Local Obituaries for Families in Indianapolis, IN & Surrounding Areas
Betty Louise Kriegbaum Ober
Mar 11, 2022
Betty Louise Kriegbaum Ober, born to Ruth and James Kriegbaum in Huntington, Indiana on September 10, 1927, graduated from Huntington High School where she was salutatorian of her class. Betty went on to graduate from Indiana University where she was president of Delta Gamma sorority. She enjoyed friendships throughout her life with Delta Gamma friends, particularly in Indianapolis and in...
Jane Hobbs Joslin
Mar 11, 2022
Jane Hobbs Joslin, 95 of Indianapolis, IN passed away on March 11, 2022. Jane was born in Indianapolis, In. on March 24, 1926, the only child born to Earnest “Earl” and Dorothy E. (Hobbs) Dummich. She was a graduate of Shortridge High School in 1944, where she played softball and was a member of the Paddle Club. Growing up, she...
Sharon Kay Wycoff
Mar 11, 2022
Sharon Kay Wycoff, 74, of Camby, Indiana passed away March 11, 2022. She was born May 5, 1947, in Indianapolis, Indiana to the late Robert Power and Helen (Tarasuk) Whited. Sharon married Bill Wycoff on June 18, 1965, and was co-owner of Reliant Engineering with her husband. She was loved by so many and will be dearly missed by all...
Lydia Sue Helms
Mar 11, 2022
Lydia Sue (Brown) Helms (70) passed away March 11, 2022, surrounded by her family. She was born August 4th, 1951 in Columbus, IN to Warren and Mae (DeHart) Brown. She is survived by two brothers, Warren (Tena) Brown, and Eric (Sara) Brown.
Lydia married Ray on February 24, 1970. They met at McCordsville convention when Lydia was 16 years old....
Michael "Mike" William Murphy
Mar 10, 2022
Michael “Mike” William Murphy, 80, of Indianapolis, passed away March 10th, 2022. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, March 5th, 1942 to parents William and Juanita Murphy.
Mike grew up in St. Louis and graduated from Christian Brothers College High School. He continued his education at St. Louis University where he received his bachelor’s degree.
In 1967, Mike married...
Charley Wayne Blackwell
Mar 10, 2022
Charley “Wayne” Blackwell was born March 9, 1950, in Tiplersville, Mississippi to Frank and Shirley Blackwell. Charley was the oldest of their six children. Charley accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized. He is preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Shirley, brother, Frank Blackwell, Jr., and by his only daughter, Angela Blackwell. Charley leaves to mourn...
Mary Anne "Anne" Berkeley
Mar 9, 2022
Anne Berkeley, 91, of Indianapolis, IN, passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2022. Anne was born in Steubenville, OH to Mary and Harry Ewing. Being born on Christmas Day, her brother was able to win the best Christmas present ever when competing with the neighbor boy holding up his puppy in the window and Anne’s brother, Bill, holding up a baby...
Josie Wynona "Winnie" Mullinax
Mar 9, 2022
Josie Wynona “Winnie” Mullinax 58 of Indianapolis, Indiana passed away March 9, 2022. She was born in Elizabethton, Tennessee on July 15, 1963, to the late Carl Raymond Hopp and Effie Elizabeth (Shepherd) Gentry. Visitation will be held on Monday, March 14, 2022, 11:00am-12:30pm at Flanner Buchanan Decatur Township with a Graveside Service at West Newton Cemetery at 1:00pm where...
Steve Williams
Mar 9, 2022
Warren Steven Williams was a loving husband, father, brother, grandfather, great grandfather, and friend to everyone he met. He left this world on Wednesday, March 9th, 2022 at age 79.
He was born to Warren and Anne Williams in November, 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Broad Ripple High School (1960), where he met the love of his life,...
Jean Han
Mar 9, 2022
Jean HoJin Han, age 69, of Fishers, Indiana passed away on March 9th, 2022 surrounded by the love of her family. She was born in Incheon City, Ganghwa Province, South Korea on January 16th, 1953 to parents Jung Sun Ryu and Yong Rang Cho.
Jean received her Nursing degree from Gyeonggi Nursing College in 1974 and worked as an OR...
Mary Ellen Harriman
Mar 8, 2022
Mary Ellen Harriman died March 8th of acute heart failure at the age of 92 years, at the home of her daughter, Cynthia (Harriman) Gelman. Mary Ellen was born at home near Birdseye, Indiana, on October 08, 1929, along with her identical twin sister, Amanda Lou (Polen) Roller, to Bertha Mae (Weeks) (Reese) (Polen) Emery and George Samuel Polen.
Mary...
Larry Steven Kieninger
Mar 8, 2022
Larry Steven Kieninger, 71, died at 12:05 am, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, surrounded by his loved ones in his home in Indianapolis.
Larry was born on October 22, 1950, in Indianapolis, IN, to John and Alma (Crouch) Kieninger. He graduated from Southwestern High School, Class of 1969. Following graduation, he served with the U.S. Army. He worked for Indianapolis Public...
Larry E Thomas
Mar 7, 2022
Larry Eugene Thomas, 80, of Indianapolis passed away on March 7, 2022.
He was born January 22, 1942 in Kentucky to the late Hubert and Mary “Lucille” Thomas.
Larry began his education in a ‘one room’ schoolhouse in Kentucky and achieved his Diploma from Thomas Carr Howe High School in Indianapolis, class of 1960. He became a maintenance mechanic at...
Lois Afton Roch
Mar 7, 2022
Lois Afton Roch
Lois Afton Roch, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister passed away peacefully after a brief illness at the age of 87 with her children by her side on March 7, 2022.
Afton was the epitome of elegance, beauty, and intellectual curiosity. She was a loving and supportive wife to her late husband, Dr. Lewis Marshall Roch...
