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Juliana E. Collier
Jan 29, 2022
Juliana E. Collier, 92, of Versailles passed away at 11:20am, Saturday, January 29, 2022 at the St. Andrews Health Campus in Batesville. She was born in Cincinnati on January 17, 1930, the daughter of Clarence and Louella Fuchs Weiler. She was married to Robert Collier on September 4, 1954 and he preceded her in death on July 28, 2021. Survivors...
Donald H. Strimple
Jan 28, 2022
Donald H. Strimple, 81, of Versailles passed away at 3:30pm, Friday, January 28, 2022 at his home. He was born in Batesville on April 5, 1940, the son of Hoover and Naomi Courtney Strimple. Survivors include two brothers Wayne (Janet) Strimple of Aurora and Rex (Brenda) Strimple of Holton; two sisters Kay (Mike) Wells of South Bend and Mary Lou...
Lamar Smith
Jan 27, 2022
Lamar Smith, 82, of Benham passed away at 4:45am, Thursday, January 27, 2022 at Ripley Crossing in Milan. He was born on the farm where he spent his entire life on May 28, 1939, the son of Chauncey and Evelyn Ehlers Smith. He was married to Mary Buchanan on June 19, 2004 and she survives. Other survivors include his step-children...
Carol Jean Benham
Jan 26, 2022
Carol Jean Benham, 75, of Sellersburg passed away at 6:35pm, Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at Baptist Health Floyd in New Albany. She was born in Seymour on November 28, 1946, the daughter of Robert and Mary Alice Updike Cannon. She was married to Charles Benham on November 29, 1969 and he preceded her in death. Survivors include one son Dusty...
Kevin Asche
Jan 24, 2022
**Kevin Asche**, 56, of Columbus passed away at 7:30pm, Monday, January 24, 2022 at the Columbus Regional Hospital. He was born in Greensburg on September 21, 1965 and was married to Michelle Dill on February 14, 2011 and she survives. Other survivors include his step-daughter Serena Hypes; step-granddaughter Shay; one brother Randall Asche of Versailles; one sister Laura Lane Jordan...
Linda L. Walston
Jan 23, 2022
Linda L. Walston, 70, of Rexville passed away at 11:30pm, Sunday, January 23, 2022 at her home. She was born in Springboro, Ohio on April 5, 1951, the daughter of J. T. and Barbara Gross McGuire. She was married to John Walston on May 16, 1975 and he survives. Other survivors include two daughters Christina (Mark) Richardson of Osgood and...
Patricia O. (Pat) Lemon
Jan 23, 2022
**Patricia O. (Pat) Lemon** left this life in Batesville, In. on January 23, 2022, at the age of 91. She was born in Indianapolis on June 29, 1930, the first child of Dr. Noel and Frances (Thomas) Moran. Pat's early childhood was spent in Marion and Bloomington, In., moving to Versailles in 1948, meeting her soon to be husband, and...
Mary Ann Sebree
Jan 18, 2022
Mary Ann Sebree, 80, of Rexville passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at her home. She was born near Lawrenceburg on November 13, 1941, the daughter of Jim and Alma Buchanan Richardson. She was married to Curtis Sebree on April 11, 1959, and he preceded her in death on October 11, 2019. Survivors include one daughter Brenda Hayes of...
Joyce Holzhause Wilson
Jan 18, 2022
**Joyce Holzhause Wilson**, 95, of Napoleon passed away at 9:50 a.m., Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at the Manderley Health Care Center in Osgood. She was born on the farm near Napoleon where she spent most of her life on September 25, 1926 the daughter of Clarence and Florence Siebert Holzhause. She was married to Leslie Wilson on March 18, 1949...
Patricia A. Lohrum
Jan 11, 2022
Patricia A. Lohrum, 89, of Versailles passed away at 2:45pm, Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at the Manderley Health Care Center in Osgood. Pat's father operated a filling station in Cincinnati across from Coney Island and Pat was born there on March 17, 1932, the daughter of Alvier and Edna Lamb Steuer. She was married to Albert Lohrum on November 14,...
