Obituaries
Please submit in writing to our office by 10 a.m. Thursday before the week of publication; be sure to state date of death. Obituaries of archdiocesan priests serving our archdiocese are listed elsewhere in The Criterion. Order priests and religious sisters and brothers are included here, unless they are natives of the archdiocese or have other connections to it; those are separate obituaries on this page.
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ALLEN, Robin Renee (Patrick), 45, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyds Knobs, May 19. Wife of Stewart Allen. Mother of Jenna and Nathan Allen. Daughter of Terry and Jonelle (Collings) Thompson. Granddaughter of Loretta Lardner and Mary Geraldine Thompson.
BANET, Sandra M. (Furnish), 67, St. Francis Xavier, Henryville, April 24. Wife of Edmund Banet. Mother of Jon and Steven Banet. Sister of Barbara Gilley, Francis and Steven Furnish. Grandmother of four.
BOBERSCHMIDT, Phillip, 74, St. Joan of Arc, Indianapolis, May 15. Father of Elizabeth Ioannacci, Mary Vennemann and Andrew Boberschmidt. Brother of Mary Haack, Joseph and Michael Boberschmidt. Grandfather of 10. Great-grandfather of 13.
CARROLL, Robert J., 60, St. Thomas Aquinas, Indianapolis, March 21. Husband of Kathy (Wahman) Carroll. Father of Laura Vandervaart, Beth and Keith Carroll. Brother of Mary Bush, Patricia Casler and Thomas Carroll. Grandfather of two.
CAYSINGER, Roy E., 90, St. Vincent de Paul, Bedford, May 22. Father of Denis Caysinger. Brother of Mildred Spurier and Willie Caysinger.
CIASTO, Lillian Irene, 95, St. Charles Borromeo, Bloomington, May 17. Mother of James, Lawrence and Theodore Ciasto. Grandmother of 11. Great-grandmother of 17.
COX-SWISHER, Mary, 85, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Indianapolis, May 14. Wife of Glenn Swisher. Mother of Suzanne Perryman, Kathleen Walton and Andy Cox. Grandmother of six. Great-grandmother of two.
CROCKETT, Alice, 88, St. Roch, Indianapolis, May 13. Mother of Pam and David Crockett. Grandmother of one. Great-grandmother of two.
DELLER, Eileen T., (McGowan), 83, St. John the Baptist, Dover, May 19. Mother of Debby Eagan, Barb and Don Deller. Sister of Ginny Wegman and Jim McGowan. Grandmother of six. Great-grandmother of six.
GEIS, Marilyn J., 80, St. Mary, Greensburg, May 23. Wife of Raymond Geis. Mother of Tamara Caufield, Brian, Craig and Mark Carder, Todd and Tom Owens. Sister of Gaynell Bottorff, Sonia Cramer and Michael Meyrose. Grandmother of 15. Great-grandmother of six.
GIOSCIO, Joann T., 87, Christ the King, Indianapolis, May 15. Mother of Larry, Marshall, Ron and Tom Gioscio.
HUFF, Carolyn Senn, 70, St. Paul, Tell City, May 5. Wife of Albert Huff. Mother of Rosanne Boling, Vicki Senn and Tammy Strobel. Sister of Monica Martin, Patricia Rogier, Helen Webbehusen, Donald and Harold Kieser. Grandmother of two. Great-grandmother of one.
JARBOE, Paul R., 83, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, April 29. Husband of Tess Jarboe. Father of William Jarboe. Brother of Jean Knarr and Ed Jarboe.
KAPOURALOS, Mark Alan, 53, former member of Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, April 21. Brother of Diana Gilliatt.
LINDEMANN, Mary Frances, 86, Our Lady of Lourdes, Indianapolis, May 7. Sister of Walter Lindemann.
LYNCH, Kaitlin Maureen, 17, St. Jude, Indianapolis, May 20. Daughter of Marty and Kathleen (Hayes) Lynch. Sister of Kerry, Daniel and Sean Lynch. Granddaughter of Tim and Cookie Hayes and Bob and Dottie Lynch.
MARGIS, Kathy L., 56, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, April 30. Wife of Rich Margis. Mother of Eddie Moorman and Christina Pi. Daughter of Darla Boyd, Leroy and Jean Carpenter. Sister of Denise, Gayle, Julie, Renee and Jerry Carpenter. Grandmother of eight.
SALAMONE, Dolores Jean, 80, Good Shepherd, Indianapolis, May 20. Mother of Christa Durrett, Sheri and Steve Salamone. Sister of Barbara Stillabower. Grandmother of two.
SALOMONE, Alice, 90, St. Michael, Cannelton, April 30. Mother of Thomas and Tony Salamone Jr. Grandmother of six.
SCHEIDLER, Herbert J., 84, St. Mary, Greensburg, May 21. Husband of Juanita Scheidler. Father of Mary Miers, Joe, John, Ken and Phil Scheidler. Brother of Dorine Bruns, Carole Effron, Ruth Knecht and Betty Meyer. Grandfather of six. Great-grandfather of two.
SEGER, Bernard G., 85, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, May 11. Father of Kathy Evans and Jeffrey Seger. Brother of Florentine Mathias, Charles, James and Linus Seger. Grandfather of five. Great-grandfather of two.
SPENCER, Frances (Riley), 95, St. Roch, Indianapolis, May 14. Sister of Joan Butler, Lennie and Raymond Riley.
STILLER, Odell W., 97, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyds Knobs, May 21. Father of Alan and Larry Stiller. Brother of Rosemary Balmer, Vonda Morgan, Chester and Kenneth Stiller. Grandfather of four. Great-grandfather of two.
TOFFOLO, Suzanne Lee, 63, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Indianapolis, May 14. Wife of Richard Toffolo. Mother of Sherry Meyer and Angela Polzinetti.
WAGER, Mary Frances, 86, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, May 10. Mother of Madonna Lawhead, Joseph and Michael Wager. Grandmother of five. Great-grandmother of five.
WELLINGTON, Patricia A., 91, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, May 1. Grandmother of three.
WERNER, William J., 66, St. Vincent de Paul, Shelby County, May 19. Husband of Elvira Werner. Father of Bradley and Kevin Werner. Brother of Mary Jeanne Rennekamp, Doug, Gerald, Kenneth, Paul, Robert, Ronald and Thomas Werner. Grandfather of four. †