Independence High School Alumni Obituaries

Wesley W. Crosby, age 98, passed away at Mercy Hospital on December 21, 2025. He was born on August 14, 1927, the son of Leon and Hilda (Goede) Crosby. He attended Milton High School and spent much of his younger years working on his family farm. On November 8, 1947, he married the love of his life,...

Danny Ray Baker 63 of Lebanon passed away on December 21 2025 surrounded by his daughters. Born on January 5 1962 he was a U.S. Army veteran and will be remembered for his love of the outdoors his abundance of homegrown vegetables and his generous heart for everyone he encountered. Growing up as par...

Ronald R. Mitchell 91 passed away peacefully on March 8 2025. He was born on July 4th 1933 to Richard and Harrison Mitchell in Lexington KY. Ronald was a beloved parent spouse sibling and granddad. Ronald entered the Navy shortly after graduating from high school serving as a Radioman in the Korean ...

Ruth Miske, 66, passed away on Thursday, January 8, 2025, at Emplify Health Tri-County Hospital in Whitehall.Ruth was born to Marvin and Lillian (Larson) Nyseth in Eau Claire, WI. She grew up in Strum, attending Eleva Strum High School and graduating with the class of 1977. She was united in marriag...

Kimberly Johnson 64 of Ewing went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday December 31 2025 after a long and valiant battle with cancer. Cherished wife of Delbert Johnson for 38 years and beloved mother to her eight children she was the epicenter of life in the Johnson family. In her home an...

Ruth Miske, 66, passed away on Thursday, January 8, 2025, at Emplify Health Tri-County Hospital in Whitehall.Ruth was born to Marvin and Lillian (Larson) Nyseth in Eau Claire, WI. She grew up in Strum, attending Eleva Strum High School and graduating with the class of 1977. She was united in marriag...

James (Jim) William Corzatt, 79, passed away on January 6, 2026, after complications from pneumonia. Jim was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Agnes Corzatt, and his brothers Richard Corzatt and John Corzatt. Left to cherish his memory is Denyce, his wife of 39 years, his brother Cliff (...

It is with great sadness that the family of Frances J. Nigra announces her death on Tuesday December 30 2025. Frances was a 1945 graduate of Leechburg High School and then attended Point Park College in Pittsburgh. For over 50 years she was employed by P.P.G. Industries in Creighton before retiring ...

James Mark SatherJames “Mark” Sather, age 81, passed away surrounded by love, leaving behind a life shaped by integrity, hard work, and a family who loved him deeply.Born in Seattle, Washington, Mark was the son of Leif Odin Sigurd Sather and Joy Helen Wilcox. He was raised alongside his older siste...

April Ann Holley age 51 passed away Sunday January 4 2026 at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital from a long illness. April graduated Independence High School in 1992. Shortly after she completed her Associate Degree in Nursing. In 1996 became a mother to her first daughter Hannah Breanne and then to Halee ...

Tammy Louise Workman Lambert 66 of Sophia went home to be with the Lord on Sunday January 11 2026 following a short illness. Born November 15 1959 in Jonben WV she was the daughter of the late Lana Dale Lawson Sears the late Lonnie Dale Workman and Lundy Sears. She was preceded in death by a sister ...

Donna M. Peterson, 83 of Rockland, WI, passed away Saturday, January 10, 2026, at Emplify Health, formerly known as Gundersen Medical Center in La Crosse, WI.Donna was born on April 1, 1942, to Henry and Hulda Langrehr. She was raised in the Bangor area and graduated from Bangor High School with the...

Gloria A. Clark 84 of Portage Indiana reluctantly passed away on Saturday January 10 2026. She was born August 31 1941 in Gary Indiana to the late Edward and Julia Benedict Dawson. Gloria entered the world kicking and screaming and determined from the very beginning to be noticed and heard. The midd...

Rev. Roger Palmer Olson, 94, of Park Rapids, MN passed away on Sat. December 13, 2025 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Park Rapids, MN. Roger wrote his own obituary listed below.Roger was born on January 27, 1931 in Whitehall, Wisconsin the son of Palmer C. and Evelyn C (Risberg) Olson. He was raised o...

JOYCE ANN GATES 83 of Sidney passed away at 810 A.M. Saturday January 10 2026 at Fair Haven County Home in Sidney. She was born on August 22 1942 in Independence Iowa the daughter of the late Thorvald and Bessie Gilson Holst. Joyce is survived by two children Michael Ellen Windham and Joanna Davis b...

