Obituaries
Clinton & Carroll County, IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Frankfort, Mulberry, Rossville, & Flora, IN.
Richard A. Goris
Dec 12, 2015
Richard A. Goris, 60, of Rossville, passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2015, at Mulberry Health and Retirement. He was born on May 7, 1955, to C. Everette and Veroca (Rubright) Goris. He married Deborah (Gangwer) Shockey in 1975, and they later divorced. Richard attended Rossville High School. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He worked at Rea...
Noah Shackelford
Dec 11, 2015
Noah Shackelford, 75, of Lafayette, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2015, at his home. Noah was born July 18, 1940, in Rose Hill, VA, to Gilles and Mary Woodard Shackelford. Noah married Ollie Mae Saylor; she preceded him in death on March 24, 2013. Noah was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked for RCA in Monticello, and later...
Callie Harrison
Dec 10, 2015
Callie Harrison, 94, of Frankfort, passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2015, at Clinton House Rehab and Health Care in Frankfort. She was born November 17, 1921, in Wind Rock, TN, to Jess and Nellie Hensley Freels. On June 26, 1945, she married Lowrie D. Harrison Jr.; he preceded her in death on April 18, 2000. Callie worked at P.R. Mallory/Emerson. She...
Phyllis Ilene Lerch
Dec 10, 2015
Phyllis Ilene Lerch, 85, of rural Lafayette, passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2015, at her home. Phyllis was born July 4, 1930, in Lafayette, to Walter and Pearl Jordan Turner. On April 24, 1951, she married Russell J. Lerch Sr.; he preceded her in death on April 19, 1990. She was a lifelong Tippecanoe County resident; Phyllis attended Monitor Schools. She...
Martha Park
Dec 10, 2015
Martha Park, 79, formerly of Frankfort, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015, at her home in Altoona, WI. Martha was born on April 5, 1936, in Kirklin, to Jean and Clara (Loveless) Gorham. She attended Kirklin High School. She married Lilburn Park on March 5, 1954; they later divorced. Later in her life, Martha worked at P.R. Mallory and Walmart....
Claude A. Prass
Dec 9, 2015
Claude A. âChuckâ Prass, 62, passed away at 10:18 a.m. on Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at St. Elizabeth East Hospital in Lafayette; he had been chronically ill for some time. Mr. Prass was born in Fairfield, CA, on July 31, 1953, where his father was stationed at nearby Travis Air Force Base. The family retired to his parentsâ home state of...
Patricia R. Neuenschwander
Dec 7, 2015
Patricia Ruth Neuenschwander, 85, formerly of rural Kirklin, went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 7, 2015. She was born at home near Cyclone, on June 29, 1930, to Charles A. and Alpha Purciful Ferrell. Pat spent all of her school years at Kirklin, graduating from Kirklin High School in 1948. She then went to work at Peopleâs Life Insurance...
Samuel Ivan Holliger
Dec 6, 2015
Samuel Ivan âSamâ Holliger, 89, of Frankfort, passed away at his home on Sunday, December 6, 2015. He was born October 11, 1926, in Goodfield, IL, to John A. and Lydia Ann Reeser Holliger. On December 7, 1947, he married Laura Lane in Peoria; she survives. Sam attended Goodfield High School before serving in the United States Navy during World War...
Martha Joan Kelley
Dec 6, 2015
Martha Joan Kelley, 90, of Frankfort, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2015, at Wesley Manor Retirement Community. Joan was born December 16, 1924, in Sedalia, to Lewis A. and Pauline Miller Jones. On July 30, 1944, she married Ralph Kelley; he passed away on March 19, 2008. After Joanâs mother passed when she was just two weeks old, she lived...
James F. Layton
Dec 5, 2015
James F. âJimâ Layton, 70, of Frankfort, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2015, at his home. He was born September 26, 1945, in Frankfort, to John Franklin and Geneva Ruth Lucas Layton; his mother survives. On March 5, 1966, he married Gloria Goodwin; she survives. Jim graduated from Frankfort Senior High School in 1963. Throughout his life, Jim worked at the...
