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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ANDERSON, Frances A., 96, St. Bartholomew, Columbus, Aug. 14. Mother of Patricia Ducharme and Michael Clarke. Grandmother of nine. Great-grandmother of seven.

ANDRESS, Dolores M., 98, St. Bartholomew, Columbus, Aug. 25. Mother of Nancy Hankins, Michael, Stephen and Thomas Andress. Grandmother of 18. Great-grandmother of 28.

ATZHORN, Rosemary, 97, SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi, Greenwood, Sept. 6. Mother of Laura Bushong and Donna Stapinski. Sister of Bill Kulick. Grandmother of six. Great-grandmother of 11.

BARNHORST, Robert S., 85, All Saints, Dearborn County, Aug. 31. Father of Connie Edmundson, Kathy Klump and Joe Barnhorst. Brother of Dr. Donald and John Barnhorst. Grandfather of eight. Great-grandfather of 12.

BATLINER, Bonnie Rae, 86, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyd County, Aug. 26. Mother of Marcia Bowman, Theresa Taylor, Marvin and Steven Batliner. Sister of Betty Sparrow, Darlene Lawyer, Carolyn Story and Harry Bean. Grandmother of nine. Great-grandmother of 13.

BUSCHKOETTER, Brian, 66, St. Vincent de Paul, Shelby County, Aug. 28. Husband of Deborah Buschkoetter. Father of Alicia Prickel, Alex and Austin Buschkoetter. Son of Camilla Buschkoetter. Brother of Brenda Preusz, Bert, Brent and Bruce Buschkoetter. Grandfather of six.

COLLET, Charles J., 84, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Indianapolis, Aug. 29. Husband of Louise Collet. Father of Sarah Ferguson, Emily Huntzinger and Eileen Stanistic. Grandfather of four.

COOPER, Kenneth J., 92, Christ the King, Indianapolis, Aug. 22. Husband of Barbara Cooper. Father of Sue Fowler, Laura Gageby, Ann Guinan, Nancy, Casey and Michael Cooper. Grandfather of 14. Great-grandfather of 10.

DAY, Joyce (Brooks), 81, St. John Paul II, Sellersburg, Aug. 19. Wife of Don Day. Mother of David Brooks, Christopher and Steve Day. Sister of Janice Beyl, Peggy Liebert, Sue Sieveking and Michael Harpe. Grandmother of six. Great-grandmother of two.

ECKERT, Steven R., 67, St. John Paul II, Sellersburg, Aug. 16. Husband of Delores Eckert. Father of Ryan Eckert. Brother of Sandra Bragg, Donna Cunningham, Mary Everage, Sharon Rush and Mark Eckert. Grandfather of several.

EHALT, Roger W., 87, St. Mary, New Albany, May 12. Father of Beth Burks, Terri Summers, Phil and Steve Erhalt and Tim and Tom Hendrickson. Brother of Ruth Ann Banta, Beth Bostock and Ginny Hauswald. Grandfather of 10. Great-grandfather of eight.

FERGUSON, Dan K., 75, Christ the King, Indianapolis, June 1. Brother of Gaila Kraeszig.

GARVEY, Jackie, 100, Christ the King, Indianapolis, Aug. 24. Mother of Francesca, Jean, David, Joseph, Matthew, Michael and Tom. Grandmother of 15. Great-grandmother of 24.

HAUSMAN, Rosemarie R., 92, St. Louis, Batesville, Aug. 29. Mother of Diana Storms and Greg Hausman. Sister of Eugene Walke. Grandmother of five.

HEMPFLING, Louis G., 89, All Saints, Dearborn County, Aug. 24. Father of Ellen Lima, Annette, Loretta, Mary, Ruth, Bernard, Gregory and Michael Hempfling. Grandfather of 13. Great-grandfather of 11.

KELLER, Larry R., 82, St. Gabriel, Connersville, Aug. 16. Husband of Nancy Keller. Father of Marlene Shelley, Andy and Ed Keller. Grandfather of six. Great-grandfather of eight.

KINDLER, Sharalyn E., 78, St. Martin of Tours, Martinsville, Aug. 25. Mother of Sally Baker, Cynthia Jones, Jason Hupe, Daniel and Eric Kindler. Grandmother of eight. Great-grandmother of seven.

