Obituaries
Clinton & Carroll County, IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Frankfort, Mulberry, Rossville, & Flora, IN.
Herbert C. Sheets
Oct 19, 2011
Herbert C. Sheets, 93, Frankfort, died 4:38 p.m. Oct. 19, 2001 at Wesley Manor. He was born July 24, 1918 in Clinton County to Harry E. and Nina Marie (Eaton) Sheets. He married Dorothy L. Dilworth March 24, 1940, and she preceded him in death March 27, 1990. He graduated from Frankfort High School in 1937 and was a fisherman and mushroom...
Roberta Hale
Oct 19, 2011
Roberta Hale, 93, of Frankfort, died at 11:35 a.m. Oct. 19, 2011, at Clinton House Health & Rehab Center. She was a press operator at Uni-Electric and a member of Pilgrim Holiness Church. She enjoyed cooking and sewing Born June 8, 1918 in Rock Island, TN, her parents were Dan & Maggie (Aus¬tin) Roberts. She married Harold D. Hale on...
Jack E. Gerard
Oct 18, 2011
Jack E. Gerard, 78, of Delphi, died at 12:02 p.m. on Oct. 18, 2011 at White Oak Health Campus, Monticello. Born April 18, 1933 in Madison Township, Carroll County to Roger W. and Opal (Leslie) Gerard. He married Carolyn Sue Pearson on Feb. 1, 1953. He retired in 1980 from Alcoa after 33 years, also farmed, raised hogs, chickens, and...
Ruth Margaret Emens
Oct 16, 2011
Ruth Margaret Emens, 90, of rural Frankfort, died at 1:23 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, at Wesley Manor Retirement Community She was born Nov. 26, 1920, in Clinton County, and was the daughter of Samuel and Blanch Sheets Paris. She graduated from Michigantown High School in 1938. On Aug. 8, 1943, she married Taylor Walker Emens in Fort Smith, Ark.,...
Josephine S Sanders
Oct 13, 2011
Josephine S. Sanders, 91, of Lafayette, IN, died October 13,2011, at her sonâs residence. Born June 15, 1920, in Clinton County, IN, she was the daughter of the late Carl Vernon & Lessie (Hale) Stong. She graduated from Forest High School in 1937 and Purdue University in 1941and served in the United States Air Force as an officer. She married...
Rosadella Ann Miller
Oct 12, 2011
Rosadella Ann Miller-Parsons, 68, of Sedalia, died at 8:39 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 at her residence. She was born Dec. 3, 1942, in North Manchester, to the late Walter and Tressie (Yoder) Blocher. Mrs. Miller-Parson was a nursing assistant at Timbercrest Nursing Home in North Manchester and various other places. She was also a cook at Milnerâs in Rossville,...
Paul Lee Adams
Oct 3, 2011
Paul Lee âOxâ Adams, 53, of 59 W. South St., Rossville, died at 9:44 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at home. He was born May 15, 1958, in Lafayette, and was the son of Dorothy L. Cooper Adams and the late Harold H. Adams. He attended Rossville schools. He married Jill Carter, and they later divorced. Mr. Adams worked at...
Sarah Elizabeth Coffman
Oct 2, 2011
Sarah Elizabeth Coffman, 71, of Mulberry, died at 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011, at her home. Born Nov. 30, 1939, in Lafayette, she was the daughter of the late Jennings C. and Neta Williams Jacoby. She graduated valedictorian of Mulberry High School in 1957 and graduated from Indiana Business College in 1958 and was a lifelong Mulberry resident. She...
V. Ruth Sexton
Sep 30, 2011
V. Ruth Siebert Sexton was born in Colfax, Indiana to Dorothy and William Siebert on September 14, 1928. She passed away at Homewood Healthcare in Lebanon, Indiana on Friday, September 30 at 6:25pm. She married Lloyd H. Sexton on March 25, 1950 in Francesville, IN and he preceded her in death in June 27, 2007. Surviving are one daughter, Janet...
Tex A Matthews
Sep 25, 2011
Born Oct. 17, 1921, in Maza, N.D. he was the son of the late Schuyler A. and Hazel (Heaton) Matthews. He graduated from Frankfort High School in 1939. He grew up in North Dakota and came with his parents to Indiana in 1936. He joined the Army in July 1942, serving in the Transportatin Corps as a PFC in Europe,...
