Local Obituaries for Families in
Terre Haute, IN
Sara Lou Slover
Sep 22, 2017
Sara Lou Slover of Terre Haute, Indiana peacefully passed away on Friday, September 22, 2017 at Community North Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was born on March 7, 1929 in Rosedale, Indiana to Raymond and Lena Hookey. Sara Lou inherited her parents' fun-loving and positive personality and she never met a stranger. She graduated from Wiley High School and married...
Anthony R. "Tony" Drake
Aug 29, 2017
Anthony R. "Tony" Drake, 69, of Terre Haute passed away Tuesday afternoon, August 29, 2017 in Union Hospital. He was a Production Operator for Tredegar, Inc. Tony was born October 16, 1947 in Terre Haute to Robert Drake and Mary Bruno Drake. Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Carrol Ann Robinson Drake; three children, Robert Drake (Dawn) and Kathleen...
Grace E. Conaway
Aug 28, 2017
Grace E. Conaway, 96, passed away Monday, August 28, 2017 in Cobblestone Crossing Health Campus. She was born January 2, 1921 in Terre Haute to Frank Clarence Conaway and Oressa Ethel Winters Conaway. Grace was a clerk at Wabash Fibre Box Company. She was preceded in death by her parents and sisters, Mable Conaway, Lucille Conaway, and Francis Conaway Evans....
William G. Mccarthy
Aug 26, 2017
Dr. William G. McCarthy, of Terre Haute, passed away early Saturday morning, August 26, 2017, at St. Vincent Heart Center in Carmel, IN. He was a Professor of Early Childhood and Elementary Education at Indiana State University. He was born September 26, 1926, in Mill Valley, California, to William Matthew McCarthy and Honora Josephine Nolan McCarthy. Survivors include his wife...
Larry L. Rector
Aug 24, 2017
Larry L. Rector, 74, of Staunton passed away Thursday, August 24, 2017 in Union Hospital. He was born June 24, 1943 in Terre Haute to Harold L. Rector and Rose Williams Rector. Survivors include his wife, Carol Burk Rector; children, Elizabeth Kavanagh and her husband Bob of Jacksonville, FL, David Rector and his wife Dawn of Brazil, and Steven Rector...
Frances Campbell Overton, M.D.
Aug 24, 2017
Frances Campbell Overton, M.D., of Terre Haute, passed away Thursday morning, August 24, 2017 in Union Hospital. She was born to Earle and Ione Stine on February 13, 1935 in Saginaw, MI. Frances graduated from Houghton College, Houghton, NY in 1957 and Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1961. She spent a year in Kenya prior to practicing family medicine...
Carolyn Jane Smith
Aug 15, 2017
Carolyn Jane Smith, 87, of Terre Haute passed away Tuesday morning, August 15, 2017 at Bethesda Gardens. She was a retired Registered Nurse having worked most of her career at St. Anthony/Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Carolyn was born January 20, 1930 in Cadillac, MI to Orval Sisson and Gertrude Wright Sisson. Her husband, Bobby Lee Smith, preceded her in death...
Richard Muir Simpson
Aug 11, 2017
Richard Muir Simpson, 86, of Clinton and formerly of Terre Haute passed away Friday, August 11, 2017 in Carle Hospital in Urbana, IL. He was born June 17, 1931 in Terre Haute to George Muir Simpson and Mary Alice Simpson. Dick was a retired Assistant Administrator for Union Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Betty M. Sawyer Simpson; son, Gary A....
Gary Glenn Garthwaite
Aug 7, 2017
Gary Glenn Garthwaite, 67, of Terre Haute passed away Monday, August 7, 2017 in his residence. He was born December 27, 1949 in Dubois, PA to James E. Garthwaite and Sara J. Snyder Garthwaite. Survivors include his sons, James (J.T.) Garthwaite and his wife Bekki of Terre Haute and David Garthwaite and his wife Nikki of Avon, IN; his mother,...
Anna "Anne" Louise Riddle
Aug 3, 2017
Anna "Anne" Louise Riddle, 90, of Terre Haute, passed away peacefully on August 3, 2017, after a brief battle with ALS. She was born on November 28, 1926, in Terre Haute, to Oliver and Ethel Wagner. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband of 63 years, Carl S. Riddle. Anne was a proud and loving wife,...
