Robert D. Lehman, Sr.
Jun 18, 2019
Robert D. Lehman, Sr., age 86, Albany, died Tuesday June 18, 2019 at home following an illness. Born August 1, 1932 in Jay County, he went to Albany High School and was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He worked at Craig Trucking in Albany for 18 years and was with Mack Truck from 1972 until 1980...
Robert Earl Beatrice
Jun 8, 2019
Robert Earl Beatrice, age 82, died Saturday June 8, 2019 at his home south of Fairview. Born July 28, 1936 in Jay County, he grew up there and worked at Kerr Glass (now Ardagh) in Dunkirk and Santa Ana, California before retiring. In earlier years he worked at the Dunkirk Police Department and ran the Dunkirk theater. He was...
Nancy K. Rickert
May 18, 2019
Nancy K. Rickert, age 83, formerly of Albany, died Saturday afternoon at Parkview Hospital Randallia, Ft. Wayne. Born Aug. 2, 1935 in Jay County, she was a 1953 graduate of Albany High School and lived in Delaware County before moving to Fort Wayne. She was a homemaker and member of Tri Kappa of Albany (Delta Epsilon Chapter). Nancy was...
Vicky J. Westlake
May 13, 2019
Vicky J. (Reasoner) Westlake, age 72, Dunkirk, passed away peacefully on Monday May 13, 2019 at her home surrounded by family and to the sound of her granddaughter singing. Born December 13, 1946 to Wayne & Marietta Reasoner, she grew up in Dunkirk and was a 1964 graduate of Dunkirk High School. She worked in numerous factories, became a...
Evalyn "Lyn" Caldwell
May 12, 2019
Evalyn E. "Lyn" Caldwell, age 72, Dunkirk, died Sunday May 12, 2019 at home following an illness. Born in Santa Anna, CA on February 15, 1947, she was a 1965 graduate of Orange High School (CA). She lived in Dunkirk the past several years and enjoyed crocheting, playing BINGO, reading her Bible, and taking on a good challenge. Before...
Donnie Turner
May 10, 2019
Donnie Turner, age 72, Albany, died Friday May 10, 2019 at AMG Specialty Hospital, Muncie, following an extended illness. Born in Muncie on April 7, 1947, he grew up in Albany and was a graduate of Ivy Technical College. Donnie was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and was honorably discharged. He worked in bakeries in Muncie...
Norma J. Hiatt
Apr 26, 2019
Norma J. Hiatt, age 83, Albany, died Friday April 26, 2019 at Signature Health Care, Muncie, following an extended illness. Born May 26, 1935 in Hartford City, she was a graduate of Dunkirk High School and Indiana Business College. She also attended classes at Ball State where she received a certificate in Modern Marketing. Norma was a homemaker and...
Travis Lee Arnold
Apr 4, 2019
Travis Lee Arnold, age 32, died unexpectedly Thursday April 4, 2019 at his home in Eaton. Born in Muncie on March 26, 1987, he grew up in Albany and was a 2005 graduate of Delta High School. He lived most of his life in Albany and had recently moved to Eaton. Travis was a hard worker and was the...
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....
