Mike Cross
Mar 23, 2017
Mike Cross, age 56, Albany, died Thursday night at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital following an illness. Born in Muncie on July 8, 1960, he graduated from Wes-Del High School in 1978 and was a longtime resident of Albany. Mike worked for thirty years at Borg-Warner in Muncie as a machine operator and enjoyed fishing, camping, and playing guitar....
Eugene White
Mar 14, 2017
Eugene L. White, age 78, died Tuesday evening at home with his family by his side. Born in Richmond on Nov. 7, 1938, he graduated from Winchester High School and was an Albany resident since 1969. He was a toolmaker at Delaware Machinery & Tool, Muncie, for 30 years before retiring and had worked at other tool shops in...
Cleo Powers
Mar 10, 2017
ALBANY – Cleo Powers, age 91, Albany, died Friday morning at Albany Health Care & Rehabilitation Center following an extended illness. Born and raised in Jay County on July 14, 1925, he was a graduate of Governor I.P. Gray High School. He lived most of his life near Albany and worked over forty years for Chevrolet, Muncie, before retiring...
Ellen (Fuller) Steen
Jan 15, 2017
Ellen (Fuller) Steen, age 79, Albany, died Sunday January 15, 2017, at Parker Health Care & Rehabilitation Center. Born in Plummer's Landing, Kentucky on October 25, 1937, she was the daughter of Sherman & Felma (Mullins) Fuller. She moved to Indiana during the mid 1940's and was an Albany resident most of her life. Ellen was a Girl Scout...
Raymond E. Harshman
Jan 5, 2017
Raymond E. Harshman, age 77, Albany, died Thursday January 5, 2017 at Albany Health Care & Rehabilitation Center. Born in Albany on July 29, 1939, he was the son of Ralph M. and Letha G. (Myers) Harshman. Ray graduated from Albany High School with the class of 1957 and was a graduate of Indiana Business College. He was a...
Helen (Holmes) Engle
Jan 3, 2017
Former Albany resident Helen (Holmes) Engle, age 83 of Buford, Georgia passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2017, in Georgia. Born June 23, 1933 in Camden, Indiana, she was a 1951 graduate of South Bend Central High School.  She worked for South Bend Lathe and also worked as a load planner for United Airlines for six years in Chicago,...
Esther (Keeley) Drown Andrews
Nov 16, 2016
Esther (Keeley) Drown Andrews, age 86, Muncie, died Wednesday afternoon at home following an illness.  Born in Muncie on April 20, 1930, she attended Ball State University and graduated from Muncie Central High School.  A good student, she was double promoted twice in elementary school and active in various HS clubs & athletics. Esther was the office manager at...
Mintford H. Hicks
Nov 13, 2016
Mintford H. Hicks, age 74, Dunkirk, died Sunday night at Parker Health Care & Rehabilitation Center.  Born Aug. 28, 1942 in Banner Springs, Tennessee, he served in the Indiana National Guard and was a member of First Freewill Baptist Church, Dunkirk.  He was a mold maker at Kerr Glass (now Ardagh) for sixteen years and was a truck driver...
Johnny Calhoun
Nov 10, 2016
BROWNSBURG – Pastor Johnny Calhoun, age 45, Brownsburg, passed on to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday November 10, 2016, at home.  Born in Portland on April 30, 1971, he grew up in Albany and was a 1990 graduate of Delta High School.  He attended Fort Wayne Bible College, Indiana Christian University, and received a diploma in...
Kane L. Smith
Oct 11, 2016
ALBANY – Kane Smith, age 61, Albany, died Tuesday night at Lutheran Hospital, Ft. Wayne, following an illness.  Born in Portland on December 18, 1954, he was a lifelong resident of Delaware County and a 1974 graduate of Albany High School.  Kane was a semi truck driver for thirty years and was awarded for driving 2.3 million miles accident-free.  ...
