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Junior H. Brownfield
Feb 2, 2018
Junior H. Brownfield, age 86, of rural Wingate, passed away following an extended illness, at 11:25 a.m. Friday, February 2, 2018 in Mulberry Health and Rehabilitation. He was surrounded by his loving family when he passed. He was born May 28, 1932, in Barren County, KY, son of the late Charles and Lucy Brownfield, adopted and raised by Dr. James...
Richard 'Rick' Dean Bridwell
Jan 30, 2018
Richard D. 'Rick' Bridwell, age 69 of Crawfordsville, passed away in his home at 6:33 a.m. Tuesday, January 30, 2018 following a battle with ALS. He was born in Crawfordsville, September 19, 1948 son of the late Clarence and Gertrude Griffin Bridwell. He married Carla Pickett in Las Vegas, February 12, 1987 and she survives. Rick was a 1967 graduate...
Rosemary Jean Wright
Jan 25, 2018
Rosemary Jean Lyon Wright went to be with her Lord on January 25, 2018 at Lane House, Crawfordsville. Rosemary was born May 9, 1932 to Delbert M. and Goldie M. Grayson Lyon at home north of Crawfordsville, IN. She graduated in 1950 from New Market High School. She married Robert Fuller and they were divorced. She later married Charles C...
Bill Lee 'Bj' Jackson
Jan 23, 2018
Terre Haute – Bill Lee 'BJ' Jackson, age 70, passed away, January 23, 2018 in his home. He was born in Wyandotte , MI on July 1, 1947 son of the late William McKinley and Virginia Lee Dapine Jackson. He was formerly married to Diana Sanders Jackson. BJ was a 1965 graduate of Garfield High School. He enlisted in the...
Kathy L. Perigo
Jan 21, 2018
Waynetown – Kathy L. Hopkins Perigo, age 66, of Waynetown, passed away at 11:20 a.m. Sunday, January 21, 2018 in her home, following an extended illness. She was born in Crawfordsville, December 10, 1951, daughter of the late James Orville and Delores Dorothy Higbee Hopkins. She married John Perigo, November 2, 1985 in Waynetown and he survives. Kathy was a...
Chester Layton Galloway
Jan 1, 2018
Chester Layton Galloway, age 96, died at 9:40 p.m. Monday, January 1, 2018 in Williamsburg Healthcare, Crawfordsville, where he had resided since 2016. He was born in rural Fountain County, November 5, 1921, son of the late George Glenn and Fern Layton Galloway. He married Martha L. Linville, September 9, 1945 in the Mellott United Church of Christ, she survives....
Bette Arlene Weinhold Goodrich
Dec 28, 2017
Lafayette – Bette Arlene Weinhold Goodrich, age 94, passed away, 10:25 a.m. Thursday, December 28, 2017 at Signature Healthcare in Lafayette, following a lengthy illness. She was born in Chicago, April 14, 1923 to the late Roy and Margaret Stewart Weinhold. She grew up on the family farm near Fowler, IN and graduated from Wadena High School. Bette attended Ball...
Keith Wayne Springer
Dec 20, 2017
Keith Wayne Springer, age 70, of Delphi, passed away, at 2:05 p.m. Wednesday, December 20, 2017 following a lengthy illness. He was born January 10, 1947 in Yountsville, son of the late Lester and Ida Olena (Hibbs) Springer. His father died when he was 9 and he was raised by his step-father, the late Howard Wisma. He was married to...
James I. Hayden, Jr.
Nov 30, 2017
Riverside – James I. Hayden, Jr. age 47, of rural Attica, passed away in his home following a short battle with colon cancer, 12:55 p.m. Thursday, November 30, 2017. He was born in Lafayette, May 30, 1970 son of James I. and Janet S. Mills Hayden, they survive in Lafayette. He married Rebecca J. Dowell in West Point, September 22,...
Tracy Mattingly
Nov 18, 2017
Crawfordsville – Tracy Lane Mattingly, age 52, of Crawfordsville, passed away at 1:30 a.m. Saturday, November 18, 2017 in Ben Hur Health & Rehab, following several years of failing health. She was born in Indianapolis, May 29, 1965, daughter of the late Nelson Earl and RoseMarie Harrington Mattingly. Tracy was a life resident of Montgomery County and attended South Mont...
