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Thomas C. Sheets
September 4, 1942 - February 4, 1988
Thomas C. Sheets, 45, 4774 W. Co. Road 1000 N., the Round Grove Community, died at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, in Riley Hospital in Indianapolis, following an illness of one year.
Sheets was the Round Grove Township Trustee the past eight years and had been a 4-H Club leader the past 14 years.
He was born Sept. 4, 1942, in Lafayette. His marriage was to Phyllis J. Bol in Lafayette, on Nov. 29, 1986. She survives.
Mr. Sheets graduated from Wolcott High School in 1960 and attended the Purdue Winter Ag Short Course program.
He was a member of the Badger Grove Baptist Church where he served as Sunday School treasurer. He also was a member of the Octagon Masonic Lodge.
Surviving with the widow are a daughter, Joy Dexter, Lafayette; two sons, Mike and Mark Dexter, both of Lafayette; his parents, Dale T and Margaret Sheets, Brookston; two sisters, Mrs. Rod (Elaine) Nesius of Brookston and Mrs. Jan (Jessica) Rule, Elkhart; and two brothers, Randy Sheets, Brookston and Dr. Robin Sheets, Fowler.
Service was Monday at 10:30 a.m. in Hartzler Funeral Home, Brookston. The Rev. Bill Radcliffe officiated. Interment was in Tippecanoe Memory Gardens.
Virginia L. (Lawson) Sheetz
August 10, 1913 - November 23, 1997
Virginia L (Lawson) Sheetz, 84, Battle Ground, died Sunday, Nov. 23, at Home Hospital, Lafayette.
She had been ill for six months and had been hospitalized for one week.
She was born Aug. 10, 1913, in White County to Harry "Judge" and Nora Belle Hieatt Lawson. She was married June 28, 1938, to Daavid Sheetz, in Benton County, and he survives.
She graduated from New Lisbon High School in Jamestown in 1932.
She owned and operated Florella Flowers in Brookston from 1970-93.
She was a member of the Brookston United Methodist Church.
She helped organize the Brookston Apple-Popcorn Festival held each year.
Surviving with the husband is a son, Dave of Fallbrook, Calif.; two grandsons and a great grandson.
One brother is deceased.
The funeral service was Wednesday, Nov. 26, 1997, at Hartzler Funeral Home in Brookston.
Burial was in Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette.
Harold Stephan Shell
October 24, 1924 - July 31, 2001
Harold Stephan Shell, 76, of Chalmers died on Tuesday, July 31, 2001, and was found on Sunday, August 5, 2001 on the family farm where he had been mowing.
He was born October 24, 1924, in the Chalmers farmhouse in which he lived to Beryl C. and Helen Irene Stephan Shell. He married Ruth H. Kepp on August 15, 1959, in Monticello. She died February 12, 1994.
He was a 1942 graduate of Chalmers High School. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II who served on the USS Wayne from 1944-48.
He was a farmer and took over the family farm from his father in 1958.
He was a member of Chalmers Community Church.
He was a 50-year member of Chalmers American Legion Post 268, where he was a past commander. He served for nine years on the White County ASCS Committee and was a member of the National Farmers Organization.
He was a founding member of the Lake Freeman Ski Club.
Surviving are two sons; Steven (Christy) Shell of Cincinnati and Rob (Jill) Shell of Kalamazoo MI; one daughter Beverly (Scott) Fudge of Indianapolis; two sisters, Juanita (Ray) Culver of Chalmers and Evelyn (Philip Jr.) Magner of Wabash and four grandchildren.
A steprother and his stepmother, May Shank Shell are deceased.
Visitation will be held after 4 p.m. today at the Hartzler Funeral Home in Brookston and after 10 a.m. Thursday at the Chalmers Community Church. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Thursday at the church with Pastor Bill Henderson officiating.
Burial with military rites by Chalmers American Legion will be at the Chalmers Community Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Chalmers Community Church.
Ruth H. Kepp Shell
March 18, 1923 - February 12, 1994
Ruth H. Kepp Shell, 70, R.1, Chalmers, died Saturday, Feb. 12, in St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center, Lafayette. She had been in failing health for the last six months.
She was born March 18, 1923, to George and Wilda Smith Kepp, in Monticello. She was married in 1969, to Harold S. Shell, who survives.
She graduated from Monticello High School in 1941, and attended Manchester College in North Manchester.
She was a member and former secretary of the Chalmers Community Church and the Women's Fellowship of the church. She was also treasurer for former U.S. Rep. Jim Jontz, from 1976 to 1993. She was a former vice precinct committeeman in Big Creek Township and editor of the Chalmers News for 10 years. She was past president of the Beta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Sigma sorority and member of White Co. Democratic Women and Chalmers American Legion Post Auxiliary.
Surviving with her husband are two sons; Stephan of Middletown, Ohio and Robert of Kalamazoo, Mich.; a daughter, Mrs. Scott (Beverly) Fudge of Indianapolis and two grandchildren.
The funeral was Wednesday in Chalmers Community Church, with Rev. Loren Shuman officiating. Hartzler Funeral Home, Brookston, was in charge of the service.
