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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BANET, Michael, 65, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyd County, Oct. 6. Husband of Darlene Banet. Father of Crystal, Donna and Justin. Son of Marilyn Banet. Brother of Brenda, JoAnn, Carl and Rex Banet. Grandfather of eight.

BEATTY, Rita, 90, Holy Angels, Indianapolis, Oct. 6. Mother of Carla Gerton and Stephen Beatty. Grandmother of nine. Great-grandmother of 13.

BROCKMAN, Leona M., 97, St. Paul, Tell City, Oct. 12. Mother of Deanna Alvey, Randy and Thomas Brockman. Sister of Mary Catherine Kipzlinger. Grandmother of 10. Great-grandmother of 18. Great-grandmother of nine.

CORYELL, Timothy W., 54, St. Martin of Tours, Martinsville, Oct. 4. Husband of Lori Coryell. Father of Kristen Leitz, Kaleb and Keaton Coryell. Brother of Shelli Bolton, Beverly Mejia, Patty Owens, Sandra Stokes, Kevin and Roland Coryell, Jr. Grandfather of two.

DUFFY, Mary Lee, 81, Christ the King, Indianapolis, Oct. 4. Mother of Erin McNamara, Sean and Tim Duffy. Grandmother of seven.

FARNSWORTH, Misty D., 49, St. Michael the Archangel, Indianapolis, Oct. 16. Daughter of Charles and Kathleen Farnsworth. Sister of Maria Pandya. Granddaughter of Ebert and Mary Christan and Russell and Bertha Farnsworth. Aunt of several.

FROELICH, Lois (Cronin), 88, St. Paul, Tell City, Oct. 11. Mother of Karen Haywood, Sheila Wallace, Donnie, Jr., and Robert Froelich. Sister of Jane Kessans, Curtis and Mark Cronin. Grandmother of nine. Great-grandmother of 21. Great-great-grandmother of three.

GOEDEKER, Eugene E., 81, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyd County, Oct. 11. Husband of Cheryl Goedeker. Father of Krista Shaw and Kevin Goedeker. Brother of Mary Catherine Hoehn. Grandfather of four.

GREULICH, Bettye L., 89, St. Meinrad, St. Meinrad, Sept. 26. Mother of Susanna Board, Cynthia, Gregg and Randy Greulich. Sister of Barbara Bennett, Antoinette Mundy, Elmer and Jerome Vaal. Grandmother of eight. Great-grandmother of nine.

GROSSMAN, Mary Ellen, 82, St. Bartholomew, Columbus, Oct. 4. Mother of Amy and Lucy Baker, Susan Grossman and Teresa Lovins. Grandmother of nine. Great-grandmother of five.

HEDRICK, Janice K., 82, St. Vincent de Paul, Bedford, Oct. 6. Mother of Susan Hammond and Joel Hatfield. Grandmother of two. Great-grandmother of three.

KEIFFER, Grace E., 96, St. Jude, Indianapolis, Oct. 7. Mother of Liz Appleby, Christine Hamilton, Patricia Parker, Mary Kay Segasser, Ed and Kevin Kieffer. Grandmother of nine. Great-grandmother of seven.

KIRSCHNER, Bernice, 90, St. Michael, Brookville, Oct. 15. Mother of Brenda Bischoff, Paula Reeder, Carla Sizemore, Gary and Gene Kirschner. Sister of Pat Steffen and Tom Hertel. Grandmother of eight. Great-grandmother of six.

KOHLBACHER, John H., 81, St. Joan of Arc, Indianapolis, Oct. 8. Brother of Katie, Jeanne and Mary Ann. Uncle of several.

LOUDERMILK, Guy R., 89, St. Luke the Evangelist, Indianapolis, Oct. 1. Husband of Theresa Loudermilk. Father of Susan Morris, Douglas and Guy Loudermilk. Brother of Jane Brooks. Grandfather of two. Great-grandfather of three.

MEANS, Robert, 88, St. Michael the Archangel, Indianapolis, Oct. 13. Father of Tonya Clark, Belinda Thacker, Larry Hoover and Bobby Means. Grandfather of eight.

MEISTER, Paul, 90, Christ the King, Indianapolis, July 25. Father of Diane and Lisa Meister and Donna Simons. Grandfather of two.

PARKER, Ronald A., 79, St. Paul, Tell City, Oct. 9. Husband of Marcia Parker. Father of Dana Collins, Darren Ice and Eric Parker. Brother of Mary Lou Poehlein and John Parker. Grandfather of three. Great-grandfather of one.

SANDBERG, Daniel, 65, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Oct. 7. Husband of Carol Sandberg. Father of Daniel Sandberg. Brother of Julia Sandberg and Catherine Sibley.

SCHEPERS, Vicki L., 56, St. Malachy, Brownsburg, Oct. 14. Wife of Mark Schepers. Mother of Connor, Luke and Taylor Schepers. Daughter of Dallas and Inez Knies. Sister of Sandy Ruckriegel, Ann and Steve Knies.

SPARROW, Susan R., 66, St. Vincent de Paul, Bedford, Oct. 7. Wife of Jay Sparrow. Mother of Jessica Hoggatt, Osula Kirby, Sheila Sparrow-Hearth and Phillip Sparrow. Sister of Andrea Mills, Dennis, John, Knowles IV, and Robert Shaw. Grandmother of four.

STEGEN, Margaret, 93, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Richmond, Oct. 11. Mother of Sally Ernstberger, Susan Gillard and Sharon Leach. Grandmother, step-grandmother and great-grandmother of several.

WOLFORD, Carl H., 96, Holy Family, New Albany, Oct. 1. Brother of Trudy Grove. Uncle of several.

WRIGHT, Hobert E., 94, St. John Paul II, Sellersburg, Oct. 11. Father of Janie Miller, Joyce Nolot and Steve Wright. Grandfather of five. Great-grandfather of eight.

YAGER, Alfred, 94, St. Mary, Rushville, Oct. 13. Husband of Eleanor Yager. Father of Kelly Connolly, Patty Moffett, Nancy Newbold, Sharon Pike, Linda Reed, David, Gary and Steve Yager. Brother of Alberta Neuman, Esther Nieman and Francis Yager. Grandfather of 24. Great-grandfather of 12. †