Obituaries

Leslie Leon Babb
Feb 4, 2011
Leslie Leon Babb, 85 of Covington died at 12:01 a. m. Friday February 4, 2011 at the Indiana Veterans Home, West Lafayette. He was born December 11, 1925 near Kingman the son of Dewey Samuel and Olefa Lela (Clodfelder) Babb. He attended Cates and Kingman schools, and was a life resident of Fountain County, moving to Covington in 1946. He...

Louis Edward Budnovich
Jan 29, 2011
Louis Edward Budnovich of Danville, Illinois died at 9:05 p. m. Saturday January 29, 2011 at Vermilion Manor Nursing Home. Mr. Budnovich lived to be ninety-nine years old. He was born August 20, 1911 at Kangley, IL the son of Joseph and Mary Victoria (Gaydos) Budnovich. He resided in Danville since 1927 and attended Lynch School. For 32 years he...

Sylvia Mary Grubbs
Jan 26, 2011
Sylvia Mary Grubbs, 92, of Covington, died at 3:30 a. m. on Wednesday January 26, 2011 at The Waters of Covington. She was born on October 1, 1918 north of Covington to Roy and Mary (Bowers) Hunt. She was a 1937 graduate of Covington High School. Sylvia worked as a Secretary for Fountain County ASCS 20 years before retiring. She...

James Leroy Clingan
Jan 15, 2011
James Leroy (Lee) Clingan The conclusion of a long and fascinating life journey arrived for former state senator and state representative Lee Clingan of Covington, Ind., who died peacefully surrounded by his family at the VA Illiana Health Care Hospital in Danville, IL at the age of 89 on Saturday, January 15, 2011. Lee was a well-known area auctioneer, farmer,...
Barbara Ann Rowe
Jan 6, 2011
Barbara Ann Rowe, 80 of North Port, Florida died at 12:40 a. m. Thursday January 6, 2011 at Consulate Health Care, Port Charlotte, FL following an extended illness. She was born December 22, 1930 in Warren County the daughter of Herman and Delta (Roderick) Taylor. She attended West Lebanon Schools. She resided in Covington for many years and moved to...

Emma Louise Doyle
Dec 30, 2010
Emma Louise Doyle, 94 of Covington died at 7:28 p. m. Thursday December 30, 2010 at Provena USMC Logan Campus. She was born September 4, 1916 in Stoddard County, MO the daughter of David Albert and Carrie Irene (Day) Young. Louise was a 1934 graduate of Covington High School. She was a homemaker and enjoyed bowling. She resided at Perrysville...

Gerald Brenton Bennett
Dec 19, 2010
Gerald Brenton Bennett, 66 of Covington died at 3:39 p. m. Sunday December 19,2010at Provena USMC Logan Campus. He was born in Danville March 23, 1944 the son of Thomas John and Helen (Simon) Bennett. He graduated from Covington High School in 1962 and attended Rose Hulman. He was a life resident of Covington and a farmer. Jerry was a...

Jack Hollis Boyle
Dec 16, 2010
Jack Hollis Boyle, 81 of Covington, Indiana died at 7:10 a. m. Thursday December 16, 2010 at The Lane House, Crawfordsville where he resided since September 2008. He was born May 28, 1929 at Malvern, Arkansas to Ray & Irene (Smith) Boyle, the third of five children. In high school Jack worked at the Malvern Acme Brick Company. After high...

Blanche Almeda Samuels
Dec 8, 2010
Blanche Almeda Samuels, 94 of Danville died at 11:55 a. m. Wednesday Dec. 8, 2010 at Provena USMC Logan Campus. She was born March 3, 1916 near Kingman the daughter of James Leroy and Frances Edna (Shelton) Clingan. She attended Kingman Schools, and was a homemaker. She moved to Danville from Cayuga in 1956. Almeda married Verner Alexander Samuels September...

Pauline B Ward
Nov 30, 2010
Covington Clarice Pauline Walters Brakley Ward, 89 of Covington passed away at Hickory Creek Nursing Home in Crawfordsville on November 30, 2010. Pauline was born June 2, 1921 in Fairmount, IL the daughter of Robert and Ruth Bradley Walters. She graduated from Covington High School in 1939. She married Caleb Brakley June 17, 1939 in Covington. He preceded her in...

