Obituaries from February 2019

Terrie L. Colosino, 65, of Chesterton, passed away Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019 at home surrounded by her family. She was born June 29, 1953 in Greencastle. Terrie was preceded in death by her father, Ray Greve. She is survived by her mother, Ruth (Williams) Greve; husband Jim Colosino; daughters Kelly (Ryan) Needham and Molly (Zane) Roe; grandson Landon Mohundro; granddaughters Emily Needham and Charlotte Roe; and sisters Cindy (Jim) Covert, Jill Vietor and Joan (Bill) Earl...

Rex A. Wilson, 80, of Plainfield, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019 in his home. Born Nov. 20, 1938 in Indianapolis, he was the son of the late Alva and Florence Oneida (Miller) Wilson. He married Jacqueline R. Spurlock on Jan. 9, 1982 in Greencastle...

Michael Shuckhart, 69, of Clinton, died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. He was born April 20, 1949 in Wisconsin to Russell and Eleanor Garcia Shuckhart. Mike was a member of the Clinton House of Worship. He was a cook and worked at several locations, retiring from the Clinton Dairy Queen...

On Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, Dr. Robert Orr Weiss of Greencastle, long-time DePauw University professor, loving husband and father of four children passed away at the age of 92. Dr. Weiss was born on April 8, 1926, in Kalamazoo, Mich., to Nicholas John and Ruth (Orr) Weiss...

Lela Mae (Eggers) Hedge, 91, left us to be with the Lord on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, at Hickory Creek at Sunset in Greencastle. Lela was born on Oct. 16, 1927, in the Groveland area of Putnam County. She was the daughter of William Franklin and Lela Alice (Allgood) Eggers...

Reita Wray Wood, 86, of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. She was born on Jan. 31, 1933 in Greencastle, the daughter of Gilbert and Kathryn (Wilson) Heath. She was a 1950 graduate of Greencastle High School. Reita had owned and operated Wood Produce Stand with her husband, John for 25 years. She had also been a cashier with Kroger for 10 years and previously worked at Coan's Pharmacy...

Frank Eugene Allen, 56, Greencastle, passed away Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, at his residence. Frank was born in Chicago, Ill., on Feb. 20, 1962, the son of Frank E. Sr. and Rosie (Tignor) Allen. Mr. Allen worked for 30 years as a mechanic at Bumgardner's Auto. He would do anything for anybody...

Glen E. Myers, 83 of Cloverdale, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019. He was born June 22, 1935 in Delphi to the late Herschel and Lela (Pearson) Myers. Glen married Carol Ann (Faurote) Myers on Sept. 2, 1966, and she preceded him in death March 5, 2015...

Lowell Edwin Harbison, 88, died on Monday, Feb. 4 at Franciscan Health Hospital in Crawfordsville. He was born on April 12, 1930 in his childhood home located on Parkersburg Road near Russellville. His parents were Raymond and Virginia Frances (Sewell) Harbison...

Gerald Lee Stewart, 79, of Greencastle passed away Friday evening, Feb. 1, 2019, at Putnam County Hospital. Gerald was born in Fincastle on Dec. 13, 1939, the son of Claude and Lillian Frances (Newgent) Stewart. He attended Greencastle Schools. Mr. Stewart started work out of high school for the old zinc mill before going to work at Hanson Stone Quarry where he worked as a welder and mechanic for 30 years. He was also a lifelong farmer...

Cecil P. "Bud" Smith Jr., 87, of Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. He was born Dec. 14, 1931 in Indianapolis, the son of Cecil P. and LaVaughn (Duckworth) Smith Sr. He was a 1949 graduate of Bainbridge High School. Bud was a veteran of the United States Army and served full time as a recruiter for the Indiana National Guard...

Florence Sutherlin Stanage, 100, formerly of Harmony, passed away Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019 in Clarksville, Tenn. She was born April 10, 1918 in Cloverdale to the late Emery and Flossie (Cox) Sutherlin. She was a member of the North Meridian Street Church of Christ in Brazil...

Jerome (Jerry) H. Beer, 85, passed away in Indianapolis, on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019. He was born on Oct. 24, 1933 in Bartelso, Ill., the son of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Beer. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 53 years, Patricia Ann (Mason) Beer, in 2008 and by his sister, Joenella Bryan, in 2014...

Nancy Carol Cloncs, 78, of Roachdale, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 at The Indiana Masonic Home in Franklin. She was born on April 25, 1940 in Peoria, Ill. to Terrell L. and Esther M. (Haag) Cloncs. She lived most of her life in Roachdale and graduated from Roachdale High School in 1958, then attended Indiana Central Business College in Indianapolis...

Timothy Michael Parker, 30, of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. He was born May 17, 1988 in Danville, Ind., the son of Julie Battin and Anthony Parker. He was a 2007 graduate of Greencastle High School. Tim was a line operator for six years at IAC, Greencastle, and had served in the Indiana National Guard...

Carlos Ray Burgess, 77, of Cloverdale, passed away Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. He was born Feb. 14, 1941 to the late Alvin and Nina (Hestand) Melton. Carlos married Carole Moody, and she preceded him in death April 4, 2016. Carlos was retired from Ford Motor Co., was an Army veteran and member of the Masonic Lodge...

Janet Mae Chartrand, 87, of Greencastle, passed away Friday, Jan. 18, 2019 at her residence. Janet was born in Cambridge, Mass., on Nov. 7, 1931, the daughter of Timothy and Clara Mae (Brown) Ellingwood. Mrs. Chartrand graduated from cosmetology school, and worked as a beautician for more than 35 years until her health would not let her continue...

