Obituaries

Apr 13, 2011

Steven Smith, 58, of Merom passed away April 13, 2011 in Community Hospital South, Indianapolis IN. He was born August 9, 1952 in Linton to John Smith and Lucille Reid Smith.

Steven was a 1970 graduate of Sullivan High school and was a System Analyst for Hoosier Energy at the Merom Power Plant. He was a member...

Mar 29, 2011

Frank Eugene Brown, 79, of Merom passed away at 12:15 a.m. Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at the Breckenridge Health and Living Center. The 1950 graduate of Merom High School was born September 2, 1931 in Merom to Oscar Brown and Josephine McCloud Brown. He was a retired carpenter, a member of Local 133 and a former Area Maintenance Supervisor...

Mar 19, 2011

Charles Leon Cunningham, 69, of Shelburn passed away at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, March 19, 2011 at Union Hospital after a short battle with cancer. The 1959 graduate of North Central High School was born June 26, 1941 in Shelburn to Harry Wesley Cunningham and Eva Mae (Barth) Cunningham. He was retired from GM guide lamp division in Anderson and...

Mar 12, 2011

Iris Ann Caughran, 81, of Shelburn passed away Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Millers Merry Manor in Sullivan IN, she was born May 2, 1929 in Vincennes, IN to Emmitt Clayton York and Grace May Milburn York. She was preceded in death by her husband Harold in 1995.

Survivors include two sons Terry Lee (Lynn) and Harold...

Mar 11, 2011

Lloyd Shelton, 78, formerly of Riley and Terre Haute passed away at Terre Haute Regional Hospital, Friday March 11, 2011. He was born at Medora, IN to Leonard and Anna Cawthon Shelton June 10, 1932.

He is survived by two sons Bart and Brian Shelton of Terre Haute, one daughter Pam Godsey of Colorado,three sisters Helen Rogers...

Mar 7, 2011

Rene' Baker, 50 of Sullivan passed away at Monday, March 7, 2011 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital. The 1978 graduate of Sullivan High School was born September 15, 1960 in Vincennes to Jerry Koenig and Mary K Grass Koenig Robbins. She was a homemaker and a member of the Crossroads Community Church. She was preceded in death by...

Mar 6, 2011

Ronald W. "Ronnie" Phegley, 66 and Norma Lou Phegley, 64 both of Carlisle passed away at 8:45 p.m. Sunday, March 6, 2011 in Crawford County as a result of an automobile accident. Ronnie, was born May 1, 1944 in Sullivan County to Carl Phegley and Dorothy Cornett Phegley. He was a retired farmer, a mechanic, a member of the...

Mar 3, 2011

Melba Jean Ring, 70, of Sullivan passed away at 4:59 p.m. Thursday, March 3, 2011 at Regional Hospital. She was born January 28, 1941 in Cass to Bill Butler and Opal McDade Butler. Melba, was the co-owner and operator of Globe Cleaners, a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and the Delta Theta Tau Sorority. She was preceded in...

Mar 2, 2011

Roy J. "Junior" Timms, 86, of Carlisle passed away at 2:40 a.m. Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at Union Hospital. The 1942 graduate of Carlisle High School was born June 6, 1924 in Carlisle to Roy Timms, Sr. and Bertha Rose Timms. He was retired from the AMAX Coal Company, a member of the UMWA for sixty years and for...

Feb 26, 2011

Ruth L. Neal, 87, of Sullivan and formerly of Jasonville passed away at 11:05 a.m. Wednesday, January 26, 2011 in Breckenridge Health and Living Center. She was born September 30, 1923 in Worthington to Albert Vandeventer and Ada Perkins Vandeventer. She was a homemaker and a member of the Blessed Hope Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...

Feb 22, 2011

Joetta Kay Walker, 65, of Sullivan passed away at 8:35 a.m. Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital. The 1964 graduate of Lincoln High School was born January 6, 1946 in Vincennes to James Ravelette and Marge Evans Ravelette. She was a former employee of the Southwest School Corporation and a member of the Church of...

Feb 21, 2011

Debbie Kay Horst, 51, of Carlisle passed away Monday, February 21, 2011 at I. U. Medical Center in Indianapolis. The 1977 graduate of Sullivan High School was born April 3, 1959 in Vincennes to Loren "John" Theriac and Mary Gerken Theriac. She was a cook at Kathy Jo's Chatterbox Restaurant, an EMT for the Carlisle Community Ambulance Service, and...

Feb 15, 2011

Brock Andrew Bedwell, 21, of Carlisle passed away at 12:33 p.m. Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital. The 2009 graduate of Sullivan High School was born December 19, 1989 in Vincennes to Randall "Randy" Bedwell and Susan Kay Detering Bedwell. Brock was a member of the Indian Prairie Baptist Church. He was preceded in death...

Feb 14, 2011

Mildred Josephine Ridgway,85, of Carlisle went home to be with her Heavenly Father at 1:15 pm Monday, February 14, 2011 at Miller's Merry Manor with her family at her bedside. The 1943 graduate of Oaktown High School was born July 31, 1925 to Roy Clodfelder and Mary N'meier Clodfelder. She was a homemaker, a member of the Shaker Prairie...

Feb 3, 2011

Debra Jean Klaubo, 46, of Farmersburg passed away at 3:15 a.m. Thursday, February 3, 2011 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. The 1982 graduate of Morton Senior High School was born March 21, 1964 in Hammond to Robert Edwards and Jeannene "Jean" Rosek Edwards. She was preceded in death by her father.

Survivors include her husband of twenty-three...

Jan 23, 2011

Dewey Dix Hayhurst, 80, of Palmetto, FL and formerly of Sullivan passed away at 7:05 a.m. Sunday, January 23, 2011 at the Blake Medical Center in Bradenton. The 1948 graduate of Sullivan High School was born August 18, 1930 in Anderson to Dewey Hayhurst and Laura Dix Hayhurst. He was a retired Electrician and supervisor for Indiana-Michigan Electric and...

Jan 10, 2011

Rita Ann Ridgway Arnold, 80, of Carlisle passed away at 10:35 p.m. Monday, January 10, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes. Rita, was born September 26, 1930 in Carlisle to Rollie Blann and Fidelis Owens Blann. She was a member of the Shaker Prairie Christian Church. She was preceded in death by her first husband Bill Ridgway, her...

Jan 1, 2011

Harold E. "Hap" Carmichael, 103, died peacefully at Sullivan Co. Community Hospital on Saturday, June 14th. A life-long resident of Sullivan County, Hap was born north of Carlisle on December 31,1904. Harold lived in the family home on his farm west of Sullivan until a few weeks before his death. He was one of seven children of John and...

Dec 26, 2010

Thomas L. "Tom" Drake, 66, of Shelburn died at 2:46 a.m. Sunday, December 26, 2010 in Sullivan County Community Hospital. He was born December 14, 1944 in Sullivan County to Don D Drake and Esther Decker Drake. He was a graduate of Lakeview High School in FL and received a degree in pre-engineering from Orlando Junior College in FL....

Dec 16, 2010

Chad Lee Null, 33, of Sullivan passed away at 12:05 p.m. Thursday, December 16, 2010 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital. The 1997 graduate of Hamilton Heights High School was born November 12, 1977 in Tipton to Michael Null and Norma Simmons Null Firestone. He was a fireman and paramedic for the City of Sullivan. He was a member...