Obituaries

James Edward Thomas (07/03/09)
James Edward Thomas, 64, of Bloomington, passed away at 9 p.m. Thursday, July 2, 2009 at Bloomington Hospital. Born August 9, 1944 in Monroe County, he was the son of Homer Lee and Nellie Jane (Lake) Thomas. He was a yardman and a truck driver for Black Lumber in Bloomington...

Christine Geneva Minks (07/03/09)
Christine Geneva Minks, 77, of Lyons passed away at 10:20 P.M. on Thursday, July 2, 2009 at the Lyons Health & Living Center in Lyons. Christine was born Sept. 29, 1931 in Salt Lick, Ky., the daughter of Rainey and Maudie Patterson. She worked for Dan Pielemeier in the cafeteria of the Pielemeier Rexall Drug Store for 20 years, she got temporary work at Crane before returning to Pielemeier's. ...

Gerald L. "Red" Reed (07/02/09)
Gerald L. "Red" Reed, 81, of Linton, passed away at 6 a.m. Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at his residence. He was born Aug. 6, 1927, in Switz City, the son of Wayne and Ruby (Beasley) Reed. On March 11, 1947, Gerald married Betty Sinders, and they had three children...

Gerald "Red" Reed, (07/01/09)
Gerald "Red" Reed, 81, died Wednesday morning, July 1, 2009, at his residence in Linton. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton.

Harley Fred Skirvin (06/30/09)
Harley Fred Skirvin, 87, of Bloomington, was born Feb. 23, 1922 at the Skirvin Farm to Fred and Corda (Young) Skirvin and entered his eternal life in heaven with Jesus on June 29, 2009. Harley graduated from Unionville High School in 1939 and worked for REMC, Coca Cola, and Sarkes Tarzian. ...

Oral "Johnny" Long (06/30/09)
Oral "Johnny" Long, 91, passed away Monday at his home in Elnora with his family at his bedside. He was born Oct. 12, 1917, to George and Tena Long who preceded him in death. He was a lifelong resident of Elnora and a well-known farmer. He was best known for his outstanding herd of purebred Duroc hogs. ...

Seth D. Lavender (06/29/09)
Seth D. Lavender, 23, of rural Bloomfield, passed away at 8:28 p.m. on Sunday June 28, 2009 in Solsberry. Seth was born in Monroe County, the son of Dennis D. and Linda L. (Laughlin) Lavender. Seth was a Christian and a member of the Cross Roads Community Church in Bedford...

Virgil L. Meier Jr. (06/29/09)
Virgil L. Meier Jr., 61, of Pleasantville and formerly of Hammond, passed away at 11:45 a.m. Sunday, June 28, 2009 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. He was born in East Chicago May 3, 1948, the son of Virgil Lawrence Meier and Lillian Jansky Meier. He was a U.S. ...

Frances M. (Dugger) Marlow (06/29/09)
Frances M. (Dugger) Marlow, 67, of Dugger, IN, passed away on Monday, June 29, 2009, at Terre Haute Regional Hospital in Terre Haute. Born in New Castle on March 20, 1942, she was the daughter of Francis R. and Audrey E. (Ashby) Dugger. She married James W. Marlow on September 1, 1984...

Ermil E. Richardson (06/29/09)
Ermil E. Richardson, 88, Linton, passed away Sunday, June 28, 2009, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. He was born on Nov. 7, 1920, in Scotland, IN. to John R. and Freida (Stone) Richardson. On March 29, 1938, Ermil married Ruth Arthur and they had two children...

Mary Elizabeth Gordon (06/28/09)
Mary Elizabeth Gordon, 95, went home to be with her Lord on June 26, 2009, at the residence of her son and daughter-in-law, Jack and Penny Gordon of rural Lewis. Mary was born July 9, 1913, in Sullivan County, the daughter of David Elmer Miller and Ma Ethel Miller...

Joshua Jon Merritt (06/26/09)
Joshua Jon Merritt, 11, of Newberry, passed away at 8:12 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at Riley Childrens Hospital in Indianapolis. Born February 10, 1998 in Bloomington, he was the son of Peter James Merritt and Lisa Mae (Crays) Burris. Josh was a fourth grade student at East Elementary School in Loogootee and previously attended Bloomfield Elementary School. Josh enjoyed anything to do with the outdoors and was a member of the Bloomfield Youth League football team...

Randy Scott Miller (06/26/09)

Gary Lee Williams (06/25/09)
Gary Lee Williams, 62, of Route 2 Worthington, passed away at his residence at 6 a.m. Thursday, June 25, 2009. He was born April 9, 1947 in Poland to Gilbert and Roberta (Meek) Williams. He was a over the road truck driver and a U.S. Army veteran of Vietnam. He was a member of the American Legion VFW in Worthington...

Amy Anderson (06/24/09)
Amy Anderson, 85, of Jasonville and formerly of Linton, passed away at 2:55 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at Sullivan Co. Community Hospital in Sullivan. She was born in Salem, Ark. on April 18, 1924, the daughter of Edwin Caruthers and Gladys Bolin Caruthers...

Jennifer Ann Peak (06/23/09)
Jennifer Ann Peak, 34, of Paxton, went to heaven with her three loving dogs, Tiny, Bandit, and Dusty in her home early Monday morning, June 22, 2009. She was born on May 16, 1975 in Terre Haute, to William Edward and Vicky (Rogers) Johnson. Jennifer loved scrapbooking, cooking even making her own new recipes, cake decorating, planning outings, and parties with friends and family. She was an animal lover, and a member of Temple Baptist Church in Carlisle...

Dorothy Jane Lehman (06/22/09)
Dorothy Jane (Strosnider) Lehman, 94, of Franklin and formerly of Bloomfield, died June 11, 2009, at Franklin United Methodist Community. Born Dec. 21, 1914 in Bloomfield, she was the daughter of Virgil and Ida Jane (Noel) Strosnider. She retired from Bendix Corporation in Franklin after 25 years of service...

Kemmeth L. Brookshire (06/22/09)
Kenneth L. Brookshire Kenneth L. Brookshire, 95, of Port Charlotte, Fla., and formerly of Linton, passed away Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008 at Peace River Regional Medical Center in Port Charlotte. He was born June 26, 1913 in Newberry. He retired in 1976 in Indianapolis and moved to the Port Charlotte area 24 years ago from Linton...

Amie Kristine Bays Lundy (06/21/09)
Amie Kristine Bays Lundy, 41, of Bloomfield, passed away 9:50 p.m. Saturday, June 20, 2009 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born May 5, 1968 in Linton, she was the daughter of f Kevin R. Bays and Libby (Bland) Grider. She was a certified Dental assistant technician...

Barbara A. Slattery (06/19/09)
Barbara A. Slattery, 81, Indianapolis, passed away June 18, 2009. Barbara was born in Dugger, Ind., on Dec. 26, 1927 to parents Jessie and Edith (Myers) Bedwell. She was a 1945 graduate of Linton-Stockton High School and earned her business degree from Indiana Business College...