Brothers Chris and Kyle Newhard never imagined they’d follow in their dad’s footsteps and join the funeral industry. They’d spent most of their lives around Bartholomew Funeral Home helping out their dad and getting some work experience during...

Bartholomew Funeral Home is full of wonderful people who strive every day to connect with the community and help make people’s lives a little easier. One of those kindhearted people is Alice Kyle, Bartholomew’s pre-planning consultant. Not a day...

When you think of a funeral home, what things come to mind? Do you think of unreasonably high funeral costs? Sadness and grief?  A huge drain on the environment? The truth is, most people do. What’s also true, though, is that these thoughts...

Richard D. Stombaugh 90, of Valparaiso, passed away Saturday, August 13, 2022. He was born July 4, 1932 (something he was always proud of) in Oak Glen, Illinois to George and Ida Mae (Worthington) Stombaugh. On September 4, 1954 he married Joan D....

Death is a topic that many people, understandably, don’t spend much time discussing. Many shy away from the subject, not wanting to talk about what will happen after they or their loved ones die. It’s too frightening, too sad, too uncomfortable....

Carol Joan Keel (Wale) 85, of Chesterton passed away Wednesday July 13, 2022. She was born May 16, 1937 in East Chicago, IN. She was the daughter of Edwin Woodwin and Verna Pauline (Press) Wale.  Carol was an owner of Keel’s Country Corner in...

Funeral arrangements aren’t a topic that often comes to mind for the general public. When tragedy strikes, however, it’s important to know who to call. Unfortunately, death is never convenient, and it doesn’t run on a regular workday schedule....

Mark Stephen Pacholke, 73 of Lewisville, NC, formerly of Valparaiso, passed away May 31, 2022 in North Carolina. He was born February 15, 1949 in Michigan City, the son of Lee and Gladys (White) Pacholke. Mark was a US Army Veteran, a longtime...

Carolyn Joan Thatcher passed away peacefully on May 26, 2022 at her home in Hebron. She was born on September 4, 1933 in Brook, Indiana to Athol and Esther Christine (Holley) Purkey. On November 19, 1952 she married Francis Wendell Thatcher who...

She was born March 31, 1941 in East Chicago, IN, the daughter of Michael and Dorothy (Sabol) Hanchar. On April 20, 1963 Phyllis married her first husband Ronald Spencer who preceded her in death. On April 22, 1978, she married Robert Wayne Phillips,...