Joan Alice Martin
Joan Alice Martin, 65, 1411 Wilshire Court, died at 4:35 a.m. Dec. 3, 1997, at Clinton County Hospital.
Mrs. Martin retired from Mallory Controls after 20 years. She was a lifelong Frankfort resident.
Private services will be conducted.
Ernest Joseph 'Rusty' Martin
Ernest Joseph "Rusty" Martin, 74, formerly of 7 W. White St., died at 6:40 a.m. Aug. 29, 1998, at Clinton House Convalescent Center.
Mr. Martin was a lineman for Nickel Plate Railroad, and a construction worker until he retired in 1986. He also refinished antiques.
He was a member of First Baptist Church, and a 35-year member of Union Local 274, Lafayette. He served in the U.S. 82nd Airborne Unit during World War II.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Frye & Genda Funeral Home, with Dr. Steven Beasley officiating. Burial will follow at Green Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Monday.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
Raymond W. (Doggie) Allen
Raymond W. ``Doggie'' Allen, 72, 52 E. Palmer St., died at 11:10 p.m. Nov. 30, 1998, at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, after an 11-day illness.
Mr. Allen was a school bus driver for Frankfort High School since 1972. He attended Frankfort High School and was a U.S. Army veteran.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Goodwin Funeral Home, with the Rev. Wayne Martin officiating. Burial will follow at Green Lawn Memorial Park. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday and one hour prior to services Thursday.
Memorials may be made to the family, with envelopes available at the funeral home.
Della Lorene Barbee
Della Lorene Barbee, 90, Heritage Health Care Center, Muncie, died at 1:20 p.m. Dec. 26, 1998, at Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie.
Mrs. Barbee had worked at Jules Simon Co., Frankfort, and the Marion County Guardian Home in Indianapolis. She was a founding member of First Church of the Nazarene in Frankfort, and was a Red Cross volunteer. She had lived in Indianapolis seven years, and also in Brownsville, Texas, and Angola, where she attended Angola United Methodist Church.
She was born Jan. 3, 1908, in Clinton County, to Morris and Mary Wicker Alexander. She married Paul Barbee on Feb. 13, 1926, and he died in 1964.
She is survived by two daughters, Bernice Cody of Indianapolis and Dolores Richards of Englewood, Fla.; seven grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church, with the Rev. Earl Roustio officiating. Burial will follow at Bunnell Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at Goodwin Funeral Home, and after 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church.
Bernadine M. Coombs
Bernadine M. Coombs, 70, 400 Hemlock Drive, died at 8:30 p.m. Jan. 4, 1999, at her home.
Mrs. Coombs retired from Indiana Bell Co. after 41 years of services. She was a member of Indiana Bell Pioneers, and Women of the Moose since 1965. She was a 1946 graduate of Michigantown High School.
She was born June 14, 1928, in Warren Township, Clinton County, to Merrill and Laura Alice Avery Maish.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Goodwin Funeral Home, with the Rev. John Wortinger officiating. Burial will follow at Hopewell Cemetery. Friends may call from 3-6 p.m. Friday.
Marilyn Sue Jacoby
Marilyn Sue Jacoby, 68, 5903 N. CR 880E, Forest, died at 4:40 p.m. Feb. 6, 1999, at St. Joseph Hospital, Kokomo, following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Jacoby was a homemaker. She grew up in Frankfort, had lived in Peru four years and New Albany 23 years. She had lived in Forest the past 10 years.
She was a member of West Point Christian Church, Russiaville, and taught Sunday school at Central Christian Church in New Albany. She also was a counselor for the ``Contact Rap'' call-in program in New Albany.
She was a 1948 graduate of Frankfort High School and attended Indiana University Southeast in New Albany.
She was born Sept. 27, 1930, in Frankfort, to Leo and LaVonne Richardson Hollis. She married Laird E. Jacoby in Lebanon in Sept. 12, 1948, and he survives.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Miller-Weston Funeral Home, with the Rev. J.P. Hill officiating. Burial will follow at Green Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday.
Memorials may be made to the Michigantown Ambulance Service.
