Obituaries

Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries

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,...

Rita Mcdowell

Rita Mcdowell

Apr 19, 2020

Rita Cecelia McDowell, 98, of West Lafayette, passed away at her residence Sunday April 19, 2020. She was born in St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette November 23, 1921, the daughter of the late Chester T. and Caroline A. (Oberle) McDowell, and was a graduate of St. Francis High School in Lafayette. Rita was a life-long member of St. Boniface...

Robert Horney

Robert Horney

Apr 14, 2020

Robert L. Horney, 86 of Linden, IN passed away at Franciscan East, St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette 5:32 AM Tuesday April 14, 2020 where he had been a patient for one day following an injury from a fall. Robert was born near Linden in Montgomery County, Indiana June 7, 1933, the son of the late John M. and Genevra M....

Barbara Stengel

Barbara Stengel

Apr 12, 2020

Barbara Stengel, age 96 of Bridgeport, CT, formerly of West Lafayette, IN died on April 12, 2020. Born on November 11, 1923, in Chicago, IL, she was the daughter of the late John Nent and Rosalia Petrich Nent. She was preceded in death by her brother, John Nent, Jr., who died in World War II. She was raised and educated...

Rachel Koning

Rachel Koning

Mar 28, 2020

Rachel Ann Koning, 85, of Lafayette, passed away early Saturday morning March 28, 2020 at Cumberland Pointe Health Campus in West Lafayette, IN. She was born in Lafayette on July 27, 1934, the daughter of the late Ephraim Gould McMurry and Edna Belle (Peterson) McMurry, and attended Lafayette schools. Besides being a full-time wife and mother, Rachel was actively involved...

Lynn Youart

Lynn Youart

Mar 19, 2020

Lynn F. Youart, 80, of Lafayette, was called home by our lord on Thursday evening March 19, 2020. Born in Detroit, MI on May 30, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Roy A. and Kay Meacham Fruehauf. Lynn graduated from Paul Schulte High School in Terre Haute, IN where she met her future husband of 59 years, Hal...

John Castor

John Castor

Mar 19, 2020

John Woodworth Castor, 84, went to be with our Heavenly Father on March 19, 2020. He was born on July 6, 1935 to John Arnold Castor and Teresa Woodworth Castor and was raised in Lafayette, IN. He graduated Jefferson High School in 1953 and attended Notre Dame University. In 1954, he joined the Marine Corps and served as a...

William Gettings

William Gettings

Mar 19, 2020

William K. (Bill) Gettings passed away early Thursday morning, in his home - where he wished to be, beside his wife of 69 years, Beverly Gettings (Hooker). Along with his wife Bev, he is survived by their three children, Amanda Hudson (Wes), Annie Gramelspacher (Philip) and Bill Gettings (Gail), ten grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. Bill was the firstborn to...

Donald Vessels, Sr.

Donald Vessels, Sr.

Mar 8, 2020

Donald L. Vessels, Sr., 88, of Pine Village, IN passed away at his residence Sunday evening March 8, 2020. Donald was born in Fowler, IN September 3, 1931, the son of the late Stanley and Elsie Yarno Vessels. He attended Fowler Catholic School and a 1953 graduate of Freeland Park High School before enlisting in the Army, where he...

Geneva E/ Devault

Geneva E/ Devault

Mar 2, 2020

Geneva E. Lester DeVault, 96, of Tampa, Florida and formerly of Lafayette, passed away at her residence in Tampa Monday March 2, 2020. Geneva was born in West Point, IN March 21, 1923, the daughter of the late John and Blanche Stover Halsema. She was a member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Lafayette. Surviving is a daughter, one son,...

Dora Elston

Dora Elston

Mar 2, 2020

Dora Lavina Elston, 96, of West Lafayette, passed away at her residence 9:30 AM Monday March 2, 2020. She was born in Monon, IN February 24, 1924, the daughter of the late Ben and Mae Peregrine Denton, and attended White and Jasper County Schools. Dora had resided in the Lafayette area since 1954, moving from the Winamac and Star City,...