Obituaries
Monticello, IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Monticello and White County, IN

Ethel Malone
Jul 30, 2018
Ethel B. Arbuckle Malone, 94, of Monticello, passed away at 10:55 pm, Monday, July 30, 2018 at I U Health White Memorial Hospital.She was born on January 25, 1924 in Jasper County to the late Nate and Pearl (Becker) Eldridge. In 1945, she married Paul Arbuckle, Sr. and he preceded her in death in 1978. In 1979, she married Lyman...
Ford Mcdaniel
Jul 23, 2018
Ford McDaniel, 81, of Monticello, passed away at 2:54 pm, Monday, July 23, 2018 at IU Health White Memorial Hospital.He was born on July 7, 1937 in Newport, Arkansas to the late Robert Lee and Virgie (Ford) McDaniel. On December 19, 1958 he married the former Margie Reed in McCrory, Arkansas and she survives.Ford was a member of Faith Covenant...
Terry Joe Markin
Jul 20, 2018
Terry Joe Markin, 66, of Monticello, passed away Friday, July 20, 2018 in his home surrounded by his immediate family.He was born on September 21, 1951 in Gary to the late George, Sr. and Della (Gehlbach) Markin. On December 28, 1998, he married the former Traci (Haygood) Needles who was faithfully by his side through their twenty years of marriage....
Ronald Landis
Jul 4, 2018
Ronald Landis, 78, of Logansport, passed away at 6:51 pm, Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at Logansport Memorial Hospital.He was born on April 16, 1940 in Cass County at the family home to the late Charles W. "Cotton" and Dorothy (Allen) Landis. On November 15, 1979 he married the former Edna (Hancock) Smith in Pittsburg and she survives.He attended Burnettsville High...
Shirley E. Mrzlack
Jul 2, 2018
Shirley E. Mrzlack, a resident of the White Oak Health Campus Legacy Neighborhood, in Monticello, Indiana, passed away on July 2, 2018. She was born December 24, 1933 to the late Arthur and Lucy Brooks, Jr. in Orange, New Jersey. She graduated from Columbia High School in South Orange, NJ, and from the Orange Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in...
Stacey L. Jansen
Jul 2, 2018
Stacey L. Jansen, 52, of Monticello, passed away on Monday, July 2, 2018 at her residence in Monticello.She was born on November 19, 1965 in Indianapolis to the late Ronald and Barbara (Lewis) Bailey. On August 11, 1997 she married James Jansen and he survives.She was a graduate of Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis and worked at Accu Mortgage...
Frances E. Curbox
Jun 24, 2018
Frances E. Curbox, 97, of Monticello, passed away at 11:56 am, Sunday, June 24, 2018 at White Oak Health Campus.She was born May 21, 1921 in Pulaski County to the late William E. and Merle (Roach) Vories. On May 21, 1940 she married Brooks C. Curbox in Monticello and he preceded her in death January 9, 1998.Frances was a 1939...
Linda Novak
Jun 14, 2018
Linda L. Novak, 70, of Monticello, passed away at 9:57 pm, Thursday, June 14, 2018 at I U Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette.She was born on February 3, 1948 in Chicago to the late William and Henrietta Brock. On January 5, 1985 she married Gerald J. Novak and he preceded her in death on November 15, 2005.She was a graduate...
Colleen Vigus
Jun 12, 2018
Colleen Vigus, 89, of Monticello, passed away at 1:08pm, Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at White Oak Health Campus in Monticello.She was born on September 4, 1928 to the late Raymond and Dora (Larimer) Vernier. On October 26, 1980 she married Dwight Vigus in Monticello and he survives in Monticello.Colleen was a graduate of Monticello High School. She sold cosmetics and...
Charles Stoner
Jun 6, 2018
Charles E. Stoner, 95, of Monticello, passed away at 7:34 am, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at White Oak Health Campus.He was born on November 26, 1922 in Ladoga to the late Curtis and Veda Stoner.After high school, Charlie served in the United States Coast Guard as a Buglar. Charlie received a bachelor degree in dance from the former Putney University...
