Delbert J. Abplanalp
Dec 6, 2023
Delbert J. Abplanalp, 95, of Napoleon passed away at 6 p.m., Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at the Margaret Mary Community Hospital in Batesville. He was born in the Happy Hollow community west of Osgood on January 17, 1928, the son of Joe and Elsie Peetz Abplanalp. He was married to Dorothy Butt on February 6, 1954 and she preceded him...
Elaine Schroder Diem
Nov 28, 2023
Elaine Schroder Diem, 76, of Osgood passed away Thursday November 28 at 12:20 pm at the Community HospitalNorth in Indianapolis. She was born in Indianapolis on April 7, 1926 the daughter of Irving H. and Kathleen Palmer Schroder. She was married to Norman Diem on December 21, 1946 and he survives. Other survivors include one son, Ronald W. Diem and...
Jack Begley
Nov 28, 2023
Jack Begley, 58, of Versailles passed away Sunday, November 28 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. He was born in Cincinnati on April 12, 1946 the son of David and Clara Noble Begley. He was married to Angel Elsen on October 22, 1983 and she survives. Other survivors include three sons, Chris Begley and Jack Begley, Jr. at home and...
Jeffrey Michael Buchanan
Nov 16, 2023
Jeffrey Michael Buchanan, 63, of Versailles passed away Thursday, November 16, 2023 at St. Elizabeth Hospice after bravely battling multiple health issues. He was born in Madison on January 27, 1960, the son of Paul R. and Joyce Lee Buchanan. Jeff, or Buck as he was known to friends, was a 1978 graduate of South Ripley High School where he...
Wendell N. Wilson
Nov 15, 2023
Wendell N. Wilson, 79, of South Bend passed away Friday November 15 at the Memorial Hospital in South Bend. Mr. Wilson was born at Versailles, on September 23, 1923 the son of Ralph and Ruth Neil Wilson, both deceased. He was the widower of Lorraine Anderson Wilson. He was a 1942 graduate of Versailles High School and was a graduate...
Mary Faye Thompson
Nov 15, 2023
Mary Faye Thompson, 77, of Versailles passed away Friday November 15 at her residence. She was born at Barboursville, Kentucky on January 31, 1925, the daughter of Daniel and Alice Davis Payne. She was married to Elmer M. Thompson and he preceded her in death in 1966. Survivors include her daughter Diane Cannon of Versailles, grandsons Craig Thompson and Michael...
Martha M. Browning
Nov 12, 2023
Martha M. Browning, 98, of Versailles passed away at 8 a.m., Sunday, November 12, 2023 at her home. She was born in Benham on June 13, 1925, the daughter of Benjamin and Sara Benefiel Buchanan. She was married to Don Browning on June 28, 1942 and he preceded her in death on March 24, 1979. Survivors include one son Keith...
Marilyn Sue Mcguire
Nov 12, 2023
Marilyn Sue McGuire, 61, of Dewberry passed away at 8:30 a.m, Sunday, November 12, 2023 at her home. She was born in Phoenix, Arizona on January 30, 1962, the daughter of J.T. and Barbara Gross McGuire. She is survived by her sister Kim (Jim) White of Dewberry, with whom she made her home. She is also survived by several nieces...
Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Stutler
Nov 11, 2023
Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Stutler, 65, passed away Saturday, November 11, 2023 at Ripley Crossing Hospice Care, Milan, IN, after a courageous two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born April 9, 1958, the daughter of Herman and Patricia "Patty" (Jackson) Stutler. She grew up in Versailles, Indiana, attending Versailles Elementary School and South Ripley Junior-Senior High School where she graduated...
Timothy L. "Tim" Benham
Nov 7, 2023
**Timothy L. "Tim" Benham, 58, of Osgood** passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at the Margaret Mary Community Hospital in Batesville. He was born in Batesville on July 21, 1965, the son of Dale and Bonnie Holman Benham. Survivors include three sons Ethan (Megan) Benham and Justin Benham both of Osgood, and Tristian Benham of New Marion; one daughter Julian...
