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Betty Kathryn Smith
May 28, 2013
Betty Kathryn Smith, age 77, of New Trenton, Indiana, passed away Tuesday May, 2013 at her residence. She was born on November 24, 1935 in Franklin County, Indiana, to George R. and Margaret (Browning) Rust. Betty married Marion F. Smith on November 13, 1954 at Holy Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Cedar Grove. She was employed at US Shoe Corporation...
Fred Bossert Suhre
May 22, 2013
Frederick Bossert Suhre, 91, of Brookville, Indiana, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at his residence. He was born April 28, 1922 in Brookville, Indiana, to William Frank and Pauline Caroline (Bossert) Suhre. He married Louise Ann Klipple on December 9, 1951, in Fort Collins, Colorado.Fred had a life-long dedication to his family farm, Honey Bee Home, on which he was...
Carol Walter
May 21, 2013
Carol Sue Walter, age 66, of Milan, Indiana, passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.She was born in New Castle, Indiana on November 11, 1946 to Alton and Jessie (Ames) Cowin. She married Allen S. Walter on May 17, 1975, and he survives. Carol loved her grandchildren and children. She also enjoyed camping, word search...
Stanley "Bud" White
May 21, 2013
Stanley "Bud" Geiling White, 94, of Blooming Grove, Indiana, passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Ohio. He was born April 29, 1919 in Alquina, Indiana to Russell and Hazel (Geiling) White. He married Marilyn Woodmansee on February 27, 1939 in Falmouth, Kentucky, and she preceded him in death on December 15, 2011. Bud...
Betty J. Rutz
May 15, 2013
Betty J Rutz, 87, of Brookville, Indiana, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013. She was born July 11, 1925 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Carl and Alice (Efland) Hille. She worked at Duck Creek Palace. Betty enjoyed her family and being active in the Metamora community. Left to honor Betty's memory are children; William F. Putnick of Cincinnati, OH, Barb Heis of...
Gene S. Hornberger
May 6, 2013
Gene S. Hornberger, 54, of Batesville, Indiana, died May 6, 2013, at his residence.He was born June 19, 1958 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to James and Evelyn (Dierckman) Hornberger. Gene is survived by his children; Ryan (Sue) Hornberger of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Brady Hornberger of Batesville, Indiana; mother, Evelyn Hornberger of Lawrenceville; grandchildren, Cena and Zachary Hornberger; and sister Tracy (Randy)...
Dorothy J. Denni
May 6, 2013
Dorothy "Dottie" J. Denni, age 76, of Sunman, Indiana, passed away at Ripley Crossing, in Milan, Indiana, on Monday May 6th, 2013. She was born February 23, 1937 in Batesville, Indiana to Omer and Clara (Puente) Seevers. She married Wilbur Denni on May 8, 1954 at St. John United Church of Christ in Penntown and he preceded her in death...
Agnes Peters
April 28, 2013
Agnes K. Peters, R.N., of Brookville, IN, spouse and lifetime partner of deceased physician, Elmer E. Peters, M.D. (Deceased Mar 2001), departed this life on April 28, 2013. Born July 5, 1923, to John & Maria Kalnyansky Kotso in Hammond, IN. She was educated in the primary and secondary schools of that city. In 1945, Agnes received the R.N. degree...
Jessie E. Hess
April 26, 2013
Jessie E. Hess, 84, passed away at her residence in Sunman, Indiana on Friday, April 26, 2013. She was born on September 6, 1928 to Clarence and Clara Regel McCool. She married Vernon R. Hess, Sr. on October 5, 1946 in Portland, Indiana and he preceded her in death. She was Unit Secretary at Margaret Mary Community Hospital in Batesville...
Kathy Helton
April 12, 2013
Kathy A. Helton, age 55, of Brookville, IN died April 12, 2013 at McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford, OH. She was born on May 12, 1957 in Corpus Christi, Texas to James C. and Margie K. (Farmer) Vest. Kathy married John A. Helton on September 11, 1976 at the First Baptist Church in Brookville. She was a member of...