Jack R. Hodgen
Dec 5, 2015
Jack R. Hodgen, age 70, died on Saturday, December 5, 2015 in Frankfort, after a long journey through Alzheimerâs disease. A Clinton County native born on January 7, 1945, to Mr. and Mrs. Noble and Eleanor Hodgen, Jack graduated from Rossville High School in 1963. Jack was a Vietnam veteran, serving his country from September 1965 to July 1967. Jack...
Donald B. Hardwick
Dec 4, 2015
Donald Butler Hardwick, 91, of Frankfort, passed away on Friday, December 4, 2015, at St. Vincent Frankfort Hospital. He was born December 25, 1923, in Randolph County, to Ralph A. and Bessie M. Werts Hardwick. On March 3, 1946, he married Alice R. Baldwin; she preceded him in death on April 27, 2014. Donald graduated from Lynn High School in 1942. He...
Shirley Jo Huffer
Dec 3, 2015
Shirley Jo Huffer, 59, of Monticello, passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2015, at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born December 29, 1955, in Frankfort, to Clarence A. and Mary Lou Hampton Eli. She was previously married to the late James Huffer Sr. Shirley attended Clinton Central Schools. Throughout her life, she worked at Federal Mogul and Exide, and...
Vicky L. Bagley
Dec 2, 2015
Vicky L. Bagley, 57, of Frankfort, passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2015, at Clinton House Health and Rehab. She was born December 15, 1958, in Salt Lake City, UT, to Henery Eugene and Gwen Carstensen Smith. Vicky was previously married to Garry Bagley. Vicky worked for the Frankfort Recycling Department. She is also preceded in death by her parents and...
George Russell Flora
Dec 1, 2015
George Russell Flora, 71, of Frankfort, died on December 1, 2015, at 12:01 a.m. at St. Vincent Seton Specialty Hospital, after almost a 15-year battle with lymphoma. He was born December 30, 1943, in Frankfort. His parents were Russell F. and Ida M. (Walker) Flora. He married Peggy Jo Tipmore on October 24, 1964 in Rossville, IN; she survives. George lived in...
Janice Willadean Silverthorn
Nov 26, 2015
Janice Willadean Silverthorn, 87, of Rossville, was peacefully called to heaven on Thursday, November 26, 2015. Janice was born January 31, 1928, to Ralph and Iris (Beard) Thompson of Michigantown. Janice graduated from Michigantown High School in 1945. On January 31, 1928, she married Robert C. Silverthorn at the Hopewell United Methodist Church. She was employed at the Clinton County Bank and...
Steven J. Butler
Nov 19, 2015
Steven J. Butler, 66, of Frankfort, passed away Thursday, November 19, 2015, at St. Elizabeth East in Lafayette. He was born June 21, 1949, to the late John and Betty (Perryman) Butler in Kokomo, Indiana. Steve married Theresa âTerryâ Stephens on May 20, 1972 and she survives. Steve graduated from Frankfort Senior High School, in 1967 and achieved his Associate...
Jane Pletch
Nov 16, 2015
Jane Pletch, 70, of Frankfort, passed away on Monday, November 16, 2015, at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born July 16, 1945, in Conway, AR, to Linzy and Martha Faye Hall Crick. Jane was previously married to Terry Pletch. Jane graduated from Clinton Central High School in 1963, and continued her education at the Police Academy and Training. Throughout...
Donald C. Moore
Nov 14, 2015
Donald C. Moore, 80, of Monticello, passed away on Saturday, November 14, 2015, at Lakeview Village Senior Living. He was born May 13, 1935, in Imboden, Vir., to Walter and Josey Estella Bishop Moore. In September, 1957, he married Helen M. Shoemaker in Frankfort; she passed away in August, 1991. He later married Janice Russell in 1985; she preceded him in death...
Ruth Alice Slipher
Nov 13, 2015
Ruth Alice Slipher, 87, of Frankfort, passed away Friday, November 13, 2015, at Wesley Manor Retirement Community. She was born March 3, 1928, in Perham, Minn., to Henry and Frieda (Seedorf) Diederichs. After meeting on a blind date, Ruth married Robert Nelson Slipher on July 21, 1950; he preceded her in death on June 17, 1989. Ruth was valedictorian of her...
