Obituaries
Ruth Alice Mason
Jul 17, 2009
Ruth Alice Mason, 87, of Shelbyville passed away Friday, July 17, 2009 at Ashford Place Health Campus. Born September 14, 1921, in Shelbyville, she was the daughter of Charles E. and Carrie M. (Wills) Reinbold. She married Robert Reinbold on November 30, 1952, and he preceded her in death on February 12, 1998. Survivors include her brothers, Robert "Bob" (wife,...
Donald Neal Benefiel
Jul 14, 2009
Donald Neal "Benny" Benefiel, 85, of Shelbyville passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at Major Hospital. Born June 2, 1924, in Shelby County, he was the son of Ross and Ruth (Kuhn) Benefiel. He married Betty Rose Feller on January 7, 1944, and she preceded him in death on May 28, 1998. Survivors include his sons, Donald (wife, Linda) Benefiel...
John Robert Foltz
Jul 12, 2009
John Robert Foltz, 38, of Shelbyville, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2009, at his home, surrounded by family, after a four-year battle with brain cancer. Born in Beech Grove, he was the son of Robert L. and Bonnie Jean (Colvin) Foltz. He married Lora Burns and she survives. Other survivors include his parents; son, Jack Foltz; brothers, Jason (wife, Traci)...
Edna M. Itce
Jul 8, 2009
Edna M. Itce, 80, of Shelbyville passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2009, at Major Hospital. Born July 3, 1928, in Johnson County, she was the daughter of Raymond and L. Lucille (Davis) Runshe Sr. She married Harry Emerson Itce, Sr. on May 9, 1947. and he preceded her in death on January 14, 1988. Survivors include her children, Harry Itce,...
Trillis J. Stewart
Jul 4, 2009
Trillis J. Stewart, 71, of Shelbyville passed away Saturday, July 4, 2009 at her residence. Born April 6, 1938 in Cambridge City, she was the daughter of Wilford C. and Audrey M. (Goldman) Pavey. Other survivors include her children, Bradley (wife, Cathy) Ray of Fishers and Kimberly (husband, Steve) Mitchell of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; step-children, Kathy (husband, Phil) Green of Columbus,...
Irene Hermesch
Jul 2, 2009
Irene Hermesch, 86, of Shelbyville passed away Thursday, July 2, 2009, at Major Hospital. Born September 24, 1922, in Mingo County, W.Va., she was the daughter of Anthony Wayne and Ida (Ward) Hayton. She married Edgar F. Tomlin, and he preceded her in death. She married Forrest Hermesch on June 3, 1957, and he preceded her in death on August...
David J. .McKean
Jul 2, 2009
David J. McKean, 65, of Shelbyville passed away Thursday, July 2, 2009 at Major Hospital. Born December 1, 1943, in Seattle, Washington, he was the son of James Angus and Dorothy (King) McKean. He married Dana Joan Halford McKean and she survives. No public services will be held.
Patsy "Pat" Faye McVey
Jul 2, 2009
Patsy "Pat" Faye McVey, 73, of Fountaintown, passed away Thursday, July 2, 2009 at her residence. Born June 2, 1936 in Lynch, Kentucky, she was the daughter of Clarence and Elsie (Boggs) Campbell. She married Richard Ronald McVey, Sr. on June 21, 1955, and he survives. Other survivors include her sons, Richard Ronald (wife, Vicky) McVey and Timothy "Tim" Lee...
Mary E. Kaster
Jun 29, 2009
Mary E. Kaster, 94, of Shelbyville passed away Monday, June 29, 2009 at Ashford Place. Born March 6, 1915, in Indianapolis, she was the daughter of William and Fena (Reed) Epperson. She married Paul Gray Kaster, and he preceded her in death on April 28, 2003. Survivors include her son, Phil (wife, Freda) Kaster of Shelbyville; daughter, Janet Compton of...
Richard T. Cox
Jun 27, 2009
Richard T. Cox, 72, of Shelbyville passed away Saturday, June 27, 2009 at Major Hospital. Born July 24, 1936 in Shelby County, he was the son of Raleigh Elwood and Lona (Flick) Cox. He married Diane (Bennett) Cox on August 13, 1983, and she survives. Other survivors include his daughters, Rhonda L. Cox and Regina L. (husband Bernardo) Zuniga, both...