Phillip Lee Wilson
Sep 23, 2011
Phillip Lee Wilson, 60, of rural Frankfort, died September 23, 2011 at St Vincentâs hospital in Indianapolis from a complicated case of Lymphoma. The rapid physical decline ending in Philâs death is a terrible shock to all who knew and loved him. He was born on January 2, 1951 to Kay (Huff) Wilson Jones and Herman Dwight (Tiny) Wilson at Clinton County...
Sylvia Ann Kercher
Sep 22, 2011
Sylvia Ann Kercher, 99, of Lafayette, died at 1:45 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, at St. Anthony Health Care, Lafayette. Born July 28, 1912, in Clifton, Ill., she was the daughter of the late Ole and Ida Mogensen Lauridsen. She received her masterâs degree in counseling from Indiana University. Mrs. Kercher was a school nurse and counselor in South Bend...
Marjorie E. Thomas
Sep 21, 2011
Marjorie E. Thomas of Frankfort, Indiana passed away peacefully on Sept. 21, 2011 at St. Mary's Health Care in Lafayette, Ind. Marjorie was born on Oct. 22, 1920 to Blaine Heise and Mabel (Laughner) Heise In Kirklin, lndiana. Marjorie was raised with four siblings on a farm in Kirklin. She loved helping her Dad on the farm. Marjorie always had...
Nancy J. Spray
Sep 20, 2011
Nancy J. Spray, 71, of Mulberry, died at 5 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, at Mulberry Health & Retirement Community. Born April 16, 1940, in Frankfort, she was the daughter of the late Virgil and Lola Spencer Dowden. She graduated from Frankfort High School in 1958 and attended Indiana University. She married Donald E. Spray Sr. on June 22, 1963,...
Beulah L. Hurst
Sep 16, 2011
Beulah L. Hurst, 90, formerly of Lafayette, died Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at The Waters of Yorktown in Yorktown. Born March 6, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Worley B. and Emma A. (Bell) Thomas. She graduated from Rossville High School in 1939. She married Robert V. Kemmer on June 1, 1940. He died Dec. 30, 1968. She...
Dennis C. Anes
Sep 14, 2011
Dennis C. Anes Sr., 62, of rural Mulberry died September 14, 2011 at 5:22AM. He was born January 23, 1949 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He married Diana Lynn Thompson, July 12, 1968 and she survives. Mr. Anes was a member of Local #247 for 24 years. He also served in the United States Army in the Vietnam War. He was...
Gilbert Jones
Sep 12, 2011
Gilbert Jones, 90, Mulberry, died at 6:32 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at IU Health Arnett Hospital. He was born Nov. 8, 1920, in Tipton County, to A. Ernest and Maude (Wright) Jones. He married Dorothy M. (Wiley) Jones on May 3, 1942, and she preceded him in death on April 27, 2010. He graduated from Prairie High School in...
Janet K. Gascho
Sep 10, 2011
Janet Kay Scott Gascho, 65, Mulberry, died 11:22 a.m. Sept. 10, 2011 at IU Health Hospital, Lafayette. She was born Oct. 20, 1945 in Clinton County to Robert E. and Betty Jane (Crum) Scott. She married Tim McCoy Oct. 9, 1965, they later divorced. She then married Robert Gascho on July 25, 1994 and he survies. Janet graduated from Jefferson...
Fred Raymond Rodkey
Sep 9, 2011
Fred Raymond Rodkey, 79, of Rossvile, died at 1:02 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, at his residence. He was born May 13, 1932, in Clinton County, and was the son of the late Ralph and Helen Davis Rodkey. He graduated from Rossville High School in 1950 and attended Indiana University. Mr. Rodkey was a Navy veteran, serving from February 1952...
Ricky Lee Harrison
Sep 7, 2011
Ricky Lee Harrison, 55, of Rossville, died at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in his residence. Born Feb. 19, 1956, in Frankfort, he was the son of William Eugene Harrison of Sedalia and Mary Louise Smith of Jonesboro. He attended Rossville schools and lived most of life in the Rossville and Sedalia areas Mr. Harrison previously worked as a...
