Ralph W. Rutan COLUMBUS, INDIANA Ralph W. Rutan, 79, of Columbus, died at 2:12 am, December 28, 2020, date, at Columbus Regional Hospital. Ralph was born December 27, 1941 in Bartholomew County, the son of Ralph G. and Ruth Marie (Swango) Rutan. He married Katherine (Purtlebaugh) on November 22, 1960, she passed on July 13, 2019. Ralph worked for Marsh supermarket for 43 years before retiring. He loved to attend church and travel. To friends and family, he was lovingly known as the Bible Thumper and an avid guitar player. Ralph enjoyed keeping company with his faithful friend, his dog, Fred. Ralph will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.
CSA-New Tech seniors named Lilly Scholars
Two Columbus Signature Academy New Tech seniors are the recipients of the 2021 Lily Endowment Community Scholarships for Bartholomew County
The Heritage Fund The Community Foundation of Bartholomew County announced that Hayley Barr and Jadi Miller were the recipients in a news release Friday. The scholarship program, which is in its 24th year, is administered statewide by Independent Colleges of Indiana, Inc. and locally by the Heritage Fund. Statewide, 143 scholarships were awarded to Indiana students to pursue four years of undergraduate study on a full-time basis that lead to a baccalaureate degree at an accredited public or private nonprofit college or university in Indiana, the release stated. Barr and Miller will receive full tuition for four years to the Indiana college of their choice and a $900 annual stipend for required books and equipment.”
Timothy B. Shoup COLUMBUS, INDIANA Timothy B. Shoup, 72, passed away in his home on Monday, December 7, 2020. Tim was born in 1948 in Dayton, OH, to the late Forrest and Lois (Hesseman) Shoup. Tim moved to Indiana as a teenager, where he graduated from Columbus North High School. He enlisted in the Air Force and spent a tour at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey, working as a Morse Systems Operator. Later, Tim joined the US Postal Service, and he was a city letter carrier at the Columbus, IN post office for 36 years. During that time, he spent over twenty years service first as a union steward and then as a union president for the Columbus city carriers. In that capacity, he loved nothing more than educating new supervisors on the finer points of the contract.