Ruby R. (Painter) Moon
Mar 17, 2013
ALBANY – Ruby R. Moon, age 98, Albany, died Sunday March 17, 2013 at Albany Health Care & Rehabilitation Center.  Born in Jay County on April 26, 1914, she graduated from Redkey High School in1932 and lived in Randolph County before moving to Albany.  Ruby was a homemaker and helped her husband on the farm for several years.  She was...
Margie (Hickle) Sumwalt
Mar 16, 2013
ALBANY – Margie (Hickle) Sumwalt, age 86, Albany, died Saturday March 16, 2013 at Albany Health Care & Rehabilitation Center.  Born in Vanceburg, KY, she moved to Albany at a young age and was a graduate of Albany High School in 1945.  She retired in 1975 from Kerr Glass, Dunkirk, and in earlier years worked at the canning factory in...
Ruby (Frazier) Haisley
Feb 14, 2013
FARMLAND – Ruby Haisley, age 95, rural Farmland, died Thursday morning at Albany Health Care & Rehabilitation Center.  Born in Hartford City on Jan. 31, 1918, she grew up near Redkey and graduated from Green Township High School in 1935.  She also attended business college in Muncie.  Ruby worked at the Farm Bureau Elevator in Albany until it closed and...
Joe B. Hardwick
Feb 6, 2013
ALBANY – Joe B. Hardwick, age 75, Albany, died Wednesday Feb. 6, 2013, at his daughter and son-in-law's home following an extended illness.  Born Nov. 28, 1937 in Adair County, Kentucky, he moved to Indiana at a young age and had lived near Albany since 1968.  At age 16 he began work in the bakery at Marsh Supermarkets and stayed...
Dean Lehman
Jan 28, 2013
MILLGROVE – Former Albany resident Dean Lehman, age 64, Millgrove (Blackford County), died Monday Jan. 28, 2013 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital following an illness.  Born in Muncie on Dec. 24, 1948, he was the son of Wilbur D. and Thelma M. (Haffner) Lehman.  Dean grew up in Albany and was a graduate of Albany High School in 1967.  ...
Lucille (Landon) Freed
Jan 18, 2013
DUNKIRK – Lucille Freed, age 92, formerly of Dunkirk, died Friday Jan. 18, 2013, at Persimmon Ridge Rehabilitation Centre, Portland.  Born in Dunkirk on May 5, 1920, she was the daughter of Norman O. and Myrtle (Cline) Landon.  She graduated from Dunkirk High School in 1938 and worked at Kerr Glass (now Verallia), Dunkirk, for 30 years before retiring in...
Meredith Hughes, Jr.
Jan 17, 2013
ALBANY – Meredith Hughes ("Junior"), age 74, Albany, died Thursday Jan. 17, 2013, at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital following an illness.  Born in Indianapolis on Sept. 27, 1938, he grew up in Anderson and lived in Colorado for several years before moving to Albany in 2002.  He graduated from Anderson High School in 1957 and joined the U.S. Air...
Sally A. (Burns) Rees
Dec 30, 2012
ALBANY – Sally A. Rees, age 85, Albany, went to be with The Lord Sunday morning at home following an illness.  Born in Nashville, TN, she moved to Indiana in 1942.  Sally was a waitress during the 1950's at various locations locally and out of town.  She started her own residential and commercial cleaning business and operated until the mid...
Lorie (Harvey) Harbison
Dec 29, 2012
EATON – Lorie (Harvey) Harbison, age 52, Eaton, died Saturday Dec. 29, 2012, at home following an illness.  Born in Marion on May 8, 1960, she grew up in the Muncie/Cowan area and later moved near Eaton in 1981.  She graduated from Daleville High School in 1978 and received a Bachelor's degree in Nursing from Ball State University.  She was...
Mary L. (O'Bryant) Porter
Dec 25, 2012
ALBANY – Mary L. Porter, age 83, rural Albany, died Tuesday morning at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital following an illness.  Born in Indianapolis, IN on Apr. 14, 1929, she was the daughter of George and Jacque (Ellis) O'Bryant.  She moved to the Albany area while in high school where she met Ted (Wayne) Porter to whom she was married...