Jerald R. Smith
Oct 26, 2023
**Jerald R. Smith**, 60, of Versailles passed away Saturday October 26 at his home. He was born in Cincinnati on May 17, 1942 the son of Harvey and Laura Detmer Smith. He was married to Judith Strubbe on April 14, 1973 and she survives. Other survivors include one son, Jason Smith, and one daughter, LeAnne Smith, both of Versailles; his...
Florence Marie "Cookie" Marsee
Oct 17, 2023
Florence Marie "Cookie" Marsee, 71, of Rexville passed away at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at her home. She was born in Greensburg on February 1, 1952 and was married to Charles Marsee on March 5, 1982 and he survives. Other survivors include one son Jason Clark of Rexville; two grandchildren Brooke and Cassidy; two sisters Barbara of Columbus...
Jerald R. "Butch" Jahnigen
Oct 10, 2023
Jerald R. "Butch" Jahnigen, 93, of Osgood passed away Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at the University Hospital in Cincinnati. He was born on June 1, 1930 in the Cedar Creek Community south of Osgood to Arthur and Clara Diem Jahnigen. He was married to Helen Downey on October 21, 1950 and his wife of nearly 73 years survives. Other survivors...
Helen Louise Ballard
Oct 10, 2023
Helen Louise Ballard, 78, of Sunman passed away at 9:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at her home. She was born in Cincinnati on February 12, 1945 the daughter of Owen and Elsie May Smith Holaway. She was married to Earl Ballard on July 17, 1965 and he preceded her in death on July 3, 2005. Survivors include two sons...
Richard D. Harsma
Oct 8, 2023
**Richard D. Harsma, 92**, was born October 28, 1931 to Gerald & Bertha Harsma, both deceased, in Sioux City, Iowa. As a teenager the family moved to a farm near Humbolt, South Dakota, where he graduated from high school in 1949. With the Korean War on the horizon he enlisted in the US Navy in July 1949 and served until...
Joyce M. Boyd Of Milan
Oct 7, 2023
Joyce M. Boyd of Milan, 87, died Saturday at Margaret Mary Hospital in Batesville. She was born Monday, January 3, 1926 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Samuel and Ida Breen Miller and was married to James E. Boyd on November 26, 1936 and he survives. She is also survived by her son James E. Boyd III of Indianapolis, Charles...
Martha Jean Jarvis
Oct 1, 2023
Martha Jean Jarvis, age 86 of Cross Plains, Indiana, passed away peacefully at Columbus Regional Hospital with her family by her side. Martha Jean entered into this life on October 1, 1937 in Milan, Indiana, the daughter of Chester and Lena Diem Eaton. She graduated from Cross Plains High School in 1955. On May 2, 1959 she was united in...
Eva Mae Wagoner
Oct 1, 2023
Eva Mae Wagoner, 88, of Holton passed away at 1:10 p.m., Sunday, October 1, 2023 at Ripley Crossing in Milan. She was born in the Hopewell Community near Holton on September 18, 1935, the daughter of Floyd and Ida Barricklow Franklin. She was married to Charles Wagoner on December 6, 1959 and he preceded her in death on April 16,...
Colleen L. Pinkerton
Sep 26, 2023
Colleen L. Pinkerton, 76, of Versailles passed away Friday, September 26 at the Manderley Health Care Center in Osgood. She was born at Lewiston, Utah on October 14, 1926, the daughter of Lewis and Ruth Hollingsworth Lloyd. She was married to Weaver Pinkerton on June 5, 1930 and he preceded her in death in 1986. Mrs. Pinkerton was retired from...
Tisha Christerson
Sep 20, 2023
Tisha Christerson, 75, of Versailles passed away Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at the Manderley Health Care Center in Osgood. She was born in Cincinnati on October 16, 1947 the daughter of Jim and Eileen Thompson Garland. Survivors include two daughters Jamie (Steve) Duke of Fowler and Erin (Mike) Bradley of Versailles; grandchildren Brandon (Emy Jo) of East Enterprise, Natasha (Brent)...
