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Find Richmond, IN Death Notices, Funeral Homes and Official Records
Looking for recent obituaries in Richmond, Indiana? Start with the local obituary directory or the funeral home’s original memorial. Search by name, then confirm the service date, location, cemetery and family instructions before making plans.
This guide also covers Wayne County death certificates, the Palladium-Item newspaper, Morrisson-Reeves Library’s historical obituary index, local cemetery searches and Indiana burial assistance.
Reviewed October 14, 2026 • Richmond and Wayne County, Indiana • Independent information guide
Quick Answer: Choose the Right Source
Search Richmond obituaries
Use the Richmond, Indiana obituary directory and narrow the results by name, date, town or funeral home.
Open the original memorial
The handling funeral home is the best place to check the latest visitation, funeral, flowers and livestream details.
Search local newspapers
Morrisson-Reeves Library has a newspaper index reaching back to 1822, including historical obituary references.
Request a death certificate
Use Wayne County Health Department or Indiana Vital Records when certified proof is needed.
How to Find Recent Obituaries in Richmond, Indiana
Richmond-area notices appear in funeral-home listings, newspaper obituary pages and regional directories. No single listing includes every death or memorial announcement.
For wider Indiana searches, use our Recent Indiana Obituaries Guide.
Richmond Funeral Homes With Official Obituary Listings
Many families publish memorial details directly through the funeral home. The following first-party websites are useful search sources, not rankings or endorsements.
Doan & Mills Funeral Home
The official obituary listings provide individual memorial pages, tribute walls and service information when available.
Stegall-Berheide-Orr Funeral Home
The official website supports obituary searches by name, obituary text, dates and veteran status.
Riggle-Waltermann Mortuary
Individual obituary pages may include visitation, memorial information and tribute options.
Community Family Funeral Home
The funeral home’s obituary page allows searching by name and browsing memorial notices.
Waskom Capitol Hill Chapel
Useful for Cambridge City, Dublin and nearby Wayne County families. Its website supports partial-name and A–Z obituary searches.
Mills Funeral Home
Mills Funeral Home also serves families in the Centerville area. Use the Doan & Mills website to find the correct individual memorial.
Useful funeral-home features
- Name search: Try first and last name or surname only.
- Date filter: Search the approximate death or publication period.
- Service details: Check visitation, funeral, memorial and burial separately.
- Guestbook: Leave a public message only if you are comfortable with others seeing it.
- Flowers and donations: Follow the instructions on the correct memorial.
- Email notifications: Some funeral-home websites provide new obituary alerts.
Search Richmond and Nearby Wayne County Communities
A person’s residence, place of death, funeral home and cemetery may be in different towns.
Richmond
Search Richmond, Wayne Township, local churches, schools and funeral homes.
Centerville
Try Centerville, Abington Township and Richmond-area funeral-home results.
Cambridge City
Check Waskom Chapel and surrounding western Wayne County communities.
Hagerstown
Search Hagerstown, Jefferson Township and nearby Henry County connections.
Fountain City and Williamsburg
Look for northern Wayne County funeral notices and historical family records.
East of Richmond
Try New Paris and Eaton, Ohio, when family, hospital or funeral arrangements cross the state line.
Make Sure You Found the Correct Person
Before sharing a death notice, compare more than the person’s name.
| Check | Why it helps | When to pause |
|---|---|---|
| Age or birth year | Separates people with similar names. | The age is very different from what you know. |
| Family members | Spouse, parents and children can confirm identity. | None of the known relatives match. |
| City or county | Confirms the Wayne County or regional connection. | The location is unrelated. |
| Funeral home | Gives a first-party source for service arrangements. | The provider is in an unexpected area. |
| Publication date | Distinguishes recent notices from older obituaries. | The result belongs to another year. |
| School or employer | A familiar local connection helps confirm the person. | The biography conflicts with known details. |
Check Funeral, Visitation and Burial Details
The complete funeral-home obituary may list several separate events. Make sure you identify which location and time applies to each.
Visitation
Check the start and end time, chapel and address.
Funeral or memorial
Confirm the service date and whether attendance is public or private.
Burial or graveside
The cemetery may be in a different town from the funeral service.
Livestream
Use only a link supplied by the funeral home, church or authorized memorial.
Flowers or donations
Check whether the family requests flowers or donations to a named organization.
Accessibility
Call when you need wheelchair access, accessible parking or seating information.
The Palladium-Item Obituaries and Email Notices
The Palladium-Item is a newspaper associated with Richmond and Wayne County. Newspaper obituary notices can provide another route when you cannot find the person’s funeral-home memorial.
