Obituaries
Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries
Elizabeth Delaney
May 19, 2018
Elizabeth Ann “Libby” Delaney, 77, of Lafayette, passed away at The Springs of Lafayette 9:30 AM Saturday May 19, 2018 where she had been a patient since Tuesday. Libby was born in Lafayette November 18, 1940, the daughter of the late Charles E. and Barbara A. McCarty Jones. She was a graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School and Purdue...
Kathleen Jones
May 18, 2018
Kathleen Kay Jones, 74, of Oxford, IN passed away at Cumberland Point Healthcare in West Lafayette, IN 5:23 AM Friday May 18, 2018 where she had been a patient the past year and a half. Kay was born in Green Hill, IN December 20, 1943, the daughter of the late Albert Leon and Beulah Mabel Oliver Garriott and was a...
Margaret Coffman
May 10, 2018
Margaret D. “Peggy” Coffman, 85 of Lafayette, passed away at IU Arnett Hospital 7:54 PM Thursday May 10, 2018 after suffering a stroke on Monday. Peggy was born in Crawfordsville, IN November 30, 1932, the daughter of the late Glen Max and Dorothy Mae Sims Burk and was a graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School. Her first marriage was...
Sherman Bice
May 2, 2018
Sherman Lee Bice, 64, passed away on May 2, 2018, after a battle with cancer. A lifelong resident of the Oxford area, Sherman was one of six children, born on August 2, 1953 to Thelma (Thomas) and Francis Bice. He was always the ornery little brother. His stories of rotten egg fights, county fair pranks, and late nights in...
William Muller
Apr 19, 2018
William L. Muller, 82, the son of Leo and Theresa (Donohue) Muller, passed away on April 19, 2018 in Sun City Arizona. Bill was born December 17, 1935 in Lafayette, IN and spent his early life on a family farm in Benton County, IN. He graduated from Boswell High School and attended St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Dunnington, IN....
Victor Gick
Apr 18, 2018
Victor Gick, 91 of Fowler Indiana passed away April 18, 2018 at 10:05 pm in his home Victor was born July 11, 1926 in Templeton Indiana to John A. and Sophia Elizabeth (Brettnacher) Gick. Victor Graduated from Oxford High School and went on to serve in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Intrepid during WWII. Victor returned from the...
Georgia Allen
Apr 16, 2018
Georgia R. Allen, 82, of Oxford, IN passed away at Creasy Springs Health Campus in Lafayette, IN at 6:30 PM Monday April 16, 2018 where she had been a patient for the past year. Georgia was born in Monticello, KY November 28, 1935, the daughter of the late Raymon and Flonnie Morgan Piercy. She married Robert E. Allen at Templeton,...
Lora Poss
Apr 9, 2018
On April 9, 2018 heaven gained another angel, Lora Ann Poss (Wolfe). Lora was born February 12, 1969 in Lafayette, IN to Sarah and James Wolfe. She grew up in Oxford, IN. Lora was a graduate of the Benton Central Class of 1987. She was a Certified Nursing Assistant and full-time mom until 2000 when she added Licensed Practical Nurse...
Ruthann Wolfe
Apr 8, 2018
Ruthann (Cooley) Wolfe, 89, passed away peacefully at Cumberland Point Health Campus in West Lafayette, IN on Sunday April 8, 2018. Born November 13, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Marie (Donahue) Cooley. She lived on a farm with her parents and 10 siblings. She went to grade school at St. Mary’s, Dunnington, IN and graduated...
Barbara Kingma
Mar 28, 2018
On 28 March 2018, Barbara Jean Kingma passed away peacefully and in the company of her family at the University Place in West Lafayette, Indiana. Barbara was born on 25 December 1929 in Hammond, Indiana to parents Mabel and Thomas Worley. After graduating from Hammond High School Barbara obtained a degree in nursing from Home Hospital in Lafayette in 1951....
