West Terre Haute, IN. Obituaries

Jun 18, 2017

Chester B. "Chet" Gabbard, 94, of Terre Haute passed away at 12:35 a.m. Sunday June 18, 2017 in Meadows Manor East in Terre Haute. He retired as a building and bridge forman for the SOO Line Railroad after many years of service. Prior to that he had been a landscaper for Bunch's Nursery at Terre Haute for many years...

Jun 18, 2017

Patricia Darlene "Patty" Carter, 73, of West Terre Haute went to be with the Lord at 5:00 a.m. Sunday June 18, 2017 from her home surrounded by her family after a short battle with cancer. She was born November 19, 1943 in Terre Haute to Willard Meeks and Emma jean Fields Meeks. Survivors include: Her Husband of fifty eight...

Jun 13, 2017

Linda S. Amburgey, 69, of West Terre Haute passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her family at 9:48 p.m. Tuesday June 13, 2017 after a lengthy illness. For many years she assisted with the operation of Amburgey Auto Sales and Body Shop. She was born November 18, 1947 in Vigo County, IN to Raymond Hoffman and Mary...

Jun 12, 2017

Brenda B. Lowe, 76, of West Terre Haute passed away at 4:59 a.m. Monday June 12, 2017 in the Union Hospital Emergency Room. She was born December 29, 1940 at Blue Island, IL to Frank Kramer and Winifred Connor Kramer. Survivors include: Her Husband of fifty seven years, Pastor David Lowe whom she married on August 25, 1959; four...

Jun 10, 2017

Rex Harold Walters, 71, of West Terre Haute passed away at 4:30 a.m. Saturday June 10, 2017 in his home. He was born November 24, 1945 at Chic ago, IL to Rex Leon Walters and Ruby Jeffers Walters. Survivors include: His wife of forty years, Frances Pennell Walters whom he married on June 20, 1976; four children Clifton Thompson,...

Jun 3, 2017

Gunner Wayne Pearce, age 2 weeks, passed away Saturday June 3, 2017 in Riley's Childrens Hospital at Indianapolis. He was born May 23, 2017 at Terre Haute to Alexis Pearce. Survivors include: his parents of Terre Haute; a brother Hunter McKee; Grandparents David and Lynn Utterback; great grandparents Ron and Mary Luttrell and Bill and Rae Fiscus; aunts and...

May 28, 2017

Ruth Ann Jones, 74, of Montezuma, passed away Sunday May 28, 2017, in her residence surrounded by family and friends. She was born in Terre Haute on June 2, 1942 to Curtis John Eisman, Sr. and Rosea Masters Eisman. She married David Lee Jones April 29, 1978 in Terre Haute and he survives.

Other survivors include sons...

May 27, 2017

Daniel Lee Watkins, 62, of Terre Haute passed away at 5:40 a.m. Saturday May 27, 2017 in Signature Healthcare at Terre Haute. He was born December 7, 1954 in Cherokee, IA to Alvin W. Watkins and Velda Rae Morton Watkins. Survivors include: a daughter Amanda Watkins of Mascoutah, IL; two sisters Norma Couldry of West Terre Haute and Emily...

May 26, 2017

Roger Dale White, 73, of West Terre Haute passed away at 11:45 p.m. Friday May 26, 2017 in his home. He retired from the Knights Of Columbus where took care of maintence for many years. He was born June 20, 1943 at Vigo County, IN to William Henry White and Mary Leona Oricks White Tucker. Survivors include: his best...

May 20, 2017

Lucille Mae Strole, 88, of West Terre Haute passed away peacefully at 1:30 a.m. Saturday May 20, 2017 in Providence Healthcare at St. Mary of the Woods, IN. She was born on July 26, 1928 in Dugger, IN to Edward Washington Williams and Daisey Mae Hudson Williams. She and her family moved to the New Goshen area as a...

May 16, 2017

On Tuesday May 16th 2017, the world lost a colorful personality when Michael Alan Fritts passed away. Mike fought a 15 month long battle with cancer - on his own terms.

Born on June 18th 1947, Frank & Ruth Fritts became first time parents to a blue eyed baby boy. They brought Mike to their farm in...

May 13, 2017

Aaron Michael Lee, 23, of Ft. Wayne, Indiana passed away Saturday May 13, 2017 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on I70 in West Terre Haute which also took the lives of his father Brian Lee and Brian's companion Stephanie Swaim. Aaron was a student at IPFW (Indiana Purdue Ft. Wayne) where he was close to receiving his...

May 13, 2017

Brian Eugene Lee, 48, of West Terre Haute passed away Saturday May 13, 2017 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on I70 in West Terre Haute which also took the lives of his son Aaron Lee and his companion Stephanie Swaim. Brian was a press operator for over twenty years at Bemis Corporation in Terre Haute. He was...

May 13, 2017

Freda Mae Fisher, 69, of Terre Haute passed away at 8:50 a.m. Saturday May 13, 2017 in her home. She had been employed as a certified nurses assistant for the Sisters of Providence for several years and later was employed with Hoosier Handpack. She was born July 27, 1947 at Terre Haute. Survivors include: Her Companion Gene Morris; two...

May 12, 2017

Mary Frances Beams Gadberry, 77, of Terre Haute passed away Friday May 12, 2017 in Kindred Hospital South at Indianapolis, Indiana. She had been a clerk for the Vigo County Court System for many years and later retired as a clerk from the Court Of Appeals at Indianapolis. She was born August 15, 1939 in Terre Haute to Vernon...

May 10, 2017

Father Bernard Head, 89, of St. Mary Of The Woods, IN passed away peacefully at 2:20 a.m. Wednesday May 10, 2017 at Providence Healthcare at St. Mary Of The Woods. He was born on September 2, 1927 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Bernard Head Sr. and Evelyn Bridgins Head. His education began at Cathedral Grade School in Indianapolis and, with...

May 7, 2017

Robert Bryan Wallace, 47, of Terre Haute passed away Sunday Morning May 7, 2017 at his home of an apparent heart attack. He was a carpenter and independent contractor for many years. He was born July 15, 1969 at Clinton, IN. Survivors include: His Wife, Jonie Hunter; a daughter Arielle Huey; a granddaughter Eden Wilson whom was the light...

May 5, 2017

Betty Florence Alcorn, 86, of West Terre Haute passed away at 10:02 a.m. Friday May 5, 2017 in Union Hospital at Terre Haute. She retired from Indiana State University after twenty nine years of service where she worked in Current Periodicals department in the student library. She had previously been employed with the Vigo County Parks Department where she...

May 3, 2017

Ruth Ellen Murden, 100, of West Terre Haute passed away peacefully at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday May 3, 2017 in Clinton Gardens at Clinton, Indiana. She was born in St. Mary Of The Woods, Indiana to Lee Roy Smith and Madge Ruth Rodgers Smith on March 27, 1917 and raised on the family farm with her sisters, Rosemary and Caryl...

Apr 27, 2017

Dorothea Rose Marie "Dottie" Dunlap, 89, of Terre Haute passed away at 1:40 p.m. Thursday April 27, 2017 in the Life's Journey Senior Living Memory Care at Paris, IL. She retired as a Home Economics Teacher from the Vigo County School Corporation after many years of service having taught at West Vigo High School and Terre Haute South Vigo...