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Quilt Square in Memory of John ("J.C.") C. Wells

J.C. and I (Barbara) had 24 wonderful years as one.  My 4 grown children and 7 grandchildren accepted him as their own even though the biological father was still alive.  They loved J.C. as “Dad”.

Fishing at Grand Rivers, KY was one thing he looked forward to each summer.  With all the blue gill catch, we would have an annual fish fry for Carmel-Clay School Bus Drivers & spouses or friends.

J.C.’s second thing, “his garden” of 20 tomato plants.  He started them from seed & grown way above his 6ft 1 inch frame.  His picture was on the front page of “The Noblesville Lodger” on September 2, 1998 with his 2 to 3 lb. tomatoes.

J.C. loved life and his ready made family.

Respectfully,
Mrs. (J.C.) Barbara J. Wells

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Quilt Square in Memory of Jimmy L. Sexton

Jim loved to work.  His father was a farmer and his mom was the light of his life.  He had 9 siblings and they all died young.  He was the last one to go at the age of 57 yrs. old.  He started his own S & S Furniture business.  They were long hours but he loved it.  Then 3 yrs. before he passed away, he started camping.  He enjoyed it so much; he went every weekend in the summer.  He was full of love.  He loved his own kids and my son as if he were his own.  He was there when all three of my grandchildren were born.  They knew him as papaw.  He loved to go to the older kids’ sports games and brag about them.  In the year and a half that he has been gone, we all realize how much he did for us and how much we love and miss him.  I love him very much and will be back with him someday.

His wife,
Marcella Sexton

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Quilt Square in Memory of Elmer Stanley (Standing Bear) Howard

A Storyteller’s Tale

Born Elmer Stanley Howard November 17th 1932 in Newark Valley, New York…to Bertha Mae Snell Howard & Erwin Howard.

From family stories and many hours spent with my Dad…I learned that my dad loved life and laughter, and always lived life to the fullest.  He always had a word of wisdom or wit to share with anyone, but his greatest love was sharing his stories with anyone who would listen.

He joined the Army in 1950 and went to serve in Korea.  While serving in the Korean War, he received a purple heart & bronze star for valor & bravery.  It was told that he repaired machine guns while his company was under enemy fire after he was wounded with shrapnel in the back.  He returned to Newark Valley NY a hero in 1953.  During his Army years he married my mother.

The following years of his life he was involved in many adventures.  For 23 years he was a member of the local emergency squad & fire department…He worked for Endicott Johnson Shoes; then for the village of Newark Valley N.Y. as a maintenance man/”jack of all trades”, for about 9 years, restoring the community park that became to be known as the Trout Ponds and tending it until 1966 when he took a job with Smith Corona Typewriters in Corland, NY.  By this time he had 4 children.

He was active in his home church as a Sunday school teacher.  He also organized & ran the “All Saints Car Club” for the teenage boys of Newark Valley N.Y.  He was involved in collecting toys at Christmas time and repairing them and distributing them to the poor.  He was involved in Boy Scouts for years as a Scout Master, and also Civil Air Patrol.

He moved to Louisville, KY in 1975.  There he remarried and had one daughter Heather Lyn who was born in 1976.

He moved to Florida around 1985 becoming involved with the Ocala Indian Reservation.  Thus becoming known as Standing Bear Howard, or Chief Standing Bear. 

Dad loved woodworking and made many handcrafted items including many that are on display in the Carrollton, KY Tourism Center.

He also loved Native American History and was proud of his Native American Heritage.  He was involved in a drumming group he started, called the Thunder Eagle Drummers.  He loved to play the Native American flute and spend many enjoyable hours drumming and playing flute.  He had a large collection of drums and Native American artifacts that were donated to the future Native American Culture Center that is in the works at General Butler State Park.

