Obituaries

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BESS, Holly, 62, St. Mary, Rushville, Feb. 12. Wife of Brian Bess. Mother of Kelsey Gray and Alexa Welborn. Sister of Peggy Cooper, David, Lyle and Richard Schultz. Grandmother of three.

BRESE, Betty A., 78, St. Malachy, Brownsburg, Feb. 12. Wife of Eugene Brese. Mother of Lisa Harreld, Dawn Holifield and Deborah Weidner. Daughter of Ione Huyear. Sister of Brenda Muench and Joe Huyear. Grandmother of 11.

BYRNE, Mary Ann, 85, Good Shepherd, Indianapolis, Feb. 9. Mother of Chris Eland, Rose Anne, Carl, Charlie, Dan, Don, Larry and Rick Byrne. Sister of Agnes Kerr, Cathy Kropp, Rosina Starks, Bernie, John, Joseph, Mark and Tom Laker. Grandmother of 14. Great-grandmother of several.

CORCORAN, Sheila A., 80, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower), Indianapolis, Dec. 18, 2023. Aunt of several.

CRAFT, Dorothy A., 83, Prince of Peace, Madison, Feb. 11. Mother of David and Stephen Craft. Grandmother of two.

CUMMINGS, Breah M., 20, St. Augustine, Leopold, Feb. 8. Daughter of Greg and Brandy Cummings. Sister of Myah and Skyly Cummings. Granddaughter of David and Tammy Craney. Great-granddaughter of Bob and Janell Pfeifer and Don and Shirley Buck.

DAUBY, Dennis R., 78, Holy Cross, St. Croix, Feb. 7. Husband of Linda Dauby. Father of Dana Merkel and Denise Parker. Brother of Margie Peter, Darrell, Gene, Gerald, Jay and Steve Dauby. Grandfather of five.

DROHR, Sandra, 79, St. Joseph University Parish, Terre Haute, Jan. 31. Wife of Don Drohr. Aunt and great-aunt of several.

ESTACIO, Romeo Y., 92, St. Malachy, Brownsburg, Feb. 14. Husband of Belen Estacio. Father of Marissa Hadley, Ray and Ron Estacio. Brother of Naning, Nora, Ben, Gary and Honesto. Grandfather of eight.

HARPRING, Antoinette, 92, St. Mary, Rushville, Feb. 14. Mother of Diane Gordon, Frank and Mark Harpring. Sister of Edith Eickhorst, Geraldine Nobbe and Irvin Hartman. Grandmother of nine. Great-grandmother of 16.

HAVLIN, Margaret, 89, St. Michael, Greenfield, Feb. 15. Mother of Donna Earnest, Peggy Lawyer, Nancy Wethington, Bill and Joe Havlin. Grandmother of 19. Great-grandmother of 21.

KING, James B., 92, St. Malachy, Brownsburg, Feb. 2. Father of Kari Kobayashi, Kim Sweeney, Kristie and Tim King. Grandfather of five. Great-grandfather of three.

LINDAUER, Myrna I., 81, St. Meinrad, St. Meinrad, Feb. 9. Mother of Brenda Boehm, Janie Mathena, Mark and Robert Lindauer. Grandmother of 11. Great-grandmother of seven.

LUECKE, Goldie K., 104, St. Paul, Tell City, Feb. 13. Mother of Elizabeth, Bernard, Earl, Gene and John Luecke. Grandmother of seven. Great-grandmother of 18.

NICHOLSON, Linda, 77, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Richmond, Feb. 14. Wife of Larry Nicholson. Mother of Stacey Jones and Kevin Turner. Sister of Wayne Kaiser. Grandmother of four. Step-grandmother of one.

PURDY, Theodore, 91, St. Michael the Archangel, Indianapolis, Dec. 30, 2023. Father of Katrina Roach, Lynda and Ted Purdy, Jr. Grandfather and great-grandfather of several.

ROBERTS, Rose Marie (Hoffman), 64, Prince of Peace, Madison, Feb. 13. Wife of Norman Roberts. Mother of Megan Hicks, Kristen Long and Kimberly Roberts. Sister of Mary Jean Faulkenburg, Carolyn Stutler, Mary Truitt, Frank, Fred, Herman and Jim Hoffman. Grandmother of five.

STROBEL, Charles L., 86, St. Paul, Tell City, Feb. 14. Husband of Barbara Strobel. Father of Carla Grimwood, David and Scott Strobel. Grandfather and great-grandfather of several.

THIEL, Jr., William G., 83, St. Roch, Indianapolis, Feb. 14. Husband of Rosemary Thiel. Brother of Marilyn Thiel. Uncle of several.

VANCE, Otis, 97, St. Gabriel, Connersville, Jan. 19. Father of Gale Reece, Brenda Stanton, Bruce and Mark Vance. Stepfather of Antoinette Hanson, Josephine Patton and Mary Vetter. Brother of Beverly McCowan. Grandfather of 15. Step-grandfather of several. Great-grandfather of 36.

ZUKEL, Anne, 102, St. Simon the Apostle, Indianapolis, Dec. 14, 2023. Mother of Joanne Brasseur and Katherine McGuiness. Grandmother of six. Great-grandmother of 12.

Franciscan Sister Lucy Driscoll ministered for 40 years in Catholic schools

Franciscan Sister Lucy Driscoll, a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis in Oldenburg, died on Jan. 25 at her community’s motherhouse. She was 86.

The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Feb. 1 at the Motherhouse Chapel in Oldenburg. Burial followed at the sisters’ cemetery.

Sister Lucy was born on July 5, 1937, in Carthage, Ohio. She joined the Sisters of St. Francis on Feb. 2, 1955, and professed final vows on Aug. 12, 1960. She earned a bachelor’s degree at Marian University in Indianapolis and a master’s degree at Marygrove College in Detroit.

During 69 years as a member of the Sisters of St. Francis, Sister Lucy ministered in Catholic education and other educational settings for 40 years in Indiana, Michigan, Missouri and Ohio. She also served for a period in parish ministry and with the St. John the Baptist Province of Franciscan friars based in Cincinnati.

In the archdiocese, Sister Lucy served at Holy Name of Jesus School in Beech Grove from 1958-60, at the former Holy Trinity School in Indianapolis from 1960-63, at St. Mary School in North Vernon from 1963-64, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in New Albany from 1967-69 and at St. Lawrence School in Lawrenceburg from 1969-70.

She is survived by her brother, William Driscoll.

Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of St. Francis, P.O. Box 100, Oldenburg, IN 47036-0100. †