Obituaries
Please submit in writing to our office by 10 a.m. Thursday before the week of publication; be sure to state date of death. Obituaries of archdiocesan priests serving our archdiocese are listed elsewhere in The Criterion. Order priests and religious sisters and brothers are included here, unless they are natives of the archdiocese or have other connections to it; those are separate obituaries on this page.
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FULLENKAMP, Paul J., 93, St. Louis, Batesville, April 26. Husband of Dorothey Fullenkamp. Father of Cindy Cornett, Paula Trenkamp, Leo, Mark and Steven Fullenkamp. Brother of Mary Ann Moeller and Larry Fullenkamp. Grandfather of 17. Great-grandfather of 34.
HANCOCK, Dr. Jerry, 79, St. Ambrose, Seymour, April 30. Husband of Jewel Hancock. Father of Mark Hancock.
HARTSOCK, Alicia (Guerrero), 98, Christ the King, Indianapolis, April 5. Mother of Kim Hartsock and Rebecca Kelly. Grandmother of three. Great-grandmother of nine.
HOLLKAMP, Norma M., 86, St. John Paul II, Sellersburg, April 21. Sister of Phyllis Burkholder, Wilma Smith and Elizabeth Williams. Aunt of several.
KINKER, Louis A., 88, St. Catherine of Siena, Decatur County, April 28. Father of Kristine Brown, Kimberly and Kirt Kinker. Brother of Rosemary Cook. Grandfather of four. Great-grandfather of two.
LARGEY, Jr., Thomas F., 72, St. Jude, Indianapolis, March 15. Brother of Noreen Pierle, Tracy Silvers and Michael Largey.
PARSONS, Mary S., 70, St. Martin of Tours, Martinsville, May 5. Mother of Jennifer Harris and Robert Parsons. Sister of Peggy Jacobs, Ann Murrey, Kathleen Ritter, Jim, Louis, Mike and P.J. Lauck. Grandmother of six. Great-grandmother of one.
ROLFES, Patricia, 87, All Saints, Dearborn County, April 30. Mother of Annie Brown, Julie Dawson and John Rolfes. Sister of Barb Schmeltzer. Grandmother of five.
SAVAGE, Bette A., 83, St. Louis, Batesville, May 4.
Wife of Timothy Savage. Mother of John, Mike and Tim Savage. Grandmother of five.
SEDLER, Martha, 80, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Aurora, May 2. Wife of James Sedler. Mother of Michele Mitchell, Sheri Wilson and Jim Sedler. Sister of Millie Protsik, Melinda Thompson and Mike Knue. Grandmother of seven. Great-grandmother of six.
SPANKE, Rose Anna, 96, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, April 19. Mother of Mary Ellen Boerner, Jane Walker and David Spanke. Grandmother of six. Great-grandmother of six.
STACK, Kevin M., 58, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyd County, April 28. Brother of Mary Burgess, Michele Williams, Brian and Charles Stack. Uncle of several.
WILHELM, Arthur R., 85, St. Louis, Batesville, May 1. Father of Amy Lawson and Jeff Wilhelm. Brother of Helen Eckstein, Alvin and Robert Wilhelm. Grandfather of two.
Joseph Lampert, 96, father of Father Vincent Lampert, died on May 6
Joseph Lampert, the father of Father Vincent Lampert, pastor of St. Michael Parish in Brookville and St. Peter Parish in Franklin County, died on May 6. He was 96.
The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on May 9 at St. Christopher Church in Indianapolis. Burial followed at Calvary Cemetery in Indianapolis.
Lampert was born on Dec. 2, 1927, in Indianapolis and grew up as a member of the former Holy Trinity Parish on the city’s west side neighborhood of Haughville. He served in the U.S. Army at the end of World War II and in occupied Japan after the war.
On April 25, 1953, Lampert married Sharol Lee Goddard, who preceded him in death. He worked as a carpenter in construction and later in the building and grounds department of the Indianapolis Public Schools.
Lampert enjoyed reading the daily newspaper; listening to classical or polka music; fishing in Indiana and Minnesota lakes; and watching sports, especially Chicago Cubs baseball, Indiana University basketball and his children’s and grandchildren’s events. In retirement, he rode his bicycle around Haughville, traveled to many national parks and every state except Hawaii. Lampert was proud of his Haughville roots and home, his Slovenian heritage and, most of all, his family.
He is survived by his children, Caroline, Jean, Bob, Jeff, Joseph, Mark, Mike, Steve and Father Vincent, and by his sister Frances. He was a grandfather of 15 and great-grandfather of 19.
Memorial gifts may be sent to the Slovenian National Home, 2717 W. 10th St., Indianapolis, IN 46222 †