Local Obituaries for Families in Salem, IN

Delores Faye (Lockhart) Tye
May 10, 2016
Mrs. Delores Faye Tye age 84 of Salem passed away Tuesday, May 10 at Salem Crossing.
Mrs. Tye was born October 7, 1931 in Mt. Eden, Indiana the daughter of Nora Lockhart Reinhardt. She was a member of Cross Roads Baptist Church.
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Margaret (Cress) Morrow
May 8, 2016
Mrs. Margaret Morrow age 87 of Salem passed away Sunday, May 8 at her home.
Mrs. Morrow was born February 26, 1929 in Salem, Indiana the daughter of Elisha and Frances Muncy Cress. She was a homemaker and a member of West Side Church of Christ.

Leif Harmon Saylor
May 3, 2016
Mr. Leif Harmon Saylor age 87 of Salem passed away Tuesday, May 3 at St. Vincent Hospital of Salem.
Mr. Saylor was born July 21, 1928 in Crab Orchard, Kentucky the son of Leif H. “Doc” Saylor and Lucinda Hoskins Saylor. He was retired from the Carpenter’s Union and...

Jason Allen McLemore
Apr 29, 2016
Mr. Jason A. McLemore age 30 of Salem passed away Friday, April 29 in an accident on Sparks Ferry Road.
Mr. McLemore was born January 14, 1986 in Rayvillle, Louisiana the son of Okie McLemore and Carolyn Diane Frost. He was an employee of Synergy Efficiency.

Mary Ellen (Chastain) Green
Apr 27, 2016
Mrs. Mary Ellen Green (Chastain) of Salem, passed away Wednesday April 27 at her home.
Mrs. Green was born December 20, 1925 in Washington County, Indiana the daughter of Mahlon and Edith Caroline Voyles Chastain. Mary was married to John Donald Green on March 12, 1943. Mary enjoyed being...

Jewel J (Purlee) Nale
Apr 24, 2016
Mrs. Jewel J. Nale age 83 of Salem passed away Sunday, April 24 at Covered Bridge Health Center in Seymour.
Mrs. Nale was born December 29, 1932 in Washington County, Indiana the daughter of Jesse and Addie Marshall Purlee. She was a retired cook for Salem Middle School. She...

Raymond McBride
Apr 23, 2016
Mr. Raymond E. McBride age 63 of Galena, Indiana, passed away Saturday April 23 at Norton Healthcare Pavilion in Louisville, Kentucky.
He was born January 14, 1953 in Salem, Indiana to the late Lee and Rowena McBride. He was a member of Galena Church of Christ and was a...

Cynthia Mae (Smith) Moore
Apr 22, 2016
Mrs. Cynthia Mae Moore age 60 of Salem passed away Friday, April 22 at her home.
Mrs. Moore was born May 31, 1955 in Salem the daughter of Hollis L. “Bill” Smith and Virginia Fern Dillman Smith Embry. She was a member of Marshall Avenue Church of God and...

Vincent R Sprinkle
Apr 22, 2016
Mr. Vincent R. Sprinkle age 54 of Pekin passed away Friday, April 22, 2016 at Floyd Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Sprinkle was born September 10, 1961 in Salem the son of Omer and Sarah Jackson Sprinkle. He was an employee of Sonoco Products in New Albany.

Carol Denise (Place) Brough
Apr 20, 2016
Mrs. Carol Denise Brough age 55 of Salem passed away Wednesday, April 20 at her home.
Mrs. Brough was born May 8, 1960 in Wisconsin the daughter of Kenneth and Audrey Poole Place. She was a Private Investigator. She was an Army veteran and a member of American Legion...

Gladys I (Nicholson) Roberts
Apr 16, 2016
Mrs. Gladys Idella Roberts age 97 of Salem passed away Saturday, April 16 at her home.
Mrs. Roberts was born July 12, 1918 in Washington County, Indiana the daughter of Thomas Willard (TW) Nicholson and Myrtle Idella Bottorff Nicholson. She was a member of Canton Christian Church, Order of...

Warren L Mull
Apr 13, 2016
Mr. Warren L. Mull age 68 of Salem passed away Wednesday, April 13 at his home.
Mr. Mull was born August 15, 1947 in Clark County, Indiana the son of John and Olive LeRue Corn Mull. He was a retired truck driver. He...

John Earl Hoyt
Apr 13, 2016
Mr. John Earl Hoyt age 91 of Pekin passed away Wednesday, April 13 at Floyd Memorial Hospital in New Albany.
Mr. Hoyt was born June 20, 1925 in Pekin the son of Earl R. and Mary Van Horn Hoyt. He was a retired...

Jim E Purkhiser
Apr 12, 2016
Mr. Jim E. Purkhiser age 56 of Salem passed away Tuesday, April 12 at Floyd Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Purkhiser was born November 1, 1959 in Washington County, Indiana the son of James Willard “Bud” and Luella McKinley Purkhiser. He was a farmer. Jim graduated from Salem High School in...

Catherine (Miller) Soliday
Apr 8, 2016
Mrs. Catherine Soliday age 91 of Salem passed away Friday, April 8 at Salem Crossing.
Mrs. Soliday was born October 2, 1924 in Washington County, Indiana the daughter of Everett and Lois Wingler Miller. She was a former employee of Bata Shoe Corporation and a member of Westside Church...
Debbie Lynn (Perkins) Smedley
Apr 7, 2016
Mrs. Debbie Lynn Smedley age 59 of Salem passed away Thursday, April 7 at University of Louisville Hospital.
Mrs. Smedley was born July 14, 1956 in Louisville, Kentucky the daughter of John William Perkins and Wilma Gertrude Gilley Temple. She was a retired employee of Kimball’s and a former...

Bernard Verl Chastain
Apr 7, 2016
Mr. Bernard Verl Chastain age 91 of Campbellsburg passed away Thursday, April 7 at Schneck Medical Center in Seymour.
Mr. Chastain was born June 16, 1924 in Benton County, Indiana the son of Ivis Verl and Ophelia Lois Johns Chastain. He was employed first as a carpenter and helped...

Archie Smith
Apr 5, 2016
Mr. Archie Smith age 94 of Salem passed away Tuesday, April 5 at Salem Crossing.
Mr. Smith was born July 25, 1921 in Knox County, Kentucky the son of Floyd Smith and Rose Gibson Smith Burnett. He was a retired coal miner.
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Terry Lynn Hollowell
Apr 1, 2016
Mr. Terry Lynn Hollowell age 52 of Pekin passed away Friday, April 1 at St. Vincent Hospital in Salem.
Mr. Hollowell was born October 19, 1963 in Salem the son of William and Marie Borders Hollowell. He was a computer technician for Ricoh Corporation in Louisville.

Julie (Jones) Wells
Apr 1, 2016
Mrs. Julie Wells age 48 of Salem passed away Friday, April 1 at her home.
Mrs. Wells was born September 8, 1967 in Salem the daughter of Jim and Anita Lee Lessig. She was a member of Walnut Grove Christian Church. She was an employee of the Washington County...