Obituaries
Obituaries
Rev. Leon Davis
Jan 2, 2015
Rev. Leon Davis, 86, of New Castle passed away January 2, 2015 at Henry County Hospital in New Castle. He was born May 27, 1928 in New Castle, Indiana a son of the late Ernest and Flossie (Russ) Davis, Sr. He attended Trevecca Nazarene College and Olivet Nazarene College. He pastored the Church of The Nazarene for 32 years in...
Daniel L. Morgan
Dec 31, 2014
Daniel L. Morgan, 60, of New Castle passed away Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at IU Health Ball Hospital in Muncie following an extended illness. He was born August 9, 1954 in New Castle, Indiana. Daniel was a farmer and a 1974 graduate of Blue River Valley High School. He retired from Indiana Ironworkers Union #22 in 2002 and was formerly...
Gene B. Willis
Dec 30, 2014
Gene B. Willis, 60, of Fairborn, Ohio passed from this life unto his heavenly home on December 30, 2014 after an extended illness. Gene was born on November 10, 1954, in New Castle, Indiana the third son of Doyle and Sue Willis. Gene grew up in Spiceland, Indiana and attended Spiceland Schools. He grew up loving sports and spending time...
Kathy Wittkamper
Dec 30, 2014
Kathy Wittkamper, 68, of Knightstown passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at Hancock Regional Hospital. She was born March 7, 1946 in Kendallville, Indiana the daughter of Manford Jerome and Valera S. (Lung) Ober. Kathy grew up in Albion, IN and met her husband, John R. Wittkamper, while attending Ball State University. She was an elementary school teacher, having taught...
Michael Gordon Dickerson
Dec 28, 2014
Michael Gordon Dickerson, 69, of Spiceland passed away peacefully in his home Sunday, December 28, 2014. He was born December 7, 1945 in Albany, Kentucky, a son of the late Gordon and Alice Dickerson. He was a graduate of New Castle Chrysler High School and United Electronics Institute in Louisville, Kentucky. He enlisted in the Army and served in the...
Bill J. Denney
Dec 28, 2014
Bill J. Denney, 63, of Shirley passed away Sunday, December 28, 2014 at Heritage House in New Castle following an extended illness. He was born October 13, 1950 in New Castle a son of Larson and Marie (Rhodes) Denney. Bill had worked at Metal Technology in Shirley for 10 years. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He loved Blue Grass music...
Norman H. Edwards
Dec 27, 2014
Norman H. Edwards, 94, of Carthage passed away Saturday, December 27, 2014 at the St. Vincent Heart Center in Carmel, IN while surrounded by his family. He was born July 21, 1920 in Fortville, IN to the late Fletcher and Mae (Kimberlin) Edwards. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was stationed in Europe. Norman was a lifelong...
Kirk W. McCord
Dec 27, 2014
Kirk W. McCord, 54, of Knightstown passed away Saturday, December 27, 2014 at Hancock Regional Hospital. He was born July 11, 1960 in Anderson a son of Richard McCord of Pendleton and Ivy (Hunter) Hochstedler of Knightstown. He was a 1978 graduate of Knightstown High School where he excelled at wrestling and football. Kirk had worked in the construction industry...
Leonard Lofton Jones
Dec 23, 2014
Leonard Lofton Jones, 76, of Knightstown passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Kindred Care in Greenfield. He was born June 7, 1938 in Monticello, KY the son of Russell and Alice (Davis) Jones. Leonard retired from the Town of Knightstown in 2003 after 14 years of service. He had also been a lumberjack for Donald Richardsons Lumber Company for...
Bill A. Vickery
Dec 21, 2014
Bill A. Vickery, 66, of New Castle went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 21, 2014 at Henry County Hospital following an extended illness. He was born May 23, 1948 in Wayne County, Kentucky, a son of the late Knox and Cathern (Roll) Vickery. He worked at Diamond Container (Box Factory) in New Castle and then Ingersoll...
Alice Ellen Bertram
Dec 20, 2014
Alice E. Bertram, 84, of New Castle passed away Friday, December 20, 2014 at the Heritage House of New Castle surrounded by her family. She was born June 25, 1930 in Highway, KY to the late Chester and Cora (Abston) Ferguson. She was married to the late Basil Bertram on May 27, 1949 in New Castle. Alice attended school at...
Maxine L. Burries
Dec 20, 2014
Maxine L. Burries, 94, of New Castle passed away Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Henry County Hospital. She was born June 30, 1920 in New Castle to the late Frank Brookshire and Irene Kern. She was a graduate of New Castle high School. In her younger years, Maxine enjoyed swimming and diving. She also liked to draw, sing, and watch...
Earl I. Shaw Jr.
Dec 18, 2014
Earl I. Shaw Jr., 29, of Knightstown, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, December 18, 2014. He was born April 23, 1985 in Marysville, OH. Earl was a 2003 graduate of Greenfield Central High School, and he received an Associate’s degree in 2005 from Ivy Tech. He was presently employed at NineStar Connect in Maxwell as a Network Operations Manager. An avid...
David R. Peck
Dec 14, 2014
David R. Peck, 60, of Knightstown, passed away Sunday, December 14, 2014 at his residence. He was born August 1, 1954 in Rush County a son of the late Harold R. Peck and Nova (Gabbard) Sorrell of Knightstown. David graduated from Eastern Hancock High School in 1973 where he played football. He was a member of the Sons of the...
Harold L. Catey
Dec 14, 2014
Harold L. Catey, 77, of New Castle, passed away Sunday, December 14, 2014 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born June 9, 1937 in New Castle the son of Ernest and Mary Louise (Snider) Catey-Hedrick. Harold was a 1955 graduate of New Castle High School. He went on to American School of Drafting and worked for New Castle...
Peggy C. Colbert
Dec 14, 2014
Peggy C. Colbert, 91, of New Castle, died peacefully at home with her family Sunday afternoon, December 14, 2014 in New Castle, IN. Peggy was born March 12, 1923 to the late Robert Huey Cox and the late Alma Hamilton Cox in Blue Springs, Mississippi. She was baptized into a Baptist congregation at around age 13. She attended high school...
Rosemary Jessup
Dec 12, 2014
Rosemary Jessup, 73, of Spiceland passed away Friday, December 12, 2014 at Glen Oaks Health Campus in New Castle. She was born June 6, 1941 in Hazelton, Indiana, a daughter of the late Charles Loren and Roselyn (Dunn) Miller. She was a 1959 graduate of Arlington High School in Rush County and a graduate of Ball State University, where she...
Arlin R. Lester
Dec 11, 2014
Arlin R. Lester, 64, of New Castle, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, December 11, 2014 at Rush County Hospital. He was born July 10, 1950 in New Castle, a son of the late Arlin R. and Ellen Fern Lester. A 1968 graduate of New Castle Chrysler High School, Arlin worked for Frontier (formerly GTE) for over 42 years, where he was...
Charlie Frank Catron
Dec 9, 2014
Charlie Frank Catron, 85, of Madison, formerly of New Castle, passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at Hickory Creek of Madison. He was born March 29, 1929 in Monticello, KY a son of Charlie and Hattie (Coyle) Catron. Frank served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was employed at Trainor Spring Factory for 29 years and for...
William M. "Bill" Brown
Dec 9, 2014
William “Bill” M. Brown, 81, of New Castle passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at Stonebrooke Rehabilitation Center. He was born January 2, 1933 in Hagerstown the son of Harlan and Lena Brown. Bill was a graduate of Hagerstown High School and later served with the U.S. Army. He retired from Dana Corporation in 1992 and had been active with...
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