Local obituaries for Marion, Grant County, IN.
Sara L. Wagner
Jul 24, 2011
Sara L. Wagner, age 69, of Marion, passed away at 12:13 p.m. Sunday, July 24, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Sara was born on June 9, 1942, in Nashville, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Claude and Maude (Kemp) Worley. She married HR Wagner, and he survives. She was a secretary at Marion General Hospital for 35 years,...

Philip M. Tinkle
Jul 22, 2011
Philip M. Tinkle, age 91 passed away Friday July 22, 2011 at Heritage Pointe, Warren, Indiana following an extended illness. He was born in Washington Township, Grant County to the late Orville and Iva (Hawkins) Tinkle. In 1939 he graduated from Van Buren High School. He married Roberta Weaver in 1942. Mr. Tinkle was an Army veteran of WWII, serving...
Ronald Lee Hill
Jul 21, 2011
Ronald Lee Hill, age 49, of Marion, passed away at 10:23 p.m. Thursday, July 21, 2011, at the American Woodmark Plant in Gas City, Indiana. Ronald was born December 4, 1961, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of the late Abb Hill, Jr. and Oreda (Phillips) Murphy. His mother survives. Ronald was a graduate of Heavy Equipment School in 2005. He...
Clarell Nadine (Skinner) Graham
Jul 15, 2011
Mrs. Graham was born the second child of Clarence C. and Gladys (Oden) Skinner on June 29, 1922 in Marion, Indiana. She peacefully passed away in the Marion General Hospital Emergency Department on Friday, July 15, 2011 at 6:15 p.m. Clarell Nadine was a graduate of Sweetser High School Class of 1940. On December 14, 1941, Elwin Graham asked Clarell...

Edgar R. Carpenter
Jul 13, 2011
Edgar R. Carpenter, age 88, passed away at 5:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at Wesleyan Health Care Center, Marion, Indiana. Edgar was born on March 26, 1923, in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of the late Robert and Geneva (Geisel) Carpenter. He married his first wife Judy Popper on September 2, 1944 and she died of cancer in May 1985....
Betty J. Turrie
Jul 13, 2011
Betty J. Turrie, age 89, of Marion, passed away at 2:50 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at the Wesleyan Health Care Center, Marion, Indiana where she had been a resident for many years. Betty was born on June 22, 1922, in Marion, Indiana, the daughter of the late James and Rhonda (Hooper) Matthews. She married Robert "Bob" Turrie, and they...
Rikki L. (Dilts) Shane
Jul 11, 2011
Rikki L. (Dilts) Shane, age 31, of Marion, passed away Monday, July 11, 2011, at the home of her grandmother in Jonesboro. Rikki was born on March 2, 1980, in Marion, Indiana, the daughter of Richard Dilts and the late Kelly Storey. She married Tim Shane on March 7, 2001 and he survives. Rikki was a self-employed cosmetologist. She enjoyed...

Gerry Hardwick Sr
Jul 4, 2011
Gerry Hardwick, Sr., age 53, of Marion, passed away Monday, July 4, 2011, at his home, in Marion, Indiana. Our dearly beloved brother fought a good fight, until the Heavenly Angels escorted him to Heaven. Gerry was born on December 29, 1957, in Birmingham, Alabama, the son of the late David Hardwick and Norma Jean (Tellis) Hardwick. He worked for...
Patricia D. "Pat" Chunn
Jun 17, 2011
Patricia D. "Pat" Chunn, age 74, of Converse, passed away at 2:48 p.m. Friday, June 17, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Pat was born on September 2, 1936, in Marion, Indiana, the daughter of the late Douglas Foreman and Martha (Enyeart) Duncan. She married George Chunn on December 4, 1955, and he survives. Pat was a former...

Madonna Susan Hendey
Jun 17, 2011
Madonna Susan Hendey, age 92, of Marion, passed away at 8:20 p.m. Friday, June 17, 2011, at the Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Susan was born on December 29, 1918, in Marion, Indiana, the daughter of the late Archie Sloan II and Clara Mae (Brown) Sloan. She married Charles G. Hendey who preceded her in death....

