Obituaries
Robert H. "Bob" Reese
Jan 31, 2009
Robert H. "Bob" Reese, 65, of Manilla passed away Saturday, January 31, 2009, at Major Hospital. Born March 4, 1943, in Indianapolis, he was the son of Herschel T. and margaret (Bowerly) Reese. He married Tina L. (Weingarth) Vogel on March 11, 2000, and she survives. Other survivors include his mother; daughter, Candace VanVolkenburgh; son, Gregory Hare; stepchildren, Jenell Coulter,...
Doris Mae Bender
Jan 30, 2009
Doris Mae "Toots" Bender, 90 of Shelbyville passed away Friday, January 30, 2009 at Heritage House Convalescent Center in Shelbyville. Born December 2, 1918 in Shelby County to Arthur and LaVanche (Baker) Lowe. She married Walter E. Adams and he preceded her in death on October 29, 1963, she then married Walter Bender on April 22, 1973, and he preceded...
Frances L. Harding
Jan 29, 2009
Frances L. Harding, 68, of Shelbyville, passed away Thursday, January 29, 2009, at St. Francis Hospital and Health Center in Indianapolis. Born April 24, 1940 in Troy, Ohio to Forrest Bergstresser and Nina Rebecca (Hewitt) Smith. She married Thomas E. Harding on February 2, 1963, and he survives. Other survivors include her daughter, Rebecca A. Smith of Shelbyville; grandsons, Jacob...
John H. Merhoff
Jan 27, 2009
John H. Merhoff, 89, of Shelbyville passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at Major Hospital. Born September 20, 1919, in Louisville, Ky., he was the son of Henry H. and Edyth F. (Fegenbush) Merhoff. He married Wanda M. Cochran on September 25, 1943, and she preceded him in death on September 19, 2008. Survivors include his daughters, Lynn (husband, Michael)...
Warren E. Carmony
Jan 27, 2009
Warren E. Carmony, 86, Shelbyville, passed away January 27, 2009. Born October 12, 1922 in Rush County, Indiana. He was former owner of Carmony Funeral Homes in Shelbyville retiring in 1980. He was a member of First United Methodist Church and past President of the International Order of the Golden Rule, as assoication of Funeral Home Owners. He served in...
Archie Wayne Murrell
Jan 24, 2009
Archie Wayne Murrell, 62, of Shelbyville passed away Saturday, January 24, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital in Greenwood. Born October 10, 1946 in Columbia, Kentucky to Fred and Carrie L. (Hawkins) Murrell. He married Karen V. Evans and she survives. Other survivors include his mother; son, Fred Wayne Murrell of Buffalo, KY; daughters, Bonita A. (husband, James) Davis of Buffalo,...
Carl Wayne Craig
Jan 23, 2009
Carl Wayne Craig, 80, of Shelbyville passed away Friday, January 23, 2009, at Major Hospital. Born June 16, 1928, in Shelby County, he was the son of Walter W. and Freida Mae (Collins) Craig. He married Virginia Mae Jackson on June 18, 1950, and she preceded him in death on July 17, 1997. Survivors include his sons, David Craig of...
Kathy Jean Morrow
Jan 22, 2009
Kathy Jean Morrow, 46, of Shelbyville passed away Thursday, January 22, 2009, at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Born February 16, 1962, in Indianapolis, she was the daughter of Hobert E. and Marjorie L. (Stine) Cravens. She married George M. Morrow on February 24, 1979, and he survives. Other survivors include her parents of Troy, Mo.; daughters, Amy L. (husband, Chris)...
Marjorie A. Smith
Jan 21, 2009
Marjorie Ann Smith, former resident of Shelbyville, passed away on her 93rd birthday on Wednesday, January 21, with her family by her side. Born in Gwynneville, Indiana on January 21, 1916, Marjorie was the daughter of the late Clarence Boyd and Earnestine (Earnest) Nigh, and step-daughter of the late Gene Cole. Marjorie was a graduate of Morristown High School, Indiana...
Ruth M. Barlow
Jan 6, 2009
Ruth M. Barlow, 95, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at Ashford Place Health Campus. Born April 4, 1913, in St. Paul, she was the daughter of Omer and Maude (Mellis) Howery. She married Dallas Thomas Barlow on June 23, 1933, and he preceded her in death on October 31, 1981. Survivors include her nieces, Ruthann Freeland of Whiteland...
