Obituaries

Dec 26, 2007

Pauline W. Thayer, 100, of Shelburn died at 1:22 a.m. Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at Miller's Merry Manor. The 1925 graduate of Shelburn High School was born March 23, 1907 in Shelburn to Charles Woodsmall and Edith Douglas Woodsmall. She was a retired bookkeeper for Woodburn Printing of Terre Haute and a graduate of Indiana Business College. She was...

Dec 21, 2007

Norman R. "Cotty" Bays, 82, of Farmersburg died at 12:13 p.m. Friday, December 21, 2007 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. The 1943 graduate of Gerstmeyer High School was born August 8, 1925 in Terre haute to William Bays and Irene Barr Bays. He served in the US Navy during WWII and attended the Indiana State Teachers College. He...

Dec 13, 2007

Wendell Oliver Harris, 84, of Sullivan died at 11:30 p.m. Thursday. December 13, 2007 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. The 1941 graduate of Sullivan High School was born April 3, 1923 in Fairbanks to James Harris and Myrtle Trueblood Harris. He was a retired motor repairman for Davidson Electric and Machine Shop and a former employee of Riggs...

Nov 22, 2007

Alyce Elizabeth Ladd, 89, of Sullivan died at 2:00 a.m. Thursday, November 22, 2007 at Miller's Merry Manor. The homemaker was born February 27, 1918 in New Lebanon to Claude Lisman and Bess Burroughs Lisman. She was a member of the Sullivan First United Methodist Church and the Sullivan Chapter Order of the Eastern Star. She was preceded in...

Nov 20, 2007

Freeda Vae Shake, 85, of Sullivan died at 7:20 a.m. Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at Millers Merry Manor. The 1941 graduate of Farmersburg High School was born July 9, 1922 in Farmersburg to James Johnson and Bessie Pierce Johnson. She was retired from the First National Bank and Trust and a member of the First United Methodist Church. She...

Nov 19, 2007

Malcolm W. "Skip" Southwood, 62, of Farmersburg died at 2:51 a.m. Monday, November 19, 2007 in Terre Haute Regional Hospital. The Vincennes University Graduate was born February 2, 1945 in Sullivan to George Southwood and Nettie Zellars Southwood. He was a self employed paralegal and private investigator. He was a former chairman of the Sullivan County Libertarian Party. He...

Nov 8, 2007

George Claude Jones, Jr., 81, of Sullivan died at 7:10 p.m. Thursday, November 08, 2007. The 1944 graduate of Bosse High School was born February 16, 1926 in Evansville to George Claude Jones, Sr. and Jennie Perkins Jones. He was a carpenter and a former maintenance man at the Mary Sherman Hospital. He attended the First Baptist Church and...

Nov 4, 2007

Katherine Charlotte Stone, 91, of Venice, FL and formerly of Indianapolis died at 8:10 a.m. Sunday, November 4, 2007 in Millers Merry Manor. The 1934 graduate of Tech High School was born November 6, 1915 in Indianapolis to Fred Weiss and Charlotte Aldag Weiss. She was a school teacher and a graduate of Indiana University. She was a member...

Oct 31, 2007

George Ernest Southwood, 84, of Shelburn died at 12:08 p.m. Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital. He was born August 20, 1923 in Sullivan to Joseph Southwood and Emily Hill Southwood. He was a laborer and a truck driver for the Bob Green Construction Company. He was preceded in death by his wife of fifty...

Oct 23, 2007

James Unger "Doc" Cox, 62, of Sullivan died at 7:50 a.m. Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. He was born January 21, 1945 in Sullivan to Paul "Tink" Cox and Lois Unger Cox. He was a truck driver for the Sullivan County Highway Department, the Turman Township Trustee and served in the U.S. Army Reserves. He...

Oct 13, 2007

Nellie Marie Ellerman, 88, of Carlisle died at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 13, 2007 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. She was born July 18, 1919 in Vincennes to John Kennedy and Katie Armstrong Kennedy. She was a homemaker, a member of the Shaker Prairie Christian Church, the American Legion Auxiliary and the Prairie Homemakers Club. She was preceded in...

Oct 5, 2007

Debbie Elizabeth Rodriguez, 47, of Sullivan died at 6:30 p.m. Friday, October 5, 2007 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital. The 1978 graduate of South Newton High School was born August 7, 1960 in Chicago to Ellis Ray Lanier and Carlene White Lanier Judson. She was an insurance arbitrator for Davis Claims Service of Terre haute and a member...

Oct 4, 2007

Michael H. "Gunner" Petrosky, 51, of Farmersburg died at 7:55 a.m. Thursday, October 04, 2007 at his residence. He was born May 5, 1956 in Brazil to John Petrosky and Doris Pifer Petrosky. He was a laborer and a member of the Laborers Local 204 at Terre Haute. Michael joined the United States Marines in 1973 and attained the...

Sep 30, 2007

Vernon Ray "Vern" Reed, 57, of Sullivan died at 8:53 p.m. Sunday, September 30, 2007 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital. The 1969 graduate of Garfield High School was born July 12, 1950 in Terre Haute to Floyd Reed and Jean Whitledge Reed. He was the CEO at the Open Arms Christian Ministries, a member of the Sullivan First...

Sep 27, 2007

Michael Ryan Keane, of Sullivan died at 8:22 p.m. Thursday, September 27, 2007 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. The 2007 graduate of Sullivan High School was born September 28, 1988 in Terre Haute, IN to William F. "Bill" Keane and Jolinda L. Sperry Keane. He was a freshman at Indiana State University and a member of the Sullivan First...

Sep 25, 2007

Albert Ellsworth Smith, 79, of Carmichael, CA died at 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at the Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Roseville, CA. He was born July 17, 1928 in Council Bluff, IO to Ralph E. Smith and Helena Taylor Smith. He was a retired window glazier and setter. He enjoyed boating and motorcycle riding and was a member...

Sep 14, 2007

Kathryn Oliver, 82, of Jasonville and formerly of Sullivan passed away at 5:20 a.m. Monday, September 14, 2009 at the Greene County General Hospital. She was born January 22, 1927 in Greenville, KY to Thomas Evitts and Bertie Anderson Evitts. She was preceded in death by her husband James Oliver and her parents.

Survivors include three daughters...

Sep 12, 2007

Ronald G. "Ronnie" McKinley, 71, of Carlisle died at 2:50 a.m. Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. He was born October 5, 1935 in Carlisle to Dewey McKinley and Gretchen Grass McKinley. He was retired from Amax Coal Company after 40 years of service. He was a member of the Shaker Prairie Christian Church, the Prince...

Sep 4, 2007

Harold Warren Skinner, 80, of Sullivan died at 6:02 a.m. Tuesday, September 04, 2007 in the Sullivan County Community Hospital. The 1946 graduate of Sullivan High School was born August 24, 1927 in Sullivan to John Skinner and Mary "Liccy" Spencer Skinner. He was a retired employee of the Chrysler Corporation and a U.S. Army veteran. He was a...

Aug 30, 2007

Charles W. "Willie" Usrey, 92, of Sullivan died 12:00 p.m. Thursday, August 30, 2007 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital. The 1934 graduate of Sullivan High School was born July 14, 1915 in Greene County to Charles M. Usrey and Dola E. Haney Usrey. He was a retired Carpenter and a member of the Carpenters Local 546 at Vincennes....