Obituaries

Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries

Susan Paxton

Susan Paxton

Sep 21, 2020

Susan J. Paxton, age 80, of Lafayette, passed away peacefully Monday Sept. 21, 2020 at Franciscan East Hospital in Lafayette. A private Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Lafayette, with interment following in St. Boniface Cemetery. The family requests memorials to Matrix Lifeline or the American Cancer Society. Hahn-Groeber Funeral & Cremation Service...

Marjorie Sandberg

Marjorie Sandberg

Sep 20, 2020

Marjorie Jean Sandberg, 78, of Lafayette, passed away at her residence in Lafayette 7:00 AM Sunday September 20, 2020. She had resided in Lafayette the past 14 years, moving here from the state of Washington. Marjorie was born in Detroit, MI August 18, 1942, the daughter of the late Charles Edward and Rita Veronica (Wood) Hoffman and was a...

Leona Jones

Leona Jones

Sep 5, 2020

Leona “Joyce” Jones, 90, of Oxford, Indiana passed away Saturday, September 5, at Cumberland Point Health Care, West Lafayette. She was born in Templeton, Indiana, August 26, 1930, a daughter of the late Leona (Brown) Moyars and Truman Ross Moyars. She was married to Robert Eugene Jones on July 22, 1951 and he preceded her in death in 2008. She...

Larry Haynes

Larry Haynes

Sep 1, 2020

Larry Duane Haynes, 73, of Battle Ground, IN passed away Tuesday evening September 1, 2020 at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette where he had been a patient for five days. He was born in Lafayette July 20, 1947, the son of the late Clarence and Winona (Neal) Haynes and was a 1965 graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School. Larry...

Norma Holcomb

Norma Holcomb

Aug 26, 2020

Norma Claudette Holcomb 87, of Ortonville, Michigan and formerly of Indianapolis and New Richmond, IN died Wednesday August 26, 2020. She was born March 22, 1933 in Linden, Indiana to the late Claude and Olive (nee: Davidson) Hillenburg. She is survived by one daughter, Sally (Bill) Himmelspach; three grandchildren, Michael (Smitha) Hahn, Matthew (Angela) Hahn and Megan (Brett) Harmer; two...

Robert Stanfield, Sr.

Robert Stanfield, Sr.

Aug 23, 2020

Robert Lee Stanfield, 92, of Lafayette, passed away at his residence in Lafayette Sunday August 23, 2020. Robert was born in Indianapolis January 22, 1928, the son of the late Charles E. and M. Evelyn (Stein) Stanfield. He attended St. Phillips and Joan of Arc Schools, and was a graduate of Cathedral High School all in Indianapolis. Robert served in...

Jack Tarter

Jack Tarter

Aug 14, 2020

Jack W. Tarter, 78, of Lafayette, passed away at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette 5:55 PM Friday August 14, 2020. Jack was born in Decatur, IL February 13, 1942, the son of the late Virl P. and Grace (Foster) Tarter and was a graduate of Ambia, IN High School. He was employed as a welder for Burger Steel 25 years...

James R. "Jim" Mcdermott

James R. "Jim" Mcdermott

Aug 10, 2020

James R. “Jim” “Mac” McDermott, 78, of Lafayette, formerly of LaPorte, IN died at home Monday August 10, with his family due to complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was born September 28, 1941 in LaPorte, IN the son of the late Raymond and Mabel (Voss) McDermott and was a 1960 graduate of LaPorte, IN High School and attended Purdue North...

George Casey

George Casey

Aug 6, 2020

George Patrick Casey, 76, of Lafayette, passed away Thursday August 6, 2020 in Franciscan East Hospital. Patrick was born in Lafayette January 12, 1944 to the late Lester G. and Georgianna M. McLain Casey. He was a 1962 graduate of Lafayette Central Catholic High School and attended Purdue University. He was a member of the Indiana National Guard and was...

Marjorie Fitzgerald

Marjorie Fitzgerald

Jul 17, 2020

In her nearly ninety-six years, Grandma (Maw to some of us) never wasted a minute, but she was never in a rush, either. She always had time to hold a crying grandchild, listen to a lengthy story, and fix dinner. Her generosity of time, love, and energy was always present with family first and then with her community. Marge lived...