Eugene Perry Schwartz, Greencastle, 85, son of Otto and Marian (Koleman) Schwartz, died on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 at Mill Pond Health Campus. Born in Fremont, Ohio, on April 17, 1933, he attended public schools in that city. He attended Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, under full scholarship and majored in chemistry and minored in physics and mathematics. ...

Thomas Edward Gault Jr., 60, of Greencastle, passed away Friday, Feb. 8, 2019 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. Born June 24, 1958 in Gary, Ind., he was the son of Thomas Edward Gault Sr. and Shirley (Wood) Gault. Thomas attended the Merrillville High School, Class of 1976...

John W. Vermillion, 64, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 at Hendricks County Hospital. John was born on March 24, 1954 in Putnam County to Doris M. Vermillion Talbott and the late Robert Stanley Vermillion. His stepfather Bill Talbott also preceded him in death...

Icie Lynem Hinton, 83, formerly of Cataract, Ind., passed away in Broken Arrow, Okla., on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. She was born March 28, 1935 to Joseph Lynem and Icie Clemons Lynem in Indianapolis. In 1954 she married Arvel Hinton Sr. They were married for 45 years before his promotion to heaven in 1999...

Nickie Jean Moore, age 19, of Cloverdale, passed away Friday, Feb. 8, 2019. She was born Oct 1, 1999 in Tulsa, Okla., to Brian Scott Curry and Norma Jean (Briley) Ward. She enjoyed horseback riding, boating, cornhole and hanging out with family and friends...

Robert Lee Aker, 82, of Reelsville, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Bob was born on Jan. 7, 1937, in Reelsville, the son of Daniel Aaron and Violet (Spear) Aker. He graduated from Reelsville High School with the Class of 1955...

William Albert Roady, 91, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, passed away on Friday, Feb. 8, 2019 while residing at Sunset Home Assisted Living. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16 at the First Baptist Church, 6711 El Paso St., Bonners Ferry. William "Bill" was born June 10, 1927 in Alton, Ill., to William and Alma (Coates) Roady...

Melvin Ray Talley, 77, Greencastle, passed away Wednesday evening, Feb. 13, 2019 at Asbury Towers. He was born in Greencastle on July 1, 1941, the son of Raymond Junior and Minnie Catherine Cook Talley. He had worked as a supervisor at Bridgeport Brass for 28 years...

James Edward Mahoney passed away unexpectedly while vacationing in Malaysia. He was the youngest son of the late Dan and Mary Mahoney. They were former owners of the B-K Root Beer stand, famous for Mahoney’s Coneys. Funeral services will be conducted at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery in Danville, Ill., on Feb. 22 at 11 a.m. central time...

Janet Lynn Hunter (Walton) passed peacefully in her home surrounded by those she loved on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. Janet was a Cloverdale resident most of her life. She graduated Cloverdale High School in 1978. Janet was a caregiver to many families in the Cloverdale area. She spent the past 10 years working as a housekeeper at Econo Lodge, where she viewed her co-workers as a second family...

Gloria Sue Lucas, 80, of Lafayette passed away Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 at Creasy Springs. She was born April 5, 1938, in Lafayette, Ind., to the late Clarence Wiese and Doris (Condor) Wiese. She married Daniel Francis Lucas on May 28, 1955 in Lafayette. He preceded her in death on Aug. 20, 1998...

Robert R. Warmoth, 89, of Cunot, passed away Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. He was born in Boone County, Jan. 22, 1930 to the late Oral and Madge (Rich) Warmoth. Bob married Juanita Warmoth March 8, 1996 and she survives. He is also survived by his daughters, Sharon Churchill-Browne of Orlando, Cheryl Parker of Thorntown, and Julie Burge of Mechanicsburg; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and niece Sherri (Jimmie) Richardson of Lawrenceburg...

Theodore Clyde "Ted" Pierce, 71, of Greencastle, was called home to heaven Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Ted was home with family. He had been battling lung cancer. Ted was born Nov. 30, 1947 in Punxsutawney, Pa., to the late Clyde Alexander and Ruby B. (McCullough) Pierce...

Roselyn Ann (Ferrand) Anderson, 89, of Crawfordsville, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 at Parkwood Healthcare in Lebanon. She was born in Williamsport, Ind., on April 23, 1929 to the late William Leslie and Naomi Ellen (Butcher) Ferrand...

Vicki A Raney, 56, of Greencastle, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 at her home after a battle with cancer. Vicki was born Jan. 20, 1963 to William Raney and Ann Sutherlin. She is preceeded in death by her parents and brother Bill Raney. Vicki was a Cloverdale High School graduate and member of the Gobin United Methodist Church...

Stephanie Rose Skinner, 64, of Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2019. She was born in Indianapolis, IN, the daughter of Charles J. and Patricia Rose (Hoopingarner) Ewing and was a 1973 graduate of South Putnam High School. Stephanie had worked for over 30 years at Old National Bank in Greencastle, retiring in 2014 as a branch manager...

Harold E. Alexander, 78, of Greencastle, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. He was born July 8, 1940 in Putnam County to the late Edward and Julia (Brown)Alexander. He married Marlene (French) Alexander on Feb. 23, 1962 and she survives...

Charlene (Buckles) Custis, 66, passed away Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 after battling cancer. She was born in East St. Louis, Ill., on Dec. 9, 1952, the daughter of Charles and Margaret Buckles. Charlene graduated from Greencastle High School and worked for Happico/Chiyoda for 25 years before retiring...