Obituaries

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...

Sep 2, 2010

David Glenn Berry, 49, Kewanna, passed away at 6:10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in Austin, Texas. He was born Aug. 9, 1961, in Logansport to Thomas James and Lois E. Vogel Berry. On March 5, 1983, he married Melanie J. Davis, who survives. David was an instrumental part of the family business, Jim Berry and Son’s Inc., and was...

Aug 25, 2010

LOGANSPORT — Inez M. Newnes, 88, Logansport, died at 12:39 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010, in St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. Born May 30, 1922, in Rossiter, Pa., she was the daughter of Orazio DiSalvatore and Adalaide Diremigo. She was married Oct. 24, 1944, in Ohio, to Barney R. Newnes, who preceded in death on Oct. 4, 1987. Inez retired from...

Aug 23, 2010

Frank J. White, 89, Logansport, died at 9:10 p.m. Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, in his residence. Born, Dec. 1, 1920, in Royal Center, he was the son of Frank Virgil White and Zola Swisher. He was married Feb. 25, 1940, in Mexico, to Lois Jean White, who preceded in death Sept. 29, 2007. Frank was an engineer at Logan Machine...

Aug 22, 2010

Thomas L. Appleton, 75 DELPHI — Thomas Lee Appleton, 75, of Delphi, died at 4:40 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010, at his residence. Born Jan. 8, 1935, in Carroll County, he was the son of Jay and Opal Lois Gray Appleton. On Dec. 20, 1957, he married Jean Ann Flora in Carroll County, and she survives. Mr. Appleton retired in...

Aug 20, 2010

Imojean McFarland, 78, Logansport, died at 2:52 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, 2010, at Logansport Memorial Hospital. The daughter of Douglass James and Ora Esther Holland McFarland, she was born Sept. 25, 1931, in Orange County. She retired from General Tire Company after 35 years of service. Survivors include her daughters, Sandra K. Kasch, Logansport, Bonnie Arnold and husband Harold, Lillington,...

Aug 15, 2010

Burma L. Spencer, 69, Logansport, died at 12:15 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. She was born June 22, 1941, in Rural, Ky., the daughter of Emery and Madeline E. Mansfield Forrest. She was married Aug. 15, 1981, in Logansport to Ed Spencer, who preceded in death on Nov. 28, 2007. She formerly worked for T.M....

Aug 14, 2010

Evelyn Joan Fry, 78, Logansport, passed away at 8:43 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, in St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. Born Nov. 2, 1931, Mishawaka, she was the daughter of Fred Demske and Viola Locke. On Sept. 1, 1962, in Mishawaka, she married Boyd E. “Bud” Fry, who survives. Evelyn retired in 1991 after 19 years with National Friction Company. She...

Aug 12, 2010

Ernest A. Norlin, 82, Logansport, died at 2:35 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, at his residence. Born May 10, 1928, in Dollar Bay, Mich., he was the son of Axel Elof and Ina L. Johnson Norlin. He was married Oct. 8, 1977, in Logansport, to Kathryn M. Gallaher, who survives. Ernie retired in 1974 from the U.S. Air Force after...