Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Plainfield, Indiana

Albert John Hall

Albert John Hall

Nov 17, 2009

Albert John Hall, 94, Plainfield, passed away November 17, 2009 at Hendricks Regional Health. He was born March 29, 1915 in Plainfield to the late John and Ida (Newlin) Hall. Albert Hall was a lifelong farmer. He also drove a school bus for over 30 years for the Plainfield School Corporation and was a rural mail carrier for 37 years...

Larry R. Wiley

Larry R. Wiley

Nov 11, 2009

Larry R. Wiley, 69, of Freedom, IN. formerly of Plainfield, IN. passed away November 11, 2009. He was born March 12, 1940 in Connorsville, IN. to the late Rex and Helen Wiley. For most of his life he was raised by Max and Helen Pool. Larry was a 1958 graduate of Manuel High School when he joined the US Navy....

Mary Lyndall Gladden

Mary Lyndall Gladden

Nov 10, 2009

Mary Lyndall (Sayre) Gladden, 86 of Clayton, IN. passed away November 10, 2009. She was born in Letart, West Virginia to the late Clark and Irene (Yonker) Sayre. She was raised on a dairy farm near Letart and worked in a defense plant in Columbus, OH. during WW II. In 1946 she married George Gladden of Bridgeport, IN. In 1954...

Winnona Lou Wayman

Winnona Lou Wayman

Nov 9, 2009

Winnona Lou Wayman (80), passed away November 9, 2009. She was born in Pattinsburg, MO, on October 3, 1929, to Kenneth Richard Grant and Ida Mildred Brooks Grant Nichols. Lou married Stanley Bryan Wayman (deceased) in KC, MO, on September 2, 1960. They had one child, Jera Lyn Wayman Foggin. She recently moved in with her daughter Jera and her...

Martin J. (Joe) Sechrest

Martin J. (Joe) Sechrest

Nov 6, 2009

Martin J. (Joe) Sechrest, 48, of Indianapolis, IN. passed away November 6, 2009. He was born July 22, 1961 to the late Martin C. and Madge Sechrest. He was a medical transcriptionist for St. Vincent Hospital several years. A funeral service will be Tuesday, November 10 at 11:00 am in Maple Hill Cemetery Chapel. Visitation will be Monday, November 9...

James Tony Madden

James Tony Madden

Nov 4, 2009

James Tony Madden, 81, of Plainfield, passed away Nov. 4, 2009. He was born March 1, 1928 to the late Roy and Dovie (Morris) Madden in Loveland. OH. He was a US Army veteran of WWII. He was a graduate of Eastern Kentucky Univ., and received his Master's degree from Butler Univ. He began his teaching career in a two...

Margaret Ann O'Kon

Margaret Ann O'Kon

Oct 30, 2009

Margaret Ann O'Kon, 71, of Plainfield, passed away October 30, 2009. She was born August 12, 1938 to the late William and Lenora (Wheeler) Stanley in Brazil, IN. She was a 1956 graduate of Plainfield High School. She worked for PSI, Plainfield for 22 years retiring as executive secretary in 1995. She was a member of the First Baptist Church...

John McGuire Jr.

John McGuire Jr.

Oct 29, 2009

John McGuire Jr., 78, of Danville, IN formerly of Shoals, IN, passed away October 29, 2009. He was born November 26, 1930 to the late John Sr., and Nellie Olive (Johnson) McGuire in Keensburg, IL. He was a US Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. He is survived by two sons, Franklin Keith McGuire and John A. McGuire III;...

Courtney A. Diodato

Courtney A. Diodato

Oct 29, 2009

Courtney A. Diodato, 32, of Indianapolis, passed away October 29, 2009. He was born January 27, 1977 in Tipton, IN. He was a fork lift operator for TLC in Plainfield. He is survived by his mother, Lois E. Cady; a daughter, Katie Diodato; a sister, Sabrina Ann Shidler; grandmother, Connie Cady; and great grandmother, Vera Cox, and many aunts and...

Lillie Mae Ware

Lillie Mae Ware

Oct 29, 2009

Lillie Mae (Harrison) Ware, 85, of Plainfield, passed away October 29, 2009. She was born March 22, 1924 to the late Ira and Gracie (Poynter) Harrison in Garrod County, KY. She was a packer for the US Rubber Co, Indpls, for 20 years retiring in 1983. She is survived by a daughter, Terry A. (Darrel) Porter; a sister, Marie (Albert)...

