Obituaries

Jan 27, 2006

James B. "Jim" Hoffner, 83, of Sullivan died at 4:30 p.m. Friday, January 27, 2006 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital . He was born January 20, 1923 in Bicknell to John Hoffner and Hazel Ketter Hoffner. He was a retired maintenance man for the Atkinson Ice Company and a member of the First united Methodist Church . The...

Jan 25, 2006

Charles R. "Chuck" Boles, Jr. 36, of Sullivan died Friday, January 25, 2006 at his residence. He was born April 2, 1971 in Indianapolis to Charles R. Boles, Sr. and Jane Anne Setzer Boles Walls. He was a former employee at the Sullivan Senior Center, a member of the Sons of the American Legion Post #139 and the Sullivan...

Jan 1, 2006

Edward F. "Ed" Ellerman, Jr., 91, of Carlisle died at 3:50 a.m. Monday, December 18, 2006 in Miller's Merry Manor. He was born February 15, 1915 in Vincennes to Edward Ellerman, Sr. and Elizabeth Viehe Ellerman. He was a retired farmer and a US Navy veteran of WWII. He was a member of the Sullivan American Legion and the...

Dec 31, 2005

Gloria Marie Barley, 79, of Shelburn died at 1:43 p.m. Saturday, December 31, 2005 in Union Hospital at Terre Haute . She was born May 22, 1926 in Chicago to Daniel Allen and Helen Klien Allen. She was a retired waitress and a member of the American legion Auxillary. She was preceded in death by her husband Lester Barley,...

Dec 25, 2005

James Pfeiffer, 63, of Carlisle died at 3:00 a.m. Sunday, December 25, 2005 in his residence. He was a truck driver and a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War.

Survivors include one son Jim Pfeiffer of Milwaukee and one grandson.

There are no services or visitation. Holmes Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements....

Dec 24, 2005

Nancyclair "Nancy" Walker, 57, of Sullivan died at 1:33 p.m. Saturday, December 24, 2005 in the Good Samaritan Hospital at Vincennes . She was born February 12, 1948 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin to Edward Landowski and Evelyn Bydlowski Landowski. The 1966 graduate of Brown Deer High School was a homemaker and and a member of the Red Hat Society....

Dec 16, 2005

Catherine Elizabeth Thompson, 86, of Hymera died at 11:05 a.m. Friday, December 16, 2005 in Terre Haute Regional Hospital . She was born January 12, 1919 in Coal Bluff to Paul Carpenter and Charlotte Langmen Carpenter. The 1937 graduate of Hymera High School was a homemeker and attended the Harvest Temple Church of God. Her husband of fifty nine...

Dec 11, 2005

Margaret "Peggy" Hall Petty, 87, of Hymera died at 12:20 a.m. Sunday, December 11, 2005 in her residence. She was born March 22, 1918 in Hymera to Franklin Vanderpool and Garland Keene Vanderpool. She was a retired science teacher at the South Granville High School at Creedmoor , NC . and work as a volunteer at the Ft. Walton...

Dec 8, 2005

Opal Rehmel, 88, of Shelburn died at 12:45 p.m. Thursday, December 08, 2005 in the Sullivan Health and Living Center . She was born October 1, 1917 in Dugger to Eugene Brewer and Zona Bedwell Brewer. She was a homemaker and a member of the Coalmont Church of God. She was preceded in death by he parents, two sons...

Dec 2, 2005

William T. "Bill" Tindall, 78, of Sullivan died at 1:14 p.m. Friday, December 2, 2005 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital . He was born March 28, 1927 in Emerson to Herschel Tindall and Dorothy Huffman Tindall. He was the owner and operator of Tindall's 5 & 10 and a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII. He was a former...

Nov 20, 2005

Lois P. Gill, 84, of Madison , WI and formerly of Shelburn died Sunday, November 20, 2005 in Oakwood Village Nursing Home at Madison . She was born March 13, 1921 in Hymera to Herbert Stwalley and Matilda "Tillie" Barley Stwalley. The homemaker was a 1939 graduate of Hymera High School and worked as a bookkeeper. She was a...

Nov 15, 2005

Patrick "Pat" Smith, 52, of Sullivan died Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital . He was born May 9, 1953 in Sullivan to Gale Smith and Joan Godfrey Smith. The U.S. Navy veteran was an Electrician for the Logan Aluminum Company at Russellville , KY, a 1971 graduate of Sullivan High School and a member...

Nov 13, 2005

Leo Everett Wright, 90, of Sullivan died at 12:57 p.m. Sunday, November 13, 2005 in the Sullivan County Community Hospital . He was born September 11, 1915 in Sullivan County to Lloyd Wright and Clara Dickey Wright. He was a farmer and a U.S. Air Force veteran of WWII. He was a sixty year member of the Sullivan American...

Nov 11, 2005

Paul Eugene Watson, 83, of Merom died at 2:20 a.m. Friday, November 11, 2005 in the I.U. Medical Center in Indianapolis . He was born August 31, 1922 in Graysville to William Watson and Maude Mahan Watson. He was a retired Emeritus Professor of International Development Education and Educational Policy Studies at the University of Pittsburgh . He was...

Nov 8, 2005

Norma Ruth Hoesman, 84, of Sullivan died at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 08, 2005 in the Southwood Health and Rehabilitation Center at Terre Haute . She was born April 11, 1921 in Wilfred to Claude B. Dean and Rozella Funkhouser Dean. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband Estel Hoesman who died May 18,...

Oct 31, 2005

Richard Alan White, 58, of Lewisville died at 8:05 p.m. Monday, October 31, 2005 in his residence. He was born January 20, 1947 in Ft. Wayne to Clifford White and Melbourne Bunch White. He worked for Texas Insturments and Data Applications corporation as an electrical and electronics technician and computer installation and repair technician and was a veteran of...

Oct 23, 2005

Isa Doris Burton, 94, of Terre Haute and formerly of Sullivan died at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, October 23, 2005 in the Royal Oaks Nursing Home at Terre Haute . She was born December 17, 1910 in Central City, IL to James Smith and Margaret Howard Smith. The 1927 graduate of Merom High School was retired from the General Telephone...

Oct 22, 2005

Max Eugene Nash, 77, of Sullivan died at 7:35 a.m. Saturday, October 22, 2005 in Terre Haute Regional Hospital . He was born September 16, 1928 in Sullivan to Glen Nash and Nellie Hoesman Nash. He was a former owner and operator of the Sullivan Motor Supply and worked as a funeral home assistant at the Holmes Memorial Chapel....

Oct 18, 2005

Cecil Leroy Wright, 75, of Sullivan died at 7:50 a.m. Tuesday, October 18, 2005 in Miller's Merry Manor. He was born October 28, 1929 in Dugger to Ed Wright and Elsie Gambill Wright. He was retired from the Crane Navel Ammunition Depot and a U.S. Army veteran. He was preceded in death by his wife Ethel Houser Wright, two...

Oct 5, 2005

Arnold M. Hannum, 78, of Elko , NV died Saturday, November 5, 2005 in Elko. He was born January 4, 1927 in Terre Haute to Luther O. and Helen Meyer Hannum. The Civil engineer was a graduate of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and began his career with Ayrshire Colliers which was later purchased by Amax Coal Co. He was...