All Obituaries

Shirley Marie Church, 93, of Indianapolis, died on October 17, 2018. She was born on May 4, 1925 in Aurora, IL to the late Camile and Bessie (Covalt) Bernard. She lived for several years in Osgood, IN. Shirley was a member of the St. Lawrence Catholic Community as well as the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is survived by her sons, Charles, James, Daniel and Joseph Church; daughters, Marie Church and Rebecca (Buzz) Church-Bodell; 4 grand-children; two sisters, Catherine Korra and...

Betty Joan (Palmer) Culp, age 82, was born on November 20, 1935 in Osgood, Indiana.  She was the only child of the late Omer Sylvanus and Violet (Talbot) Palmer.  Betty gained her heavenly wings as passed away on Monday October 15, 2018 in Oregon City, Oregon. Betty married the love of her life July 1, 1967 when her and CW4 Ranal H. Culp married in Fort Walters, Texas.  The years together allowed them to move around the United States and even spend time in Germany.  She...

Thomas Eugene Smith, age 59 of Westport, Indiana, passed away quietly at his home early Tuesday morning October 9, 2018. His brother Tim and other family members were at his side. He was born on December 24, 1958 in Milan, Indiana. He was the loving son of the late Ernest Charles and Laura Duncan Smith. He was raised with his four brothers and four sisters and had attended Moores Hill High School. His family pleasantly described Tom as a dreamer! He loved to tell ghost stories along with...

Patricia J. Hermesch, 83, of Osgood, died October 9, 2018, at Aspen Place in Greensburg. She was born October 10, 1934, in Ripley County, the only child of Elza Wise and Crystal (Peetz) Wise Eisert. She graduated from Napoleon High School in 1952, serving as the president of her class. Pat was the head cook at Jac-Cen-Del High School for 23 years and continued working at Jac-Cen-Del Elementary School part-time for many years after she retired. She was an active member of St. Maurice...

At the age of two, Ruth Ann Hull and her family moved to Holton, Indiana. She would live there the rest of her life. Early Wednesday morning, October 10, 2018 at the age of 78, with family at her side, she quietly passed away. She was born April 25, 1940 in Manchester, Kentucky as the daughter to the late Craft and Susie Britton Sizemore. She married the love of her life, Delmar W. Hull and to this marriage they were blessed with four children. She was a loving mother who worked very hard...

  Edward “Eddie” Robert Oliger, age 98, formerly of Osgood passed away on Wednesday, September 26 in O’Fallon, MO.  Eddie was born in Osgood on March 25, 1920 the son of the late John and Elizabeth (Schultz) Oliger.  He grew up in Osgood and was an Osgood Cowboy graduate.                 After finishing high school, he proudly served his country.  Eddie entered the Army on...

Norma Jean (Nowlin) McConnell, age 80, of Osgood passed away September 20, 2018 surrounded by her family.  She was born on July 8, 1938 in Hamilton, Ohio.  Her childhood years were spent in Ohio and she would graduate high school there. She met Lester McConnell and the two of them moved in the early 70’s to what would become their homeplace outside of Osgood.  Raising her family would become the absolute center of her life.  She instilled in all her children that...

 A familiar face of the Delaware community passed away on Monday September 10, 2018 surrounded by his family.  Algar Collins was born on March 6, 1936 in Knot County, Kentucky the son of the late Arthur and Rachel (Young) Collins.  He grew up in Kentucky along with his 3 brothers and sisters.  Algar learned early on the value of working and providing, he left school early and went home to work the farm.  Along with his father they grew produce and took to local...

Richard P. "Rik" Findley, 67, of Osgood, died peacefully in his sleep at 12:02 a.m. Friday, September 14, 2018, at Columbus Regional Health of a massive pulmonary embolism with his wife and younger daughter present.   Burial was Monday, September 17, at Perseverance Cemetery in Osgood, just down the road from his beloved country home. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 22. The ceremony will be held at Dayspring Assembly of God in Indianapolis. ...

The town of Versailles lost a familiar and longtime face on Friday, July 27. John Edward Hill, age 88, passed away at his home.  John was born on January 19, 1930, the son of the late William Jacob and Rosella (Yeager) Hill in Versailles.  When you talk about someone that loved his town, John was the epitome.  He grew up on the town square and loved riding his tricycle to his golf cart in later years.  He was proud to say he only missed two pumpkin shows in his life,...