William Bill Lee Strong age 74 of Independence VA passed away at his home on Wednesday December 17 2025. Coach Strong was born in Bluefield West Virginia to the late Grover Reese Strong and Shirlene Burgess Strong. He is survived by his brother Brad Strong and wife Mary Ann of Bristol TN two nephews...

The family of Wilma Louise Jones Moxley 73 of Independence VA is deeply saddened to share that she passed away on Monday January 5 2026 at LewisGale Medical Center in Salem Virginia. Louise was born on March 22 1952 in Jefferson NC to Arzie and Gladys Jones. She graduated from Alleghany High School...

Donald "Donnie" Clip Campbell 77 of Grassy Creek Helton Community passed away at home on December 24 2025 surrounded by family. He was born in Grassy Creek on November 21 1948 to Clip and Nell Tester Campbell. He was a graduate of Northwest Ashe High School having attended Virginia Carolina High Sc...

Emma Russell at the age of 79 passed away on Christmas Eve at her daughters home in Radford. A lifelong member of Bethel United Methodist Church she leaves behind a legacy of love and service unto the Lord. The youngest of six children born to Roy and Ora Lee Taylor Emma exemplified the life of a tr...

Lt. Col. Jimmey Norman Phipps USAF Ret age 92 of Colorado Springs CO passed away in his home on December 17 2025. Jim was born April 9 1933 at Bridle Creek Grayson County VA to Dewey and Elsie Phipps. He was the second of five children and grew up with strong family values where he developed his str...

The Rev. Dr. Robert Lee Russell of the Whitetop Community passed away on Wednesday December 24 2025 at the Ballad Health Hospice Home in Bristol TN. Dr. Russell was born on December 29 1949 in Flint Michigan to Clyde G. and Billie Lee Webb Russell. Following his graduation from of Caledonia High Sch...

Harold Dean Dolinger age 86 of Lansing NC the Helton Community passed away on January 8 2026 at Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson NC. Mr. Dolinger was born on January 28 1939 in Grayson County to Joseph Lee and Thelma Pennington Dolinger. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by all ...

Joseph R. Robinson II of Kansas City MO passed away on 192026 at the age of 47. He is remembered for his generosity of heart spirit and time. His memory will be honored every time his loved ones share a meal tell a dad joke or light off a bottle rocket. Joe was born to Agatha Lyon Robinson and the l...

Debra L. Zelenak 66 of Calumet died Monday December 29 2025 at Independence Health Frick Hospital. Mrs. Zelenak was born September 4 1959 in Jeannette to Lucille Evangeliste Varsafsky and the late Martin Varsafsky. Debra was a graduate of Jeannette High School class of 1977. She was a member of St. ...

G. Michael Flavin age 81 of Spring Hill Fla. formerly of Weymouth and Quincy died peacefully Wednesday December 10 2025 in the comfort of his home surrounded by his loving family. Michael was born in Quincy to the late George V. and Florence L. Geiger Flavin. Raised and educated there he was a gradu...

Claire Rita Maliszewski MichalowskiOctober 4, 1935 - December 31, 2025Claire Michalowski passed away peacefully, surrounded by prayers and family, on December 31, 2025, in Scottsdale, Arizona.Claire was born in 1935 in South River, New Jersey, the third of four children to Matthew and Wand...

passed away peacefully at her home in Benton on January 6 2025 surrounded by the love of her family and the life she so fully lived. Alice was born on May 19 1954 in Athens Georgia to Charles Merlyn and Anita Durand Buess. With both parents serving as college professors Alices childhood was filled w...

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Norman E. Bungard, 85 of Mount Pleasant died Saturday December 13,2025 at Independence Health System Westmoreland Hospital. He was born September 18,1940 a son of the late William and Grace Underwood Bungard. He was a member of the Mt. Joy Covenant Church of Mt. Pleasant where he previously served a...

Talia J. Gales, 31 of Connellsville died on Monday December 29, 2025 in Independence Health System Westmoreland Hospital. Greensburg. She was born on January 12, 1994 in Mount Pleasant a daughter of Gordon E. and Robin Kozlowski Gales of Connellsville. Talia was a graduate of Connellsville High S...