Lee Oren Listenberger
Jan 5, 2009
The Rev. Lee Oren Listenberger, 79, of Boggstown died Monday, January 5, 2009 at Community Hospital North in Indianapolis. Born August 5, 1929, in Boggstown, he was the son of Albert Jay and Goldie Emelia (Gahimer) Listenberger. He married Roberta Rosemary Bailey on September 15, 1951, and she survives. Other survivors include his daughters, Sandra Kay (husband, Tom) Beaty of...
Joan Edith (Bradbury) Wooden
Jan 4, 2009
Joan Edith (Bradbury) Wooden, 89, passed away on January 4, 2009 at Waldron Health Care Center, Waldron, Indiana. Born June 24,1919 in Tottenham, England, she was the daughter of Henry and Edith (Stevens) Bradbury. She married her husband Bert L. Wooden on January 6, 1945, and he preceded her in death on December 12, 1982. Mrs. Wooden met her husband...
Sandra Lynn Gelinas
Jan 3, 2009
Sandra Lynn Gelinas, 50, of Shelbyville passed away Saturday, January 3, 2009 at her residence. Born May 2, 1958 to William L. Underwood, Jr. and Floretta (Potter) Underwood. She married Stuart C. Gelina and he survives. Other survivors include her parents; sons, Joseph C. Gelinas and John Paul Gelinas, both of Shelbyville; brothers, Michael (wife, Barbara) Underwood of Shelbyville and...
Robert Arnold "Bob" Johnson
Dec 28, 2008
Robert A. Johnson, 67, of Shelbyville passed away Sunday, December 28, 2008 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Born March 11, 1941 in Indianapolis, Indiana he was the son of Arnold "A.J." Johnson and Dorothy Marie (Rumley) Settle. He married Barbara J. "Bobbi" Nicoloff on October 4, 2001 and she survives. Other survivors include sons, Robert Arnold (wife, Jody) Johnson, Jr....
Shirley Ann Pardue
Dec 24, 2008
Shirley Ann Pardue, 67, passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2008, in Shelbyville. Born February 28, 1941, in Beech Grove, she was the daughter of Burleigh L. and Thelma D. (Lee) Martin. Survivors include sons, David (wife, Traci) Pardue of Folkston, Georgia, Kenny Pardue and Kevin Pardue, both of Shelbyville; daughters, Rita Cockerham of Shelbyville, Bonnie Ingles of Indianapolis and Tressa...
Harold "Dean" Pennington
Dec 23, 2008
Harold "Dean" Pennington, 55, of North Vernon,Indiana passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at Hospice of South Central Indiana in Columbus. Born February 27, 1953 in Seymour, Indiana to Pearl Pennington and Lillie Fern "Adams" Wagner. Survivors include one son; one daughter; brothers, Allen Wayne Pennington and Ronald Lynn Pennington, both of North Vernon; sister, Anna Faye (husband, Robert) Zike...
George J. Parker
Dec 19, 2008
George J. Parker, 73, of Shelbyville passed away Friday, December 19, 2008 at Select Specialty Hospital in Greenwood. Born June 19, 1935 in Meadow Bridge, West Virginia, he was the son of Cecil and Sadie Mae (Vandall) Parker. On September 2, 1961 he married Erma C. Matney, and she survives. Other survivors include his mother of Meadow Bridge, West Virginia;...
William A. Heck
Dec 19, 2008
William A. Heck, 91, of Indianapolis died Friday, December 19, 2008, at Brandywine Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Greenfield. Born June 27, 1917, in Indianapolis, he was the son of William M. and Grace (Salig) Heck. He married Edna Johnson on July 10, 1943, and she preceded hin in death on December 28, 2000. Survivors include his sons, Michael (wife,...
Samme Kaye Gladson
Dec 17, 2008
Samme Kaye Gladson, 66, of Fairland passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at Select Specialty Hospital in Beech Grove. Born March 27, 1942, in Benham, Kentucky, she was the daughter of Samuel M. Cope and Eula Gertrude (Neely) Cope Harrell McCarty. She married C. E. "ed" Gladson on December 1, 1962, and he survives. Other survivors include her daughters, Carla...
Helen A. Messmore
Dec 11, 2008
Helen A. Messmore, 75, of Shelbyville passed away Thursday, December 11, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital and Health Center in Indianapolis, IN. Born April 16, 1933 in Shelbyville, Indiana to Paul R. and Mary Margaret (Hendrickson) Lambert. She married A. Wray Messmore on August 25, 1950, and he preceded her in death on December 26, 1990. Survivors include her daughter,...