OBITUARIES

Norma Barnes

Apr 29, 2024

Norma Barnes, 94, passed away on Monday, April 29th, 2024. There will be a visitation and funeral service on Friday, May 3rd, 2024. The visitation is from 4:30pm to 6:30pm with the funeral service to start at 6:30pm.

More information will appear when available.

George W. High

Apr 27, 2024

George W High, age 90, passed away April 27, 2024 with family by his side. George Was born February 21, 1934 in Montgomery County to Cecil & Zona (Eackle) High.George married Bev Ward (the love of his life) on November 8, 1957, in Montgomery County.George served in the Army for 3 years, during the Korean War, retired from Raybestos after...

Joyce Anne Hauk

Apr 27, 2024

Joyce Anne (Ficklin) Hauk was born on October 28, 1941, to James Clay Ficklin and Dolores Mae (Johnson) Ficklin. 

Joyce married George Albert Hauk on November 15th, 1959. Together they raised 4 daughters, they had 13 grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren. George and Joyce loved to travel, going out west was a favorite for them, they had a great love for...

William "Bill" Frank Burrell

Apr 26, 2024

William "Bill" Frank Burrell, 81, passed away at Eskanazi Hospital on April 26, 2024. He was born October 21, 1942 in Indianapolis, IN to James and Helen Burrell. Bill was retired from AT&T, following a long career that began at age 17. A 1960 Greenwood High School graduate, he held a computer science degree from Purdue University. Bill was a veteran...

Deb Peters

Apr 24, 2024

Deborah "Deb" (Harvey) Peters, 66, of Greenwood, Indiana passed away on April 24, 2024. Deb was born on August 14, 1957, to Thomas "Tom" and Geneva "Genie" (Dulworth) Harvey in Detroit, Michigan. She told many funny stories of what it was like growing up as the only daughter with two older brothers, Wally and Mark, who liked to play practical jokes...

Karauri Thuranira

Apr 23, 2024

It is with both great sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved Karauri Mwonge Thuranira, who was a father, grandfather, son, husband, brother, and a friend of many, after a short battle with illness.

Kar, as he was known to most and many in the Greenwood, Indiana community, was born in Meru, a village...

Howard Hefley Jr.

Apr 23, 2024

Howard Douglas Hefley Jr “Doug.,” passed away peacefully on April 23rd, 2024, at the age of 90. He was born on June 24th, 1933, in Princeton, Indiana to Eathel Mae Edwards and Howard Douglas Hefley Sr.Doug was a devoted husband to his beloved late wife, Loretta Hefley, and a loving father to their five children: Gary Lohkamp (Pam), Peggy Hefley,...

Harold Leroy Butler

Apr 22, 2024

Harold L. Butler, 85, of Indianapolis passed away April 22, 2024. He was born and raised March 24, 1939 in Omaha, Nebraska. Harold enlisted in the US Army in 1961, during the Vietnam War. He received the National Service Medal, as he was presented as a perfect rifle shooter. Harold later returned to Omaha, NE and then moved to Flint, MI...

Charles G. Bond

Apr 22, 2024

Charles Grover Bond, age of 80, of Morristown Indiana, went home to be with the lord on April 22nd, 2024.

Charles was born on January 20th,1944, to Keith Bond and Carol (Cross) Bond in Indianapolis, Indiana.   Charles was one of 4 children, Brothers Leslie and Ronald and Sister Shirley.  Charles was married to Freda (Bennett) Bond, who went home to...

William Fruean

Apr 21, 2024

Dr. William “Bill” Fruean, 85, of Indianapolis, IN (formerly of Mililani, HI and Apia, Samoa) passed away peacefully surrounded by family on April 21, 2024. Bill was born on January 23, 1939 to William Pusaloa Fruean and Esther Crichton in Faleula, Apia, Samoa.With only an equivalent of an 8th grade education, he went to Hawai’i wanting to enter college and...

Herman Sanner

Apr 20, 2024

Herman was born in New Kensington, PA on February 21, 1936 to the late Ray Oscar and Rose Victoria Pellegrino Sanner. He was joined in Christian marriage to Nora Bailey on October 4, 1958 at First Evangelical Lutheran Church, a marriage blessed by God for over 58 years. He served in the United States Army for 23 years and after...

Kitty Lee Arnold

Apr 20, 2024

Kitty Lee Arnold, 77, of Indianapolis, Indiana passed away on April 20, 2024. She was born on November 19, 1946 in Indianapolis.She attended Howe High School in Indianapolis, and grew up on the east side of Indy. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She enjoyed reading, listening to music, cooking and writing poems in her spare...

Kay E. Adams

Apr 20, 2024

Kay E. Adams, 84, of Indianapolis, Indiana unexpectedly passed away April 20, 2024. She was born on May 29, 1939 in Zanesville, Ohio. She was a loving wife to David Adams for 53 years until his passing in 2017. Kay was a business owner, homemaker, loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandmother. Kay is survived by her children, Steve Brearley (Pam),...

Melanie Lynn Grendell

Apr 19, 2024

Melanie Lynn (Waddell) Grendell, 68, passed away peacefully on April 19, 2024, with her family at her side. She was born on December 19, 1955, to Richard Garth Waddell and Charlotte Lucille (Faulkner) Waddell in Jeffersonville, IN. She and her husband, Jay Grendell, were married on November 30, 1975.

After completing her education she worked for much of her life as...

Lisa Norris

Apr 19, 2024

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Lisa Gail Norris, a beloved mother, daughter, and sister. Lisa, born on August 21, 1963, in Indianapolis, IN, peacefully left us on April 19, 2024, in Avon, IN. She leaves behind a multitude of family and friends who will always cherish her memory.

Lisa enjoyed spending time cooking and sharing...

Fred L. Schaefer

Apr 19, 2024

Ray Robert Salisbury

Apr 19, 2024

Ray Robert Salisbury, 82, of Indianapolis, Indiana passed away Friday, April 19, 2024, at home with family by his side. 

Ray was born on October 4, 1941, to the late Mallory Jack and Thelma (Spargar) Salisbury in Beech Grove, Indiana.

Ray graduated from Manual High School in 1961. He retired from International Harvester/Navistar in 1998 after 35 years as a Tool Trouble...

Michelle Gruwell

Apr 17, 2024

Michelle Gruwell, 53, of Hartford City, IN passed away April 17, 2024. She was born in Muncie, IN on June 16, 1970 to Carl Simmons and Carol Clamme.Michelle graduated from Muncie Central High School in 1988. She attended Ball State University after high school and then went to Ross Medical Education Center where she earned a degree in Medical Assisting...

Carmen Maria Robles

Apr 16, 2024

Carmen Maria Robles (Pacheco) passed away on April 16, 2024, in Indianapolis, Indiana, at the age of 56. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio on February 15, 1968. Carmen was the beloved daughter of Gertrudis and Alcides Pacheco. Sister to Richard, Anna, Santo, Nitza, Angelo, and Hector. She was a cherished wife to Angelo Robles and a nurturing mother to Celinette,...

Adrienne A. Napier

Apr 15, 2024

Adrienne A. Napier (Sawyers), 86, of Carmel passed away peacefully at McGivney Health Care Center on April 15, 2024 after a battle with Dementia and Alzheimer's. She was born September 5, 1937 in Isban, WV to James and Ellen (Johnson) Gormer. Adrienne came to Indiana at the young age of 14. She met the love of her life, Red Sawyers, and...