Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Plainfield, Indiana
Joan Fishel
Aug 12, 2025
Joan Fishel, 83, of Plainfield, peacefully passed away surrounded by loving family members on August 12, 2025. She was born on October 26, 1941 in Indianapolis, Indiana to the late Joseph and Gladys (Disney) Elkin. Joan was a graduate of Mooresville High School, class of 1960. She later married Jerry Fishel on July 30, 1961 and were happily married for...
Marjorie Long
Aug 8, 2025
Marjorie Long, 98, of Plainfield, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by many of her loved ones on August 8, 2025. She was born on June 30, 1927 in Plainfield to the late George and Laura Bayliff. Marjorie was a homemaker and also taught kindergarten at the Plainfield United Methodist Church. She enjoyed reading and doing her morning puzzles. Marjorie...
Barbara Clark
Aug 7, 2025
Barbara A. Clark, 83, of Plainfield, passed away peacefully on August 7, 2025. She was born on April 30, 1942 in St. Louis, MO to the late Charles and Florence Madden. Barbara was the cornerstone of the family and was deeply loved by all. She was a maintenance worker for Plainfield High School. Barbara enjoyed reading and crocheting in her...
Kenneth Appleby
Aug 6, 2025
Kenneth E. Appleby, 95, of Plainfield, passed away on August 6, 2025. He was born on November 30, 1929 in Indianapolis to the late Claude and Mildred Appleby. Kenneth was a United States Army veteran. He was a supervisor for 27 years with Farm Bureau and a supervisor for Joy Metal in Indianapolis before retiring. Kenneth enjoyed reading, watching westerns...
Shelby J. Cromer
Aug 6, 2025
Shelby J. Cromer, 86, of Greenfield, peacefully passed away on August 6, 2025. She was born on January 21, 1939 in Johnson City, Tennessee to the late Robert Milhorn and Ida Crouch. Shelby worked as a cafeteria server for Avon School Corporation for 27 years, before retiring in 1999. She was a member of the Brownsburg Church of Christ. She...
Concetta "Tina" Mucci
Aug 3, 2025
Concetta "Tina" Mucci, 78, of Plainfield, passed away in her home on August 3, 2025. She was born on October 1, 1946 in Naples, Italy to the late Ciro and Maria (Attanasio) Grassano. Tina was married to Antonio Mucci and moved to America in 1970. She was a talented seamstress and owned Tina's Alterations for over 12 years. Tina enjoyed...
Keith A. Kluesener
Jul 26, 2025
Keith A. Kluesener, 66, of Avon, passed away on July 26, 2025. He was born on April 15, 1959 in Indianapolis, Indiana to the late Charles Kluesener and Janet (Carpenter) Kluesener. Keith worked as a machinist for Allison Transmission since 2017. He was a member of the Plainfield Church of Christ. He loved the outdoors and spent many weekends camping...
Bettie S. Dyer
Jul 25, 2025
Bettie S. Dyer, 80, of Plainfield, passed away at home on July 25, 2025. She was born on July 14, 1945 in Harriman, Tennessee to the late George Testement and Pearl (Collins) Testement. Bettie worked alongside her husband, Gary Dyer, as co-owner of Jack's Pizza for over 35 years. She enjoyed browsing Facebook and shopping online. Bettie is preceded in...
Sarah E. Tavis
Jul 20, 2025
Sarah E. Tavis, 28, of Brownsburg, passed away on July 20, 2025. She was born on April 26, 1997 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Robert Tavis and Sherry (Bradley) Elslager. Sarah graduated from Speedway High School in 2015. She worked as a procurement finance specialist for I.N.D.O.T. for the past few years. Sarah was an avid Amazon shopper, loved clothes, enjoyed...
Carol Beth Kersey
Jul 20, 2025
Carol B. Kersey, 89, of Plainfield, peacefully passed away on July 20, 2025. She was born on January 6, 1936 in Indianapolis, Indiana to the late Frank Pruitt and Mary (Vanasdal) Pruitt. Carol worked as a librarian for I.P.S. for many years. Carol was a member of Plainfield United Methodist Church. She enjoyed shopping, knitting, sewing, and playing the card...
Kay Maender
Jul 11, 2025
Kay Carroll (Fix) Maender, born August 17, 1940, in Buffalo, NY, passed away peacefully on July 11, 2025 after a life devoted to her husband and family, her work, and the causes she believed in. She left behind a legacy defined by integrity, loyalty, responsibility, and love that ran deep.
The eldest of three children born to Darwin E. and Mildred...
William "Bill" Archer
Jul 9, 2025
William "Bill" Archer, 66, of Indianapolis, passed away peacefully in his home on July 9, 2025. He was born on July 19, 1958 in Indianapolis to the late John and Jaclin Archer. Bill was a fork lift driver among other various jobs over the years. He enjoyed fishing, hiking and mushroom hunting in his free time. Bill love having fun...
Verna Lamb
Jul 8, 2025
Verna Lamb, 90, of Plainfield, passed away peacefully on July 8, 2025. She was born on February 5, 1935 in Two Rivers, WI to the late Kermit and Sylvia Tessmer. Verna graduated from Washington High School in Two Rivers, WI in 1952. She was the owner of the Natural Food Emporium in Plainfield. Verna was very passionate about art, whether...
Nancy Arnold
Jul 5, 2025
Nancy Jayne Arnold, of Avon, Indiana, peacefully passed away on July 5, 2025, surrounded by loved ones. She was born on May 24, 1939, at St. Francis Hospital in Beech Grove, Indiana, to Floyd and Mildred Beckley, who preceded her in death. Nancy grew up in Camby, Indiana, and attended West Newton Grade School before graduating from Decatur Central High...
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...
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