By Terry Root
Eldest daughter

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Quilt Square in Memory of Clyde L. Day

How do you describe someone you have been with for thirty eight years in a short letter?  Clyde loved the outdoors.  He liked fishing and hunting.  He also liked helping people.  If you needed help he would be the first to volunteer.  But Clyde’s passion was deer hunting.  He would spend months planning the hunt.  Our son and him would talk for hours on where to go and what tree to sit in.  Then after a day of hunting, they would spend the evening telling about the day only to do it all over the next day.  When Clyde got so his health would no longer let him hunt, our son would come home in November to deer hunt.  Clyde would start weeks ahead, thinking of where the best place for him to hunt would be.  Then the big day would come.  Our son would go out early and hunt all day, and spend the evening telling his father all about the day.  It was like Clyde was able to hunt through his son.  Now that Clyde is gone our son still comes home every November to hunt, only now our grandson comes with him.  They get up early and hunt all day, and in the evening tell each other all about the day.  I know that somewhere Clyde is listening to them.  Clyde was very successful with his deer hunting.  He killed several deer.  Some of them were real nice bucks.  In 1986, he killed one of the largest non-typical bucks in Indiana, and still the largest in Wayne County.  Some may think this was Clyde’s greatest accomplishment, but I know Clyde would say his greatest accomplishment was helping others.  The last thing he did was give all he had to help someone else.  He gave of himself by being an organ and tissue donor.

Thank you
Vicki Day

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Quilt Square in Memory of Donald L. Cloutier

Don Cloutier was born September 7, 1932.  We were married in May, 1954 and had three sons and one daughter.  Don became a CPA in 1961 and spent most of his career in Public School Administration, from which he retired in 1994.  He loved the outdoors, and his favorite activities were those that took him outside.  He was an avid golfer, a sport he took up after his retirement.  He loved gardening, and was an enthusiastic backyard birder and a volunteer at a nature center.  Memories of waking up, as a child, to a wren’s song, made that a favorite bird.  He worked very hard to develop wildflower paths in his woods, and had a particular fondness for the pink lady slipper.  Don had many interests.  In addition to the above, he also enjoyed fishing, hunting, coin collecting, genealogy, and reading, usually having several books in progress at any given time.  Don loved his family, and was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather.  His love of the outdoors was passed on to each of his children and his nine grandchildren.  Don died suddenly in August, 2004, shortly after celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary, while preparing for a family reunion in Bloomington, Indiana, where we had relocated in May of that year.

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Quilt Square in Memory of David Tieken

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Quilt Square in Memory of W. Shelby Partin

In Honor of: William “Shelby” Partin

Our father was an amazing man.  His memory lives on in all who knew him.  He touched everyone’s heart in ways that I can’t describe.  Even though our hearts are sad, because we miss our dad, the thought of him puts a smile on our faces.  He taught us many lessons in life.  He molded us to be who we are today.  Our father was a simple man.  It didn’t take much to please him.  He was very laid back in nature.  He was quiet…until he would hear the sound of “racing motors” revving up! He loved to go to the drag strip.  He even built his very one mini-bike, with a large go-cart motor in it!  He was very intelligent when it came to working with his hands.  He taught his grandson’s all that he knew about motors.  He loved his grandchildren with all of his heart.   He spent endless hours with his 2 grandson’s, Meciah & Devon, talking about fast cars, watching car shows, going to the drag strip, all the fun stuff that boys like to do.  He had a very special love for his granddaughter Alison.  Although he was unable to spend much time with Alison, due to distance, he talked about her and thought of her every day.  He was like a child in a candy store when he received pictures of her, or talked to her on the telephone.  He has a “new” grandchild on the way!  How exciting for our dad.  From Heaven, he never has to “miss” any of us again.  He will present in the delivery room when his new grandchild is born.  He will never miss a ball game or a birthday party.   His gentle spirit will always be with us.  The most memorable memory that we have of our dad is when he would bow his head to pray.  He always thanked God for each and every blessing that he was given every day.  Our dad was a legacy in his own special way.  His legacy will carry on through the ones he knew and loved.  He was truly a proud man, and a man of Honor.  We love and miss you dad!

Michelle Partin-Johnson (your daughter)
Todd Partin (your son)

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Quilt Square in Memory of Jerry Lee Watson

If you knew Jerry, you were loved by him.  He was the most loving, kind, gentle and caring man I have ever known.  He forgave everyone anything they may have done to him.  To have been loved by Jerry, was the most wonderful experience in the world, and to have had the privilege and honor to become his wife and share his life was fantastic and a blessing from GOD.

He had many interests.  His family, his grandchildren and great grandchildren, his train club, his many friends and last but not least, his love of his computer.

Jerry was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on Friday, the 13th, 1934.  I attended Tech High School there with Jerry, but didn’t know him then.  (He later told me that he had a crush on me for 2-½ years in school.)