Joseph C. 'Joe' Mcmasters
Jun 5, 2018
Joseph C. McMasters, 61, of Delphi, passed away on June 5, 2018 in Lafayette.He was born on February 18, 1957 in Frankfort to the late Wayne A. and Elizabeth M. (Huckleby) McMasters. On October 11, 2002 he married the former Joetta Royer in Louisville, KY and she survives. During high school he began working at Buschman's Marathon pumping gas and...
Janice M. Thompson
Jun 5, 2018
Janice Thompson, 70, of Winamac, died at 9:14 am, Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at her residence.She was born on May 6, 1948 in Oconto, Wisconsin to the late Clarence and May Rose (LeMay) Frewerd.On May 9, 1966 she married Lloyd O. Thompson at the Menominee, MI. He preceded her in death on November 20, 2006.Janice was a graduate of Oconto...
John A. Arnott
Jun 4, 2018
Jon Arnott was born on August 10, 1943 in Defiance, Ohio to the late Larry and Loretta (Walpole) Arnott. He moved to Monticello in 1946 where he completed grade school and high school.After graduation in 1961, he entered Purdue in the School of Animal Science Pre Veterinary Medicine. He graduated from Purdue with a double major in Animal Science and...
Marilyn Holloway Horton
May 27, 2018
Marilyn "Mary" Holloway Horton, 92, of Monon passed away peacefully May 27, 2018, at White Oak Health Campus in Monticello.She was born December 26, 1925 in Wyaconda, Missouri, daughter of Burnham Woodward and Floy Evelyn (Pash) Holloway. On June 14, 1948, she married Richard Ward Horton in Galesburg, Illinois. He preceded her in death in 1991.Marilyn grew up in Galesburg,...
Charles F. Pearson
May 25, 2018
Charles Franklin Pearson, 52, of Kokomo formerly of Monticello, passed away on Friday, May 25, 2018 at his residence.He was born on July 2, 1965 in Monticello to the late Robert Pearson and Betty (Sigman) Pearson Cooper.Charles was a 1983 graduate of Twin Lakes High School. He attended Temple Baptist Church in Kokomo. He is survived by his mother and...

Guy J.D. Biggs
May 20, 2018
Guy JR Biggs, 93, of Monticello, passed away at 3:30 pm , Sunday, May 20, 2018 at his residence.He was born on April 10, 1925 in Warren County Indiana to the late Guy and Ruby (Swank) Biggs. His first marriage was to the former Edith Pearl Brisker. They later divorced and she preceded in death. On September 3, 1966 in...
Joan Marie Nash
May 15, 2018
Joan Marie Nash, 83, of Brookston, passed away at 4:23pm, Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at IU Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette.She was born on May 16, 1934 in Marine City, Michigan to the late Bernard Alvin and Mizpah Lois (Doty) Ward. On February 4, 1956 she married Robert L. Nash in Yuma, Arizona. He preceded her in death on April...
Herman E. Schroeder
May 4, 2018
Herman E. Schroeder, 92, of Monticello, passed away at 12:30 pm, Friday, May 4, 2018 at White Oak Health Campus in Monticello.He was born on February 10, 1926 in White County to the late Frederick M. and Marie M. (Snyder) Schroeder. On February 16, 1947, he married Dorothy J. Farmer at St. James Lutheran Church in Reynolds and she preceded...
Helen-Jo 'Jo' Brooks
Apr 30, 2018
Helen-Jo "Jo" Brooks, 89, passed away on Monday, April 30, after a brief battle with cancer. Born in Kokomo, IN on October 31, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Eva Hunter Flynn. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Richard and Thomas, and one sister, Frances Dixon, and a grandson, Matthew Morrison.She is survived...
Patrick E. Whitaker
Apr 29, 2018
Patrick E. Whitaker, 68, of Monticello, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 29th at his home. He was born in Prestonsburg, KY on May 20, 1949 to the late Dorothy June Carver and Estill "Tony" Whitaker. Pat was a graduate of Twin Lakes, class of 1968. He served in the U.S. Army from 1968-1972 as a communications locator/interceptor while stationed...