Obituaries from January 2024

Mark Allen Ogburn, 59, Greencastle, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023, at Putnam County Hospital after a brief battle with cancer. Mark was born on July 20, 1964, the son of Rex and Wanda (Nicholson) Ogburn. Mr. Ogburn was a member of the Aetna Baptist Church in Summersville, Ky. He enjoyed the outdoors and was an avid hunter...

Our beloved mother and grandmother, Coweta Patton, of Cloverdale, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. She will be sorely missed by her family and many friends. Coweta was born on Nov. 23, 1939 in Gary to John L. McFarland and Doris (Cannon) Stattner...

Kathy Mae Burton Wolf, 68, passed away Jan. 2, 2024, at HutsonWood at Brazil. Kathy was born to the late Charles Gerald and Margaret Pearl (Hall) Burton on May 26, 1955, in Greencastle. Kathy worked for many years at Sommer Metalcraft in Crawfordsville...

Charles Glenn Steele, 93, of Greencastle, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. Born March 25, 1930 in Huntington, he was the son of Earl Steele and Eva (Farthing) Steele Skinner. Charles worked and retired from Allison Transmission in Indianapolis and also farmed for several years. He was a member of the New Life Baptist Church...

Elmer L. Dieter, 76, of Cloverdale, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. He was born Feb. 14, 1947 in Redding, Pa., the son of Donald and Leah (Hines) Dieter. He was a graduate of Blue Mountain High School in Pennsylvania. Elmer was a self-employed contractor for several years...

Cathy Jean Samsel, 65, passed away Jan. 2, 2024, after a short battle with kidney cancer. Cathy was born on May 23, 1958, to Earl Gene and Joyce (Conn) McCammack. She was a graduate of South Putnam High School in the class of 1976. Cathy married Eddie Paul Samsel on Nov. 11, 1978...

Carl Eston Strain died peacefully on Dec. 17, 2023, at the age of 96 with family by his side. This longtime resident of Munster was born Jan. 12, 1927, in Greencastle to Gladys Kersey Strain and James Franklin Strain and grew up on the Strain apple orchard and dairy farm...

Gary Max Leatherman, 86, of Rockville, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024 at St. Vincent Clay Hospital in Brazil. He was born Jan. 30, 1937, in rural Rockville to the late Charles Leatherman and Lois Stark Leatherman Deck...

Rebecca Sue Quinnette, age 76, of New Vienna, Ohio, passed on Jan. 3, 2024 at Clinton Memorial Hospital. Born in Greencastle on Dec. 14, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Mary L. Albright. She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Michael Quinnette. The two were united in marriage on Jan. 28, 1972...

Robert Stanley Perkins, 92, of Greencastle, passed away on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, surrounded by his family. He was born Oct. 13, 1931 in Parke County, the son of William Oscar and Jessie Hazel (Wood) Perkins, and was a 1949 graduate of Greencastle High School. Robert served nine years in the National Guard, enlisting when he was 17...

William Douglas “Doug” McGaughey, 55, of Russellville, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 at Franciscan Health in Indianapolis. He was born Feb. 21, 1968 in Crawfordsville to the late Leonard Clay and Eleanor Ruth (Hester) McGaughey. Doug graduated from North Putnam High School in 1986...

Rebecca “Becky” Ann Richards, 81, passed away on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, at her home in Mechanicsburg, Pa., surrounded by loving family members after an extended battle with lymphoma. Becky was born on April 25, 1942, in Greencastle to the late Jerome Clifford Gardner and Gracie Mea (Miller) Gardner...

Dorothy Marie Snider, 87, of Greencastle, passed away on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 surrounded by her family. She was born Sept. 5, 1936 in Parke County, the daughter of Hobert and Laura Viola (May) Martin. She was a graduate of Bridgeton High School. Dorothy was a homemaker; she loved taking care of and being with her family. She also worked at IBM in her earlier years...