He played football and was all city, all valley and all conference.  He left High School in the last semester of his junior year and joined the USN due to his mother’s death.  He served aboard the USS Currituck, a sea plane tender and traveled around the world.  His first wife, passed away in 1999, and I was fortunate enough to meet him not too long after that.  We were married on November 4th, 2000, and we enjoyed a wonderful life together, although a short one.  Jerry was a smoker and the week between Christmas of 2004 and New Years Eve, he was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure, Emphysema and COPD.  The diseases advanced at a rapid pace and he was admitted to St. Vincent’s Hospital several times but for the last time on July 12th, 2005.  He spent 3 days in Intensive Care, and was moved to the 4th floor on July 15th.  I was fortunate enough to have been able to spend all day on the 15th and all that night.  At 10:30 on Saturday the 16th, while I was with him and we had our arms around each other, he slipped into a coma, and hung on until 6:05 a.m. Sunday morning July 17th.  I will miss this wonderful man for the rest of my life, as will all of our kids and friends. (The last thing he did on this earth that pleased him very much was to have been able, although in a wheelchair, to give our daughter Robin away in marriage on July 3, 2005.)

Jerry had a very close relationship with Christ, so there is no doubt in anyone’s mind that knew him that he went home to his savior.  Later, on the day he passed, my son Don and his wife took us all to dinner around six, and it had just started to rain a little bit.  We were traveling east on 10th Street, and suddenly there appeared the most beautiful double rainbow arched right across 10th Street in the direction we were headed.  I believe with all my heart that GOD and Jerry sent that rainbow to let me know that they were together in heaven and not to worry, he was home at last and safe and was not suffering anymore.

Jerry had always told me that we were truly brought together by GOD so we would be able to spend his last few years together and to get ready to spend eternity together, as we both felt we were true soul mates.  I know when my time comes, we will be buried side by side and this wonderful man and I will never be separated again.  I miss him terribly, and think about him all the time.  He took my heart with him when he passed.

My plea to all who read this is, if you smoke, please stop before it’s too late.

Thank you.
Mrs. Jerry (Patti) Watson

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Quilt Square in Memory of Steve Mutt

Steve Mutt is the best father ever.  He is a very loving and caring person that would do anything he could for anyone.  I never knew him for the first 30 years of my life and he never knew he even had a daughter.  He moved away before he ever found out my mother was pregnant.  On my 30th birthday, my sister found him on the internet and told him about me and he was so excited he called me right up.  All I ever wanted all my life was to meet my father and at Christmas I finally got my wish.  I could not have asked for a better father, he welcomed me with open arms.  We only had 2 years together, but it was like I knew him all my life.

Lisa Garber

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Quilt Square in Memory of Edward L. Beaman

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Quilt Square in Memory of Eileen Dovey

Eileen Dovey was a very special person who touched many hearts.  I was blessed to have known her and to have been able to help care for her in her last nine years of life.  Now she watches over me from Heaven.

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Quilt Square in Memory of Kelly E. Fennell

This quilt is a very fitting way to memorialize my dear wife, Kelly.  She loved to crochet and needlepoint.  She admired the art of quilting, and some of her most precious holdings were quilts made by her grandmothers.  She often remembered times of watching her Grandma Davis quilt with other ladies at her house.

Other passions of Kelly included playing the piano for our church and teaching the pre-school and kindergarten Sunday school class.  She watched several children grow up.  They always remembered their time in Kelly’s class.  Sunday mornings were always special with Kelly around.  The love she shared with children was typical of her giving nature.

That’s why it was easy to say “yes” when asked about participating in the organ and tissue donation program.  Without a doubt, I knew that Kelly would be the first one to say yes to helping someone else.  It has been a blessing to our family to know that some good could come out of our tragedy.  We hope that others will find the grace to help, and so experience some peace and comfort in a time of grief.

Jerry K. Fennell

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Quilt Square in Memory of Leonard A. Underwood

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Quilt Square in Memory of Edna Campbell

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Quilt Square in Memory of G. Ellen Yates

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Quilt Square in Memory of Anthony Douglas Tipton

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Quilt Square in Memory of Carl McCarty

Carl loved to fish when he was younger.  He also liked to sing country music and watch the basketball games.

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Quilt Square in Memory of Johnny W. Yancy

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Quilt Square in Memory of Angela Swayne Lewis

Angela had a boyfriend named Matthew; they dated for 2-1/2 years.  Angela graduated at the age of 17 from Batesville High School, she worked full time as a daycare caregiver at our local YMCA.  After her death, the YMCA community erected a statue in her memory.  Angela was attending Cincinnati State Tech.  She was studying to become a Lab. Tech. 

