Category Obituaries

Merrill L. “Bud” Crippen

Merrill L. “Bud” Crippen, 96, passed away August 7, 2019 at Pulaski Memorial Hospital in Winamac. He was born November 21, 1922 in Cass County to William and Thelma (Conrad) Crippen. Bud attended Metea High School and upon graduating went…

Michael L. Allen

Michael L. Allen, 70, of Logansport, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2019 in his residence. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, August 31, 2019 at Life Gate Church in Logansport. Visitation will be held from…

Carolyn “Sue” Pentland

Carolyn “Sue” Pentland, 73 of Royal Center passed away at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 25, 2019 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Born on February 12, 1946 in Kokomo, she was the daughter of the late Paul and…

Virginia Agnew

Virginia Agnew, 91, of Kewanna passed away at 10:55 a.m., Saturday, July 27, 2019 at Hickory Creek Healthcare of Rochester. Born on February 6, 1928 in Kewanna, she was the daughter of the late Delbert Roy and Ethel Faye (Rouch)…

Bud Rearick

Bud Rearick, 57, of Monterey passed away unexpectedly at 3:12 p.m., Monday, July 15, 2019 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette. Born on April 25, 1962 in Knox, he was the son of the late Carson and Rosemary (Braun) Rearick.…

Kelson M. Winters

Kelson M. Winters, age 31, Walton, passed away Monday in Kokomo. Born May 16, 1988, in Logansport, he was the son of Michael and Lori Lipscomb Winters, who survive, residing in Walton. A 2006 graduate of Lewis Cass High School,…

Robin Walker “Rob” Pugh

Robin Walker Pugh, age 64, Hoagland, Indiana, formerly of Logansport, passed away at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 5, 2019, at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana, Fort Wayne, of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Fort Wayne. Born April 12,…

Michael Charles “Mickey” Hettinger

Michael Charles “Mickey” Hettinger, age 62, Logansport, passed away Friday, June 28, 2019, in his residence. Born September 11, 1956, in Logansport, he was the son of Miles “Mike” E. and Jeanette “Mandy” Lancaster Hettinger. Mickey had worked in production…

Kelly Mendenhall-Franklin

Kelly Mendenhall-Franklin, 54, of Logansport passed away at 9:08 p.m., Thursday, June 27, 2019 at Lutheran Hospital in Ft. Wayne. Born on January 24, 1965 in Logansport, she was the daughter of Robert and Helen (Sterrett) Mendenhall who reside in…

Karen S. Roller

Karen S. Roller, 69, of Logansport, passed away Thursday, June 27, 2019 at Woodbridge Health Campus in Logansport. Born on August 8, 1949 in Logansport, she was the daughter to the late Richard “Dick” and Beverly (Snyder) Ashby. Karen enjoyed…

Thomas C. Bishop

Thomas C. Bishop, age 77, Logansport, passed away at 4:05 p.m. on Thursday, June 27, 2019, in Chase Center. Born April 26, 1942, in Logansport, he was the son of Milton and Sue Bishop. He was married to Vonnett Dee…

Walter J. “Bud” Smith

Walter J. “Bud” Smith, age 75, Logansport, passed away at 5:15 p.m. on Monday, June 24, 2019, at Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health Lafayette East. Born March 2, 1944, in Logansport, he was the son of William S. and Mary Louise…

Robert L. Bob ‘Muf’ Miller

Robert L. Bob ‘Muf’ Miller, age 86, Logansport, passed away at 11:45 a.m. on Monday, May 6, 2019, in his residence. Born in Lewisburg on November 8, 1932, Bob was the son of the late Edgar and Golda Miller. Three…

Joyce A. Myers

Joyce A. Myers, age 86, passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2019 in Biloxi, Mississippi. Joyce had been a resident of Logansport. She was born in Peru and attended St. Charles Elementary and Peru High School where she was a…

D. Bruce Fry

D. Bruce Fry, 91, of Winamac passed away peacefully at 10:55 p.m., Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at I.U. Arnett Hospital in Lafayette. Born on October 20, 1927 in Cass County, he was the son of the late Vern Keith and…

Mary Frances Blackman

Mary Frances Blackman, age 83, formerly of Logansport and Gainesville, Fla., passed away at 12:40 a.m. on Monday, May 13, 2019, in the Indiana Veteran’s Home, West Lafayette. The service will be on Monday, May 20, 2019, at 2:00 p.m.,…

Gilbert Marvin Dewitt

Gilbert Marvin DeWitt, age 90, of Logansport, passed away Friday May 10, 2019 at 7:20 am in Wesleyan Health Care Center of Marion, IN. Born March 20, 1929 in Royal Center, IN to the late Everett and Esta (Wieand) DeWitt.…

Mary Ellen King

Mary Ellen King, 85, of Logansport, passed away Thursday May 9, 2019 in St. Vincent Hospital of Kokomo. Born October 5, 1933 in Harbor Springs, Michigan to the late Matthew Joseph and Henrietta (Derks) Doyle. On June 17, 1953 in…

Robert E. Tribbett

Robert E. Tribbett, 97 of Logansport, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at Memorial Hospital in Logansport. Born on October 8, 1921 in Rockfield, Indiana, he is the son to the late Clarence and Mattie (Campbell) Tribbett. Bob was a…

M. Maxine Parish

M. Maxine Parish, 99, of Winamac, passed away on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at Pulaski Memorial Hospital, surrounded by her loving granddaughers April Simmermaker, Amy Parish and Abbey Eskridge, her friend and caretaker Jared Simmermaker, and friend Ronda Loehmer. Born…