Clark County Indiana Obituaries

Funeral services for Catherine Rosenberger Rake, 93, of Clarksville, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 22, at Holy Family Catholic Church, with burial in St. Mary’s of the Knobs Cemetery, Floyds Knobs. She died Sunday, March 18, 2000 at Westminster Village in Clarksville. She was a native and former resident of Starlight, a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, and past president of the Senior Citizens Club of Holy Family Catholic Church. Survivors include a daughter, Juanita R. Beach, Floyds Knobs; two sons Melvin “Corky” Rake, Georgetown, and Gilbert Rake, Bonita Springs, Fla.; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Visitation at Kraft Funeral Home, Spring Street Chapel, will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today, Monday, March 20, and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. A prayer service will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. - Jeffersonville Evening News – March 20, 2000– shared by Francie Ede

Henry J. Rake, 62, father of a Clarksville resident, died Sunday in the Floyd County Memorial Hospital, following a short illness. He lived at R. 2, Floyd Knobs. He was a retired maintenance foreman for Huber & Huber Motor Express Inc., Louisville, and a member of St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic Church. Surviving are his wife, Catherine M. Rosenberger Rake; a daughter, Mrs. Juanita R. Beach, Clarksville; two sons, Gilbert J. Rake and Melvin B. Rake, both of New Albany; five brothers, Frank, Joseph, Herman, and Louis Rake, all of Borden; Theodore Rake, Floyds Knobs; a sister, Miss Anna Mae Rake, Borden; and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the St. Mary of the Knobs Church with burial in the church cemetery. The rosary will be recited at Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Kraft Funeral Home, New Albany. - Jeffersonville Evening News – February 15, 1965– shared by Francie Ede

Winfred L. Reas Sr., 83, of New Albany, passed away peacefully at the home of his daughter on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004. He was born June 10, 1920 to Edith and Ralph Reas in New Albany. “Reas,” as he was known, retired from Indiana Gas Company in 1982. He was an Army veteran serving as a technical sergeant during World War II. He was a lifelong member of American Legion Post 28, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1692 and American Association of Retired Persons. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church. He is survived by three daughters, Juanita Engle (Bob), New Albany, Cindy Reas, New Albany and Michaelle Fisher, New Albany, four sons, Wilfred L. Reas Jr. (Adria), Alaska, Jesse Reas (Pam), Newport, Mark Reas, Louisville and Terry Reas (Debra), Clarksville; nine grandchildren, Mike Engle, Mindy Gadberry, Stephanie Fredrick, Theresa Nolan, Jared Reas, Angela Reas, Nathan Reas, David Reas and Nick Reas; 12 great-grandchildren; a brother, Kenneth Reas; a sister, Dorothy Evaline (Bruce); and spouse, Rowena Reas. He was preceded in death by a brother, Richard Reas; and a sister, Martha Mitchell. Visitation at Scott Funeral Home, North Chapel will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today, Thursday, Feb. 12. The funeral service will be at Scott Funeral Home, North Chapel, Friday, Feb. 13, at 11 a.m., with entombment in Kraft-Graceland Mausoleum. The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Vista Care Hospice of New Albany or Grace Lutheran Church, New Albany. - Jeffersonville Evening News – February 12, 2004– shared by Francie Ede

Funeral services for Danny R. Reed, 59, of Clarksville, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 11, at Market Street Chapel of Seabrook Dieckmann & Naville Funeral Homes, with burial in Edwardsville Cemetery. He died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005 at Clark Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Corbin, Ky., retired from L&N/CSX Railroad as a machinist and was an Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1693 and was a Kentucky Colonel. Survivors include his wife, Debbie Reed; three sons, Robert Reed, Pekin, Scott Reed, Louisville and Bill Schickle, New Albany; four daughters, Paula Glotzbach, Brandenburg, Ky., Kathy Brodfuehrer, New Albany, Michelle Calvert, Elkton, Maryland and Kim Buckle, New Albany; a brother Randall Reed, London, Ky.; a sister, Peggy Sublett, Campbellsville, Ky.; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and aunts, Wilma Sorg and Mary Tompkins. Visitation at the funeral home will be from noon to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10. - Jeffersonville Evening News – February 08, 2005– shared by Francie Ede

