Obituaries
Clinton & Carroll County, IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Frankfort, Mulberry, Rossville, & Flora, IN.
William Myers
Mar 24, 2016
William W. âBillâ Myers, 91, of rural Frankfort, passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2016, at Mulberry Health and Retirement. He was born March 3, 1925, in Waugh, Boone County, Ind., to Clarence T. and Gladys E. Morton Myers. In 1946, he married Margie Dewlin Langolf, and they later divorced in 1948. In 1952, he married Dorothy Summers, and they later divorced. On...
Mildred Spray
Mar 21, 2016
Mildred A. Spray, 87, formerly of Frankfort, passed away on Monday, March 21, 2016, at Hickory Creek in Lebanon. She was born September 15, 1929, in Clinton County, to Glen R. and Dorothy M. Pollard Harshman. Mildred married Kenny Spray on September 5, 1970; he preceded her in death. Mildred graduated from Lebanon High School in 1948. She worked as a clerk...
Thomas G. Dishon
Mar 21, 2016
Thomas G. Dishon, 78, of Rushville, passed away on Monday, March 21, 2016, at his home. He was born August 24, 1937, in Delphi, to Thomas Dishon and Betty Reed Dishon Farner. His father passed away when he was three, and Thomas was raised by his step-father, Clifford Farner. On August 24, 1954, he married Judy Reef; she passed away on April...
Donald Lewis
Mar 21, 2016
Donald Lewis, 82, of Mulberry, passed away on Monday, March 21, 2016, at IU Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette. He was born March 9, 1934, in Mountainsville, NY, to the late Theodore and Beatrice Scofield Lewis. On June 9, 1957, he married Eileen Turner; she survives. Donald worked over 50 years as a fruit farmer. He and his wife, enjoyed doing crafts...
Joanna Margaret Sizmur
Mar 19, 2016
Joanna Margaret (Buck) Sizmur, 81, of West Lafayette passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 19, 2016 in Mulberry, Indiana. Joan (Joanna) was born in London on April 13, 1934 to George and Sarah Buck. At the age of five she was evacuated during the Blitz in WWII to the village of Kirtlington, in Oxfordshire. She was the eldest of seven children, which...
Betty Lou Crick
Mar 15, 2016
Betty Lou Crick, 73, of Frankfort, passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at her sisterâs home. She was born June 2, 1942, in Hillisburg, to Linzy and Faye Hall Crick. Betty Lou attended Scircleville Schools. She retired from P.R. Mallory in 2009. Betty Lou enjoyed playing Saturday evening bowling, playing in the factory league, and playing bingo. Surviving Betty Lou are...
Sue C Peele
Mar 14, 2016
Sue C. Peele, 78, of Frankfort, passed away on Monday, March 14, 2016, at Mulberry Health and Retirement. Sue was born July 9, 1937, in Frankfort, to Earl and Mildred Orr Hinton. In October, 1968, she married James Peele; he passed away in 1980. In 1956, Sue graduated from Thorntown High School. Throughout her life, she worked at P.R. Mallory and later...
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...
