All Obituaries

Rita Faye Tarpley, age 77, of Calhoun, passed away at 1:35 PM on Friday, February 8, 2019 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. Funeral service will be at 1 PM on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 in the chapel of Thrasher Family Funeral Home in Olney. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time. Burial will be at Shiloh Cemetery in rural Richland County. Pastor Todd Bettis will be officiating. Rita was born on October 4, 1941 in Vanoss, Oklahoma, the daughter of Bernard and Thelma...

Connie M. (Scott) Pride, age 67, of Olney, passed away at 2:10 AM on Friday, February 1, 2019 at Aperion Care in Bridgeport. Visitation will be from 6:30-8:30 PM on Monday, February 4, 2019 in the chapel of Thrasher Family Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 10 AM on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 in the chapel of Thrasher Family Funeral Home. Burial will be at Haven Hill Cemetery in Olney. Pastor Todd Bettis will be officiating. Connie was born on May 21, 1951 in Louisville, KY, the...

Maybe you felt it and maybe you didn’t on January 17, 2019 the world as we know it changed when Jaiden Darrell King, 13 years old took his own life at his home in Indianapolis. Jaiden is the son of Ben and Mandy King and was born in Olney on January 18, 2005. He was a bright and shining star in our lives. An outstanding athlete, who’s dream was to play for the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team and eventually be in the NFL. Jaiden had a personality that drew people...

Lulubelle (King) Kessler, age 84, of Olney, passed away at 5:09 AM on Monday, January 14, 2019 at Helia Healthcare in Olney. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM on Thursday, January 17, 2019 in the chapel of Thrasher Family Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 10 AM on Friday, January 18, 2019 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Olney. Burial will be at Wendelin Cemetery in Wendelin. Father Mark Stec will be officiating. Lulubelle was born on August 27, 1934 in Robinson, the daughter...

Carla Jo ‘Jody’ (Duncan) Gertsch, age 59, of Olney, passed away at 5:15 PM on Monday, January 7, 2019 at Carle Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney. Celebration of Life service will be at 4 PM on Saturday, January 12, 2019 in the chapel of Thrasher Family Funeral Home in Olney. Pastor Mike Baker will be officiating. Cremation rites will be accorded. Jody was born on June 17, 1959 in Carmi, the daughter of William and Dorothy (Sexton) Duncan. She later married Robert Gertsch on...

Sally Ann (Tulip) Thomas, age 77, of Olney, passed away at 4:22 PM on Saturday, November 24, 2018 at Aperion Care in Olney. Funeral service will be at 1 PM on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 in the chapel of Thrasher Family Funeral Home in Olney. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Pastor Steve Wingert will be officiating. Burial will be at Green Hill Cemetery south of Noble. Sally was born on December 2, 1940 in Cambridge, OH the daughter of John Nicholas and Margaret (King) Tulip....

Elois J. Fox, age 87, of Newton, passed away at 3:40 PM on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at Aperion Care in Olney. Celebration of Life service will be 3 PM on Saturday, November 10, 2018 in the chapel of Thrasher Family Funeral Home in Olney. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Pastor Gary Wachtel will be officiating. Cremation rites will be accorded. Elois was born on October 16, 1931 in Crayne, KY. She later married Donald Fox in 1976 in Chicago. He survives. She worked as a...

Frances Lucile Stencel, 81, of McGregor, IA passed away Monday, October 22, 2018 at Great River Care Center in McGregor, IA. Her body is gone, but her spirit is in heaven with Jesus. She was born February 20, 1937 to Francis Baird and Lula Irene (Ferguson) Gunn. Frances graduated high school in Jacksonville, and continued her education at Illinois College in Jacksonville and Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, obtaining her Master’s Degree in Education. Frances was united...

Dina (Trainor) Bare, age 82, of Calhoun, passed away at 5:40 PM on Friday, October 19, 2018 at Helia Healthcare in Olney. Celebration of Life service will be 12 PM (NOON) on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 in the chapel of Thrasher Family Funeral Home in Olney. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Pastor Mike Baker will be officiating. Cremation rites will be accorded. Service will be casual dress. Dina was born on March 13, 1936 in Xenia, the daughter of Russell and Maude (Dyer)...

Rhonda Lea Zuber, age 56, of Olney, passed away at 2:03 AM on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at Helia Healthcare in Olney. Celebration of Life service will be 10 AM on Monday, October 22, 2018 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Stringtown. Burial will be at St. Joseph Cemetery in Stringtown. Father Mark Stec will be officiating. Cremation rites will be accorded. Rhonda was born on March 7, 1962 in Olney, the daughter of Harold and Margie (Blair) Zuber. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic...