Search Obituary, Death and Burial Records by Name
Enter the person’s first name, last name and last known state to prepare an obituary, death, burial, cemetery, memorial and related public-record search.
Find the Right New Castle Notice Before the Service
Search recent Courier-Times obituaries by name or publication date, then open the family-selected funeral-home memorial when you need current visitation, funeral or cemetery details.
This guide also separates New Castle notices from Bucks County results and explains historical archives, obituary submission and Indiana death-certificate routes.
Sources reviewed July 15, 2026: The Courier-Times/Legacy, first-party Henry County funeral homes, New Castle-Henry County Public Library, Henry County Health Department, Indiana Vital Records and FTC funeral guidance.
Confirm That You Mean New Castle, Indiana
The exact search “Courier Times recent obituaries” usually points to The Courier-Times serving New Castle and Henry County, Indiana. A separate newspaper with a similar name serves Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
This Article Covers
- Newspaper: The Courier-Times
- Main city: New Castle, Indiana
- County: Henry County
- Nearby clues: Knightstown, Middletown, Spiceland, Hagerstown, Lewisville and eastern Indiana
- Primary obituary host: Legacy
Different Newspaper
Bucks County Courier Times covers a Pennsylvania audience around Levittown, Bristol, Langhorne and nearby Bucks County communities.
Use the site’s Bucks County obituary and funeral-notice guide when the person is connected to Pennsylvania.
Fast identity test: New Castle, Henry County, Knightstown, Middletown, Hinsey-Brown or Sproles usually indicates the Indiana newspaper. Levittown, Bristol, Langhorne or Pennsylvania indicates Bucks County.
Find Today’s and Recent Courier-Times Obituaries
Legacy hosts The Courier-Times obituary listings. Use the Today page for the newest publication cycle and Browse when you need a name search, wider date range, location, funeral home, high school or college filter.
Search in Five Practical Steps
Start With the Surname
Search the last name first. Add the first name only when the surname produces too many results.
Try Name Variations
Use a nickname, middle name, initials, maiden name, former surname or hyphenated version when the exact name fails.
Widen the Publication Date
An obituary may appear several days after the death while the family confirms the wording, photograph and service arrangements.
Add One Local Clue
Try New Castle, Henry County, Knightstown, Middletown, Spiceland, Hagerstown, the funeral home or a school.
Open and Match the Full Notice
Compare age, relatives, city, funeral home and service details before sharing or acting on a same-name result.
Choose Today, Browse or the Local Page
| Search route | Use it when | Watch for |
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| Today | You need notices in the newest Courier-Times publication cycle. | A person who died recently may not be published yet. |
| Browse | You need recent weeks, name search, location or funeral-home filters. | Filters generally follow publication date, not only date of death. |
| New Castle local page | The notice may come from a funeral home or another publication. | A local obituary is not automatically a Courier-Times newspaper notice. |
For the newest newspaper listings, open today’s Courier-Times obituary page.
For recent dates and filters, use the Courier-Times Browse page.
If the notice may have been submitted by a funeral home or another local source, check New Castle-area obituaries.
High-value search clue: New Castle High School, Knightstown Community High School, Blue River Valley, Tri, Shenandoah, Ball State, Purdue and Indiana University appear as useful affiliation filters on the Courier-Times Legacy page.
Keep These Dates Separate
Date of Death
When the person died. This may precede the public notice by several days.
Publication Date
When the newspaper obituary appeared. This date controls many recent-result filters.
Service Date
When visitation, funeral, memorial or burial occurs. Verify it separately before travel.
Confirm Funeral Details Before Travelling
The newspaper notice helps you locate the memorial. The funeral home handling the arrangements is usually the better source for last-minute service, cemetery, livestream, flower and accessibility information.
Save the obituary and funeral-home links. Check again when the service is closer.
Confirm all event addresses and the family’s flower or donation preference.
Call the funeral home when any time, venue, livestream or attendance detail is unclear.
