Obituaries

May 17, 2013

Wm. Terry Pless, Jr., 44, of Carlisle passed away Friday, May 17, 2013. Terry was born in Bloomington June 28, 1968 to Terry and Marie Edwards Pless. He was a 1986 graduate of Sullivan High School. Terry worked at Pfizer's in Terre Haute for 21 years and was employed at Sunrise Coal Mine in Carlisle. He also helped his...

May 10, 2013

Walter "Butch" Burns II, 57, of Sullivan passed away May 10, 2013 in the Simon Cancer Center IU Health in Indianapolis. Butch was born February 22, 1956 in Sullivan, IN., to Walter Burns and Katherine Wilson Burns. Survivors include his parents, wife Debbie Wilson Burns, sons Gregory Robert Burns (wife Bobbi) and Walter "Butch" Burns III (wife Amy), sisters...

May 5, 2013

Terry Lee Robinson 62, of Shelburn, passed away in his residence on Sunday, May 5, 2013. He was born May 31, 1951, in Sullivan to Archie and Margaret Curtis Robinson. Terry is survived by Lynn Robinson, daughter Angie Waldon (fiancée Tony), sons Eric (Tina) Robinson and Brad (Ashley) Robinson, daughter-in-law Barbara (Pirtle) Robinson, sister Sally Stranahan (Fred) and Kandi...

May 1, 2013

Matthew Wayne Robinson, 32, of Sullivan passed away on May 1, 2013. He was born December 18, 1980 in Terre Haute to Terry and Lynn Taylor Robinson. Matt is survived by his parents, wife Barbara Pirtle Robinson, son Aaron M. Vire Robinson, step-son Levi Hood, step-daughters Shayna Monroe (Kaleb) and Heather Synder (Thurman), sister Angie Waldon and special friend...

Apr 30, 2013

Shelburn, Wendell "Chick" Davis, 74, of Shelburn passed away on Tuesday April 30, 2013. He was born in Sullivan Co. on March 15, 1939 to Harry and Effie Robertson Davis. He was a 1957 graduate of Union High School, was employed at Quaker Maid and B & G Home Improvements in Shelburn, he was a member of the Sullivan...

Apr 24, 2013

Wayne Jackson, 73, of Sullivan, passed away at Miller's Merry Manor, in Sullivan, on Wednesday April 24, 2013. He was born at home in Knox Co. near Sandborn IN on March 7, 1940 to Raymond and Hazel Wehemier Jackson. Wayne was a 1958 graduate of Sullivan High, a graduate of Automotive Diesel School in Nashville TN and a farmer...

Apr 16, 2013

Khamis "Joe" Kassissieh age 74 of Bloomington passed away at his residence early Tuesday morning April 16, 2013. He was born April 23, 1937 in Jerusalem Palestine to Issa Kassissieh and Malakeh Shamieh Kassissieh.

Joe attended Purdue University briefly before entering the United States Army from 1961 to 1963, and then completed his studies at Indiana State...

Apr 14, 2013

Jennifer J. Trueblood Rabis, 34, of Shelburn passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2013. She was born in Greencastle on August 19, 1978 to George Leroy and Linda Miller Trueblood. Jennifer attended North Central High and was a CNA in several nursing homes around the area. She leaves behind to cherish, her mother Linda, her companion Mike Graham of...

Apr 11, 2013

Ralph E. Ham, 87, of Sullivan passed away on April 11, 2013, at Millers Merry Manor in Sullivan; IN. Ralph was born in Dugger on March 27, 1926 to Fred and Serena Hatfield Ham. Ralph attended Graysville High, a distinguished member of WWII, 4th Armored Division, 37th Tank Battalion, recipient of the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal; before his...

Apr 10, 2013

Rachel Mae Carrithers , 96, of Sullivan went home to be with Jesus, in Sullivan County Community Hospital, on April 10, 2013. She was born March 10, 1917 in Pleasantville, IN. to Russell Berry and Josie Detty Berry. Rachel is survived by a daughter Debra Jane Bond of Carlisle, a son Donald Roy Land of Duluth, GA, grandchildren Gordon...

