Local obituaries for Marion, Grant County, IN.
Eulah Rolleen Beck
Aug 31, 2011
Eulah Rolleen Beck, age 97, passed away at 3:11 a.m. Wednesday, August 31, 2011, at Miller's Merry Manor, Marion, Indiana. Eulah was born on December 4, 1913, in Salem, Indiana, the daughter of the late Casper and Mary (Foster) Durnil. She married William C. Beck, and he preceded her in death on August 13, 1973. Eulah was a homemaker and...
Betty Jane Thomas
Aug 28, 2011
Betty Jane Thomas, age 74, of Marion, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Betty was born on February 10, 1937, in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of the late Edward and Mildred (Valentine) Baker. She married French K. Thomas on February 10, 1957, and he survives. She worked at Thompson Consumer Electronics (RCA) for 28...

Frederick Leo Clouser
Aug 24, 2011
Frederick Leo Clouser age 94, passed away Wednesday August 24, 2011 at Marion General Hospital with his family at his side. Frederick was born August 21, 1917 in Alexandria, Indiana, the son of the late Leo and Lema (Summers) Clouser. Frederick worked for many years with Dana Corp where he worked in manufacturing and as a security guard after retirement....

Otis Earl Miller
Aug 20, 2011
Otis Earl Miller, age 89, passed away at 10:15 AM Saturday at Unit 172 1B, Palliative Care Unit, VA Northern Indiana Health Care System, Marion, Indiana with his family at his side. Earl lived in his residence in Washington Township; less than 2 miles away from his birth place for the last 50 years. Earl was born June 16, 1922...
Ernest O. Muchmore
Aug 10, 2011
Ernest O. Muchmore, age 93, of Marion, passed away at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 10, 2011, at the Wesleyan Health & Rehabilitation Center, Marion, Indiana. Ernest was born on October 11, 1917, in Marion, Indiana, the son of the late Virgil and Delphia (McCoy) Muchmore. He married Irene Kirkwood on August 7, 1937. Ernest had been in the restaurant business...
Norma F. Shafer
Aug 5, 2011
Norma F. Shafer, age 76, of Marion, passed away at 12:15 p.m. Friday, August 5, 2011, at home. Norma was born on September 14, 1934, in Huntington County to Lester and Thelma Resler. She was a technician at RCA-Thompson Consumer Electronics until her retirement, and was a member of Sunnycrest Methodist Church. Survivors include: three sons, Mark (Becky) Bertram, John...
Jessica D. (Ashbrooke) Rooney
Aug 3, 2011
Jessica D. (Ashbrooke) Rooney, age 27, went to be with Jesus Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Jessica was born on July 5, 1984, in Ft. Knox, Kentucky, the daughter of Clark and Angelika (Sesar) Ashbrooke. She was an auto mechanic for Honda. Jessica enjoyed bowling, collecting toys and being around people. She especially loved spending time with her son and family....
Celia Olive (Ollie) Butts
Aug 3, 2011
Celia Olive (Ollie) Butts, age 92, formerly of Marion, passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2011, in Manassas, Virginia. Celia was born on April 18, 1919, in Terre Haute, Indiana, the daughter of the late Charles and Laura (Pruett) Lawson. She married Russell Butts on December 24, 1935, and he preceded her in death on May 2, 1992. She was a...

Robert Eugene Kidwell
Jul 31, 2011
Robert Eugene Kidwell, age 68, of Marion, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2011, at the Marion General Hospital, Marion. Robert was born on April 4, 1943, in Marion, Indiana, the son of the late Robert and Dorothy (Miller) Kidwell. Robert was a 1961 graduate of Marion High School, a Navy veteran, and a member of the First Pentecostal Church on...
Donna N. Franks
Jul 30, 2011
Donna N. Franks, age 71, of Marion, passed away at 11:05 p.m. Saturday, July 30, 2011, at the Select Hospital, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Donna was born on December 7, 1939, in Leonore, Illinois, the daughter of the late Clarence and Mable (Smith) Sarver. She married Earl Franks, and he survives. Donna retired from United Technologies in Huntington. She was a...
Christopher G. Fensome
Jul 25, 2011
Christopher G. "Chris" Fensome, age 58, of Marion, passed away at 7:53 p.m. Monday, July 25, 2011, at the Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana. Chris was born on January 19, 1953, in Luton, England, the son of the late Alfred and Margaret Fensome. He married Natalie Kidwell and she survives. Chris worked in the deli department at Meijer...
Sara L. Wagner
Jul 24, 2011
Sara L. Wagner, age 69, of Marion, passed away at 12:13 p.m. Sunday, July 24, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Sara was born on June 9, 1942, in Nashville, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Claude and Maude (Kemp) Worley. She married HR Wagner, and he survives. She was a secretary at Marion General Hospital for 35 years,...