Reopen the memorial and verify weather, parking, accessibility and cemetery travel.
Check Every Event Separately
- Confirm whether the visitation and funeral are public.
- Check the date and Eastern Time start.
- Save the viewing, church, chapel and cemetery addresses separately.
- Confirm whether burial follows immediately or later.
- Ask about accessible entry, seating and parking when needed.
- Verify weather or family-announced changes.
- Use only a livestream linked by the obituary or funeral home.
- Recheck the page before leaving home.
Service-Confirmation Script
“Hello, I am checking the public service information for [full name]. The obituary shows [date, time and location]. Can you confirm whether the event is public, every address in the service order, the cemetery, parking or accessibility instructions, and whether anything has changed?”
Do not automatically drive to the funeral-home address. A viewing may occur there while the funeral, burial or reception takes place elsewhere.
Check Local Funeral-Home Obituary Pages
These are useful first-party sources when a newspaper result is missing, the service is close or the funeral home named in the notice needs to confirm current details.
| Funeral home | Location and telephone | Use its page for |
|---|---|---|
| Hinsey-Brown obituaries | 3406 S. Memorial Drive, New Castle 765-529-7100 |
New Castle and Henry County notices, service schedules, flowers and obituary notifications. |
| Hinsey-Brown Knightstown | 7355 S. State Road 109, Knightstown 765-345-7400 |
Knightstown-area notices and identifying the correct Hinsey-Brown chapel. |
| Sproles Family Funeral Home obituaries | 2400 S. Memorial Drive, New Castle 765-521-2400 |
Obituaries, upcoming services, flowers, tribute pages and direct provider confirmation. |
| Rose City Funerals obituaries | 2011 Broad Street, New Castle 765-529-7500 |
Current memorial listings, event information, tribute notifications and provider contact. |
| Ballard and Sons obituaries | 118 S. 5th Street, Middletown 765-354-2051 |
Middletown and nearby Henry, Madison and Delaware County notices. |
Local routing tip: two funeral homes are on South Memorial Drive in New Castle. Confirm the complete business name and street number before navigating.
Flowers, Donations and Guestbook Safety
- Open the correct individual memorial before ordering flowers.
- Confirm the delivery venue and florist cutoff.
- Follow “in lieu of flowers” instructions shown by the family.
- Verify a charity independently before donating.
- Avoid payment links posted only in social-media comments.
- Do not place private phone numbers, addresses or family disagreements in a public guestbook.
- Do not publish an unconfirmed cause of death or medical detail.
What to Do When the Obituary Is Missing
Do not repeat the same search unchanged. Adjust one factor at a time so you can identify whether the problem is the name, publication date, town or source.
Remove Extra Words
Search the surname alone and remove uncertain middle names, dates or towns.
Try Another Name Form
Use a nickname, maiden name, former surname, initials or hyphenated spelling.
Widen the Publication Window
Search the days after the death because publication may wait for family approval and finalized services.
Add One Henry County Clue
Try a spouse, funeral home, school, church, cemetery, Knightstown, Middletown, Spiceland or Hagerstown.
Check Funeral Homes Directly
A first-party memorial can appear before or instead of a newspaper obituary.
Respect a Private Decision
Not every family publishes a public obituary, livestream, guestbook or open service.
Do not announce a death from a social-media post alone. Confirm the correct person through a family-authorized obituary, funeral home or appropriate official source.
Search Historical New Castle Obituaries
Current Legacy results, local library indexes and subscription archives cover different periods. Choose the source by the approximate publication year.
| Research need | Starting source | Practical note |
|---|---|---|
| Current and recent notices | Courier-Times Browse | Use for recent newspaper notices and current filters. |
| Local historical newspaper index | New Castle-Henry County Public Library genealogy resources | The library lists a searchable Courier-Times index with digital images for 1848–1989. |
| Older subscription obituary search | GenealogyBank Courier-Times archive | Useful for surname and family-history searches; subscription access may apply. |
| Newspaper title and holdings history | Library of Congress title record | Useful for identifying the New Castle Courier-Times title and library holdings. |
Search Old Scans More Effectively
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Estimate a year range. Search two or three years when the exact death year is uncertain.
