Travis James Crague (05/05/08)
Travis James Crague, 26, Brazil, passed away Friday, May 2, 2008. He was born Nov. 20, 1981, in Brazil, to Fred and Kathy Stevens Crague. He was a 2000 graduate of Northview High School and worked for Crown, Greencastle. Travis was a fun loving "adrenaline junkie" who lived his life one day at a time...

Stella A. Thomas (05/05/08)
Stella A. Thomas, 100, Greencastle, passed away Sunday morning at Asbury Towers. Born Jan. 28, 1908, in Clay County, in the Pell home just east of Harmony, she was the seventh of eight children born to Oscar E. and Mary Elizabeth (Early) Pell. She grew up in the large brick home built by her grandfather (from materials made and cut from the farm), fondly referred to as "Pell Hill."...

Travis James Crague (05/04/08)
Travis James Crague, 26, Brazil, passed away Friday, May 2, 2008. He was born Nov. 20, 1981, in Brazil, to Fred and Kathy Stevens Crague. He was a 2000 graduate of Northview High School and worked for Crown, Greencastle. Travis was a fun loving "adrenaline junkie" who lived his life one day at a time...

Ruth Ann Kidwell (05/04/08)
Ruth Ann Kidwell, 66, Brazil, passed away at 6:15 a.m., May 3, 2008, at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. She was born Sept. 10, 1941, in Vermillion County, the daughter of Milton M. Monce and Evelyn L. Jordan Monce. She graduated from Brazil High School. On Nov. 17, 1961, she married Gerald D. Kidwell. He survives...

Debra L. "Deb" Hicks (05/04/08)
Debra L. "Deb" Hicks, 47, Terre Haute, died at 3:15 p.m., Friday, at Union Hospital, Terre Haute. Born Sept. 27, 1960, in Terre Haute, she was the daughter of William and Mary (Rogers) tanner. She was a 1978 graduate of Terre Haute North High School...

Mildred Nancy French Elliott Edginton (05/02/08)
Mildred Nancy Frency Elliott Edginton, 87, Deland Fla., died April 1, 2008. Born May 13, 1920, in Greenfield, Mass., she was the daughter of Gary Sr. and Hazel French. She was a WAC in World War II and was a Corporal when she was honorably discharged in 1946, earning her licensed Practical Nursing Degree in 1974 and worked as a nurse at the Clay County Hospital...

Janet Rae Parke (04/30/08)
Janet Rae Parke, 62, Brazil, died Friday, April 25, 2008, at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Moore Funeral Home was chosen to provide cremation services. A visitation with the family will take place from 1-3 p.m., Saturday, at shelter No. 10 in Forest Park, Brazil, and a memorial service will be conducted at 3 p.m., with burial of the ashes to follow at Restlawn Cemetery...

Janet Rae Parke (04/27/08)
Janet Rae Parke, 62, Brazil, died Friday, April 25, 2008, at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. She was born Jan. 7, 1946, in Indianapolis, as the daughter of Raymond and Sarah Mitchell Jones. She graduated from Ben Davis High School. She married William R. Parke, who has preceded her in death. She attended the Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ in Brazil...

Dr. Mark A. Thomas (04/27/08)
Dr. Mark A. Thomas, 45, Brazil, died April 26, 2008, at the Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis. He was born March 15, 1963, in Clay County, the son of Amos and Mary Griswold Thomas. As a young boy, Mark had a love of learning and he never gave up his search for knowledge...

Bernard Vincent Bussing (04/25/08)
Bernard Vincent Bussing, 73, North Ft. Myers, Fla., formerly of Brazil, passed away peacefully in his home April 24, 2008, at 2:20 a.m., after a long battle with cancer. He was born Sept. 30, 1934, in Brazil, the son of Raymond "Si" Bussing and Marjorie Fisher Bussing...

Doris E. (Byers) Hoffman (04/25/08)
Doris E. (Byers) Hoffman, 83, Indianapolis, passed away Friday, April 25, 2008. She was born April 19, 1925, in Perth, Ind., to Lawrence and Eva Byers. Doris graduated from Bridgeton High School in 1943, and married Hubert A. Hoffman in 1948. She retired from her position as a data specialist at J.C. ...

Carl R. Pugh (04/25/08)
Carl R. Pugh, 62, Brazil, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, April 24, 2008, at 3 a.m., at Terre Haute Regional Hospital, following an extended illness of cancer He was born March 15, 1946, in Indianapolis, to Edward Elroy Pugh and Mary Jennie Thomas Pugh...

Bernard Bussing (04/24/08)
Bernard Bussing, 73, of Fort Myers Fla., formerly of the Brazil area, passed away early Thursday, April 24, 2008, following an extended illness. Services are pending at Lawson-Miller Chapel, Brazil.

James Andrew McKenzie II (04/24/08)
James Andrew McKenzie II, 46, Terre Haute, died at 3 p.m., Wednesday, April 23, 2008, in the emergency room at St. Vincent Clay Hospital, Brazil. He was born May 12, 1962, in Terre Haute, as the son of James Andrew and Phylis J. Riker McKenzie. Following graduation from high school, he worked as a water works supervisor with the Seelyville Water Works and as a truck driver for BTI Trucking, Brazil...

James L. Shaw (04/24/08)
James L. Shaw, 78, Terre Haute, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at his residence. He was a retired Boilermaker, Local 374. Jim was born in East Chicago, Ind., Aug. 22, 1929, to James Sydney Shaw and Esta Westfall Shaw. Jim became a boilermaker in 1947 and retired in 1991. ...

Lester Harry Miller Jr. (04/22/08)
Lester Harry Miller Jr., 86, Brazil, died at 11:02 a.m., Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at Union Hospital, Terre Haute. He was born Sept. 26, 1921, in Ashboro, Ind., as the son of Lester H. and Louise Lawrence Miller. He graduated from Ashboro High School with the Class of 1939. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army with the 16th Signal Battalion, spending 25 months in the Pacific Theatre before his Honorable Discharge. He married Mary O. Harris, May 21, 1943...

Ival Lloyd Lane (04/22/08)
Ival Lloyd Lane, 82, Bainbridge, passed away at Hendricks Regional Health Tuesday, April 22, 2008. He was born on Aug. 30, 1925, in Decker, Ind., to Frank and Jessie Decker Lane. Ival served his country in the U.S. Army during WWII along with his brothers, Hershel, Ellis and Herb. He was first Sergeant in the Combat Infantry, serving under Patton, 65th Halibert. He received the Combat Infantry Badge in 1945 followed by the Bronze Star Medal...

Margaret F. "Hammy" Harris Marshall (04/21/08)
Margaret F. "Hammy" Harris Marshall, 89, Clarksville, Ind., formerly of Salem, died at 9:15 p.m., Sunday, March 30, 2008, at Westminster Health Care Center, Clarksville. She was deeply loved and will be greatly missed. She was a retired dairy farmer and a member of Fort Hill Church of Christ and Community Club No. 31...

Brandon Logan Fagg (04/21/08)
Brandon Logan Fagg, 11-days-old, passed away at Union Hospital, Saturday, April 19, 2008, due to a congenital illness. He was born April 8, 2008, to John Paul and Jennifer Rene Cosantino Fagg. He is survived by his parents, sisters Caitlynn and Kimberly Fagg, grandparents Rick and Pam Barnhart, Vanita Webber, and Art and Sharon Snider, as well as many aunts, uncles and cousins...