obituaries

William Guy Neff, 77, of Terre Haute, IN died in his home on October 10, 2014. Bill was born February 28, 1937 in Terre Haute to Guy and Martha Jones Neff. He was a graduate of Honey Creek High School. Bill was formerly employed with Merchants National Bank and manager of a retirement home in Bradenton, FL. He was...

Donal Lea Belcher, 55, of Terre Haute passed away Tuesday May 19, 2015 in his residence. Don had worked for Belcher Excavating, Rhodes Construction, Bill Brown Shell, Bob Wellman Trucking, and PJ Trucking. He was born October 19, 1959 in Whitestown, IN to Albert Odell Belcher and Louise (Spears) Belcher-Hoover. He is survived by his wife Cheryl (Perry) Belcher,...

John A. Hilderbrand, Sr., 65 of Terre Haute, passed away in his residence at 10:10 PM on Sunday, December 20, 2015. He was born in Urbana, IL on January 8, 1950 to Charles Edgar Hilderbrand and Eva Mae Hilderbrand, and attended Champaign Centennial High School, Parkland Jr. College, and the University of Illinois. He graduated in 1972 with a...

Marjorie L. Halberstadt, 81, of Fairbanks passed away March 26, 2013. She was born in Chicago, Il on November 22, 1931 to Walter and Olive (Kirk) Tarleton. She retired as a control clerk from CBS. For over 20 years she was the Fairbanks Township Trustee. Marge was a strong supporter of the Faribanks Volunteer Department, very active in the...

Srilda Mae "Meg" deMougin, 74 of Carlisle, IN, passed away at 6:50 AM on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at Miller's Merry Manor in Sullivan. She was born in Terre Haute on June 15, 1941 to William Arthur deMougin and Srilda Coons deMougin. Meg was a music teacher at Midwest Institute Academy of Fine Arts. Previously, she had taught at...

Henry Ozok, 88, of Terre Haute, passed away in Terre Haute Regional Hospital on August 18, 2014. He was born on January 20, 1926 to Stanley Ozok and Mary Ozok. Henry retired from Pillsbury as a mechanic. He was a member of Mount Pleasant United Methodist North. He served in the United States Navy during WWII. He served on...

Gertrude Johanna Habley, formerly of Brookfield, Illinois, passed quietly in her sleep with family members at her side on the morning of October 20, 2013. Born on March 18, 1913, in Chicago, Illinois, Gertrude was the daughter of Martin Camfferman and Clasine Godee. She married Florian Habley on February 6, 1932, with whom she celebrated 55 years of marriage...

Flora Napier, 80, of Terre Haute, and formerly of Medora, passed away on December 7. She was born September 11, 1936 in Evanston, Illinois to George and Sylvia Schmale. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman Napier.

Flo was a faithful member of Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church. She enjoyed gardening and was active in...

Mary F. (Harris) Burgett, 92 of Terre Haute, passed away at 6:40 PM on Monday, April 13, 2015 at Signature Health Care. She was born in Sullivan County on August 24, 1922 to John Harris and Ruth Dudley Harris. She was a cashier for Ralph's Market (now Baeslers), for many years. She is survived by her son Jacob Hayden...

Daisy Deane 'DeDe' Ooley, 90, of Terre Haute passed away on June 6, 2013 at Cobblestone Crossings where she had resided for 18 months. She was born in Eldorado, IL on February 10, 1923 to Robert and Maggie Edith (Cummins) Adams. DeDe retired from the offices of Weston Paper and Manufacturing Company in 1989. She was a longtime member...

Bernice Imogene Glaspie, 74 of Terre Haute, passed away on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 5:45 PM in Terre Haute Regional Hospital. She was born in Terre Haute on February 8, 1940 to Emery Clifford Waggoner and Sarah Elizabeth Bedwell Waggoner. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Ed Glaspie Sr., sister Margaret Yaw, and two...

Wilbur Leon Ault, age 98, passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2013, after a brief illness requiring a hospital stay and transfer to Davis Gardens Continuing Care Center in Terre Haute, Indiana. He was born on September 13, 1915, in Greene County, east of Newberry, Indiana, the son of Fredrick and Ellen (Reed) Ault. In 1933, he graduated from...

Paul G. Phillips, 89, passed away at 5:15am, Wednesday, February 18th, at Pacific Care Center in Pacific, MO, a Nursing Home close to Paul's Stepdaughter's house, Kathy. He and his wife, Betty, came to live with Kathy and her husband, Tony in October of 2010 after it was apparent Betty and Paul's health was failing. Paul was born in...

Leo Mack Hedden, Jr., 68 of Clinton, IN, passed away at 11:11 PM on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at Union Hospital in Clinton. He was born in Terre Haute on January 10, 1946 to Leo Mack Hedden, Sr. and Waneta Jene Lea Hedden. He retired as a forklift driver for General Motors, and also served as Union Steward there...

Nathaniel F. Gess, 88, of Terre Haute, passed away Friday, March 10, 2017 in Union Hospital.

He was born March 18, 1928 in Des Plains, Illinois to John Gess and Opal Price Gess.

Nathaniel served in the United States Army. He was retired from the Vigo County School Corporation. He enjoyed fishing and mushroom hunting....

Donald Edward Hoke, 82, of Terre Haute went to be with the Lord on November 23, 2013 at 1:13 p.m. He was born on August 1, 1931 to Vern and Sylvia (Kyle) Hoke. Donald served in the United States Army. He was a member of St. Joseph University Parish. He also held membership with the VFW #972. Donald worked...

E. Vaughn Hall, 75, of Terre Haute passed away on July 16, 2014 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. He was born on January 24, 1939 to Dewey and Helen (LeBrun) Hall and they have preceded them in death. He was also preceded by his wife, Jessie Arthur Hall and a sister Vicky Jo Hall. Mr. Hall was retired from...

Mary Frances Heller, 78, of Terre Haute passed away Monday June 6, 2016 at 4:10 pm in Westminster Rehabilitation Center. She was a retired LPN. Mary was born August 9, 1937 in Clark County, IL to Gilbert Lee and Ernesteen (Bryant) Lee. She is survived by daughters, Tammy Terry (Greg) of Paris, IL and Toni Johnson of Terre Haute;...

Allison Jean Hescher, 16 months, passed away peacefully in her sleep Friday May 2, 2014. She was born December 15, 2012 in Terre Haute to Derek C. Hescher and Karen J. (Smith) Hescher. Allison was happy to be alive. Her smile lit up the room. Each time she smiled at you it was as if she was giving you...

Neils W. Heramb, Jr., 96 of Terre Haute, passed away at 6:05 PM on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 in his residence. He was born in Vigo County on February 14, 1919 to Neils W. Heramb, Sr. and Hallie Smith Heramb. Neils was a WW II Army Veteran, and also served in the local Army Reserve. He was a Supervisor...