Local Obituaries

David was a business owner with laundromats in Aurora and Rising Sun as well as being<>a carpenter, electrcian and factory worker. He graduated from Sunman High School and served in US Air Force from 1964 to 1968. He is a...

Melvin E. Cutter, age 79, a former resident of Dillsboro, passed away Friday, August 26, 2011 at the Waters of Rising Sun. He was born Feb 6, 1932 in Dillsboro to John Raymond and Irene...

Mr. Arthur "Buddy" Green, age 86, of Mt. Sterling, Indiana, entered this life on September 6, 1924, in Switzerland County, Indiana, the son of Andrew & Sadie M. (Peters) Green, both of whom preceded him in death. He was raised...

SWARTLEY, Donald R., beloved husband of the late Ruth G., loving father of Donald M. (Jennifer) Swartley, step-father of A.G. (Angie) Payne, cherished grandfather of Stephen J. and Amanda F. Swartley, Heather (Michael) Garrett, Chad Payne and Lea (Zachary) Scott...

read more... 8/26/2011

Survivors include her husband - Richard L. Reed

a daughter - Michele ( Larry ) Shaver of Sunman, IN

a son - Richard John ( April ) Reed of Sunman, IN

and a grandchild - Destiny Manley

also her sisters and brothers - Cindy,...

OBITUARY NOTICE

Brent Richard Rummel, 37 of Moores Hill, IN passed away Tuesday August 23, 2011, as a result of an automobile accident on Stamper Road near Moores Hill. He...

Mabel Johnson (nee Kaiser), age 98 of Bright, IN passed away Thursday,August 25, 2011 in Lawrenceburg, IN.

 Born September 21, 1912 in Guilford, IN she was the daughter of the lateWilliam & Mary (Rudd) Kaiser.  She married Emmert "Red" A. Johnson...

Colburn was a Master Mechanic at I & M Power Plant for over 30 years

and he is survived by a Sister - Verda M. Holliday of Milan, IN

and Sister-in-laws - Ruby Burns of Moores Hill, IN and

Cornie Burns...

Survivors include her husband - Leo E. Schantz

a daughter - Patty Masters pf Morehead, KY

and sons - Petey Elza and Jimmy Elza   both of Aurora, IN

also  12 Grandchildren and 17 Great Grandchildren 

and her sisters - Margaret Raber of Rising...

Mrs. Katie Mae (McFarland) Alonso-Peralta, age 30, of Palmyra, Indiana, formerly of Vevay, Indiana, entered this life on October 9, 1980, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the daughter of Robert Wayne McFarland & Cindy Ann Blackburn. She was raised in Switzerland...

Ramona Hutson (nee Wingle) Died August 22, 2011 in her 83rd year.  She is is the daughter of the late Victor & Ada Wingle.  She will be missed by her loving family and friends.  Friends are invited to a visitation...

BECHTEL, John E., Beloved Husband of Dallas (nee Bowling).  Devoted Father of Shonda (Rick) Drake, Vicki Hunt, Dave (Traci) Bechtel, Mike (Sheri) Bechtel and Andrea Christy. Loving Grandfather of Brandon, Ashley, Jessie, Issac, Matthew, Jordan and Emma. Great Grandfather of...

Survivors include his sisters -

Ruth ( Thomas ) Reif of Cincinnati, OH

Joan Pessler of Cincinnati, OH

Kathleen ( Edward ) reynolds of Edgewood, KY

Virginia ( Robert ) Stewart of Walton, KY

Sister-in-law - Ellen Zeiser of Cincinnati, OH

and many Nieces and Nephews   ...

Mr. Christopher Lynn "Chris" McAlister, age 37, of Vevay, Indiana, entered this life on July 5, 1972, in Madison, Indiana, the son of Charles Edward & Debra Lee (McAlister) Hite, & his father preceded him in death. He was raised...

Mr. Junior Elisha McCarty, age 74, of Vevay, Indiana, entered this life on November 3, 1936, in Magoffin County, Kentucky the son of Marcus & Effie Margaret (Burton) McCarty, both of whom preceded her in death. He was raised in...

Edith S. Grimsley, 89, of Moores Hill, IN, passed away Monday, August 22, 2011 at her home.

She was born Tuesday, February 7, 1922 in Dillsboro, Indiana, Daughter of the late George Homann and the late Cora Tritch Homann.

Edith was a...

  Mrs. Naomi Blanche (Brown) Pettit, age 74, of Vevay, Indiana, entered this life as a premature birth on December 19, 1936, at the King's Daughters' Hospital in Madison, Indiana, the daughter of John Stanley & Ruth Helen (Haggerman) Brown,...

Jacobsen, Robert E., survived by his loving wife Barbara A. Jacobsen (nee Koeppe) of 49years.  Beloved father of Mona Jacobsen, Robert E. Jacobsen II, Estelle (Mike) Vonderahe, Carl Jacobsen and Diane (Jay) Witt.  Cherished grandfather of Stephen & Crysta Preuss,...

  Mrs. Cynthia Druann "Cindy" (Sprague) Bladen, age 66, of Vevay, Indiana, entered this life on July 24, 1945, in LaPorte, Indiana, the daughter of Peter Elzia & Marjorie (McIntosh) Sprague, both of whom preceded her in death. She was...

Thelma Mae Slater, age 97, a former resident of Moores Hill and Dillsboro, passed away Friday, August 5, 2011 in Puyallup, Washington. She was born April 11, 1914 on her parents, James and Florence (Rumsey)...