Obituaries from May 2019

Betty L. Simmons, 83, Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. She was born on Nov. 21, 1935 to the late Juddy and Ruth (Robinson) French. Betty married William Simmons on June 18, 1955, and he preceded her in death on Sept. 4, 2014. She is survived by her daughters, Juleena (Randy) Cox and Kelly (Tommy) Dirickson; grandchildren Tyler (Tiffany) Cox, Kory Dirickson, Tiffani (Andy) O'Hair, Kody (Trinity Brown) Dirickson; Tessa Cox; great-grandchildren Keaton Dirickson, Ali Dirickson, Addison O'Hair, Kyleigh Cox, Justin O'Hair; and sisters Marlene Alexander and Reta Gill.. ...

Norma Jean Myers, 69, of Greencastle, passed away Thursday, May 2, 2019. She was born March 2,1950 to the late Buryl and Wilma (O'Connor) Guy. Norma married Harold Myers on Feb. 14, 2006, and he preceded her in death. She is survived by her children, Catherine (Kevin) Richards, Anne New and James (Darcy) Coons; brother Myron Guy; sisters Sharon Carney, Pam (Randy) Sweet, Myrna (Jim) Grayson and Marsha Baker; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren...

Donald L. Chestnut, 85, of Switz City, formerly of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, May 2, 2019. Arrangements are pending at Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home, Greencastle.

Posey Mae (Mitchell) Detro went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. She was born in Putnam County, Ind., on July 15, 1923. She would have been 96. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Detro, in 1997; parents William and Della (Todd) Mitchell; three sisters and one brother...

Marcia Lou Stone, daughter of Harvey William (Bill) Stone Jr. and Rose Louise (Shaw) (Stone) Jones, passed peacefully April 8, 2019. After a long battle with cancer, Marcia went into heaven to be with God, her daddy (Bill), her mother (Rose), her brother (Steve Stone), and all those who have passed before her...

James L. Pizzo, Jr., 72, of Greencastle passed away Friday, May 3, 2019 in his residence. He was born Feb. 4, 1947 in Los Angeles, Calif., to James L. Pizzo and Geneva (Stalcup) Pizzo. He is survived by his loving wife, Charlotte (Riley) Pizzo; daughters Becky Thompson, Jolene Pizzo, Nancy, Gloria, Sandy Matson and Sharon Verity; sons Logan Pizzo, Christopher Pizzo and Phillip Pizzo; brothers Dominic Pizzo (Rose) and Danny Stalcup and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren...

Arlus Kenneth "Ken" Woodall, 75, of McCordsville, Ind., passed away Thursday, May 2, 2019 in Rockville, Ind. He was born on April 23, 1944 to Audrey and Nora Emily (Phillips) Woodall-Dickerson. On Oct. 19, 1965 he married Patricia Ann (Witt) Woodall at the Roachdale Presbyterian Church, and she survives him...

Donald Lowell Chestnut, 85, of Switz City, formerly of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, May 2, 2019. He was born Oct. 10, 1933 in Elmore Township, Daviess County, Ind., the son of William Herschel and Ruby Eleanor (Reynolds) Chestnut. Don was a retired property management supervisor for the Indiana State Capitol Buildings and grounds, including the governor's residence and the War Memorial. ...

Michael D. McGuire, 66, of Roachdale, passed away Sunday, May 5, 2019 at his residence. He born on June 21, 1952 in Culver Hospital, Crawfordsville, to John D. and the late Melba M. (Downs) McGuire. He married Carol Inman McGuire. She preceded him in death...

Marjorie Helen (Keck) Bachert, 90, of Roachdale, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at her residence. She was born on June 10, 1928 in Ladoga to the late Estel E. and Mildred L. (Spencer) Keck. She was married to Roy Lee Bachert, he preceded her in death May 30, 2008...

Nancy Carlene Huffman, 76 of Bainbridge, passed away on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. She was born on Sept. 29, 1942 to the late Carl and Cecilia (Evrard) Stoyeff in St. Louis, Mo. Nancy married Alton Lyn Huffman on Dec. 23, 1960 at St. John's Lutheran in Arnold, Mo. He preceded her in death...