Velna (Roberts) Liggett
Oct 2, 2016
ALBANY – Velna Liggett, age 83, Albany, lost her courageous battle with Alzheimer's Sunday morning at home.  She was born in Mitchell, Indiana on November 21, 1932 and lived east of Albany for over fifty years.  Velna was a graduate of Redkey High School in 1951 and Amber's Beauty School, Muncie.  She was a self-employed beautician for thirty years...
Richard D. Bishop
Sep 18, 2016
MODOC – Richard D. Bishop, age 63, Modoc, died Sunday September 18, 2016, at home from an apparent heart attack.  Born in Greensburg, Indiana on February 22, 1953, he graduated from Jennings County High School and had been a resident of Randolph County since 2000.  He was employed by M&S Screw Machine Products, Modoc, and had worked for R.E.M.C....
Patricia L. (Mccallion) Blair
Sep 8, 2016
DUNKIRK - Patricia L. Blair, age 82, rural Dunkirk, died Thursday September 8, 2016 at Albany Health Care & Rehabilitation Center following an illness.  She was born in Texas and lived in Illinois before moving to Indiana.  A homemaker, Mrs. Blair was married to John I. Blair who survives, along with other family members and friends.  Cremation will take...
Harry W. Logan
Sep 7, 2016
ALBANY – Harry "Woody" Logan, age 73, Albany, died Wednesday night at home following an illness.  Born in Aurora, CO, on Aug. 20, 1943, he grew up in Muncie and later moved to Albany.  He was a 1961 graduate of Muncie Central High School and retired from Borg Warner in 2005.  Woody was also a former Marshall for the...
Howard Bowdell
Sep 5, 2016
ALBANY – Howard Bowdell, age 69, Albany, died Monday September 5, 2016, at home with family following an illness of five months.  Born in Hartford City on September 26, 1946, he grew up in Albany and graduated from Albany High School with the class of 1964.  Howard worked at Albany Elementary School as a custodian for twenty years before...
James E. Harbison
Sep 4, 2016
YORKTOWN – James E. Harbison, age 33, Yorktown, died Sunday afternoon at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital following an illness.  Born in Muncie on November 12, 1982, he grew up near Eaton and was a 2001 graduate of Delta High School.  He worked at General Motors in Fort Wayne and DJ'ed on the weekends for Heartbreakers DJs from Haggerstown.  ...
Jim Sullivan
Aug 12, 2016
DUNKIRK – Charles James Sullivan III (Jim), of Dunkirk, IN, passed on Friday, August 12, 2016 at Ball Memorial Hospital.  Jim was born on June 22, 1941 in Portland, IN to Charles James Sullivan II and Laura Fern (Nuchols) Sullivan.  Jim graduated from Dunkirk High School in 1959.  In 1966, he married Trudy Reasoner and together they had 2...
Chuck Ondrejko
Aug 11, 2016
Edward Charles (Chuck) Ondrejko, age 86, Albany, died peacefully Thursday, August 11, 2016, surrounded by family following a courageous battle with ALS. He was born in Yukon, PA, on December 1, 1929. A proud veteran of the Army, Chuck served in Korea with the 3rd QM Company, 3rd Infantry Division, where he earned the Korean Service Medal, three Bronze...
Philip Brewer
Aug 7, 2016
ALBANY – Phil Brewer, age 84, Albany, died Sunday evening following an extended illness.  Born in Fairmount on January 22, 1932, he graduated from Fairmount High School in 1950.  He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and spent the past several years as an Albany resident.  Phil worked for Delco Battery for forty-two years before...
Andrew Anderson
Aug 4, 2016
PARKER CITY – Andrew Anderson, age 30, Parker City, died Thursday August 4, 2016 in Randolph County.  Born in Muncie on October 8, 1985, he grew up in Yorktown, Ft. Wayne, and Las Vegas, NV.  He lived the past 11 years in Indiana, most recently in Parker City.  He worked for Applebee's of Muncie and enjoyed fishing, baseball, and...
