Obituaries
Clinton & Carroll County, IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Frankfort, Mulberry, Rossville, & Flora, IN.
Betty Jean Perry
May 9, 2017
Betty Jean Perry, 80, of Sedalia passed away on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at Mulberry Health. She was born July 25, 1936 in Kirklin to Charles Clifford and Verna Eileen (Bacon) Clements. She attended Frankfort High School and was a member of Bethel Bible Holiness Church in Frankfort where she served as a Sunday School teacher. Betty cleaned houses for 10...
Alice I. Sharp
May 8, 2017
Alice I. Sharp, 83, of Frankfort, passed away on Monday, May 8, 2017, at St. Vincent Frankfort Hospital. She was born May 4, 1934, in Tompkinsville, KY, to Clarence and Anna Sewell Denham. Alice married Everett Allen who preceded her in death. On March 10, 1984, she married Joseph âJoeâ Sharp in Las Vegas; he preceded her in death. Alice moved to...
Betty A. Huffer
May 8, 2017
Betty A. Haslet Huffer, 95, of Mulberry passed away on Monday, May 08, 2017, at Mulberry Health. She was born on February 13, 1922, in Geetingsville, to Benton A. and Bessie E. Peters Haslet. On January 6, 1940, she married Leslie M. Huffer; he preceded her in death on July 21, 2008. In 1939, Betty graduated from Rossville High School. After 25...
Zachary Lynn Caldwell
May 6, 2017
Zachary Lynn Caldwell, 13, of Frankfort, passed away on Saturday, May 6, 2017. He was born September 18, 2003, in Frankfort, to Shannon and Brenda Fingerle Caldwell; his parents survive. Zachary attended Clinton Prairie Schools and was a member of the FFA. He enjoyed and played football and was a lineman on both sides since third grade in Clinton Prairie Youth Football...

Charles ""Chuck"" LaPlante
May 2, 2017
Charles âChuckâ R. LaPlante, 84, of Carroll County, passed away on Tuesday May 2, 2017 at the Parkwood Health Care Center in Lebanon, Indiana. Charles was born on July 5, 1932 in Lafayette, the son of the late George Arthur and Thelma Fay (Grubbs) LaPlante. On September 5, 1953 Chuck married Mary Adelia (Draper) LaPlante, whom precedes him in death...
F. Sue Davis
May 1, 2017
F. Sue Davis, 73, of Frankfort, passed away on Monday, May 1, 2017, at St. Vincent Frankfort Hospital. She was born January 3, 1944, in Cynthiana, Ken., to Charlie E. and Daisy Lee Martin Cheek. In 1972, she married Bud Davis; he preceded her in death on February 7, 1999. Sue graduated from Clinton Central High School in 1962. After 27 years...
Stephen C. Hodson
Apr 29, 2017
Stephen C. Hodson, 75, of Rossville, passed away on Saturday, April 29, 2017, at his home. He was born April 22, 1942, in Frankfort, to the late Laurell P. and Lucile Haines Hodson. His first marriage was to Clydelle Myers, who preceded him in death. Stephen later married Janet Shuck Jobe on July 5, 1969; she survives in Rossville. In 1960,...
Nancy A. Enoch
Apr 28, 2017
Nancy Arlene Enoch, 81, of Cutler passed away on Friday, April 28, 2017 at her home. She was born January 27, 1936 in Carroll County to John W. and Thera Jenny (McQuern) Mill. Nancy graduated Cutler High School in 1953 and worked for Crop Production Services for over 10 years. She was a member of Cutler Presbyterian Church where she taught...
Doris Olene McCord
Apr 27, 2017
Doris Olene McCord, 90, of Frankfort, passed away on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Clinton House in Frankfort. She was born July 16, 1926 in Stockwell to Charles Earl and Alta May (Farber) Frantz. Doris graduated from Stockwell Schools in 1944 and worked as a bookkeeper for Production Credit at Purdue University in her younger years. She kept a flower garden...
Janet A. Dunk
Apr 27, 2017
Janet A. Dunk, 57, of Rossville passed away on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at her home. She was born May 24, 1959 in Lafayette to Ned and Audrey (Gochenour) Ruch. Janet graduated from Clinton Prairie in 1977, attended Ivy Tech and then went on to earn her Bachelors Degree from Indiana Wesleyn. She was the chemistry supervisor at I.U. Health Arnett and...
Gertrude Applegate
Apr 26, 2017
Gertrude Mildred Fife Applegate, 100, passed away in Plainfield at the home of her daughter Janet, on April 26, 2017. She was surrounded by loving family members as she passed. Gertrude was born in Gary, Indiana to Alexander and Gertrude (Ogg) Fife on April 5, 1917. As the 1934 valedictorian of Emerson High School in Gary, she continued her education...