Elizabeth A. Perrel
Elizabeth A. Perrel, 62, 1301 Burlington Ave., died unexpectedly at 4:30 p.m. May 4, 1999, at Clinton County Hospital.
Mrs. Perrel worked at Clinton County Bank and NBD 38 1/2 years, and retired in 1993. She also worked at Frankfort Pharmacy.
She was a lifelong Clinton County resident and a 1954 graduate of Forest High School. She was a member and current treasurer of the Frankfort Business & Professional Women's Club, and a member of Forest United Methodist Church.
She was born June 21, 1936, in Clinton County, to Martin H. and Pauline C. McQuinn Davis. She married Norman Perrel on Dec. 31, 1954, and he survives.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Frye & Genda Funeral Home, with the Rev. Emmett Ade officiating. Burial will follow at St. Paul Cemetery, Forest. Friends may call from 4-9 p.m. Thursday.
Memorials may be made to the Friends of the Frankfort Library.
Ethel 'Jane' Galey
Ethel ``Jane'' Galey, 78, 1307 S. Second St., died at 7 a.m. Sept. 19, 1999, at her home.
Mrs. Galey had lived in Frankfort since 1942. She worked at Hick Body Co. from 1942-44, making Army buses during World War II. She then was a press operator at National Cigar Co. from 1953-56.
She was a member of First Church of the Nazarene and Frankfort Eagles Auxiliary. She attended Crooked Creek School in Indianapolis.
She was born July 11, 1921, in Indianapolis, to Theodore P. and Edna Mae Beard Bailey. She married Loney Warren Galey Jr. on Sept. 29, 1941, and he died Jan. 8, 1981.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Goodwin Funeral Home, with the Rev. Earl Roustio and Pastor Ed Eby officiating. Burial will follow at Bunnell Cemetery. Calling hours are 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, with an Eagles Auxiliary service at 7.
Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, with envelopes available at the funeral home.
Earl Chester Galey
Earl Chester Galey, 73, Lafayette, died at 8:20 a.m. Nov. 12, 1999, at Home Hospital there. He had been in ill health for the past five years.
Mr. Galey was a power plant engineer for the Indiana Veterans Home for eight years. He had also worked at the Caterpillar Plant in Oklahoma City, Okla., where he lived for a brief time. He had been a resident of Lafayette since 1989. He had also lived in Fort Smith, Ark.
He attended Frankfort schools, and was a member of Grace Baptist Church, West Lafayette. He was also a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1154, Disabled American Veterans and a life member of American Legion Post 492.
He was born Sept. 29, 1926, in Frankfort, to Lonnie and Sylvia Alexandria Galey. He married Darlene Schley in Lafayette on Sept. 2, 1979, and she survives.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Hippensteel Funeral Home, Lafayette, with Pastor Walt Willett officiating. Interment
will follow at Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, with American Legion graveside services. Friends may call one hour prior to services.
Roy L. Cody
Roy L. Cody, 84, Russiaville, died at 9:43 a.m. June 29, 1997, at Howard Community Hospital, Kokomo.
Mr. Cody retired from Chrysler Corp., Kokomo, after 30 years.
He was born May 16, 1913, in Beech Grove, Va., to Henry and Kate Johnson Cody. He married Edna Eden, and she survives.
He also is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Jim (Norma) Daugherty and Mrs. Bill (Wanda) Martin, both of Russiaville; Mrs. Lee (Sandra) Sines of Frankfort, and Judy Rule of Fremont, Calif.; a brother, Jesse Cody of Orleans; seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Clyde Houston Burdine
Clyde Houston Burdine, 64, 2060 S. CR 180E, Frankfort, died at 3:18 a.m. Nov. 2, 1999, in the emergency room of Clinton County Hospital.
Mr. Burdine was a farmer and the owner of South Side Restaurant. He was the former owner and operator of Burdine Standard service station in Kirklin. He was a former member of the Lions Club, and a longtime Frankfort resident.
