Obituaries
Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries
James Keating
Mar 16, 2019
James Thomas Keating, 86, of Lafayette, husband of Noriko Ishii Keating, passed away at Franciscan East, St. Elizabeth Hospital Saturday afternoon, March 16, 2019. James was born in Lafayette May 8, 1932, the son of the late Robert and Inez Keating. A Celebration of Life service will be announced at a later date. Hahn-Groeber Funeral & Cremation Service is honored...
Marcia Straw
Mar 11, 2019
Marcia Lee (Smith) Straw, 75 of Linden, passed away on March11, 2019 at Franciscan Health in Lafayette. Marcia was born in Indianapolis on October 4, 1943 to Paul “Robby” and Vera L. (Richwine) Smith. She graduated from Pike High School, Ball State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and a Master’s degree in Library Science. Prior to...
Dolores Cavanaugh
Mar 10, 2019
Dolores J. Cavanaugh, 88, of Lafayette, passed away at St. Anthony Healthcare in Lafayette 11:29 AM Sunday March 10, 2019. She was born in Lafayette August 8, 1930, the daughter of the late Lawrence O. and Odessa “Bessie” Smith Thompson. Dolores was a 1948 graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School and a 1951 graduate of Lafayette Home Hospital School of...
Gary Hahn
Mar 7, 2019
Gary D. Hahn, 79, of Fairfield Glade, TN died March 7, 2019 at his home of congestive heart failure. He was born October 4, 1939 in Greensburg, IN, son of the late L. David and Verna R. Hahn. Gary married Barbara Tirey Stark on March 28, 1992 in Indianapolis and she survives. He was a graduate of Crawfordsville, IN high...
Dr. Rev. Carl Malmgren
Mar 3, 2019
Dr. Rev. Carl August Malmgren passed away peacefully, Sunday March 3rd, at his home in Lafayette, IN surrounded by family. He was 70. Carl was born May 17th, 1948 in Gothenburg, NE to Stanley and Margret Malmgren. He grew up and attended school in a two room schoolhouse in the sandhills of Western Nebraska. In 1966 he graduated from...
Major Sherwin
Mar 2, 2019
Major W Sherwin, beloved husband and father, passed away unexpectedly on March 2, while vacationing in Cancun, Mexico. Major was born in Romney, Indiana, on August 30, 1960, the son of the late Mary A Avery and Curtis L Sherwin Sr. He attended Wainwright and McCutcheon high schools, graduating in 1978. He earned an Associates degree In Computer Science from...
A. Belanger
Mar 1, 2019
Lawrence “Larry” Belanger, 48, died at home in Lafayette, IN on March 1, 2019 following an extended illness, but death was unexpected. Larry was born on February 19, 1971 in Lafayette, IN and was the son of Arthur W. and Mary R. Belanger. Larry graduated Central Catholic High in Lafayette and with honors from Ball State University. Following high...
Ellen Rasmussen
Feb 21, 2019
Ellen Rasmussen January 2, 1921- February 21, 2019 Ellen Lorene Gilbert Rasmussen was born on January 2, 1921 near Rainsville, Indiana, the daughter of Albert Gilbert and Della Mae McBeath Gilbert. Ellen moved several times as a young girl as her father worked for the railroad. She lived in Templeton and graduated from Oxford High School. She graduated from...
Connie Biddle
Feb 21, 2019
Connie Sue Biddle, age 61, of Lafayette, passed away at Franciscan St. Elizabeth East Hospital 9:25 AM Thursday February 21, 2019. Connie was born in Lafayette June 20, 1957, the daughter of the late Elvis and Lois Price Owens and attended Tippecanoe County Schools. She married William G. Biddle in Winnie, Texas March 15, 1988 and he survives. Connie was...
Loral Tolen
Feb 20, 2019
Loral V. Tolen, age 102 of Oxford, IN passed away at Green Hill Manor Healthcare on Fowler, IN 3:20 AM Wednesday February 20, 2019. Loral was born in Salem, IN August 3, 1916, the daughter of the late Joel Clinton and Stella M. (Gilstrap) Chastain and was a graduate of Oxford High School. She married Mills Tolen in Oxford, IN...
