West Terre Haute, IN. Obituaries

Mar 25, 2017

Michael Paul Baker, 57, ofTerre Haute, passed away March 25, 2017. He was born July 12, 1959 in Logansport, IN, the son of Daniel and Laura Baker. He graduated from Delphi HS class of 1977, attended Indiana State University and graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Social Work. He obtained his Masters of Social Work in 2002...

Mar 24, 2017

BriLeigh Dawn Michelle "Mimi" Taylor, 15, of West Terre Haute passed away Friday March 24, 2017 after a lifelong battle with epilepsy and cardiac issues known as Lennox Gestaut Syndrome. She was born October 17, 2001 in Sullivan, IN. Survivors include: Her Mother Brenda Jo Taylor Soinsky; her father Brooks Bogard; two sisters Nichole Stockwell and Lillee Taylor; three...

Mar 24, 2017

Delbert O. "Sam" Edington, 77, of Terre Haute, IN formerly of Newport News, VA passed away at 10:59 p.m. Friday March 24, 2017 in Terre Haute Regional Hospital. He was born May 8, 1939 in Vigo County, IN to Carl Edington and Rhoda Roberts Edington. Survivors include: His wife Geraldine Hill Edington; one daughter Michele DeFelice and her husband...

Mar 15, 2017

David Pierce Ridenour, son, brother, husband, father, friend and mentor, passed away on Wednesday, March 15th. He was 78 years old. He was born to Howard Felton Ridenour and Mary Marceline Bell Ridenour on February 7th, 1939 in Terre Haute, Indiana.

David is survived by his mother, Marceline Ridenour, his brother Gene Ridenour, sister Marcia Ridenour Scamihorn,...

Mar 15, 2017

John "Arley" Price Sr., 79, of Terre Haute passed away peacefully at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday March 15, 2017 in Westminister Village at Terre Haute. He was born November 12, 1937 in Vigo County, IN to John C. Price and Nellie M. Sullivan Price. His wife, Patricia Jayne Sullivan Price whom he married on August 15, 1958 in Carbondale, IL...

Mar 12, 2017

Darrell Wade Bales, 55, of Sandford, IN passed away unexpectedly at 9:43 a.m. Sunday March 12, 2017 in Union Hospital. He was a truck driver for Jones and Sons Concrete and Masonary Products at Terre Haute. He was born July 29, 1961 at Terre Haute to Ronald H. Bales and Marilyn Kelsheimer Bales. Survivors include: His companion and the...

Mar 12, 2017

Gerald L. "Gabe" Auterson, 76, of Terre Haute passed away at 7:45 p.m. Sunday March 12, 2017 in Springhill Village at Terre Haute. He retired as a mechanical specialist from McDonald Douglas/Boeing after many years of service. He was born March 8, 1941 in Terre Haute to Robert Allen Auterson and Bonnie Marie Fleming Auterson. Survivors include: a brother...

Mar 8, 2017

Betty Lou Elder, 95, of Terre Haute, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2017 in her residence with her family by her side. She was born October 6, 1921 in West Terre Haute, IN., to John Virgil Fuller and Myrtle A. Williams Fuller. Betty was a devout Christian and read her bible daily. She had been a member of the...

Mar 6, 2017

Michael David Young, 47, of West Terre Haute passed away 5:09 a.m. Monday March 6, 2017 in Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. He was the head mechanic at Burger Chrysler in Terre Haute with twenty five years of service. He was born July 7, 1969 in Terre Haute to Jack D. Young and Illa V. "Ronnie" Crook Young. Survivors...

Mar 5, 2017

Nancy Sharon Hedden Michaels, 74, of Sandford, IN passed away at 1:34 a.m. Sunday March 5, 2017 in Union Hospital at Terre Haute. She was born November 4, 1942 in Terre Haute to Harry Charles Hedden and Frances May Washburn Hedden. Her Husband, Joe Earl Michaels whom she married on June 6, 1959 preceded her in death on June...

