Obituaries
Clinton & Carroll County, IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Frankfort, Mulberry, Rossville, & Flora, IN.
Floyd Tolson
Mar 13, 2016
Floyd Tolson, 74, of Lebanon, and formerly of Frankfort, passed away on Sunday, March 13, 2016, at IU Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette. He was born on October 6, 1942, in Milwaukee, Wis., to the late Orville Tolson and Ruby Attaberry Calhoun. On September 15, 1962, Floyd married Callie Payne; she survives. Floyd grew up in Illinois and graduated from Danville...
Robert D Irmeger
Mar 12, 2016
Robert Dean Irmeger, 87, of Rossville, passed away on Saturday evening, March 12, 2016, at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette. He was born January 12, 1929 in Pyrmont, IN to Walter and Emma (Liebert) Irmeger. On March 12, 1929, he married Mary G. Kemmer, who survives. Robert and Mary owned and operated Irmegerâs Standard Service Station in Rossville for many...
Melba R Ballard
Mar 11, 2016
Melba R. Ballard, 92, of Frankfort, passed away on Friday morning, March 11, 2016, at Clinton House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Frankfort. She was born November 8, 1923, in St. Croix, IA to Herman and Minnie (Vick) Dziggel. On December 21, 1945, she married Raymond F. Ballard, who preceded her in death in 1961. Melba worked for many years...
Janice A. Shewmaker
Mar 10, 2016
Janice A. Shewmaker, 79, of Frankfort, passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2016, at Wesley Manor Retirement Community. She was born January 31, 1937, in East Chicago, IN, to Emil Vernon and Clara Armstrong Aldrin. On September 7, 1958, she married Harry Shewmaker in East Chicago; he survives. Jann graduated from East Chicago Washington High School in 1955, received her bachelor...
Robert A. Kays
Mar 9, 2016
Robert Allen âBladeâ Kays, left this earth at the age of 61, on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at his home in Bethalto, Illinois. Born May 30, 1954, in Lebanon, he was the son of Clifford G. & Sara S. (White) Kays. He graduated from Frankfort High School in 1972. His devotion to his family and passion for all things artistic will live...
William A. Stong
Mar 3, 2016
William A. âBillâ Stong, 90, of Rossville, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2016, at Milner Community Health Care. He was born January 4, 1926, in Carroll County, to Larry and Lucy Mohler Stong. On June 27, 1948, he married LeVaughn Harper; she passed away on September 3, 2012. Bill attended Cutler High School and later received his GED when he...
Farrell M. Bagshaw
Mar 3, 2016
Farrell M. Bagshaw, age 89, of Mesa, Arizona, died Thursday, March 3, 2016, following a lengthy battle with A.S. (ankylosing spondylitis). He was born October 18, 1926, at Hobart. Farrell graduated from Monitor High School, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, in 1944. Following high school, he enlisted in the Navy, serving mostly on ship patrolling the Panama Canal area. He received a Bachelor...
Darleen L. Earl Glass
Mar 3, 2016
Darleen Lynne Hiatt Earl Glass, 73, of Rossville, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2016, at IU Arnett Health in Lafayette. She was born December 16, 1942, in Frankfort, to Robert F. Hiatt and Catherine Gregg Hiatt Saltine. In 1979, she married Robert âBobâ Earl; he passed away in February of 2006. She then married Richard âDickâ Glass on June 16, 2012;...
Doris J Weaver
Feb 26, 2016
Doris J. Weaver, 85, of Frankfort, passed away on Friday evening, February 26, 2016, at Clinton House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Frankfort. She was born December 25, 1930, in Kokomo to Todd and Bessie Pugh. On December 23, 1950, she married Richard E. Weaver, who preceded her in death on January 27, 2015. Many people will remember Doris as a...
Charles Richard Mason
Feb 25, 2016
Charles Richard âDickâ Mason, 77, of Frankfort, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 25, 2016, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born September 3, 1938, in VanWert County, OH, to Charles R. and Georgia V. Fronefield Mason. On November 8, 1959, he married Janet âJanâ Brenneman; she survives. Together, they shared 56 years of marriage....
