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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EVERBACH, Zelda, 89, St. Mary, New Albany, Sept. 21. Mother of George Everbach. Grandmother of two. Great-grandmother of two.

FOX, Margaret, 89, Holy Name of Jesus, Beech Grove, Oct. 7. Mother of Gerald W. Fox.

GALE, Richard M., 80, Christ the King, Indianapolis, Oct. 11. Husband of Rosalyn Gale. Father of Kathleen Brown and Richard Gale. Brother of Barbara Miller, Mark, Roger and William Gale. Grandfather of four.

GATZ, John, 16, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Jeffersonville, Oct. 14. Son of Chris and Kathy Gatz. Brother of Katie and David Gatz. Grandson of Lee and Janice Oberhausen, Nell Gatz and Winnie Oberhausen.

GRAMMER, Lowell E., 83, St. Anne, New Castle, Oct. 21. Husband of Mary Louise Grammer. Father of Linda Diesel, Lois Gean and Robert Grammer. Grandfather of seven. Great-grandfather of eight. Great-great-grandfather of three.

GREELEY, P. William, 88, St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, Oct. 22. Husband of Maggie Greeley. Father of Anne Greeley.

GULLANS, Betty L., 79, Holy Name of Jesus, Beech Grove, Oct. 10. Mother of Nancy Sluder, David and Gary Gullans. Grandmother of four. Great-grandmother of five.

HAEHL, Dennie J., 59, St. Vincent de Paul, Shelby County, Oct. 17. Son of Dennis Haehl. Brother of Margaret and David Haehl.

HAYES, Anna Elizabeth Dausch, 86, St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg, Oct. 22. Mother of Rose Anne Stuempel and Ed Dausch. Grandmother of four. Great-grandmother of five.

HIGGS, Mary Margaret, 82, St. Luke, Indianapolis, Oct. 17. Mother of Mary Jo Woodside, Margaret and Joseph Higgs Jr.

HOFFMAN, Herman E., 87, Prince of Peace, Madison, Oct. 18. Father of Marilyn Jean Huling, Rose Marie Roberts, Carolyn Stutler, Mary Truitt, Frank, Fred, Herman Jr. and Jim Hoffman. Brother of Marcella, Clem, Joe, John, Maurice and Robert Hoffman. Grandfather of 17. Great-grandfather of one.

LEEK, Khloié, infant, St. Simon the Apostle, Indianapolis, Oct. 13. Daughter of Cameron Leek and Kara Schlimgen. Granddaughter of Richard and Becky Leek, and Matt and Kerry Schlimgen. Great-granddaughter of Lucy Hallam, James Leek, Phillip and Janice Ciccarelli, Wayne and Jan Davis, and Linda Schlimgen.

LEEK, Klaire, infant, St. Simon the Apostle, Indianapolis, Oct. 13. Daughter of Cameron Leek and Kara Schlimgen. Granddaughter of Richard and Becky Leek, and Matt and Kerry Schlimgen. Great-granddaughter of Lucy Hallam, James Leek, Phillip and Janice Ciccarelli, Wayne and Jan Davis, and Linda Schlimgen.

LONG, Dorothy E., 93, St. Nicholas, Sunman, Oct. 14. Mother of Nancy Kamphaus. Sister of Betty Ball. Grandmother of six. Great-grandmother of 17.

LYTLE, Jennifer Marie, 31, St. Joseph, Shelbyville, Oct. 11. Daughter of William and Shirley Lytle. Sister of Beege Lytle. Granddaughter of Delores Lytle and Edna Wilde.

McKAY, James S., Sr., 84, Holy Name of Jesus, Beech Grove, Oct. 9. Husband of Alyce McKay. Father of Stacie Goggans, Hope McMullen, Sandy Stewart, Linda, Richard, Robert and Stephen McKay. Grandfather of four.

MOORE, Hazel, 89, St. Mary, New Albany, Sept. 23. Mother of Myrna Shaffer. Sister of Bernice Tweedy, Bob and Wiley Hansford. Grandmother of one. Great-grandmother of two.

MOORE, Helen, 90, St. Mary, New Albany, Sept. 27. Mother of Saundra Weigleb and Melvin Moore. Sister of Frances Dowdle. Grandmother of five. Great-grandmother of three. Great-great-grandmother of two.

MULLER, James Conrad, 64, St. Charles Borromeo, Bloomington, Oct. 18. Husband of Carolyn (King) Muller. Father of Julie Danner, Gretchen Foster, Gayle Pugh and Caroline Muller. Brother of Carol Schultz. Grand-father of six.

PFEFFER, Virginia, 97, St. Mary, New Albany, Oct. 9. Mother of Mary Lou Howard, Dottie Meyers and Peter Pfeffer. Grandmother of seven. Great-grandmother of seven.

REDELMAN, Charles E., 88, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Oct. 16. Father of Jan Buckner, Dave, Joe, John and Jim Redelman. Brother of Mary Ann Ernstes. Grand-father of six.

REYNOLDS, James William III, 22, St. Mary, Lanesville, Oct. 10. Son of James Jr. and Teresa (Spears) Reynolds. Brother of Dawn, Lindsay and Nina Reynolds.

RODE, Walter P., 93, Holy Name of Jesus, Beech Grove, Oct. 28. Husband of Irene (Wathen) Rode. Father of Joyce Lewis, Joan McKinley, Jayne, Jeff, Jerry, Jim and Joseph Rode. Brother of Gertrude Wathen, Franciscan Sisters of Mary Sister Frieda Rode and Oscar Rode. Grandfather of 15. Great-grandfather of 12.

SCHMIDT, Lester E., 67, St. Maurice, Napoleon, Oct. 3. Father of Tracy Holmes and Curtis Schmidt. Brother of Linda Freyer, Joe and Richard Schmidt. Grandfather of four.

SCHMIDT, Robert H., 68, St. Luke, Indianapolis, Oct. 15. Husband of Shenna Schmidt. Father of Lisa Marie Schmidt.

SPOONMORE, Robert D., 77, Prince of Peace, Madison, Oct. 16. Husband of Dolores Spoonmore. Father of Laura Nolte, Joe and John Spoonmore. Brother of Jean Spoonmore. Grandfather of nine.

SUTTON, Nellie A. (Moyer), 83, St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, Oct. 19. Mother of Sara Abell, Vickie Ford and George Sutton Jr. Sister of Bud Moyer. Grandmother of eight. Great-grandmother of two.

SYLVESTER, James A., 84, Holy Name of Jesus, Beech Grove, Oct. 27. Husband of Joan M. (Springman) Sylvester. Father of Julie Able, Jane Hoffman, Christine Muller, Susan and James Sylvester. Brother of William Sylvester. Grandfather of eight. Great-grandfather of two.

VONALLMEN, Patrick, 24, St. Mary, Lanesville, Sept. 4. Son of Gaylord and Lettie (Olz) Vonallmen.

WEISENBERGER, Nellie, 77, St. Mary, New Albany, Oct. 14. Mother of Karon Applegate, Sharon Combs and Thomas Weisenberger. Grandmother of four.

WINGLER, Joseph Asa, 62, St. Michael, Bradford, July 16. Husband of Carolyn Wingler. Father of Ellen Augustine, Debbie Parsons, Jessica Radcliff, Jennifer White, Teresa and Asa Wingler, and Tony Cardwell Jr. Brother of Mary Ann O’Brien, Linda Smith and Martha Jane Wingler. Grand-father of 14. †