Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Plainfield, Indiana
Barbara J. Nysewander
Aug 6, 2008
Barbara J. (Knoll) Nysewander, 82, of Plainfield, IN. passed away August 6, 2008. She was born June 20, 1926 in Richmond, IN., to the late Leonard and Neva Knoll. She was a homemaker and member of the Plainfield Christian Church. A funeral service will be Monday, August 11 at 11:00 am in Hampton-Gentry Funeral Home, where friends may call on...
Ruth E. Gibbs
Aug 3, 2008
Ruth E. Wear Gibbs, 80, of Avon, passed away August 3, 2008. She was born July 31, 1928 to the late Roy and Ollie (Price) Wear in Indianapolis, IN. She was a member of the Avon United Methodist Church. She worked as a seamstress at L.S. Ayers for 30 years. She is survived by a niece, Donna S. (Lin) Hess;...
Vondilee Breeze
Jul 26, 2008
Vondilee (Lockwood) Breeze, 86, of Plainfield, IN. passed away July 26, 2008. She was born June 14, 1922 to the late Angus and Ida Lockwood. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother as well as a homemaker. Her memberships include the Kingsway Christian Church and Naomi Rebeccah Lodge # 115. She married Franklin N. Breeze on August...
Veda E. Albright
Jul 26, 2008
Veda E. (Partridge) Albright, 94, of Plainfield, IN. passed away July 26, 2008. She was born March 3, 1914 in Mishawaka, IN. to the late Willard and Mabel Partridge. She was a homemaker and member of the Speedway Baptist Church. Veda was the widow of Ivan L. Albright. Public visitation will be Wednesday, July 30 from 10:00 - 11:00 am...
James W. Exner
Jul 25, 2008
James W. Exner, 89, of Plainfield, IN. passed away July 25, 2008. He was born November 18, 1918 in Nashville, IN. to the late William and Blanche (Hoy) Exner. He was an Army veteran of WW II. He was a self -employed machinist from 1967 until retirement in 2004 as the owner of Jimmy's Motor Block Service in Indianapolis. A...
Donna Kay Root
Jul 24, 2008
The family of Donna Kay Root, 54, of Plainfield would like to share news of her passing Thursday evening, July 24, 2008. Donna was surrounded by many family members and friends as she succumbed after a valiant fight against cancer. Donna served as a Property Manager and GSA Employee for the Federal Building in Indianapolis for seventeen years, medically retiring...
Paul Purvis
Jul 23, 2008
Paul Purvis, 89, of Avon, formerly of Cloverdale, passed away July 23, 2008. He was born August 13, 1918 to the late Leo and Edith (Chamberlain) Purvis in Indianapolis, IN. He was a US Navy veteran of WWII. He was a meat cutter for 34 years retiring in 1980, having worked many years at Montgomery's Grocery Store in Indianapolis. Paul...
Margaret E. Theamann
Jul 20, 2008
Margaret E. Theamann, 85, of Plainfield, passed away July 20, 2008. She was born April 3, 1923 to the late Grover and Clara (Wolliver) Beasley in Indianapolis, IN. She was a homemaker, a member of the Plainfield O.E.S. # 414, and a member of St. Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1001 Concord in Plainfield, where services will be held at 1:00...
Evelyn Lucille Lewellyn
Jul 16, 2008
Evelyn Lucille Gunther Lewellyn, 93, of Plainfield, passed away July 16, 2008. She was born August 12, 1914 to the late Herman and Elsie (Sutton) Gunther in Marion, IN. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of Plainfield. She is survived by a son, Michael Lewellyn; a daughter, Melissa Northrup; and four grandchildren, Lindsay Johnson,...
Mary F. Acton
Jul 15, 2008
Mary Acton, 92, of Plainfield, a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother passed peacefully with her family at her side on July 15, 2008. She was born August 1, 1915 in Brodhead, KY to the late George and Caroline Long. She was a long time member of the Bridgeport Central Baptist Church. Mrs. Acton was a homemaker whose greatest...
