Obituaries
Carol A. Wiley
Feb 13, 2007
Carol A. Wiley, 60, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007, at Physicians Regional Medical Center in Naples, Fla., after a 1-1/2 year battle with cancer. Born May 10, 1946, in Shelbyville, she was the daughter of Colonel Walter A. and Helen M. (Bansbach) Riemenschneider. She married Julian Wiley on Aug. 6, 1978, and he survives. Other survivors include daughters,...
James L. DeBaun
Feb 13, 2007
James Leroy DeBaun, 67, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007, at his home. Born Nov. 1, 1939, in Shelbyville, he was the son of James and Frances (Dugan) DeBaun. He was preceded in death by his parents. Mr. DeBaun had been a factory worker at Knauf Insulation. Private services will be at a later date. Freeman Family Funeral Homes,...
Lucille Munier
Feb 12, 2007
Lucille Munier, 88, of Shelbyville died Monday, Feb. 12, 2007, at her home. Born Nov. 16, 1918, in Moores Hill, she was the daughter of Edgar L. and Sadie (DeAtley) Hendrickson. She married Edward P. Munier on June 10, 1967, and he preceded her in death on Feb. 16, 1968. Survivors include her stepson, Lt. Col. Paul Munier of Las...
V. Eileen Smith
Feb 11, 2007
V. Eileen Smith, 87, of Shelbyville died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, at Major Hospital. Born May 22, 1919, in Shelbyville, she was the daughter of Oris and Margaret (Williams) Moberly. She married Clayton J. "Smitty" Smith on Dec. 24, 1938, and he preceded her in death on March 28, 2005. Survivors include her daughter, Sandra Jean (husband, Donald) Richards Sr....
Helen Kuhn
Feb 10, 2007
Helen Kuhn, 90, died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007, at the home of her daughter. Born Nov. 28, 1916, in Shelby County, she was the daughter of William and Lula Mae (Perry) Stader. She married Louis Kuhn on Dec. 31, 1943, and he preceded her in death on Sept. 23, 1994. Survivors include her daughter, Vicky Davis of Shipshewana; sisters, Fay...
Lewis G. Browning
Feb 2, 2007
Lewis Gilbert Browning, 90, of Shelbyville died Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, at Major Hospital. Born Feb. 18, 1916, in Greenwood, he was the son of Roy and Lellia (Umbarger) Browning. He married Olive "Louise" Bray, and she survives. Other survivors include one son, Larry (wife, Connie) Browning of Shelbyville; one daughter, Sharon Kay (husband, George) Roser of Memphis, Tenn.; two...
Avonelle Branson
Jan 29, 2007
Avonelle Branson, 81, of Shelbyville died Monday, Jan. 29, 2007, at Homeview Center of Franklin in Franklin. Born Sept. 26, 1925, in Addison Township, Shelby County, she was the daughter of Wallace and Vivian (Bird) Theobald. She married Wayne Branson on Oct. 10, 1948, and he survives. Other survivors include one daughter, Mary Lou (husband, Calvin) Stickford of Shelby County;...
Barbara J. Fuquay-Spurlin
Jan 25, 2007
Barbara Jean Fuquay-Spurlin, 78, of St. Paul died Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007, at her home. Born May 10, 1928, in Indianapolis, she was the daughter of Wallace Clifton and Mary Elizabeth (Mackey) Wood. She married Ray Fuquay in 1947, and he preceded her in death on Nov. 19, 1964. She married Ralph Spurlin Jr. on June 19, 1965, and he...
Byron M. Carmony
Jan 24, 2007
Dr. Byron M. Carmony, 90, of Morristown died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007, at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Born May 8, 1916, in Morristown, he was the son of Harry E. and Fannie E. (Brown) Carmony. He married Virginia Lee Nigh in September of 1941, and she survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Marta (husband, Ron) Williams of...
Dorothy Beasley
Jan 23, 2007
Dorothy Beasley, 97, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007, at Major Hospital. Born July 31, 1909, in Shelbyville, she was the daughter of Thomas Sherman and Bertha Mae (Anderson) Beasley. Survivors include several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and four sisters. Ms. Beasley was a lifelong Shelbyville resident. She had been...
