Obituaries
Clinton & Carroll County, IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Frankfort, Mulberry, Rossville, & Flora, IN.
Herbie Lee Coomer
Dec 26, 2015
Herbie Lee Coomer, 65, of Indianapolis, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2015, at his home. He was born December 15, 1950, in Burkesville, KY, to Herbert Russell and Thelma Lucille Hurt Coomer. Herbie graduated Carroll High School in 1969, then attended Purdue University, and later graduated from IU with a degree in criminal justice. He was a security patrolman First Class...
Betty Kathryn Neely
Dec 25, 2015
Betty Kathryn Jones Neely, 87, of Frankfort, passed away on Friday, December 25, 2015, at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born October 27, 1928, in Somerset, KY, to Squire L. and Tempe E. Hardwick Jones. On October 20, 1946, she married Cecil Harden Neely; he passed away in 1998. Betty attended Garland High School in Garland, KY. She worked for...
Judy Walters
Dec 23, 2015
Judy Walters, 57, of Noblesville and formerly of Flora, passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2015, at her home. She was born June 22, 1958, in Winamac, to Charles âFrankâ and Joan Harshbarger Walters; her parents preceded her in death. Judy attended Delphi Community Schools. She worked as a CNA, cashier, and activity director in the healthcare field. Judy loved to watch...
Carolyn Wharry Kuhns
Dec 21, 2015
Carolyn Wharry Kuhns, 82, of Frankfort, passed away Monday, December 21, 2015, at IU Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette. She was born February 17, 1933, in Bristol, VA, to Rev. William Vastine and Freddie Leah Gates McCray. She was formerly married to James D. Wharry. On December 14, 1989, she married Max G. Kuhns; he survives. Carolyn graduated from Frankfort High School...
Marvin Doyle Douglass
Dec 20, 2015
Marvin Doyle Douglass, 60, of Michigantown, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2015, at St. Vincent Frankfort Hospital. He was born June 27, 1955, in Frankfort, to Charles Wayne and Beverly Jo Bruce Douglass. Marvin met and lived with his longtime companion, Lois Eileen Barrett Douglass. Marvin attended Clinton Central High School. He worked in residential construction. Marvin was a member of the...
Carla R. Ferguson
Dec 20, 2015
Carla R. Ferguson, 55, of Frankfort, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2015, at St. Elizabeth East Hospital in Lafayette, after a long battle with cancer. She was born August 14, 1960, in Frankfort, to Harold Gene and Ethel Stringer Baker; her mother survives. Carla was formerly married to James A. Ferguson. Carla graduated from Rossville High School in 1979, and...
Imajeane Beard
Dec 20, 2015
Imajeane Burkhalter Beard, 85, of Mulberry, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2015, at Mulberry Health. She was born May 31, 1930, in Lafayette, to O. Edgar and Mary E. Pickering Eubanks. On June 12, 1949, she married Merrill P. Burkhalter; he preceded her in death on December 11, 1997. Imajeane later married Robert J. Beard; he preceded her in death on...
Richard A. Goris
Dec 12, 2015
Richard A. Goris, 60, of Rossville, passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2015, at Mulberry Health and Retirement. He was born on May 7, 1955, to C. Everette and Veroca (Rubright) Goris. He married Deborah (Gangwer) Shockey in 1975, and they later divorced. Richard attended Rossville High School. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He worked at Rea...
Noah Shackelford
Dec 11, 2015
Noah Shackelford, 75, of Lafayette, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2015, at his home. Noah was born July 18, 1940, in Rose Hill, VA, to Gilles and Mary Woodard Shackelford. Noah married Ollie Mae Saylor; she preceded him in death on March 24, 2013. Noah was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked for RCA in Monticello, and later...
Callie Harrison
Dec 10, 2015
Callie Harrison, 94, of Frankfort, passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2015, at Clinton House Rehab and Health Care in Frankfort. She was born November 17, 1921, in Wind Rock, TN, to Jess and Nellie Hensley Freels. On June 26, 1945, she married Lowrie D. Harrison Jr.; he preceded her in death on April 18, 2000. Callie worked at P.R. Mallory/Emerson. She...
