Local Obituaries for Families in Indianapolis, IN & Surrounding Areas
Olevia Webb King
Oct 7, 1998
Olevia Newton Webb King, 98, Indianapolis, died Oct. 7. She was an ordained minister with Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She also had taught high school English for the Kansas school system. Mrs. King was a member of St. John’s Presbyterian Church, New A…[read more at Tributes.com]
Rollie E. Rhoads
Oct 7, 1998
ROLLIE E. RHOADS, 88, Indianapolis, died Oct. 7. He was a tool and gauge inspector for Western Electric Co. 23 years, retiring in 1972. He was a member of Epworth United Methodist Church and Telephone Pioneers of America. Memorial contributions may be mad…[read more at Tributes.com]
John R. Curry
Oct 7, 1998
JOHN R. CURRY, 51, Aiken, S.C., formerly of Zionsville, died Oct. 7. He had owned Three Tuns Liquor Store, Zionsville, and Curry Hardware, Sheridan. He was an Army veteran.
Graveside services: 3 pm, Oct. 24 in Park Cemetery, Fairmount.
Survivor; dau…[read more at Tributes.com]
Earnest R. Hire
Oct 7, 1998
Earnest R. Hire, 76, Indianapolis, died, Oct. 7. He was a retired farmer. Services: 11am, Oct. 9 in Flanner & Buchanan Washington Park East Mortuary, with calling from 4 to 8 pm, Oct. 8. Burial: London (Ind.) Cemetery. Survivors: sisters, Eunice E. Johns,…[read more at Tributes.com]
Glenn T. Figley
Oct 6, 1998
Glenn T. Figley,71, Indianapolis, died Oct. 6. He was a packer 15 years for the National Starch Co., retiring in 1980. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Services: 11:30 am, Oct. 9 in Flanner & Buchanan Decatur Township Mortuary, with calling from 4 …[read more at Tributes.com]
Effie Pruitt
Oct 6, 1998
Effie Bell Pruitt, 94, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, formerly of Indianapolis and Sheridan, died Oct. 6. She was a homemaker. Previously, she worked for the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. She was a member of the Brookside Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Sta…[read more at Tributes.com]
Walter R. Stock
Oct 5, 1998
Walter R. Stock, 67, Indianapolis, died Oct.5. He had been a manager of the service control center for Indiana Bell Telephone Co. for 43 years. He was an Army veteran. He was a member of Telephone Pioneers of America.  Memorial contributions may…[read more at Tributes.com]
Bruce Myron Crouch
Oct 5, 1998
Bruce Myron Crouch, 42, Indianapolis, died Oct.5. He worked with the Indiana Civil Liberties Union, where he had served as editor of its newspaper, The Advocat. He was a member of the Indianapolis Men’s Chorus. He was a graduate of Butler University. Memo…[read more at Tributes.com]
Harold C. Causey
Oct 5, 1998
Harold C. Causey, 84, Indianapolis, died Oct. 5. He worked 30 years for the Internal Revenue Service, retiring in 1973. He was a member of Bridgeport Masonic Lodge, Order of Eastern Star and Scottish Rite. He was an Army Air Forces veteran of World War II…[read more at Tributes.com]
Bertha Karandos Patrick
Oct 4, 1998
Bertha Poulakos Karandos Patrick, 90, died Oct. 4 She was a manager for Roselyn Bakery for 15 years, retiring in 1976. Mrs. Patrick was a member of Daughters of Penelope and a charter member of Philoptochos. Services: 11am, Oct. 8 in Holy Trinity Greek Or…[read more at Tributes.com]
Reuben F. Slattery
Oct 4, 1998
Reuben ‘Ben’ F. Slattery, 87, Indianapolis, died Oct.4, He was a composer 12 years for The Indianapolis Star and The Indianapolis News, retiring in 1978. He was a member of American Legion and International Typographical Union Local 1. He was a Navy veter…[read more at Tributes.com]
Audrey M. Harker
Oct 4, 1998
Audrey M. Thomas Harker, 69 Indianapolis, died Oct. 4. She was a nurse 25 years at Fort Benjamin Harrison, retiring in 1990. She was an Army veteran. She was a graduate of Purdue University. Services; 1 p.m.Oct.7 in Flanner & Buchanan Speedway Mortuary, w…[read more at Tributes.com]
Ruth Lantz Burns
Oct 4, 1998
Ruth Groseclose Lantz Burns, 83, Indianapolis, died Oct. 4. She was a bookkeeper 24 years for Melvin Simon & Associates, retiring in 1989. She was a member of the Literacy Foundation. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or…[read more at Tributes.com]
Betty J. Maloney
Oct 3, 1998
BETTY J. (EAKER) MALONEY, 70, Indianapolis, died Oct. 3. She was a machine operator for Western Electric Co. more than 30 years. retiring in 1984. She was a member of Church of Acts and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.  Memor…[read more at Tributes.com]
Imalee Spriesterbach
Oct 3, 1998
Imalee Wade Spriestersbach, 70 Indianapolis, died Oct.3. She was an office manager for Zayre department stores 19 years, retiring in 1981. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. Services:3p.m.Oct.6 in Flanner & Buchanan Lawr…[read more at Tributes.com]
Lawrence Newburn
Oct 2, 1998
LAWRENCE NEWBURN, Indianapolis, died Oct. 2. He was a chemist 43 years for Corn Products Co., retiring in 1967.  Mr. Newburn was a member of Tabernacle Presbyterian Church and the American Chemical Society. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Oct. 5 in …[read more at Tributes.com]
M. William Manion
Oct 2, 1998
M. William Manion Jr., 57, Indianapolis, president of M.W. Manion Investment Counsel Inc., died Oct. 2.  President of the investment business for 15 years, he was a charter finance analyst and a  member of the Charter Finance Analyst S…[read more at Tributes.com]
Margaret F. Harding
Oct 1, 1998
MARGARET FLICKINGER HARDING,88, Carmel, formerly of Indianapolis, died Oct. 1. She and her husband, the late John C. Harding, owned Harding Tool & Die for 46 years, and she served as its secretary and treasurer until retiring in the early 1980s. She was a…[read more at Tributes.com]
James E. Cox
Oct 1, 1998
James E. Cox, 70, Indianapolis, died Oct.1. He had been a self-employed real estate agent. Previously, he worked in the public relations department for Indianapolis Power & Light Co. for 18 years. He was an Army veteran of World WarII and a member of the …[read more at Tributes.com]
Gladys Crago
Sep 30, 1998
GLADYS ‘RUTH’ BEARD CRAGO, 85 Indianapolis, died Sept. 30. She was a clerk for Victor Pharmacy 30 years, retiring in 1979. Mrs. Crago was a member of Old Bethel United Methodist Church and Lawrence Senior Citizens. Memorial contributions may be made to th…[read more at Tributes.com]
