Clinton & Carroll County, IN Obituaries

Jul 27, 2023

Clint P. Davis, 49, of Flora, passed away Thursday, July 27, 2023, at Milner Community Health Care in Rossville. He was born on November 16, 1973, in Lafayette, to Jerry Clifford and Linda Creasy Davis. He married Jessica Brubaker; she survives.

Clint graduated in 1992 from Carroll High School. He was an avid toy collector, enjoyed playing...

Jul 19, 2023

Burl H. Tharp, 89, Kirklin, passed away Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at Compassus Hospice in Indianapolis.  He was born December 18, 1933, in Nady, AR to James W. and Maddie (Hughes) Tharp, Sr. He married Patty Goodnight, March 12, 1963, and she survives.

Burl was a graduate of Gilette High School.  He served in the United States...

Jul 15, 2023

Dale Paul Evans, 70, of rural Rossville, passed away Saturday, July 15, 2023, at his home in rural Rossville. He was born April 24, 1953, in Burtonwood Lancashire, England to Harry William and Myrtle Margaret (Bishop) Evans. His first wife, Margaret Peggy ‘Peg’ Capps preceded him in death. On February 12, 2010, he married Connie (Christiansen); she survives.

Jul 15, 2023

Carol Sue Smith, 86, Mulberry, passed away Saturday, July 15, 2023, at Franciscan Hospital in Lafayette.  She was born in Lafayette on December 19, 1936, to Bernard Paul and Florence Mae (Jackson) Russell.  She married Herman Smith on December 20, 1952.  He preceded her in death in 2012.

Carol attended Stockwell High School. She had her own...

Jul 13, 2023

Carol Sue Gum, 72, of Frankfort, passed away at Homewood Health in Lebanon on July 13, 2023. Carol was born on March 10, 1951 at Frankfort Hospital to Gerald and Mary Hutchison. The youngest of four children, Carol grew up in Clinton County and graduated from Clinton Prairie in 1969. She attended Ball State University, where she met Ronald...

Jul 10, 2023

Delores June "Lori" Overman, 74, formerly Lori Blaydes and Lori Burns, of Mulberry, passed away unexpectedly at her home, Monday, July 10, 2023.  She was born October 6, 1948, in Ozark, AL to Elmo and Corene (Baldwin) Purcell.  She married Tim Overman, August 20, 2022.  He survives.

June was a graduate of Bainbridge High School in 1966.  ...

Jul 8, 2023

Betty Lois Siekman, 96, Mulberry, passed away Saturday, July 8, 2023, at Mulberry Health.  She was born on September 21, 1926, in Rising Sun, Indiana,  to Myrle and Hazel (Botts) Bunger.  She married Roy Charles Siekman on September 7, 1946, and he preceded her in death on July 18, 2005.

Betty was a 1943 graduate of Rising...

Jul 8, 2023

Shirley Tharp Abraham, 81, of Bardstown, KY, formerly of Kirklin, was welcomed to her heavenly home, Saturday, July 8, 2023, surrounded by her family in Yorktown.  She was born October 1, 1941, in Nady, AK to James and Mattie “Estelle” (Hughes) Tharp.

Shirley was a 1959 graduate of Kirklin High School.  She worked as a nurse’s aide...

Jul 6, 2023

Vickie Ritter, 60, Frankfort, passed away Thursday, July 6, 2023, at her home after a hard-fought battle with cancer.  She was born April 20, 1963, in Tompkinsville, KY to Hack and Eva Mae (Coulter) Ritter.

Vickie graduated from Tompkinsville High School and had several jobs over her life, including a meatcutter at Schulz IGA and most recently...

Jul 6, 2023

Wanda Smith of Frankfort, Indiana passed away on July 6, 2023, at age 84.  She was born on September 28, 1938, in Macy, Indiana to Daniel Hugh Wildermuth and Annetta Marsh Wildermuth.  Her husband Lyle Keith Smith preceded her in death.

Wanda is survived by her daughters:  Heather (Yutzy) and Cindy (Bray), three grandchildren: Lindsay Godines (Luis),...

