April 24, 2007

Barbara Canada
Barbara Canada, 57, of Dabney passed away Saturday, April 21, 2007 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Carmel. She was born at Madison on June 11, 1949 the daughter of Charles Raymond and Mary Belle Hawkins Turner. She was married to Larry Canada on June 29, 1985 and he survives.
Other survivors include one daughter Christy Scoggins and her husband Steve of Holton, one son Donald Clark, Jr. and his wife Rhonda of Holton; stepsons Randy Canada and his wife Brenda of Mt. Vernon, Bill Canada and Jennifer of Princeton, North Carolina, Jerry and Carrie Canada of Lafayette, and Tim and Gwen Canada of Madison; 13 grandchildren, two brothers, Randy Turner and his wife Donna of Vevay, Terry Turner and Luann of Rising Sun; three sisters, Sherry Griffin of LaGrange, Kentucky, Donna Herald and her husband Doug of Burlington, Kentucky, and Janice and James Bales of Tell City.
Mrs. Canada was a member of the New Life Pentecostal Church in North Vernon. She was formerly employed with US Shoe in Osgood and Madison and also with Delta Faucet in Greensburg.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 25 at 11:00 a.m. at the Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home in Versailles. Burial will be in the Dabney Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5-8:00 p.m.
Memorials may be given to the donor’s choice. Online condolences available at skfuneralhome.com.

Winifred "Winnie" J. Sidebottom
Winifred "Winnie" J. Sidebottom, 79, of Dillsboro passed away Thursday, April 19, 2007 at her residence. She was born at Kingston on Thames, Surrey, England on July 5, 1927 the daughter of Harry and Annie Louise Trussler, both deceased. She married Russell L. Sidebottom and he preceded her in death.
Survivors include son Gary Sidebottom of Burlington, KY; daughter Teresa and husband Mike Taylor of Overland Park, KS; companion Arnold Rump; brother Ray Trussler; twelve grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by daughters Rebecca Greenwell and Linda Anderson; sister Olive Topple; and brothers Reginald and Ron Trussler.
Mrs. Sidebottom was a homemaker.
Funeral services were held Monday, April 23 at the Ulrich Filter DeVries Funeral Home in Dillsboro. Burial was in the Oakdale Cemetery, Dillsboro.

Frank C. Martin
Frank C. Martin, 83, of Morris passed away Friday, April 20, 2007 at Hospitality Hall in Batesville.
Weigel Funeral Home in Batesville was in charge of arrangements.

Mary Ann Werner
Mary Ann Werner, 72, of Batesville passed away Friday, April 20, 2007 at St. Andrew’s Health Campus in Batesville.
Funeral services will be held today, Tuesday, April 24 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Anthony’s church in Morris. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

April 17, 2007

Margaret Vanosdol
Margaret Vanosdol, 81, of Holton passed away Sunday, April 15, 2007 at her residence. She was born near New Marion on January 17, 1926 the daughter of Alexander and Mary Alice Stagg Miller. She was married to Woodrow Vanosdol on July 4, 1975 and he survives.
Other survivors include three sons, Robert Dobbs of Pulaski, Tennessee, Joe Dobbs of Batesville, and Roy Dobbs of New Marion; one daughter Mary Nealis of Holton; two stepsons, John Vanosdol of Knightstown, Wayne Vanosdol of Holton; two stepdaughters, Linda Bustle of Holton and Brenda Sizemore of Osgood; nine grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, 13 step-grandchildren and nine step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Charles Miller and Albert Miller, her sister Virginia Bradford, one grandchild, one great-grandchild, and two step-grandchildren.
Mrs. Vanosdol was retired from Reliance Electric in Madison.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 19 at 11:00 a.m. at the Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home in Versailles with Rev. Charles Cole of the Dabney Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Hopewell Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5-8:00 p.m.
Memorials may be given to the Hopewell Cemetery in care of the funeral home. Online condolences available at skfuneralhome.com.

Ethel Louise Schrader
Ethel Louise Schrader, 97, of Batesville, died Thursday, April 12, 2007 at St. Andrews Health Care.
Visitation will be Friday, April 20 from 4-8:00 p.m. at Meyers Funeral Home, 500 W. Pearl Street, Batesville, and on Saturday from 10-11:00 a.m. at Adams Lutheran Church in Batesville. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 21 at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. William Powlen officiating. Burial will be in the St. Paul Cemetery, Sunman.

Ann Kemker
Ann Kemker, of Moores Hill, passed away Monday, April 16, 2007.
Funeral arrangements are pending at the Sibbett-Moore Funeral Home, Moores Hill.

