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March
9, 2010
Carolyn
M. Borders Wright
Carolyn Maxine Borders Wright, 71, of Greensburg, passed away
Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Decatur County Memorial Hospital.
She was born October 16, 1938 in Versailles, the daughter of
Emory Lowell and LeAnna Sexton Borders.
Survivors include sons: Donald E. Ballard of Greensburg, Delbert
L. Ballard of St. Paul, Michael D. Ballard of Shelbyville, Bryan
C. Ballard of St. Paul; step son: John A. Wright of Madison;
step daughter: Tenzie A. Kociban of TN; sisters: Sharon Eaton
of Napoleon, Betty Mace of MT; seven grandchildren; three step
grandchildren; and two great grandchildren. She was preceded
in death by two brothers: George and Jim Borders.
Mrs. Wright was a past nursing home employee of Muscatatuck
State Hospital. She had attended the Versailles Wesleyan Church
and Shelbyville Moose Lodge.
Visitation service is being held today, Tuesday, from 10 a.m.
to 12 noon, at Neals Funeral Home in Osgood, with funeral
services immediately following. Burial will be in the St. Peters
Cemetery "Finks" near Osgood. Memorials may be given
to her great grandsons in care of the funeral home. Arrangements
are being handled by Neals Funeral Home in Osgood.
Venora M. Holman
Venora M. Holman, 91, of Peppertown, passed away Thursday, March
4, 2010 at her home. Funeral services are being held today,
Tuesday, at 11 a.m. at Metamora Church of Christ with burial
in the Shelby Cemetery, south of Versailles. Memorials may be
given to the Margaret Mary Community Hospital Hospice or Metamora
Church of Christ in care of Meyers Funeral Home in Batesville.
Arrangements are being handled by Meyers Funeral Home in Batesville.
Grace M. Stutler
Grace M. Stutler, 82, of Versailles, passed away Sunday, March
7, 2010. Arrangements are pending at Laws-Carr-Moore Funeral
Home in Milan.
Derek Michael Benham
Derek Michael Benham, 29, of San Diego, CA, passed away Sunday,
February 28 in California. He was born June 29, 1980 in Milford,
Delaware, the son of Stephen Michael and Mary Elizabeth Benham.
Survivors include his parents Stephen and Mary of Camden, DE;
maternal grandfather, Howard Hurd of Louisiana; local survivors
include aunts: Teresa Johns and family of Milan and Marcia Wetzler
and family of Moores Hill. He was preceded in death by his paternal
grandparents, Robert M. and Joan Benham and his maternal grandmother,
Mary F. Coppage.
Derek was employed by the Fqubed Company as a bio-med technician.
Funeral services were held in Delaware. A graveside service
will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 11 at Cravens Cemetery
in Milan. Memorials may be given to the National Marfan Foundation,
22 Manhasset Ave., Port Washington, NY 11050. Laws-Carr-Moore
Funeral Home in Milan is in charge of arrangements.
March
2, 2010
Thelma
G. Clore
Thelma G. Clore, 85, of Dillsboro, passed away Sunday, February
28, 2010 at Dearborn County Hospital. She was born in Switzerland
County on November 8, 1924 to Dale Seymour and Golda Jackson
Seymour. She married Harry R. Clore in 1949 and he preceded
her in death in 1996.
Survivors include daughter, Sharon (Gary) Eaglin of Lawrenceburg;
one granddaughter, Amy (Keith) Ertel of Batesville; three great
grandsons, Jordan, Mitchell and Conner; sister, Evelyn Elder
of Dillsboro. She was also preceded in death by her son, Johnny
Dale; one grandson, Brent Alan Dubay in 1995; and brother, Kenneth
Seymour in 1996.
Mrs. Clore graduated high school in 1949. She was a member of
Hopewell Presbyterian Church in Dillsboro.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 4, at 11 a.m.
at Filter-DeVries Funeral Home in Dillsboro with Pastor Tom
Fehrman officiating. Burial will be in the Oakdale Cemetery
in Dillsboro. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Wednesday
from 5-8 p.m. Memorials may be given to Oakdale Cemetery Trust.
Filter-DeVries Funeral Home in Dillsboro is in charge of arrangements.
Howard C. Jenner
Howard C. Jenner, 90, of Sunman, passed away Saturday, February
27, 2010. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 3 at
10 a.m. at the Cook Funeral Home in Sunman with burial in St.
John Cemetery in Penntown. Visitation is being held today, Tuesday,
from 4-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to
the Sunman Life Squad or to the American Diabetes Association.
Cook Funeral Home in Sunman is in charge of arrangements.
Junior "Red" Landwehr
Junior "Red" Landwehr, 78, of Versailles, passed away
Sunday evening, February 28, 2010 in the comfort of his home
with his wife Dorene at his side. They were married on May 28,
1952. He was born May 15, 1931 in Ripley County, the only son
of Major and Rena Landwehr.
Survivors include his wife and four children, Diana (Landwehr)
Johnson and her husband Gary of Elrod and their two children
Micah and Jenna of Baltimore, Maryland; Gary and Dedra Landwehr
of Versailles and their children Andy and wife Martha of Fort
Hood, TX, Eric and his fiancee Ashley Redwine with plans to
reside in Benham, and Tyler also of Versailles; Greg and Shirley
Landwehr and their two children Dawn (Landwehr) Heffelmire and
her children Rory and Reese of Versailles, Amber (Landwehr)
Seppala and her husband Zack and their two children Mira and
Ada of Fairfield, OH; Gil and Tracy Landwehr and their two children
Heath and Katie also residing in Versailles.
Red served in the US Army in the Korean War and later retired
from the Southeastern Indiana REMC in Osgood after 28 years.
He was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Olean where
in his younger years he served on the church council and played
on the church softball team. Since retirement his time has been
well spent by bowling, fishing, and occasionally making maple
syrup and caring for the family farm located on Cave Hill Road.
Funeral services will be held Wed., March 3 at 1 p.m. at the
Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home in Versailles with Pastor James
Culver of St. Pauls Lutheran Church officiating. Family
services will follow at the Cliff Hill Cemetery in Versailles
with military graveside rites by the Versailles American Legion.
Visitation will be on Wed, from 10 a.m. until time of services.
Memorials may be given to the Versailles American Legion or
the Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry in Osgood in care of the funeral
home.