Obituaries
Clinton & Carroll County, IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Frankfort, Mulberry, Rossville, & Flora, IN.
Eleanor Grace Morlan
May 18, 2020
Eleanor Grace Morlan, 92, of Frankfort, passed away Monday, May 18, 2020 at Wesley Manor. She was born May 11, 1928, in Bourbon, to Graham and Grace (Huiteman) Grossman. She was a 1946 graduate and valedictorian of Bourbon High School. She married Darrell E. Morlan on July 24, 1949. He survives.
Eleanor had several jobs over her lifetime. She worked as...
Patricia Ann Cooper
May 18, 2020
Patricia Ann Cooper, 66, of Kokomo, formerly of Frankfort, passed away Monday, May 18, 2020 at Community Howard Hospital. She was born in Clinton County on August 21, 1953 to Glenn and Hazel (Perkins) Gregory. She was a 1971 graduate of Frankfort Senior High School. Patricia was a nurse and had worked in several nursing homes over the years. She...
Harlan Clark
May 14, 2020
Harlan Andrew Clark passed away at Wesley Manor on Thursday, May 14, 2020 at the age of 97. Harlan was born on December 17, 1922 in Plainville, Ind. After serving in the Air Force, during WWII for four years as a radio operator on B17’s, he continued his education at Indiana State. He later earned his master’s degree in Education...
John Robert Dickenson
May 9, 2020
John Robert Dickenson, 79, of Frankfort, passed away at his home on Saturday, May 9, 2020. He was born in Wise County, VA on July 24, 1940 to Carl and Sallie (Mullins) Dickenson. He married Marie Downs on August 5, 1967. She survives. He worked at Exide Battery for over 30 years until his retirement in 1997.
John was a...
Sandra L. Ward
May 8, 2020
Sandra L, Ward, 77, of Lafayette, formerly of Flora, passed away Friday, May 08, 2020 at IU Health Arnett. She was born September 9, 1942 in Indianapolis to Lloyd and Helen (Woolman) Johnson. She was a 1960 graduate of Rossville High School. She married Lowell Ward in Rossville on November 29, 1964. He survives. Sandra worked as secretary at The...
James "Jim" N. Stewart
May 7, 2020
James “Jim” N. Stewart, 82, passed away on May 7, 2020 at his home. He was born on October 8, 1937, to Willie and Terrace (Lillard) Stewart in Bethpage, TN. He moved to Indiana at the age of fifteen settling most of his life in the town of Kirklin.
Jim married Janet Mae Fausett on August 18, 1956. She survives.
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David A. Knop
May 3, 2020
David A. Knop, 81, of Rossville, passed away Sunday May 3, 2020 at his home, with his family by his side, after a long and courageous battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was born March 16, 1939 to Herbert and Ruth (Keller) Knop. David grew up in Carroll County and graduated from Rossville High School in 1957. He married Mellisa Metzger...
Joan Carter
May 2, 2020
Joan Purcifull Carter passed away on May 2, 2020. She was born on April 4, 1924, to Otis E. and Lula M. Lamberson Purcifull and grew up on the family farm outside of Kirklin, Indiana. She graduated from Kirklin High School in 1941, where she was active in Glee Club, Sunshine Society, orchestra, and yearbook staff. She excelled in 4-H,...
Betty Jane Meador
May 1, 2020
Betty Jane Gregg Eikenberry Meador, daughter of Hugh Elwood and Alice Deborah (Shoe) Gregg was born September 17, 1928 in Eldorado, Ohio and was called home to Jesus on Friday, May 1, 2020 at the age of 91.
Betty was one of 12 brothers and sisters. After the death of her mother in 1942, when Betty was only 14, she...
Laverne Duane Meador
Apr 27, 2020
L. Duane Meador, 92, of Delphi, Indiana passed away from this long earthly life to eternity to meet his heavenly savior on April 27, 2020 at the Milner Nursing Home in Rossville. Duane enjoyed a good, full, and healthy life until a weakness of the body required him to be admitted to the IU Arnett Hospital a few months ago.
