Local Obituaries for Families in Salem, IN

Dec 30, 2014

Rodney W. Alwin age 71 of Salem passed away Tuesday, December 30 at 2:15AM at his home.

Mr. Alwin was born May 16, 1943 in Madison, Wisconsin the son of Herman and Evelyn Lehman Alwin.  He was a retired employee of Ford Motor Company Chicago Stamping Plant.  He was...

Dec 29, 2014

Mrs. Catherine Elizabeth Bridgewater Curry age 87 of Orleans passed away Monday, December 29 at Hosparus Inpatient Unit in Louisville.

Mrs. Curry was born May 15, 1927 in Indianapolis the daughter of Earnest and Mary Wible Bridgewater.  She was a faithful member of Livonia Baptist Church where she served...

Dec 28, 2014

Mr. Carroll J. Tash age 80 of Pekin passed away Sunday, December 28 at 4:30PM at Floyd Memorial Hospital due to a sudden illness.

Carroll was a loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend to many.  He was born February 15, 1934 in Washington County the son of Jesse...

Dec 27, 2014

Mr. Robert L. McKillip age 84 of Pekin passed away Saturday, December 27 at Salem Crossing.

Mr. McKillip was born September 26, 1930 in Washington County, Indiana the of William and Gertie Fultz McKillip.  He was a farmer and a former employee of O.P. Link Handle Company, City of...

Dec 26, 2014

Carol J. Hinds age 73 of Salem passed away Friday, December 26 at Floyd Memorial Hospital.

Carol was born February 3, 1941 in Washington County, Indiana the daughter of Delbert and Mary Gayle Walton Brewer.  She was a retired Nurse’s Aid for Elmhurst Memorial Hospital.  She was a member...

Dec 25, 2014

Mr. Don A. Garrison age 65 of Salem passed away Thursday, December 25 at his home.

Mr. Garrison was born April 2, 1949 in Putnam County, Tennessee the son of Clifford and Catherine Rodgers Garrison.  He was self employed.

Don married Glenda Davidson...

Dec 23, 2014

Mr. George N. Richardson Jr. age 84 of Salem passed away Tuesday, December 23 at his home.

Mr. Richardson was born July 14, 1930 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania the son of George N. Richardson Sr. and Florence Souser Richardson.  He was a retired employee of GKN.  He was a member...

Dec 20, 2014

Mrs. Opal P. “Polly” McKinley age 82 of Borden passed away Saturday, December 20 at Autumn Wood in New Albany.

Mrs. McKinley was born November 9, 1932 in Martinsburg the daughter of Oliver S. and Jesse Lovell Bush. She was a member of Martinsburg Church of Christ and Pekin...

Dec 12, 2014

Ronald R. Walton age 53 of Salem passed away Friday, December 12 at Floyd Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Walton was born January 7, 1961 in Evansville, Indiana the son of Leonard and Elisbeth Seliger Walton.  He was a journeyman electrician.

He is survived by...

Dec 12, 2014

Louise Borden age 86 of Salem passed away Friday, December 12 at Salem Crossing.

Mrs. Borden was born May 30, 1928 in Evansville, Indiana the daughter of Estel and Lillie Huff Wilson.  She was retired as manager of the Dollar Store.  She was a member of Eastview Church of Christ.

She married Willard Borden on...

Dec 11, 2014

Mr. George Thomas Bowers age 76 of Salem passed away Thursday, December 11 at Indiana University Health in Bloomington.

Mr. Bowers was born November 11, 1938 on Bowers Tree Farm the son of John Thomas and Inez Martin Bowers.   He graduated high school in Mt. Summit, Indiana.  He was...

Dec 10, 2014

Dorothy Jean Brown age 82 of Salem passed away Wednesday, December 10 at St. Vincent Hospital of Salem.

Dorothy was born November 1, 1932 in Salem the daughter of Lester O. and Nellie M. Collier Brown.  She was a retired from B.F. Goodrich in 1982.  She was a member...

Dec 10, 2014

Mr. Donald Johnson age 70 of Pekin passed away Wednesday, December 10 at Meadow View Health Care and Rehab.

Mr. Johnson was born December 13, 1943 in Louisville, Kentucky the son of Ray and Louise Watts Johnson.  He was a retired Electrical Maintenance Department Foreman for the University of...

Dec 5, 2014

Mr. Kenneth Warren “Pappy” Cress age 90 of Salem passed away Friday, December 5 at Robley Rex VAMC in Louisville.

Mr. Cress was born May 28, 1924 in Burning Springs, Kentucky the son of Elisha and Frances Muncy Cress.  He was a retired employee of Link Handle Company.  He...

Dec 4, 2014

Mrs. Barbara Sue Coliapolis age 73 of Salem passed away Thursday, December 4, at her home.

Mrs. Coliapolis was born June 5, 1941 in Salem the daughter of Ossie and Nannie Melton Davidson.  She was a retired employee of Tecumseh and a former employee of Bata Shoe Company and...

Dec 3, 2014

Mr. Malcolm Hays McMakin age 72 of Hardinsburg passed away Wednesday, December 3 at St. Vincent Hospital of Salem.

Mr. McMakin was born July 21, 1942 in Frankfort, Kentucky the son of Julius Emerson and Lottie May Richardson McMakin.  He was an EMT, had been a firefighter for more...

Dec 2, 2014

Michael R. “Mike” Jones age 56 of Campbellsburg passed away Tuesday, December 2 at his home.

Mike was born February 9, 1958 in Salem the son of Raymond B. and Frances Stewart Jones.  He was an employee of Kimball Office Furniture in Borden for 30 years.  He was a...

Dec 1, 2014

William Ivan (Bill) Gross age 81 passed away at 3:00AM on Monday, December 1, 2014 at Baptist Health, in Corbin, Kentucky.

Bill was born November 5, 1933 in Washington County, Indiana to Hugh and Nellie Combs Gross.

He was a truck driver by...

Nov 26, 2014

Mr. Leo W. Nicholson age 94 of Pekin passed away Wednesday, November 26 at 8:37PM in Borden.

Mr. Nicholson was born October 30, 1920 in Washington County, Indiana the son of John and Elma Phipps Nicholson.  He was a retired foreman for Hobart Manufacturing Corporation and a retired farmer. ...

Nov 24, 2014

Mrs. Evelynn F. Hamilton age 84 of Salem passed away Monday, November 24 at University of Louisville Hospital.

Mrs. Hamilton was born January 26, 1930 in Orleans the daughter of Harold and Ruth Brinson Jacobs.  She was a retired employee of GKN.  She was a member of Westview Christian...