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Mary H. Wolter
Mar 14, 2013
Mary H. Wolter, 97, Greensburg, Indiana, passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at the St. Andrews Health Campus in Batesville. Born May 7, 1915 in St. Maurice, Indiana, she was the daughter of John Bernard and Anna (Kuntz) Wolter. Aunt Mary worked as she was affectionately called had worked in the cafeteria at the Greensburg High School for several...
Viola Gauck
Mar 14, 2013
Viola Gauck, 92, Greensburg, Indiana, passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at the Arbor Grove Village in Greensburg. Born May 27, 1920 in Aberdeen, Washington, she was the daughter of Enoch and Maude (Workman) Cramer. She was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary in Batesville. She was married to Carl Gauck on July 5, 1974 and he survives....
Leonard B. Schoettmer, Sr.
Mar 12, 2013
Leonard B. Schoettmer, Sr., 86, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Aspen Place Health Campus in Greensburg. He was born in Millhousen on December 3, 1926 to Joseph H. Schoettmer and Frances Elis (Thewes) Schoettmer Kuntz. Leonard was a retired farmer. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, the Wagon Train and Outriders Association, the Decatur...
Alicia Marie Muckerheide
Mar 8, 2013
Alicia Marie Muckerheide, 36, Millhousen, Indiana, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2013 at the Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Born November 2, 1976 in Decatur County, Indiana, she was the daughter of Dale and Maudie (Lee) Herbert. She was a graduate of the 1995 Class at South Decatur High School. She was a member of the St. Maurice Catholic Church...
Henry A. Ernstes
Mar 1, 2013
Henry A. Ernstes, 98, of Greensburg, passed away Friday, March 1, 2013 at the Arbor Grove Village in Greensburg. He was born in Houston, Texas on March 16, 1914, the son of Lawrence B. and Christina (Fisse) Ernstes. He graduated from Greensburg High School in 1931. He was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Church, the Agricultural Stabilization Committee,...
William S. Faris
Feb 27, 2013
William S. Faris, 73, passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis. William was born on March 1, 1939 in Graymont, Illinois to Elmer Jacob and Dorothy Helen (Uebel) Faris. William was a farmer and worked as a truck driver for GMI Trucking in Greensburg. He was married to Pauline Romans on December 30,...
Marie K. Mullins
Feb 24, 2013
Marie K. Mullins, 85, passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2013 at Arbor Grove Village Nursing Home in Greensburg. She was born in Straight Creek, KY on November 5, 1927 to Mack Arnett, Sr. and Mae Katherine Arnett Johnson. Marie retired from K.B. Specialty Foods after working there for fifteen years. Marie and her husband were former members of the...
Charles William Meadows
Feb 24, 2013
Charles “Chuck” William Meadows, Jr., 58, Terre Haute, formerly of Greensburg IN went to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 24, 2013 at Union Hospital after an extended illness. He was born on May 23, 1954 in Maysville KY to Charles and Marcella (Bennett) Meadows of Greensburg, IN. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Crystal, and his...
Margaret E. Lozier
Feb 22, 2013
Margaret E. Lozier, 84, Greensburg, Indiana, passed away on Friday, February 22, 2013 at her residence. Born July 6, 1928 in Greensburg, Indiana, she was the daughter of George Wallace and Martha K. (Montgomery) Shafer. She was married to Louis J. Lozier on February 18, 1946 and he preceded her in death on May 10, 1984. She is survived by...
Laura M. Allen
Feb 16, 2013
Laura M. Allen, 37, passed away on February 16, 2013 in Greensburg. She was born in Greensburg on April 15, 1975 to Wade, Sr. and Kathleen (Powers) Farr. Laura had worked for many years at Wendy’s in Greensburg. She was recently hired full time as an Environmental Services Assistant at Aspen Place Nursing Home in Greensburg. Laura was a member...
