Edna Over
Mar 20, 2019
Edna Over, age 86, Dunkirk, died Thursday March 20, 2019 at Albany Health Care & Rehabilitation Center following an illness. Born June 14, 1932 in Lawrenceville, Illinois, she graduated from high school there and was a resident of Dunkirk for the past several years. She was a homemaker and enjoyed making Memorial Day flower arrangements, word search puzzles, and...
Paul L. Roach
Mar 14, 2019
Paul L. Roach, age 67, Albany, died Thursday March 14, 2019 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. Born Aug. 28, 1951 in Knoxville, TN, he lived most of his life in Redkey before moving to Albany in 2005. Paul worked at Kerr Glass (now Ardagh), Dunkirk, and was a truck driver for First Fleet, Bluffton,...
Iris Bennett
Mar 10, 2019
Iris Bennett, age 95, Albany, died Sunday March 10, 2019 at Albany Health Care & Rehabilitation Center following an extended illness. Born in Dunkirk on November 12, 1923, she was a graduate of Dunkirk High School and Ambers Beauty School. She was a hair stylist at Earl Manor's barber shop in Albany before starting her own business, Iris' Beauty...
Rockley Paul
Mar 9, 2019
Rockley Paul, age 71, Albany, died Saturday March 9, 2019 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital following an illness. Born August 15, 1947 in Eureka, California, he moved to Indiana at a young age and had lived in Iowa where he graduated from West Sioux Community High School in 1965. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran who served...
Vera Blevins
Mar 1, 2019
Vera Blevins, age 94, Dunkirk, died Friday March 1, 2019 at Glen Oaks Health Campus, New Castle. Born in Mitchell, Indiana on March 31, 1924, she graduated from Mitchell High School in 1942 and lived near Dunkirk for over 50 years. She was employed at Maraine's Greenery in Dunkirk and G&M Pet and Garden in Muncie for many years. ...
Barbara J. Drumm
Feb 28, 2019
Barbara J. Drumm, age 80, died Thursday February 28, 2019 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Anderson on August 9, 1938, she grew up in Delaware County and lived near DeSoto most of her life. She graduated from DeSoto High School in 1956 and received a Masters degree in Secondary Education from Ball...
Jarrod Stuart Whitesell
Feb 24, 2019
Jarrod Stuart Whitesell, age 36, passed away at his home in Delaware County on Sunday February 24, 2019 as a result of metastatic colon cancer. Born in Muncie on February 23, 1983, he graduated from Jay County High School in 2001 and attended Ball State University. Jarrod worked at Ardagh Glass in Dunkirk as a Journeyman Line Production Assistant...
Clayton Zearbaugh
Feb 10, 2019
Clayton Augustus Zearbaugh, age 88, Albany, died Sunday February 10, 2019 at home surrounded by his loving family following an illness. Born in Delaware County on Nov. 25, 1930, he grew up in Muncie and graduated from Eaton High School with the class of 1948. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and was a route...
Richard L. Frazee
Jan 29, 2019
Richard L. "Rick" Frazee, age 83, Albany, died Tuesday January 29, 2019 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital following an illness. Born in Muncie on August 25, 1935, he was a graduate of Muncie Central High School (1953), Ball State Teachers College, and Ball State University. He taught 6th grade within the Jay School Corporation, first at Sutton School...
Verna Jean Coons
Jan 24, 2019
Verna Jean Coons, age 87, Albany, died unexpectedly on Thursday January 24, 2019, at home. Born in Albany on May 21, 1931, she graduated from Albany High School in 1949 and Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in 1952. She taught nursing at Methodist Hospital, eventually becoming Assistant Director of Nursing and retired in 1993 as Director of Nursing of...
Betty M. (Ryan) Gill
Jan 19, 2019
Betty M. (Ryan) Gill passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday January 19, 2019, at the age of 90. Born in Fairfield, Iowa on May 31, 1928, she was born a twin, along with her brother Bill Ryan. Betty spent most of her early years in Anderson, Indiana and graduated from Anderson High School in 1946. In high...
Norman Needler
Jan 12, 2019
James Norman Needler, age 83, Albany, left to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday January 12, 2019, from IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital. Born near DeSoto on May 29, 1935, he was a lifelong resident of Delaware County. Norman graduated from DeSoto High School and General Motors Institute (Kettering University), after which he served in the U.S....
Sara E. Richards Limbert
Dec 26, 2018
Sara E. Richards Limbert, age 81, Albany, died Wednesday December 26, 2018 at Albany Health Care & Rehabilitation Center following an extended illness. Born in Muncie on September 14, 1937, she was a graduate of Eaton High School. Sara was a homemaker, loving mother and grandmother who enjoyed golfing, cooking, and spending time with family.
Survivors include...
Billy P. Miller
Dec 23, 2018
Billy P. Miller, age 79, Albany, died Sunday December 23, 2018 at home following an extended illness. He was born in Vines Ridge, TN on Jan. 8, 1939 and lived in Jay County before moving to Delaware County. Billy was an electrician at Westinghouse, Muncie, and Indiana Glass Co. in Dunkirk before retiring in 2001 and worked as a...
Maribel Conn
Nov 21, 2018
Maribel Conn, age 84, Albany, died Wednesday November 21, 2018 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital. Born at home near Dunkirk on June 19, 1934 she graduated from Albany High School with the class of 1952. She worked in the offices of McCormick Bros. (Albany) and Naze-Perry Insurance (Albany and Muncie). Maribel was actively involved at Albany United Methodist...
Sarah L. Schondelmayer
Nov 16, 2018
Sarah L. Schondelmayer, 95, formerly of Dunkirk, died Friday November 16, 2018 at Midtown Health and Rehabilitation Center, Memphis, Tennessee. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Sarah worked for over twenty years at Kerr Glass in Dunkirk and graduated from Dunkirk High School with the class of 1941.
Survivors include two sons: Dennis Fruitt, Olive...
Jessie L. Weaver
Nov 13, 2018
Jessie L. Weaver, 91, Albany, died Tuesday November 13, 2018 at Albany Health Care & Rehabilitation Center following an extended illness. Born in Greene County, Indiana on August 21, 1927, she was the daughter of Lowery & Etha N. (Alexander) Millick. Jessie grew up in Greene County and was a graduate of Linton Stockton High School in 1945. Besides...
Tom Vance Holland, Jr.
Nov 2, 2018
Tom Vance Holland, Jr., 57, husband of Beverly (Moon) Holland, died Friday November 2, 2018 at McLeod Hospice House, Florence, SC. Mr. Holland was born October 28, 1961 in Sumter, SC, the son of Rebecca Ann (Weaver) Holland and the late Tom Vance Holland, Sr. He was the owner of Holland Construction and was very involved in historical restoration. ...
Shawn Duckworth
Oct 24, 2018
Shawn Duckworth, age 54, Dunkirk, died Wednesday October 24, 2018 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital following a year-long illness. Born in Muncie on September 28, 1964, he grew up in Delaware County and was a 1983 graduate of Delta High School. Shawn was a designer at Small Engine Warehouse in Muncie for ten years; special thanks is extended...
Karl G. Earling
Oct 24, 2018
Karl G. Earling, age 80, formerly of Dunkirk, died Wednesday October 24, 2018 at The Laurels of Dekalb, Butler. Born in Muncie on May 18, 1938, he grew up in Dunkirk and graduated from Dunkirk High School in 1956, attended Ball State University, and received technical training at Rockford Technical Institute. He was a resident of Fort Wayne and...