Obituaries

Oct 21, 2010

Oct 21, 2010

SSgt. Kenneth Keith McAninch July 31, 1982 - Oct. 21, 2010 Sgt. Kenneth Keith McAninch, 28, Hopkinsville, Ky., formerly of Logansport, died Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010, in the Yahya Khel district, Afghanistan. He was born July 31, 1982, in Monticello, the son of Marvin McAninch and Cheryl A. Richardson. On June 11, 2010, in Hopkinsville, Ky., he married Shawnna R....

Oct 18, 2010

Elvie M. Edge, 66, Logansport, died at 9:55 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, in Seaton Hospital, Lafayette. Born Sept. 22, 1944, in Logansport, she was the daughter of Dwight and Zurtha Minner Humerickhouse. She was married Nov. 17, 1967, in Paris, Ill., to Warren M. Edge, who preceded in death April 11, 1998. Elvie retired in 2005 after 43 years...

Oct 18, 2010

Sarah Maglean M. Courtney, 88, Logansport, died at 9:33 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, in WoodBridge Health Campus. Born Aug. 10, 1922, in Knoble, Ark., she was the daughter of Jodie and Ellen Golden Reed. She was married March 30, 1963, in Los Angeles to Paul F. Courtney, who preceded in death June 15, 1989. Sarah was a homemaker and...

Oct 15, 2010

Steven Lee Penn, 50, Logansport, died at 11:47 a.m. Friday Oct. 15, 2010, at St. Vincent Heart Center in Carmel. He was born Dec. 5, 1959, in Logansport to Phillip L. Penn and Sandra S. Snyder Penn. Steven was married to Vicky Haynes on March 9, 1990. He worked for Gangloff Industries and enjoyed farming, trucking and hunting. He is...

Oct 15, 2010

Oct 10, 2010

Jane L. Sharp, 90, Logansport, died at 12:20 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010, in Miller’s Merry Manor. Born July 24, 1920, in Norfolk, Va., she was the daughter of Walter and Helen Gertrude Gotshall Heppe. She was formerly married to Albert Sharp, who preceded in death. Jane was a homemaker and formerly worked for JCPenney and Woodlawn Center. She was...

Oct 6, 2010

Robert Wayne “Bob” Hunt, 83, Logansport, died at 2:20 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne. Born Dec. 3, 1926, in Kokomo, he was the son of Monroe and Faye Brady Hunt. He was married April 1, 1967, in Logansport, to Enid M. Fissel Hunt, who preceded in death after 42 years of marriage on...

Oct 5, 2010

Robert L. Brandt, 74, Royal Center, died at 9:20 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, at WoodBridge Health Campus. Born Aug. 3, 1936, he was the son of Vernie and Elsie Bessman Brandt. He was married Jan. 24, 1959, in Iowa Falls, Iowa, to Marlene F. Chaplin, who survives. Bob retired as a meat packing foreman for Wilson Foods, IBP and...

Oct 2, 2010

Georgia Banta Henry, 79, Logansport, died at 8:45 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Logansport. Born Oct. 19, 1930, in Logansport, she was the daughter of George V. and Cleo Terrell Banta. Georgia formerly worked for Banta Farms, Banta Orchard, Superior Parts, National Friction and Steve Taylor Auto Sales. She was a member of Pisgah Church, American...

Sep 30, 2010

Dorothy Fife, 94, Albuquerque, N.M., formerly of Logansport, died Thursday, Sept. 30 in Albuquerque. Born June 4, 1916, in Sharpsville, she was the daughter of David H. and Esther Bean Carson. She was married in September 1940 in Logansport to Howard R. Fife, who preceded in death Feb. 7, 1977. Surviving are daughter, Carol Norton and husband, Donald, Albuquerque, N.M.;...

Sep 30, 2010

Sharon A. Bartak, 61, Logansport, died at 3:25 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, in the Emergency Room at Logansport Memorial Hospital. Born June 12, 1949, in Logansport, she was the daughter of Clarence and Alice Seward Stanton. She was married June 1, 1968, in Logansport, to Rodney C. Bartak. Sharon was a teacher’s aide for Franklin Elementary School. She was...

Sep 30, 2010

Sep 29, 2010

Margaret Ann Bechdol, 80, Twelve Mile, died at 12:43 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler, Texas. She was born July 10, 1930, in Pulaski County to Milo Bonnell and Muriel Penny. She was married to Clarence M. Bechdol who survives on Dec. 10, 1950, in Star City Margaret began work at national Steel in...

Sep 26, 2010

Lola Maxine Clem, 89, Logansport, died at 6:25 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, in Miller’s Merry Manor. Born March 12, 1921, in Carroll County, she was the daughter of Carl and Addie Tribbett Cree. She was married Dec. 30, 1939, in Logansport, to Frederick Leroy “Roy” Clem, who preceded in death Dec. 22, 2009. Lola was a homemaker. She was...

Sep 22, 2010

Viola M. Ulery, 74, Logansport, died at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, in her residence. Born May 14, 1936, in Cass County, she was the daughter of Leroy and Luella Dilling Luzadder. She was married Sept. 7, 1958, in Logansport, to Harold Ulery, who preceded her in death on Nov. 4, 2000. Viola owned Sun World, Video World and...

Sep 14, 2010

Mary B. Bolinger Cripe, 74, Logansport, died at 2:15 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, in Seton Hospital, Lafayette. Born Aug. 20, 1936, in Cass County, she was the daughter of Paul A. and Grace Carrier Viney. Her first marriage was on Dec. 6, 1952, in Burnettsville, where she married Abraham L. “Tom” Bolinger, who preceded in death Aug. 26, 1987....

Sep 13, 2010

Violet M. “Tillie” Downham, 88, Logansport, died at 9:05 a.m. Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, in her residence. Born Sept. 27, 1921, in Logansport, she was the daughter of Fred W. and Beulah Money Graf. She was married Jan. 28, 1945, in Norfolk, Va., to George Daniel Downham, who preceded death on Oct. 30, 1972. Violet was a homemaker. Surviving are...

Sep 12, 2010

Virginia L. May, 84, Logansport, died at 9:13 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010, in her residence. Born July 31, 1926, in Ridge Farm, Ill., she was the daughter of Bethel James Crowe and Lissie Mae Grace. She was married Oct. 20, 1946, in Goodland, to Kenneth Eugene May, who preceded in death June 3, 2001. Virginia was retired and was...

Sep 9, 2010

Jack J. Wolf, 83, Southfield, Mich., died Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, in Southfield. He was born Jan. 29, 1927, in Logansport, and was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in World War II. Surviving are his fiancé, Bettye Morgan; daughter, Carolyn Quinlan and husband Pat; son, Charles Wolf and wife Tina; stepchildren, Patricia Caldwell and husband Rick, Ray Stamas...