OBITUARIES
West Terre Haute, IN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for West Terre Haute & Vigo County, IN.
Pauline Parker
Jul 18, 2017
Pauline Parker, 90, of West Terre Haute passed away at 9:50 p.m. Tuesday July 18, 2017 in her son's home surrounded by family. She was born May 12, 1927 at Oaktown, IN to William VanPatten and Jean Joyce VanPatten. She was preceded in death by her husband John A. Parker in 1985. Survivors include: two sons Dennis L. Parker...
Samuel Louis Lowe
Jul 15, 2017
Samuel Louis Lowe, 89, of Terre Haute passed away Saturday July 15, 2017 in his home. He was born September 22, 1927 in Vigo County, IN to Albert Lowe and Lela Guess Lowe. He was preceded in death by his wife Kathy Lowe. Survivors include a brother Charley E. Lowe of Youngstown, IN; a sister Theodora P. Orndorff of...
Mary Ann Day
Jul 14, 2017
Mary Ann Day, 69, of West Terre Haute passed away at 4:44 a.m. Friday July 14, 2017 in Cobblestone Crossing Health Campus. She was born June 8, 1948 at Terre Haute to Dallas "Tex" Day and Grace Delores Schaffer Day. Mary Ann was a graduate of West Vigo High School Class of 1966. She received her Bachelor's degree and...
Larry Reed Faulkner
Jul 1, 2017
Larry Reed Faulkner, 65, of West Terre Haute passed away unexpectedly on Saturday July 1, 2017 in his home. He was born October 13, 1951. Larry was a dedicated Veteran of the United States Marine Corps and a veteran of the Vietnam War Era. His passion was playing bingo and the lottery. Larry was liked by everyone he met...
Andrew Wayne Johnson
Jul 1, 2017
Andrew Wayne Johnson, 24, of Terre Haute passed away Saturday July 1, 2017 in his home. He was born September 9, 1992 at Terre Haute to Daniel Joseph "Danny" Johnson and Betty L. Brown Johnson. Survivors include: his parents; two brothers Daniel Joseph Johnson II and his companion Kerry Prouse and Christopher Lee Johnson; a sister Sarahmarie Louise Johnson...
Richard E. Bracken
Jun 29, 2017
Richard E. "Rick" Bracken, 60, of Terre Haute passed away at 4:50 a.m. Thursday June 29, 2017 in Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation Center at Terre Haute. He was born October 21, 1956 in Terre Haute to Richard L. Bracken and Virginia Fisher Bracken. Survivors include: two sisters Judith Cheesman and Dian Menke and her husband Gary all of...
Dora M. Mcgranahan
Jun 26, 2017
Dora M. McGranahan, 75, of Terre Haute passed away at 5:30 p.m. Monday June 26, 2017 in Signature Healthcare at Terre Haute. She was born July 1, 1941 in Vigo County, In. She was preceded in death by her father Orial Otto Stevens and by her mother Lena Tighe; her first husband, Jerry McGranahan; three brothers Joe Tighe, Tom...
Chester B. Gabbard
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...
Patricia Darlene Carter
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...
Linda Amburgey
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...
Brenda Lowe
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...
Rex Harold Walters
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,...
Gunner Wayne Pearce
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...
Ruth Ann Jones
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...
Daniel Lee Watkins
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...
Roger Dale White
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...
Lucille Mae Strole
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...
Michael Alan Fritts
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...
Freda Mae Fisher
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...
Brian Eugene Lee
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...