Mrs. Hilda B. Renn, Sellersburg, died at 8:30 a.m. Sunday at Clark County Memorial Hospital. She was 46. The former Hilda Lamb, she was employed at the Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation at Charlestown. Survivors include her husband, Peter; two daughters, Mrs. Judy Scholl, Henryville, and Janet Renn, Sellersburg; a son, Peter, Jr., Sellersburg; her mother, Mrs. Anna Lamb, New Albany; four brothers, Lt. Col. Murray Lamb, North Largo, Fla., Gale Lamb, Gordon Lamb and Gerald Lamb, all of New Albany; six sisters, Mrs. Freda Schmelz, Mrs. Evelyn Bernhart and Mrs. Jean Grose, all of New Albany, Mrs. Marie Wright, Nashville, Ind., Mrs. Gladys Jones, Clear Lake City, Tex., and Mrs. Donna Gibson, Clarksville. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9 a.m. at the St. Joseph Catholic Church, Sellersburg, with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. - Jeffersonville Evening News – November 25, 1968– shared by Francie Ede

Funeral services for Peter Paul Renn, Sr., 72, Sellersburg, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. He died Wednesday at Clark County Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Clark County, a retired employee of the Louisville Cement Co. where he worked for 31 years, an Army veteran of World War II, and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. Survivors include a son, Peter P. Renn, Jr., Henryville; two daughters, Judy L. Scholl, Memphis, and Janet M. Austin, Sellersburg; a brother, Norbert Renn, Floyd Knobs; three sisters, Ethel Regan, Speed, and Alice Murley and Mary Leach, both of Jeffersonville; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Visitation at Garr Funeral Home will be from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, and from noon to 9 p.m. Friday. Prayer service will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. - Jeffersonville Evening News – August 21, 1986– shared by Francie Ede

Omer Louis Richey 90; of Charlestown Funeral services for Omer Louis Richey, 90, Charlestown, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 28, at Grayson Funeral Home, Charlestown, with burial in Charlestown Cemetery. He died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, at St. Catherine Regional Hospital. He was a native of Bennettsville, an Army veteran, an insurance agent for State Farm, a member of the Blazing Star Masonic Lodge 226, OES Blazing Bright 597, Scottish Rite Valley of Indy, American Legion Post 335 and a member of the First United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Christine Meyer Richey; a son, Kenneth R. Richey and wife, Dottie, Charlestown; a brother, Melvin Richey, North Vernon; a sister, Jean Adams, Sebastian, Fla.; grandchildren, Angie Bryson and husband, Chris, Bryan Glotzbach and wife, Malia, Angela Richey and Jonathan Richey; and great-grandchildren, Emma Kay Bryson and IceLynn Richey Visitation at the funeral home will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, and after 9 a.m. Monday. Eastern Star services will be held on Sunday at 7 p.m. at the funeral home with Masonic services at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Military services will be provided by American Legion Post 335 and VFW Post 1427. - Jeffersonville Evening News - January 26, 2008– shared by Francie Ede

Funeral services for Cora C. Bush Riggle, 77, of 620 E. Main St., New Albany, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, with burial in the church cemetery. She died Wednesday at Clark Memorial Hospital. She was the former Cora Kiesler, a native of Palmyra, a retired nurse at the old St. Edward Hospital and a retired private duty nurse. Survivors include her husband, Floyd L. Riggle; a son, Herman Bush, New Albany; a daughter, Mary Helen Carpenter of Clarksville; three sisters, Nancy Glotzbach of Charlestown, Garnetta Geswein of Palmyra and Marge Lopp, New Albany; 17 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Visitation at Seabrook Funeral Home will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to St. Mary’s Catholic Church. - Jeffersonville Evening News – January 09, 1992– shared by Francie Ede

Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Riggle, 76, of 317 South New Albany Street, Sellersburg, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Sellersburg Church of Christ, with burial in the Sellersburg Cemetery. She was dead on arrival at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Clark County Memorial Hospital. Surviving are a daughter, Miss Virginia Riggle, Sellersburg; four sons, Alfred, Morris and Walter Riggle, all of Sellersburg, and Floyd Riggle, New Albany; two sisters, Mrs. Fanny Stout, Sellersburg, and Mrs. Ella Townsend, Crawfordsville; and three grandchildren. The body is at the Haas Funeral Home, Sellersburg. - Jeffersonville Evening News – January 27, 1969– shared by Francie Ede

