March 24, 2023

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.

Submit an obituary here (parishes and funeral homes only)

BALENTINE, Norma Jean, 85, St. John Paul II, Sellersburg, March 3. Mother of Shirley Baumann, Kathy Montgomery and Sandy Wilson. Sister of Martha Lozier and Joanie Worrall. Grandmother of eight. Great-grandmother of 13. Great-great-grandmother of one.

BANICH, Jo Ann, 62, St. Michael the Archangel, Indianapolis, Feb. 21. Sister of Joseph Banich. Aunt and great-aunt of several.

BENNETT, Mary K., 75, St. Jude, Indianapolis, March 6. Mother of Laura Memmer and Barbara Raymond. Sister of Donald Kilmark. Grandmother of two.

BLUE, James E., 70, St. Paul, Tell City, Feb. 26. Son of Jean Blue. Brother of Patty Dixon and Jeff Blue. Uncle and great-uncle of several.

BRINKSNEADER, Norma Jean (Genet), 87, St. Paul, Tell City, March 8. Mother of Vicki Schaefer and Mark Brinksneader. Sister of Clarence, Doyle and Jerry Genet. Grandmother of four. Great-grandmother of five.

BUCKLER, Karolyn, 73, St. Gabriel, Connersville, March 1. Mother of Christopher Buckler. Sister of Kristine Reed and Kathy Sanford. Grandmother of two.

DARLING, Patricia M., 79, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, March 11. Mother of Joe and Thomas Darling. Sister of Carol Walker and James Patterson. Grandmother of four. Great-grandmother of one.

ENDRES, David, 80, SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi, Greenwood, Feb. 28. Husband of Eileen Endres. Father of Darleen Rivas and Erik Endres. Brother of Maryann Gosda, Marlene Sveum-Rutz, Carol, Kenneth, Leo, Paul and Richard Endres. Grandfather of several.

GLENN, Barbara, 95, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, March 11. Mother of Kathleen Rogers. Stepmother of Robert Glenn. Grandmother of 10. Great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother of several.

GRAF, Marcella L. (Kirchgessner), 89, St. John Paul II, Sellersburg, March 4. Mother of Becky Mayfield, Ray and Rick Graf. Sister of Millie Fessel, Martha Rhoades and Al Kirchgessner. Grandmother of 10. Great-grandmother of eight.

KOENIG, Marcella, 101, St. Luke the Evangelist, Indianapolis, March 3. Mother of Beth Hernly and Abbe Hohmann. Grandmother of two.

MEYER, Elisabeth A., 95, St. Mary, Greensburg, March 11. Mother of Dorine Bruns, Carol Effron, Virginia Gordon, Richard and Stephen Meyer. Grandmother of eight. Great-grandmother of 11.

MILLER, Marcella E., 92, St. Louis, Batesville, Feb. 28. Mother of Pam Nordmeyer, Tom and Scott Miller. Grandmother of five. Great-grandmother of two.

MOLLAUN, Marian, 93, St. Louis, Batesville, March 13. Mother of Kim Mollaun-Smith, Pam and Sam Mollaun. Grandmother of five. Great-grandmother of 11.

REINHARDT, Marge L., 74, St. Luke the Evangelist, Indianapolis, Feb. 28. Mother of Marriann and Kenneth Reinhardt. Sister of Patricia Kapinski. Grandmother of one.

RUTLEDGE, Mary, 90, St. Michael the Archangel, Indianapolis, March 9. Mother of Kathy Crecelius and Steve Rutledge. Grandmother of two.

SIDEREWICZ, William F., 87, St. Martin of Tours, Martinsville, March 7. Husband of Marilyn Siderewicz. Father of Suzie Lipps and Joseph Siderewicz. Brother of Kathy Rochoviak and Thomas Siderewicz. Grandfather of four. Great-grandfather of two.

TOSICK, Michael J., 78, St. Paul, Bloomington, Jan. 17. Husband of Janet Tosick. Father of Anna, John and Michael Tosick. Brother of Marianne Udagama and Bill Tosick. Grandfather of five.

TURNER, Mildred A., 92, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Feb. 28. Mother of Anne Massing, Mary Moore, Rose, Brett, Dave, Ric and Tim Turner. Grandmother of 16. Great-grandmother of 18.

WHEELER, Janet, 81, St. Paul, Tell City, March 8. Mother of Jennifer Simpson, Chris, Jeffrey and Jerry Wheeler. Sister of Steve Wills. Grandmother of six. Great-grandmother of four.

WILHELM, Adele F., 88, St. Louis, Batesville, March 8. Wife of Arthur Wilhelm. Mother of Amy Lawson and Jeffrey Wilhelm. Sister of Margretta Huster and Charlotte Wittekind Schoenberger. Grandmother of two.†

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