James W. Martin
Feb 23, 2016
James Warnes Martin, 74, of Lafayette, passed away at home on Tuesday, February 23, 2016. He was born March 12, 1941, to Rev. Ralph M. and Edna Warnes Martin in Aledo, Illinois. As a youngster, his family moved to many places around the Midwest, due to the calling of his father's church responsibilities. He graduated from Brookston High School in...
Alvin M. Laughner Sr.
Feb 23, 2016
Alvin M. Laughner Sr., 92, of Kokomo, passed away at Waterford Place in Kokomo, on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, after a brief illness. He was born on March 7, 1923, in Michigan Twp., Clinton County in the farmhouse at the end of the T road at 530 E and 400 N to the late Chalmer Gar Laughner and Nellie Blanche Sheets...
John David Webb
Feb 20, 2016
John David Webb, 77, of Michigantown, passed away on Saturday, February 20, 2016, at St. Vincent Hospital in Kokomo. He was born March 10, 1938, in Tell City, to Herman and Louise Holtzman Webb. John attended Michigantown Schools most of his life, moved his senior year of high school, and graduated from Frankfort Senior High School in 1957. He served in...
Russell M. Hazlett
Feb 20, 2016
Russell M. Hazlett, 87, of Frankfort, passed away on Saturday, February 20, 2016, at Mulberry Health. He was born March 9, 1928, in Cambria, to Lloyd I. and Delight Armington Hazlett. On August 24, 1947, he married Wilma J. Burkhalter; she survives. Russell graduated from Rossville High School in 1946. He worked for 17 years as a mechanic at McGonigal, and...
Lewis A. ""Bud"" Harshman
Feb 19, 2016
Lewis A. âBudâ Harshman, 85, of Mulberry, passed away on Friday, February 19, 2016, at Mulberry Health and Retirement. He was born June 16, 1930, in Lafayette, to the late Almon O. âShortyâ and Mildred L. Lewis Harshman. Budâs former wife and friend, Chloe Croson Harshman, survives. Bud graduated from Mulberry High School in 1948, and later attended Bradley University. He...
Barbara J. Smith
Feb 19, 2016
Barbara J. Smith, 75, of Michigantown, passed away Friday, February 19, 2016, at her home. She was born November 25, 1940, in Frankfort, to Riley Ernest and Dorothy M. Horn Fisher. On November 18, 1958, she married Howard C. Smith; he passed away on September 11, 1994. Barbara attended Frankfort Senior High School. She was a waitress at Lynchâs Restaurant and a...
Florence I. Walker
Feb 17, 2016
Florence I. Walker, 69, of Frankfort, passed away surrounded by her family at her home on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at 10:45 a.m. She was born November 21, 1946, in Clinton County, to Hobert and Katherine Sears Montgomery. Florence attended Frankfort Senior High School. She worked as a baker for Target in Orlando, FL, before returning to Frankfort. She was a member...
Jerry Cory
Feb 16, 2016
Jerry Cory, 78, of Frankfort, passed away on Tuesday morning, February 16, 2016, at Mulberry Health and Retirement Community. He was born March 16, 1937, in Clinton County, to Floyd Cory and Bernice Whitaker Cory. On September 20, 1958, he married Sarah May McCoy Cory, who survives. Jerry graduated from Jackson Township High School in 1955, and was a well-known basketball...
LaDonna K Allen
Feb 15, 2016
LaDonna K. Allen, 86, of Flora, passed away on Monday evening, February 15, 2016, at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette. LaDonna was born on April 22, 1929 in Shelbyville, IN to Clarence Franklin Shields and Ima Blanche Mitchell Shields. She graduated from Flora High School in 1947. On May 18, 1947 LaDonna married the love of her life, Walter F....
Joel H. Dilworth
Feb 13, 2016
Joel Hershel Dilworth, 70, of Frankfort, passed away on Saturday, February 13, 2016, at St. Vincent Heart Center in Indianapolis. He was born April 13, 1945, to the late Hershel W. âBobâ and Josephine Lucas Dilworth. Joel was married many years to Karen Mitchell. Joel graduated from Clinton Prairie High School in 1963, and later received his associateâs degree from Vincennes...
