OBITUARIES
Local obituaries in Paoli, IN.
John Russell Carwile
May 20, 2015
Dillman-Scott Funeral Home John Russell Carwile, 60, of Paoli, passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at IU Health of Paoli. He was born March 8, 1955 in Bedford, IN to Russell Carwile and Grady Gusta Goodall Carwile. He married Cecilia Renee Jorgensen on May 31, 2006. He was preceded in death by his parents, and 2 brothers William Cody Carwile...
Betty L Cadle
May 16, 2015
Betty Cadle, 85 formerly of Paoli, IN passed away Saturday, May 16, 2015 in Peoria, IL. She was born January 31, 1930 to Wesley C. and Mamie Weeks Webster in Paoli, Indiana. Betty married Charles Wayne Cadle in 1952 and he passed away on January 6, 1997. She was preceded in death by both of her parents and also her...
Maude Rebecca Benefiel
May 2, 2015
Maude Rebecca Benefiel, 89, of Paoli, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2015, at IU Health of Paoli. She was born June 16, 1925 in Rosehill Virginia to Joseph Clint Marcum and Mary Shackford Marcum. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Criss Dewane Benefiel, 3 sisters Lee Osborne, Roxie Campbell and Ruby Dean and 4 brothers White D...
Marjorie Lucille Lapping
Apr 30, 2015
Marjorie Lucille McCutcheon Lapping, 92 of Paoli passed away Thursday April 30, 2015 at, Bloomington, IN. She was born on June 1, 1923 on Tater Road in Orange County to Franklin Elwood Lindley and Edith Irene Veatch. She graduated from Paoli High School in 1941, attended Earlham College one year and during World War II was a lab technician at...
Levi Garrett Rappe'
Apr 23, 2015
Levi Garrett Rappe‘, (pronounced rap-pay) 17, of Hardinsburg, IN passed away Thursday, April 23, 2015 at his home. He was born December 12, 1997 in New Albany, IN to Robert Lee Jr and Velma Jane Smith Rappe‘. He was a junior at Paoli High School where he was an active member of the Paoli FFA Chapter and participated in The...
Lorrainna M Martin
Apr 21, 2015
Lorrainna M Martin, 51, of 213 Horton Ave, Paoli, IN, passed away at her home on Tuesday morning, April 21, 2015. She was born in Muncie, IN to William Miller and Helen Neiswinger Miller on August 28, 1963. She married Arthur Martin on July 1, 1994 and he survives She formerly worked at Hudson Foods, Corydon, IN and as a...
Robert Dunn Sr
Apr 12, 2015
Robert Lee Dunn Sr., 63, Paoli, IN passed away Sunday, April 12, 2015 at his residence. He was in Marengo, IN to Lawrence and Ada Moore Dunn on April 27, 1951. He married Caroline Sue Payton in 1971 and she survives. He was a self-employed flea marketer and enjoyed his family and fishing. He was preceded in death by his...
Wilma Beatrice Boyer
Apr 9, 2015
Wilma Beatrice Boyer, 99, of Paoli, IN, passed away at 9:55 pm, April 9, 2015 Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY following a two-month illness. She was born January 26, 1916 in Paoli, IN to Noble and Audra (Magill) Riester. She married Russell Boyer on November 24, 1934 and he preceded her in death on May 30, 1989. She was salutatorian...
Ricky Dale Elliott
Mar 24, 2015
Ricky Dale Elliott, 56, of Paoli, IN, passed away March 24, 2015 at his residence. He was born January 4, 1959 in Paoli to Rodger and Bonnie Milligan Elliott. He married Leah Jane Quinn Hobson in 1982. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother Margaret Pearl Hughes and paternal grandmother Effie Elliott Wells. He had been employed at...
F. Wendell Gooch
Mar 21, 2015
Dillman-Scott Funeral Home F Wendell Gooch, 82, Bloomington, IN, formerly of Paoli, passed away Saturday, March 21, in Bloomington, IN He was born in Wright City, Missouri on December 3, 1932 to Lyndell Franklin and Lois Ion Morris Gooch. He married Helen Mary Willis on June 5, 1955 and she survives. Wendell was a graduate of University of Missouri School...