Lloyd Eldon Philpott
Nov 16, 2017
Lloyd Eldon Philpott, 85, passed away Thursday, Nov.16, 2017, at Mulberry Health Center. Born to Glen and Ava Philpott, Oct. 4, 1932, the last of their eight children. He was raised in Marshall, Indiana. After high school, he married Virginia Nunn in 1951 and they were blessed with six children, Gene (Wanda), Dean (Deb), Bill (Leatha Owen), Cynthia, Scott (Cindy)...
Vaughn E. Poynter
Nov 13, 2017
Vaughn E. Poynter, age 76, of Crawfordsville passed away, 12:15 p.m. Monday, November 13, 2107 in Franciscan Health Hospital, Indianapolis. He was born in Montgomery County, March 11, 1941, son of the late Gerald 'Shorty' and LaVerne Grimes Poynter. He married Nancy Jo Myers Wilson, in Waveland, December 6, 1980 and she survives. He was a graduate of New Market...
Sandra J. Miles
Nov 6, 2017
Sandra J. Cunningham Miles, age 81, passed away at 8:05 a.m. Monday, November 6, 2017 in Williamsburg Healthcare. She was born in Crawfordsville, July 5, 1936 daughter of the late Hubert and Martha Cunningham. She was married 49 years to Don Miles. Sandra graduated from Waynetown High School. She spent her life doing what she loved, working with her family...
Mildred M. Meyer
Oct 29, 2017
Mildred Mary Meyer, age 94, of Crawfordsville and formerly of Ft. Wayne, went to be with the Lord on October 29, 2017. She was born January 22, 1923 in Palmerton, PA to the late William and Mable Zimmerman Steigerwalt. Millie graduated from high school at the age of 16 and from Cornell University in 1944 with a degree in nursing....
Larry Linn Foster
Oct 7, 2017
Larry Linn Foster, age 60, of Crawfordsville, died at 12:31 a.m. Tuesday, October 7, 2017 in Franciscan Alliance Hospital, Greenwood. He was born in Perry, Iowa August 3, 1957 to the late Charles and Kay Dudgeon Foster. He married Sylvia Diane Tate Foster in Darlington on November 6, 1982 and she survives. Larry graduated form North High School in Des...
Paul Jeffers
Oct 7, 2017
Paul D. Jeffers, age 83, of rural Waynetown, died at 9:53 a.m. Saturday, October 7, 2017 in Creasy Springs Lafayette. He was born in Vigo County on August 28, 1934, son of the late Theodore and Lorena Jeffers. He married Betty L. Ainsworth on June 9, 1957 in Vigo County and she survives. Paul was a graduate of Glenn High...
Vera 'Shelly' Michelle Pruett
Oct 6, 2017
Vera Michelle 'Shelly' Vansickle Pruett, age 53, a Waynetown native, returned to her heavenly home at 10:50 p.m. Friday, October 6, 2017, in Franciscan Health Hospital, Crawfordsville, surrounded by her family. Most recently, she had resided in Wellbrooke of Crawfordsville and Williamsburg Health Care. She was born in Frankfort, Indiana, on August 8, 1964, to John F. and Beverly A....
Sandra Jane Pendleton
Oct 5, 2017
New Richmond – Sandra Jane Hitch Pendleton, age 71 of New Richmond, passed away unexpectedly at 11:17 a.m. Thursday, October 5, 2017 in Franciscan Health St. E. East Hospital, Lafayette. She was born in Crawfordsville, November 14, 1945 daughter of the late Corwin Albert and Ruth Zurface Hitch. She married Arthur 'Doc' Pendleton on February 15, 1970 in Crawfordsville and...
Marlene A. Lantz
Oct 5, 2017
Marlene Ann Lantz, age 70, of Rensselaer, Indiana (formerly of McHenry), passed away on Thursday, October 5, 2017 at IU Health Arnett Hospital in LaFayette, IN. She was born in Streator, IL on January 5, 1947 to Edward A. Kettmann and Mariette A. Griesmar. She attended St. Mary's School in Woodstock and graduated from Marian Central Catholic High School in...
Dietrich Alfred Bertold Kodrack
Oct 3, 2017
Dietrich Alfred Bertold Kodrack, 81, of Crawfordsville, succumbed to a short battle with thyroid cancer, Tuesday, October 3, 2017 in Franciscan Health St. E. East Hospital, Lafayette. He was born January 27, 1936 to Paul and Charlotte Kodrack in Berlin, Germany. Dietrich was raised in war-torn East Germany. He was fortunate to have escaped shortly after the Berlin wall was...
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