Funeral services for Floyd L. Riggle, 70, of 1526 Quail Ridge Trail, New Albany, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, February 15, at Sellersburg Church of Christ, with burial in Sellersburg Cemetery. He died Monday, February 12, 1996, at Jewish Hospital, Louisville. He was a retired salesman for Moorman Feeds, was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Sellersburg Church of Christ, American Legion Post, Charlestown and Sellersburg Masonic Temple. Survivors include a stepson, Herman Bush, New Albany; a stepdaughter, Mary Helen Carpenter, Clarksville; a brother, Alfred Riggle, Oldsmar, Fla.; a sister, Virginia Neal, Greenville, a nephew, Morris (Buck) Riggle, New Albany, who cared for him; 17 step-grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Visitation at Garr Funeral Home will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and after 9 a.m. Thursday at the Church. - Jeffersonville Evening News – February 13, 1996– shared by Francie Ede

Funeral services for Bertrand E. “Doc” Robben Sr., 75, of New Albany, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, January 26, at St. Brigid Catholic Church, 1520 Hepburn Ave., Louisville, with burial in St. Michael Cemetery, Louisville. He died Tuesday, January 23, 1996, at Lincoln Hills Health Care Center. He was a retired sales representative for Norwich Pharmaceuticals Company and the retired founder of Robben’s Roost Roller Skating Rink. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors include a daughter, Chris Ranney; three sons, Bert Robben Jr. and Bill and Tony Robben; five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Visitation at Barrett Funeral Home, 1230 Bardstown Road, Louisville, will be from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, January 25. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Little Sisters of the Poor. - Jeffersonville Evening News – January 24, 1996– shared by Francie Ede

Funeral services for Mrs. Lauretta M. Robertson, 80, 505 E. Oak Street, New Albany, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary Catholic Church, with burial in the church cemetery. She died Saturday at Floyd County Memorial Hospital. She was a retired employee of M. Fine & Sons and a member of St. Mary Catholic Church. Survivors include three sons, Paul and Donald Robertson, both of Louisville, and Clifton Robertson Jr., New Albany; two daughters, Mrs. Joyce Hood, Jeffersonville, and Mrs. Rita Schueler, New Albany; a brother, John Bonifer, Clarksville; two sisters, Mrs. Mary L. Durr and Mrs. Barbara Thayer, both of New Albany; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held at the Kraft Funeral Home. - Jeffersonville Evening News – October 04, 1982– shared by Francie Ede

Lawrence S. ”Doc” Rose, 83, 1427 Old Ford Road, New Albany, died Sunday at Floyd County Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Booneville, Ky., a retired biology and chemistry teacher at New Albany High School, and a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Masonic Lodge 338, and Evansville Hadi Shrine. Survivors include his wife, the former Hazel Miller; two daughters, Mrs. Laura Jackson, Jeffersonville, and Mrs. Barbara Kochert, New Albany; and six grandchildren. Visitation at Seabrook Funeral Home will be after 6 p.m. today. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, New Albany. - Jeffersonville Evening News – March 11, 1985 – shared by Francie Ede

Funeral services for Lawrence S. Doc Rose, 83, 1427 Old Ford Road, New Albany, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Seabrook Funeral Home, with burial in Graceland Memorial Park. He died Sunday at Floyd County Memorial Hospital. - Jeffersonville Evening News – March 12, 1985– shared by Francie Ede

Carl J. Rouck, 90, died at 1 a.m. Thursday at his home near Edwardsville. He was a retired farmer and native of Floyd County. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Edna L. Crawford and Mrs. Joyce Mehling, both of New Albany, and Mrs. Virginia Renn, Sellersburg; one stepson, James Rochner, Hammond; two sisters, Mrs. Augusta Parson, New Albany, and Mrs. Elizabeth Hodgins, Louisville; and five grandchildren. Visitation at the Gehlbach & Royse Funeral Home, Georgetown, where the rosary will be prayed at 7 p.m. today. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, New Albany, with burial in Holy Trinity Cemetery, New Albany. - Jeffersonville Evening News – May 04, 1979– shared by Francie Ede