Max Devoe
Dec 24, 2012
ALBANY – Max DeVoe, age 81, Albany, died Monday morning at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.  Born in Randolph County on Nov. 17, 1931, he was the son of Clyde P. and Helen (Woods) DeVoe.  He graduated from Green Township High School and was a resident of Albany for most of his life.  As a skilled tradesman Max was a...
Paul E. Crawford
Dec 13, 2012
REDKEY – Paul E. Crawford, age 87, Redkey, died Thursday morning at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.  Born in Millgrove on July 21, 1925, he was the son of Ralph & Ruby (LeValley) Crawford.  He graduated from Montpelier High School in 1943 and joined the U.S. Navy during WWII.  He was honorably discharged in 1946.  Paul worked at both glass...
Ashley Renee Stults
Dec 1, 2012
DUNKIRK – Ashley Renee Stults, Precious Daughter of Ralph & Linda Stults, went home to be with her Lord the evening of Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012.  She was born in Muncie on Nov. 24, 1983 and belonged to Sugar Grove United Methodist Church. Ashley is survived by her Parents and 2 Brothers: Aaron Stults and Chad Stults, his Wife: Vanessa,...
Ardyce Carolyn (Eliason) Bach
Nov 30, 2012
ALBANY – Former Albany resident Ardyce Carolyn Bach died Friday morning at Bethel Pointe Health and Rehabilitation, Muncie.  She was 86 years of age.  Born on Aug. 28, 1926 in Lidgerwood, ND, she moved to Minnesota and graduated from high school there.  She then moved to Indiana where she attended Anderson College and met Phil Bach whom she would marry.  ...
Dale O. Longerbone
Nov 6, 2012
ALBANY – Dale O. Longerbone, age 86, Albany, died Tuesday night at Albany Health Care & Rehabilitation Center following an extended illness.  Born in Sturgis, MI on Aug. 12, 1926, he grew up in Pennville and lived most of his life in Albany.  Along with his wife Marlene he established D. and M. Door Co., Inc. in Albany during 1973;...
Gene R. Gleeson
Nov 3, 2012
ALBANY – Delaware county resident Gene R. Gleeson, age 78, died Saturday night at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness.  Born in Portland on Dec. 28, 1933, he grew up in Jay County and graduated from Governor I.P. Gray High School in 1951.  He attended Butler and Purdue University before joining the U.S. Army where he belonged...
Gail M. Selvey
Oct 26, 2012
MUNCIE – Gail M. Selvey, Muncie, passed away at her residence on October 26, 2012.  She was born on March 6, 1958 to Virgil L. and Mary E. Selvey.  She attended DeSoto Elementary and graduated from Delta High School with the class of 1976.  She was retired from General Motors as a journeymen electrician.  She was an artist of oil...
Nelda R. Dornberger
Oct 21, 2012
REDKEY – Nelda R. "Nell" Dornberger, age 61, rural Redkey, died Sunday night at the Jay County Hospital following a sudden illness.  Born in Middlesboro, KY, she moved to Albany at age 13 then became a resident of Jay County where she lived most of her life.  She graduated from Dunkirk High School in 1970 and later a graduate of...
Gordon Stafford
Oct 17, 2012
ALBANY – Gordon Stafford, age 65, Muncie, died Wednesday night at Kindred Transitional Care & Rehabilitation of Muncie.  Born in Portland on Dec. 23, 1946, he was the son of Cloyd and Opal (Huffman) Stafford.  Gordon graduated from Monroe Central High School in 1964 and farmed for several years in Randolph, Jay, and Delaware Counties until retiring in 1996.  He...
Patricia A. (Phelps) Phelps-Toler
Oct 12, 2012
ALBANY – Patricia A. Phelps-Toler passed away Friday, October 12th, at her summer home with Phillip & Mardelle St. John in Albany, after a long illness with cancer. Patricia was born September 13th, 1944, in Muncie, Indiana, the only child of Clayton C. Phelps and Alta May (Ewing) Phelps. Patricia and her late husband, Russell L. Toler, were founders and...