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Use the surname first. Old optical character recognition may not match a full exact name.
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Try partial spelling. Search the first several letters when a blurred scan may have misread a character.
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Search a relative. A spouse, parent or child may be indexed more clearly than the deceased person.
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Use funeral clues. Search the funeral home, church, cemetery, street or community named in family records.
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Save a full citation. Record the newspaper title, publication date, page, column and archive source.
Local library tip: the New Castle-Henry County Public Library also lists a death-record index covering 1882–2000. Call ahead when staff help, image access or a detailed local-history search may be needed.
Submit or Correct a Courier-Times Obituary
Prepare one family-approved master copy before using the submission system. This reduces conflicting names, dates and service details between the funeral home, newspaper and online memorial.
Prepare These Details
- Full legal name and preferred display name
- Nickname, maiden name or former surname where appropriate
- Birth and death dates
- Residence, hometown and Henry County connection
- Surviving and predeceased relatives
- Education, employment, military, church and community information
- Visitation, funeral, burial and reception details
- Funeral-home name and telephone number
- Approved photograph and caption
- Flower or memorial-donation preference
- Authorized submitter’s contact information
Do not publish unnecessary private data. Leave out account numbers, identity-document numbers, financial information, private email addresses and full home addresses unless the family has a clear reason to publish them.
Review the Proof and Live Quote
- Read every name aloud.
- Compare dates and locations with the funeral-home memorial.
- Check whether print, online or both are included.
- Ask whether text length and photographs change the price.
- Confirm the live submission deadline.
- Allow time for death verification.
- Save the proof, receipt and confirmation number.
Do not hard-code an old deadline or price. The Courier-Times submission page states that deadlines vary and encourages early submission so death verification can be completed.
Use the official Courier-Times obituary-submission page after the text and photograph are approved.
Correct a Published Notice
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Save the obituary URL and publication date.
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Copy the exact incorrect wording.
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Prepare the approved replacement text.
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Contact the original submitter first. This may be the funeral home or family representative.
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Ask whether print and online corrections are separate.
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Save the revised proof or written confirmation.
Correction Request Script
“I need to correct the obituary for [full name], published on [date]. The current text says [incorrect wording]. The family-approved correction is [replacement]. Can you confirm whether the online and printed versions require separate action?”
Use a Death Certificate When an Obituary Is Not Enough
An obituary is a public announcement, not certified legal proof. Banks, insurers, estates, pensions and government offices may require an official death certificate.
| Document | Main use | Certified legal record? |
|---|---|---|
| Courier-Times obituary | Public notice, biography and funeral information. | No |
| Funeral-home memorial | Service updates, condolences, flowers and donations. | No |
| Indiana death certificate | Legal, estate, insurance and administrative proof. | Yes, when officially issued |
Henry County Local Route
Use the Henry County Health Department when the death occurred in Henry County and the requester meets the office’s identification and eligibility requirements.
| Local requirement | Current Henry County detail |
|---|---|
| Application | Completed death-certificate request form |
| Identification | Valid photo identification |
| Fee | $20 per copy |
| Card payment | A 3% convenience fee is listed for credit or debit transactions |
| Submission routes | Mail, email or fax are listed; confirm pickup and processing before visiting |
Telephone: 765-521-7059
Choose Option 1, extension 4113
Review the official Henry County vital-records instructions before submitting identification or payment.
Indiana State Route
The Indiana Department of Health currently lists an $8 search fee including the first death certificate and $4 for each additional copy of the same record ordered at the same time.
The state route also offers mail ordering, a 24-hour telephone provider and the authorized VitalChek online service. Third-party processing or shipping charges may apply.
Use the Indiana death-certificate order page to obtain the current form, fee and mailing instructions.
