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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BISSETT, Robert, 81, All Saints, Dearborn County, Sept. 2. Husband of Barbara Fuchs. Father of Carla Stewart, Jill, Jeffrey and Richard Bissett. Brother of Kay Phillips, Duane, George and Thomas Bissett. Grandfather of 10. Great-grandfather of three.

BORMAN, Florence, 94, St. Luke the Evangelist, Indianapolis, Sept. 22. Mother of Debra Bartlett, Teresa Borman, Barbara Murphy and Patricia Redding. Sister of Charlotte Gesser. Grandmother of six. Great-grandmother of six.

CLARK, Donna J., 84, St. Martin of Tours, Martinsville, Sept. 24. Mother of Susan Hopkins, Angela and Stephen Clark. Grandmother of eight. Great-grandmother of four.

DAVIS, Elaine, 66, St. Jude, Indianapolis, Sept. 20. Wife of Tomm Davis. Mother of Chloe, Aaron and Chadd. Daughter of Florence Elmore. Sister of Diane Hand and Mike Elmore. Grandmother of one.

EDINGTON, Sally, 69, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Sept. 26. Wife of Ned Edington. Mother of Libby Eismeier and Ben Edington. Sister of Maureen Okerson, Terry Schonhoff, Kathy Weisenbach and John Shanahan. Grandmother of five.

JAMES, Robert L., 85, St. Mark, Perry County, Sept. 11. Husband of Pat James. Father of Christy Hilgenhold, Sherry Schraner, Cindy Taylor, Michael, Steve and Tony James. Brother of Janet Scheppers, Leonard, Nolan and Roland James. Grandfather of 16. Great-grandfather of 15.

JUDD, James H., 76, Holy Name of Jesus, Beech Grove, Sept. 10. Husband of Ellen Judd. Stepfather of Michael Smith. Brother of Beverly Price and Brenda Proffitt. Grandfather of two.

KLEIN, Wanda, 95, Prince of Peace, Madison, Sept. 24. Mother of Carolyn Purvis. Grandmother of four.

LEWANDOWSKI, Steven, 62, St. Mary, Lanesville, Sept. 9. Husband of Suan Masterson. Father of Hannah Meredith, Brendan and Sean Carroll. Brother of Donna DeWyse, Diane Noonan, Daniel, David, Dennis and Gerald Lewandowski. Grandfather of three.

MCCOOL, Peggy, 76, St. Michael the Archangel, Indianapolis, Sept. 26. Wife of Pete McCool. Mother of Katie Haapala, Molly Larison, Kelly Steinmetz and Mary Vidrich. Sister of Jim and John Melton. Grandmother of nine. Great-grandmother of three.

MCCRAY, Benjamin, 73, St. Anthony of Padua, Morris, Aug. 22. Husband of Elizabeth McCray. Father of Tiffany Harmeyer, Whitney Horner, Courtney Lewis, Brittany Mathews, Benjamin and Shirnel McCray. Brother of Lorraine, Sharon, David, Johnny and Michael Williams. Grandfather of several.

MILLER, Shirley A., 88, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Richmond, Sept. 16. Mother of Tammy Jones and Kristy Porfidio. Grandmother of seven. Great-grandmother of 15.

NIEZGODSKI, Sr., William E., 92, St. Jude, Indianapolis, Sept. 21. Husband of Barbara Niezgodski. Father of Cynthia Helfgott, Kathleen McCan, Mary Nate, Tracy Simmons, Susan Smith and William Niezgodski, Jr. Grandfather of 18. Great-grandfather of six.

OTT, Lori L., 69, St. Mary, Lanesville, Sept. 10. Wife of Kenneth Ott. Mother of Jeffrey, Jeremy and Joel Ott. Sister of Kathy Haug and Steve Goben. Grandmother of five. Great-grandmother of two.

PETROFF, Catherine, 85, Holy Name of Jesus, Beech Grove, Aug. 28. Wife of Richard Petroff. Mother of Debbie Meyers, Kathy Stewart, Sharon Vuskalns and Doug Petroff. Grandmother of eight. Great-grandmother of 10.

ROSFELD, Harold N.¸ 95, All Saints, Dearborn County, Sept. 19. Father of Bonnie Boyce, Connie Hall, John and Tom Rosfeld. Grandfather of 10. Great-grandfather of 16.

SHERMAN, Frances A., 83, St. Jude, Indianapolis, Sept. 25. Mother of Frank Sherman. Sister of Carolyn Inabnitt. Grandmother of three. Great-grandmother of six.

SPECKMAN, Jr., George R., 68, Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Indianapolis, Sept. 25. Husband of Pamela Speckman. Father of Hanna Sexton-Aiken, Colene Zerkle, Shaun Patterson and Isaac Sexton. Brother of Gretchen Krug, Mark and Mike Speckman. Grandfather of eight.

YOUNG, Esther, 93, Holy Family, Oldenburg, Aug. 20. Mother of Andrea, Chris, Craig, Gary and Mark. Grandmother of 11. †