April 10, 2007

Ray Noble Cooper
Ray Noble Cooper, 74, of Milan, died Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at his residence. He was born December 11, 1932 at Knifely, KY, the son of William Monroe and Della Ann Williams Cooper. He married Martha Inman on June 25, 1955 and she survives.
Survivors also include daughters Deborah and husband James Collier of Batesville; Patricia and Steve McKim of Moores Hill; Sharon and Joe Deaton, Raydean and Jeff Ingram and Joyce and Joe Wismann, all of Milan; 13 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and one sister.
Mr. Cooper was a retired burner and welder for AR Industries in Cincinnati, OH. He served as pastor and assistant pastor of the Negangard Freewill Baptist Church for many years. Mr. Cooper was a member of the F&AM and Scottish Rite, and was a Kentucky Colonel.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, April 7 at the Negangard Freewill Baptist Church with Brother Paul Anderson and Brother Gary Lovett officiating. Burial was in the New Craven Cemetery in Milan.
Laws-Carr-Moore Funeral Home in Milan was in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be given to the Negangard Corner Freewill Baptist Church.

Kim Heidorn
Kim Heidorn, 48, of Versailles passed away Sunday, April 8, 2007 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born at Batesville on February 1, 1959 the son of William and Jane Franks Heidorn. He was married to Mary Wingate on April 13, 1991 and she survives.
Other survivors include his father William Heidorn of Delaware; mother-in-law Frances Wingate of Holton; sons Jamie and Josh of Lawrenceburg and Kyle Heidorn of Columbus; daughter Tiffany of Lawrenceburg; step-daughters Christie Beverly of North Carolina and Brittany Beverly of Versailles; several brothers and sisters.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 12 at 11:00 a.m. at the Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home in Versailles with Rev. Charles Cole of the Dabney Baptist Church officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until time of services.
Memorials may be given to the donors choice. Online condolences available at skfuneralhome.com.

Pearl N. Lauber
Pearl N. Narwold Lauber, 82, of Anderson, formerly of Batesville, passed away Thursday, April 5, 2007.
Loose Funeral Homes in Anderson was in charge of arrangements.

Keith Eugene Miller
Keith Eugene Miller, 75, of Batesville, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at the Columbus Regional Hospital.
Meyers Funeral Home in Batesville was in charge of arrangements.

John Kimla
John Kimla, 35, of Versailles, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2007.
Laws-Carr-Moore Funeral Home in Milan was in charge of arrangements.

Mildred Aldean Demaree
Mildred Aldean Demaree, 92, of Dillsboro passed away Thursday, April 5, 2007 at the Waters at Dillsboro. She was born near Cross Plains on October 7, 1912 the daughter of Vaughn and Anna Kinett Hallgarth.
Survivors include three daughters, Jean Sneed and her husband Louis of Dillsboro, Joyce Marshall of Frankfort, Illinois, and Wanda Fuller and her husband John of St. Clair, Missouri; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; one sister Hattie Andrews of Salk City, Wisconsin; three half-brothers, Jackie Gene Hallgarth and David Hallgarth both of Lovett, Texas, and Durwin Hallgarth of Hanover.
She was preceded in death by her parents, daughters Martha and Carolyn, sisters Helen Webster and Evelyn Huntington, brothers Robert, Clayton, and Lloyd Hallgarth, and half-sisters Margaret Clayton, Virginia Prickett, and Elizabeth Ann Hallgarth.
Mrs. Demaree was a homemaker and was formerly employed at the Odd Fellows Home in Greensburg.
Funeral services were held Saturday, April 7 at the Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home in Versailles with Randy Thieman officiating. Burial was in the Benham Cemetery.
Memorials may be given to the Benham Cemetery in care of the funeral home.

Sada Karin Wolters
Sada Karin Wolters, 54, of Osgood passed away Thursday, April 5, 2007 at her residence. She was born at Seco, Kentucky on May 13, 1952 the daughter of Clayton and Letha Ann Jarrett Collins and they survive. She married Harry Wolters and he also survives.
Survivors also include son Stephen Billington; daughter Stephanie Billington; brothers Samuel Collins of Bright; Fred Collins of Sunman and Billy Collins of Oldenburg; sisters Joan Collins of Florida; Tammy Walters of Osgood and Melinda Wolber of St. Peters; and grandson Christopher Billington.
Mrs. Wolters was a member of the Bethany Baptist Church.
Private funeral services will be held today, Tuesday, April 10 at 11:00 a.m. at the Laws-Carr-Moore Funeral Home in Milan with Rev. Mike Cammack officiating. Burial will be in the St. Peters Catholic Cemetery at St. Peters.
Memorials may be given to the cancer fund.

