Obituaries

Feb 1, 2010

George Daniel Haberle, 42, of Shelburn and formerly of Carlisle passed away Monday, February 1, 2010 in Terre Haute. The 1986 graduate of Sullivan High School was born August 31, 1967 in Vincennes to George Haberle and Velma Chastain Haberle. He was employer at the Great Dane Trailer Manufacturing in Terre Haute. He was a member of the Carlisle...

Jan 21, 2010

Jay Michael Burton, 69, of Terre Haute passed away Thursday, January 21, 2010 at his residence. The 1958 graduate of Graysville High School was born February 24, 1940 in Graysville to Garland Burton and Isa Doris Smith Burton. He was retired from Amax Coal Co. Jay, was also a farmer, a member of the Rio Grande Baptist Church and...

Jan 20, 2010

Mark William Mason, 56, of Sullivan passed away at 3:48 p.m. Wednesday, January 20, 2010 in the Sullivan County Community Hospital. The 1971 graduate of Sullivan High School was born August 8, 1953 in Danville, IL to Howard Mason and Doris McMahan Mason Cox. Mark, retired after twenty nine year with the Sullivan City Fire Department where he served...

Jan 19, 2010

Troylia (Dorothy) Potts Buckingham, 82, of Sullivan, IN, and formerly of Shelburn, IN, died Tuesday morning, January 19, 2010, in Sullivan County Community Hospital. She was born

December 7, 1927, to James and Clara Potts, graduated in 1945 from Shelburn High School and was a member of the First Christian Church in Shelburn. She worked for many...

Jan 9, 2010

Tommy Ray "Tom" Harrison, 52, of Sullivan died unexpectedly Saturday, January 9, 2010 in Fort Collins, Co while visiting his daughter. The 1976 graduate of Terre Haute South High School was born September 1, 1957 in Terre Haute to Thomas and Kathryn (Hayes) Harrison. He was Co-Owner of the Vead Dodd Sawmill and a member of the First Christian...

Dec 25, 2009

Donald Lee Arnett, 79, of Graysville passed away at 9:26 a.m. Friday, December 25, 2009 in Union Hospital after a brief illness. The 1948 graduate of Merom High School was born June 17, 1930 in Merom to Lawrence Arnett and Ovaline Brown Arnett. He graduated from Indiana State Teacher's College in 1958 and taught at Gerstmeyer High School and...

Dec 24, 2009

Erma Fay Dugan, 83, of Sullivan passed away at 9:54 a.m. Thursday, December 24, 2009 in the Sullivan County Community Hospital. The homemaker was born September 28, 1926 in Carlisle to Carl Knotts and Gertrude Coleman Knotts. She was retired from Hook's Drug Store and a former employee of Gossard's. She was preceded in death by her parents, an...

Dec 19, 2009

Ernest F. "Rick" Lumsdon, 64, of Sullivan passed away at 6:56 p.m. Saturday, December 19, 2009 in Terre Haute Regional Hospital. The U.S. Army veteran was born June 25, 1945 in Tampa, Fl to Lester Lumsdon and Maxine Dozier Lumsdon. He was a retired electrician of Pfizer's Inc and former employee of Pillsbury. He was a member of the...

Nov 28, 2009

Wayne Eugene Noble, 80, of Sullivan passed away at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, November 28, 2009 in his residence. The 1947 graduate of New Lebanon High School was born May 22, 1929 in Merom to Oscar Noble and Goldie Arnett Noble. He was a retired Lab Technician for the Pfizer Co and a U.S. Army veteran. He was a member...

Nov 23, 2009

Clarence Victor "Butch" Skelton, 62, of Farmersburg passed away at 7:00 p.m. Monday, November 23, 2009 in Farmersburg. The 1965 graduate of North Central High School was born March 3, 1947 in Terre haute to Eugene Skelton and Vera Mae Morris Skelton. He retired from American Electric Power after thirty-five years of service, twenty-two years at the Breed Plant...

Nov 8, 2009

Mary Evelyn (Pigg) Wilson, 82, of Sullivan passed away at 10:31 p.m. Sunday, November 8, 2009 at Miller's Merry Manor. The 1945 graduate of Graysville High School was born November 1, 1927 in Sullivan to Dana and Ruth (Walters) Pigg. She was a member of the First Christian Church. After graduating high school she entered the U.S. Army and...

Oct 31, 2009

Sandra Kay Miller, 67, of Sullivan passed away at 5:27 p.m. Saturday, October 31, 2009 at Union Hospital. The 1960 graduate of Canton High School was born June 19, 1942 in Canton to James Green and Gwendolyn Kitchen Green. She was a registered nurse for Meadows Manor in Terre Haute and a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Kay,...

Oct 30, 2009

Clyde Dugger, 89, of Sullivan passed away in his home surrounded by his loving family October 30, 2009. He was born May 30, 1920 to Florence John and Eva Mae Phipps Dugger in Hazel Bluff.

He married Betty R. Coleman Dugger June 6, 1953. She preceded him in death April 19, 2008.

He was a...

Oct 22, 2009

Russell Omer Bedwell, 88, of Sullivan passed away Thursday, October 22, 2009 at his residence. The U.S. Army veteran of WWII was born January 10, 1921 in Sullivan County to Benjamam Bedwell and Mabel Beatty Bedwell. He was a retired coal miner, a lifetime member of the Terre Haute Post 972 Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Dugger American...

Oct 17, 2009

Timothy Reed Burns, 59, of Lone Star, TX passed away at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, October 17, 2009 at his residence. The 1968 graduate of Sullivan High School was born November 16, 1949 in Sullivan to Roy Patrick Burns and LaDonna Sevier Burns. He was an employee for U.S. Steel for thirty years and a member of the United Steel...

Oct 16, 2009

Wilma Jean Trump, 78, of Jasonville passed away Friday, October 16, 2009 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. The 1948 graduate of Hymera High School was born October 24, 1930 in Hymera to William "Bill" House and Anna Mae Cottom House. She was a homemaker and a member of the Shelburn First Baptist Church. Wilma, was a member of the...

Sep 29, 2009

Melba Francis Robertson, 88, of Lewis passed away at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital. She was born July 9, 1921 in Sullivan to Herschel Padgett and Ora Ridge Padgett. She was a former employee of American Latex and a former cook at the Mary Sherman Hospital and the Southwest School Corporation. She...

Sep 20, 2009

Frances Rose Poore, 65, of Terre Haute passed away at 12:40 p.m. Sunday, September 20, 2009 at her residence. The homemaker was born September 1, 1944 in Terre Haute to Frank Hines and Virginia Shepherd Hines. She was preceded in death by her first husband James Shurtzer, her second husband Orville Claude Crabbe, her parents and one grandchild Elizabeth...

Sep 13, 2009

Joseph Clarence Morris, 84, of Sullivan passed away at 7:41 p.m. Sunday, September 13, 2009 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital. The U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War was born October 27, 1924 in Sullivan to Joseph Morris and Maggie Whitfield Morris. He was a member of the St. Paul's Baptist Church, Terre Haute, the Sullivan American Legion...

Sep 11, 2009

Harold E. "Pete" Grubaugh, 83, of Sullivan passed away at 12:40 a.m. Friday, September 11, 2009 at the Breckenridge Health and Rehabilitation Center. The U.S. Army veteran of WWII was born September 4, 1926 in Oaktown to Edward Grubaugh and Elsie Kelly Grubaugh. He was a retired Sullivan City Fireman, a former Sullivan City policeman and a beverage truck...