Sue) Severs of Crossville TN, brother Von Gaskill of...

Feb 20, 2014

Mary C. Kemper, 57, of Sullivan, IN., passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2014 in Union Hospital of Terre Haute, Indiana. She was born in Sullivan, Indiana on June 23, 1956 toWalter and Mary Ernestine Burnett Akers. She is survived by her father, daughters Farah Kemper (Tony Williams) and Casey Kemper, sons Troy Kemper and Delbert Kemper Jr., sisters...

Feb 7, 2014

Frances I. Phillips passed away at her residence, on Friday, February 7, 2014. She was born February 18, 1925, in Clay County Indiana, to Grover and Mary Bowman Seevers who preceded her in death. Frances is survived by her husband Wayne Phillips, a brother Grover Seevers Jr, and several nieces and nephews. She attended the Christian Church in Carlisle....

Feb 1, 2014

Mary Scully, 81, of Sullivan passed away on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at her residence. She was born on March 28, 1932 in Merom to Carl and Constance (Andrews) Land. She was a Graduate of Sullivan High School, enjoyed reading, painting and her family. She was a legal secretary for Bob Lowry. Preceding her in death are her parents...

Feb 1, 2014

Ruth Roe, 80, of Sullivan formerly of Carlisle, passed away on Saturday February 1, 2014 at Breckenridge Health and Rehab. She was born in Hymera on September 13, 1933 to Delbert and Opal (Mahan) Palmer. She was a 1951 graduate of Hymera High School, was a homemaker, a member of Shelburn First Baptist Church, past president of Sullivan County...

Jan 29, 2014

Martha Ann Newman, 59, of Angola, formerly of Terre Haute passed away on January 29, 2014 at her home in Angola IN. after a long-term illness. She was born in Terre Haute on August 15, 1954 to Robert and Martha (Kearschner) Bailey. Martha was a graduate of Garfield High School in Terre Haute, had spent many years caring for...

Jan 27, 2014

Norma Lorene Chapman, 73 of Jasonville went home to be with her Lord from Terre Haute Regional Hospital at 10:21am on Monday, January 27, 2014. She was born November 25, 1940 in Clinton, In. to Rev. Joy and Opal Brewer Rehmel. Norma is survived by her husband Albert Ross Chapman, her father, daughters Denise Fagin (Tom), Kris Chapman and...

Jan 21, 2014

Herbert Lee Drew, 91, of Sullivan passed away on January 21, 2014 in Breckenridge Health and Rehab Center. He was born September 29, 1922 in Argos, Indiana to Ora L. Drew and Edna B. Rorher Drew. Survivors include daughters Carolyn Louise Freels (Fred) of Phoenix, AZ, Mary Jean Gandy (Mike) of Pampa, TX and Martha Lee Cunningham (Ian) of...

Jan 20, 2014

Farmersburg, IN Mary Bays, 85, of Farmersburg passed away in Miller's Merry Manor at 8:20pm on January 20, 2014. She was born October 27, 1928 in Terre Haute to Charles Pearman and Odetta Treager Pearman. Mary is survived by a son Billy Bays of Shelburn, daughters Sally Smith and Mary Lou Chapman both of Sullivan, grandchildren Bobbie Snow, Caleb...

Jan 13, 2014

Henry Plouse, age 89, of Gahanna, OH passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2014 at the Sunrise Assisted Living Facility in Gahanna. Henry was born on June 29, 1924 in Spangler, PA to the late Henry and Fanny Plouse. He is survived by his sons, Bradley Kurt Plouse and Henry Scott Plouse; grandchildren, Kristen (Kyle) Plouse-Chamblee, Joshua, Kylee, Shannon...