May 27, 2005

Obituaries

† May the souls of the faithfully departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace †

BAILEY, Ruth M., 76, St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, May 18. Wife of Robert C. Bailey. Mother of Sara Lee Browning, Mary Alice Martin and Sanford Bailey. Sister of Bill Oholorogg. Grandmother of four. Great-grandmother of three.

BARNARD, Claude, 89, St. Michael, Bradford, May 11. Husband of Irma (Deatrick) Barnard. Father of Nancy Baker, Sandra Bowling, Claudia Coffey, Debbie, Alex and Jeff Barnard.

BUFFINGTON, Anna, 83, St. John, Osgood, May 6. Mother of Fred and Steve Buffington. Sister of Frank Grimaldi. Grandmother of five. Great-grandmother of one.

CALLIS, Kim Y., 44, St. Luke, Indianapolis, May 7. Daughter of Wilma Jean Lynch. Sister of Darcy Andry. Granddaughter of Mable Cline.

COOK, Mildred Ellen, 52, St. Jude, Indianapolis, May 16. Wife of Robert James Cook. Mother of James Robert Cook. Daughter of Patricia Lawton. Sister of Carlota, Edward, Jasper and Patrick Lawton.

COX, Dixie Jean, 85, St. Rose of Lima, Franklin, May 11. Grandmother of two.

EPSTEEN, Roseann, 80, Good Shepherd, Indianapolis, May 16. Mother of Janice Epsteen, Sharon Hamilton, Annie Stephenson and Patty Wallace. Sister of Patricia Dausch, Margaret Quathamer, Aline and Kathryn Miller. Grandmother of two.

FARISH, Laverne B., 93, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, New Albany, May 3. Mother of Elizabeth Hamilton, Donald, Merlin and Paul Farish. Sister of Bonnie Carter, Lois Schnieder, Inez Watson, Elizabeth Wolfe, Dallas, Edward, John and William Bartley. Grandmother of 16. Great-grandmother of 40. Great-great-grandmother of two.

FORESTAL, JoAnn A.(Wysong), 75, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, May 6. Daughter of Esther Wysong. Sister of Jeri Spaulding.

HAHN, Mary Catherine(McHugh), 81, St. John the Evangelist, Indianapolis, April 17. Mother of Kathy Collins, Mary Jane Felts, Ann Miller, Patty Strother, John and Tim Hahn. Grandmother of 14. Great-grandmother of 16.

LaGROTTO, Enzie L.(Cooney), 80, St. Anne, New Castle, May 14. Mother of Pamela Allexander, Debra Schofield and Douglas Cooney. Sister of Opal Ward Wheeler and Sophia Ward Murray. Grandmother of five. Great-grandmother of four.

LITTELL, John Elton, 55, St. Luke, Indianapolis, May 2. Son of Dorothy Littell. Brother of Gregory Littell.

MAIER, Dorothy A. (Sims), 81, Good Shepherd, Indian­apolis, May 15. Wife of Fred Maier. Mother of Teresa Eversole, George Sears, Joe and Tom Maier. Sister of Doris King. Grandmother of three.

McFARLAN, Corrine, 81, St. Paul, Sellersburg, May 9. Grandmother of three. Great-grandmother of four.

MOELLER, Joan C. (Grote), 80, St. Mark, Indianapolis, May 11. Sister of Mary Theresa Diekhoff.

MORNING, MiEstrella C., 42, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, May 7. Daughter of Yrma Morning. Sister of Reina Kathleen Morning-Ewing, EsTormenta Kelly Morning and William Luther Morning III.

MULLINS, Ruth F., 95, St. Mary, Rushville, May 11.

SCHMIDT, Mary L., 69, St. Anthony of Padua, Clarksville, April 27. Mother of David, Michael and Stephen Schmidt. Sister of Loveda Hilton. Grandmother of five.

SHERRY, Margaret M., 79, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, May 6. Mother of Deborah and Paul Sherry. Sister of Betty Sweeney and John Martin. Grandmother of two.

TYRONE, Anthony G., 81, St. Gabriel, Connersville, May 16. Wife of Helen A. (Subjinske) Tyrone. Father of Kathy Rhodes, Barbara Wiley and Daniel Tyrone. Brother of Rede Vitullo. Grandfather of eight. Great-grandfather of one.

WERNER, Cleopha C., 96, Holy Family, Oldenburg, May 18. Mother of Ellie and Dodie Amberger, Lorene Brancamp, Marty Doll, Regina Lowe, Mary Merkel, Rita Meyer, Theresa Nobbe, Carol Schwegman, Betty Young, Franciscan Sister Cleopha Werner, Charles, Jake, Kenny, Uriel and Virgil Werner. Sister of Rita Bischof, Anna Mae Schneider, John and Louis Bedel. Grandmother of 81. Great-grandmother of 149. Great-great-grandmother of nine. †

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