Apr 8, 2013

June Bolinger, 84, of Shelburn passed away at 11:10AM on April 8, 2013 in Miller's Merry Manor in Sullivan. June was born November 14, 1928 in Pleasantville, Indiana to Lawrence Hutchison and Lovina Mounts Hutchison. She is survived by daughters Karlene (Junior) Staley of North Carolina and her two children Ryan Richardson of Terre Haute and his four children,...

Apr 2, 2013

Randall Hardin, 64, of Shelburn passed away in Miller's Merry Manor at 2:11 AM on Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Randy was born May 8, 1948 in Mary Sherman Hospital, in Sullivan, to Charles Hardin and Virginia Walters Hardin. He was a1966 graduate of North Central High School and had retired from farming and also from Pfizers. Randy is survived...

Mar 29, 2013

Wanda McDonald Lear, of Farmersburg, passed away on Friday, March 29 in Terre Haute, Indiana. Wanda, daughter of Jessie Mahan McDonald and Thurman S. McDonald, was born November 10, 1927. Wanda grew up in Farmersburg and attended Farmersburg Elementary and Farmersburg High School. After graduation in 1945, she enrolled at Indiana State Teachers College, in Terre Haute IN. Her...

Mar 9, 2013

Pamela Sue Tislow, 63, of Terre Haute formerly of Carlisle passed away on Saturday March 9, 2013 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. She was born on October 1, 1949 in Sullivan Co. to Roy and Maize Vantlin Tislow. She was a 1967 graduate of Sullivan High School and became a Homemaker after graduating from College. She was a member...

Feb 28, 2013

Stephanie Smith Stonerock, 45, of Sullivan passed away on February 28, 2013 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. She was born on May 19, 1967 To Robert "Bob" Smith and Linda Burns Smith. She was a 1985 graduate of Sullivan High School, a graduate of Indiana State University, IV Tech and a Nurse for UAP in Terre Haute. She...

Feb 27, 2013

Erma K. Roberts Abrams, 76, Merom, passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at her residence. She was born January 22, 1937 in Merom to Ernest William & Fern Geneva Raley Roberts. She was a homemaker and devoted mother and grandmother to her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Donald Joe...

Feb 25, 2013

Richard A. Skinner, 58, of Sullivan, passed away on Monday February 25, 2013. He was born on September 19, 1954 in Vigo Co. to Leslie Skinner and Phyllis Chubb Skinner Shake. Richard was a 1972 graduate of North Central High School. He loved playing music, riding motorcycles, his grandchildren, dogs and was also a Teamster for the Local 135....

Feb 23, 2013

Sheila Boone, 51 of Shelburn, passed away in her residence Saturday, February 23, 2013. She was born February 9, 1962 in Indianapolis, IN to Roscoe Franklin Spencer and Anna Mae Abrams Spencer. Sheila is survived by her husband Mike, daughter Stephanie Herr (Charles) of Sullivan, step-daughters Lori and Lisa Boone both of Indianapolis, sons Josh Burnett (Leah Jett) of...

Feb 20, 2013

Patsy Jewell Volk, 81 of Sullivan, Indiana, passed away with her family at her side at Breckenridge Health & Rehab on February 20, 2013. She was born August 25, 1931 in Pleasantville, IN to Sheldon and Sara Abrams Montgomery. She was a nurse at Miller's Merry Manor for 13 years, and retired from Mary Sherman Hospital. Patsy graduated from...

Feb 16, 2013

Maudie Wilson Bye, 86, of Shelburn passed away on Saturday February 16, 2013 at her home. She was born in Sullivan Co. on December 8, 1926, to Cammie Denver Higgins and Laurel May LeFler Higgins. Maudie was a 1944 graduate of Sullivan High, a homemaker, and mother of four children. Preceding her in death are her parents, her first...