Local Obituaries for Families in Salem, IN

Mar 10, 2013

Mr. Hulen Gholson age 93 of Salem passed away Sunday, March 10 at Floyd Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Gholson was born December 5, 1919 in Wayne County, Kentucky the son of Joseph Shad and Rebekah Louann Hardwick Gholson.  He was a retired farmer.  He was a World War II Navy veteran.  He was a member of Westview Christian...

Mar 9, 2013

Mr. Troy A. Knapp age 50 of Salem passed away Saturday, March 9 at 3:32PM at his home.

Mr. Knapp was born March 29, 1962 in Washington D.C. the son of James Watson and Peggy Chastain Knapp.  He was a 1980 graudate of West Washington High School.  He joined the Lost River Primitive Baptist Church in 1982. ...

Mar 7, 2013

Mr. Lloyd B. Cress age 92 of Salem passed away Thursday, March 7 at Meadow View Health Care and Rehab.

Mr. Cress was born March 10, 1920 in  Burning Springs, Kentucky the son of Elisha and Frances Muncy Cress.  He was a retired employee of Philco/Ford.  He was a World War II Navy veteran and a Pearl...

Mar 3, 2013

Mrs. Mildred P. Rodman age 75 of Salem passed away Sunday, March 3 at 7:20AM at Floyd Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Rodman was born June 11, 1937 in Parksville, Kentucky the daughter of Roscoe "Buck" and Mary Alma Pendygraft.  She graduated from Salem High School in 1955. She was retired manager of Grandview Manor Apartments and a former...

Mar 2, 2013

Mr. Frank D. Bosler age 76 of Fredericksburg passed away Saturday, March 2 at 1:55PM at Floyd Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Bosler was born December 14, 1936 in Harrison County, Indiana the son of Robert P. Bosler Sr. and Fern Spurlock Bosler.  He was a retired truck driver for Smith Transfer.  He was a Korean War Army veteran...

Mar 1, 2013

Mr. Paul E. Roll age 85 of Fredericksburg passed away Friday, March 1 at Floyd Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Roll was born January 11, 1928 in Fredericksburg the son of Carl L. and Bessie Black Roll.  He was a retired Rural Mail Carrier and Farmer.  He was a member of Fredericksburg Church of Christ and Posey Township Water...

Feb 26, 2013

Mrs. Ruth Kay age 88 of Fillmore, formerly of Salem passed away Tuesday, February 26 at St. Francis Hospital in Mooresville.

Mrs. Kay was born July 10, 1924 in Salem the daughter of Verne and Josie Early Winslow.  She retired after 43 years as a beautician and was owner of Grace's Beauty Shop.  She attended Salem Presbyterian...

Feb 25, 2013

Mr. Jerry L. Baker age 67 of Salem passed away Monday, February 25 at his home.

Mr. Baker was born March 2, 1945 in Salem the son of Charles E. and Alice Davis Baker.  He was a retired farmer and a former electronics technician for Wabash Data Tech in Paoli and RCA in Bloomington. He was a...

Feb 24, 2013

Presley Robert Crawford age 31/2 months passed away Sunday, February 24 at Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville.

Presley was born October 30, 2012 in Louisville the son of Monte Crawford and Chandra Standiford.

He is survived by his parents of Salem, grandparents:  Tonya Campbell and Billie Crawford both of Salem and great-grandparents:  Madonna Hurst of...

Feb 21, 2013

Mr. Paul E. Rudder age 81 of Salem passed away Thursday, February 21 at Floyd Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Rudder was born September 28, 1931 in Salem the son of Casper and Susie Voyles Rudder.  He was retired co-owner of Rudder Tire Service.  He was a Korean War Air Force Veteran.  He was a member of Salem United...

Feb 17, 2013

Mr. Michael Ray "Bricktop" Collins age 64 of Pekin passed away Sunday, February 17 at his home.

Mr. Collins was born August 5, 1948 in Salem the son of Victor Oren and Mabel Christina Persinger Collins.  He was a retired employee of the City of Salem.  He was a Vietnam War Army veteran and a member of...

Feb 15, 2013

Mrs. Osa D. Harris age 88 of Salem passed away Friday, February 15 at 9:50AM at her home.

Mrs. Harris was born April 7, 1924 in Edmonson, Kentucky the daughter of Frank and Rose White Higgs.  She was a homemaker and a member of Cub Creek Baptist Church in Brownsville, Kentucky. She married Regnal Harris on August...

Feb 13, 2013

Morris R. Stephenson age 91 of Salem passed away Wednesday, February 13 at St. Vincent Hospital of Salem.

Mr. Stephenson was born November 27, 1921 in Washington County, Indiana the son of William "Ted" and Cora Grace Chastain Stephenson.  He was a retired farmer and a former taxidermist in Crescent City, Florida.  He was a member of...

Feb 11, 2013

Troy Lee Pumphrey age 22 of Salem passed away Monday, February 11.

Troy was born April 17, 1990 in Salem the son of Virgil and Brenda Kay Davidson Pumphrey.  He was a former employee of Tumbleweed and McDonald's.

He is survived by his father:  Virgil Pumphrey of Salem, three brothers:  Josh Catlett of Bronson, Florida,...

Feb 9, 2013

Mr. Kenneth E. Hoke age 91 of Salem passed away Saturday, February 9 at 8:03AM at his home.

Mr. Hoke was born April 21, 1921 in Illinois the son of Charles Murl and Loda Gail Wade Hoke.  He was a retired heavy equipment operator and a member of Local 181 Operator's Union and Salem Eagles Club.  He...

Feb 7, 2013

Mrs. Pauline Goen age 101 of Salem passed away Thursday, February 7 at 10:25AM at Covered Bridge Health Campus in Seymour.

Mrs. Goen was born September 28, 1911 in Campbellsburg the daughter of Ralph and Ethel Stephenson Myers. She was a member of First Christian Church in Salem and founded Salem Al-Anon group in 1957 after her...

Feb 3, 2013

Mr. Fred Robert Sparks age 63 of Orleans passed away Sunday, February 3 at 5:15AM at IU Health Hospice House in Bloomington.

Mr. Sparks was born March 31, 1949 in Harrodsburg, Indiana the son of Fred and Marcia Sills Sparks.  He was a former truck driver and a Vietnam War Army veteran.

He is survived...

Jan 30, 2013

Mr. Ronnie E. McVay age 66 of Salem passed away Wednesday, January 30 at 4:37AM at St. Vincent Hospital in Salem.

Mr. McVay was born May 9, 1946 in Corbin, Kentucky to Jess and Nellie Eaton McVay.

On November 25, 1972  he married the former Karen Gray who survives.  Other survivors include:  one daughter:  Tena...

Jan 28, 2013

Mr. Franklin W. Nicholson age 92 of Salem passed away Monday, January 28 at 11:25PM at St. Vincent Hospital in Salem.

Mr. Nicholson was born December 2, 1920 in Washington County, Indiana the son of Thomas W. and Myrtle Bottorff Nicholson.  He was a retired US Army Major and also retired from Smith Cabinet Company.  He was...

Jan 27, 2013

Reverend Claude Lawson age 84 of Salem went to Heaven Sunday, January 27 at 5:18PM at St. Vincent Hospital.

Reverend Lawson was born August 15, 1928 in Liberty, Kentucky the son of Riley and Telitha Lawson.  He was a former truck driver, police officer, and assistant pastor in Michigan before moving to Salem and starting and pastoring...