Eileen C. Smith
Jan 21, 2007
Eileen C. Smith, 65, of Shelbyville died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007, at Major Hospital. Born Feb. 4, 1941, in Canton, Ill., she was the daughter of Fred and Catherine (Davis) Hardy. She married Ronald E. Smith on April 8, 1961, and he survives. Other survivors include her mother of Bloomington, Ill.; two daughters, Lisa (husband, Jack) Parker of Chillicothe, Ill.,...
Loretta O'Mara
Jan 21, 2007
Loretta "Sally" O'Mara, 86, of Shelbyville died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007, at Hospice of South Central Indiana Inpatient Facility in Columbus. Born Feb. 20, 1920, in Shelby County, she was the daughter of Ora and Fairie (Snodgrass) Borden. She married Ambrose O'Mara on July 15, 1942, and he preceded her in death in 1966. Survivors include three daughters, Carol Jean...
Elizabeth Carroll
Jan 20, 2007
Elizabeth Carroll, 76, of Shelbyville died Saturday, Jan. 20, 2007, at Waldron Health Care Home in Waldron. Born Sept. 1, 1930, in Harrodsburg, Ky., she was the daughter of Ernest D. and Mary E. (Vandiver) Marksbury. Survivors include five daughters, Shirley (husband, Ronnie) Axsom of Columbus, Linda (husband, Joseph) Thurston, Mary (husband, Bruce) Martin and Diane (husband, Dennis) Reed, all...
D. Darlene McKinney
Jan 20, 2007
Donna Darlene McKinney, 74, of Murfreesboro, Ark., died Saturday, Jan. 20, 2007, at Pike County Memorial Hospital in Arkansas. Born Dec. 19, 1932, in Shelbyville, she was the daughter of Russell and Kathryn (Beaumont) Ponsler. She married Charles McKinney on Sept. 20, 1999, and he survives. Other survivors include one son, Mark (wife, Nancy) Gravely of Flat Rock; two daughters,...
Beulah M. Thurston
Jan 8, 2007
Beulah M. Thurston, 92, of Morristown, died Monday, Jan. 8, 2007, at Brandywine Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Greenfield. Born April 19, 1914, in Rush County, she was the daughter of Charles and Carrie (Gordon) Bundy. She married Herschel S. Thurston on June 4, 1933, and he preceded her in death on Sept. 13, 2003. Survivors include three daughters, Loretta...
Emily A. Myers
Jan 8, 2007
Emily Ann Myers, 69, of London, Ind., died Monday, Jan. 8, 2007, at St. Francis Hospital, Beech Grove. Born Aug. 20, 1937, in Marion County, she was the daughter of Houghman H. and Nina J. (Barbour) Hendricks. She married Jackie Lee Myers, and he survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Connie Lea (husband, Jeff) Eckrich of Midwest City, Okla., and...
Roseann L. Rutledge
Dec 30, 2006
Roseann L. Rutledge, 63, of Shelbyville, died Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006, at her home. Born May 18, 1943, in Hamilton, Ohio, she was the daughter of Charles Donald and Ann L. (Davis) Robinson. She married Jacque R. Rutledge on July 18, 1992, and he survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Karen Watkins of Rifle, Colo., and Cindy Garrett of Shelbyville;...
Shirley M. Qualkinbush
Dec 23, 2006
Shirley M. Qualkinbush, 77, of New Haven, former longtime Shelbyville resident, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2006, at Harborside Health Center in New Haven. Born May 2, 1929, in Ottumwa, Iowa, she was the daughter of Orville and Margaret Collett. Survivors include one daughter, Marcia (husband, Bob) Willey of New Haven; two sons, Edward C. (wife, Tammy) Qualkinbush of Chester, Va.,...
MaryEllen Baker
Dec 20, 2006
MaryEllen Baker, 70, of Shelbyville, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006, at her home. Born July 25, 1936, in Fayette County, she was the daughter of Allen and Louise (Harvey) Cate. She married Glen William Baker on Sept. 28, 1954, and he preceded her in death on Jan. 20, 1993. Survivors include two sons, Glen A. (wife, Rebekah) Baker of Fairland...
Annie West
Dec 10, 2006
Annie (Porter) West, 98, of Shelbyville, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006, at Hospice of South Central Indiana in Columbus. Born April 8, 1908, in Mullartown, Northern Ireland, she was the daughter of Samuel and Mary Jane (Gordon) Porter. She married William M. West on Aug. 2, 1940, and he preceded her in death. Survivors include two sons, Robert F. (wife,...