Obituaries

Dec 22, 2009

Services for Denny M. Shaver, 68, Logansport, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Gundrum Funeral Home. He died at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009, in his home. Born Feb. 21, 1941, in Logansport, he was the son of Delbert A. and Anna Maxine Llewellyn Shaver. He was married to Judith G. Langsdon, who preceded in death Dec....

Dec 15, 2009

Patrick Robert Hart, 49, Walton, died at 4:56 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, in his residence. Born Sept. 6, 1960, in Chicago, he was the son of Barb Hoffman. He was married Oct. 12, 1996, in Logansport, to Michele Hay, who survives in Walton. Patrick was an MRI and CT operator for Lafayette Home Hospital. He was a veteran of...

Dec 14, 2009

Lois Babb, 77, Logansport, died at 8:10 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, in St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana, Indianapolis. Born Feb. 19, 1932, in Carroll County, she was the daughter of Gilbert William and Velma Irene Hershberger Gates. She was married June 17, 1951, in Logansport, to Richard A. “Dick” Babb, who preceded in death May 27, 2008. Lois...

Dec 13, 2009

Evelyn M. Williams, 88, Logansport, died at 11:20 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009, in Logansport Memorial Hospital. Born March 10, 1921, in Logansport, she was the daughter of Carl and Marie Gibson Campbell. She was married to Lester Williams, who preceded in death 16 years ago. Evelyn was a homemaker, and also worked with her husband on their farm. She...

Dec 12, 2009

Charles V. Justice, 52, Macy, passed away 2:43 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, in his residence after a 16-month fight with cancer. Born Oct. 22, 1957, in Logansport, Ind., he was the son of Charles L. Justice and Esther E. Gunter. On Nov. 16, 1985, in Fulton, Ind., he married Teresa A. Zartman. Charlie began working in construction before becoming...

Dec 9, 2009

Edwin Paul “Dutch” Gangloff, 81, Logansport, died at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, in his residence. Born Feb. 9, 1928, in Camden, he was the son of Omer and Florence Hinkle Gangloff. He was married Nov. 5, 1949, in Faith Lutheran Church, to Olive E. Bowman, who survives. Ed worked 40 years as a conductor on the Conrail Railroad....

Dec 4, 2009

Jacqueline “Jackie” Mary Albert, 74, Logansport, died at 11:17 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, in Chase Center, Logansport. Born May 9, 1933, in Springfield, Mass., she was the daughter of William Sears and Kathleen Lafferty. She was married on April 26, 1975, in Las Vegas, to Donald Albert, who survives. She retired as an office worker from GTE after 25...

Dec 3, 2009

Eva Virginia Ulery, 85, Logansport, died at 1:47 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, in her daughter’s residence in Lafayette. Born Sept. 22, 1924, in Lincoln, she was the daughter of William Parker and Edith Cooper Wood. She was married Feb. 19, 1940, in Nead, to Hubert D. Ulery, who preceded in death Aug. 20, 2003. Eva was a homemaker. She...

Dec 1, 2009

George H. Hughart, 46, Logansport, died at 5:53 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009, in Logansport Memorial Hospital. Born Jan. 15, 1963, in Fontana, Calif., he was the son of Robert Ralph Hughart and Barbara Ann Somers. His occupation was in electrical maintenance. Mr. Hughart was a paratrooper in the U.S. Army. Surviving are his companion, Deborah M. Dorsam, Logansport; sister,...

Nov 30, 2009

Enid M. Hunt, 80, Logansport, died at 5:45 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, in Miller’s Merry Manor Arbor in Logansport. Born May 19, 1929, in Metea, she was the daughter of LeRoy and Enid Nancy Sullivan Fissel. Enid was raised by Harry and Ursula Johnson of Logansport. Her first marriage was on June 21, 1947, in Logansport, to E.P. Bill...

Nov 24, 2009

Nov 17, 2009

Sharon R. Munson, 68, Twelve Mile, died at 7:21 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, in St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. Born June 30, 1941, in Logansport, she was the daughter of Charles E. and Mary E. Pifer Petrie. She was married June 1, 1968, in St. Joseph Church in Logansport, to Gary “Butch” Munson. Sharon was retired from the Pioneer School...

Nov 16, 2009

Porter L. Rusk, 11 weeks old, Royal Center, died Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, in Logansport Memorial Hospital. Born Aug. 24, 2009, in Logansport, he was the son of Luke A. and Stephanie L. Penn Rusk. Surviving are his parents, Luke and Stephanie Rusk, Royal Center; brother, Dalton Raderstorf, Royal Center; paternal grandparents, Thomas and Brenda Rusk, Royal Center; maternal grandparents,...

Nov 15, 2009

Donald E. Barnes Jr., 72, Logansport, died at 11:40 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, in Logansport Memorial Hospital. Born Jan. 30, 1937, in Logansport, he was the son of Donald E. Barnes Sr. and Margaret H. Newman. He was married Sept. 18, 1978, in Logansport, to Karen A. Jameson, who survives. Donald retired in 1996 after over 38 years as...

Nov 14, 2009

James E. Wilson, 73, Royal Center, passed away at 9:45 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, at Miller’s Merry Manor in Logansport. Born Jan. 3, 1936, in Cass County, Ind., he was the son of Elmer Wilson and Irene Taylor. Jim was a graduate of the Indiana Barber College of Indianapolis in 1955, and he owned and operated Wilson’s Barber Shop...

Nov 9, 2009

Carol R. Conrad, 61, Twelve Mile, died at 10:10 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, in her residence. Born April 22, 1948, in Logansport, she was the daughter of William R. Adams and Helen L. Springer. She was married Dec. 13, 1968, in Rochester, to L.D. Conrad, who survives. Carol retired from the Department of Child Welfare as a case manager...

Nov 6, 2009

Nov 3, 2009

Barbara J. Gust Wortman, 79, Logansport, died at 9:27 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in Logansport Memorial Hospital. Born March 15, 1930, in Logansport, she was the daughter of Harold and Martha Wray Gust. She was married May 29, 1952, in Logansport, to Ray Ross Wortman, who preceded in death Feb. 23, 1984. She was a former co-owner of Wortman...

Nov 2, 2009

William R. “Bill” McClain, 61, Twelve Mile, died at 2:50 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in Dukes Memorial Hospital in Peru. Born Dec. 17, 1947, in Logansport, he was the son of William Leon and Theda Faye Rivers McClain. He was married March 19, 1971, in San Jose, Calif., to Beverly J. Foster, who survives. Bill was a truck driver...

Oct 25, 2009

Grace A. Kesser, 88, Royal Center, died at 7:40 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, in Miller’s Merry Manor. Born July 24, 1921, in Cass County, she was the daughter of LeRoy and Sarah Anna Buchanan Young. She was married June 23, 1940, in Rochester, to James Frederick Kesser Jr., who preceded in death April 6, 1980. Grace was a homemaker....