Local obituaries for Clinton, Indiana
Linda Tressie Varvel
Feb 20, 2026
Our beloved mother passed away peacefully, ending her courageous battle with dementia. Those who knew and loved her are encouraged to join us at visitation and are most welcome to pray the rosary following. Next day Mass/Funeral celebrating her journey to Heaven and immediately following she will be laid to rest next to our father, where they will to be...
Thelma Joann Brown
Feb 12, 2026
Thelma Joann Borwn (93) of Clinton and formerly of Terre Haute passed away at 8:30 AM, February 12, 2026, at Clinton Gardents. Born June 5, 1932, in Hillsdale, Indiana to Claude Graham and Audrey Middlebrook Graham. She retired as the Executive Director for Volunteers of America in Terre Haute. She married Charles A. Brown, September 30, 1958. She was preceded...
Joetta Rose Ross (Blackburn)
Feb 11, 2026
Joetta Rose Ross (Blackburn) (62) of Terre Haute left this world at home on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. Born, April 2, 1963, in Clinton to Donnie Ross and Sissy Searing Benefield. Joetta was a spirited individual who lived for her grandchildren. Known affectionately as a “Maffia princess” in her own right, she was fun, very fun to be around. She...
Phyllis Jean Lambert
Feb 8, 2026
Phyllis Jean Rolle Lambert (91) of Clinton passed away, February 8, 2026, at Vermillion Convalescent Center. Born, May 11, 1934, to Domenic Rolle and Margaret Grayless Rolle. She retired from Eli Lilly and Company. Phyllis was a member of Kappa Delta Phi Sorority, Democrat Women’s Club, and former Clerk-Treasurer of Fairview Park and Sacred Heart Church - Clinton.
She was preceded...
John D Winkler
Feb 6, 2026
John D. Winkler (66) of Clinton, Indiana, passed away peacefully at 9:40 AM, February 6, 2026, at his home. He was born May 31, 1959, in Paris, Illinois to the late Lloyd and Betty Blaker Winkler. He married Debra Mathis Runyan on June 18, 2022.
John is survived by his wive Debra and his children; Ryan (Brittany) Winkler of Paris, IL,...
William Thomas Grimes
Jan 30, 2026
William Thomas Grimes (86) of Clinton passed away January 30, 2026, at 4:00 AM at Clinton Gardens. Born, May 19, 1939, in Heady Hollow (north of Fishers, Indiana) to Jacob Clark Grimes and Laura Rubinia Nevitt Grimes. His parents passed away when William was a young boy of 13 years and he was raised by his older brother, Pete Grimes...
Sharon L Bates
Jan 29, 2026
Sharon L. Bates (84) of Clinton, passed away, January 29, 2026, at 10:07 PM at Vermillion Convalescent Center. Born, August 9, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois to Thomas Kerrigan and Ester Wilson Kerrigan. She married Walter Bates on August 8, 1959. She was a bus driver for Chicago Heights Special Education. Preceded in death by her parents One daughter: Debora Bates...
John Meneghini
Jan 11, 2026
John Meneghini (83) of Clinton passed away, January 11, 2026, in Clinton. Born, February 28, 1942, to John Baptista Meneghini and Mabel Blanchard Meneghini Hoagland in Clinton. He retired from Indiana Gas and Chemical and Wal Mart in Clinton. He served for four years in Indiana National Guard. He was preceded in death by his parents. John is survived by...
Patricia Ann Sisson
Dec 1, 2025
Patricia Ann Sisson, 88, of Clinton, passed away peacefully at Union Hospital in Terre Haute on December 1, 2025, at 12:44 AM, surrounded by her family.
Patricia was born on April 8, 1937, in Detroit, Michigan, to Ovie Uselman and Linda Kay Fassino Uselman. A devoted homemaker, she also shared her love of creativity as the former owner of Country at...
Meleta Grace Hux
Nov 15, 2025
Meleta Grace Hux, 90, of Universal, IN peacefully joined her husband for their 73rd Wedding Anniversary on November 15, 2025, at 7:30 AM after a brief stay at Vermillion Convalescent Center. Meleta was born in Shepardsville, IN on October 9, 1935, to Claude Gose and Nora Alkire-Gose. In November 1952, she married the love of her life, Jackie L. Hux...
