Obituaries

Mar 20, 2005

Shirley Ann Lee, 65, of Hymera died at 7:35 a.m. Sunday, March 20, 2005 in her residence. She was born October 3, 1938 in Vincennes to John Sebastian Huebner and Agnes Bowman Huebner. She was a retired license practical nurse at the Humana Hospital in Les Vegas. She was a 1956 graduate of Otter Creek High School and a...

Mar 19, 2005

John W. Simmons, 78, of Sullivan died at 8:40 p.m. Sunday, March 19, 2005 in Terre Haute Regional Hospital . The 1945 graduate of Sullivan High School was born July 6, 1927 in Sullivan to Paul C. Simmons and Blanche Bennett Simmons. He was a bricklayer, a member of the North State Street Church of Christ and a member...

Mar 15, 2005

Freda Elizabeth Held, 85, of Vincennes and formerly of Carlisle died at 12:48 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, 2005 in her residence. The 1938 graduate of Freelandville High School was born August 14, 1920 in Bruceville to Leo Hamke and Margaret Phillippi Hamke. She was a homemaker and a member of the Carlisle First United Methodist Church . She was...

Mar 13, 2005

Evelyn Stoltz Gilmore, 89, of Mt. Vernon and formerly of Carlisle died Sunday, March 13, 2005 in the Mt. Vernon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center . She was born August 8, 1915 in Bridgeport , IL to Chester Stoltz and Edna Westfall Stoltz. She was a retired teacher at the Carlisle High School and a member of the Faith United...

Feb 12, 2005

Brenda Kay Fagin, 55, of Sullivan died at 3:15 a.m. Saturday, February 12, 2005 in the Sullivan County Community Hospital . She was born January 9, 1950 in Sullivan to John William Wade and Doris Jean Brewer Wade. She was a former certified nurse assistant at the Sullivan Health and Living Center and a member of the New Beginnings...

Feb 7, 2005

Eddie D. Mahurin, 64, of Sullivan died at 11:50 a.m. Monday, February 07, 2005 in his residence of natural causes. He was born September 9, 1940 in Hymera to Claude Mahurin and Mary Bose Mahurin. He was a retired Correctional Officer at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Terre Haute and a member of the Farmersburg Church of Christ....

Feb 1, 2005

Max M. Ready, 87, of Sullivan and formerly of Carlisle died at 12:05 a.m. Tuesday, February 01, 2005 in the Sullivan County Community Hospital . He was born May 22, 1917 in Decker to Ira Ready and Orpha Hobson Ready. He was a retired farmer and building contractor. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII, a member of...

Jan 27, 2005

Billy Durance Stines, 57, of Shelburn died at 9:32 a.m. Thursday, January 27, 2005 in the Sullivan County Community Hospital . He was born March 16, 1947 in Sullivan to Durance Stines and Elsie Pirtle Stines. He worked as a security officer at Indiana State University and fourteen years at the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He was a 1965...

Jan 24, 2005

Donald Dean House, 60, of Shelburn died at 3:09 a.m. Monday, January 24, 2005 in Terre Haute Regional Hospital . He was born July 5, 1944 in Sullivan to Decker House and Florence Griffith House. He was a retired employee of Stran Steel and a member of the Friendly Grove Baptist Church . He was a member of the...

Jan 7, 2005

Dolores Lorraine Snyder, 97, of Carlisle died at 3:25 p.m. Friday, January 7, 2005 in her residence. She was born January 15, 1907 in Carlisle to James M. Bowen and Minnie K. Jeter Bowen. She was a homemaker, a member of the Paxton United Methodist Church and a 1924 graduate of Carlisle High School. Her husband, Albert Snyder whom...

Jan 1, 2005

Margaret Ruth "Mimmim" Riggs, 88, of Carlisle died at 12 noon Saturday, January 01, 2005 at Millers Merry Manor. She was born October 17, 1916 in Carlisle to Ray V. Phegley and Almeda Carmichael Phegley. She was a self employed beautician, a member of the First United Methodist Church and a 1935 graduate of New Lebanon High School ....

Dec 23, 2004

Timothy Andrew Davis, 24, of San Antonio , TX died at 5:00 a.m. Thursday, December 23, 2004 in McAllister , OK . He was born September 12, 1980 in Albuquerque , NM to James M. "Mike" Davis and Carolyn Hinshaw Davis. He was employed at the Wal-Mart Distribution Center at Harrisonville , Mo and a member of the Coker...

Dec 20, 2004

Joseph Ray Stanford, 68, of Merom and formerly of Lapel died at 11:10 a.m. Monday, December 20, 2004 in the Sullivan County Community Hospital . He was born August 16, 1936 in Kentucky to Paul Stanford and Nannie Joslin Stanford. He was retired from Brockway Glass at Lapel and was a U.S. Navy veteran. He was preceded in death...

Dec 19, 2004

Gladys Marie Robertson, 98, of Leesburg , FL and formerly of Sullivan and Carlisle died at 8:06 p.m. Sunday, December 19, 2004 in Florida Hospital Waterman at Travares , FL. She was born October 18, 1906 in Bloomington to Fred Deiss and Ethel Robbins Deiss. She was a homemaker and a member of the Bethlehem United Methodist Church ....

Dec 13, 2004

Evelyn Marshall, 92, of Shelburn died at 2:12 p.m. Monday, December 13, 2004 in her daughter's residence in Shelburn. She was born July 17, 1912 in Shelburn to Charles Woodsmall and Mary Douglas Woodsmall. She was a retired certified nurse assistant at Terre Haute Regional Hospital and a member of the First Baptist Church , the Shelburn American Legion...

Dec 7, 2004

Billy W. Smith, 59, of Carlisle died at 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, December 7, 2004 in Paxton. He was born January 26, 1945 in Terre Haute to Howard Smith and Erma McClure Smith. He was a truck driver for Dennis Booher Trucking. He was preceded in death by his father.

Survivors include his wife Brenda Smith of Carlisle,...

Dec 7, 1941

Paul Andrews Nash, who was killed in action in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor aboard the USS Oklahoma, was recently positively identified. He was 26 years old at the time of his death, however, nearly 75 years passed before his remains could be returned home. He was born on March 26, 1915, in Rardin, Illinois, to Earl and...

David “Brent” Craighead, 57, of Naperville,  beloved husband of Anne Marie Craighead; loving father of Lauren (Billy) Metzer and Brandon Craighead; proud grandfather of Axl and Maggie Metzer; dear son of Suzanne and the late Richard Craighead; brother of Lisa Adams, Lori Rae Martin, Brian (Lori Ann) Craighead, Leanne (John) Walker, Barry Craighead and the late Scott Craighead; uncle...