Marjorie Ilene Grimes
Nov 3, 2010
Covington Marjorie Ilene Grimes, 80 died at 6:25 a. m. Wednesday November 3, 2010 at Carle Foundation Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Shelby Funeral Home.

Earl Clifford Ward
Nov 2, 2010
Covington Earl Clifford Ward, 89 died at 8:00 p. m. Tuesday November 2, 2010 at Chateau Center, Willowbrook, IL. He was born June 7, 1921 at Covington the son of Noel Clifford and Jessie Elizabeth Osborn Ward. He graduated from Covington High School in 1939, and was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a sales representative many...

Leah Ruth Miller
Oct 15, 2010
Covington - Leah Ruth Miller, 88 died at 6:40 p. m. Friday Oct. 15, 2010 at the Hawthorne Inn, Danville. She was born July 14, 1922 to William Lester and Minnie Gray Hollowell in Potomac, IL. Later she became a lifelong resident of Fountain County. Leah married Cliston A. Miller on October 22, 1938 in Covington. They were married for...

Bernice Julia Kilinski
Oct 11, 2010
Bernice J. Kilinski, 97 of Covington, IN, formerly of Griffith, IN passed away at 8:50 p. m. Monday Oct. 11, 2010 in St. Vincent Williamsport Hospital. She was born March 6, 1913 at Indiana Harbor, IN the daughter of the late Lawrence and Frances Karczewski Wegrzyn. She is survived by a son Lawrence Larry Kilinski, Sr. of Griffith, IN., three...

Anna Marie Allison
Oct 6, 2010
Covington Anna Marie Allison, 91 died at 3:40 a. m. Wednesday October 6, 2010 at The Waters of Covington. She was born October 12, 1918 in Covington the daughter of Robert Earl and Mable Ruth (Jackson) Kenny. She was a 1936 graduate of Covington High School and 1939 graduate of St. Elizabeth School of Nursing. She was a RN at...

William Lester Lyons
Oct 5, 2010
Covington - William Lester Lyons, 83 of Winter Haven, FL died at 5:20 a. m. Tuesday October 5, 2010 in Auburndale Oaks, Auburndale, FL. He was born March 20, 1927 at Perrysville the son of William Nelson and Edith (Wood) Lyons. He was a graduate of Perrysville High School and an Army veteran of World War II. Lester was a...

Roy Lee Merryman
Oct 1, 2010
Perrysville Roy Lee Merryman, 66 died suddenly at 11:46 a. m. Friday October 1, 2010. He was born east of Cates the son of LeRoy S. and Anna L. (Crowder) Merryman. He was a 1962 graduate of Kingman High School. Roy Lee married Mary Ann Salts November 24, 1965 at his parents home and she survives. Also surviving are two...

Shawn Allen Sams
Sep 15, 2010
Shawn Allen Sams, 36 of Covington, IN passed away at 8:14 a. m. Wednesday September 15, 2010 in San Antonio, TX. Shawn was born September 15, 1974 in Danville, IL, the son of Robert Allen and Peggy (Weese) Sams of Covington. They both survive. Also surviving is his maternal grandmother, Jackie Case of Danville, IL, several aunts, uncles, cousins, special...

Mary Ruth Hall
Sep 12, 2010
Covington Mary R. Hall, 90 died at 8:45 p. m. Sunday September 12, 2010 at The Waters of Covington. She was born August 7, 1920 at Mancelona, Michigan the daughter of Walter B. and Jessie Shank Guire. She moved to Covington with her daughter in 1996 from Champaign and previously lived at Terre Haute most of her life. She was...

Arnold Robert Rayphole
Sep 7, 2010
Perrysville Arnold R. Rayphole, 93 died at 5:20 a. m. Tuesday September 7, 2010 at Digby House in Lafayette. He was a Covington resident most of his life, the last few years lived at Perrysville and moved to Lafayette in March. He was born October 13, 1916 at Yeddo the son of the late Robert and Opal Bonebrake Rayphole. He...
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