Joan Doolittle Pacholke, 70 of Valparaiso passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2018. She was born April 22, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois to Philip and Adeline (Krejci) Doolittle. On April 11, 1970 in Valparaiso, she married Mark S. Pacholke who survives. Joan...
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Michael Kelly of Bartholomew Funeral Home Finds Purpose and Meaning as a Funeral Director
Michael Kelly drives 35 minutes or more to and from work every day from his home in Grovertown, Indiana. What makes this drive worth the daily commute? Coming to work at Bartholomew Funeral Home, where Kelly has worked as a funeral director for the...
Bartholomew Funeral Home Announces the Passing of Ronald Eugene Podell of Valparaiso at Age 72
Ronald Eugene Podell, 72, of Wanatah, passed away Friday, April 6, 2018 at home. He was born March 16, 1946 in Valparaiso to Roger Raymond and Mary Catherine (Shireman) Podell. Surviving are his wife Ellen (Saylor) Podell, his children Ronald Podell,...
Kristi Timm of Bartholomew Funeral Home on What it Takes to Become a Funeral Director
Kristi Timm has been with Bartholomew Funeral Home for four years now and is paving the way for women in the industry as she moves through mortuary school. Being a single mom of two, Deputy Coroner, and working at Bartholomew is a challenge, but one...
Mary Frances Babcock of Valparaiso
Mary Frances Babcock, 95, of Valparaiso, passed away Saturday, February 10, 2018. She was born April 1, 1922 in Valparaiso to Charles and Lydia (Hamacher) Bloeman. On April 25, 1943 she married Carl Babcock who passed away January 30, 1997. Mary...
The Newhards of Bartholomew Funeral Home on What to Ask and Prepare in Difficult Times
When it comes to dealing with the most difficult and tragic events of our lives, like losing a loved one, there are a lot of things for the bereaved party to consider to help make that difficult time a little easier. Father and son, Mike and Kyle...
Rachael N. Birchfield of Westville
Rachael N. Birchfield, 35, of Westville, passed away Friday, January 5, 2018 unexpectedly at home. She was born August 30,1982 in LaPorte to Bruce and Michelle “Shelley” (Hale) Birchfield. Rachael is survived by her mother Shelley Hacker and...
William D. Ling of Kouts
William D. Ling, 79 of Kouts, passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2017. He was born January 11, 1938 in Hebron, Indiana to Earl William and Leona (Prochno) Ling. On February 20, 1999 he married Norma Herring who survives. Also surviving him are his...
Bartholomew Funeral Home, A Family in Your Time of Need
Michael Newhard, who runs Bartholomew Funeral Home here in Valparaiso, is no stranger to the potential tragedies of life, and has been on that side of the fence himself with his sister and, more recently, his father. Still, he finds it important to...
Bartholomew Funeral Home Shares: What To Ask Yourself When Pre-Arranging Your Funeral
When a loved one passes, there is often so much going on around the family. There are individual emotions that each family member has to deal with and somehow - at the same time - aid each other with their grieving. If the deceased chose to be an...