Funeral services for Mrs. Olivia M. Rouck, 75, R. 2, New Albany, were held today at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church with burial in the church cemetery. She died at 9:08 a.m. Friday at Floyd County Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Harrison County and a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, New Albany. She is survived by her husband, Carl J. Rouck; a son, James Rouck, Hammond; three daughters, Mrs. Virginia Renn, Sellersburg, Mrs. Joyce Mehling, and Mrs. Edna Crawford, both of New Albany; one brother; four sisters; and five grandchildren. - Jeffersonville Evening News – May 07, 1973– shared by Francie Ede

Funeral services for Betty M. Roudenbush 69, of New Albany, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 6, at the Paul V. Shrader Funeral Home, New Albany, with entombment in Fairview Cemetery. She died Monday, Oct. 2, 2006. She was the former Betty M. Disney, and a native of New Albany. Survivors include a son, Donnie Roudenbush, New Salisbury; five daughters, Vicki Emery, Clarksville, Cathy Dorman, Donna Davis, Anna Roudenbush and Ruth A. Johnson, all of New Albany; a brother, William A. Disney, Pekin; a sister, Earlene Beck, New Albany; 14 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Visitation at the funeral home will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5. - Jeffersonville Evening News – October 04, 2006– shared by Francie Ede

Funeral services for Harold E. Roudenbush, 59, of 600 Country Club Dr., New Albany, will be 2 p.m. Monday, Mullineaux Funeral Home, with burial in Wolfe Cemetery, Georgetown. He died Friday at Floyd Memorial Hospital. He was a retired employee of Louisville Gas & Electric Co., an employee of Louisville News Co. and a member of St. Marks United Church of Christ and New Albany Optimist Club. Survivors include two sons, Kenneth Roudenbush of Oak Harbor, Wash., and Jeffery Roudenbush of Chapel Hill, N.C.; a daughter, Teresa Colvin of Louisville; a brother, Ralph Roudenbush; a sister, Susie Hardesty; and four grandchildren. Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. Saturday and 1-9 p.m. Sunday. - Jeffersonville Evening News – September 26, 1992– shared by Francie Ede

Ralph E. Roudenbush, 68, of New Albany, died Saturday, Oct. 7, 2000, at Floyd Memorial Hospital. He was a native of New Albany, a retired fireman for the New Albany Fire Department, a veteran of both the Marine Corps and the National Guard, and a member of 40 & 8 Voiture #1250. He was a member of American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Floyd County Coon Hunters Club. Survivors include a son, Donnie Roudenbush, New Salisbury; five daughters, Kathy Dorman, New Albany, Vickie Emery, Clarksville, Ann Roudenbush, Heritage, Tenn., Ruth Johnson, Elkhart and Donna Davis, Louisville; a sister, Susie Hardesty, New Albany; his ex-wife, Betty Roudenbush, New Albany; 17 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. - Jeffersonville Evening News – October 09, 2000– shared by Francie Ede

Funeral services for Earl Rudolph, 64, of Palmyra, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, April 16, at Love Funeral Home, with burial in Palmyra Cemetery. He died Tuesday, April 13, 1999, at Washington County Hospital in Salem. He was a native of Palmyra, retired vice-president of the Peoples Trust Bank in Salem, and a member of Borden Christian Church. Survivors include his wife, the former Betty Simpson; a son, Chris Rudolph, Palmyra; three daughters, Earlene Brown, Debbie Love and Lori Kiesler, all of Palmyra; four brothers, Norris Rudolph, Palmyra, Arvil Rudolph, Georgetown and Alan and Melvin Rudolph, Corydon, six sisters, Verna Emerson, Byrnesville, Virginia Duvall, Ramsey, Georgia Rudolph, Palmyra, Darlene Lang, Pekin, Frances Stinnett, Georgetown, and Carol Sue Smith, Corydon, and seven grandchildren. Visitation at the funeral home will be from 6 to 9 p.m. today, Wednesday, April 14, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and after 9 a.m. Friday. - Jeffersonville Evening News – April 14, 1999– shared by Francie Ede

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