Eligibility and Identification
Indiana requires a documented direct interest in the death record. Eligible requesters can include close relatives, a person with a proven legal interest, the assigned funeral home or qualifying genealogical researchers.
The official identification guide requires one current primary picture ID or two current secondary documents. Requests lacking acceptable identification or entitlement documents can be returned without processing.
Review the official Indiana eligibility and identification PDF before sending documents.
Send copies, not original identification. The official guide warns that original documents will not be returned. Use only the county, state or authorized-provider route.
Correcting the Obituary Does Not Correct the Certificate
An online or printed obituary correction changes only the memorial notice. Death-certificate amendments use a separate Indiana Vital Records process.
For amendment requirements, use the Indiana corrections and amendments page or call 317-233-2700.
Ask for Prices Before Approving Services
Funeral arrangements are separate from newspaper obituary charges. Ask the provider for itemized prices before selecting services, merchandise or cash-advance items.
- Ask for accurate price information by telephone.
- Request the General Price List when discussing arrangements in person.
- Ask which items are required and which are optional.
- Review casket and outer-burial-container price lists before viewing merchandise.
- Request a written itemized statement before paying.
- Separate funeral-home charges from cemetery, florist, obituary and certified-copy costs.
Review the FTC’s Funeral Rule consumer guidance before approving an arrangement.
For a detailed same-site checklist, use the Funeral Costs and Consumer Rights Guide.
Final Courier-Times Verification Checklist
- Confirm New Castle, Indiana rather than Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
- Use Today for the newest cycle and Browse for wider searches.
- Match relatives, location and funeral home—not the name alone.
- Open the complete individual obituary.
- Confirm service information with the funeral home.
- Save each event address separately.
- Use only official flower, donation and livestream links.
- Review the proof, deadline and quote before submitting an obituary.
- Use archives for historical research.
- Use official vital records when certified legal proof is required.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find today’s Courier-Times obituaries?
Use The Courier-Times Today page on Legacy for the newest New Castle, Indiana newspaper notices. If the person is not shown, open the Browse page because a notice may have been published on an earlier date or only on a funeral-home memorial page.
Does this page cover Bucks County Courier Times obituaries?
No. This page focuses on The Courier-Times in New Castle, Indiana. Bucks County Courier Times serves a different Pennsylvania area and uses different obituary, submission and death-record sources.
How do I search Courier-Times obituaries from the past 30 days?
Open The Courier-Times Browse page, enter the surname or full name and widen the publication-date filter. Also try a nickname, maiden name, funeral home, school or Henry County community.
Why can’t I find a recent Courier-Times obituary?
The obituary may not be published yet, may use another name spelling, may appear first on a funeral-home website or may be private. Search the surname alone, widen the date range and check first-party local funeral-home listings.
Should I use the newspaper or funeral-home page for service details?
Use the newspaper listing to find the obituary, but verify current visitation, funeral, cemetery, flower, donation and livestream information on the family-selected funeral-home memorial or by telephone.
Which New Castle funeral homes publish obituaries online?
First-party local sources include Hinsey-Brown Funeral Service, Sproles Family Funeral Home and Rose City Funerals. Ballard and Sons also publishes Middletown-area notices relevant to Henry County.
How far back can I search Courier-Times archives?
The New Castle-Henry County Public Library genealogy page lists a searchable Courier-Times newspaper index with digital images covering 1848 through 1989. Current Legacy listings and commercial archives cover different periods.
How do I submit an obituary to The Courier-Times?
Use The Courier-Times obituary submission page on Legacy. Prepare the approved text, photograph, funeral-home contact and service information, then review the proof, current deadline and final quote before paying.
How do I correct a Courier-Times obituary?
Contact the funeral home or person who submitted the notice first. Provide the obituary URL, the exact incorrect text and the approved replacement, and ask whether online and print corrections are handled separately.
Can a Courier-Times obituary replace an Indiana death certificate?
No. An obituary is not certified legal proof. Eligible requesters can use the Henry County Health Department for a Henry County death or the Indiana Department of Health for the state ordering route.