Mary Helen Collier
Mar 2, 2015
Mary Helen “Honey” Radcliff Collier, 97, of Paoli, IN passed away March 2, 2015 at Westview Nursing Facility in Bedford, IN. She was born in Paoli, IN on July 21, 1917 to Alonzo Radcliff and Estella Roberts Radcliff. She married Russell Collier on December 31, 1938. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Russell, brothers Everitt, Merle, Earl...
Wanda (Elliott) Solliday
Feb 28, 2015
Wanda Marie Solliday, 85, of Paoli, IN passed away February 28, 2015 at I U Hospice House in Bloomington, IN. She was born November 10, 1929 to Bruce Elliott and Lula Mae Hill Elliott in Bunker Hill, IN. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother Gene Elliott. She attended Syria Christian Church for several years. She...
Jeremy Gehl
Feb 10, 2015
Jeremy Gehl, 37, of Paoli, IN passed away at his residence February 10, 2015. He was born in Paoli on September 9, 1977 to Herman Gehl 1st and Barbara Bayer Gehl. He worked at a sawmill and worked in masonry with his brother Herman. He was also a veteran of the US Marine Corp. He was preceded in death by ...
Virginia E Forbes
Feb 10, 2015
VIRGINIA E FORBES, 87 of Franklin, Indiana, formerly of Paoli, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at the Indiana Masonic Home. She was born March 16, 1927 in Clinton, Iowa to John and Virginia (Mercer) Miller. She was a 1945 graduate of Clinton High School. She married Reverend Powell Forbes on February 12, 1956...
Beryl D Smelser
Feb 2, 2015
Beryl Dale Smelser, 79, Paoli, passed away Monday, February 2, 2015 at Rolling Hills Nursing Home in New Albany. He was born April 1, 1935 in Orange County, IN to Kenneth and Mildred Salmon Smelser. He married Charlotte Kirby on May 30, 1958 and she survives. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Frankie Smelser, and grandson...
Barbara Louise Chandler
Jan 17, 2015
Barbara Louise Chandler, 76, of Paoli, passed away Saturday, January 17, at her home. She was born November 26, 1938 in Tuka, Mississippi to Clarence Raymond Biggs and Mary Louise Wilson Biggs. She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters Sandy Biggs and Mary Parsley, and brothers Raymond Biggs and James Mitchell. She retired from the Kroger company. Survivors...
Jeanne Eileen (Balne) Blair
Jan 10, 2015
On January 10, 2015 Heaven gained a very special angel when Jeanne Eileen (Balne) Blair of Hardinsburg, Indiana, formerly of Blackfoot, Idaho, passed due to complications of COPD at age 74. Born September 25, 1940 in Albany, New York, Jeanne was adopted at the age of 8 months by Harry and Margaret (Gerrity) Balne. Jeanne’s parents divorced when she was...
Scott Hamilton
Jan 10, 2015
Scott Hamilton, 71, Paoli passed away January 10, 2015 at IU Health Hospital, Bloomington, IN. He was born April 26, 1943 in Paoli to Jessie Earl and Pauline Coats Hamilton. He was married to Linda Little for 16 years. He was preceded in death by parents, one brother James Hamilton, three sisters, Ethelyn Comingore, Virginia Smedley Hook, and Becky Redenbaugh...
Elanor Stroud
Jan 3, 2015
Elanor Y Stroud, 78 of English passed away Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Paoli Health and Living, Paoli, IN. She was born on April 25, 1936 in Illinois to Tildon Stroud and Hattie Lawless Stroud. She was a former employee of The Gorge Nursing Home, French Lick, IN and a member of the Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witness, Mitchell, IN. She...
Gene Holland
Jan 2, 2015
Gene Holland, 81, Paoli, passed away Friday, January 2, 2015 at his residence. He was born on January 9, 1933 in Greenfield Township to Samuel Wilbur Holland and Sarah Edith Denbo Holland. He married Patricia Joan Rutherford on September 28, 1956. She preceded him in death on May 14, 1990. He was also preceded in death by his parents, grandson...