John Raymond Kelly Jr.
Jun 26, 2009
Lieutenant General John Raymond Kelly, Jr., USA Retired, 84, of Shelbyville passed away Friday, June 26, 2009 at his home. Born October 8, 1924, in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of John Raymond and Fannie Minnetta (Long) Kelly. He married Genevieve (Spurling) Savage on July 24, 1976, and she survives. Survivors include his daughters, Gwendolyn J. Keller and Leah...
Eleanor "Ellen" Pfeiffer
Jun 26, 2009
Eleanor "Ellen" Pfeiffer, 74, passed away Friday, June 26, 2009 at Parkview North Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Born August 14, 1934 in Lincoln, Nebraska, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Eloise Gilliatte. Survivors include her daughters, Deb Edwards of Indianapolis, Marcy (husband, Tom) Knight of Fort Wayne, Beth (husband, Charlie) Ayers of Shelbyville; son, Bruce (wife, Julia)...
Dr. Phyllis J. Fleming, PhD
Jun 23, 2009
Phyllis J. Fleming, Sarah Whiting Francis Professor of Physics, Emerita, at Wellesley College, died after a long illness on June 23, 2009. A physicist, she dedicated her life to the enhancement of opportunities for women in science as a pioneer in teaching, research and service. She believed to know a subject one must teach it. Thirty of her Wellesley students...
Mattie Jester
Jun 22, 2009
Private services were observed. Services were entrusted to Freeman Family Funeral Homes and Crematory, 819 S. Harrison St., Shelbyville, Indiana.
Maybelle Mohr
Jun 21, 2009
Maybelle Mohr, 92, of Shelbyville passed away Sunday, June 21, 2009, at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Franklin. Born May 13, 1917, in Westport, she was the daughter of David J. and Lilly Belle (Elliott) Talkington. She married Delbert J. Mohr in 1933. Survivors include her children, Ronald J. (wife, Jerri) Mohr of Ocoee, Florida, Jeleyne Cox, Joe Ed (wife, Patricia)...
Martha Ann Creed
Jun 20, 2009
Martha Ann Creed, 89, of Shelbyville passed away Saturday, June 20, 2009, at Major Hospital. Born February 1, 1920, in Rays Crossing, she was the daughter of Earl and Blanche (Moore) Haehl. She married Claude Creed in September of 1941, and he preceded her in death in 1944, while serving in World War II. Survivors include her daughter, Claudia (husband,...
Leonard Daniel "Danny" Reardon
Jun 20, 2009
Leonard Daniel "Danny" Reardon, 29, of Morristown passed away Saturday, June 20, 2009 at Methodist Hospital. Born December 25, 1979, in Columbus he was the son of Leonard Joseph Reardon and Debra Louise (Tichenor) Alexander. He married Jessica Renee (Baldwin) on February 21, 2003, and she survivors. Other survivors include his parents, Leonard Joseph (wife, Naomi Crafton) Reardon of St....
Virginia "Jenny" Lee Sills
Jun 19, 2009
Virginia Lee "Jenny" Sills, 66, of Shelbyville passed away Friday, June 19, 2009 at Major Hospital. Born April 23, 1943, in Shelbyville, she was the daughter of Chandis Sills and Clara Mae (Jones) Brewer. Survivors include her brother, Ray (wife, Bonita) Brewer of Manilla; sister, Mary (husband, Gerald) Gilmartin of Indianapolis; several nieces and nephews; and several great-nieces and -nephews....
Malcolm Forsyth
Jun 17, 2009
Malcolm E. Forsyth, 62, of Carthage, died Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at his home. Born January 12, 1947, he was the son of the late Norman George and Mary Dorothy (Gillam) Forsyth. Mr. Forsyth was a long-time resident of Gwynneville. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Mr. Forsyth graduated from Morristown High School in 1965. A gathering of friends will...
Betty Haley Rettig
Jun 17, 2009
Betty Haley Rettig, 93, of Shelbyville passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at Ashford Place Health Campus. Born August 16, 1915 in Newton, Iowa, she was the daughter of Daniel J. and Mary Jane (Robertson) Huff. She married Earl C. Haley on November 8, 1936 and he preceded her in death on August 23, 1984. On December 28, 1985 she...
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