Victor W. Beck, 84, passed away peacefully on Jan. 19, 2024 at his home near Roachdale. He was born Nov. 3, 1939 in Blacks Ferry, Ky. Vic came to Indiana in his teens and worked in the construction trade the rest of his life. He learned to play the guitar as a young man and loved bluegrass music. Along with his children Roy and Vicki and a friend Marlin Cole, a band was formed that played at many festivals and events in the early 1970s...

Paula Kay Caulkins, born January 14, 1994, in Greencastle to Paul E. Harvey Jr. and Dora Harvey passed from this life on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis.   Paula was devoted to her husband, and they enjoyed five wonderful years together, having married on May 5, 2018. Paula was a joy to be around with her happy disposition, even though she was feisty too! ...

Donald W. Ellis, 72, of Crawfordsville, passed away peacefully Monday morning, Jan. 22, 2024, in his home after a short illness. Born Nov. 24, 1951, in Greencastle, he was the son of the late Melvin and Maxine (Knauer) Ellis. He graduated from Greencastle High School in 1970 and served his country in the U.S. Army until 1977. He married Carol Remley on Oct. 22, 1978, in Crawfordsville. They recently celebrated 45 years of marriage...

Lana Lou Strasburger, 69, of Russellville, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, at the home of her niece with family by her side. She was born Nov. 15, 1954, in Lafayette to the late Louis and Dorothy (Brost) Strasburger. Lana graduated from Benton Central High School. She worked many years at Russellville Stone Co. and retired from Hanson Aggregates in Greencastle...

Clifford Wayne Modlin, 94, of Greencastle, passed away on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 at Mill Pond Health Campus. Clifford was born in Indianapolis on Nov. 18, 1929, the son of Kenneth and Leola Modlin. Clifford was a 1947 graduate of Fillmore High School...

Cynthia A. Hackworthy, 83, of Spencer, passed away peacefully Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024 surrounded by her family at the IU Health Hospice House in Bloomington. She was born in Janesville, Wis., on Feb. 1, 1940 to John and Helen “Upham” Scidmore. Cindy married the love of her life, John Hackworthy, in Madison, Wis., on Sept. 5, 1964. She graduated from Lawrence College in Appleton, Wis., and worked as a social worker in Chicago until starting her most rewarding career of raising her family...

Rebecca Leah Brothers Null was born on a hot summer day on July 20, 1943 at the original Putnam County Hospital, where her uncle, Dr. Thomas A. Sigler, was the first hospital board president. Rebecca passed away at University Hospital in Indianapolis after a brief battle with gallbladder cancer on Jan. 22, 2024 at the age of 80...

John Charles Swisher, of Coatesville, formerly of Brownsburg, entered into his eternal rest Jan. 27, 2024. The following is an obituary written by his loving family. John was born on March 23, 1936 in Guilford Township Hendricks County to Ira N. and Lucille M. Swisher...

Clinton Warren Gibson III “Big Bad Clint” of Brazil passed away on Jan. 27, 2024. He was born on Sept. 3, 1967 to Janice Jenkins in Hopkins County, Ky. Clinton leaves behind his children, Stephen (Anna) Gibson, Cheyenne (Carlos Jasso) Gibson, Danielle Heller, Alexandria Burger and Sam Hollingsworth; granddaughters Bella Gibson and Bayleigh Jasso; girlfriend Becky Ballou; and several brothers and sisters...

Emily Beth Ulrich, 48, of West Lafayette, died Friday, Jan. 26, 2024 from a six-month illness. She was born Jan. 11, 1976 in Coatesville to Gary W. and Shari K. Stuart Hunteman. Emily graduated from South Putnam High School in 1994 then went on to DePauw University, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1998. In 2011 she completed her master’s in library and information science. She was always seeking to learn and most recently studied Mandarin for four years at Purdue University...

Kenneth R. Johnston, 76, Cortland, Ohio, passed away Friday afternoon, Jan. 19, 2024 at Trumbull Regional Medical Center. Kenneth was born on Dec. 15, 1947 in Greencastle, the son of the late Cecil “Pete” and Blanch (Suber) Johnston. He was a graduate of Fillmore High School and joined the United States Army...