Obituaries from September 2019

Edward “Joe” Joseph Staub Jr., 79, Brazil, passed away Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019 at Exceptional Living Center in Brazil. He was born on Sept. 30, 1939 in Beech Grove to the late Edward J. and Thelma A. (Hall) Staub. Joe graduated from Greencastle High School, and served his country in the United States Army...

Martha Lou Priest, 82 of Greencastle passed away on August 30, 2019, at Hendricks Regional Hospital. Martha was born in Fillmore on June 5, 1937, the daughter of Maurice and Lena (Miller) Bryan. She was a 1955 graduate of Fillmore High School. Mrs. Priest was a member of Greencastle Christian Church. She was also a member of Putnam County Homemakers and the Putnam County Museum...

Janet Sue Staley, 74, of Greencastle, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. Janet was born on Nov. 30, 1944 to John and Rose Bombei, in Indianapolis. She was raised on the Holbrook Dairy Farm in Amo. She was a 1962 graduate of Amo High School, then was employed at Larue D. Carter Memorial Hospital in Indianapolis...

Lori Ann Hammond Summers, 50, of Indianapolis, passed away on Aug. 30, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. Lori was born on May 25, 1969 in Greencastle, the daughter of Edward N. and the late Ruth Ann (Skinner) Hammond. Lori was a senior administrative assistant with Eli Lilly and Company for the past 17 years...

Brenda Kay DeVylder, 60, Franklin, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on Dec. 20, 1958 in Greencastle to William and Emma Jane (Jones) Sibbitt. Brenda graduated from Greencastle High School in 1977 and married Rick DeVylder on July 1, 1977...

James (Jim) Newby, 92, of Cloverdale, passed away Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019 at his Cloverdale home. He was born on Dec. 24, 1926 to the late Lee and Edith Newby in Indianapolis. On June 23, 1950, he married Juanita Harris. She passed away on March 21, 2017...

Jeffrey D. Bennington, 48, of Coatesville, passed away Sept. 2, 2019 in Indianapolis. He was born on July 19, 1971 in Phoenix, Ariz. to Linda (Fultz) and the late Jackie Bennington. Jeff graduated from Avon High School in 1991, and later from Indiana Business College. He married Angela S. (Vansickle) on Dec. 4, 2004, and she preceded him in death on March 12, 2016...

Former Putnam County resident Harvey Lee Gray passed away Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 at Life’s Journey Hospice in Avon. He was born in Montgomery County, the son of John and LaRue Gray. Mr. Gray attended Cloverdale school and graduated from Reelsville High School in 1946...

Hazel R. Buis-Jones, age 86, Fillmore, passed away Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 at the Putnam County Hospital. She was born in Pennington Gap, Va. on June 22, 1933, the daughter of Charles and Ruby Wallen McConnell. She had worked as an obstetric technician at the Putnam County Hospital for 34 years...

Donald Cully Wilson, 102, formerly of Roachdale, passed away on Aug. 21, 2019 at The Waters of Greencastle. Don was born on March 2, 1917 to the late Cully and Inez (Tool) Wilson. On Oct. 5, 1946 he married Betty Hanna. She preceded him in death on Jan. 13, 2014...

Susan Faye (Bock) Rumple, 79, of Canton, Mich., passed away on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. She was born Aug. 7, 1940 in Greencastle, to Theodore and Lillian (Snider) Bock. Susan graduated from Bainbridge High School in 1958. She married Loral “Bud” Rumple on June 7, 1958 in Greencastle, moving to Michigan in 1966...

Carolyn (Akin) Black Schenk, Miss Indiana 1940, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019 at age 98. For many years, she held the title of oldest living Miss Indiana. Born on Feb. 11, 1921 to Lorraine and Newland Akin, she was the youngest of six children. All but one, Helen Akin of Sarasota, Fla., preceded her in death, as well as her husband at 36 years old...

Evah June Knisley, 101, of Greencastle, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. She was born June 21, 1918 in Delta, Colo., the daughter of Walter and Pearl (Holbrook) Hobbs. Evah had retired after 30 years from teaching school. She had taught several of those years in San Ysidro, Calif...

Larry J. McKenzie, 71, of Poland, passed away Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. He was born June 8, 1948 to Harold and Bessaline (Black) McKenzie. Larry was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in Vietnam. He was also a union carpenter and loved his dogs. He is survived by his mother Bessaline McKenzie; son Jason McKenzie and fiancée Katie; daughter Amber McKenzie; grandchildren Jace, Jeffery and Jackson McKenzie; and sister Barbara Schiewer and fiancé Brandon Carroll...

