Obituaries

Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

Feb 5, 2021

Gary Lee Cooper, 78, of Romney, was welcomed into Heaven on February 5, 2021 after a long and valiant fight against Covid-19 at Franciscan East Hospital. He was born July 5, 1942 in Owen County, Indiana to Margaret E. (Summerlot) Cooper. He was a 1961 graduate of Bainbridge High School. Shortly after graduation, he began working for IBM where he...

Candice Pierce

Candice Pierce

Jan 28, 2021

Candice Renee Pierce, 44, of Lafayette, passed away Thursday January 28 at Tranquility Nursing and Rehab Center in Indianapolis. She was born in El Paso, Texas July 9, 1976 to Gary R. Pierce and the late Linda L. (Dalton) Pierce. She attended Attica, IN schools and was employed by SIA as an assembly worker. The most important things in Candice’s...

John Ribeiro

John Ribeiro

Jan 26, 2021

John Frederick Ribeiro was born in Berkeley California on December 10, 1992. He started his primary schooling in Worcester, Massachusetts, and moved to West Lafayette, Indiana, where he completed his studies at the West Lafayette Jr./Sr. High School. He then enrolled at Purdue University, graduating in May 2015 with an Electrical Engineering degree while a member of the Purdue Engineering...

Jacqueline Barnard

Jacqueline Barnard

Jan 23, 2021

Jacqueline (Jackie) Anne Barnard, 73, of Dania Beach, Florida passed away January 23, 2021. Preceded in death by her parents Gene and Loretta Barnard and five brothers, Steve, Jerry, Dan, Jim and Tim Barnard. Survived by two brothers Bill (Debbie) and Tony (Sherri); and one sister Sharon (Bob) Fischer; numerous nieces, nephews and friends. She graduated from Oxford High School...

Robert Kochert

Robert Kochert

Jan 20, 2021

Robert Anthony Kochert, 93, of Lafayette, IN passed away at 2:30 p.m. on January 20, 2021 at St. Anthony Health Care Lafayette, IN where he had resided for the past 14 months. Robert was born in Brookston, IN on July 29, 1927 to the late George and Elizabeth (Albert) Kochert and he attended Wea and St. Lawrence schools. He married...

Ruth Curtis Hudson

Ruth Curtis Hudson

Jan 17, 2021

Ruth A (Curtis) Hudson Crawfordsville, Formerly of Linden, IN Left this earth to go live eternally with the Lord Jesus Christ in Heaven Born February 4, 1942 near Sulphur Lick, Ky Daughter of the late Leander and Pernie Hume Walker The family move to the Brookston In. area in 1952 where Ruth attended Brookston High School. She met Roy...

Gladys Mccay

Gladys Mccay

Jan 16, 2021

Gladys L. (Waltz) McCay, 93, of Noblesville, IN and formerly of Linden, passed away at 6:25 PM Saturday January 16, 2021 at Prarie Lakes Health Center in Noblesville, IN. She was born April 2, 1927 in Indianapolis to the late Ralph and Jeanette (Mason) Waltz and was a graduate of Linden High School. On July 14, 1946 she married Mac...

William Ulrich, Jr.

William Ulrich, Jr.

Jan 13, 2021

William G. “Bill” “Pip” Ulrich, Jr., 93 of Lafayette, passed away at Cumberland Pointe Healthcare in West Lafayette, IN Wednesday Jan. 13, 2021 at 2:00 PM where he had resided the past three years. Bill was born in Lafayette, IN June 9, 1927 to the late William and Elizabeth (McClurkin) Ulrich and was a graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High...

Ann Skrobot

Ann Skrobot

Jan 11, 2021

Ann A. “Annie” Skrobot, age 68, of Lafayette, IN passed away at her residence 4:40 AM Monday January 11, 2021. Annie was born in Chicago, IL March 22, 1952, the daughter of the late Edward C. and Gertrude A. (nee Zientek) Skrobot. She attended St. Rose Learning Academy in Chicago. Annie resided 49 years in Chicago, and moved to...

Donald Paddock

Donald Paddock

Jan 7, 2021

Donald H. Paddock, 88, died at 9:18 p.m. on January 7, at his Lafayette home surrounded by the love of his wife, Mariana (Uceta Franco), and family. Though he had been ill for six months, he treated cancer with the same ‘no-nonsense’ attitude as he had all things in life. He continued working hard, building retaining walls or raised...