Ruth Joan Gentry
Jul 14, 2008
Ruth Joan (McGoldrick) Gentry, 84, of Plainfield, IN. passed away July 14, 2008. She was born on January 12, 1924 in Indianapolis, IN. to the late Manuel and Alma (Johnson) McGoldrick. She was a graduate of Broad Ripple High School and attended Butler University. She and her late husband, R. Norwood Gentry owned the Gentry Funeral Home in Camden, In....
Lillie Isabell Rice
Jul 13, 2008
Lillian Isabell Wood Rice, 86, of Plainfield, passed away July 13, 2008. She was born May 25, 1922 to the late George and Violet (Loughmiller) Wood in Steger, IL. She worked at the Kieger Corp for 9 years and Avon Aircraft for 6 years. She is survived by a son, Richard P. (Vickie) Rice; a daughter, Carol A. (Rice) Walter;...
Virginia J. Marshall
Jul 11, 2008
Virginia J. Fuller Marshall, 81, of Plainfield, passed away July 11, 2008. She was born September 8, 1926 to the late Allen and Mildred (DuBois) Fuller in Ware, MA. She was a treasurer for the extra curicular activitiy department at Plainfield High School for 15 years. She was a member of the Plainfield United Methodist Church where services will be...
Chaplain Edison C. White
Jul 5, 2008
Chaplain Edison C. White, 85, of Plainfield, passed away July 5, 2008. He was born August 27, 1922 to the late Andrew and Myrtie (Woodcox) White in Akron, IN. He served in the US Army in the 1st Calvary Div. during WWII. He was the Chaplain at the Indiana Boys School in Plainfield for 26 years retiring in 1987. He...
M. Dean Bayliff
Jun 30, 2008
M. Dean Bayliff, 82, of Plainfield, passed away June 30, 2008. He was born August 13, 1925 to the late George and Laura (Simpson) Bayliff in Plainfield, IN. He was a US Navy veteran, and worked in security at the Indiana Youth Center, Plainfield for 15 years retiring in 1991. He is survived by a step-son, Gary W. Bissey; a...
Russell Forbes Leonard
Jun 30, 2008
Russ Leonard passed away June 30th at his home in Tucson, Arizona. He was born in New Palestine, Indiana to parents Forbes and Mayme (Rouse) on February 14,1921 and was their only child. He was valedictorian of his New Palestine High School Class of 1939. Norma Ella (Taylor), his wife of 52 years, who predeceased him on 4/4/1996, was Salutatorian...
Albert J. Poloncic
Jun 27, 2008
Albert J. Poloncic, 90, of Plainfield, IN., passed away June 27, 2008 in his residence. He was born July 11, 1917 in Forest City, PA. to the late John and Anna (Opecka) Poloncic. He was a security supervisor for Indiana Bell Telephone, retiring in 1982. He enlisted in the Army in 1936 and retired from the U.S. Air Force after...
Lois E. Thomas
Jun 24, 2008
Lois E. Thomas, 95, of Homosassa, FL. formerly of Plainfield, IN. and Salem, MA. passed away June 24, 2008. She was born August 16, 1912 in Scott County, IN. to the late Amos T. and Hazel (McKenzie) Beam. She was a secretary in Boston, MA. for the Naval Hospital Base. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Thomas...
Ernest Hardy Holmes
Jun 20, 2008
Ernest H. Holmes, 77, of Plainfield, IN. passed away June 20, 2008. He was born July 16, 1930 in Muncie, IN. to the late Herman and Retha Holmes. He retired in 1987 from Arsenal Technical High School as a teacher. Prior to that he taught at Decatur Central High School as well as Plainfield High School. He received his B.S....
Jerry L. Chastain
Jun 19, 2008
Jerry L. Chastain, 58, of Plainfield, IN. passed away on June 19, 2008. He was born January 24, 1950 in Salem, IN. to the late Hobart and Harriett Chastain. He retired in 2002 from the Plainfield Correctional Facility as an educator. Prior to that he had been a math teacher, athletic director, vice - principal and principal. He received his...
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