Thomas E. Yorn
Feb 13, 2013
Thomas E. "Tom" Yorn, 37, of Greensburg, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at the Community Hospital North in Indianapolis. He was born in Beech Grove, In on August 25, 1975, the son of William E. Yorn, Sr. and Mabel "Kay" (Powers) Yorn. He is survived by his father, William E. Yorn, Sr., Greensburg; girlfriend, Alicia Powers, Greensburg; three daughters,...
Fred E. Irving
Feb 10, 2013
Fred E. Irving, 82, Greensburg, passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at Heritage House Nursing Home in Greensburg. Fred was born in Lucas County, Iowa on March, 5, 1930 to Troy and Irma (Bingham) Irving. He was a former milkman and auctioneer. He joined the Navy in 1947 and served for 3 years until 1950. Fred was married to...
Nancy J. Morrow
Feb 9, 2013
Nancy J. Morrow, 67, Greensburg, Indiana, passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at the Our Hospice Inpatient Facility in Columbus. Born February 25, 1945 in Taylorsville, Indiana, she was the daughter of Eddie W. and Iona E. (Reed) Murphy. She was retired after working for 10 years at the Decatur County Memorial Hospital in Greensburg. She was a member...
Albert M. Rust
Feb 7, 2013
Albert M. Rust, Jr., National Champion Swimmer, WW II Navy Veteran, Indiana Landscaper. Albert M. Rust, Jr., 95, formerly of Zionsville, Indiana died Thursday, February 7, 2013 at the Aspen Place Health Campus in Greensburg, Indiana. He was born November 22, 1917, the oldest of eleven children, to Albert M. Rust, Sr. and Sadie (McCutcheon) Rust. Mr. Rust swam in...
William A. Slight
Feb 6, 2013
William A. "Bill" Slight, 60, of Greensburg, passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at the Decatur County Memorial Hospital. in Greensburg. He was born in Oswego, NY on October 12, 1952, the son of William and Dorothy (Knauss) Slight. He had worked as a dairy farmer in New York and then he had worked for STI after moving to Greensburg....
Walter E. Pleak
Feb 6, 2013
The Lord welcomed home Walter Eugene Pleak, 98 of Greensburg on February 6, 2013. Walter was preceded in death by his father Harry Logan Pleak and mother Creetle Elizabeth (Voiles), his brother Robert D. (Martha) Pleak, and his sister Dorothy (Elwood) Burkholz. Walter was born September 24, 1914 in Decatur County. He married his beloved wife, Freda Mae (Volz) on...
Phyllis J. Bowling
Feb 4, 2013
Phyllis J. Bowling, 85, Greensburg, passed away on Monday, February 4, 2013 at the Hickory Creek Nursing Home in Greensburg. Born, February 3, 1928 in Shelbyville, Indiana, she was the daughter of Roscoe William and Fern Lucille (Metz) Kincade. She had worked for the Bill and Edie Harvey family in Naples, Florida for fourteen years. She was a member of...
Frieda A. Dyer
Jan 30, 2013
Frieda A. Dyer, 81, Greensburg, Indiana, passed away on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at her residence. Born February 28, 1931 in St. Maurice, Indiana, she was the daughter of Henry and Laura (Saeger) Trumme. She retired from Randall Textron where she had worked for over 30 years. She is survived by one son, David Dyer, Greensburg; four step-sons, Bill Dyer,...
Larry G. Dance
Jan 29, 2013
Larry G. Dance, 42, passed away on January 29, 2013 at his residence in Greensburg. He was born in Greensburg on December 31, 1970 to Gene and Margaret (Powers) Dance. Larry graduated from Greensburg High School in 1989. He then joined the Air Force and was a veteran of Desert Storm where he earned the Act of Bravery Medal among...
Hugh Clark Coy
Jan 24, 2013
Hugh Clark Coy, 87, of Greensburg, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2013 at the Decatur County Memorial Hospital in Greensburg. He was born on May 10, 1925 in Greensburg, the son of Leonard E. and Gertrude (Clark) Coy. He graduated from Sandusky High School in 1943. He then served in the Army in WW II. He was a farmer. He...
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