Michael Tolen

Michael Tolen

Jan 7, 2021

Michael L. Tolen, 75, of Fowler, IN passed away at Green Hill Manor in Fowler Thursday January 7, 2021 following a brief illness. He had been a patient there for the past six days. Michael was born in Lafayette, IN September 19, 1945 to the late Mills and Loral V. (Chastain) Tolen. He was a 1963 graduate of Oxford High...

Irene Slagle

Irene Slagle

Jan 5, 2021

Irene C. Slagle, 86, of West Lafayette, passed away at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette 8:50 PM Tuesday January 5, 2021. She was born in Lafayette June 13, 1934, the daughter of the late Edward H. and Gertrude (Bossung) Deephouse and was a May 1952 graduate of St. Francis High School in Lafayette. Her marriage was to Richard E. Slagle...

Morris Brunton

Morris Brunton

Jan 1, 2021

Morris “Lee” Brunton of Linden, IN passed away at IU Arnett on May 13, 2021 at the age of 69 after a battle with cancer. He was born to Morris and Lucille (Richie) Brunton in Lafayette, IN. Lee worked at Eli Lilly in Lafayette until his retirement in 2007. His wife Jolinda Hinds Brunton, daughter Jill Wooten (Tyler), son...

Geraldine Niemantsverdriet

Geraldine Niemantsverdriet

Dec 28, 2020

Geraldine Rose (Jerri) Niemantsverdriet, born on July 27th 1926 in Logansport IN, to John & Anna DeRosa, went home to be with her Lord on Dec 28th 2020, one day after what would have been her 73rd wedding anniversary to her husband, Bud, who preceded her in death 3 and a half years ago. She was also preceded by four...

Mary Robinson

Mary Robinson

Dec 27, 2020

Mary Jacqueline “Jackie” Robinson, 89, of Oxford, IN passed away at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette 10:13 PM Sunday December 27, 2020. She was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia December 21, 1931, the daughter of the late Paul M. and Margaret A. (Kelley) Hull and was a 1949 graduate of West Lafayette High School. Jackie married Donald E. Robinson in...

James Gordon, Jr.

James Gordon, Jr.

Dec 19, 2020

The family of James Wall Gordon, Jr. (b. 11/24/1943) wishes to announce his triumphant return to eternal glory on 12/19/2020. James was the eldest son of James W. and Emma Gordon (parents deceased), loving brother to Edmund Rodgers (deceased), Richard Gordon, and Deborah Gordon Paladino. He passed under the care of his best friend and wife of 54 years,...

Marjorie Dragt

Marjorie Dragt

Dec 16, 2020

Marjorie Lois Dragt entered the loving arms of Jesus at 9:07pm on December 16, 2020. Marge was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years Herman H Dragt and her eldest daughter Cynthia K Anderson. Marge loved Jesus and spread His love to everyone she met through her humble...

Janice Cooke

Janice Cooke

Nov 26, 2020

Janice Warner Cooke, 90, a resident of University Place in West Lafayette died on November 26, 2020. She was born on January 15, 1930 to Kenneth Duncan Mullen and Hazel MacArthur Mullen in Newton, MA. She was the second of their six children. Educated in the public schools of Boston, she held degrees from DePauw University and Lindenwood University. She...

June Schluttenhofer

June Schluttenhofer

Nov 24, 2020

June K. Schluttenhofer, 73, of Fowler, IN, passed away at her residence Tuesday morning, November 24, 2020. She was born in Lafayette, IN December 14, 1946, the daughter of the late Jim and Gertrude (Dailey) Westwood and was a graduate of Fowler High School. Her marriage was to Larry J. Schluttenhofer at St. John the Baptist Caholic Church in...

O'Neal Roberts

O'Neal Roberts

Nov 22, 2020

O’Neal V. Roberts, 91, of Forsyth, IL passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 28, 2020 at Hahn-Groeber Funeral Home in Oxford, IN. The family will receive friends for a time of visitation one hour prior to the service. O’Neal will be laid to rest in Boswell Cemetery,...