LAMPERT, Roseann, 97, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Aurora, Aug. 20. Sister of James Lampert. Aunt, great-aunt and great-great-aunt of several.

LINGG, Joan, 91, St. Gabriel, Connersville, Aug. 19. Mother of Mary Lou Jacobs, Cathy Pfeiffer, Greg, Jeff, Louis, Mike, Steve and Toby Lingg. Sister of Fran. Grandmother of 28. Great-grandmother of 28.

MARENDT, Dave, 76, SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi, Greenwood, Sept. 2. Husband of Deb Marendt. Father of Ali McElwain and Audi Shivers. Brother of Pat Miller and Tom Marendt. Grandfather of two.

MCCORMICK, Roselyn, 81, St. Ambrose, Seymour, Aug. 26. Wife of Jim McCormick. Mother of Jamie Marshall and Jim McCormick. Sister of Bobbe Dubyne. Grandmother of four.

MEYER, Rita A., 81, St. Mary, Greensburg, Aug. 23. Mother of Jenny Gehring, Marcia Kurtz, Marlene Tichenor, Becky Walter, Adam, Steve, Nicholas and Ted Meyer. Sister of Katherine and Marilyn Berkemeier, Carol Bishop, Jean Campfield, Clara Dwenger, Harold, James and Norbert Kramer. Grandmother of 24. Great-grandmother of 32.

MOYER, Martha, 93, St. Mary, Greensburg, Aug. 30. Mother of Kimberly Green, Kelli Simpkins and Kevin Moyer. Grandmother of five. Great-grandmother of eight.

NIGBA, Isabella, 66, Holy Angels, Indianapolis, Aug. 7. Wife of Raymond Nigba. Mother of Bernice Alpha, Christine, Roberta, Aloysius and Korpo Ballah and Nuwah Nigba. Daughter of Martha Lincoln. Sister of Madia Brewer, Martha Gbor, Duwlee Schuster, Ploda Slawon, Kade Strand, Caroline Williams, Ayo, Adams, Alfred, Jacob, Jutieh and Patrick Lincoln. Grandmother of six.

NOVAK, Donald P., 86, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyd County, July 11. Husband of Kay Novak. Father of Sherri Williams, Lisa and Jason Novak. Brother of Debbie Jones, Suzie Romeo, Mary Trost, Louise Williams and Steve Novak. Grandfather of five. Great-grandfather of two.

PFLUM, Joseph M., 87, St. Martin of Tours, Martinsville, Aug. 28. Husband of Jeanne Pflum. Father of Sandra Jordan, Mark and Michael Pflum. Brother of Rosemary Draper and Claire Slick. Grandfather of seven. Great-grandfather of 15.

SPELLACY, Patrick J., 62, St. Michael the Archangel, Indianapolis, Aug. 25. Brother of Kerry Bender, Collen Cline, Meghan MacKelly, Kathleen Scaletty, Mary Clare, Danny, Kevin and Shawn Spellacy. Uncle of several.

STRIEGEL, Carol J., 83, St. Mary, New Albany, Aug. 27. Mother of Teresa Engleman, Angela Harshey, Tom Hendrickson, Jonathan, Kevin and Samuel Striegel. Grandmother of 13. Great-grandmother of several.

TAYLOR, Patricia A., 89, St. Mark the Evangelist, Indianapolis, Aug. 29. Mother of Steve Sleeth. Grandmother of six. Great-grandmother of four.

WILLIAMS, Sandra Jo, 76, St. Malachy, Brownsburg, Aug. 24. Mother of Anthony, Christopher and David Keen. Sister of Shirley Downton and Dennis Owen. Grandmother of 10.

WISMANN, Betty Jean, 92, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Aurora,

Aug. 28. Mother of Lida Jones, Theresa Trowbridge, Susan True, Kathleen Watson, Lisa, J. David, James, Jason, Joseph and Raymond Wismann. Sister of Esther King. Grandmother of 37. Great-grandmother of 65. Great-great-grandmother of 36. Great-great-great-grandmother of two.

ZAHN, Jane E., 94, St. Jude, Indianapolis, Aug. 27. Mother of Jennifer Carmichael, Bethanne Wolfred, Christopher, Kevin and Timothy Zahn. Grandmother of nine. Great-grandmother of seven. †