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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BAUERLA, Patricia, 78, St. Augustine, Jeffersonville, July 17. Mother of Lisa Lone, Susan Shepard, Greg and Larry Bauerla. Sister of JoAnn Leuthart. Grandmother of six. Great-grandmother of eight.
BRATTON, Maria C. (Garcia Rueda), 55, St. Malachy, Brownsburg, Sept. 19. Wife of David Bratton. Mother of Cristina, Gabbi and Nicholas Bratton. Daughter of Ramón Garcia and Maria Victoria Rueda Villamizar. Sister of Carlos Fernando Garcia and Jorge Enrique Garcia.
CARDWELL, Susan J. (Hutchinson), 77, SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi, Greenwood, Oct. 2. Mother of Julie Cardwell-Roe, JoAnn Raitano and Joe Cardwell. Sister of Jon Hutchinson. Grandmother of seven. Great‑grandmother of three.
CATES, David M., 79, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Sept. 30. Husband of Mary Cates. Father of Carolyn, Patricia, Stephanie, Jim and Michael. Grandfather of seven.
CAVALLARO, Orlando, 96, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower), Indianapolis, Oct. 1. Father of Rita Chapman and Linda Vandagriff. Brother of Pete Cavallaro. Grandfather of three. Great-grandfather of two.
COUGHLAN, Douglas J., 36, St. Augustine, Jeffersonville, Aug. 17. Husband of Megan Coughlan. Father of Rebecca Coughlan. Son of John and Margaret Coughlan. Brother of Sophie Coughlan.
CROWELL, Anthony H., 98, St. Gabriel, Connersville, Oct. 4. Uncle of several.
CURRAN, Marion M., 91, All Saints, Dearborn County, Oct. 9. Mother of Sherry Crissen and Darla Schmitt. Grandmother of four. Great‑grandmother of three.
GILLIN, Richard E., 85, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower), Indianapolis, Oct. 2. Father of Theresa Bundy, Dan and Thomas Gillin. Brother of Bill Gillin. Grandfather of seven. Great‑grandfather of nine.
GUTZWILLER, John L., 82, St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, Oct. 8. Husband of Dorothy Gutzwiller. Father of John and Joseph Gutzwiller. Brother of Vivian Reinhardt. Grandfather of 13. Great-grandfather of three.
HERBERT, Marjorie K., 90, Immaculate Conception, Millhousen, Oct. 9. Mother of Ann Kunz, Gary and Richard Herbert. Sister of Leo Wenning. Grandmother of eight.
JAMES, Dorothy, 87, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Sept. 27. Mother of Kevin James. Grandmother of four. Great‑grandmother of two.
LESPERANCE, Steven P., 59, SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi, Greenwood, Oct. 5. Husband of Paula Lesperance. Father of Rachel De Oliveira, Eliza Karlgren and Emily Lesperance. Son of Jeanine Lesperance. Brother of Linda, Kevin and Wayne.
MEIER, Marjorie, 95, St. Michael, Brookville, Sept. 21. Mother of Donna Meyer, Susan Moeller, Ann and Irene Selm and Robert Meier. Sister of Delores Garver and Marcella Kocher. Grandmother of 15. Great-grandmother of 32.
MILLER, Florence M., 72, St. Roch, Indianapolis, Sept. 16. Wife of Richard Miller. Mother of Carole Paster, David and Seth Miller. Grandmother of two.
REED, Dana K., 69, St. Christopher, Indianapolis, Oct. 1. Sister of Gene and Jim Reed. Aunt and great-aunt of several.
SCHOLL, George R., 61, Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Jeffersonville, Aug. 21. Husband of Vickie Scholl. Father of Elizabeth Stetar and Jeremy Scholl. Son of Susan Cotter. Stepson of Leo Cotter. Brother of Cindy Arias, Theresa Gagel, Beth Ohlmann, Debbie Thompson, Patricia White, Bruce, Michael, Patrick and Tom Scholl. Grandfather of six.
SELL, Judith, 71, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Richmond, Oct. 3. Wife of Bobby Sell. Mother of Rachel Harvey and Robert Sell. Grandmother of four.
SHOEMAKER, Eileen (Drew), 93, St. Mark the Evangelist, Indianapolis, Oct. 5. Mother of Margaret Happ, Donald and Robert Shoemaker. Grandmother of 11. Great‑grandmother of 23.
STORZ, Conrad F. III, 81, St. Augustine, Jeffersonville, July 14. Husband of Judy Storz. Father of Cathy Garret, Ginny Wilson, Conrad IV and Joseph Storz. Brother of Barbara Cox and Mary Tucker. Grandfather of eight.
WAGNER, Hettie (Fraley), 71, St. Gabriel, Connersville, Oct. 3. Wife of Neal Wagner. Mother of Snookie Dalrymple. Sister of Carla Redelman and Phillip Fraley. Grandmother of two.
WELCH, Mary I., 101, Christ the King, Indianapolis, Oct. 1. Mother of Patricia Bates, Mary Lou Durham, Teresa Ann Knue, Carol Welch McAliley and Eugene Welch. Grandmother of five. Great-grandmother of three.
WOOLSEY, Margaret M., 87, St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, Oct. 4. Mother of Dawn Surber. Sister of Pauline Ponto, Veronica Sword, James, Jerry and Paul LaFord. Grandmother of eight. Great-grandmother of four. †