Obituaries

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...

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...