OBITUARIES

Updated: May 15

Rita Young                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                79 year old Rita Young of Napoleon passed away.                                                                                                                                                          Visitation will be Friday from 4-8 Pm at the Stratton-Karstetter Funeral Home-Versailles.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 10 AM at The St. Maurice's catholic Church-Napoleon.
Survivors include: Husband-Alfred; Sons-Dale and Larry; Daughters-Janice Fry and Nancy Obermeyer; 8 Grandchildren; 7 Great-Grand children; 5 Brothers; and 1 Sister.
Memorials may be made to the St. Maurice's Building Fund in care of the funeral home.

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Anna M. Hertel                                                                                                                                                                             95 year old Anna M. Hertel of Brookville passed away.                                                                                                               Visitation will be Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Phillips & Meyers Funeral Home-Brookville.
Funeral services will be Friday at 10:30 AM at the funeral home.
Survivors include: Sisters-Thelma Gutzwiller and Selma Hofer; Brother-William Hertel; and several Nieces & Nephews.
Memorials may be made to the St. Thomas Lutheran Church-Brookville.

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Russell L. Broughton                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           84 year old Russell L. Broughton formerly of New Trenton passed away.                                                                                Visitation will be Thursday from 5-8 PM at The 1st Baptist Church-Harrison.
Funeral services will be Friday at 11 AM at the church.
Survivors include: Son-Darrell; Daughter-Helen Butterfield; 5 Grandchildren; 11 Great-Grandchildren; Sisters-Oda Vogt; Viola Mills; Josie Roope; and Delora Lawrence; and Brothers-Buford; Carl; J.B.; Charles; Randy; and Leroy Broughton.
Memorials may be made to the church through The John C. Brater Funeral Home-Harrison..

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James F. Herring                                                                                                                                                                          87 year old James F. Herring of Sunman passed away.                                                                                                     Visitation will be Thursday from 7-9 PM at The Sibbett-Moore Funeral Home-Moores Hill.                                                           Special Masonic Services will be Thursday at 8:30 PM.
Funeral services will be Friday at 11 AM at the funeral home.
Survivors include: wife Rosie; Daughters-Diane Heis and Rose Perry; 8 Grandchildren and 15 Great-Grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to The Sparta Baptist Church.

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Alfred Bernard Smeal, Sr. 
65 year old Alfred Bernard Smeal, Sr., of Greensburg passed away May 11.
Memorial services will be at the Greensburg Community Church at 10 a.m. on Friday.
Survivors include: wife Sandra, daughters Anita Susan Powers and Beth Waltz , all of Greensburg; sons Alfred Jr., of Delaware and Gary Walston of Holton; 7 grandchildren and one great grandchildren; two brothers, 3 sisters.



Harold Mobley
66 year old Harold Mobley of Elrod passed away.
Visitation will be Thursday from 11 to 1 p.m. at the Hope Baptist Church.
Funeral services will follow at 1 p.m. at the church.
Survivors include: wife Helen, sons Darrell and Larry; daughter Kim Johnson and Beverly Spurlock; two stepsons and one stepdaughter; 14 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren; one brother.
Memorials may be made to the Milan Fire Dept or Margaret Mary Hospital.


Audrey M. Czerniak
62 year old Audrey M. Czerniak of Sunman passed away. 
Visitation will be Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Weigel Funeral Home. 
The funeral will follow at 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Survivors include; husband Mike; daughter Jenni Wilhelm; sons Scott and Jim; two sisters, 8 grandchildren
Memorials may be made to the National Ovarian Cancer Society.


Alberta R. Berry
85 year old Alberta R. Berry of Moores Hill passed away May 11.
Visitation will be Thursday from 9 to noon at the Sibbett Moore Funeral Home. The funeral will follow at noon.
Survivors include: sons Toby, Ralph John and Terry Berry, all of Moores Hill; special friend Norma Artressa; 2 sisters, Margie Beard of Dillsboro and Delores Scraton of Dillsboro; several grandchildren and great great grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Ripley Crossing Care Center or Moores Hill Life Squad.


Stephanie Marie Gould
16 year old Stephanie Marie Gould of New Alsace passed away.  
Visitation
  will be Wednesday  from 4 to 7 PM at The Cook Funeral Home-Sunman.
Funeral Services
  will be Thursday at 10 AM at The St. Paul's Church-New Alsace.
Survivors include: 
Mother and Step-Father-Debbie and Scott Hoffmeier; Brother-Michael Hoffmeier; Father and Step-Mother-Richard and Cindy Gould;  Sister-Maurissa Amrhein; Grandparents-Bill and Shirley Oswald; Lester and Laverne Hoffmeier;; Curtis and Alice Hicks; Richard Gould, Sr.; and Ed and Joan Gindling.  Great-Grandmother-Lavanna Fritsch.
Memorials
may be given to a memorial scholarship fund at East Central High School.