Rollie B. Allen
April 10, 2013
Rollie B. Allen, 82 of Delta, Colorado and formerly of Brookville, Indiana passed away April 10, 2013 at his residence. He was born November 14, 1930 in Peppertown, Indiana, a son to Hugh and Flora (Hunter) Allen. On November 29, 1963 he married Dora J. Hohman at Shiloh Wesleyan Church in Plymouth, Indiana and she survives. He was a machinist...
Helen R Foster
April 9, 2013
Helen "Katie" L. Foster, age 67, of Brookville, IN died Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 at her residence. She was born February 17, 1946 in Laurel, Indiana, to Leslie and Stella Hunter Pierce. She loved fishing and was an avid sports fan of both the Cincinnati Reds and Bengals. Left to honor Helen's memory is brothers, Carl (Geraldine) Pierce of Brookville,...
Lana L Pence
April 5, 2013
Lana L. Pence, 73, of Brookville, Indiana, passed away Friday, April 5, 2013 at McCullough Hyde-Memorial Hospital in Oxford. She was born February 14, 1940 in Metamora, Indiana, to Robert Robinson and Cleo Hunter Robinson. She married George E. Pence on November 18, 1961 and he preceded her in death on January 21, 1990. She had been the secretary at...
Raphael Paul Forthofer
April 4, 2013
Raphael Paul Forthofer, age 73, of Sunman, Indiana, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, April 4, 2013.He was born on September 24, 1939 to Ralph and Mary (Riehle) Forthofer. Raphael married Rosina Nobbe on November 24, 1966 at St. Louis Church in Batesville, Indiana and she survives. Raphael worked at Cincinnati Incorporated before purchasing Forthofer's Market, which he and Rosie owned for...
Pearl H. Guenther
April 3, 2013
Pearl H. Guenther, 94, of Sunman, Indiana, passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at the Waters in Batesville.She was born on May 6, 1918 to Gus Doehlman and Stella Oehlman. She was the last surviving of 6 brothers and sisters. She married Robert Guenther June 19, 1943 at Grace Lutheran Church in Tuscon, Arizona. Pearl was a member of the...
June Halcomb
March 28, 2013
June Halcomb, 70, of Metamora, Indiana, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013 at her residence.She was born on September 30, 1942 in Connersville, Indiana to William Taft Hammond and Katherine Thomas. She married Gene Halcomb on April 1, 1961 in Brookville, and he survives. June was a member of Metamora Church of God and the Eastern Star. She enjoyed mushroom...
Hortense Catherine Dudley
March 23, 2013
Hortense Catherine Dudley, 89, of St. Peters, Indiana, died Saturday, March 23, 2013.She was born January 30, 1924 at her parent's home in New Alsace, Indiana to Joseph Bischoff and Mary Brickler. Hortense married Aurthur Dudley on August 21, 1943 in St. Paul Church, New Alsace, Indiana, and he preceded her in death on April 16, 2012. She was a...
Viola M. Kaiser
March 22, 2013
Viola M. Kaiser, 88, of Cedar Grove, Indiana, passed away Friday, March 22, 2013 at her residence.She was born April 23, 1924 to Albert Singer and Pauline Telker in St. Leon, Indiana. She married Harry C. Kaiser on June 26, 1943 at St. Joseph Church in St. Leon, Indiana and he survives. She was a homemaker, a farmer's wife and...
Ginger S. Hartman
March 21, 2013
Ginger Sue Hartman, 70, of Sunman, Indiana, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2013 at her residence, surrounded by her loving family and friends.She was born on October 9, 1942 to Clarence (Tim) Osburn and Delta Sunman. She married Don Hartman on March 31, 1962 at St. Paul, New Alsace and he survives. Ginger was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic...
Alberta "Bertie" Smith
March 16, 2013
Alberta "Bertie" Smith, 78, of Brookville, Indiana, passed away Saturday, March 16 at Reid Hospital in Richmond, Indiana. She was born November 6, 1934 to Aloysius Otto Rosenberger and Clara J. Sauerland in Brookville. She married Donald "Buck" Smith on September 16, 1955 at St. Michael Church and he preceded her in death on March 28, 1998. She retired from...
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