Alan Hammond, 70, of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019 at 10 p.m. surrounded by his family. Alan was born in Greencastle on Dec. 9, 1948, the son of Albert and Marie (Corbit) Hammond. Mr. Hammond worked for many years with Hanson Stone Quarry...

Melvin G. Williams, 79, Greencastle, passed away Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on Dec. 25, 1939 in Reelsville to the late Chester and Thelma (Head) Williams. Melvin graduated from Reelsville High School and went on to marry Rosemary Perkins on May 20, 1967...

I’d like to tell you a story about a man who spent most of his life making people laugh. Steven Douglas Scott has walked off the great stage of life for the last time. On Friday, Aug. 30, with his family by his side, he walked up the stairway to Heaven to the open arms of his mother and father, sisters and brothers and many more who preceded him in death...

Kenny Gorrell, 59, of Russellville, passed away in Clayton on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, surrounded by his loving family after a long battle with cancer. He was born on Aug. 26, 1960 in Greencastle to the late Charles Harvey and Imogene Maxine (Nicholson) Gorrell...

John E. Wesley, 78, went home on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. He was born Oct. 11, 1940 to Jack and Sis Wesley. On June 4, 1961, he married Linda Hadley, his sweetheart for life. Together they raised three children, Jane (Mike) Sutherlin of Greencastle, Tony “Scott” (Harolena) Wesley of Bainbridge and Christine “Chris” (Darin) Buis of Belle Union. Together they spent 58 years watching their children play sports, ride horses and rodeo...

Robert Lynn Rumley Sr., 79, of Reelsville, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019 at his residence, surrounded by his family. He was born Dec. 12, 1939 in Greencastle, the son of Roy and Wilma (Myers) Rumley. Bob retired from the Indiana State Farm (Putnamville), where he had worked as a correctional officer. He was a United States Army Veteran and a veteran of the Indiana National Guard...

Betty Jane (Rudisell) Scruggs, 87, of Hagerstown, passed away surrounded by family on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. She was born in Cambridge City on Jan. 3, 1932 to Oris and Rebecca Rudisell. She graduated from Lincoln High School. She often reminisced of times with her six sisters and meeting interesting people while working at The Coffee Pot Restaurant when she was young...

A celebration of life for Frank Phipps with his family and friends will be take place from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Bainbridge Christian Church, just north of the elementary school. His memorial and military services will be held at the Bainbridge Cemetery at 1 p.m. the same day...

Robert Charles Stoelting, 92, of Greencastle, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019 at Asbury Towers. Robert was born in Freelandville, Ind. on May 22, 1927, the son of Alvin and Alma (Nieringhaus) Stoelting. He was a 1945 graduate of Freelandville High School...

Richard Dale Sutherlin, 91 of Acworth, Ga., passed away at home on Saturday, Sept., 21, 2019. Richard was born on Aug., 17, 1928 near Groveland to James Earl and Viola Jo (Timmons) Sutherlin. He was a graduate of Bainbridge High School in 1946 and attended Purdue for one year and was a lifelong fan of Purdue...

Clarence “Sonny” Findley Moser II, 61, of Greencastle, passed away Monday, Sept. 23, 2019 surrounded by his family. Sonny was born in Salem, Va. in 1958, the son of Clarence and Ruby (Burton) Moser. He was a graduate of South Putnam High School in 1977 and spent the last 52 years in Greencastle...

Janet Lee Patterson, 63, passed away Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, at her residence surrounded by her family, friends and her cat Buttons. Janet was born in Putnam County on May 13, 1956, the daughter of Jack and Wanda (Hurst) Patterson. She was a 1975 graduate of South Putnam High School...

Darryl Lynn “Butch” Kelly, 79, Seymour, passed Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019 surrounded by his family. He was born in 1940 in Greencastle to Ruth Ilene Brown Hendershot and Hubert William Kelly, both of whom preceded him in death. Butch is survived by his wife of 57 years, Dianne Findley Kelly; son Shannon Lynn (Julie) Kelly; grandchildren Suzannah (Ryan) Brown, Christopher Lynn (Amanda Creech) Kelly, Kathryn Estes, Lillian Mae Kelly and Kenneth Noble Kelly; and great-grandson Lane Ryan Brown...