Obituaries

Dec 13, 2010

Michael Eugene Steele, 65, of Sullivan passed away at 5:25 p.m. Monday, December 13, 2010 at his residence. The 1963 graduate of Wiley High School was born July 10, 1945 in Coronado, CA Naval Base to Gene Steele and Helen Foutz Steele Mattox. He was a truck driver-salesperson for Consolidated Freightways. Mike, received his bachelor of Science Degree in...

Dec 1, 2010

Harland Wilson, 91, of Sullivan passed away at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at the Breckenridge Health & Living Center. He was born May 15, 1919 in Little Rock, AR to Jess Harvey Wilson and Dorinda Hobbs Wilson. Harland was a retired farmer and truck driver. He a U.S. Air Force veteran of WWII and attended the Crossroads...

Nov 28, 2010

Edward Roy "Pete" Howard, 89, of Sullivan passed away at 12:10 a.m. Sunday, November 28, 2010 at Miller's Merry Manor. He was born January 21, 1921 in Shelburn to Roy Howard and Myrtle Irvin Howard. He was a retired heavy equipment operator and a member of Local 841 Operating Engineers. He was preceded in death by his parents, one...

Nov 27, 2010

Michael Earl "Papaw" Schenbeck, 63, of Sullivan passed away at 1:39 p.m. Saturday, November 27, 2010 at his residence. The 1965 graduate of Whitehall Yearling High School was born April 2, 1947 in Vincennes to Richard Schenbeck and Mary Folks Schenbeck. He was a realtor for the L.J. Michaels Company of Terre Haute. Mike attended the Kingsley Memorial United...

Nov 22, 2010

Rachel Ann Badger, 27, of Sullivan passed away Monday, November 22, 2010 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital. The 2002 graduate of Sullivan High School was born September 30, 1983 in Sullivan to William "Bill" Badger and Mitzie Patterson Badger. She was a member of the Sullivan Evangelical Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her grandfathers Herbert...

Nov 4, 2010

Frances Elnora Hauger, 86, of Sullivan and formerly of Shelburn went home to be with her Lord at 8:00 a.m. Thursday, November 4, 2010 at Regional Hospital, surrounded by her family. The 1942 graduate of Sullivan High School was born April 18, 1924 in Sullivan to Andrew Forbes and Cora McDaniels Forbes. She was a homemaker and a member...

Oct 30, 2010

Homer Wright, Jr., 82, of Hymera passed away at 11:00 p.m. Saturday, October 30, 2010 at Miller's Merry Manor. The 1946 graduate of Hymera High School was born September 29, 1928 in Sullivan to Homer Wright and Irma Wambaugh Wright. He was a retired supervisor for the Amax Coal Company and a member of the Sons of the American...

Oct 4, 2010

Donna Sue Skinner Ridge Dunn, 74, of Sullivan passed away at 9:04 a.m. Monday, October 4, 2010 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital. The 1955 graduate of Sullivan High School was born July 22, 1936 in Sullivan County to Garland Skinner and Iola Stierwalt Skinner. She was a beautician and a homemaker. She was a member of the Sullivan...

Oct 3, 2010

Rhoda Mason Shryock, 88, of Sullivan passed away at 7:58 p.m. Sunday, October 3, 2010 at Cobblestone Crossing Rehabilitation Center, Terre Haute. The 1940 graduate of New Lebanon High School was born April 8, 1922 in New Lebanon to George Mason and Emma Pierson Mason. She along with her late husband James "Butch" Shryock were the owners of several...

Oct 2, 2010

Robert "Bob" Chambers, 87, of Sullivan and formerly of Carlisle passed away at 2:40 a.m. Friday, October 1, 2010 at Miller's Merry Manor. The 1941 graduate of St. Bernice High School was born September 29, 1923 in Elnora to William Chambers and Lillie Walls Chambers. He was retired from the Milwaukee Railroad and a member of the Oakland Church...

Sep 29, 2010

John Edward Ladson, 71, of Shelburn passed away Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at his residence. The 1957 graduate of Hymera High School was born February 16, 1939 in Carlisle to Herb Ladson and Violet Gore Ladson. He was a retired reclamation supervisor for Peabody Coal Company and a member of the Hymera Independent Community Church. He was preceded in...

Sep 28, 2010

Richard A. "Dick" Wright, 67, of Clinton passed away at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at Union Hospital in Clinton. The 1961 graduate of North Central High School was born January 28, 1943 in Sullivan to Robert Wright and Elizabeth Norris Wright. He was a retired boiler operator for the Eli Lilly, a veteran of the U.S. Army...

Sep 10, 2010

Elmer Kenneth Patten, 83, of Farmersburg passed away at 6:00 p.m. Friday, September 10, 2010 at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute. The U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War was born June 23, 1927 in Bird City, Kansas to Emmet and Mary Patten. He was a retired laborer. He was preceded in death by his wife Malda Crumrine Patten,...

Sep 7, 2010

Barbara Myers, 75, of Sullivan passed away at 6:45 a.m. Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at Miller's Merry Manor. She was born July 18, 1935 in Sullivan to Joseph Mayes and Janey Santus Mayes. She was a homemaker and a member of the Shelburn Church of God. She was preceded in death by her parents, one son Richard Falconbury and...

Sep 5, 2010

Dorothy Gertrude Anderson, 99, of Morgan Hill, CA and formerly of Sullivan County passed away Sunday, September 5, 2010 at her residence in Morgan Hill, CA. She was born May 7, 1911 to Virgil Apple and Mame Orr Apple. She was a retired supervisor for the General Electric Company. She was preceded in death by her husband Wade Anderson,...

Aug 21, 2010

Thomas Allen "Tom" Vickrey, 88, of Sullivan, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Saturday, August 21, 2010, at 3:10 a.m. at his home, surrounded by his loving family. A lifelong resident and farmer in Sullivan County, he was born to Thomas Christopher and Sarah Elsie Pugh Vickrey on January 5, 1922.

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Aug 14, 2010

Olive LeVerne Walters, 71, of Farmersburg passed away at 1:15 p.m. Saturday, August 14, 2010 in her residence. The homemaker was born May 27, 1939 in Terre Haute to Lloyd Montgomery and Waneda Chessair Montgomery. She was a former employee of the Pfizer Company and attended the Ebenezer Methodist Church. Olive was preceded in death by her husband Jack...

Aug 13, 2010

Betty Jean Jones, 83, of Sullivan passed away at 9:45 p.m. Friday, August 13, 2010 at Miller's Merry Manor. The 1944 graduate of Carlisle High School was born December 27, 1926 in Paxton to Walter Whitlock and Lena Walters Whitlock. She was a beautician and a receptionist at Miller's Merry Manor. Betty was a member of the State Street...

Aug 7, 2010

Allen Albert Hickenbotham, 59, of Poland, IN and formerly of Sullivan, passed away August 7, 2010. Allen was born September 23, 1950 in Vincennes to Albert Hickenbotham and Loretta Irene (Wall) Hickenbotham. He was preceded in death by both his parents.

Allen had been in various local bands throughout his life as a vocalist. He was an...

Jul 27, 2010

Albert Ray Kiger, 59, of Terre Haute passed away at 2:53 a.m. Thursday, July 29, 2010 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. The 1969 graduate of Sullivan High School was born May 20, 1951 in Ft. Smith, AR to Sam Kiger and Alma Monks Kiger. He was the former owner of Kiger Trucking ,of Fairbanks, a former miner at Peabody...