Dolores Crowe

Dolores Crowe

Jul 4, 2020

Delores Jane (Lorie) Crowe 88 of Lafayette passed away on July 4, 2020. Lorie was born November 30, 1931 to the late John Herman and Henrietta (Kaiser) Hicks. On October 10, 1953 she married Robert (Bob) Crowe who preceded her in death on July 8, 1998. Lorie was a graduate of St. Francis High School and St. Elizabeth School of...

Ann Feaster

Ann Feaster

Jun 28, 2020

Ann M. Feaster, 82, of Lafayette, passed away at Franciscan East Hospital in Lafayette 2:45 PM Sunday June 28, 2020 having been a patient there for seven days. Ann was born in Lafayette, IN August 28, 1937, the daughter of the late John Adam and Catherine Tresa (Cavanaugh) Ruppert. She was a member of the last graduating class of...

Elizabeth Wolf

Elizabeth Wolf

Jun 22, 2020

Elizabeth A. Wolf, 83, of Lafayette, passed away at St. Mary’s Healthcare Center in Lafayette 7:01 AM Monday June 22, 2020 where she had been a resident the past two years. Elizabeth was born in Chicago, IL April 10, 1937, the daughter of the late Ralph W. and Helen V. (Anderson) Kennedy. She was a graduate of Brandon, FL High...

Alice Robinson

Alice Robinson

Jun 17, 2020

Alice T. (Gramman) Robinson, 91, of Oxford, passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at home surrounded by her family. She was born on May 14, 1929 in Fowler, she was the daughter of Mike and Clara (Fledderman) Gramman. Alice resided in Oxford for the past 59 years. She was a graduate of Sacred Heart Grade School in Fowler and...

Ellanor Vice

Ellanor Vice

Jun 12, 2020

Ellanor M. Vice, age 98, of Lafayette, formerly of Indianapolis, passed away at Five Star Residences of Lafayette 9:10 PM Friday June 12, 2020. She was born in Fowler, IN July 28, 1921, the daughter of the late Walter and Ruth Lank Vice. Ellanor was a 1940 graduate of Fowler, IN High School and later graduated from the Home Hospital...

Margaret Greene

Margaret Greene

Jun 4, 2020

Margaret Elizabeth (Mackey) Greene was born January 8, 1943, the second oldest of 8 children, to M. Margaret (Doyle) and Joseph Mackey in Tidworth, England. She immigrated to America with her family making their home in Lafayette, Indiana in 1953. A graduate of Lafayette Central Catholic High School in 1960, Margaret met and married the love of her life, Robert...

Steven Norfleet

Steven Norfleet

May 19, 2020

Steven (Steve) W. Norfleet age (71), passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. He was born March 6, 1949, in Lafayette, to the late Bernice (Tarter) Norfleet and James F. Norfleet. Steve graduated from Jefferson High School. Steve’s career began as a journeyman pipefitter with Local 157, working for the Ed Grace Company. He started his company, Norfleet...

Harold Gretencord

Harold Gretencord

May 18, 2020

Harold E. Gretencord, 70, of West Lafayette (formerly Earl Park) passed away Monday, May 18, at Franciscan Alliance East after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born June 2, 1949 in Lafayette to the late Paul and Lucille (Lanie) Gretencord of Fowler, IN. Harold was a graduate of Fowler High School and the Indiana School of...

Richard Nichols

Richard Nichols

May 13, 2020

Richard Thomas Nichols, 66, from Braintree, MA (formally from Oxford, IN) tragically lost his life in an automobile accident in the Boston, MA area in the morning of May 13, 2020. Rick, the second of eight children, was born on 12/23/53 to Mary and Tom Nichols of Oxford, Indiana. If you knew Rick, you were blessed. His charm made...

Dolorita Gaunt

Dolorita Gaunt

Apr 21, 2020

Dolorita Margaret “Rita” Gaunt, 82, of Lafayette passed away at Franciscan East St. Elizabeth Hospital 10:52 PM Tuesday April 21, 2020. Rita was born in Lafayette March 23, 1938, the daughter of the late William Michael “Pete” Vianco and Margaret Frances (Becker) Vianco and was a 1956 graduate of Delphi, IN High School. She married Roger Allan Gaunt in Peru,...

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