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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ALYEA, Jayne A., 65, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Aug. 19. Wife of Lewis Alyea. Mother of Brian, Mike and Tom Alyea. Daughter of June Pedigo Kress. Sister of Jody Pelley and Jim Kress. Grandmother of six.

BEAUREGARD, Rita A., 73, St. Roch, Indianapolis, Aug. 31. Wife of David Beauregard. Mother of Nichole Vanator, Craig, David and Douglas Beauregard. Sister of Jerry and William Turk. Grandmother of six.

BELL, Ben J., 79, Holy Angels, Indianapolis, Aug. 14. Brother of Catherine Folsom, Mary, Rita and David Bell. Uncle of several.

BOGEMAN, Velma M. (Wicker), 90, St. Joseph, Shelbyville, Aug. 20. Sister of Evelyn Pitts and Sueann Wonn. Aunt of several.

DARRAGH, Richard J., Jr., 92, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Aug. 28. Husband of Roselle Darragh. Father of Terry Kluempers, Robin Leach, Marie Miller, Mark, Mike and Rick Darragh. Brother of Tom Darragh. Grandfather of 16. Great-grandfather of three.

ERNSTES, Paul J., 93, St. Mary, Greensburg, Aug. 16. Husband of Barbara Ernstes. Father of Marilyn Ebbinghouse, Paula Fox, Kathy Henry and Nancy Ernstes. Grandfather of six. Great-grandfather of six.

FEEZLE, Stanley D., 83, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Aug. 25. Husband of Lori Feezle. Father of Jennifer Feezle-Kooper, Jeffrey and Steven Feezle. Brother of Anne Beadell and James Feezle.

HAMMER, Irene E., 88, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyd County, Sept. 3. Mother of Joan Conrad, Cheryl Elder, Beverly Tucker and E. Wayne Hammer. Sister of Orville Barr, Jr. Grandmother of seven. Great‑grandmother of five.

IRMER, Bernhard, 82, St. Jude, Indianapolis, Sept. 3. Father of Cindy Bell, Mike and Rick Irmer. Brother of several. Grandfather of six.

ISRAEL, Dixie L., 82, St. Christopher, Indianapolis, Aug. 29. Mother of Sue Ann Hayden, Donna Sue Kleis, David and Kenneth Israel. Sister of Christina Agee, Diana Kowalski, Patricia White and Brenton Hoyt. Grandmother of 13. Great‑grandmother of 19. Great-great-grandmother of one.

KEGLEY, Thomas L., 83, St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, Aug. 31. Husband of Suzanne Kegley. Father of Sara Butterfield, Christine Stocks, Garry, John and Tim Kegley. Grandfather of 18. Great-grandfather of 17.

KEITH, Martha A., 97, St. Joseph, Shelbyville, Aug. 17. Mother of Diane Keith-Prohl, Douglas and Stephen Keith. Sister of Mary Patricia Thompson and Dorothy Williams. Grandmother of eight. Great‑grandmother of eight.

KIEFFER, Ruth, 55, St. Charles Borromeo, Milan, Aug. 17. Wife of Mark Kieffer. Mother of Cassie Hunger and Jason Kieffer. Daughter of Henry Sieverding. Sister of Teresa Meyer, Ann Vogel, Maria, Ben, Keith and Mike Sieverding. Grandmother of three.

KINKER, Omer F., 90, St. Catherine of Siena, Decatur County, Sept. 1. Father of Patty Kohrman, Mary Land, Jean Lynch, Nancy Wallpe, Jerry, Mike and Steve Kinker. Brother of Rosemary Cook, Julie Pumphrey, Loretta and Louis Kinker. Grandfather of 25. Great-grandfather of 30.

LAGRANGE, Dorothy M., 93, St. Paul, Tell City, Aug. 24. Mother of Sandy Cail, Denny and Ron LaGrange. Sister of Polly Sprinkle. Grandmother of seven.

LAVAN, Phyllis (Siu), 66, St. Michael the Archangel, Indianapolis, Aug. 19. Wife of Harry Lavan. Sister of Sylvia, David and Frank Siu. Aunt of several.

MASTERSON, Bob, 84, St. Vincent de Paul, Bedford, Aug. 31. Husband of Sue Masterson. Father of Lynn Masterson-Brinegar, Terry Rogan, Kelly, Kevin and Kyle Masterson. Brother of Helen Jean Kleeman. Grandfather of 10. Great‑grandfather of four.

MCBRIDE, Clay B., 85, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Aug. 26. Father of Diane Powers, Sandy Satterfield and Stephen McBride. Brother of Wanda Jones. Grandfather of six. Great‑grandfather of two.

PECHETTE, Charles A., 91, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Aug. 22. Husband of Jacqueline Pechette. Father of Charles, John, Michael and Thomas Pechette. Brother of Edna Murphy. Grandfather of 10. Great‑grandfather of two.

PUND, Dorothy, 80, St. Paul, Tell City, Aug. 30. Sister of Mary Blunk, Joyce Holman, Linda Peter, Rose Riddle, Jerry, Joseph and Paul Pund. Aunt, great‑aunt and great‑great aunt of several.

SERIGHT, Delores E. (Miner), 69, St. Joseph, Shelbyville, Aug. 24. Wife of James King. Mother of Jennifer and John Seright. Daughter of Angela Miner. Sister of Carolyn Roberts, Jane Schmidt, Alan and James Miner. Grandmother of 10.

STOCK, Susan, 70, All Saints, Dearborn County, Sept. 3. Wife of Jim Stock. Mother of Krista Hutzel and Steve Stock. Sister of Jeanne McDaniel, Bill, Bob and Jim Richards. Grandmother of six.

WHEELER, Lura, 72, St. Joseph, Shelbyville, Aug. 20. Mother of Anthony Veath, Tanya and Chuck Wheeler. Grandmother and great-grandmother of several. 

WORRELL, Patricia E., 96, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Aug. 20. Mother of Barbara, Patti, James and Mark Worrell. Sister of James Pfau. Grandmother of seven. Great-grandmother of one.

ZICKLER, Janet L., 72, St. Mark the Evangelist, Indianapolis, Aug. 21. Sister of Leonard Zickler. Aunt of two.

Jean Ann McCaslin, 81, mother of Father John McCaslin, died on Aug. 25

Jean Ann (Wolbert) McCaslin, the mother of Father John McCaslin, pastor of St. Simon the Apostle Parish in Indianapolis, died on Aug. 25 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. She was 81.

The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Aug. 30 at St. Simon the Apostle Church in Indianapolis. Burial followed at Our Lady of Peace Cemetery in Indianapolis.

McCaslin was born on March 24, 1937, in Springfield, Ohio. She grew up in Indianapolis where she attended Holy Cross School (now Holy Cross Central School) and the former St. Mary Academy.

In 1956, she married her husband, John, who died in 1995. She is survived by her daughters Joan Davis, Kathleen Sanders, and Helen, sons Michael, Stephen and Father John McCaslin, and 12 grandchildren.

McCaslin and her husband were founding members of St. Simon the Apostle Parish. She later became a member of St. Lawrence Parish in Indianapolis. McCaslin worked in Indianapolis at the Fort Harrison Finance Center, Capitol Consolidated, Peoples Bank and Trust, and Fifth Third Bank and was a member of the Starting Over Group, the Goldenaires Club and participated in the Young at Heart group.

Memorial gifts may be sent to the Archdiocesan Priests’ Retirement and Benefit Endowment, 1400 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46202, or to Holy Family Shelter, 907 N. Holmes Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46222. †