Obituaries
Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries
Fr. John Zahn
Aug 27, 2017
Father John H. Zahn, 74, a priest of the Lafayette diocese for 45 years, died Sunday Aug. 27 at his home in Lafayette. John H. Zahn was born Feb. 12, 1943, in Lafayette, to Charles E. and Catherine (Kessen) Zahn. He has one younger sister, Mary Alice Bloom, (husband Joseph) of Lafayette who survives. Also surviving are two nieces,...
James Dehahn
Aug 9, 2017
James "Jim" R. DeHahn, 76, of West Lafayette , passed away peacefully surrounded by family Wednesday August 9, 2017 at 8:34 PM following a brief hospitalization at St Elizabeth Franciscan Hospital. Mr. DeHahn was born in Lafayette, May 22, 1941, the son of the late Beulah "Boots" Rumpza (Murr) and George DeHahn. Jim was a 1959 graduate of Lafayette...
John Benner
Aug 4, 2017
John Christian “Chris” Benner, 70, of Linden, passed away at his residence suddenly and unexpectedly Friday August 4, 2017 at 5:30 PM of an apparent heart attack. Mr. Benner was born in Rensselaer, IN April 28, 1947, the son of Wilma L. Medley Benner and the late Elmer Christian Benner. Chris was a 1965 graduate of Lafayette Central Catholic...
Lee Cole, Jr.
Jul 23, 2017
Lee Albert Cole Jr., 74, died Sunday July 23, 2017 at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette, IN. He leaves his son Joshua N. Cole (wife Diane Lin) and daughter Julie C. Watson (husband Ford) sister Sara Roth and three grandchildren, Blake Watson, Lucinda and Ansel Cole. Born in Chicago, IL and raised in Rensselaer, IN the son of Lee...
Leonora Taylor
Jul 14, 2017
Leonora R. “Sis”Taylor, 99 of Lafayette, passed away at her residence in Lafayette 2:00 PM Friday July 14, 2017. Leonora was born in Lafayette January 19, 1918, the daughter of the late Paul F. and Mabel J. Lehnen Butz and was a 1936 graduate of St. Francis High School. She married Theodore C. Taylor in Lafayette January 31, 1943, and...
Richard Molter
Jul 7, 2017
Richard James Molter, 88, of Lafayette, died peacefully on July 7, 2017 at St. Mary Healthcare Center. A music teacher who taught thousands of Indiana school children the value and beauty of music for over six decades and instilled in each of them the benefits of music education – discipline, practice, self-improvement and success – for use later in life,...
Mary Mowle
Jul 6, 2017
Mary Jane Mowle, 80, of West Lafayette, passed away July 6, 2017 at Franciscan St. Elizabeth East Hospital. Her Life Story Mary Jane was born in South Bend, IN to Stanley and Helen Schoen on Oct 15, 1936. Mary Jane graduated with the last class of South Bend Catholic High School (1953). She earned a B.S. in Elementary Education...
Roy "Bob" Erwin, Jr.
Jul 5, 2017
Roy R. “Bob” Erwin, Jr. 90, of Lafayette, passed away at The Springs of Lafayette 3:20 AM Wednesday July 5, 2017 where he had been a patient the past two weeks. Bob was born in Lafayette October 27, 1926, the son of the late Roy R. Erwin, Sr. and Ethel C. Carter Erwin. He attended Lafayette Jefferson High School, and...
Marjorie Gick
Jun 10, 2017
Marjorie Joanne (Spitznagle) Gick, age 84, of Lafayette, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at 12:35 AM Saturday, June 10, 2017, at St. Mary's Healthcare Center . Born on March 7, 1933 in Lafayette. She was the daughter of the late Edward Spitznagle and Katherine Fassnacht. She married Marvin Gick, who survives, on April 30, 1960 at St. Boniface...