Ashlee Beth Menestrina Brown
Jul 18, 2017
Tuesday, July 18, 2017 will forever be marked as a dark day that God decided to bring home one of his angels that her friends and family will always remember as having a bigger than life personality and an unmatched love for her children, family and friends. Ashlee Beth Menestrina Brown, 33, originally of Terre Haute, IN passed away in...
J. Robert Quatroche
Jul 13, 2017
Dr. J. Robert Quatroche, 80, of Terre Haute passed away Thursday, July 13, 2017 in Terre Haute Regional Hospital. He was born March 15, 1937 in Southampton, NY to the late Vincent J. Quatroche and Dorothy Bushko Quatroche. Survivors include his wife, Diana Frost Quatroche; grandson, Johnathan Quatroche; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two...
Mary Katherine Nobel
Jul 8, 2017
Mary Katherine Matherly Nobel, 96, passed away Saturday July 8, 2017. She was born March 13, 1921 to Lyman and Eva Belle Malone (nee Hamilton) Matherly of Terre Haute, Indiana. After losing her mother at age 10, Mary lived and was a student at Chauncey Rose School (formerly "Rose Orphan's Home," renamed in 1924), with her brother Lyman, Jr. and...
Theresa E. Hunt
Jul 6, 2017
Theresa E. Hunt, 68, of Terre Haute, passed away Thursday morning, July 6, 2017 in Union Hospital. She was a Retail Specialist having worked for J.C. Penney at Honey Creek Mall for over 30 years. Theresa was born August 24, 1948 in Bryan, Ohio to Harold Ulrich and LaDonna Zuber Ulrich. Survivors include her loving husband, Melvin E. Hunt; four...
Lorraine Barden
Jun 26, 2017
LORRAINE BARDEN, devoted wife, mother and friend, passed at her home in Terre Haute, Indiana, on June 26, 2017, surrounded by her daughter, Cathy, son, David, and loving caregiver, Tracy Hoopingarner. Lorraine lived her life, of 97 years, with unequalled strength, courage, purpose and grace. Her life accomplishments were significant in all respects. Her devotion and support to her husband...
Betty Jean Mckee
Jun 23, 2017
Betty Jean McKee, 80, of Terre Haute passed away peacefully on June 23, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 9, 1937, in Wolf Lake, IN, to Homer and Mabel Mary Barr. Betty was preceded in death by her Parents, brothers Roger Lee Barr, Glen "Bud" Barr, and sister Sally Gawthrop. She is survived by her loving...
Louise C. (Mcfall) Prox
Jun 20, 2017
Louise C. (McFall) Prox entered eternal life on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at Westminster Health and Rehabilitation. She was born May 2, 1927 in Terre Haute to John R. McFall and Reba C. Jones McFall. She is survived by her loving husband, Robert F. Prox, Jr., who was devoted to her care the past several years of her life. They...
Harold L. Staggs
Jun 16, 2017
Harold L. Staggs, 88, of Terre Haute passed away Friday morning, June 16, 2017 at Union Hospital with his family by his side. He had worked at the Tumpane Ordnance Depot and as a Production Controller at General Housewares Corporation until his retirement in 1993. Harold was born July 27, 1928 in Terre Haute to Harold W. Staggs and Helen...
Hubert "Hugh" Dale Gregory
Jun 14, 2017
Hubert "Hugh" Dale Gregory, 90, of Seelyville passed away Wednesday, June 14, 2017 in Union Hospital. He was born June 15, 1926 in Mishawaka, IN to William Lloyd Gregory and Irene Lillian Snyder Gregory. Survivors include his wife, Linda Stephens Gregory; step children, Tina Hanna and Eric Grandidier both of Terre Haute; grandchildren, Jacob Hanna, Harmony Hanna, Nora Grandidier, and...
Joseph Ronald Waldron
Jun 9, 2017
Joseph Ronald Waldron Joseph Ronald Waldron, 61, of Terre Haute passed away on Friday, June 9, 2017 at home. He was born June 6, 1956 in Terre Haute to Roy Waldron and LaVonne Travis Waldron. Survivors include his parents; an aunt, Ruby Waldron; Uncle Vic and Aunt Theada Morris, Uncle Bud and Aunt Donnetta Travis; and several cousins. Joseph was...
