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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BROWN, Michael L., 64, St. Mark the Evangelist, Indianapolis, Oct. 27. Brother of Carla Henderson and Marnita Louzon. Uncle and great-uncle of several.

CIRESI, Ruth A., 95, St. Jude, Indianapolis, Oct. 3. Wife of Anthony Ciresi. Mother of Ginny Engle, Mary Ann Piatek, Toni Schaney, Gus, Jerry, John, Mark and Mike Ciresi. Sister of Patty Connor. Grandmother of 19. Great-grandmother of 13.

DONOHUE, Sandra G., 60, St. John Paul II, Sellersburg, Oct. 21. Wife of Rodney Donohue. Mother of Daniel and Kevin Donohue. Sister of Linda Miller, Karen and Jerry Conner. Grandmother of three.

FAIRFIELD, L. Jeffrey, 53, St. Roch, Indianapolis, Oct. 29. Father of Chandler Fairfield. Brother of Lise Pace.

FLOYD, Dr. Jesse R., 79, St. Mary, New Albany, Oct. 2. Brother of JoAnn Berry, Nancy Collier, Gloria Jackson, Virgie Floyd-Stokes, Queen and Ephraim Floyd. Uncle of several.

HAMILTON, Marguerite C., 89, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Richmond, Oct. 25. Mother of Jan Busby, Carol Elsrod, Cathy Glidewell, Danny, Doug, Jamie, John and Steve Hamilton. Grandmother of 12. Great-grandmother of 17. Great-great-grandmother of three.

HANSON, Michael J., 64, St. Joseph, Corydon, Oct. 19. Husband of Susan Hanson. Father of Kevin and Scott Hanson. Son of Ruth Hanson.

HERMANN, Robert J., 62, St. Jude, Indianapolis, Oct. 24. Husband of Wanda Hermann. Father of Barbara Day, R. Scott Gindling and Benjamin Hermann. Son of Marianne Hermann. Brother of Beth Finney, Delores Thie and Donna Williams. Grandfather of 14. Great-grandfather of one.

HERMESCH, Patricia, 83, St. Maurice, Napoleon, Oct. 9. Wife of Walter Hermesch. Mother of Kim Hermesch. Grandmother of one.

HILL, Don, 83, Holy Family, New Albany, Oct. 19. Husband of Catherine Hill. Father of Donald and Michael Hill. Grandfather of two.

MORAND, Lucile, 98, Our Lady of Lourdes, Oct. 23. Mother of Patti Gilliland, Janet Grant, Linda Langdon, Teri and Michael Morand. Grandmother of nine. Great-grandmother of 26. Great-great-grandmother of one.

MUSKAT, Ralph, 87, St. Michael the Archangel, Indianapolis, Oct. 20. Husband of Dona Muskat. Father of Kathryn Aldin, Barbara Goodin, Jerome and Ronald Muskat. Grandfather of four. Great-grandfather of two.

NAVILLE, Jane K. (Sprigler), 97, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyd County, Oct. 25. Mother of Janice Koetter and Carl Naville. Grandmother of five. Great-grandmother of five. Great-great-grandmother of one.

NOBBE-KADINGER, Theresa M., 81, St. Louis, Batesville, Sept. 24. Mother of Mary Collins, Robin Tingle, Dennis and Matt Nobbe. Sister of Rita Schoentrup. Grandmother of several.

RUTH, H.M., 99, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Indianapolis, Oct. 18. Sister of Donna Ancelet. Aunt of several.

SCHEELE, Paul, 87, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Richmond, Oct. 23. Father of Pam Froelich, Lisa Garner, Becky, Cindy and Paul Scheele. Grandfather of 12. Great-grandfather of nine.

SPACKE, Ethel S., 89, St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, Oct. 28. Mother of Sheila Mathes, Jay and Tom Spacke. Grandmother of eight. Great-grandmother of 12.

SWANSON, Carol, 76, St. Michael the Archangel, Indianapolis, Oct. 23. Wife of James Swanson, Jr. Mother of Gwen Barker, Jamic Powell and James Swanson III. Sister of James Blanc. Grandmother of 19. Great-grandmother of 29.

WEILER, Leona, 99, St. Peter, Franklin County, Oct. 28. Mother of Brenda Bessier, Joanne Bone, Diane Gehring, Marjorie Powell, Linda Skipton, Irene Zerr, Allen, Frank, Harold, Larry and Marty Weiler. Sister of Annabel Suttmiller, Viola Westrich and Bernard Batta. Grandmother of 40. Great-grandmother of 66. Great-great-grandmother of two.

WOOD, Joann J., 88, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Oct. 24. Mother of Julie, Kathleen, David, James, Joseph, Matthew, Michael and Steven Wood. Grandmother of 13. Great‑grandmother of five.

YAGGI, Dennis P., 82, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Oct. 23. Husband of Susan Yaggi. Father of Molly Noble, John, Joseph, Michael, Patrick and Philip Yaggi. Brother of Judy Yaggi. Grandfather of 13. †