Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Plainfield, Indiana
George S. Miller
Jul 3, 2025
George S. Miller, 86, of Avon, passed away on July 3, 2025. He was born on April 22, 1939 in Princeton, Indiana to the late Arthur Miller and Mary (Soller) Miller. George received his Master's degree in Microbiology, and later worked as a biologist for many years. He enjoyed growing Orchids, was an avid all around sports fan and had...
Sherman Lee Austin
Jul 1, 2025
Sherman Lee Austin, 79, of Plainfield, passed peacefully at home on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. He was born on September 10, 1945 to the late Eddie Austin and Delia (Patterson) Austin. Lee was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps for his service in Vietnam where he earned a purple heart. He worked for Chrysler for over 30 years as a...
Judy Pfeifer
Jun 30, 2025
Judith "Judy" Pfeifer, 66, of Plainfield, passed away peacefully in her home on June 30, 2025. She was born on November 19, 1958 in Indianapolis to the late John A. and Charleen Daum. Judy was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and a dedicated homemaker. She was an avid I.U. sports fan, Indianapolis Colts fan and sold Longaberger baskets for 20...
Mary J. Basey
Jun 22, 2025
Mary J. Basey, 92, of Avon, passed away on June 22, 2025. She was born on October 27, 1932 in Indianapolis, Indiana to the late John Nolan and Clara (Davis) Nolan. She worked as an assembler for Aircraft Electronics for 31 years before retiring in 1997. Mary enjoyed shopping and watching westerns. She was the oldest of 9 children, whom...
Charles Anderson
Jun 21, 2025
Charles Richard Anderson, 89, of Indianapolis, passed away on June 21, 2025. He was born on February 12, 1936 in Brazil, IN to the late Lewis and Margaret Anderson. Charles was a draftsman at Duke Energy for over 40 years. He enjoyed traveling, playing cards, watching western movies and going to the St. Louis Cardinal baseball games in his free...
Otto W. Maender
Jun 20, 2025
Otto William Maender, loving husband, father, and grandfather, research chemist, sportsman and sports fan, self-taught fruit tree arborist, gifted writer and humorist, and all around kind and gentle man went home to be with the Lord on June 20, 2025. In his later years, Otto faced the challenges of Alzheimer’s disease with grace and valiance. He passed away peacefully, surrounded...
Betty Robinson
Jun 19, 2025
Betty Robinson, 90, of Clayton, passed away peacefully surrounded by loving family members on June 19, 2025. She was born on February 13, 1935 in Farmersburg, IN to the late Henry "Pearly" and Myrtle Fry. Betty was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and a dedicated homemaker. She enjoyed gardening and mowing the lawn in her free time. Betty...
John "Buddy" Daum
Jun 19, 2025
John W. "Buddy" Daum, 61, of Plainfield, passed away on June 19, 2025. He was born on February 22, 1964 in Indianapolis to the late John A. and Estella "Charleen" Daum. Buddy worked as a truck driver for Lynn Trucking. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and gardening in his free time. Funeral services will be on Thursday, June 26, 2025 at...
Jacob W. Grimme
Jun 17, 2025
Jacob W. Grimme, 38, of Avon, passed away on June 17, 2025. He was born on December 2, 1986 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Charles T. Grimme and Jeraldine (Wilborn) Grimme. Jacob graduated from Hamilton Southeastern High school in 2005. He later worked as a HVAC technician and as an investor involving investments/commodities. Jacob loved playing video games, swimming at the...
Joan L. Alfred
Jun 16, 2025
Joan L. Alfred, 80, of Indianapolis, Indiana, passed away peacefully at home on June 16, 2025, just one day after celebrating her 80th birthday. Born on June 15, 1945, in Illinois, Joan lived a full and vibrant life devoted to her family, her profession, and her many passions.
Joan graduated from Indiana University in 1967 with a degree in Nursing. She...