The newspaper’s official account system includes a Palladium-Item Obituaries newsletter, described as delivering recent area obituaries to subscribers’ inboxes.
How to use the newspaper route
- Open the Palladium-Item obituary or newsletter area.
- Use the obituary section to look for the person’s name.
- Check the publication date and any funeral-home credit.
- If you want continuing updates, review the obituary newsletter subscription option.
- Open the original funeral-home page before relying on service details.
Palladium-Item Newsletter Settings
Can’t Find a Recent Richmond Obituary?
Search another name form
Try a nickname, maiden name, initials, former surname or a spelling without punctuation.
Expand the date range
Search the days or weeks after the expected death date.
Check nearby towns
Try Centerville, Cambridge City, Fountain City, Hagerstown and connected Ohio communities.
Search the funeral home
A memorial may appear on the funeral-home website before it reaches a newspaper directory.
If these steps fail, try our Obituary Search Guide.
Some families choose a private service or no public obituary. A missing online notice does not establish whether someone has died.
Wayne County Indiana Death Certificates: Fees and Ordering
Wayne County Health Department issues certified death certificates under Indiana eligibility and identification rules. It currently lists $15 for each copy.
| Ordering office | Published cost | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| Wayne County Health Department | $15 per copy | Use for qualifying local death-record requests. Check identification, relationship and application rules. |
| Indiana Department of Health | $8 first copy | State record search includes one copy if the record is located. |
| Indiana additional copies | $4 each | For additional copies ordered together from the state. |
| Online or telephone vendor | Extra service fee | Check the complete price before payment or expedited shipping. |
Wayne County Health Department
100 S. 5th Street
Richmond, IN 47374
Phone: 765-973-9245
What the local application requires
- Full name of the deceased at the time of death.
- Date and place of death.
- Reason for requesting the certificate.
- Your relationship to the deceased.
- Acceptable identity documentation.
- Proof of relationship or qualifying interest.
- Payment and required application documents.
For mailed applications, the county form instructs applicants to include a check or money order, an acceptable ID copy and a stamped self-addressed envelope. It also states that the ID address must match the address provided on the application.
How to request a Wayne County certificate
Indiana statewide death certificate option
The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) maintains statewide Indiana death records beginning in 1900. State services include mail, authorized online ordering and telephone ordering, but no walk-in service at the state office.
The state’s approved online partner is VitalChek. Statewide telephone ordering is available at 866-601-0891.
The current mail application is State Form 49606. State fees are nonrefundable search charges, and state processing can take longer than local issuance.
Indiana Department of Health — Order Death Certificates
For a broader explanation, see our Death Certificate and Vital Records Guide.
Find Older Richmond Indiana Obituaries and Newspaper Records
Morrisson-Reeves Library is a major local research source for Richmond and Wayne County history. Its newspaper index includes obituaries and other local articles dating back to 1822.
1822 onward
The library’s newspaper index contains more than 329,000 entries and continues to expand.
Historical newspaper research
The library holds newspaper files and microfilm reaching back to the Civil War era.
Wayne County history
Find local-family references, historical resources and a Wayne County Civil War database.
Ask a librarian
The library offers basic research help and a free 30-minute one-on-one assistance option.
Morrisson-Reeves Library
80 North 6th Street
Richmond, IN 47374
Phone: 765-966-8291
Currently listed hours: Monday–Thursday 9:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m.; Friday 9:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Check holiday hours before visiting.
How to research an older obituary
Indiana State Library obituary research
For an older Indiana newspaper obituary not found locally, the Indiana State Library accepts research requests through its Ask a Librarian service.
The library currently lists $5 per obituary copy. For microfilmed newspapers, it asks for an exact death date. Database searches may be possible with an approximate date.
Prepare the person’s full name, former or maiden names, date of death, burial or funeral and the likely newspaper.
Indiana State Library — Obituary Research FAQ
Richmond Indiana Cemetery and Burial Record Search
Earlham Cemetery, Inc. operates an official burial locator covering Earlham Cemetery, Glen Haven Memorial Gardens and Lutherania Cemetery.
| Cemetery | Location | Useful detail |
|---|---|---|
| Earlham Cemetery | 1101 National Road West, Richmond, IN 47374 | Main office, historic burial records and Veterans Field of Honor. |
| Glen Haven Memorial Gardens | State Road 227 South, Richmond | South of Richmond, before the airport area. |
| Lutherania Cemetery | Liberty Avenue, Richmond | South of town on Liberty Avenue. |
Official cemetery contact
Earlham Cemetery Office
1101 National Road West
Richmond, IN 47374
Phone: 765-962-7712
Current office hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and 1:00–4:30 p.m.
