Obituaries
Please submit in writing to our office by 10 a.m. Thursday before the week of publication; be sure to state date of death. Obituaries of archdiocesan priests serving our archdiocese are listed elsewhere in The Criterion. Order priests and religious sisters and brothers are included here, unless they are natives of the archdiocese or have other connections to it; those are separate obituaries on this page.
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BARKER, Dr. John C., 67, St. Matthew the Apostle, Indianapolis, Jan. 2. Father of Kelley Boyd, Carrie Cooper and Lisa Yeadon. Brother of Felix Barker II. Grandfather of six.
BRUNO, Christina A., 61, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Jan. 30. Wife of Thomas Bruno. Mother of Michael Bruno. Daughter of Ronald and Trudy Whitenack. Sister of Mark and Scott Whitenack. Grandmother of two.
CAREY, Joanne I., 57, Christ the King, Indianapolis, Jan. 28. Wife of Brian Carey. Stepmother of Michael and Peter Carey. Sister of Mary Helen Fischer, John, Joseph, Ralph and Thomas Taylor.
ERTEL, Doris, 97, St. Nicholas, Ripley County, Dec. 18. Mother of Linda Boyce, Susie Collins, Jackie Tate, Carol Ziegler, Gary, Mike, Ted and Tom Ertel. Grandmother of 24. Great‑grandmother of 32.
EVE, Norman, 92, St. Mary, New Albany, Jan. 4. Husband of Viola Eve. Father of Norma Faith, Kathleen Hall, Wanda Haming, Belinda Hancock, Sharon Schroeder and Anita Sharp. Brother of Louis Eve. Grandfather of nine. Great‑grandfather of 11. Great‑great-grandfather of two.
HALLAL, Faris, 70, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Jan. 23. Brother of Zee Hallal Normann, Eli, George and Nadim Hallal. Uncle of several.
HAYES, Marilyn C., 91, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Jan. 29. Mother of Susan McMullen, Matthew, Michael and Peter Hayes. Grandmother of four. Great-grandmother of five.
JOYCE, James P., 84, St. Mary, Rushville, Jan. 28. Husband of Lois Joyce. Father of Juli Ellis and Joe Joyce. Brother of Anna-Karen Pennington and Mike Joyce. Grandfather of eight.
KUNKEL, Albert E., 90, St. Gabriel, Connersville, Jan. 30. Husband of Bernice Kunkel. Father of Karen Randall, Gary, Jeffrey and Kenneth Kunkel. Brother of Helen Fasnacht and Alma Treece. Grandfather of three.
LAMPPERT, Luella C., 88, Holy Family, Oldenburg, Feb. 4. Mother of Carol Dobson, Catherine Quick, Cheryl Tekulve, Cindalee and Charles Lamppert. Sister of Mary Fehringer. Grandmother of 12. Great-grandmother of 17.
MACK, James A., 86, St. Louis, Batesville, Feb. 4. Husband of Mary Mack. Father of Anne Schebler, Margaret Shipman, Mary Trenkamp, Susan, Joseph, Peter, Thomas, Timothy and William Mack. Grandfather of 17.
MAHER, Edward, 77, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Jan. 13. Father of Lora Prangel, Rachel and Nathan Maher. Brother of Pat June, Ann Nicodemus, Cathy Spurgeon and Randy Maher. Grandfather of four.
MANERS, Sandra A., 71, SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi, Greenwood, Jan. 31. Mother of Shannon Curnett and Jim McMahon. Grandmother of three.
MCCANN, John F., Jr., 89, St. Agnes, Nashville, Dec. 29. Husband of Mary McCann. Father of Mary Bose, Ann and Patrick McCann. Grandfather of four.
NOBBE, Alice E., 94, Holy Family, Oldenburg, Jan. 29. Mother of Bernice Rosemeyer, Ruth Ann Starost, Marjorie Suding, Andrew, Arthur, Bernard, Frank and Roy Nobbe. Sister of Esther Nieman, Alberta Nueman, Alfred, Francis and Henry Yager. Grandmother of 28. Great-grandmother of 48.
RHODES, John A., 68, St. Gabriel, Connersville, Jan. 30. Husband of Kathleen Rhodes. Father of Anna Scott, Karen, Matthew and Michael Rhodes. Brother of Jane Hilton, Jennifer McClarnon, James, Jay, Jeffrey and Joseph Rhodes. Grandfather of four.
ROSIO, Sonya, 49, St. John Paul II, Sellersburg, Jan. 26. Wife of Chris Rosio. Mother of Maggie and Garrett Rosio. Daughter of Bill Pedigo and Louise Duvall. Sister of Billy, Bobby and Brian Pedigo and Eric Singleton.
SCHELLENBERG, Robert L., 89, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyd County, Jan. 31. Father of JoAnn Cunningham, Alma Hammond, Jerry, John, Larry and Thomas Schellenberg. Grandfather of 17. Great‑grandfather of 24.
SEFFRIN, Ethel, 102, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Cambridge City, Jan. 30. Mother of Marlene Kiracofe, Elaine and Michael Seffrin. Grandmother of three. Great‑grandmother of three.
WALKE, Edith L., 90, St. Mary, Greensburg, Feb. 3. Mother of Dan and Richard Walke. Grandmother of two.
WRIGHT, Donna L., 72, St. Agnes, Nashville, Dec. 1. Mother of Jacquelyn, Donald, Dusty and Richard Allen. Sister of David Wright. Grandmother of nine. Great-grandmother of six. †