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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BIEDENHARN, Thomas, 73, All Saints, Dearborn County, May 28. Father of Shelley Fricke and David Biedenharn. Brother of Jeri Ann Timon and Bob Biedenharn. Grandfather of two.

BRABENDER, Keith, 62, St. John the Baptist, Osgood, May 18. Father of Frank Borger. Brother of John and Wayne Brabender.

DESJEAN, Cyril W., 96, St. Mark the Evangelist, Indianapolis, May 31. Father of Jeanne Goedde, Denise Hunter, Colette Tellmann, Jeffrey, Lawrence, Philip, Robert and Stephen Taylor, John, Mark, Matthew, Phillip and Thomas DesJean. Brother of Joan Laurent. Grandfather of 29. Great-grandfather of 42.

DURAN, Nancy, 71, Holy Family, New Albany, May 27. Wife of Richard Duran. Mother of Bernadette Munoz, Susan and Joe Duran. Sister of Alberta Dawson, Ann Gunter, Lynn Masticola, Frances Piotrowski, David and William Dawson. Grandmother of eight.

EASTRIDGE, Jessica B., 88, St. Luke the Evangelist, Indianapolis, May 31. Mother of Milicent Ciresi, Ann Eastridge Ray, Gerry, Nicholas and Timothy Eastridge. Sister of Milicent Nuebel, Alexa O’Neil and Patricia Scherer. Grandmother of seven.

GOODMAN, Betty J., 75, St. Martin of Tours, Martinsville, May 28. Wife of Samuel Goodman. Mother of Linda Butler, Diana Dillon, Jeff and Scott Hedges, Christine and Richard Goodman. Sister of Patsy Morgan. Grandmother of four. Great-grandmother of five.

GRANGIER, Raymond, Jr., 80, St. Mary, New Albany, May 23. Father of Stephanie Furnish, Anthony and Raymond Grangier III. Brother of Anna Anderson and Virginia Curtis. Grandfather of 13.

HAUPT, Kenneth R., 76, St. Roch, Indianapolis, May 20. Husband of Judy Haupt. Brother of Patty Evans, Ken and Tim Haupt. Grandfather of six.

HAVELY, Gary L., 74, St. Agnes, Nashville, May 30. Husband of Debra Havely. Father of Mia Havely. Brother of Patti Bramlett, Peggy VanderVelde and Skip Havely. Grandfather of three.

JOHNSON, Ralph, 73, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Bright, May 24. Husband of Irene Johnson. Father of Tracey Jones and Ralph Johnson. Brother of Beverly Wollum. Grandfather of four.

LUELLEN, Rita A., 89, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, May 29. Mother of Karen Causey, Debbie Huxley, Nancy West, Jim, Ronnie and Steve Luellen. Grandmother of 17. Great-grandmother of 40. Great-great-grandmother of two.

MOHR, Barbara L. (Clark), 89, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Bright, May 24. Mother of Pam Zoller, Clark, James and Richard Mohr. Sister of Franklin and Ken Clark. Grandmother of 11. Great-grandmother of four.

MURPHY, Leo B., 90, St. Lawrence, Indianapolis, May 26. Husband of Elizabeth Murphy. Father of Lisa, Maureen, Sheila, Michael, Patrick and Robert. Brother of Francis. Grandfather of 20. Great-grandfather of 16.

PRICKEL, Raymond W., 68, St. Anthony, Morris, May 29. Husband of Joyce Prickel. Father of Shawna Lyttle and Shelley Prickel. Brother of Joe and Steve Prickel. Grandfather of two.

SCHELLER, Al J., 86, St. Ambrose, Seymour, May 29. Husband of Ginny Scheller. Father of Cathy Schneider and Patty Scheller. Brother of Ruth Diekhoff, Edna Parris and Ralph Scheller. Grandfather of four. Great-grandfather of eight.

SCHULER, Edward, 90, St. Michael, Brookville, May 16. Husband of Fanny Schuler. Father of Gayle Bolduc, Patricia Cooley, Hilda Johnson, Sharon and James Schuler. Brother of Josephine Stenger. Grandfather of 20. Great-grandfather of 34. Great-great-grandfather of eight.

WEST, Joanne, 97, Christ the King, Indianapolis, May 27. Mother of Paula Shaw and David West. Grandmother of eight. Great-grandmother of two.

WOODS, Naomi, 86, St. Joseph, Shelbyville, May 21. Mother of Jeanne Borja, Mary Glass, Martha Nuhn, Ruth, John, Paul and Stephen Woods. Grandmother of 10. Great-grandmother of 13. (correction) †