David Franklin Pearson, 82, of Cloverdale, formerly Indianapolis, passed away early morning on Thursday, May 9, 2019. David was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was born February 12, 1937 in Bloomfield, to Edith (Fuller) Pearson and Leslie Ray Pearson. His siblings were Gary (Joann), Tom (Paulette) and infant Kevin. Parents and brothers preceded him in death...

Gordon Lee Goss, 74, of Cloverdale, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2019. He was born July 12, 1944 in Bloomington, Ind. He was the son of Lincoln and Edith (Beaman) Goss. He is survived by his children, Gordon Allen Goss and Karen Goss; and grandchildren Heather Goss, Taylor Goss and Morgan Goss...

Hank Randal Mullins, 66, of Fillmore, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2019 at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute. Hank was born in Brazil on May 15, 1953, the son of Junior and Nona (Miller) Mullins. He was a graduate of Cascade High School. Mr. Mullins attended the Storehouse Church in Greencastle, and was a member of Moose Lodge 1592...

Maxine Pearl Lydick, 89, of Greencastle, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2019, at the Waters of Greencastle. Maxine was born in Vale, Ky., on June 28, 1929, the daughter of Jesse William and Martha (Brooks) Kendall. She and attended Butlerville High School...

Lela Esther Richardson, 99, of Plainfield, passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2019, at Cumberland Trace in Plainfield. Lela was born in Fillmore on Dec. 22, 1919, the daughter of Ira and Nellie (Zeiner) Nichols. She was a graduate of Fillmore High School...

arol Louise (Stockwell) Null, 81, stepped into glory on Friday, May 10, 2019. She was born on July 15, 1937 in Pontiac, Mich., to Forrest and Ersie (Sandusky) Stockwell...

Norma Jean Steele, 91, of New Winchester, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2019 at Countryside Meadows in Avon, where she had lived for the last four years. She was born in Putnam County on Dec. 25, 1927 to the late Hobart and Frances (Beaman) Stallcop...

Maxie J. Hassler, 75, of Lake Placid, Florida, formerly of Greencastle, passed away on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. She was born November 1, 1943, the daughter of Paul & Nancy TeKulve...

Roy Donald Hendrich, 95, of Greencastle and Bonita Springs, Fla., passed away peacefully Friday, May 10, 2019, in Florida with his daughter Linda by his side. He was born Jan. 17, 1924 in Putnam County, the son of Herman and Freda (Heil) Hendrich. He was a graduate of Bainbridge High School, class of 1942...

Barbara Jane (Daniels) Brookshire, 99, of Roachdale, passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at Avon Health and Rehabilitation, Avon. She was born on Feb. 16, 1920 in Oak Park, Ill., to the late Ralph C. and Ida (Cook) Daniels. She married Edward Drake Brookshire on Aug. 13, 1949 in Maywood, Ill. He preceded her in death in June 2006...

William “Bill” Lee Danhour, 71, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2019 at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute with his family by his side. He was born in Brazil on July 4, 1947 to the late Herman and Clara Ina (Raab) Danhour. Bill graduated from Reelsville High School in 1965, and served his country in the United States Marines during the Vietnam War, and came home to marry Connie McCullough on Oct. 25, 1969...

Audrey Pringle, 82, Avon, died May 16, 2019. She was born, Feb. 16, 1937. Audrey was a daughter, a wife, a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother and friend to all who knew her. She was devoted to her family her church and her friends...

Margaret Irene Scott, 104, of Hall, passed from this life on Saturday, May 18, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. She was born Sunday, Feb. 28, 1915 in Eminence to the late John and Melinda Belle (Allee) Wright. Irene retired in the late 1970s from Tender Care Nursing Home in Danville where she was a nurse’s aide. She had also previously worked at Dura Containers in Indianapolis, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles at the Indiana Statehouse and the Girls School at Plainfield...