Howard Sturgeon
Mar 26, 2018
Howard W. Sturgeon, 86, of Oxford passed away on Monday, March 26, 2018 at University Place in West Lafayette. He was born September 29, 1931 in Benton County to George and Ella (Brummett) Sturgeon. On December 26, 1953, he married Jean Caylor. Howard’s life was focused on Faith, Family, Friends and Farming. He was baptized June 28, 1942 and attended...
Norman Deboy
Feb 25, 2018
Norman Grover DeBoy, 85, of Lafayette, passed away at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette 2:55 PM Sunday February 25, 2018. He was born in Brookston, White County Indiana February 14, 1933, the son of the late Grover and Katharine Habben DeBoy and was a 1951 graduate of Battle Ground High School. Norman married Rita Ann Kremer in Lafayette March 19,...
Ethylind Griffith
Feb 23, 2018
Ethylind S. Griffith, 83, of Lafayette and formerly of St. Louis, MO and Libertyville, IL passed away at Creasy Springs Health Campus in Lafayette Friday February 23, 2018 at 4:50 PM. Ethylind was born in St. Louis October 25, 1934, the daughter of the late Pascal and Ethylind Wunsch Gilmore. She graduated from high school in St. Louis and was...
Mary Dixon
Feb 22, 2018
Mary JoAnne “Jody” Dixon, 67, of Lafayette, passed away at her home at 10:15 AM on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. Jody was born in Lafayette on November 20, 1950, the daughter of the late Thomas H. and Helen L. Dooley McBroom and was a graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School. She married Thomas...
Ellen Amstutz
Feb 22, 2018
Ellen Marie Amstutz was born in rural Tippecanoe County on December 23, 1929, the daughter of the late Henry Hathaway and Edna Lucas. She died on February 22, 2018. Ellen was a 1948 graduate of St. Francis High School. She is survived by her husband Vaughn Amstutz; her sons, Allen (wife Janie); Harold (wife Cindy); her many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and...
Donald Szarka, Sr.
Feb 20, 2018
Donald James Szarka, Sr, 71, of Oxford, IN passed away at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette Tuesday Feb. 20, 2018 where he had been a patient the previous six days. He was born in Chicago, IL June 30, 1946, the son of the late Frank and Elva Schuer Szarka. Donald was the retired owner and operator of Albert’s Cartage...
Joseph Wippel
Feb 19, 2018
Joseph F. Wippel, 81, of Lafayette, passed away at Franciscan East, St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette 3:40 AM Monday February 19, 2018. He was born in Indianapolis, IN July 31, 1936 to the late Bernard and Mildred Floyd Wippel and graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Indianapolis in 1954. Joseph served in the U. S. Air Force from 1955...
Tessa Hamelman
Feb 10, 2018
Tessa Lynn Hamelman, 35, of Oxford, Indiana, passed away on February 10, 2018, from injuries sustained in a car accident. She was born on March 22, 1982, in Michigan City, Indiana, and grew up in Oxford, Indiana. Tessa was the beloved daughter of Susie (Dennis) Johnson and Paul Schoof. She graduated from Benton Central High School, in Oxford, Indiana, with...
Jason Trail, Sr.
Feb 5, 2018
Jason A. Trail, Sr., 39, of Frankfort, IN died at Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis Monday February 5, 2018 as a result of injuries sustained in a fire in the family residence earlier on Monday. He was born in Ft. Wayne, IN June 10, 1978, the son of Deborah L. Whitman Cook. Jason married Vanessa M. Strebinger in Lafayette, IN September...
Phillip Cook
Feb 3, 2018
Phillip E. Cook, 81, of Romney, IN passed away at his residence at 7:33 AM Saturday February 3, 2018. He was born in New Richmond, IN March 22, 1936, the son of the late Lowell and Mary Line Cook and was a graduate of Coal Creek High School. Phillip married Marylyn J. Crane in Crawfordsville, IN July 31, 1969...
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