Julie M. Dunkley
Nov 13, 2025
Julie M. Carlyle Dunkley (71) of Clinton passed away at Vermillion Convalescent Center on November 13, 2025, at 1:44 PM. Born in Peru, Indiana on March 5, 1954, to Mike and Lucile Hopton Carlyle. She was a member of Sacred Heart Church – Clinton. She was preceded in death by her parents and one son: Shannon Dunkley and one brother,...
Phyllis Gail Curry
Oct 29, 2025
Phyllis Gail Curry (89) of Clinton passed away at 12:03 AM, October 29, 2025, at The Gibson Family Center for Hospice Care. Born June 28, 1936, in Clinton to Andrew Roth and Audrey Vale Roth. She retired from South Vermillion School Corporation, where she worked as a reading tutor at Van Duyn Elementary and Central Elementary Schools. She was a...
Donald Joe Adams
Oct 4, 2025
Donald Joe Adams (85) of Lyford passed away October 4, 2025. at 7:56 AM. Born in Clinton, Indiana to Morris W. Adams and Lois Wilding Adams. He was a retired painter and a U.S. Navy Veteran. He married Patricia Dalton Adams on May 18, 1991.
He was preceded in death by his parents, sister; Carol Russell and his grandson; Zakary Steadman.
He...
Martha Christine Trimble
Oct 3, 2025
Martha Christine Trimble (74) or Clinton passed away October 3, 2025, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Born July 17, 1951, in Clinton to Robert Stevens and Sammie Ruth Garven Stevens. She was a member of Sacred Heart Church – Clinton. She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers; Carmel Jay Stevens, Silas Stevens, Robert Stevens and Paul...
Marlene "Honey" Wilson
Oct 3, 2025
Marlene Joyce “Honey” Wilson of Clinton passed away at home on Friday,
October 3, 2025 at 2:28 p.m.
Honey was born on August 16, 1936 in Universal, the third of four children of
Clem and Thelma Dalton Lawson. She attended Universal School and graduated
from Clinton High School with the class of 1954. She married Russell F. “Rusty”
Wilson who preceded her in death on...
John Alexander Daniel
Sep 29, 2025
It is with deep sadness that we announce the
passing of our devoted husband, father,
grandfather, and great-grandfather, John
Alexander Daniel, Jr. on Monday, September
29, 2025 at the age of 88. John was born to
John Alexander Daniel and Martha Mary Rodi
Daniel on July 7, 1937, at his homeplace in
West Terre Haute, Indiana. John attended
Consolidated and Concannon High School.
During 1952-53, he attended Columbia Military
Academy...
Carol Emery
Sep 24, 2025
Carol Emery (86) of Clinton passed away at 3:06 PM. Wednesday, September 24, 2025. Surrounded by her family. Born in Clinton, Indiana to Russell Rife and Eva Smock Spence and was raised by Edward Spence and Eva Spence. She was a home maker and a member of Victory Baptist Church. She married William Emery on April 23, 1955. She was...
Joyce Hamblen
Sep 23, 2025
Joyce Hamblen (50) of Sellersburg, Indiana passed away on September 23, 2025 in Calumet, Oklahoma. Born December 10, 1974, to Robert Hamblen and Rose Fox Hamblen. She was a secretary for Hendrickson Trucking in Covington, Indiana. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, father, two sisters; Marcia Deschamp and Aleta Harris and one brother; Robert Thomas Hamblen. Survivors include...
Thomas L Beaven
Sep 20, 2025
Thomas L. Beaven (65) of Clinton passed away, September 20, 2025, at 8:56 AM. Born November 23, 1959, in Paris, Illinois to Vernon E. Beaven and Barbara J. Huston Beaven. He was a plant Manager for Nutrien in Dana, Indiana. He married Chris Phelps on August 15, 2006. He was preceded in death by his parents. Tom is survived by...
Robert Carson Steed
Sep 12, 2025
Robert Carson Steed (82) of Clinton made his final voyage home September 12, 2025, at 7:06 a.m. at The Gibson Family Center for Hospice Care in Terre Haute, Indiana. Born July 30, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois to Robert Anthony Steed and Norma Carson Steed. Robert married Rita K. (Noblitt-Muciarelli) on July 31, 1993, in the Walnut Grove Cemetery Chapel, Clinton,...
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