Obituaries

Please submit in writing to our office by 10 a.m. Thursday before the week of publication; be sure to state date of death. Obituaries of archdiocesan priests serving our archdiocese are listed elsewhere in The Criterion. Order priests and religious sisters and brothers are included here, unless they are natives of the archdiocese or have other connections to it; those are separate obituaries on this page.

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APPLEGATE, Mary Jo, 95, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, April 7. Mother of Karen Forsythe, Jean Link, Julie Swarts, Fred and Jeff Miessen. Grandmother of 13. Great-grandmother of 21.

BENSING, William J., 87, St. Mary, New Albany, April 5. Father of Suzanne Julius, Johanna Lively, Julie and Michael Bensing. Brother of Mary Marquet. Grandfather of six. Great-grandfather of four.

BISCHOFF, Constance A., 70, St. Michael, Brookville, April 26. Wife of Ken Bischoff. Mother of Adam and Ryan Bishchoff. Daughter of Jeroma Brown. Sister of Pam Bachus, Dennis, Grover, Jeff and Jon Brown. Grandmother of three.

GRAF, Beverly J., 73, All Saints, Dearborn County, April 13. Mother of Amy Eisele, Angela Weigel and Douglas Graf. Sister of Kenneth Miller. Grandmother of seven.

HELLMICH, Richard L., 88, St. Mary, Greensburg, April 28. Husband of Phyllis Hellmich. Father of Vickie Hellmich-Bozdech, Sue Nitchen, David, Jim, Richard II, Steven, Thomas and Trevor Hellmich and Kyle Scheidler. Brother of Janet Hellmich. Grandfather of 22. Great-grandfather of nine.

KIEFFER, Patricia A., 69, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, April 14. Daughter of Janet Kieffer. Sister of Pamela Adkins, Barbara Dunn and Rita Osbourne. Aunt and great-aunt of several.

KRAFT, Jr., Paul F., 75, St. Mary, New Albany, April 1. Husband of Lysa Kraft. Father of Lauren Pinto, Kayley Seal and Trey Mattingly. Brother of Nancy Molnar, Charles, Joe, John, Kurt and Robert Kraft. Grandfather of one.

KRUER, George, 86, St. John the Baptist, Starlight, March 17. Father of LeAnne Kruer Scott, Mary Kruer Vint and George Kruer III. Brother of Bonnie Kruer Huber. Grandfather of four.

LAMPING, Herbert B., 89, St. Louis, Batesville, April 16. Husband of Mildred Lamping. Father of Sharon Doll, Barb Flodder and Brian Lamping. Brother of Julie Raver, Richard and Steve Lamping. Grandfather of eight. Great-grandfather of 11.

MARTIN, Lorine C., 95, St. Michael, Bradford, March 13. Mother of Cheryl Davidson, Susan Pierson and David Martin. Sister of Mary Ann McElroy and Sharon Newton. Grandmother of seven. Great-grandmother of 15.

MOODY, Constance J., 87, St. Louis, Batesville, April 3. Mother of Vanessa Ellis, Robin and Rory Moody. Grandmother of nine. Great-grandmother of 12.

NOBLE, John H., 84, St. Paul, Tell City, April 23. Husband of Linda Noble. Father of Jerri Clark, Merri Redwanski, Brian and Wesley Noble. Brother of Barbara Kast. Grandfather of seven.

RENSI, Tonya, 60, St. Charles Borromeo, Bloomington, April 10. Wife of Edward Rensi. Mother of Allison and Caroline Rensi. Daughter of Merlin Root. Sister of Kamilla.

ROBBEN, Kathleen N., 83, St. Mary-of-the-Rock, Franklin County, April 16. Mother of Hans, Harry, Herbert and Hugh Robben. Sister of Bob Helmes. Grandmother of 11. Great-grandmother of one.

SCHOETTELKOTTE, Paul, 86, St. Bartholomew, Columbus, April 13. Husband of Mary Schoettelkotte. Father of Shari Moody, Jaclyn Zafirovski and Paul Schoettelkotte. Grandfather of eight.

WALTERMANN, Charles, 84, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Richmond, April 14. Brother of Gertrude Waltermann Cloud. Uncle and great-uncle of several. †