Eddie J. Branstetter
58 year old Eddie J. Branstetter of Metamora passed away.
Visitation will be Tuesday from 4 to 7 PM at The Metamora Church of God and Wednesday after 10 AM at the church.
Funeral Services
will be Wednesday at 11 AM at the Church.
Survivors include:  Wife-Sylvia; Daughter-Michelle Pinter; Son-Rick Branstetter; Sister-Mary Parker;  and Brother-Dallas Branstetter.
Memorials may be given to the family towards expenses.


Colin Ray Rodgers
42 year old Colin Rodgers of Milan passed away.
Visitation will be from 11am-1pm Monday at the Laws Carr Moore Funeral Home-Milan.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Survivors include: Wife Billie Rodgers, Son Colin Rodgers, Daughters Ashley Rodgers, Samantha Rodgers, and Madison Rodgers.    2 Step Children, 2 Grandchildren, Father Ray Rodgers, Brother Dallas Rodgers and Sister Lisa Webb.
Memorials
may be given to the family.


Leon Cole
67 year old Leon Cole of Versailles passed away. 
Visitation will be Sunday at 4pm to 7pm at  the Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home-Versailles.
The funeral will be Monday at 1pm also at the Funeral Home.
Survivors include: Mother Mrs. Ruth Cole; Daughters Michelle Sellers and Katrina Keck; Sons Dwayne Cole and Joe Cole; 10 Grandchildren, 3 Great Grandchildren; Brother Lanny Cole and Sisters Rita Meisberger and Judy Powers.                                 Memorials may be given to The Milan American Legion in care of the funeral home.


Marjorie Jean Littrell McClain
78 year old Marjorie Jean Littrell McClain of Columbus, formerly of Osgood, passed away..
Graveside burial will  be Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Greendale Cemetery.
Survivors include: son James of Alabama, daughters Nancy Smith of Muncie, and Karen Akres of Columbus; four grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Osgood Baptist Church, the Greendale Cemetery.


Firth Shelpman
71 year old Firth Shelpman of Versailles passed away.
Visitation will be Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Stratton Karsteter Funeral Home.
The Funeral will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home.
Survivors include: wife Karla, daughter Dawndalyn  St. Michael and son Fred Shelpman; 8 grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to FAME or the Ronald McDonald House
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Paul G. Cummins
84 year old Paul G. Cummins of Brookville passed away May 2.
Visitation will be Monday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Cook Funeral Home in Brookville.
Funeral service will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home.
Survivors include: wife Beulah, daughters Carolyn Sue Cummins of Rushville, LaVonne Wyatt of St. Leon, Donna Alianell of New York, sons Ronnie of Mt. Carmel and Harold of Brookville; one sister, 14 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.


Stephanie Elana Michelle Brown
18 month old Stephanie Elana Michelle Brown of Moores Hill passed away May 1.
Visitation will be Monday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Laws Carr Moore Funeral Home.
The funeral will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Christian Brown Education Fund.

Survivors include: father Brian Brown, mother Jessica Isaacs; sister Christian Diane Brown; maternal grandparents Steve and Delana Brown of Moores HIll; maternal great grandparents Gerald and Naomi Brown of Rising Sun, Ruby Isaacs of Brookville and Nora Goodrich of Brookville; paternal grandparents Butch Brown and Belinda Schrader of Rising Sun and paternal great grandparents Diane and the late Richard Schrader of Aurora.


Paul H. "Mike"  Stegemiller
89 year old Paul H. Stegemiller of Dillsboro passed away. 
Visitation will be Sunday from 5 to 8 pm. at the Filter Devries Funeral Home.
The funeral will be Monday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home.
Survivors include: two sisters, two sister in laws, 9 nieces and 7 nephews.
Military graveside rites will be conducted.
Memorials may be made to the Oakdale Cemetery Trust Fund.


David Yeomans
73 year old David Yeomans
of Versailles.  
Visitation
will be held at Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home on Thursday from 5-8PM. 
  Funeral Services will be held on Friday at 10AM at Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home in Versailles. Survivors include Wife Juanita; daughters Danita Yeomans and Robin Fischer; 5 grandchildren, 1 great-granddaughter; two brothers and four sisters. 

Memorials may be given to Rescue 69 or the Cliff Hill Cemetery in care of the funeral home.



 

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