All Obituaries

Donna Jean Mobley February 6, 1947 - January 24, 2023   Donna Mobley, 75, passed away on Tuesday, January 24 at Compassus Hospice Center. Donna was a lifelong resident of Hamilton County.  Donna worked primarily in body shop management and retail, including Bud Wolf Chevrolet and Kohls. She is survived by brother Richard (Barbara) Whitmore and sisters Linda Erney (Dan) and Penny Hoover (Joe). She was preceded in death by Steven Mobley, Elizabeth Whittaker...

Matthew Adam Doty December 30, 1986 – January 3, 2023     Matthew Adam Doty 36, of Westfield passed away on Tuesday January 3, 2023. He was born on December 30, 1986, in Noblesville, Indiana. Matthew graduated from Sheridan High School, class of 2004. Matthew wanted to help and care for people; he worked as a certified nursing assistance at a hospice facility where he took care of the needs of the patients he cared for. He didn’t stop with just assisting at the...

  Betty Jean (Beard) Pickett November 18, 1928 – December 31, 2022 Betty J. (Beard) Pickett, age 94, of Sheridan, Indiana passed away on December 31, 2022. Betty was born on November 18, 1928, to Glen and Ruth (Ramsey) Beard. Betty was a graduate of Sheridan High School, class of 1946. She was a member of Six Points Church. Betty worked at Aero Drapery in Westfield, Indiana for 15 years. She loved camping, cooking, crafts, gardening, and singing in the church choir. Betty...

Richard Allen “Dick” McCarty, 72, a lifelong resident of Sheridan, Indiana passed away peacefully at his home on December 3, 2022. He was born on January 30, 1950, to the late Kenneth L. and Patricia A. (Goodknight) McCarty, in Lebanon, Indiana. Dick graduated from Sheridan High School, Class of 1968. Throughout his lifetime, Dick worked a few different jobs. After high school Dick worked as a driver, and mill operator for Wallace Grain. He loved working with his hands and...

Deborah Ann (McGraw) Orff, 70 of Sheridan, passed away on October 20, 2022, in Lebanon. She was born on February 18, 1952, to the late Edwin F. and Louise A. (Layton) McGraw in Indianapolis. Deborah graduated from North Central High School, Class of 1970. Upon graduating high school, she attended Central Beauty School and earned her master’s license in cosmetology. Debby found joy doing hair, but she had a deep love for animals prompting her to open Debby’s Pets. Debby’s...

Karen Sue (Rice) Jones, 80 of Celina, TN. formerly of Sheridan, joined her late husband Gene on Thursday, October 20, 2022. She was born on October 12, 1942, to the late Bill and Viola (Showalter) Rice in Noblesville, Indiana. Karen enjoyed talking and meeting new people; she worked has a cashier at Walmart. When her husband Gene retired, they decided to move on the river in Celina, TN. Where the two them would look forward to fishing together.   Karen was quite the...

Fred Tipton “Butchie” Gary, 84 a lifelong resident of Sheridan passed away on October 3, 2022, in Noblesville. Fred was born on June 12, 1938, to the late Clayton and Pansy (Tipton) Gary in Sheridan, Indiana. Fred graduated from Sheridan High School, class of 1957. Butchie knew the value of a day’s work and he was an entrepreneur at heart, he worked as an independent painting contractor for many years. Fred loved his country, and he was grateful to our servicemen and...

Renate Rosemarie Ridge, 82, of Sheridan passed away on September 11, 2022, in Westfield after an extended illness. She was born on June 12, 1940, in Berlin, Germany. She was the daughter of the late Herbert and Kate (Path) Weisschnur. She married Francis W. (Skeet) Ridge on November 24, 1961, in Berlin, Germany, and then she came to America in September of 1963. After high school she went on to business college. She worked as a secretary in Berlin’s largest insurance...

Please keep the Mendenhall family in your prayers: Donald William Mendenhall June 25, 1923 – September 3, 2022 Donald Mendenhall, 99, passed away quietly on September 3, 2022.  Born and raised in Sheridan, Indiana, son of John L. and Mary (Pickett) Mendenhall, both deceased.  Don was a graduate of Sheridan High School, Class of 1942.  He was a World War II Veteran and served his country honorably in the United States Army.  Don served in Normandy, Northern France,...

William “Gene” Eugene Jones, 84 of Celina, TN. formerly of Sheridan, passed away on Wednesday August 31, 2022, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on July 1, 1938, to the late William Thomas and Flossie (Williams) Jones in Geneva, Kentucky. Gene met the love of his life Karen Sue (Rice) Jones. Gene and Karen wanted to get married, so they decided to elope, and they were married on July 5, 1958, in Shawneetown, Illinois; and the two of them have been at each other’s...