Meredith Joe Skiles
Apr 26, 2017
Meredith Joe Skiles, 79 of Rossville, passed away on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at his home. He was born September 8, 1937 in Clinton County to Floyd H. and Mary E. (Root) Skiles. On January 19, 1957, Meredith married Leona Linnie Shively; she survives in Rossville. Meredith was a lifelong Carroll and Clinton County area resident and member of the Middle Fork...

Claudia A. Slipher
Apr 24, 2017
Claudia A. Slipher, 64, of Frankfort, passed away on Monday, April 24, 2017, at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born August 2, 1952, in Frankfort, to Robert Nelson and Ruth Alice Diederichs Slipher. Claudia graduated salutatorian from Frankfort High School in 1970, and later received her bachelor of accounting from Ball State University. She worked in finance as...
Pauline Weinbrecht
Apr 23, 2017
Pauline Weinbrecht, 83 of Muncie, formerly of Colfax, passed away on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at IU Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born March 17, 1934 in Colfax to Donald and Margaret (Helfenbein) Ferguson. Pauline was a part of Good Samâs Camping Club in Brownsburg and enjoyed watching the Indiana Pacers and NASCAR racing; Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson, in...

Donald Lee
Apr 21, 2017
Donald Lee, 87, of Frankfort, passed away on Friday, April 21, 2017, at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born October 15, 1929, in Kokomo, to Herschel and Hazel Bougher Lee. On November 19, 1950, he married Betty June Sheets; she preceded him in death on September 7, 2013. Don served in the United States Army. Throughout his life, he...

Maelynn Marie Worth
Apr 20, 2017
Maelynn Marie Worth, infant daughter of Ashley Worth, passed away on April 20, 2017 at Norton Children's Hospital in Louisville, KY. Surviving family includes mother, Ashley Worth (Kyle Haverstock); father, Michael Hanthorne; maternal grandparents, Hope & Russel Hubble III and John & Priscilla Worth; paternal grandparents, Melissa Hall & Mike Cheek; uncles, Jonathon and Tyler Worth; and aunts, Malorie Worth...
Barbara Joan Quinlisk
Apr 19, 2017
Barbara Joan Quinlisk, 73 of Rossville, passed away on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 in Lafayette. She was born October 4, 1943 in Rossville to Charles and Lois (Dilling) Martin. Barbara attended Rossville Schools and was retired from Siemens, formerly Landis and Gear, after over 33 years of employment. She was a member of the Navy Club of Lafayette, the Lafayette Moose...
Sara Jane ""Janie"" Clark
Apr 19, 2017
Sara Jane âJanieâ Clark, 76, a life-long Frankfort resident, went to her home in heaven surrounded by her family on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at IU Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born September 3, 1940, in Frankfort, to Lucille Evanson Smith and T.R. Smith. On April 25, 1965, she married Max B. Clark in Jensen Beach, Florida; he survives. Janie graduated...
Paul ""Fred"" Fleener
Apr 17, 2017
Paul Frederick âFredâ Fleener, 70, of Amboy, passed away on Monday, April 17, 2017, after battling metastatic prostate cancer for the last 3 years. Fred was born May 14, 1946, in Lafayette, to Leonard and Louise Schield Fleener. He was a 1964 graduate from Dayton High School. He has an associate degree in Architectural Engineering with distinction from Purdue University, an...

David Lowell Brenton
Apr 15, 2017
David Lowell Brenton, 75, of Frankfort, passed away on Saturday, April 15, 2017, at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette. He was born September 28, 1941, in Tipton, to the late David R. and Frances Hinds Brenton. On July 24, 1965, he married Joyce Ann Suits; she survives. David graduated from Forest High School in 1959, and then served in the United...