Obituaries

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...

Sep 26, 2005

Reah Virginia Gettinger, 88, of Merom died at 4:00 a.m. Monday, September 26, 2005 in her residence. She was born October 2, 1916 in Merom to Samuel and Margaret Lutz Andrews. She was a former secretary and business manager at the Merom Institute. She was a member of the Merom United Methodist Church and the Carlisle Chapter #185 Order...

Sep 23, 2005

Lois Brown, 78, of West Terre Haute died at 7:22 a.m. Friday, September 23, 2005 at the Sullivan Health and Living Center . She was born December 1, 1926 in Sullivan to Walter McMahan and Maud Ferrend McMahan. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband Jasper Brown, her parents, three brothers Walter McMahan, Jr.,...

Sep 20, 2005

Viola Violet Cox, 87, of Markleville and formerly of Sullivan County died at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 20, 2005 in her daughter's residence. She was born October 16, 1918 in Sullivan to Roy Scott and Martha Pirtle Scott. She was a homemaker and a member of the Ingalls Church of God. She was preceded in death by her husband...

Sep 16, 2005

Becky Sue Lynn, 30, of Sullivan died at 3:30 p.m. Friday, September 16, 2005 Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis . She was born April 22, 1975 in Sullivan. She was a former employee at the Sullivan County Auditor's Office, a member of the Word of Life Church and the Sullivan Garden Club.

Survivors include her parents Allen Adams...

Sep 9, 2005

John Riley Dodd, 67, of Sullivan died at 12:15 p.m. Friday, September 9, 2005 at the Sullivan Health and Living Center. He was born April 12, 1938 in Sullivan to Vead Dodd and Esther Arnold Dodd. He was the owner and operator of the Vead Dodd Sawmill and a member of the First Christian Church. He was a member...

Jul 31, 2005

Virginia Irene French, 81, of Shelburn died at 8:00 a.m. Sunday, July 31, 2005 in her residence. She was born December 6, 1923 in Sullivan to Orville Swaby and Laura Ladson Swaby. She worked as a nanny for several years. She was preceded in death by her husband Clarence "Bill" French, one son James French, her parents and one...

Jul 28, 2005

Paul F. Byerly, 79, of Sullivan died at 4:05 a.m. Thursday, July 28, 2005 in Sullivan County Community Hospital . He was born August 12, 1925 in Georgetown , IL to John Byerly and Mary Day Byerly. He was a retired Chemical Supervisor for DuPont Chemical Co. and a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and the Korean War. He...

Jul 21, 2005

William "Bill" Ferd Johnson, 85, of Sullivan died at 2:37 a.m. Thursday, July 21, 2005 in his residence. He was born September 5, 1919 in Merom to Ferd H. Johnson and Estella Clarissa Fleming Johnson. The retired farmer and member of the First Presbyterian Church served sixteen years as the State Agriculture Stabilization Conservation Services Director in Indianapolis under...

Jul 11, 2005

Mary Dean Phillips, 88, of Sullivan and formerly of New Lebanon died at 2:35 a.m. Monday, July 11, 2005 in the Sullivan Health and Living Center . She was born December 9, 1916 in Sullivan County to Wallace B. Springer and Quindara White Springer. She was a homemaker, a member of the New Lebanon United Methodist Church, the Friday...

Jul 4, 2005

Betty Ann Walters, aka Beth Pirtle, 75, of Sullivan died at 8:20 p.m. Monday, July 4, 2005 in Miller's Merry Manor. She was born May 4, 1930 in Grand Forks , ND . She was a former nurse's aid.

She is survived by several friends.

There are no services or visitation. A memorial service will...

Jun 27, 2005

Daniel Jay "Dan" Garner, 59, of Carlisle died at 10:10 a.m. Monday, June 27, 2005 in Terre Haute Regional Hospital . He was born January 24, 1946 in Sullivan to Ed Garner and Pauline Archer Garner Beamon. He was a farmer and U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a member of the Carlisle Lodge #3 F&AM,...

Jun 16, 2005

Bernard K. "Boots" Horton, 85, of Carlisle died at 9:00 p.m. Thursday, June 16, 2005 in his residence. He was born August 3, 1919 in Terre Haute to C. Floyd and Anna Irene Evinger Horton. He was a retired farmer, a member of the Carlisle First United Methodist Church and served over four year in the U.S. Army during...

Jun 13, 2005

Leona Mae Settle, 91, of Sullivan died at 12:55 p.m. Monday, June 13, 2005 in Sullivan County Community Hospital . She was born October 26, 1913 in Illinois to Cecil Saddler and Lilly Burt Saddler. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband Orville Settle, her parents and three sons Gerald "Jerry" Settle, Gale Settle...

Jun 12, 2005

William Joseph Gettler, 22, of Merom died at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, June 12, 2005 in the Sullivan County Community Hospital . He was born May 26, 1983 . He was a construction laborer. He attended the New Beginning Worship Center and was a 2001 graduate of Sullivan High school .

Survivors include his parents Jeff and Alicia...

Jun 2, 2005

Wayne Emerson Huff, 77, of Sullivan died at 8:15 p.m. Thursday, June 2, 2005 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital . He was born March 9, 1928 in Sullivan to Elihu Huff and Gladys Wilkey Huff. He was retired from the Sullivan County Highway Department where he was a foreman for District #1. He was a farmer and a...

May 31, 2005

George Thomas Land, 58, of Merom died at 3:50 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, 2005 in his residence. He was born April 15, 1947 in Sullivan to George "Tom" Land and Alma V. Smith Land . He was retired from local 841 Operating Engineers and a former employee of the Indiana American Water Co. He was a U.S. Air Force...

May 27, 2005

Olive A. Underwood, 89, of Sullivan died at 7:00 a.m. Friday, May 27, 2005 in the Highlife Adult Care Center at Clarksville . She was born October 28, 1915 in Coalmont to Raymond Bemis and Elizabeth Berger Bemis. She was a former co-owner of the U.S. Cafe in Sullivan and a former chief cook at Tindall's Restaurant. She was...