Phyllis Ilene Lerch
Dec 10, 2015
Phyllis Ilene Lerch, 85, of rural Lafayette, passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2015, at her home. Phyllis was born July 4, 1930, in Lafayette, to Walter and Pearl Jordan Turner. On April 24, 1951, she married Russell J. Lerch Sr.; he preceded her in death on April 19, 1990. She was a lifelong Tippecanoe County resident; Phyllis attended Monitor Schools. She...
Martha Park
Dec 10, 2015
Martha Park, 79, formerly of Frankfort, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015, at her home in Altoona, WI. Martha was born on April 5, 1936, in Kirklin, to Jean and Clara (Loveless) Gorham. She attended Kirklin High School. She married Lilburn Park on March 5, 1954; they later divorced. Later in her life, Martha worked at P.R. Mallory and Walmart....
Claude A. Prass
Dec 9, 2015
Claude A. âChuckâ Prass, 62, passed away at 10:18 a.m. on Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at St. Elizabeth East Hospital in Lafayette; he had been chronically ill for some time. Mr. Prass was born in Fairfield, CA, on July 31, 1953, where his father was stationed at nearby Travis Air Force Base. The family retired to his parentsâ home state of...
Patricia R. Neuenschwander
Dec 7, 2015
Patricia Ruth Neuenschwander, 85, formerly of rural Kirklin, went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 7, 2015. She was born at home near Cyclone, on June 29, 1930, to Charles A. and Alpha Purciful Ferrell. Pat spent all of her school years at Kirklin, graduating from Kirklin High School in 1948. She then went to work at Peopleâs Life Insurance...
Samuel Ivan Holliger
Dec 6, 2015
Samuel Ivan âSamâ Holliger, 89, of Frankfort, passed away at his home on Sunday, December 6, 2015. He was born October 11, 1926, in Goodfield, IL, to John A. and Lydia Ann Reeser Holliger. On December 7, 1947, he married Laura Lane in Peoria; she survives. Sam attended Goodfield High School before serving in the United States Navy during World War...
Martha Joan Kelley
Dec 6, 2015
Martha Joan Kelley, 90, of Frankfort, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2015, at Wesley Manor Retirement Community. Joan was born December 16, 1924, in Sedalia, to Lewis A. and Pauline Miller Jones. On July 30, 1944, she married Ralph Kelley; he passed away on March 19, 2008. After Joanâs mother passed when she was just two weeks old, she lived...
James F. Layton
Dec 5, 2015
James F. âJimâ Layton, 70, of Frankfort, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2015, at his home. He was born September 26, 1945, in Frankfort, to John Franklin and Geneva Ruth Lucas Layton; his mother survives. On March 5, 1966, he married Gloria Goodwin; she survives. Jim graduated from Frankfort Senior High School in 1963. Throughout his life, Jim worked at the...
Jack R. Hodgen
Dec 5, 2015
Jack R. Hodgen, age 70, died on Saturday, December 5, 2015 in Frankfort, after a long journey through Alzheimerâs disease. A Clinton County native born on January 7, 1945, to Mr. and Mrs. Noble and Eleanor Hodgen, Jack graduated from Rossville High School in 1963. Jack was a Vietnam veteran, serving his country from September 1965 to July 1967. Jack...
Donald B. Hardwick
Dec 4, 2015
Donald Butler Hardwick, 91, of Frankfort, passed away on Friday, December 4, 2015, at St. Vincent Frankfort Hospital. He was born December 25, 1923, in Randolph County, to Ralph A. and Bessie M. Werts Hardwick. On March 3, 1946, he married Alice R. Baldwin; she preceded him in death on April 27, 2014. Donald graduated from Lynn High School in 1942. He...
Shirley Jo Huffer
Dec 3, 2015
Shirley Jo Huffer, 59, of Monticello, passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2015, at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born December 29, 1955, in Frankfort, to Clarence A. and Mary Lou Hampton Eli. She was previously married to the late James Huffer Sr. Shirley attended Clinton Central Schools. Throughout her life, she worked at Federal Mogul and Exide, and...