Burial was in Chalmers Community Cemetery.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Chalmers Community Church.
Rev. Paul A. Shepard
March 24, 1915 - December 15, 2001
Rev. Paul A. Sbepard, 86, of New Castle, a former Chaplain of Henry County Memorial Hospital and a New Castle minister died Saturday, December 15, 2001 at the Americare Living Center in New Castle.
He was born March 24, 1915.
He had resided in New Castle since 1976.
He was a native of Pike County and attended Oakland City College and graduated from Franklin College. He received a Master of Divinity from Colgate — Rochester College in New York.
He began preaching at the age of 14 years and served 41 years in the ministry and was a member of the South Indiana Conference.
He served pastorates in New York and Vermont in the Baptist faith. He also served pastorates in Plainfleld, New Castle, Rockville, Monon, Seymour, Evansville, New Carlisle, Evansville, Indianapolis, Washington and Connersville, In.
He was a member of Christ United Methodist Church in New Castle.
Surviving are his wife Geraldine Dingman Shepard, whom he married June 9, 1940; two daughters, Ellen Shepard and Marla Shepard, both of Indianapolis and a son, John (Margaret) of Spring Valley, Minn., four grandchildren and a brother Dr. Carl Shepard of Carmel, Ill.
Funeral services were Wednesday, December 19 at the Macer-Hall Funeral Home in New Castle with Rev. John Ingerman and Rev. Robert VanCise officiating.
Burial was in Green Hills Memory Gardens in New Castle.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association of Christ United Methodist Church.
Edna P. Shidler
April 10, 1915 - July 20, 1992
Edna P. Shidler, 77, R.3, Winamac, died Monday, July 20, at 1:05 a.m. in Pulaski Memorial Hospital in Winamac.
She was born April 10, 1915, to Chris and Irinda Iris Farrer Linback, in Winamac. She was married Sept. 18, 1939, to Woodrow Wilson Shidler, in Monticello, and he died Oct. 28, 1989.
She was a life-long resident of Winamac, and a homemaker.
She was a member of the Pleasant Ridge Church, the VFW Post No.1728 Auxiliary and Eagles Post No.580 Auxiliary, all in Winamac. Survivors include seven daughters: Judy Evans and Rita O'Donnell, both of Winamac, Patsy Dillman, Monon, Nancy Garbison, and Dianna Wildermuth, both of Star City, Janice Garling, Reynolds and Rosie Ervin, Royal Center; four sisters, Alma Ewing, Francesville, Alice Shreves, Union Mills, May Shidler, Winamac, Clara Linback, Indianapolis and Jean Roeschlein, Lawrence; three brothers, Walter Linback, Monon, Harry Linback, Brookston and Melvin Linback, Lafayette; 33 grandchildren; and 35 great grand children. A son, granddaughter, sister and three brothers are deceased.
The funeral was conducted Wednesday, at 10 a.m. in Frain Mortuary, Winamac, with Rev. Michael Kroll officiating.
Burial was in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Winamac.
Eva Belle Shine
July 28, 1923 - September 14, 1989
Eva Belle Bear Shine, 66, formerly of Chalmers and Lafayette, died Thursday, Sept. 14, in Tucson, Arizona, at the home of a daughter with whom she resided.
She was born July 28, 1923, in Chalmers, to Clarence and Naomi Belle Carpenter Bear.
She lived in Lafayette from 1956 to 1974 and in Dallas, Texas, from 1974 to 1989, when she moved to Arizona. She was a secretary and a member of Copper Creek Baptist Church in Denton, Texas.
Surviving are two sons, Paul D., Garland, Texas and Carl E., Marshal, Texas; a daughter, Mrs. Larry (Norma) Brewster, Tucson; a brother, Clarence Bear Jr., Lafayette; and four grandsons.
Services were conducted Monday at 11 a.m. at Hartzler Funeral Home, Brookston, with the Rev. Loren Shuman officiating.
Burial was in Chalmers Community Cemetery.
Alice E. Shiveley
February 24, 1911 - September 19, 1998
Alice E. McFall Shiveley, 87, a former Brookston resident, died Saturday, Sept. 19, at George Davis Manor in West Lafayette.
She was born Feb. 24, 1911, to John and Maude Lemman McFall, in Remington. She was married Jan. 7, 1933, to Walter Shiveley, in Wolcott. He preceded her in death on Dec. 16, 1992.
She had worked in retail sales at Harry's Style Shop and Gluck's in Lafayette.
She was an honorary retired member of Psi Iota Xi sorority, Chi Chapter.
She was a member of Brookston Quilters Club and Prairie Homemakers Extension Club.
She was a member of Brookston Federated Church.
She is survived by a son, Rod Shiveley of Seattle; a daughter, Ramona Wessel, Brookston; a sister, Doris Datzman of Tyler, Texas; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, two brothers and five sisters.
Funeral services were Tuesday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Brookston, with the Rev. Lelan McReynolds officiating.
Burial was at I.O.O.F. Cemetery
in Brookston.
Memorials may be made to the Brookston Federated Church or to the Brookston Library.