John W. Volz
Jan 6, 2022
John W. Volz, 79, of Osgood passed away at 2:20 p.m., Thursday, January 6, 2022, at the Margaret Mary Community Hospital in Batesville. He was born near Lookout on Sunday, April 19, 1942, the son of Paul and Annabelle Burkhart Volz. He was married to Theresa Schutte on June 15, 1963, and his wife of 58 years survives. Other survivors...
Lloyd L. Walsh
Jan 5, 2022
Lloyd L. Walsh, 77, of Versailles passed away at 9:40am, Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at the St. Elizabeth Dearborn Hospital in Lawrenceburg. He was born at the Whitlatch Clinic in Milan on November 29, 1944, the son of John Leslie and Ruth Brower Walsh. He was married to his high school sweetheart Bernice Pulley on October 13, 1961 and after...
James Darrell "Jim" Samples 83 Of Versailles
Jan 3, 2022
James Darrell "Jim" Samples, 83, of Versailles, IN, died due to complications with a breakthrough case of Covid on Monday, January 3, 2022 at King Daughters Hospital in Madison. Jim was born on February 5, 1938 in Clay County, Kentucky, the son of Wendell and Zedra (Webb) Samples. He married Joyce A. Sutherlin on May 21, 1966 and she survives....
Edward Louis Armbrecht
Jan 2, 2022
Edward Louis Armbrecht, 72, of Versailles, passed away on January 2, 2022, at River Terrace Health Campus, Madison. He was born on June 25, 1949, in Batesville, the son of Orvall and Lucille (Prakel) Armbrecht. Edward attended Versailles High School and was a member of the 1967 graduating class of South Ripley High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in...
Doris Mae Lewis
Jan 1, 2022
Doris Mae Lewis, 75, of Holton passed away at 8:45am, Saturday, January 1, 2022 at the Manderley Health Care Center in Osgood. She was born in Cincinnati on July 19, 1946 the daughter of Brent and Lucille Hammon Schlotman. She was married to William Lewis on August 31, 1977 and he preceded her in death on August 25, 2016. Survivors...
Carol Ann Barr
Dec 31, 2021
Carol Ann Barr, 83, of Sunman, formerly of Versailles, passed away at 4:30pm, Friday, December 31, 2021 at Ripley Crossing in Milan. She was born in Madison on January 18, 1938, the daughter of Charles Risk and Opal LaVerne Anderson Bentley. She was married to Howard Barr on February 9, 1957 and he preceded her in death on February 10,...
David R. Daugherty
Dec 25, 2021
David R. Daugherty, 72, of Osgood passed away Saturday, December 25, 2021 at the St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born at the Whitlatch Clinic in Milan on January 23, 1949 the son of Howard and Margaret Barkley Daugherty. He was married to Diane Burk on June 29, 1985 and she survives. Other survivors include one son John David...
Donald "Don" Byron Combs
Dec 25, 2021
Donald "Don" Byron Combs was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. He left this world to be with Jesus on December 25, 2021 at age 78. He was born to Clayton and Lila Combs on February 22, 1943 in Kona, KY and was preceded in death by his parents and siblings: Robert Combs, Glyndora Combs, Pauline Haney, Eunice...
Francis Edwin Vawter Of Columbus
Dec 18, 2021
Francis Edwin Vawter of Columbus passed away December 18, 2021 at Our Hospice of South Central Indiana surrounded by his family. Born on February 28, 1942 in Indianapolis, he was a son of Edwin and Kathryn Garrett Vawter and raised by his foster parents Fred and Mary Biehle. He was married to Janice Gerth on June 22, 1963 and she...
Louise Hughes
Dec 15, 2021
Louise Hughes, 90, of Indianapolis, formerly of Versailles, passed away at 11am, Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at her home. She was born near Petersburg in Boone County, Kentucky on October 8, 1931 the daughter of Perry and Delores Able Batchelor. She was married to Gordon Hughes on October 16, 1948 and he preceded her in death on August 4, 2006....
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