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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BOAK, Robert, 87, Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Indianapolis, Sept. 29. Husband of Judy Boak. Father of Jacque and Traci Boak. Grandfather of one. Great-grandfather of two.

BRISTOW, David J., 80, Holy Name of Jesus, Beech Grove, Sept. 25. Brother of Janet Russell.

CENTO, Elisabetta R. (Poeta), 84, St. Mark the Evangelist, Indianapolis, Sept. 19. Mother of Mike Cento. Grandmother of seven.

CHRIST, John C., 97, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Indianapolis, Sept. 27. Father of Annie and John Christ. Grandfather of three.

GEHLBACH, Larry, 82, St. Mary, New Albany, Sept. 17. Father of Andrea Mason, Connie Walter, Jonathan and Timothy Gehlbach. Brother of Linda Boyd, Janet and Paul Gehlbach. Grandfather of seven. Great-grandfather of three.

GULLETT, Camilla M., 3, St. John Paul II, Sellersburg, Sept. 27. Daughter of A.J. and Samantha Gullett. Sister of Sophia and Clark Gullett. Granddaughter of Danny and Stacy Cristiani and Charles and Teresa Gullett.

HAUERSPERGER, Nina, 91, St. Joseph, Jennings County, Sept. 30. Mother of Johna Kolb, Yvonne McKain, Lenny and Terry Hauersperger. Sister of Jerry Gholson. Grandmother and great-grandmother of several.

JOHN, Janet, 79, Annunciation, Brazil, Sept. 2. Mother of Laura Mora and Trenton Schultz. Sister of Sharon Anderson and Anne Sanders. Grandmother of four.

JONES, Shirley, 89, St. Michael, Bradford, Oct. 3. Mother of Linda Abner, Ruth Hackman, Anita Stumler, Keith, Kevin, Mark and Robert Jones. Sister of Ernest, Glenn and Robert Gettelfinger. Grandmother of 30. Great-grandmother of 47.

LEE, Margaret K., 100, St. Mary, North Vernon, Sept. 29. Mother of Delores Rettig, Michael and Richard Lee. Sister of Robert Simpson. Grandmother of six. Great-grandmother of 16.

MORIARTY, Sr., Denis, 95, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower), Indianapolis, Sept. 26. Father of Aidan, Brendan, David, Denis, Jr., and Gerard Moriarty. Brother of Una O’Sullivan, Maudie Widdowson, Frank and Louis Moriarty. Grandfather of nine.

NICKELS, Maurice W., 86, St. Malachy, Brownsburg, Sept. 29. Husband of Julia Nickels. Father of Maribeth Poalson and Michael Nickels. Stepfather of Paula Kaufman-Griffith, Patrece and Ty Kaufman. Grandfather of eight. Great-grandfather of 10.

RAHMAN, Frank, 68, St. Boniface, Fulda, Sept. 21. Husband of Mary Ann Rahman. Father of Bruce, George and Phillip Rahman. Brother of Martha DeMuth, Mary Jo Giesler, Sally Harpenau, Margie Hoffman, Doris Klem, Carol Lueken, Connie Mundy, Alan, Eddie and Steve Rahman. Grandfather of six.

REYNOLDS, Barbara, 76, St. Malachy, Brownsburg, Oct. 1. Mother of Elizabeth Picket and William Reynolds. Sister of James Moser. Grandmother of three.

STOCKDALE, Mary M., 81, Prince of Peace, Madison, Oct. 7. Wife of Ronald Stockdale. Mother of Donna Birchfield, Karen Durbin, Beverly and Rick Stockdale. Sister of Patrick Ringwald. Grandmother of five. †