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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ARMSTRONG, Mark E.,74, St. Christopher, Indianapolis, March 29. Husband of Rosella Armstrong. Father of Angie Gilmore, Lisa Lloyd and Mark Armstrong. Son of Carol Armstrong. Brother of Liz, Megan, Vickie, Doug and Jim Armstrong. Grandfather of five. Great-grandfather of one.

BROADY, Janet A., 81, St. John Paul II, Sellersburg, March 27. Mother of Angela Popham and Douglas Broady. Sister of Carolyn Thornton. Grandmother of one.

BUSSING, Veda, 79, Annunciation, Brazil, March 9. Wife of David Bussing. Mother of Stacy Burns and Derek Bussing. Grandmother of three.

COLLIGNON, Jeanne M., 85, St. Christopher, Indianapolis, April 1. Wife of James Collignon. Mother of Jeffrey, Phillip and Randal Collignon. Sister of Norbert Lustig. Grandmother of six.

CURTIS, Larry K., 76, St. Mary, Rushville, April 2. Husband of Ann Curtis. Father of Katy, Andy and Brady Curtis. Brother of Tara Smiley and Lynda Solimine. Grandfather of four.

CZERWINSKI, Patrick M., 88, St. Christopher, Indianapolis, Feb. 21. Father of Linda Cruz, Judi Renner, Carol Thomason, Eileen, Mary, Dan and Tom Czerwinski. Brother of Barbara Rewolinski. Grandfather of 14. Great-grandfather of five.

GASPER, Dominic P., 1, St. Ann, Jennings County, March 31. Son of David and Jessica Gasper. Brother of Margaret and Joseph Gasper. Grandson of Dan and Michelle Gasper and Donny and Charlotte Volk.

GRAF, Larry W., 79, St. John Paul II, Sellersburg, March 26. Brother of Alice, Dorothy and Cletus Graf. Uncle of several.

KENNEY, Phil, 65, Our Lady of Lourdes, Indianapolis, March 22. Husband of Colleen Kenney. Father of Bridget, Eileen, Mary Kate, Pat and Vince. Brother of Ann, Katie, Mary, Sheila and Vince. Grandfather of 10.

LONG, Thomas C., 78, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower), Indianapolis, March 24. Husband of Lavretta Long. Father of Dior Jones. Brother of Roberta Brown, Ruth Douglas, Marie Murray, Josephine Newman, Robert Burse and Kenneth Harper.

MCCANN, Marcella A., 88, All Saints, Dearborn County, April 9. Wife of Tom McCann. Mother of Lynn Burton, Beth Joerger, Leah Schmidl, Audra Steele, Christopher, Jeffrey, Mark and Vincent McCann. Sister of Rosella Kemper, Monica Poole, Gerald and James Wilgenbusch. Grandmother of 23. Great-grandmother of 15.

MORONE, Doris L., 93, Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Indianapolis, March 19. Mother of Dominic and Mario Morone.

RUST, Richard, 92, St. Mary, Greensburg, April 3. Father of Lee Rust-Gonzelez, Christopher and Tom Rust. Grandfather of seven.

SMITH, Carolyn H., 91, St. Lawrence, Indianapolis, Jan. 18. Mother of Bruce, Keith, Ralph and William Smith. Grandmother of six. Great-grandmother of three.

SMITH, Gary T., 61, St. Pius V, Troy, March 31. Husband of Rita Smith. Father of Jamie Armstrong, Ashley Luecke, Molly Melvin, Candace Voyles, Garet and Nicholas Smith. Brother of Danielle Corley, Paula Howell, Pat Luther and Rick Smith. Stepbrother of Leta, Doug and Mike Dunn. Grandfather of eight.

SULLIVAN, Vera, 89, Our Lady of Lourdes, Indianapolis, March 18. Mother of Nancy Chumbley, Patsy Reynolds, Kathy Troutman, Maureen and Joseph Sullivan. Grandmother of 12. Great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother of several.

WEIDNER, Dolores, 93, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Bright, March 29. Mother of Joyce Hughes, Jackie Kessler, Janet Metsch, Jeff and Ron Weidner. Grandmother of 19. Great-grandmother of 44.

WICKENS, Maredia A., 80, St. Mary, North Vernon, March 29. Mother of Chad Wickens. Grandmother of three. Great-grandmother of two.

ZINKAN, Mary Mae, 99, Christ the King, Indianapolis, March 16. Mother of Patricia Holtz, Peter and Stephen Zinkan. Grandmother of seven. Great-grandmother of 12.

ZOELLERS, Ula, 88, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyd County, March 28. Mother of Becki, Curtis and David Zoellers. Grandmother of four. Great-grandmother of eight.

ZUMHINGST, Sheila, 73, St. Ambrose, Seymour, March 26. Wife of Wayne Zumhingst. Mother of Emma, Aaron and David Zumhingst. Sister of Patrick Shade. Grandmother of two. †