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Lois Jean Gard
Apr 23, 2020
Lois Jean Gard, 93, passed away on April 23, 2020. She was born August 26, 1926, in Rossville, Indiana, to James and Leona Burns. On August 17, 1956, she married W. Bruce Gard. He passed away on November 20, 2007.
Lois attended Rossville High School until her senior year when she moved to Frankfort where she graduated in 1945. She went...
Sally Bolen
Apr 22, 2020
Sally Bolen, 85, of Guilderland, NY, formerly of Frankfort, passed away Wednesday, April 22,2020 at Our Lady of Mercy Life Center. She was born in Manual, KY on June 17, 1934 to Dan and Molly (Duff) Hutchinson. She worked at Peter Paul, Frito Lay, and Federal Mogul. Sally was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and a former member...
Mary Cantwell
Apr 18, 2020
Mary Louise Cantwell, 92, of Frankfort, IN, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2020, at Wesley Manor in Frankfort.
She was born August 22, 1927, in Frankfort, to Harrison Day and Hazel Hattie Harris Pippenger. On January 22, 1947, she married Jack Dennis and he passed away on February 15, 2003.
Mary graduated from Frankfort Senior High School. She had been...
Teresa Scott
Apr 18, 2020
Teresa Ann Scott, 65, of Frankfort, IN, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2020, at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette.
She was born December 17, 1954, in Lafayette, to Gordon and Thelma (Owens) Rutan. On December 26, 1971, she married Michael J. Scott at the Mulberry Fairhaven Lutheran Church. They had been married for 48 years.
Teresa was a 1972 graduate...
Robert Walker, Jr.
Apr 18, 2020
Robert James Walker, Jr., 64, of Frankfort, IN, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2020, at IU Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette. He was born March 15, 1956, in Frankfort, to R.J. "Whitey" and Sarah E. Payne Walker. He married Claudia Jean Walker and she precedes him in death.
Robert was a 1974 graduate of Frankfort High School. He served in...
H. Ruth Dunn
Apr 17, 2020
H. Ruth Dunn,101, passed into the presence of her Lord Friday, April 17, 2020, at her home. She was born March 5, 1919, in Marion, Illinois, to Archa and Rosa Gray Barton. On June 2, 1937, she married Troy Dunn. He passed away, after 56 years of marriage, on January 11, 1993.
Ruth was a member of the Pilgrim Holiness...
Jeremiah Fidler
Apr 12, 2020
Jeremiah Fidler, 40, of Lafayette, passed away Sunday, April 12, 2020, at his home.
He was born September 3, 1979, in Bloomington, to James M. and Tonee D. (Monroe) Fidler. On June 5, 2014, he married Christine Hardy; she survives.
Jeremiah had attended Perry Meridian High School and enjoyed video games, basketball, drawing, music, and spending time with family.
In...
Paul Bolen
Apr 10, 2020
Paul James “PJ” Bolen, 79, of Frankfort, IN, passed away Friday, April 10, 2020, at his home in Frankfort.
He was born July 10, 1940, in Hindman, Kentucky, to Toulbie and Eva Dyer Bolen. On July 29, 1994, he married Rita Hill; she survives.
PJ had retired from the NS Railroad in Frankfort and had served in the US Army...
Marilyn Spencer
Apr 4, 2020
Marilyn J. Spencer, 71, of Frankfort, IN, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2020, at IU Health Frankfort Hospital in Frankfort.
She was born March 5, 1949, in Frankfort, to Ruth Irene Sheets Cowin.
Marilyn graduated from Frankfort High School. She had been a paper carrier for the Frankfort Times for many years.
Marilyn is survived by her half brother, Paul...
Jerry Wilcox
Apr 3, 2020
Jerry N. Wilcox, 80, of rural Mulberry, passed away at Franciscan Health in Lafayette, April 3, 2020. He was born December 6, 1939 in Flora, IN to Forest and Pauline (Crawford) Wilcox. He married Carol Ann Standiford on December 10, 1966; she survives.
Jerry was a 1958 graduate of Rossville High School. He worked for Wainwright schools as a janitor...
