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Box 68 Petersburg, Indiana 47567 • • • • • • Entered at the Post Office in Petersburg, Indiana for transmis- sion through the mails as Periodical Mail, postage paid at Petersburg, Indiana. Published weekly. (USPS 604-340) Card of Thanks We would like to express our thanks for all of the love and support shown to us during the illness and death of Clara M. Bye. A special thanks to everyone for the prayers, cards, flowers, food and phone calls. Thanks to the churches for providing food. Thanks to Rev. Chad Searls for the words of comfort, and Chris Brown, Chad and Valerie Searls for the special music. Special thanks to the Lamar Family for all the love, care and support they have given Clara. May God bless you. The Family of Clara M. Bye PEACE of MIND Let our 125 years of experience aid you in your selection of a meaningful memorial. SCHUM MONUMENTS, INC. Dale, Indiana www.SchumMonuments.com 937-4921 Local Representative RONALD WOODS 789-2009 1/29/1932 – 6/8/2014 We the family of Mary Ann Vaughn, wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all of our relatives, friends and neighbors for their kindness and support during the unexpected loss of our mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. anks for all the messages of sympathy, prayers, delicious food, floral trib- utes and memorials. We wish to thank all of those who came for the visitation and attended the funeral. A special thank you goes to Pastor Wes Garris for his words of com- fort during the service. Also thanks goes to Michael Cochren for his beauti- ful music and uplifting songs. Also a very special thank you to the Pike County Emergency Response Team, Dr. Lily, and the emergency room staff at Memorial Hospital who assisted our mother during this very difficult time. Special thanks to granddaughter Katie for her tribute to her Mim. She would have been so proud. A heartfelt thanks to Nass and Son Funeral Home for all your kindness and support during this difficult time. Also thanks to the pallbearers: Rick Houchin, Mick Houchin, Dean Sullivan, Ronnie Vaughn, Kurt Vaughn and Lincoln Vaughn. If we overlooked anyone or any act of kindness, it was not intentional and please accept our sincere appreciation. Mike, Kathy, Linda, Katie Darla, Kurt, Melissa JuDy LEE FouST Judy Lee ( Young) Foust, 73, died at 3 a.m. Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, at her home in Campbelltown after a 7 ½ year war with melanoma cancer. She was born April 23, 1941, in Winslow to Pren- tice and Virginia Young. On August 18, 1962, al- most 52 years ago, she mar- ried Alfred. W. (Al) Foust in Patoka Grove Church and he survives with their sons, Joel (Kim), of Blooming- ton, and Jonathan (Darby), of Shelby, N.C.; grandchil- dren, Bailey, Samuel, Gabri- el and Logan Foust; a broth- er, Gary Young, of Enos Cor- ner, a nephew, Kary Young, of Oakland City; one niece, Mari Schwarz, of Peters- burg; one aunt, Ruth Mill- er, of Wabash; and several cousins and in-laws. Judy graduated from Win- slow High School, Oakland City College and earned a master's degree from the University of Arkansas in education and art. She taught in Michigan, Arkan- sas, Texas and Indiana. She was a member of Main Street Presbyterian Church and both the Pike County Historical Society and the Pike Co. Geneal- ogy Society. She was very supportive of the creation of the Pike County Histo- ry Center. She was always a very creative person, not only in arts and crafts, but as a seamstress. She loved gar- dening with both flowers and vegetables. A memorial service will be conducted at 1:30 p.m., (with a musical/prelude beginning at 1:15 p.m.) Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, in Main Street Presbyterian Church, with Pastor Boyd Heldring officiating. Visi- tation with the family will follow in Kiefer Hall at the church. Internment in Wil- liams Cemetery will follow later in the evening. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations in her honor be made to The Pike County History Cen- ter, c/o Pike Co. Library, 1008 E. Maple, Petersburg, IN 47567. Or make dona- tions to your own favorite charity. Curtis Funeral Home in Winslow will be in charge of arrangements. EvELyn M. STonE Evelyn M. (Bell) Stone, 92, of Somerville, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014. She was born No- vember 3, 1921, in Gibson County to the late Hosea A. and Frieda A. (Meier) Us- ery. She was a member of Clark's Chapel Church, of Somerville, and the Red Hat Society. She retired as a cook at Gibson General Hospital in Princeton and also was a beautician in her home, Bell's Beauty Shop. She is survived by four children, Sharon S. (Don) Colvin, of Mackey, Mari- lyn K. ( Wayne) Johnson, of Evansville, Steven M. Bell (fiancee Veronica), of Win- slow, and Debbie A. McK- night, of Somerville; sev- en grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; two great- great-grandchildren; and a sister, Marietta Ferguson, of Evansville. She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, Donald Bell, in 1979; second husband, Carl Stone, in 2000; a son, Larry Wayne Bell; three sisters, Lucille Ingram, LaVerne Heironimus and Martha Jean Gieselman; a grand- daughter, Teresa Hayes; two sons-in-law, Kevin C. McKnight and Bill Phelps; and a daughter-in-law, Cin- dy L. Bell. