Obituaries

Rena Johnson

Rena Johnson

Feb 17, 2015

Rena Johnson, age 54, passed away on Tuesday (February 17, 2015) at Reid Hospital. She was born in Richmond on September 12, 1960 to Ranze Black and Ithel Caudill and had lived here all her life. She worked at adult day care, and loved being around her family. She was a very loving grandmother. Survivors include her sons Kyle (Wendy...

Malcolm L. Michaels Sr.

Malcolm L. Michaels Sr.

Feb 16, 2015

Malcolm L. Michaels Sr., age 88, passed away on Monday (February 16, 2015) at Golden Living Center Golden Rule. He was born in Richmond on September 29, 1926 to Jesse and Lavonne Michaels and had lived here all his life. He had worked at several different jobs, mostly at local factories, but spent the most of his career in construction....

Homer L. Maddock

Homer L. Maddock

Feb 14, 2015

Homer L. Maddock, age 85, of Richmond passed away Saturday (February 14, 2015) at Forest Park Health Campus. He was born on July 3, 1929 on a farm near Camden, Ohio to Fred and Helen (Pattison) Maddock. He grew up near Liberty, IN and graduated from Short High School in 1947. Homer graduated from Earlham College in 1951 with majors...

Helen M. Grubbs

Helen M. Grubbs

Feb 13, 2015

Helen M. Grubbs, age 94, of Richmond, died Friday morning (February 13, 2015) at Golden Living Center �" Golden Rule. She was born in Richmond on March 7, 1920 to Oscar and Freda Hart Crouch and had lived here all of her life. She was a retired 35 year employee of Belden Manufacturing and a member of the Belden 25...

Paul J. Peacock

Paul J. Peacock

Feb 2, 2015

Paul J. Peacock, age 68, of Richmond, died Monday afternoon (February 2, 2015) at his residence after a short battle with glioblastoma. He was born in Salem, Ohio on July 29, 1946 to Abram and Jessie Woolman Peacock and had lived in Richmond since 1977. He was a graduate of Plainfield (Indiana) High School and attended Purdue University. He was...

Darrell Eugene Winters

Darrell Eugene Winters

Feb 1, 2015

Darrell E. Winters, age 71, passed away on Sunday (February 1, 2015) at Methodist hospital in Indianapolis. He was born in Richmond on March 27, 1943 to Lawrence "Jimmy" and Pearl "Polly" Winters and had lived in this area most of his life. Darrell had worked as a machinist at Natco, and later at the Ball jar factory in Muncie....

Douglas Ray Clark

Douglas Ray Clark

Jan 31, 2015

Douglas Ray Clark, age 60, of Fountain City passed away Saturday (January 31, 2015) at his residence. He was born in Salem, Indiana on April 25, 1954 to James Ray and Audrey Mae (Lovell) Clark. His wife Diana passed away in 2006. He was a graduate of Southport High School in Southport, Indiana and became an ASE certified mechanic. For...

Mary Jeanette Weiss

Mary Jeanette Weiss

Jan 30, 2015

Mary Jeanette Weiss, age 89, of Hagerstown passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on January 30th at Reid Hospital. She was born on January 16th 1926 in Centerville, Indiana to Paul Anthony Schneider and Jennie Esteline Davidson. She met the love of her life Eugene Raymond Weiss and they married on May 3rd 1948. Mary told her children...

Mary Bradley

Mary Bradley

Jan 28, 2015

Mary Burge Bradley, age 81, of Richmond passed away Wednesday (January 28, 2015) at Reid Hospital. She was born in Richmond on August 20, 1933 to Earl and Ellen Davis Burge. She worked some and spent the last 11 ½ years at Dollar Tree. In 1952 she married Charles Bradley. Had 2 sons Tom and Jeff. Jeff was killed at...

Vernon L. Merrick

Vernon L. Merrick

Jan 28, 2015

Vernon L. Merrick, age 71, of Richmond, died Wednesday (January 28, 2015) at Reid Hospital. Services will be private.