Charles Hall, Jr.
Charles Hall, Jr., 66, of Moores Hill passed away Friday, April 6, 2007 at his residence. He was born in Ohio County on January 19, 1941 the son of Charles and Mary Louise Webster Hall. He married Joann Ballard and later Betty Kittle.
Survivors include his wife Betty of Moores Hill; mother Mary Hall of Moores Hill; son Charles and wife Kim Hall of Bellfountain, OH; daughter Melissa and husband Rudy Brown of Xenia, OH; stepdaughter Robin and husband Loftie Hensley of Ecksmanville, OH; brothers Jerry of Madison, Kenny of Friendship and Denver Hall of Moores Hill; sisters Connie Wright of Aurora and Debbie Watson of Rushville; six grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; one great-grandchild; several nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
He was preceded in death by his father, Charles H. Hall, Sr.
Mr. Hall was a truck driver for Watkins Motor Lines. He was a member of the Holmes Hill Church of Christ.
Visitation will be today, Tuesday, April 10 from 6-9:00 p.m. at the Sibbett-Moore Funeral Home in Moores Hill. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 11 at 11:00 a.m. at the Holmes Hill Church of Christ near Aurora with Rev. Brent Wright officiating. Burial will be in the Cedar Hedge Cemetery at Rising Sun.
Memorials may be given to the family.

April 3, 2007

Bernice Palmer
Bernice Palmer, 88, of Holton passed away Friday, March 30, 2007 at the south Central Indiana Hospice in Columbus. She was born near Holton on September 6, 1918 the daughter of James and Susie Bliton Beach. She was married to Lowell Palmer on October 10, 1936 and he preceded her in death on May 30, 1972.
Survivors include three daughters, Alma Addison of Cleves, OH, Leta Palmer of Holton, and Brenda Luke and her husband Dennis of Dabney; 13 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren, and nine great-great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by her parents, daughters Rita Allen and Glenna Land, brothers Melvin, Henry, and Wilbur Beach, and her sisters Madge Schlotman, Edna Rose, and Thelma Bostic.
Mrs. Palmer was a homemaker and a member of the Dabney Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 4 at 11:00 a.m. at the Dabney Baptist Church with Rev. Charles Cole officiating. Burial will be in the Cliff Hill Cemetery in Versailles. Visitation will be today, Tuesday, April 3 from 5-8:00 p.m. at the Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home in Versailles and from 10-11:00 a.m. Wednesday at the church.
Memorials may be given to the Dabney Baptist church in care of the funeral home.
Online condolences available at skfuneralhome.com.

Lonnie E. Nickell
Lonnie E. Nickell, 72, of Indianapolis, passed away Saturday, March 31, 2007, at the Manorcare Summer Trace Nursing Home in Carmel. He was born at Syracuse, NY on August 10, 1934, the son of Garvin and Mae Craft Nickell, both deceased. He married Arline Wagner on March 26, 1963 and she survives.
Mr. Nickell was a veteran of the Korean War. He worked as a millwright foreman at Penn Central for eleven years, and then as a millwright at Navistar for 25 years, retiring in 1998.
Survivors also include daughters April and husband Eric Mullin of Osgood; Yvonne and Joseph Conway of Valparaiso; Gwendolyn and Monty Hammons of Fishers and Cassy Nickell of Indianapolis; stepdaughters Maxine and husband Randy Grosch of Highland Heights, KY and Marsha and Greg Herringer of Melbourne, KY; grandchildren Darrin Grosch; Jerry Merrill; Gina and husband Craig Rittenger; Brittany and Morgan Mullin; Katherine, Quinn and Emily Conway; Tyler, Kaemon and Lindsey Hammons; and, Matthew and Joshua Donaldson; two great-grandchildren Joshua and Noah Rittenger; sisters Phyllis Broughton of Indianapolis; Lois and husband Tom Warfield and Janice Smith all of Versailles; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by stepson Jerome Merrill; brother and sister-in-law John and Ann Nickell; and brothers-in-law Larry Smith and Bill Broughton.
Visitation will be today, Tuesday, April 3 from 5-8:00 p.m. at Neal’s Funeral Home in Osgood. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 4 at 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mud Pike Cemetery, Osgood.
Memorials may be given to the American Heart Association, Kidney or Diabetes Foundation.

Catherine Schweikert
Catherine Schweikert, 74, of Cincinnati, OH, passed away Sunday, April 1, 2007 at her residence.
Arrangements are pending at Laws-Carr-Moore Funeral Home in Milan.

William E. "Bill" Harris
William E. "Bill" Harris, 86, of Madisonville, KY, formerly of Switz City, passed away Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at his residence.
Barnett Strother Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Jesse Shoopman
Jesse Shoopman, 81, of Greensburg, passed away Saturday, March 31, 2007 at the Odd Fellows Home in Greensburg.
Visitation will be Wednesday, April 4 from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at Meyers Funeral Home, 500 W. Pearl Street, Batesville. Funeral services will immediately follow at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Rossburg Cemetery in New Point.