Jeanie Richey Campbell, 76, of Greencastle, passed away on Sunday, May 19,2019. Arrangements are pending at the Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home.

James Thomas Bastian, 69, of Greencastle, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2019 at St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis. James was born in Berea, Ohio on Aug. 21, 1949, the son of Robert and Ruth Ann Bastian. He was a graduate of Lincoln High School in Ellwood City, Pa. He attended college at Penn State University for two years...

Maureen ‘Kris’ (Kearns) Proctor was born in Pennsylvania on Dec. 31, 1951. She died of natural causes on Sept. 10, 2018 in New Jersey. She was a graduate of St. Mary-of-the-Woods College and worked in social work in Indiana and later in Cape May, N.J., also writing for the local paper in New Jersey...

James W. "Jim" Jones, 76, Greencastle, passed away Wednesday evening, May 22, 2019 in his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Coatesville on Feb. 19, 1943, the son of Wilbur and Frances I. Wallace Jones. He was a 1961 graduate of Amo High School where he was a star athlete...

Jeanie Richey Campbell, 76, of Greencastle, passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2019. She was born April 23, 1943 in Baldwin, Mississippi, the daughter of James and Merle (Elder) Richey and was a graduate of Baldwin High School “Class of 1961” Jeanie was a homemaker and a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, St. Bonificious, and the Red Hat Society...

Marilyn Sue Sims, 80, of Greencastle, passed away Thursday, May 23, 2019 at Putnam County Hospital. Marilyn was born in Indianapolis on May 19, 1939, the daughter of Kendrell Martin and Thelma Ruth (Albertson) Horton. She was a graduate of Cloverdale High School...

Myra Jane Hutcheson, 87, of Greencastle, passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2019 at Putnam County Hospital. Myra was born on December 23, 1931, the daughter of Carl Leonard and Beulah May (Sears) Twigg. She attended Greencastle High School. Mrs. Hutcheson worked for many years as a nurse’s aide with Eventide Nursing Home, Hickory Creek Nursing Home and the Putnam County Hospital...

Kathleen Garrett Sutherlin, 99, of Rockville, passed away at 8:20 p.m. Friday, May 24, 2019 at Mill Pond Health Campus in Greencastle. She was born Dec. 3, 1919 in Greencastle to the late Arthur Carl Garrett and Mary Olive Cope Garrett. She was a graduate of Clinton Center High School in Clinton Falls...

Vicki Sue Girton, 63, of Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, May 28, 2019. She was born Oct. 29, 1955, the daughter of Gerald “PeeWee” and Peggy (Sutherlin) O’Hair. Vicki was a 1974 graduate of Greencastle High School and completed technical assistant training at Ivy Tech Community College...

James Braxton Black, 91, of Greencastle, passed away on Monday, May 27, 2019. He was born Sept. 18, 1927, the son of Robert E. and Mary Crystelle (Stringer) Black, and was a 1945 graduate of Greencastle High School. He was a United States Army veteran, having served in the South Pacific during World War II...

Richard W. Mitchener, age 65, Coatesville, passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2019. He was born in Blackford County, the son of Donald and Charline Craw Mitchener. He was the owner of Mitchener Construction for over 40 years. Rick loved fishing, hunting and the New York Yankees, and was a member of the Masonic Lodge...

Harold “Doc” Power, 94, of North Salem, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2019. He was born April 1, 1925 in Indianapolis, son of the late James W. and Edith (Grimes) Power. He was a member of Indiana Murat Shrine, the Masons, the American Legion of North Salem and Jamestown and the Ohio State Alumni Association...

Virginia “May” Daringer, 62, of Bainbridge, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at Community Heart and Vascular in Indianapolis. She was born in Indianapolis on March 22, 1957 to the late Charles and Gertrude (Stone) Bryant...

Rev. Harvey A. Stringer, 68, Indianapolis, passed away Thursday, May 30, 2019. He was born Dec. 28, 1950 in Greencastle, to Clyde K. and Julia N. Stringer. Harvey proudly served his country in the U.S. Army and was a graduate of the Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Mo...