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Sunday, August 3, 2014, at Corn-Colvin Fu- neral Home in Oakland City, with Rev. Alec Hens- ley officiating. Burial was at Somerville Cemetery. Visitation was from 4 until 8 p.m. Saturday and again from noon until service time on Sunday. Condolences may be ex- pressed online at www. corncolvinfuneralhome. com. WiLFoRD EARL CoPELAnD Wilford Earl "Jack" Co- peland, 87, of Cambridge City, passed away Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014, at Reid Hospi- tal and Health Care Servic- es in Richmond. He was born on July 1, 1927, in Winslow, to William and Mabel Corn Copeland. Jack received his BS de- gree from Oakland City University in 1949 and mas- ter's degree from Ball State University in 1959. He was a W Wll U.S. Navy veteran, serving in the Philippine Is- lands. He worked at West- ern Wayne Schools for 40 years as a teacher, coach, administrator, and retired in 1988 as Superintendent. He was a Registered School Business Admin- istrator with the Ameri- can School Business Offi- cials. He received the Oak- land City University Spe- cial Achievement Award and Western Wayne School Dedicated Service Award. He also co-authored a busi- ness management manual. He was a 50 -year-mem- ber and Past Master of Cam- bridge Masonic Lodge #5, charter member of Cam- bridge City Kiwanis, where he was the Citizen of the Year in 1988, Dublin Amer- ican Legion Post #338, In- diana Retired Teachers As- sociation, Retired Public School Superintendents of Indiana, and a long time member of Pershing United Methodist Church and cur- rent member of Cambridge City First United Methodist Church. He was a past member of the Pershing Town Coun- cil and Cambridge City Li- brary Board. In 1989, he and his wife were Grand Marshals of Cambridge City Canal Days. Survivors include his wife of 65 years, the former Le- wanna R. "Lee" Hubble, whom he married on July 4, 1949, in Evansville; four daughters, Debra L. (Dick) Hamm, Nancy L. (George) Todd, Janet L. (David) Sweet and Susan L. ( Jim) Peckinpaugh; six grand- daughters Angela Dixon, Trisha Todd, Sarah Potter, Kristi Henderson, Danielle Peckinpaugh and Nicole Gravelle; four grandsons, Dane Summan, Jonathan Sweet, Christopher Sweet and Kyle Peckinpaugh; 13 great-grandchildren; niec- es and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Margaret E. McAllen and Doris J. Baysinger; and two grandchildren, Alison Sweet and Robert (Robby) Henderson. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, at Waskom Capitol Hill Chapel in Cam- bridge City, with Rev. Jeff Shafer officiating. Burial will follow in Zion's Luther- an Cemetery in Pershing. Friends may call at the fu- neral home on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, from 3 until 8 p.m. where there will be Masonic services at 7:45 p.m. by Cambridge Lodge #5 F.&A.M. Memorial contributions may be made to the W. E. "Jack" Copeland Memorial Scholarship Fund at First Bank of Richmond, 200 W. Main, Cambridge City, IN 47327. Online condolences to www.waskoms.com. viRginiA CHAMBERS Virginia "Ginny" Cham- bers, 88, passed away Fri- day, Aug. 1, 2014, at Ham- ilton Pointe in Newburgh. Ginny was born Feb. 14, 1926, in Vandalia, Ill., to Samuel and Velva Craig. She attended Evansville General Baptist Church and worked as a CNA at St. Mary's Medical Center. She loved gardening and quilt- ing. She was preceded in death by her husband, James A. Chambers, in 1981; a son, James Michael Chambers, in 2012; and eight siblings. Ginny is survived by four children, Gloria ( Walter) Nowark ( Walter), of Win- slow, Greg Chambers, of Newburgh, Paula (Curt) Jones, of Louisville, Ky., and Tammy (Keith) Bre- idenbaugh, of Otwell; a daughter-in-law, Caffie Chambers, of Evansville; 10 grandchildren; 24 great- grandchildren; two great- great-grandchildren; a sis- ter, Rosie (Bill) Mosby, of Evansville; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral service were at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, at Koehler Funeral Home Boonville Chapel with buri- al in Folsomville Cemetery. Visitation was from 10 a.m. until service time at the fu- neral home. Condolences and any special remembrances may be made online at www. koehlerfuneralhome.com. gEnEvA MARiE MuRRELL Geneva Marie