Philip M. Tinkle
Jul 22, 2011
Philip M. Tinkle, age 91 passed away Friday July 22, 2011 at Heritage Pointe, Warren, Indiana following an extended illness. He was born in Washington Township, Grant County to the late Orville and Iva (Hawkins) Tinkle. In 1939 he graduated from Van Buren High School. He married Roberta Weaver in 1942. Mr. Tinkle was an Army veteran of WWII, serving...
Ronald Lee Hill
Jul 21, 2011
Ronald Lee Hill, age 49, of Marion, passed away at 10:23 p.m. Thursday, July 21, 2011, at the American Woodmark Plant in Gas City, Indiana. Ronald was born December 4, 1961, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of the late Abb Hill, Jr. and Oreda (Phillips) Murphy. His mother survives. Ronald was a graduate of Heavy Equipment School in 2005. He...
Clarell Nadine (Skinner) Graham
Jul 15, 2011
Mrs. Graham was born the second child of Clarence C. and Gladys (Oden) Skinner on June 29, 1922 in Marion, Indiana. She peacefully passed away in the Marion General Hospital Emergency Department on Friday, July 15, 2011 at 6:15 p.m. Clarell Nadine was a graduate of Sweetser High School Class of 1940. On December 14, 1941, Elwin Graham asked Clarell...

Edgar R. Carpenter
Jul 13, 2011
Edgar R. Carpenter, age 88, passed away at 5:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at Wesleyan Health Care Center, Marion, Indiana. Edgar was born on March 26, 1923, in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of the late Robert and Geneva (Geisel) Carpenter. He married his first wife Judy Popper on September 2, 1944 and she died of cancer in May 1985....
Betty J. Turrie
Jul 13, 2011
Betty J. Turrie, age 89, of Marion, passed away at 2:50 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at the Wesleyan Health Care Center, Marion, Indiana where she had been a resident for many years. Betty was born on June 22, 1922, in Marion, Indiana, the daughter of the late James and Rhonda (Hooper) Matthews. She married Robert "Bob" Turrie, and they...
Rikki L. (Dilts) Shane
Jul 11, 2011
Rikki L. (Dilts) Shane, age 31, of Marion, passed away Monday, July 11, 2011, at the home of her grandmother in Jonesboro. Rikki was born on March 2, 1980, in Marion, Indiana, the daughter of Richard Dilts and the late Kelly Storey. She married Tim Shane on March 7, 2001 and he survives. Rikki was a self-employed cosmetologist. She enjoyed...

Gerry Hardwick Sr
Jul 4, 2011
Gerry Hardwick, Sr., age 53, of Marion, passed away Monday, July 4, 2011, at his home, in Marion, Indiana. Our dearly beloved brother fought a good fight, until the Heavenly Angels escorted him to Heaven. Gerry was born on December 29, 1957, in Birmingham, Alabama, the son of the late David Hardwick and Norma Jean (Tellis) Hardwick. He worked for...
Patricia D. "Pat" Chunn
Jun 17, 2011
Patricia D. "Pat" Chunn, age 74, of Converse, passed away at 2:48 p.m. Friday, June 17, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Pat was born on September 2, 1936, in Marion, Indiana, the daughter of the late Douglas Foreman and Martha (Enyeart) Duncan. She married George Chunn on December 4, 1955, and he survives. Pat was a former...
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