Leonard Wade Black
Jun 17, 2011
Leonard Wade Black, age 86, of Marion, passed away at 1:35 a.m. Friday, June 17, 2011, at the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System, Marion, Indiana. Leonard was born on March 10, 1925, in Van Buren, Indiana, the son of the late Clifford and Alice (Hays) Black. The family moved to Wabash County in 1934; and he graduated from Lincolnville...

Charles C. "Charlie" Baird
Jun 15, 2011
Charles C. "Charlie" Baird, age 52, of Marion, passed away at 3:15 a.m. Wednesday, June 15, 2011, at the VA Northern Health Care System in Marion. Charlie was born on December 3, 1958, in Marion, Indiana, the son of Glenn Baird and Leslie Deason. He worked at Active Products where he was a Union Steward. He was also a U.S....

Nan M. Sutton
Jun 6, 2011
Nan M. Sutton, age 71, of Marion, passed away at 2:40 a.m. Monday, June 6, 2011, at Twin City Health Care, Gas City, Indiana. Nan was born on November 12, 1939, in Lee Valley, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Charles and Nora (Markhum) Sutton. She was a production worker at United Technology until her retirement. She was a member...
Sarah A. Johnson
Jun 4, 2011
SARAH A. JOHNSON, age 66, passed away Saturday, June 4, 2011, in her residence in Marion. SARAH was born on July 27, 1944, in Memphis, TN, the daughter of the late Joseph A. and Anna C. (Jennings) Oglesby. On July 30, 1962, she married Tom Johnson who survives. She was a loving wife and mother who relished the time spent...
Lena L. Graves
May 18, 2011
Lena L. "Granny" Graves, age 87, passed away at 9:16 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at Wesleyan Health Care Center in Marion. Lena was born on April 30, 1924, in Allen County, Kentucky at the home of her grandfather, and was the daughter of the late Floyd and Daisy (Borders) Saylors. She married Cecil Graves and he preceded her in...
Howard H. Kitts
May 5, 2011
Howard H. Kitts, age 93, of Marion, passed away at 1:15 p.m. Thursday, May 5, 2011, in Marion General Hospital, Marion, Indiana. Howard was born on March 31, 1918, in Kokomo, Indiana, the son of the late Sherman Hobart and Marguerite (Churchill) Kitts. He married Madelynn Wilkinson May 29, 1938 and she preceded him in death in 1976. Howard was...

Robert Fowler "Bob" Burke Sr
May 2, 2011
Robert "Bob" Fowler Burke, Sr., age 87, passed away peacefully with his son, Robert Jr. and wife Darlene by his side with Good Hope Hospice care at Wesleyan Nursing Home. Bob was born in Marion, Indiana; the son of Emil Isaac and Nancy Vietta (Walls) Burke. He and Mary Alice Wilson were married on April 5, 1942 in Wabash, Indiana....
Margaret E. Bandy
May 1, 2011
Margaret E. Bandy, age 92, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2011 at Sterling House, Marion. Margaret was born June 8, 1918, in Marion, Indiana, the daughter of the late Claude E. and Edna B. Enslen. On October 24, 1962, she married Irvin Bandy and he survives. She worked as a cook for Marion Community Schools. She was a member of...
Iva D. Blankenship
Apr 15, 2011
Iva D. Blankenship, age 82, passed away at 10:01 a.m. Friday, April 15, 2011, at the Howard Regional Health System, Kokomo, Indiana. Iva was born on November 27, 1928, in Lutts, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Marvin and Clara (Rich) Holt. She married Floyd Blankenship on September 19, 1953. He preceded her in death on August 13, 2007. Iva...

Pauline Eubank
Apr 3, 2011
Pauline Eubank, age 66, passed away at 3:22 p.m. Sunday, April 3, 2011, at Marion General Hospital, Marion, Indiana. Pauline was born on August 13, 1944, in Anderson, Indiana, the daughter of the late Harry Shuck and Irene (Sample) Hall. She married Mickey Eubank and he survives. She worked at Sun Metal. Survivors include: husband, Mickey Eubank of N. Manchester,...
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