Edward E. Whalen

Edward E. Whalen

Oct 26, 2009

Edward E. Whalen, 81 of Plainfield IN was called home by his heavenly Father on October 26, 2009. Ed is survived by his wife of 61 years, Mary Lou Wilson Whalen, his brother Donald Whalen of Sacramento, CA, his son E. Alan Whalen, daughter-in-law Lynda Sue, his daughter Linda Ann McLarty, son-in-law Thomas McLarty, grandchildren Amber Larkin and Andrew Larkin,...

Ernest J. Holloway

Ernest J. Holloway

Oct 25, 2009

Ernest J. Holloway, 76, of Plainfield, passed away October 25, 2009. He was born November 15, 1932 to the late Arthur and Lucille (Croteau) Holloway in Lunenburg, VT. He owned and operated Holloway Auto Parts, Plainfield for over 20 years retiring in 1993. He is survived by two daughters, Barbara J. (Lawrence) Porter and Brenda S. (Tim) Hutchison; three grandchildren,...

Dean Franklin Turner

Dean Franklin Turner

Oct 25, 2009

Dean Franklin Turner, 81, of Plainfield, passed away October 25, 2009 after a brief illness. Dean was born October 19, 1928 in Vermillion County to the late Dana and Audrey (Boswell) Turner. He graduated from Tangier High School in 1947 and moved to Hendricks County where he met his wife Carolyn Gabel Turner. They were married June 25, 1950 and...

James D. Manning Jr.

James D. Manning Jr.

Oct 25, 2009

James D. Manning Jr., 82, of Plainfield, passed away October 25, 2009. He was born December 28, 1926 to the late James D. Sr., and Nancy (Staggs) Manning. He was a US Army Air Corps veteran of WWII. He retired in 1986 after 44 years as a locomotive engineer from Conrail (formerly the New York Central Railroad) St Louis Division....

Emma A. Harvey

Emma A. Harvey

Oct 25, 2009

Emma A. (LaRoche) Harvey, 84, of Plainfield, IN. passed away October 25, 2009. She was born October 18, 1925 in Charlestown, IL. to the late Charles and Alice LaRoche. She was a cafeteria worker for 10 years with the Plainfield Community School Corp. She was preceded in death by her husband, James P. Harvey as well as 3 brothers and...

Ruth E. Hancook

Ruth E. Hancook

Oct 24, 2009

Ruth E. (Tipps) Hancook, 90, of Plainfield, IN. passed away October 24, 2009. She was born December 4, 1918 in Martinsville, IN. to the late Arthur and Bessie Tipps. She worked for Cinergy as a clerk for many years. She was a member of the Plainfield Christian Church. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, Robert T. Hancook Sr.,...

S. Thomas Forgue

S. Thomas Forgue

Oct 17, 2009

S. Thomas Forgue, PhD, 61, of Plainfield passed away on Saturday October 17, 2009, after a protracted struggle with esophageal cancer. He was born October 20,1947 in Princeton, NJ to Stanley Vincent and Dorothy Jeanne (Huber) Forgue. He is survived by his loving wife of 35 years, Cheryll (Reed) Forgue, their daughter Laura Simons (Gerry) and grandchildren, Thomas, Adam and...

James N. Fowler

James N. Fowler

Oct 13, 2009

James N. Fowler, 76, of Clayton, passed away October 13, 2009. He was born February 20, 1933 to the late Roy and Vada (Livingston) Fowler in Patricksburg, IN. He was a US Air Force veteran of the Korean War. He worked 25 years as a machinist for the Mitchell & Scott Machine Co. in Indianapolis retiring in 1990. He is...

Julia A. Manley

Julia A. Manley

Oct 10, 2009

Julia A. (Higley) Manley, 79, of Plainfield, IN., passed away October 10, 2009. She was born February 14, 1930, in Hoopeston, IL. to the late Truman and Eva (Dice) Higley. She was a homemaker and member of the Bellville Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gilbert Eugene Manley. Funeral services will be Tuesday, October 13,...

Ellajean Gibbs

Ellajean Gibbs

Oct 5, 2009

Ellajean (Harlan) Gibbs, 91, of Plainfield, IN. passed away October 5, 2009. She was born September 23, 1918 in Hadley, IN. to the late Otho and Maggie Harlan. She was one of 5 children; 2 brothers, Glen and Leo Harlan and 2 sisters, Betty Morphew and Marjorie Springer. She married Francis W. (Jim) Gibbs, who preceded her in death on...

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