She was full of smiles and hope and is missed very much.  She left two sisters behind, one older and one younger.

This school year, her grandmother established a scholarship in her memory.

Angela was like Spring coming after the darkness of winter.

Angela was born premature in August of 1985 and left us prematurely on September of 2004.

“Rock on Ang.”

We Love You an Eternity

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Quilt Square in Memory of Darren James Bradley

Darren left an 8 yr. old daughter Kourtney, and his wife pregnant with Alexa another daughter born August 5, 2005.  They are with him on this quilt square with the help of two great friends of mine.

Darren was a loving son and father.  He didn’t have an enemy, always helping other people; over 700 people came through at the calling and funeral, showing back their love for him.  He never left me without saying I love you and a hug.  This is Darren.

Once in a while
Someone comes along
With a smile so bright
And a purpose so strong
From a child to a man
With an open heart
And a helping Hand
Undying Love for
Family and Friends
Always there until the end.
January 10, 1976 – March 18, 2005

Yes, his accident was caused by another person turning in front of him on a new motorcycle bought that day, his passion hobby.

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Quilt Square in Memory of Charles "Bud" Brinkley

Charles “Bud” Brinkley married Betty in 1960 had three children Paula, Doug, Sherry – six grandchildren Lhea, Stephan, Clay, Corey, Cami and Cayman – was active in church, Lions Club – past president of Kiwanis, coached little league & girls’ softball.  He loved music and played bass guitar in a band.  He loved his family and was very proud of his children and grandchildren.  Friends were very important in his life and he had several very close ones.  Hobbies were his music and being with his grandchildren.  He is missed terribly by his family and close friends.

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Quilt Square in Memory of Alberta "Bert" Ebert

Bert was a wonderful lady.  She was always very dear and sincere to her family, friends, and neighbors.  She loved, helped, and cared for everyone.

Bert could always make you smile because she was always wearing one.  She always knew what to do and say to make a person feel better.

One of the things she always did was spend time with her three grandchildren.  If it wasn’t going to the movies, it was shopping.  Boy, were they spoiled!

Alberta loved to always keep busy.  Her favorite things to do were sew and cook.  She was the best at both.  She made the best food and quilts.  She made quilts for everybody, and when you were at her house you ate good.

Gardening was also Bert’s other favorite hobby.  She was born with a green thumb.  Because she lived in town, she kept a garden out in the country.  It probably would have been more convenient in town, but she liked it out in the country.  Bert was always out in the hot weather either planting, weeding, watering, or picking.

After her liver problems, she was no longer able to do any of these things due to not feeling well.

The one thing Alberta loved the most (even better than sewing, cooking, or gardening) was her family.  Bert always had time for her family.  Whether she was busy or involved in another task, she would always stop and listen or talk.  She was a good listener.

Alberta is dearly missed by her husband, children, and grandchildren.  No one could ever take her place in their hearts.  She will always be in their thoughts and prayers forever and ever.

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Quilt Square in Memory of Richard L. Oser

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Quilt Square in Memory of Helmut Karl Kranz

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Quilt Square in Memory of Jim Reeves

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Quilt Square in Memory of Paul E. Redinbo

Paul Eugene Redinbo married Wreatha Evans in 1951 (53 years).  He worked for the Monon Railroad for 28 years and also served time in the United States Navy.  Paul was a member of the American Legion and the 40 & 8 Voiture #364.  His favorite pastimes were mushroom hunting, rabbit, squirrel, and bird hunting.  He also loved spending time with his family and going fishing.  Paul had two children, Steven, who preceded him in death in 1973, and Cindy who still survives.  Cindy had two children, Jared and Alyssa.  He was very attached to his grandson, Jared and Alyssa was his baby doll.

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Quilt Square in Memory of Jewell Purrell

We all feel blessed to have had Jewel in our lives.  She was born May 12, 1947, mentally retarded.  As a child she was always full of life and laughter.  She loved to be around her family and friends.  She especially loved babies.  She loved her dog Pickie.

