Articles by Porter Oliger Pearson

Travis Wade Coons, 15, passed away on Saturday, July 4, 2020 at Heritage Lake in Putnam County, Indiana.  Born, August 8, 2004 in Louisville, KY, he was the son Chasity Coons.  Travis had just completed 9th grade at […]

Dr. David Charles Harp, Sr., age 76, of Greensburg, Indiana passed away on June 26, 2020, at his home surrounded by family and close friends. He was born on August 9, 1943 in Fulton, New […]

William Richard Theobald, 94, Greensburg, passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at the Aspen Place Health Campus in Greensburg with loved ones at his side. Born, June 4, 1926 in Rush County, Indiana, he […]

Erma Jean Oljace, 83, passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at her home with her family by her side. Born, December 5, 1936 in Greensburg, she was the daughter of Andrew and Bessie (McKay) […]

Mary J. Barnes, 93, Greensburg, Indiana, passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at Aspen Place Health Campus in Greensburg. Born February 10, 1927 in Letts, Indiana, she was the daughter of Alphonse and Cleona […]

Roger W. Gardner, 74, Greensburg, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at his residence with his brother, Steve by his side. Born, September 3, 1945 in Greensburg, Indiana, he was the son of Billy […]

Edward Herman Laws, 82, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at Mercy West Hospital in Cincinnati. Born, January 4, 1938 in Bridgeport, Indiana, he was the son of Clarence “Bud” and Gertrude (Flodder) Laws. […]

Linda L. Tumilty, 81, Greensburg, passed away on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at Arbor Grove Village in Greensburg. Born, February 12, 1939 in Greensburg, Indiana, she was the daughter of Thomas Raymond and Rose M. […]

Rosemary Berkemeier, 94, St. Maurice, passed away on Thursday, June 4, 2020 at the Arbor Grove Village in Greensburg. Born, May 7, 1926 in Decatur County, Indiana, she was the daughter of Frank J. and […]

Velma Ida Ortman 99, of Millhousen passed away peacefully on June 2 from natural causes. She was born on Sept. 13, 1920 the daughter of William H. and Ottilia (Pfeifer) Picker in Decatur County. Velma […]

Nannie Tolliver Derflinger, 97, of Greensburg, Indiana, passed away on June 1, 2020 of natural causes at her daughter Sue’s residence. Nannie was born on February 21, 1923 in Harlan County, Kentucky, the sixth child […]

Our mom, Bessie Mae Ploeger, née Sebastian, was born into eternal life on Sunday evening, May 31, 2020. Bessie was born May 21, 1941, the eleventh of fourteen children, to Shelby and Mima Sebastian in […]