All Obituaries

Betty A. Guthrie, age 89, of Madison, Indiana, and the daughter of the late Charles and Virginia (Bott) Haak, was born April 12, 1930, in Madison. She was united in marriage to Kenneth W. "Jay" Guthrie on August 5, 1950. She was an assistant in the activity department at Madison State Hospital and was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. In her spare time, she enjoyed taking care of her home. Mrs. Guthrie passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at the River Terrace Health...

Dwight Canfield, age 67, of Madison, Indiana, and the son of the late Harry and Ines (Clegg) Canfield, was born on February 20, 1953, in Madison. He attended Madison High School and retired from Canteen in 2015 as a vending route manager. He formerly worked as the grocery manager at Star Food Stores and at Bigfoot Convenient Stores. Dwight enjoyed CB radios, cooking, and loved playing music on many instruments. Tina loved when he played guitar in the kitchen for her, but he also played...

Mark Douglas Davis, age 59, of Madison, Indiana, and the son of Alma F. Davis, was born on July 1, 1960, in Madison. He attended Madison High School and served in the United States Army. For 29 years, he owned and operated Triple D Construction. On July 1, 1983, Mark was united in marriage to the former Deanna J. Howell at the Resurrection Lutheran Church in Madison. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening, puzzles, watching the Bengals, cooking for the holidays and playing tricks on his...

Doyle Gene Duff, 70, of Madison, Indiana, died Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at The Waters of Clifty Falls peacefully while holding both his daughters hands after his battle with lung cancer. He was born July 9, 1949 in Letcher County, KY to Fred and Agnes (Combs) Duff. He was raised in Hazard, KY and moved to Beaver Dam, KY as an adult where he worked and raised his two daughters. He worked as a coal miner for Green River and Peabody coal companies in Western Kentucky. He enjoyed watching UK...

Alan W. Ellis, 65, of Florence, Indiana, and son of the late Walter and Freda Ellis, was born October 14, 1954. He was united in matrimony to the former Christine Spencer. He was a mechanic and enjoyed welding, painting, excavating, working on cars, operating his tractor, cutting firewood and his dogs. Mr. Ellis passed away March 9, 2020 at Norton Hospital in Louisville, KY. His life will be cherished by his children: Danette King, of Warsaw, KY, Joe Ellis, of Dry Ridge, KY, Shawn Ellis, of...

Pamela L. (Dunlap) Harris, age 60, of Madison, Indiana, and the daughter of the late Buford and Lorene "Tootsie" (Bray) Dunlap, was born on March 31, 1959, in Madison. She grew up in the heart of downtown Madison and was a 1977 graduate of Madison High School. Just three years later, she would be united in marriage to Roger Ward on July 26, 1980, at the Milton United Methodist Church in Milton, Kentucky. This union was blessed with two sons, Ryan and Ross Ward, who quickly became...

Sibylline Robinson, age 101, of Madison, Indiana and the daughter of the late Frank and Effa (Demaree) Fagg, was born September 20, 1918, in Jefferson County, Indiana. She graduated from Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana with a degree in teaching. She taught after graduation in Columbus, Indiana schools but later returned to her favorite system, Jefferson County, where she taught fifth grade at Central Elementary (now Ryker's Ridge Elementary) until retirement. On January 24, 1946,...

Joann “Chick” Hoffman, age 90, of Madison, Indiana, and daughter of Robert E. and Thelma (Cope) Haak, was born January 15, 1930, in Madison. On April 6, 1948, she was united in matrimony to Clem Hoffman and they enjoyed seventy years of marriage together. She was a devoted Catholic and member of the Prince of Peace Catholic Church. She worked as a library assistant at the Madison Jefferson County Library. She was an avid bridge player, loved reading, and gardening-especially roses,...

Mrs. Virginia Eraline Newman, 77, of Madison, Indiana, and daughter of the late Herman Graham and Vernie (Surrett) Mahoney, was born April 12, 1942, in Burkesville, Kentucky. She had worked for the US Shoe Factory. Mrs. Newman passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at her residence in Madison, IN.   Her life will be cherished by her son: Eric Newman, of Madison; her sister: Helen Carter, of Campbellsburg, KY; her brothers: James Graham, of Madison, and Robert Graham, of Pennsylvania;...

Roger Lee Beed passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2020, at the Cheyenne Veterans' Hospital in Cheyenne, Wyoming, after a battle with cancer. Born August 27, 1948, in Norfolk, Nebraska, he had been a Wyoming resident since 2012. He was the son of Jack and Leona Beed who preceded him in death. Roger attended school in Tilden, Nebraska, and was a graduate of the class of 1966. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilden. Enlisting in the United States Navy, just...