Mar 3, 2017

Kevin Willard Lee Sollars, 40, of West Terre Haute was taken far too soon to join our Lord in Heaven on Friday March 3, 2017. He was a loving and devoted husband, son, father, brother, and friend. Kevin was a heavy equipment operator for the Local Union 841 Operating Engineers since 1997. He loved his family and children. Kevin...

Feb 28, 2017

Robert A. "Bob" Burns, 63, of Terre Haute passed away unexpectedly Tuesday February 28, 2017 in his home. He was retired from Ampacet at Terre Haute after nearly forty years of service. He was born June 12, 1953 at Terre Haute to Robert Clifton Burns and Dorothy Ruth Pearson Burns. Survivors include: four children Christopher E. Burns and his...

Feb 26, 2017

Gary Alan Hojem, 65, of Dennison, IL passed away peacefully Sunday February 26, 2017 in his home. He retired from Bemis at Terre Haute after many years of service. He was born January 2, 1952 in Terre Haute to Vernon Hojem and Arlena " Marge" Minnich Hojem. Survivors include: His Wife of forty four years, Diana Barkley Hojem; two...

Feb 24, 2017

Judy Lynn Dunham, 61, of Jasonville, IN formerly of Terre Haute passed away at 10:15 p.m. Friday February 24, 2017 in her home. She retired from the Vigo County School Corporation as a cafeteria manager for Woodrow Wilson and Meadows Elementary Schools from 1995 to 2015. She was born June 17, 1955 at Mattoon, IL to Ellison Hunt and...

Feb 20, 2017

Shirley L. Lake, 74, of West Terre Haute, passed away at 5:55pm Monday, February 20, 2017 in Westminster Village Health and Rehabilitation in Terre Haute. Shirley retired from Pauline Lake's Beauty Salon, where she had owned and was a beautician for many years. She was born June 22, 1942 in Bristol, VA. to Wiley Hicks and Onetha Leonard Hicks....

Feb 16, 2017

Wanda R. Cooper, 78, of Terre Haute formerly of West Terre Haute passed away at 2:42 p.m. Thursday February 16, 2017 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. She had been employed with Columbia Records in the Quality Control department. She was born September 25, 1938 in West Terre Haute to Joseph Francis Robinson and Rose Ellen Swickard Robinson. Survivors...

Feb 15, 2017

Janet Sue Layton Gill, 55, of Terre Haute passed away at 11:23 p.m. Wednesday February 15, 2017 in Union Hospital. She was born August 16, 1961 to Dean A. Layton and Lucy M. Cox Layton. Survivors include: Her Husband Wyatt Anthony "Tony" Gill whom she married on July 30, 1999; her mother Lucy Layton of West Terre Haute; three...

Feb 13, 2017

James "Jim" Lewis Perkins, 84, of West Terre Haute, IN passed away Monday February 13, 2017 in his residence. He was born May 7, 1932 in Hamilton, OH to John R. and Ada Godden Perkins. Jim married June R. French Perkins in 1958. She preceded him in death on July 14, 2015. After the death on his mother when...

Feb 8, 2017

Edith Irene Houser, 85, of Clinton, IN passed away at 4:55 p.m. Wednesday February 8, 2017 in her daughter's residence in Clinton. She worked many years as an inspector at Midland Glass Company at Terre Haute. She was born March 14, 1931 in Palestine, IL to Martin Murdock and Mabel Thomas Murdock. She was preceded in death by her...

Feb 8, 2017

PAUL CLIFTON FOWLER, died at Westminster Village in Terre Haute, IN on February 8, 2017, one day shy of his 95th birthday. He was born February 9, 1922 in Hastings, Nebraska to Thomas and Esther Fowler.

He is survived by his daughters Mary Pickens (Gary) and Barbara Fowler; grandchildren Emily Pickens (Matthew Thornton), Megan Pickens (John Laroe),...