The published visiting rules state that Earlham Cemetery gates are locked from 6:00 p.m.–8:00 a.m. Glen Haven and Lutherania close from dusk to dawn.
How to find a burial location
Indiana Funeral and Burial Financial Assistance
Indiana’s Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) has a Burial Assistance Program for people who were in certain qualifying Medicaid categories when they died.
The state currently lists the following maximum contributions:
| Eligible expense | Maximum payment | Payment method |
|---|---|---|
| Funeral expenses | Up to $1,200 | Paid to the funeral provider when the claim is approved. |
| Cemetery expenses | Up to $800 | Paid to the cemetery provider when the claim is approved. |
Important eligibility and timing rules
- The deceased person must have qualified under one of the state’s specified Medicaid categories.
- Ordinary Medicaid enrollment does not automatically establish burial-assistance eligibility.
- The funeral home or cemetery submits the claim packet.
- The claim must be properly filed within 90 days of death.
- The family should ask the provider for submission confirmation.
- Final assistance amounts depend on the approved claim and other relevant resources.
Microsteps for family members
Indiana FSSA Burial Assistance Program — Official Rules
Township trustee assistance
Indiana law also provides a township-assistance process for certain individuals who die without enough assets or other means to cover necessary burial or cremation costs.
Ask the funeral director to help identify the correct township trustee for the deceased person’s legal residence or place of death.
Indiana State Board of Accounts — Township Burial Assistance Rules
Wayne County Veteran Burial and Memorial Benefits
Wayne County has a local Veteran Service Office that can help eligible veterans and family members understand federal and Indiana benefits, including burial-related assistance.
Wayne County Veterans Service Office
Wayne County Annex Building, lower level
401 East Main Street
Richmond, IN 47374
Phone: 765-973-9200, extension 1651.
Listed office hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Potential veteran burial and memorial benefits
- VA burial allowance for qualifying claims.
- Government headstone, marker or medallion where eligible.
- Burial flag and military funeral honors.
- VA national cemetery or eligible state veterans cemetery burial.
- Indiana county burial-allowance programs when conditions are met.
- Governor’s Memorial Certificate for an eligible veteran.
Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery
1415 North Gate Road
Madison, IN 47250
Phone: 812-273-9220
The Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs currently lists qualifying veterans and spouses as eligible for cemetery benefits with no charge for specified items such as opening and closing, outer burial container, monument and chapel use.
Eligibility must be confirmed before burial arrangements are made. This cemetery is in Madison, Indiana, not Richmond.
Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery — Eligibility and Forms
See our Veterans Burial and Memorial Benefits Guide for broader federal benefit information.
Funeral Price Rights and Licensing in Indiana
The Federal Trade Commission Funeral Rule gives consumers certain rights when comparing funeral providers and selecting services.
Ask for prices by phone
A funeral provider must provide available price information by telephone when asked.
Get a General Price List
When discussing prices or arrangements in person, the provider must give you an itemized General Price List to keep.
Choose individual services
You generally have the right to choose the goods and services you want rather than an unwanted package.
Check third-party costs
Ask about cemetery charges, newspaper notices, crematory fees, transportation and other outside expenses separately.
FTC Funeral Rule — Consumer Protections
How to verify an Indiana funeral provider
The Indiana Professional Licensing Agency provides a free Search and Verify tool for licensed funeral directors and funeral establishments.
- Open the official Indiana licensing page.
- Select Free Search and Verify.
- Search by business or professional name.
- Compare the official license status and identifying details.
- Use the agency’s complaint route when necessary.
Indiana Professional Licensing — Free Search and Verify
Correcting an Obituary or an Indiana Death Certificate
Contact the funeral home or publisher
Save the obituary link, identify the incorrect detail and send the proposed correction to the original funeral home, newspaper or authorized notice submitter.
Contact the original death-record filer
Indiana directs people seeking death-certificate corrections to contact the funeral director, physician or coroner who filed the record. The formal amendment may require their involvement and supporting documentation.
Indiana Vital Records — Corrections and Amendments
What to Do After Finding the Obituary
- Save the original obituary and funeral-home memorial URL.
- Confirm the correct person and family details.
- Write down visitation, funeral, burial and reception locations separately.
- Use official family instructions for flowers or memorial donations.
- Ask whether the funeral director reported the death to Social Security.
- Order certified certificates only from the appropriate records office.