Marjorie A. Sharp

Marjorie A. Sharp

Jan 24, 2015

Marjorie Ann Sharp, a resident at Friends' Fellowship, passed away on January 24, 2015. She was born in Saratoga, Indiana on August 10, 1927 and spent most of her childhood there. She became an accomplished musician at an early age and played in Jack Kurkowski's Xylaphone Band during her years at Winchester High School. She was the first person in...

Eugene Shepherd

Eugene Shepherd

Jan 19, 2015

Eugene "Blue" Shepherd, age 61, passed away on Monday (January 19, 2015) at his home in Williamsburg. He was born on January 13, 1954 in Richmond to Oscar and Margaret Shepherd and had lived here all his life. He had worked as a metal fabricator for Richmond Homes, Wallace Metal, Maitlen Heating, and Southside heating supply for the last 30...

Jeffery G. O'Conner

Jeffery G. O'Conner

Jan 19, 2015

Jeffery G. O'Conner, age 55, passed away on Monday (January 19, 2015) at Reid Hospital. He was born on June 2, 1959 in Dayton, Ohio to Jess and Jean Lipscomb and had lived in this area for the past year. Jeffery was a nurse practitioner who loved cats, reading, and watching movies. He had a great sense of humor and...

Kevin J. Lehman

Kevin J. Lehman

Jan 19, 2015

Kevin J. Lehman, age 40, passed away on Monday (January 19, 2015) at Reid hospital. He was born on May 29, 1974 in Reading, England to Clifford "Tom" Lehman and Candy Killion (Riden). He had worked at Honda Manufacturing the past 3 years; the Wayne County Sherriff's department, where was a member of the color guard and a jail supervisor,...

Mary F. Krutel

Mary F. Krutel

Jan 18, 2015

Mary F. Krutel, age 98, of Richmond passed away peacefully on Sunday (January 18, 2015) at her home. She was born in Rush County, Indiana on January 10, 1917 to Joseph and Rosalia Gulde Risk. She married her husband Marion on October 14, 1941 and was married for 52 years until he died in 1994. She was a member of...

Anthony "Tony" R. Digenova

Anthony "Tony" R. Digenova

Jan 14, 2015

Anthony "Tony" R. DiGenova, age 48, passed away on Wednesday (January 14, 2015) at his home. He was born on July 3, 1966 in Logansport, Indiana to Aaron and Gerri DiGenova and had lived in this area since 1971. Tony enjoyed being around his grandkids and his dogs Daisy and Sabby. He was also a member of the Druids. Survivors...

Elaine A Cook

Elaine A Cook

Jan 12, 2015

Elaine A. Cook, age 69, of Richmond passed away Monday (January 12, 2015) at Reid Hospital. She was born in Richmond on January 3, 1946 to Paul and Agnes Miller Cook. Elaine graduated from Richmond High School in 1964 and attended Indiana Business College. She worked for IRC&D for several years before moving on to work for the Richmond Sanitation...

Adelene Klein

Adelene Klein

Jan 12, 2015

Adalene Klein, age 85, passed away on Monday (January 12, 2015) at Golden Living Center Oakridge. She was born on June 14, 1929 in Middletown, Ohio to Dewey and Drusie Henry and had lived in this area since 1969. She had worked at PRC Recording in Richmond, where she retired from. Adelene loved and adored her grandchildren, and loved to...

Myrtle M. Killen

Myrtle M. Killen

Jan 11, 2015

Myrtle M. Killen, age 96, passed away on Sunday (January 11, 2015) at Golden Living Center Golden Rule. She was born in Arba on April 9, 1918 to Leroy and Lena Anderson Ketring and had lived in this area all of her life. She joined St. Mary's Catholic Church at the age of 80. She loved spending time with her...

Edna Mildred Smith

Edna Mildred Smith

Jan 10, 2015

Edna Mildred Smith, age 85, passed away on Saturday (January 10, 2015) at Golden Living Center Golden Rule. She was born on October 26, 1929 in Union County, Indiana to William and Dorothy Washburn and had lived in this area most of her life. Mildred was known for her homemade candies, which her church auctioned off during the holidays. She...