Obituaries
Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries
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...
Sue Chenoweth
Jan 19, 2019
On Saturday January 19, 2019, Sue Faust Chenoweth, loving mother of two sons, passed away at the age of 63. Sue was born on November 10, 1955 in Lafayette, IN to Leland and Jean Faust. She received her Bachelor’s degree in accounting from Ball State University in 1978 which began a forty year career in accounting: early with the...
John Lester
Jan 13, 2019
John David Lester, 62 of Lafayette, was found deceased at his residence Sunday January 13, 2019 of an apparent heart attack. He was born in Lafayette, IN December 11, 1956, the son of Imogene “Jean” Halsema Lester and the late Bernard P. Lester. John was a graduate of McCutcheon High School, class of 1976, and served in the U.S....
Judith Wierenga
Jan 11, 2019
Judith Kay Steiner Wierenga 76, of Lafayette passed away on January 11, 2019 at Milner Community Healthcare. She was born July 26, 1942 to the late George and Rena Thomas and was the 3rd of 5 children. Joe (Jan) Thomas, Evelyn (Tom) Heide, Karen (Bobby) Hiatt, Steve (Dixie) Thomas. She graduated from Battle Ground HS and was employed at Square...
Margaret Wehrle
Jan 7, 2019
Margaret C. “Dee” Wehrle, 85, of Lafayette, passed away at IU Arnett hospital 5:03 PM Monday January 7, 2019 shortly after admission. She was born February 4, 1933 in Lafayette to the late William M. and Anna Alberta (Beck) Platt and attended Tippecanoe County Schools. Dee married John R. Wehrle at Battle Ground, IN June 1, 1985 and he survives....
Judith Bramer
Jan 5, 2019
Judith Lee “Judy” Bramer, age 80, of Lafayette, passed away at 3:57 PM Saturday January 5, 2019 with her family at her side. Judy was born in Lafayette August 11, 1938, the daughter of the late Clarence and Elizabeth (Roche) Starrett, and was a 1956 graduate of St. Francis High School. She married Richard Dale “Dick” Bramer at St. Boniface...
C. Altepeter
Jan 3, 2019
C. Goar Altepeter, 93, of Romney, passed away at Franciscan St. Elizabeth East Hospital Thursday January 3, 2019 at 6:25 PM. Goar was born in Boswell, IN July 8, 1925, the son of the late Cyril and Elizabeth (Kult) Altepeter and attended Fowler, IN schools. His first marriage was to Ivadean Hamelman in Oxford, IN January 31, 1947 and she...
Michael Townsend
Jan 1, 2019
Michael Scott Townsend, 57, of Linden, passed away at his residence 9:30 AM Tuesday February 26, 2019 following a battle with cancer. Mike was born in Elwood, IN February 16, 1962, the son of the late Robert and Patricia Hancock Townsend and was a graduate of Elwood, (IN) High School. He married Jodie Mason in Lafayette and she survives. Mike...
Danny Buck, Sr.
Dec 25, 2018
Danny Aaron Buck, Sr., 67, of Lafayette, died at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette 6:18 PM Tuesday December 25, 2018 after a long battle with Guillain-Barre’ Syndrome. Danny was born in Williamsport, IN July 21, 1951, the son of the late Aaron Calvin Buck and Fannie Eileen (Lee) Buck. He was a graduate of Pine Village High School and...
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