Cindi Hale
Nov 15, 2022
Cynthia K. "Cindi" Hale, age 62, Ridgeville, died Tuesday November 15, 2022 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital following an illness of three months. Born in Muncie on May 16, 1960, she grew up in the Yorktown area and attended Yorktown High School. Cindi was a rural carrier with the United States Postal Service for the past 11 years...
Jay Tharp, Jr.
Nov 9, 2022
Jay Tharp, 90, of Albany, Indiana passed away on November 9, 2022, at home surrounded by his family. Jay was born on April 1, 1932 in Ridgeville, Indiana to Jay and Myrtle (Wooters) Tharp. He graduated from Ridgeville High School with the class of 1951. During high school Jay was a member of the baseball, basketball, and track teams. ...
Donney Smith
Nov 6, 2022
Donney Smith, age 54, Farmland, passed Sunday November 6, 2022 at home surrounded by family following a battle with cancer. Born February 7, 1968 in Rock Island, IL, he grew up in Illinois and moved to Indiana in 2006. Donney graduated from United Township High School in 1986 and received a Masters degree from W.G.U. He retired as an...
Michael L. Flowers, Sr.
Oct 29, 2022
Michael L. Flowers, Sr., age 80, died Saturday October 29, 2022 at home in Dunkirk following an extended illness. Born in Muncie on August 16, 1942, he graduated from Muncie Central High School with the class of 1960. He attended Ball State University and was a United States Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Mike was a full-time...
Wayne Burkholder
Oct 24, 2022
Wayne F. Burkholder, age 80, died Monday October 24, 2022 at his son's home in Albany. Born in Wheatfield, Indiana on November 4, 1941, he grew up in northwest Indiana and lived in Cedar Lake, Indiana and The Villages, Florida before moving to Delaware County in 2019. Wayne graduated from Hammond Technical High School in 1958 and was a...
Gregg Dotson
Oct 20, 2022
Gregg Dotson, age 66, Dunkirk, died Thursday October 20, 2022 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Union City, Indiana on April 8, 1956, he grew up in Union City, Ohio and was a 1974 graduate of Mississinewa Valley High School. Gregg was a Firefighter, Emergency Medical Technician, and former Arson Investigator with Union...
Joseph F. Streit Iii
Sep 21, 2022
Joseph F. Streit III, 68, Albany, died Wednesday September 21, 2022 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. Born February 9, 1954 in Cincinnati, OH, he grew up in Ohio and was a 1972 graduate of William Henry Harrison High School. Joe was the owner/operator of Streit Trucking and was a semi driver for most of...
Donna Flick
Sep 18, 2022
Donna (Jetmore) Flick, age 86, died Sunday September 18, 2022 at Low Country Hospice House in South Carolina; she lived with her daughter in Goose Creek for the past five years. Born November 28, 1935 in Pennville, she grew up in Dunkirk and lived near Royerton for most of her life. Donna graduated from Dunkirk High School with the...
Arnold E. Clevenger, Sr.
Sep 8, 2022
Arnold E. Clevenger Sr., 84, passed away peacefully in the early morning of September 8th at Ball Memorial Hospital with family by his side. Arnie was born in Cowan, Indiana on July 5th, 1938, the second youngest of five children, to John and Lucille (Fry) Clevenger. He grew up in Eaton and attended Eaton High School, where he graduated...
Shirley J. Hardwick
Sep 5, 2022
Shirley Jean (Crump) Hardwick, age 84, Muncie, died Monday September 5, 2022 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital surrounded by family. Born in Muncie on September 12, 1937, she attended Royerton High School and was a lifelong Muncie resident. Shirley was a talented cook, working at Muncie Central High School and the Muncie Eagles Lodge for several years. She...
Inez A. Lowe
Sep 3, 2022
Inez A. Lowe, age 102, Dunkirk, died Saturday September 3, 2022 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital following a short illness. Born July 1, 1920 in Logan, West Virginia, she moved to Dunkirk in 1959. Inez worked at Kerr Glass for nearly 20 years before retiring in 1978. During WWII she worked at the plant in Oak Ridge, TN,...
Robert P. Dehaven
Aug 29, 2022
Robert P. DeHaven, age 95, formerly of Albany, died Monday August 29, 2022 at Five Star Residences of Noblesville. Born near Albany on November 7, 1926, Bob grew up in Delaware County and graduated from DeSoto High School with the class of 1944. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII and a former member of American Legion Post...
Gerald L. (Gary) Copley, Sr.
Aug 23, 2022
Gerald L. (Gary) Copley, Sr., age 59, Albany, passed away Tuesday August 23, 2022 at home. Born in Muncie November 7, 1962, he was a lifelong resident of Delaware County. Gary attended Delta High School where he worked as a custodian for the past 8 months. He was a mechanic at Country Classics Marine in Albany for 27 years...
Elouise Riddle
Aug 20, 2022
Elouise Riddle, age 89, Fairview, passed peacefully at home the morning of Saturday, August 20, 2022. Born in Adair County, Kentucky on February 12, 1933, she attended high school in Columbia (KY) and moved to Indiana in the early 1950s. Mrs. Riddle retired in 1995 after working several years for the Jay County School Corporation as Head Cook. In...
Joshua "Pudge" Olson
Aug 2, 2022
Joshua "Pudge" Olson, age 45, Albany, died unexpectedly Tuesday August 2, 2022 in Muncie. Born November 11, 1976 in Muncie, he grew up in Albany and attended Delta High School. He worked in construction for several years and was a skilled drywall hanger. Joshua was a former Little League coach and enjoyed playing golf.
Survivors include his...
Rebecca Kirby
Jul 24, 2022
Rebecca Kirby, age 72, Albany, died Sunday July 24, 2022 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital following a sudden illness. Born in Sullivan, Indiana on March 4, 1950, she graduated from Oakland City (IN) High School (now Wood Memorial High School) and Ball State University where she received a Masters degree in Education. Rebecca taught high school Mathematics for...
Sylvia Reum
Jul 21, 2022
Sylvia Reum, age 72, Albany, died Thursday July 21, 2022 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. Born in New Castle September 2, 1949, she graduated from Monroe Central High School in 1967 and was a longtime resident of Albany who was loved by many. Sylvia retired after working 19 years at Minars' IGA. She also...
James D. Clevenger, Sr.
Jun 6, 2022
James David Clevenger, Sr., age 84, passed away Monday June 6th, 2022 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital surrounded by family.
Jim was born on October 26th, 1937 on the family farm near Albany, to Sylvester Clark and Cora J. (Wood) Clevenger. He graduated from Albany High School in 1955 and married his high school sweetheart, Wanda...
Alice Jean Lyons
May 29, 2022
Alice Jean Lyons, age 86, passed into the arms of her loving Savior Sunday May 29, 2022 at The Woodlands, Muncie, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Born in Albany January 5, 1936, she grew up there and graduated from Albany High School with the class of 1953. She lived in Albany until 2001 and had lived in Brownsburg,...
M. Sue Pittenger
May 25, 2022
M. Sue Pittenger, age 85, Muncie, died Wednesday May 25, 2022 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Jay County on October 24, 1936, she grew up in Redkey and was a graduate of Redkey High School and Indiana Business College. Along with her husband, Bud, she owned & operated Walnut Grove Golf Club (now Albany Golf...