Thomas Hausladen
Jun 3, 2017
Thomas Joseph Hausladen 77, of Lafayette, passed away at his residence in Lafayette 2:00 PM Saturday June 3, 2017. He was born in West Union, Iowa January 20, 1940, the son of the late Anton and Theresa Kraemer Hausladen. Tom was a graduate of Sacred Heart High School in Waterloo, Iowa and received his Bachelor’s Degree from Loras College...
Robert Scanlon
Jun 2, 2017
Robert Eugene Scanlon, 90, of Clarks Hill, IN He passed away on June 2, 2017 at Franciscan St. Elizabeth Hospital. Born on August 20, 1926 in Lafayette, IN, he was the son of the late William and Grace (Coe) Scanlon. Robert graduated from West Lafayette High School in 1943. He attended Purdue University and was a member of ROTC....
Paul Brutus
Jun 2, 2017
Paul F. Brutus, 83, of Greensburg, IN and formerly of Lafayette and Pine Village, IN, passed away at AMG Specialty Hospital in Greenfield, IN Friday June 2, 2017 at 2:16 AM. He was born in Pine Village May 20, 1934, the son of the late Arba and Addie Jones Brutus and was a graduate of Pine Village High School and...
Mildred Buckles
May 28, 2017
Mildred Elizabeth (Poody) Buckles, 93, of West Point, passed away at 4:15 p.m., May 28, 2017 at St. Anthony Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where she had been a patient for several months. She was born March 4, 1924, in Lafayette, to the late Charles L. and Mae Crowe. Poody lived her entire full and rich life in Tippecanoe County....
Gerry Lord
May 28, 2017
Gerry R. Lord, 38, of Lafayette and formerly of Oxford, IN passed away Sunday May 28, 2017 at IU Arnett Emergency Room in Lafayette of a heart attack. He was born in Lafayette March 25, 1979, the son of the late Bruce E. and Donna M Childers Lord and attended Benton Central High School. His marriage was to Summer R....
Patricia Smith
May 28, 2017
Patricia J. Smith, 81, of Lafayette, passed away at The Springs in Lafayette 6:35 AM Sunday May 28, 2017 where she had been a patient the past nine days. She was born in Lafayette April 13, 1936, the daughter of the late Stanford A. and Beatrice Tracey Leach and attended St. Mary’s School. Her marriage was to Creed C. Smith,...
Jane Sedam
May 21, 2017
Jane K. Sedam, 67, of Indianapolis, IN and formerly of Lafayette, IN passed away in Indianapolis Sunday morning May 21, 2017 with her family present at the residence of her son, Brian Sedam. She was born in Lafayette November 4, 1949, the daughter of the late Oliver Wendell and Harriett Margaret Muinzer Franklin. Jane was a graduate of Central...
Basil Bauch
May 16, 2017
Basil T. Bauch, 84, of Lafayette, died at his residence Tuesday May 16, 2017. Basil was born in Earl Park, IN December 20, 1932, the son of the late John C. and Leona G. Hubertz Bauch. He was a graduate of Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, IN attended Purdue University and was a graduate of the Kentucky College of...
David Melville
May 13, 2017
David A. Melville, 71, of Lafayette, passed away at his residence surrounded by family Saturday May 13 at 6:28 PM. He was born in Lafayette August 9, 1945, the son of the late William L. and Margaret E. “Peg” Hasser and was life-long Lafayette resident. David was a graduate of Central Catholic High School in Lafayette, and was a graduate...
Larry Kilgore
May 12, 2017
Reverend Larry Lee Kilgore passed away unexpectedly at his residence in Linden In. Friday May 12th. Larry was born in Beech Grove Indiana on March 15th 1949. He graduated in 1967 from Linden High School. After High School he served a four year term in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Truckee AO-147. Following his proud service to our country...
Barbara Kochert
May 8, 2017
Barbara Ann Kochert, 85, of Lafayette passed away at home at 11:45pm on May 8, 2017, surrounded by her family after battling cancer. Visitation and funeral service will be held on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at Saint Ann’s Catholic Church in Lafayette with Father Dominic G. Young officiating. Visitation will commence at 9:30am with service starting at 10:30am. A memorial...
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