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Obituaries April 30, 2008  RSS feed


Wanda L. Miller
      Wanda L. Miller, 81, of Flora, died at 9:30 p.m. April 26, 2008, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Lafayette. She was born Jan. 26, 1927, in Howard County to Henry and Hazel Martin. She married Fred J. Miller on Oct. 13, 1963, and he preceded her in death.
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Margaret VanSickle
      Margaret A. VanSickle, 73, of Delphi, died April 14, 2008, at St. Elizabeth Healthcare Center, Delphi. She was born July 29, 1934, in Boswell to J. Clark and Elizabeth Cripe Griffith. Her marriage was to Russell Noel VanSickle on Sept. 11, 1962, and he preceded her in death in 1973.
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Margaret L. Hodges
      Margaret L. Hodges, 91, of rural Monticello (Carroll County), died at 5:45 a.m. Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at St. Mary Healthcare in Lafayette. Born Oct. 8, 1916, in Indianapolis, she was the daughter of William "Mac" and Velvia Jones Dowdell. She graduated from Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis in 1935. On Dec. 24, 1935, she married Floyd H. Hodges.
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Herbert D. Ford
      Herbert D. Ford, 87, of Delphi, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at 3:45 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Lafayette. He was born Dec. 26, 1920, in Brookston, to Roe Bert and Alena Mae Timmons Ford. He married Mary E. Edwards on June 18, 1946, in St. Louis, Mo., and she preceded him in death Dec. 25, 2002.
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Robert Eugene Harter
      Robert Eugene "Gene" Harter, 75, of Camden, died at 2:15 p.m. Saturday, April 19, 2008, at St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center, Lafayette. He was born on May 20, 1932, in Muncie, to Clifford Greene and Vertie (unknown) and was adopted at age four by Willis and Eva Witter Harter. He attended school in Burlington and Dania, Fla. His marriage was to Doris Jean Oyler on Dec.
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Roger W. Wine
      Roger W. Wine, 71, of Delphi, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at 3:33 a.m. unexpectedly at his residence. He was born Oct. 9, 1936, in Summit Station, Ohio, to the Layton and Lillian Appleman Wine. His marriage was to Barbah L. Austin in Carroll County, on July 21, 1991, and she survives.
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Martha Hammel-Bloyd
      Martha E. Hammel-Bloyd, 78, of Lafayette, died on April 25, 2008, in St. Elizabeth Regional Health Center. She was born on June 3, 1929, in Rossville, to Bruce and Oora Cooley Coyner. She was raised by her foster parents, Russell and Marie Gribben. She married Lester Paul Hammel on Sept. 5, 1948, and he preceded her in death in 1989. She married Harold "Lee" Bloyd on Dec.
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Kenneth P. Newell
      Kenneth P. "Kenny" Newell, 83, of Delphi, passed away Friday, April 25, 2008, at 4:50 p.m. in St. Elizabeth Healthcare Center, Delphi. He had been a resident there since February. He was born Nov. 16, 1924, in Delphi, to the late Earl and Maude Powell Newell. His marriage was to Marjorie J. Brown in Flora on Nov. 16, 1943. She preceded him in death Dec. 13, 2004.
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William Shaffer
      William "Bill" Shaffer, 92, of New Castle, died April 26, 2008, in Glen Oaks Health Campus following a brief illness. He was born Oct. 23, 1915, in Delphi to Larry R. and Ethel L. Griffith Shaffer.
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