In her later years, she resided at KCARC in Knox Co.  She was always so happy.  She loved her caretakers and they loved her.  She would help fix dinner for the residents.  She couldn’t wait to get into the kitchen!  She was a very giving person.  It didn’t matter what she had, she would end up giving it away.  That’s why, at her death, we thought it only fitting to donate her organs and tissue.  We knew that if she had a say in it, she would have done the same thing.  She is at peace now with her Mother, Father, and Brother.  We are left with many memories of happy times of days gone by.  She is forever in our hearts.

Remembered and loved by Judy
Cousin and Guardian

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Quilt Square in Memory of William Stephens Sr.

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Quilt Square in Memory of Martha Hedger

Martha Ellen (Ramey) Hedger was born March 3, 1937.  She married Millard Hedger on July 15, 1956.  Over a period of eight years, they had five children (two boys, three girls): Danny, Dennis, Sherry, Anita, and Theresa.

Martha was everywhere Millard went, with the exception of work.  Together, they loved gardening, fishing, crafts and watching wildlife on their 24 acres.  Throughout her life, Martha struggled with heart related problems but remained by Millard’s side.  She survived four pacemaker implants, beating the odds with each surgery.  She lived her life for her family and struggled through each surgery because her family wanted her to live.  Martha’s last pacemaker implant led to open heart surgery.  Again, she survived the odds to be with her family.

Martha remained strong until her husband lost his battle due to colon surgery complications on June 24, 2002.  Millard was not able to be an organ/tissue donor but given the chance, he would have been there to help someone in need.

Martha depended on Millard a great deal.  After two years of trying to survive on her own and to be independent while not becoming a burden on her children, she no longer had the will to live.  With many questions unanswered, she left her children, brothers, and sisters on October 15, 2004, to join her husband once again.

Both, Millard and Martha, were always helping someone in need.  Whether lending a hand, listening to someone’s feelings, troubles, or heartaches, they were always able to provide help or advice.  Martha was given the opportunity to help others in need through her tissue donation. 

We miss them every day, as our family is still very close.  We were often celebrating together.  As we gather now, without our parents, we cherish the very short time that we had with both of them.

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Quilt Square in Memory of Sean Michael O'Rourke

When Sean was a small boy, about 3 years old, he had an imaginary friend he called T.T.  Before long, T.T.’s friend, Joe, joined in their play.

Through the years Sean made many friends, some who shared our home for periods of time.

He loved music, fishing, and spending time with friends and family.  He spoiled his dog, Dave, and called him his little brother.

He was my only child and is missed more than words can say.

Robin O’Rourke

Sean always said he wanted to be a donor.  He stated his request and signed his name to it in front of our bible.  It made it easier to grant his wishes.

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Quilt Square in Memory of Woody McCallister

Woody McCallister married Rosemary Niedenthal on October 16, 1954.  He is the father of three boys.  He has eleven grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Woody retired from the Kroger bakery maintenance department, where he worked for 33 years.  He also was a retired farmer.

 Woody loved to fish, work in his garden, and spend time with his family.  He is sadly missed by Rosie, Mike, Anne & family, Mark, Cathy & family, Dave, Jan & family.

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Quilt Square in Memory of Howard J. Friedman

Just a few words about my husband.  He was a very good man.  We would have been married 55 years on May 15th, 2006.  We had a party planned and had to cancel everything.  He was a really hard worker and would never ask anybody for help if he was able to do it himself.  He was 83 years old.  He served four years in the Navy.  We had three children together, two boys, Russell and Glenn, and one daughter, Carla.  They loved their father very much.  We were always together and did everything together.  I miss him so much.  I shed a lot of tears.  It is going to take a long time to come to grips with it, but a lot of prayers help from my family and in time it will get easier at a least I hope so.

In memory of Howard J. Friedman
Happy Anniversary May 15th

God has you in his keeping.
We have you in our hearts and keeping.
Yet we feel your presence is with us.

We love and sadly miss
Lucille, Russell, Glenn, Carla, Grandchildren and Great Granddaughters

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Quilt Square in Memory of John E. Staggs

John loved his family.  His daughter was his life.  He had a dog named Molly (a boxer).  He also loved to yard sale and collected everything.  He was in the service for eight years altogether – four years in the Army and four years in the Air Force.  He worked at Otis Elevator from the time he moved to Bloomington until he retired 30 years later.  His death was caused from smoking.  Like a lot of people, he didn’t stop smoking till it was too late.  He is missed by his family very much.

Rose Staggs

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Quilt Square in Memory of Jami Copeland

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