Murrell, 88, of Oakland City, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at her residence. She was born Feb. 21, 1926, in Parks- ville, Ky., to Jesse and Vio- la (Lister) Webb, both de- ceased. On Jan. 30, 1943, in Covington, Ky., she mar- ried Henry Murrell before moving to this area in 1961. She worked as the cook at the former Johnson's Res- taurant in Oakland City, be- fore serving as the cook at the Oakland City Bowling Alley for approximately 15 years. She is survived by sons, Gary Murrell, of Ventura Calif., Barry (Paula) Mur- rell, of Chrisney, Dane Mur- rell, of Pennsylvania, and James (Mary) Murrell, of Huntingburg; daughters, Joyce (Mark) Blessinger, of Newburgh, and Jean- ie (Bruce) Hensley, both of Oakland City; a broth- er, Marshal Webb, of Ten- nessee; a sister; Mary Eliz- abeth Jones, of Covington, Ky.; 17 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchil- dren. She was preceded in death by her parents; hus- band, Henry; son, Larry David Murrell; brothers, James and Bobby Webb; and sister, Irene. Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014, at Lamb-Basham Me- morial Chapel in Oakland City, with Rev. Darin Nos- sett officiating. Burial was in Montgomery Cemetery of Oakland City, Condolences may be ex- pressed online at www. lambbasham.com or www. doylefuneralhomeprince- ton.com. BR AD STiLWELL Brad Stilwell, 53, of Hunt- ingburg, died Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at his home. He was born Sept. 24, 1960, in Huntingburg, to Roy E. and Patricia (Dedman) Stil- well. He is survived by his parents, Roy E. and Patri- cia Stilwell, of Velpen; two brothers, Mark Stilwell and Steve (Beth) Stilwell, both of Huntingburg; one sister, Lynn (Tony) Bell, of Evans- ville; and his grandfather, Roy Stilwell, Sr., of Hunt- ingburg. Visitation was at Nass & Son Funeral Home in Hunt- ingburg from 2-6 p.m., Sun- day, Aug. 3, 2014. A memo- rial service will be at a lat- er date. JAniCE E. oT To Janice E. Otto, 72, of Washington, died at 7:55 a.m. Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, at her residence. Born May 17, 1942, in Ireland, Ind., she was the daughter of Joseph and Hil- da (Sendelweck) Weisheit. A 1960 graduate of Otwell High School, she obtained a bachelor's degree from Oakland City University and a master's degree from Indiana State University. She taught physical edu- cation at Barr-Reeve High School from 1972-1977, and organized and coached the first girls' volleyball and basketball teams at Barr- Reeve. She was a member of Bethel South Church, VFW, Eagles and American Le- gion auxiliaries. She is survived by her husband, Steven L. Otto, whom she married Sept. 29, 2012; a daughter, Rhonda (Gary) Fox; a great-grand- child; and a sister, Dorothy ( Jerry) Traylor, of Otwell. Her first husband, Denzil R. Walters, died May 2006; two brothers, Leroy and James Weisheit, also pre- ceded her in death. A memorial service will be at Gill Funeral Home in Washington at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, with Matt Merrold offici- ating. Visitation will be Wednes- day from 1 to 3 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Helping Hearts Hospice. Condo- lences may be made online at www.gillsince1872.com. JACk WEATHERS Jack Weathers, 78, of Winslow, died Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, at 10 :17 a.m. at his residence. He was born in Pike County, March 3, 1936, to Bruce and Roma (Payton) Weathers. He was a farmer and former operator for In- dianapolis Power and Light. He married Sherril Craig Dec. 17, 1955, and she sur- vives. He was a member of Glen- dale Masonic Lodge. Surviving, besides his wife, are two sons, Ralph Kent Weathers and Bruce Weathers, both of Winslow; a daughter, Jennifer Koch, of Lafayette; seven grand- children; and six great- grandchildren. There will be no visita- tion or services. Harris Funeral Home in Petersburg is assisting the family. vELMA J. FR AnkuM Velma J. Frankum, 86, of Vincennes, died at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, at Willow Manor in Vin- cennes. She was born in Pike County, Dec. 12, 1927, to Lon and Maggie ( Jerrell) Drew. She married Carl E. Frankum Jan. 16, 1945, and he preceded her in death. She was a member of the Living Church of God. Surviving are two sons, Jeffrey N. Frankum, of Vin- cennes, and Bruce Wayne Frankum, of Lewes, Del.; a daughter, Theresa Chailli- ux, of Vincennes; a broth- er, Marvin Drew, of Akron, Ohio; and a sister, Dorothy ( Willis) Gray, of Willow Manor; eight grandchil- dren; and 20 great-grand- children. A brother, Charles Drew, preceded him in death. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, at Martin Cem- etery in Littles near Peters- burg, with Lambert Greer officiating. Harris Funeral Home in Petersburg will be in charge of arrangements.