Obituaries
Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries
Jerome "Jerry" Klinker
Nov 3, 2017
Jerome F. “Jerry” Klinker, 83, of Lafayette passed away Friday November 3rd at St. Anthony Health Care after a long battle with heart disease. Jerry was an entrepreneur and businessman, a friend of Lafayette Catholic Schools, a Purdue University supporter and a family man. Jerry was born December 10, 1933 to Fred and Ottilia Klinker of Otterbein and graduated from...
Kathleen Lester
Oct 27, 2017
Kathleen M. “Kathy” (Peters) Lester, 58, of West Point, IN passed away at Franciscan St. Elizabeth East Hospital in Lafayette at 10:47 PM Friday October 27, 2017. She had been a patient there since Tuesday, and had battled breast cancer for several years. Kathy was born in Lafayette September 15, 1959, the daughter of Mary Ellen (Kantz) Peters and the...
James Wilkerson
Oct 21, 2017
James Raymond Wilkerson, 65, of Lafayette, died at Roudebush VA Hospital in Indianapolis Saturday October 21, 2017. James was born in Lafayette June 27, 1952 to the late Hillard James and Thelma Lucille Hardesty Wilkerson. He was a graduate of Rossville, IN High School and served in the U. S. Army from 1972 until 1974 during the Viet Nam War....
Dale Campbell
Oct 8, 2017
Dale E. Campbell, 58, of West Lafayette, passed away at his residence 11:10 PM Sunday October 8, 2017. Dale was born in Lafayette August 29, 1959, the son of Lorinelle Hinds Campbell of Lafayette and the late Natharn Campbell, Jr. He attended Benton Central High School, and had been employed as an auto mechanic and handyman. Dale enjoyed fishing,...
James Rumpza
Oct 4, 2017
James Joseph Rumpza, 81, of Lafayette, passed away at Rosewalk Village Healthcare Center in Lafayette 4:17 AM Wednesday October 4, 2017. He was born in Lafayette March 13, 1936, the son of the late George and Mary Donahoe Rumpza. James was a graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School and attended Indiana State University where he played football. He was...
James Weigle
Oct 2, 2017
James Lee Weigle, 73, of Lafayette, passed away at his residence 5:13 AM Monday October 2, 2017. He was born in Lafayette May 4, 1944, the son of the late Orville R. and Martha Louise Smith Weigle and was a graduate of Klondike High School. James was a retired employee of Rostone Corporation. He enjoyed fishing and hunting, gardening, and...
Charles Burns
Sep 27, 2017
Charles Thomas Burns, 65, of West Lafayette passed away unexpectedly at Franciscan Health St. Elizabeth Hospital Emergency Room Wednesday September 27, 2017. He was born in Lafayette September 8, 1952, the son of the late Charles and Marybelle Louise James Burns. Charles was a graduate of Lafayette Central Catholic High School, attended Purdue University and was a graduate of Harrison...
John Griffin
Sep 21, 2017
John Layden Griffin, 91, of West Point, IN passed away at Creasy Springs Healthcare in Lafayette Thursday Sept. 21, 2017 at 3:45 PM where he had resided the past four years. He was born in Lafayette, IN October 5, 1925, the son of the late Harvey A. and Elizabeth Layden Griffin and was a graduate of West Point High School....
Lucienne Lehnen
Sep 17, 2017
Lucienne J. “Lucy” Lehnen, 91, of Lafayette, died at Signature Healthcare at Parkwood in Lebanon, IN Sunday September 17, 2017 where she had resided the past six and a half years. She was born in LouVain, Belgium November 25, 1925, the daughter of the late Charles and Jean A. VanDerbourght VanVaerenbergh and was a graduate of LouVain High School and...
Hayden Guard
Sep 17, 2017
Hayden J. Guard, 84, of Lafayette, passed away at Franciscan East St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette Sunday September 17, 2017 where he had been a patient since August. 29. Hayden was born in Lafayette June 20, 1933, the son of the late Elwin H. and Mary L. Shoemaker Guard and attended Lafayette Jefferson High School. He was a veteran of...
Christopher Winger
Sep 14, 2017
Christopher D. “Chris” Winger, 53, of rural Crawfordsville, passed away at his residence Thursday evening Sept. 14, 2017. Chris was born Sept. 26, 1963, the son of the late Frederick E. and Wilma Rita Hole Winger. He was a graduate of North Montgomery High School and had attended IUPUI Indianapolis. He was employed in the customer service department at...
Donna Boehle
Sep 14, 2017
Donna Darlene Boehle 82, of Fowler, IN died at her residence 7:25 AM Thursday Sept. 14, 2017. She was born in Princeton, IL January 14, 1935, the daughter of the late Walter and Maggie Faust Heggemeir and was a graduate of Princeton, IL High School. Donna married Allen E. Boehle in Ohio, IL Feb. 21, 1953, and he survives. She...
Eleanor Dehahn
Sep 12, 2017
Eleanor R. DeHahn, 76, of West Lafayette, passed away peacefully at home Tuesday morning, September 12, 2017, surrounded by her family and the glorious sounds of nature outside her patio door. Mrs. DeHahn was born in Lafayette, IN on June 4, 1941, the daughter of the late Anna C. (Donahoe) Brickler and Herman J. Brickler. Eleanor was a 1959...
Margaret Staley
Sep 7, 2017
Margaret L. Staley, 94, of Lafayette, IN passed away at Rosewalk Village of Lafayette 12:46 AM Thursday Sept. 7, 2017. She was born in Marshall, IN April 5, 1923, the daughter of the late William Earl and Martha Hershberger Myers and attended Marshall and Montezuma Schools in Parke County, IN. and later received her GED from Lafayette Jefferson High School....
Joseph Emond
Sep 7, 2017
Joseph Louis “Joe” Emond, 85, of Lafayette, died at Cumberland Point Healthcare in West Lafayette 7:58 PM Thursday Sept. 7, 2017 where he had been a patient since mid July. He was born in Wolcott, IN February 24, 1932, the son of the late Bert and Anna Haberkorn Emond and was a graduate of Wolcott High School. Joe served in...
Creed Smith, Jr.
Aug 30, 2017
Creed C. Smith, Jr., 62 of Lafayette, passed away at his residence in Lafayette unexpectedly Wednesday August 30, 2017. He was born in Lafayette October 14, 1954, the son of the late Creed C. Smith, Sr. and Patricia J. Leach Smith. Creed was a graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School and served in the U. S. Navy from 1973 until...
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...
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