He was born April 30, 1935, in Rockcastle County, Ky., to Luther and Nancy Bishop Burdine. He married Donna Kay Maish on Dec. 29, 1954, and she survives.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Frye & Genda Funeral Home, with Pastor James Kester officiating. Burial will follow at Green Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the American heart or diabetes associations.
James L. Haynes
James L. Haynes, 81, Sebring, Fla., died Oct. 27, 1999, at Integrated Health Services Facility there.
Mr. Haynes was a U.S. Air Force veteran and served at Hendricks Field in Sebring.
He was born May 24, 1918, in Macon, Ga. He married Betty Joan Barker, formerly of Frankfort, at Hendricks Field on Sept. 19, 1943, and she survives.
Services were Oct. 30 in Sebring.
Leona E. Konopa
Leona E. Konopa, 82, Beloit, Wis., died Oct. 20, 1999, at Beloit Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Konopa was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church and a former member of its altar society. She also was an active participant at the Grinnell Senior Center.
She was born Jan. 26, 1917, in Day Township, Marathon County, Wis., to Martin and Anna Straus Mayer. She married Frank Edward Konopa in Milladore, Wis., on Sept. 25, 1934, and he survives.
Funeral Mass was observed Oct. 23 at the church, with Father Thomas Doheny officiating. Burial followed at Mt. Thabor Cemetery. Daley, Murphy, Wisch and Associates Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements and services.
Memorials may be made to Caritas.
Evelyn R. Richards
Evelyn R. Richards, 81, 1357 W. McClurg St., died at 9:40 a.m. Dec. 5, 1999, at her home following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Richards worked 10 years at Federal Mogul and retired in 1981. She also worked 17 years as a school crossing guard, and had retired in September.
She was owner and operator of the White Spot restaurant in Frankfort during the 1950s, and had worked at Indiana Brass, Stark & Wetzel, a cigar factory, Basley's, and Main Street Meat Market.
She was a 1936 graduate of Frankfort High School and a member of Women of the Moose. She also was leader of the Federal Mogul retirees' monthly meetings.
She was born Nov. 8, 1918, in Frankfort, to Albert V. and Anna L. Lane Wills. She married Albert L. Richards in Frankfort on April 16, 1938, and he died Jan. 7, 1993.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Miller-Weston Funeral Home, with the Rev. Charles E. Burgen officiating. Burial will follow at Bunnell Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday.
Memorials may be made to Lafayette Hospice, with envelopes available at the funeral home.
William Robison Jr.
William Robison Jr., 88, 1014 Coin Lane, died at 10:50 p.m. Dec. 31, 1999, at Mulberry Lutheran Home.
Mr. Robison was a self-employed attorney for 63 years, and was a partner in the law firm of Robison Robison Bergum & Johnson.
He served as prosecuting attorney from 1942-43 and 1946-47, as Clinton County attorney from 1948-51 and 1962-65, and as Frankfort city attorney from 1952-55.
He was a graduate of Frankfort High School and earned degrees from Wabash College, Duke University and Indiana University. He was admitted to the bar in 1936.
He was a member of Phi Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities. He also was a member of the Clinton County Bar Association and life member of the Indiana State Bar Association. He also was a member of the National Geographic Society and a 50-year member of the Travelers Protection Association of America.
He served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the South Pacific during World War II, and was a life member of V.F.W. Post 1110 and a 50-year member of the American Legion.
He was born Sept. 15, 1911, in Frankfort, to William and Mabel Brown Robison Sr.
No services are planned. Miller-Weston Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Vonna E. Batts
Vonna E. Batts, 87, 3103 N. CR 1250E, Forest, died at 6:33 p.m. Jan. 11, 2000, at Tipton County Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Batts was a homemaker and attended West Point Christian Church.
She was born Aug. 20, 1912, in Clinton County, to Allen "Andy" and Lottie Mae Hobbs Rude. She married Edwin L. Batts on Nov. 26, 1930, and he died May 3, 1989.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Stout & Son Funeral Home, Russiaville, with the Rev. J.P. Hill officiating. Burial will follow at Green Lawn Cemetery, Frankfort. Friends may call from 4-7:30 p.m. today.
