Stories from Sunday, February 28, 2016

John William Frayser, 91, of Linton, passed away Feb. 26, 2016 at his Greene County General Hospital. He was born Feb. 20, 1925 in Bloomfield to Joseph and Mina (Foster) Frayser. He served in the United States Army during WWII where he was captured at the Battle of the Bulge and was a POW in Germany. He was a member of the American Legion Post #22 in Linton...

Alma Wilhelmina (Stremming) Blackwell, 90, of Odon and formerly of Sandborn passed from this life on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, at Ketcham Memorial Center in Odon. She was born on March 3, 1925, in Knox County to Edward H "Duke" and Pearl (Hagemeier) Stremming. She married George E. "Eddie" Blackwell, who preceded her in death...

Emogene Burks, 90, of Linton, passed from this life on Sat., Feb. 27, 2016, at Glenburn Home. She was born on Jan. 25, 1926, in Linton to George Harrison and Maude Elsie (Johnson) Wright. She married David Lee Sweeney, Sr. early in life and he was involved in a fatal automobile accident at a young age. Later in life, Emogene met and married Hubert L. Burks...