Local Obituaries for Families in Indianapolis, IN & Surrounding Areas
Donna L. Arthur
Apr 30, 2000
Donna L. Arthur, 61, Indianapolis, died April 30.
She worked for RCA Corp. and Link-Belt, retiring in 1979.
Services: 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 3 in Flanner & Buchanan Decatur Township Mortuary, with calling from 10:00 a.m.
Burial: Floral Park Cem…[read more at Tributes.com]
Earnest Taylor
Apr 30, 2000
Earnest Taylor, 85, Indianapolis, died April 30.
He was a machine operator 31 years for Detroit Diesel Allison Division of General Motors Corp., retired in 1977.
He was a member of Gethsemane General Baptist Church and United Auto Workers Local 933…[read more at Tributes.com]
Hiram Junior Standifer
Apr 30, 2000
Hiram ‘Junior’ Standifer, 74, Indianapolis, died April 30.
Before retiring, he had been a meat manager for 7-Eleven stores.
A Navy veteran of World War II and a Pearl Harbor survivor, he was a member of Broad Ripple American Legion.
Memorial co…[read more at Tributes.com]
Billy Earl Leece
Apr 30, 2000
Billy Earl Leece, 47, Indianapolis, died April 30.
He was a subcontractor for Zoom Express.
He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War and a member of the Army National Guard.
Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity.
Services: …[read more at Tributes.com]
William A. Thomas
Apr 29, 2000
William A. ‘Bill’ Thomas, 80, Indianapolis, died Saturday, April 29 at Community East Hospital.
He managed a Texaco service station for 28 years, retiring in 1981. He also was a schoolbus driver 20 years for Lawrence Township Schools.
Mr. Thomas w…[read more at Tributes.com]
Donald Lee Charles
Apr 29, 2000
Donald Lee Charles, Jr., 44, Indianapolis, died April 29.
He was an independent salesman for Kirby Company, Dayton, Ohio, and was a member of Calvary Temple of Indianapolis.
Services: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 2 in Flanner & Buchanan Washington Park Ea…[read more at Tributes.com]
Mamie B. Deaton
Apr 29, 2000
Mamie B. (Bowling) Deaton, 90, Plainfield, died Saturday, April 29 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
She was a cook 10 years for the Indiana School for the Blind, retiring in 1972.
She attended First Assembly of God in Indianapolis.
Services…[read more at Tributes.com]
John Robert Hartig
Apr 29, 2000
John Robert Hartig, 70, Indianapolis, formerly of Fresno, CA., died April 29.
He was a self-employed swimming pool contractor 20 years, retiring in 1989. Previously, he was a furnace bricklayer 18 years for Pittsburgh Plate Glass in Maryland and Califo…[read more at Tributes.com]
Mary Josephine Wagner Neal
Apr 28, 2000
Mary Josephine Wagner Neal, 86, Greenfield, died Friday, April 28.
She worked for Fannie May Candy Shop, retiring in 1988.
She was a member of St. Simon Catholic Church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.
Ser…[read more at Tributes.com]
Milton Totton
Apr 28, 2000
Milton Totton, 89, Indianapolis, died Friday, April 28.
A retired ironworker, he was a 55-year member of International Association of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Ironworkers Local 22.
Mr. Totton also had been a mechanic in the 1933 and 1934 Indi…[read more at Tributes.com]
Louise Wildridge Perks
Apr 27, 2000
Louise Wildridge Perks, 79, Indianapolis, died Thursday, April 27.
She was a teacher for Richmond, Indiana Community Schools for 23 years, retiring in 1975, and was past president of Richmond Community Schools Parent Teacher Association.
She was a m…[read more at Tributes.com]
Darrell D. Forker
Apr 27, 2000
Darrell D. Forker, 46, Indianapolis, died Thursday, April 27.
He had been a meat cutter for Schnucte’s Grocery, Evansville.
He was a Navy veteran.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Memorial service: 2:00 …[read more at Tributes.com]
John E. Mathews
Apr 27, 2000
John E. Mathews, 58, Indianapolis, died Thursday, April 27.
He worked as a body shop repairman for Enterprise Collision Center.
Services: 1:00 p.m. Monday, May 1 in Flanner & Buchanan Morris Street Mortuary, with calling from 4 to 8:00 p.m. Sunday, …[read more at Tributes.com]
Dora Ogden Anderson Grieb Cherrington
Apr 27, 2000
Dora Ogden Anderson Grieb Cherrington, Indianapolis, died Thursday, April 27.
She was the owner of Dora Ogden Interiors, an interior design firm, for 50 years.
She was a member of Fifth Church of Christ Scientist and was a 50-year member of the In…[read more at Tributes.com]
Mary M. Bates
Apr 27, 2000
Macy M. Bates, 12-day-old daughter of Andrew and Judy Allen Bates, Indianapolis, died Thursday, April 27.
Memorial contributions may be made to Riley Hospital for Children.
Services: 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 1 in Flanner & Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuar…[read more at Tributes.com]
Helen G. Hammons Rhine
Apr 26, 2000
Helen G. Hammons Rhine, 79, Bremen, formerly of Indianapolis, died Wednesday, April 26.
She was a bookkeeper five years for New Hope Foundation, retiring in 1983.
Services: 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 29 in Flanner & Buchanan Speedway Mortuary, with c…[read more at Tributes.com]
Hazel M. Sons Geisendorff
Apr 26, 2000
Hazel M. Sons Geisendorff, 78, Indianapolis, died Wednesday, April 26.
She was an accountant seven years for Strickland Lincoln-Mercury, retiring in 1978.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Services: 1:30 p.m. Frida…[read more at Tributes.com]
Jean Ann Bear Jones Denton
Apr 26, 2000
Jean Ann Bear Jones Denton, 66, Indianapolis, died Wednesday, April 26.
She was an accountant 23 years for Sterling Fluid Systems.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Services: Monday, May 1 at 9:30 a.m. in Fl…[read more at Tributes.com]
Sandra Lee Towne Jacob
Apr 26, 2000
Sandra Lee (Towne) Jacob, 56, Indianapolis, died Wednesday, April 26.
She was a customer service manager for Safeway Foods, retiring in 1999.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Services: 11:00 a.m. …[read more at Tributes.com]
Sara Mae Pochop
Apr 26, 2000
Sara Mae Pochop, infant daughter of Troy A. and Anita Jeffers Pochop, Danville, died April 26.
There will be no calling or services.
Other survivors: brothers Jeremy, Josey Thompson, Gary Orr; grandparents Al and Peggy Pochop, Phyllis Bailey.
Fla…[read more at Tributes.com]