- Check Indiana, township and veteran assistance eligibility when relevant.
- Keep receipts, benefit documents, certificates and personal account details private.
Use our After-Death Notification Checklist for insurance, Social Security, financial accounts, records and identity-protection steps.
Official and Primary Sources for Richmond, Indiana
Richmond Indiana Area Obituaries Regional obituary listings with publication-date and funeral-home filters. Wayne County Health Department — Vital Records County certificate costs, eligibility, ID and application procedures. Indiana Department of Health — Order Certificates State death certificate fees, forms and ordering options. Morrisson-Reeves Library — Genealogy Wayne County historical newspaper index and local family research. Earlham Cemetery — Official Burial Locator Earlham, Glen Haven and Lutherania burial search tools. Indiana FSSA — Burial Assistance Program Qualifying Medicaid categories, contribution limits and provider claim process. Wayne County Veteran Services Local veterans’ benefits assistance and official office contact. Indiana Professional Licensing Agency Funeral director and business license verification. Federal Trade Commission Funeral Rule Price lists, funeral consumer rights and itemized service protections.Recent Obituaries in Richmond Indiana: FAQs
Where can I find recent Richmond Indiana obituaries?
Start with the Richmond, Indiana area obituary directory on Legacy. You can also check local funeral homes such as Doan & Mills, Stegall-Berheide-Orr, Riggle-Waltermann and Community Family Funeral Home.
How do I search Richmond Indiana obituaries by name?
Search first and last name, then add Richmond, Wayne County, a nearby town or a funeral-home name. Try nicknames, maiden names and surname-only results when needed.
Does the Palladium-Item publish obituaries?
Yes. The Palladium-Item is a Richmond-area newspaper with an obituary section and an obituary email newsletter. Check the original notice and funeral-home memorial for details.
Why can’t I find a recent obituary?
The notice may be delayed, published under another name, located on a funeral-home website or kept private by the family. Widen the publication-date range and check nearby communities.
How much is a Wayne County Indiana death certificate?
Wayne County Health Department currently lists $15 per certified death certificate. Applicants must meet its identity and relationship or qualifying-interest requirements.
Is the Indiana state death certificate fee different?
Yes. Indiana Department of Health currently lists $8 for the first death certificate and $4 for each additional copy in the same order. Online, telephone and delivery fees may add to the total.
Can anyone get an Indiana certified death certificate?
No. Indiana requires qualifying direct interest, immediate kinship or documented financial or legal interest, together with acceptable identification and any necessary supporting documents.
Where can I find old Richmond Indiana obituaries?
Morrisson-Reeves Library has a local newspaper index reaching back to 1822, including obituary references. The Indiana State Library also offers historical obituary research and a paid obituary-copy service.
Can I search Earlham Cemetery burial records online?
Yes. The official Earlham Cemetery website provides a burial locator covering Earlham Cemetery, Glen Haven Memorial Gardens and Lutherania Cemetery.
Does Indiana help with funeral expenses?
Indiana FSSA has a Burial Assistance Program for certain qualifying Medicaid categories. The state currently lists up to $1,200 for funeral expenses and $800 for cemetery expenses. Approved payments go directly to providers, subject to eligibility and claim rules.
Can a township trustee help with burial expenses?
Indiana law provides township burial or cremation assistance in certain cases where the deceased person lacks sufficient assets or other means. Contact the proper township trustee for an eligibility decision before relying on assistance.
Where can veterans’ families get help in Wayne County?
Wayne County Veterans Service Office is at 401 East Main Street in Richmond. Its phone is 765-973-9200, extension 1651. Staff can help eligible veterans and family members review available benefits.
How do I correct an Indiana death certificate?
Indiana Department of Health directs requesters to the funeral director, physician or coroner who filed the original death certificate. Required amendment steps depend on the error and supporting evidence.
What should I verify before attending a funeral?
Confirm the correct person, public or private service status, date, time, chapel or church address, cemetery, parking and any updated arrangements with the handling funeral home.
Before You Share, Travel or Pay
Use a current Richmond-area obituary listing to find the person, then confirm the memorial with the handling funeral home. For legal proof, use Wayne County or Indiana Vital Records. For historical research, use Morrisson-Reeves Library and the cemetery’s official burial records.
When burial costs are a concern, check the Indiana FSSA program, township trustee assistance and Wayne County Veteran Services early enough to meet any claim requirements.
RecentObituaries.info is an independent research and source-navigation guide. It is not a funeral home, newspaper, cemetery, library or government office. Verify changing fees, service times, eligibility, addresses and records directly with the organization responsible.