Benjamin L. Castaneda
Jun 16, 2025
Benjamin L. Castaneda, 22, of Avon, passed away on June 16, 2025. He was born on May 9, 2003 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Carlos Castaneda and Jennifer (Corbin) Castaneda. Ben worked for Vivint Security as a Technical support agent for a few years. He enjoyed photography, legos, video games, anime, comic books, Dungeons and Dragons and going to the movie...
Donald Schlehuser
Jun 14, 2025
Donald Schlehuser passed away on June 14, 2025. He was born in Columbus, Indiana on September 8, 1932 to the late Oscar and Reah Schlehuser. In 1951 he enlisted in the Air Force. He was stationed in Japan, Wyoming, and Texas. On April 16, 1955 he married Claralene Lunsford Schlehuser. They recently celebrated their 70th anniversary. After the service Don...
Glenn D. Dearing Jr.
Jun 9, 2025
Glenn D. Dearing Jr., 76, of Bloomington, passed away on June 9, 2025. He was born on January 16, 1949 to Glenn Dearing Sr. and Mary Dearing. Glenn worked as an electrician for many years, later switching careers and becoming a trading card salesman in 1995. He loved working in the sports memorabilia trade, he was also an avid St....
Janice Ann Close
Jun 7, 2025
Janice Ann Close (Fogle), age 83, went home to be with the Lord on June 7 ,2025. She was Mom and G-Ma to her family and grandchildren, and Gram Gram to her great grandchildren. She passed away in Virginia where she lived the last few years, but will be buried in Indiana where she lived most of her life. A...
Jeffrey W. Cooper
Jun 5, 2025
Jeffrey (“Jeff”) Wade Cooper, 69, of Fillmore, Indiana passed peacefully June 5th with his loving wife of 50 years, Joy (King) Cooper, three daughters, eight grandchildren, and many family and close friends by his side.
Jeff was born February 9, 1956, in Oceanside, CA, to Charles “Gene” Cooper (1st SGT USMC retired) and Ernestine “Ernie” Cooper. Born into a military family,...
Claralene Schlehuser
Jun 4, 2025
Claralene Schlehuser, 88, of Plainfield, passed away on June 4, 2025. She was born on September 13, 1936 to the late James T. Lunsford and Clora M. Ratts Lunsford. Claralene married Donald W. Schlehuser on April 16, 1955. They had just celebrated their 70th wedding Anniversary. She was a cub scout leader and enjoyed playing golf with the ladies at...
Merry Louise Younkers
May 29, 2025
Merry Louise Younkers, 77, of Plainfield, passed away on May 29, 2025. She was born on June 8, 1947 in Gary, Indiana to the late Ted Zmuda and Elsie (Leonard) Zmuda. Merry Louise graduated from Crown Point High School in 1966. She later worked as a secretary for Inland Steel Company for 30 years before retiring in 1995. Merry Louise...
Sandra Bredlow
May 23, 2025
Sandra J. Bredlow, 77, of Avon, passed away peacefully surrounded by loving family members on May 23rd. She was born on July 14, 1947, in Wheeling, WV to the late Frank and Inez Hass. Sandy worked for Nestle and Schwan's as an office manager before retiring. She enjoyed china painting, making art with stained glass, crafts, crocheting, cooking, baking, and...
Jack A. Younkers
May 18, 2025
Jack A. Younkers, 75, of Plainfield, passed away on May 18, 2025. He was born on March 6, 1950 in Hammond, IN to the late Fred and Rhoda Younkers. Jack was a United States Army Vietnam veteran. He was a supervisor for Inland Steel retiring in 2008 after 38 years. Jack enjoyed woodworking, cooking and gardening in his free time....
Gordon E. Knauer
May 17, 2025
Gordon E. Knauer, 72, of Plainfield, passed away peacefully, surrounded by loving family members, on May 17, 2025. He was born on May 27, 1952, in Greencastle, IN to the late Noble and Florence Knauer.
A proud graduate of Butler University, Gordon earned his Master's degree in Business and carried a lifelong passion for learning and innovation. He worked as a...
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