Maria Avila
Feb 13, 2019
Maria Avila, 88, of Lafayette, died Wednesday February 13, 2019 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico suddenly and unexpectedly while visiting her sister, Angeles. Maria was born in Monteesobedo, Zacatecas, Mexico May 20, 1930, the daughter of the late Francisco Avila and Domitila Trinidad. She married Ruben Montoya at Monteesobedo, Zacvatecas, Mexico in 1958 and he preceded her in death in...
Frances Breitner
Feb 12, 2019
Frances Potter Breitner died quietly at home in Cave Creek, Arizona on February 12, 2019 at the age of 96. Frances, born to Harriett Ferrill Potter and George Potter on July 29, 1922 in Lafayette, Indiana, attended Tudor Hall at Indianapolis and graduating from Beaver College, a New York art school. After a life-changing accident Frances became an occupational...
Raymond Loepker
Feb 10, 2019
Raymond A. Loepker, 88, of Lafayette, passed away at Rosewalk Village in Lafayette 1:34 PM Sunday February 10, 2019. He was born in Beckemeyer, IL November 16, 1930, the son of the late Isadore and Margaret Pilar Loepker and had resided in Lafayette sine 1945. He married Donna L. Richard at St. Boniface Church in Lafayette November, 1951 and...
Eunice Ritchey
Feb 9, 2019
Eunice E. Ritchey, 90, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 9th, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on September 13, 1928 in Standardsville, Virginia to the late Clarence Collier and Mary (Morris) Collier. On October 31, 1959, she married her husband Earl W. Ritchey, in Richmond, Indiana, and they were married 35 years before his unexpected...
John Burrell
Feb 8, 2019
John Earl Burrell, 88, of Lafayette, Indiana, fortified with the Sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church, passed into Eternity on the morning of Friday, February 8th, 2019 at St. Anthony Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. John was born on December 18th, 1930 in Lawrenceville, Illinois, to the late John and Wastella Burrell of Sumner, Illinois. He was preceded in death...
Kim Jones
Feb 8, 2019
Kim L. Jones, 61, of Otterbein, slipped into heaven at 2:38 pm on Friday, February 8th, 2019 at IU Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born on June 11, 1957, along with his twin brother Kent, in Lafayette to the late Charles Don and Kathleen (Jones) Jones. He roared away from Benton Central HS in his orange ’69 Camaro for...
James Hobaugh
Feb 6, 2019
James M. Hobaugh, 85, of Lafayette, passed away at Franciscan East, St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette Wednesday February 6, 2019 at 12:51 PM. He was born in Lafayette March 28, 1933, the son of the late Edward M. and Florence M. Klutzke Hobaugh. He was a 1951 graduate of Montmorenci High School, and received a Bachelor’s of Science in Agricultureal...
Curtis Sherwin, Jr.
Jan 31, 2019
Curtis Lee Sherwin, Jr. 71 of Romney, IN passed away Thursday January 31, 2019 at Banner Baywood Medical Center in Mesa, AZ. Curtis was born in Crawfordsville, IN March 25, 1947, the son of the late Curtis Lee Sherwin, Sr. and Mary Annabel (Avery) Sherwin. He was a graduate of Stockwell, IN High School and attended Purdue University. Curtis...
Timothy Barnard
Jan 29, 2019
Timothy John Barnard, 65, of Oxford, IN passed away unexpectedly at his residence Tuesday January 29, 2019 of an apparent heart attack. Timothy was born in Lafayette October 19, 1953, the son of the late Gene and Loretta (Bennett) Barnard and was a 1972 graduate of Benton Central High School. He had been employed for 40 years at Cargill...
Brian Slopsema
Jan 20, 2019
Brian Jacob Slopsema, age 43, was born on November 11th, 1975 in Lafayette, Indiana, and passed away on January 20th, 2019. He was the first born child of Edward and Patricia Slopsema, and the older brother to Jason Slopsema. He grew up in Lafayette, Indiana, and graduated from Central Catholic Junior/Senior High School in 1994. He attended Purdue University graduating...
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