Jul 5, 2023

Gerald “Jerry” Robert Yost, 74, of Kokomo, passed away unexpectedly with his family by his side, Wednesday, July 5, 2023, at St. Vincent Ascension Hospital in Kokomo.  He was born on December 7, 1948, in Lafayette to Robert and Jane (Roberts) Yost.  He married Elizabeth “Betty” Nickolas on January 18, 1974, and she survives.

Jerry was a...

Jul 5, 2023

Sandra Kay Cripe, 78, of Hillisburg, passed away at her home on Wednesday, July 5, 2023.  She was born October 17, 1944 in Indianapolis to Clarence L. and Bertha M. (Carter) Lockard.  She married Theodore E. Cripe on October 20, 1962.  He survives.

She was a graduate of Ben Davis High School in 1961.  She helped husband...

Jul 1, 2023

Patricia “Pat” Lynn Davis, 76, of Rossville, passed away Saturday, July 1, 2023, at The Springs at Lafayette. Pat was born on December 10, 1946, in Frankfort, to Herman R. and Helen L. (Wood) Hitch. She married Jerry W. Davis on November 11, 1989, at Oxford, Indiana; he preceded her in death on September 30, 1996.

Pat...

Jul 1, 2023

Mary Elizabeth ‘Beti’ Morales, 52, of Flora, passed away Saturday morning, July 1, 2023, at Camelot Care Center in Logansport with her sister by her side.  She was born on November 27, 1970, in Kenedy, Texas to the late Meliano Morales-Sandoval and Maria Carmen Reveles-Morales.

Elizabeth was born the third of four children to her loving and...

Jun 30, 2023

John L. Laccone Jr., 74, of Rossville, passed away Friday, June 30, 2023, at his home in Rossville.

He was born January 20, 1949, in Waterbury, Connecticut, the son of John Lewis and Agusta (Mastrianna) Laccone Sr.  On May 29, 1968, he married Annie J. Wilson; she preceded him in death on October 28, 2014.

...

Jun 25, 2023

Frank S. Piela, 78, of Lafayette, passed away at Mulberry Health, on June 25, 2023. He was born on May 29, 1945, in Chicopee, Massachusetts and was the son of Stanley and Mildred (Kagan) Piela. On December 8, 1986, he married Katherine Everett: she survives.

After graduating from high school, Frank joined the US Navy where he...

Jun 25, 2023

Claude William “Bill” Caddell, 79, Clinton County, Indiana, passed away on June 25, 2023.

Bill was born Nov. 12, 1943, in Michigan City, Indiana to Esther May (Dickinson) and Elmer Edgar Caddell.  He was married to Rheta Hofland Beaver from 1969-2005.  He married Florence Fowler Burdine in 2006.

Bill graduated from Westville High School, 1962,...

Jun 23, 2023

Charles “Charley” Dunham, 84, Flora, passed away Friday, June 23, 2023, at Franciscan Health Hospital in Lafayette.  He was born June 22, 1939, in Frankfort, to Everett and Mary (Hamilton) Dunham.  He married Dorothy Edens on October 8, 1965.  She preceded him in death on September 30, 2013.

Charley was a 1959 graduate of Flora High School. ...

Jun 22, 2023

Connie Kay Hinesley, 83, of Rossville, passed away Thursday, June 22, 2023, at St. Vincent Ascension Hospital in Indianapolis.  Connie was born on January 5, 1940, in Lebanon to Carl R. and Helen L. (Dilworth) Couden.  She married Don R. Hinesley on April 29, 1962, at Rossville Methodist Church.  He survives.

Connie was a graduate of Frankfort...

Jun 20, 2023

Douglas Gene Rose, 60, of Frankfort, passed away on June 20, 2023. Doug was born April 30, 1963, in Knox, Indiana to Ed Rose and Norma (Style) Pharis. He married Michelle Smith on May 6, 1984; she survives.

Doug graduated from Frankfort Senior High School in 1981. He worked mainly as a truck driver throughout his life....