Obituaries
Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries
Lawrence Fitzgerald
Mar 6, 2016
Larry J. Fitzgerald, a lifelong resident of Lafayette, was born March 14, 1927 and died peacefully March 6, 2016 in Indianapolis. Son of the late John and Stephania Fitzgerald, he grew up with his eight brothers on the family farm in Stockwell, IN. He graduated from Stockwell High School in 1945, attended Purdue University and served in the Korean...
Karen Arth
Mar 5, 2016
Karen Haas Arth, 61, of Battle Ground, IN died Saturday March 5, 2016. Karen was born in Minneapolis, MN. August 7, 1954 the daughter of Rosemarie Lawrence and the late Charles F. Haas. She was a graduate of West Lafayette High School in 1972 and received her Bachelors of Pharmacy from Purdue University in 1975. She had been employed...
Joyce Mcafee
Mar 4, 2016
Joyce Lee McAfee, 71, of Oxford died 1:21am, Friday, March 4, 2016 at I. U. Arnett Hospital in Lafayette, IN. She was born September 23, 1944 in rural Claiborne County near Tazewell, TN. On January 9, 1964 she married Kyle McAfee in Tazewell, TN, he preceded her January 1, 2013. She owned & operated Little Rascals Daycare for 20+...
Isadore Loepker
Mar 4, 2016
Isadore "Izzy" B. Loepker, 87, of Lafayette died 3:40am Friday, March 4, 2016 at Creasy Springs after an extended illness. Born May 3, 1928 at Beckemeyer, IL of Isadore Henry Loepker and Margaret Peiler, both preceded him in death. He married Mary Ann Peterson at St. Boniface Church on May 26, 1951 & she survives. They had four children,...
Randall Cripe
Feb 24, 2016
Randall Martin "Randy" Cripe, 65 of Lafayette died 3:33am, Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at his residence. He was born September 6, 1950 to Robert Cripe & Lueva Padgett. He earned an Associate's Degree in Electrical Engineering. He served in the Army, having served 2 tours in Vietnam. He was a member of the Lafayette VFW, 40&8 and American Legion....
Velma Albertson
Feb 20, 2016
Velma Buchanan Albertson, 91, of West Lafayette, IN, and formerly of Benton County, IN went to be with Jesus at 11:35 PM Saturday February 20, 2016 at St. Elizabeth East Hospital in Lafayette, IN. Velma was born in Nancy, KY October 12, 1924, the daughter of the late Daniel and Flora Merrick Prather, and was a graduate of Nancy,...
Jane Burton
Feb 20, 2016
Jane M. Burton, 85, of Lafayette, died at Westminster Village Healthcare in West Lafayette 2:17 PM Saturday February 20, 2016 where she had been a patient the past three weeks. Jane was born in Bloomington, IL March 31, 1930 the daughter of the late Herman William and Mary E. McKinley Orendorff and was a graduate of Trinity High School...
Dr. Robert Dale
Feb 1, 2016
Dr. Robert (Bob) Frederick Dale, age 94, of West Lafayette, IN, passed away February 1, 2016. Bob Dale was born in Lincoln, NE, on December 5, 1921 to Professor Frederick G. and Edythe Wrigley Dale and was raised in Wayne, NE. He married Anna Margaret (Amy) Clark of Chevy Chase, MD, in 1949, and together they raised five children:...
Dr. Robert (Bob) Dale
Feb 1, 2016
Dr. Robert (Bob) Frederick Dale, age 94, of West Lafayette, IN, passed away February 1, 2016. Bob Dale was born in Lincoln, NE, on December 5, 1921 to Professor Frederick G. and Edythe Wrigley Dale and was raised in Wayne, NE. He married Anna Margaret (Amy) Clark of Chevy Chase, MD, in 1949, and together they raised five children: Anne,...
Gregory Martin
Jan 21, 2016
Gregory Jerome Martin, 59, of West Lafayette, died at his residence Thursday January 21, 2016 suddenly and unexpectedly. Gregory was born in Rensselear, IN August 12, 1956, the son of Elizabeth Jane Conlin Martin and the late George Jerome Martin. He was a graduate of Lafayette Central Catholic High School and attended Purdue University. He retired from Tate and...
Charles Parker
Jan 21, 2016
Charles McBee Parker, Professor Emeritus of Theatre at the University of Wyoming died 1-21-2016 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Mr. Parker was born February 2, 1922 in Greencastle, Indiana to Ralph William Parker and Elsie (McBee) Parker. The family moved to Martinsville, Indiana in 1925. He attended the Martinsville schools until 1937; living in Linden, Indiana until graduation from Linden High...
Helen Hession
Jan 19, 2016
Helen E. Hession, 63, of Lafayette died at Rosewalk Village in Lafayette following a brief illness. Helen was born in Lafayette March 20, 1952, the daughter of the late George and Frances Jarka Hession, and was a 1970 graduate of Lafayette Central Catholic High School. She was employed by the City of Lafayette Police Department in the records division...
Margaret Clifton
Jan 19, 2016
Margaret E. Clifton, 93, of Oxford, IN died at Westminster Village Healthcare Center in West Lafayette, IN Tuesday January 19, 2016. Margaret was born in Pine Village, IN January 7, 1923, the daughter of the late Clarence McKinley and Clela Fry Martindale. She was a 1941 graduate of Boswell High School and attended Purdue University, studying entomology. Margaret Married...
Cletus Reiss
Jan 17, 2016
Cletus Moses Reiss entered into heavenly peace last Sunday morning, January 17, 2016. Cletus was born on May 21, 1923 in Ramsey, Illinois. He was lovingly raised in Assumption, Illinois by his mother Lena and step-father Dick Donovan. Cletus faithfully served his country during WWII as an Army-Air Forces Staff Sergeant, a Pistol Range Instructor, and a Ball-Turret Gunner...
Phyllis Thayer
Jan 17, 2016
Phyllis Madge Thayer, 92, of Lafayette and formerly of New Richmond, IN died at St. Elizabeth East Hospital in Lafayette 3:02 PM Sunday January 17, 2016. Mrs. Thayer was born in Clarks Hill, IN December 20, 1923, the daughter of the late Lora and Lola Edna Parker McGuire and was a 1942 graduate of New Richmond, High School. She...
Dorothy Budreau
Jan 12, 2016
Dorothy M. Budreau, 92, of Fowler, IN passed away on Tuesday January 12, 2016 at Green Hill Manor in Fowler, IN where she had resided the past three months. She was born on May 13, 1923 to the late Frank and Ida (Muller) Gross. Her marriage was to Eugene Budreau on May 20, 1947, and he preceded her in...
Mary Harbolt
Jan 5, 2016
Mary L. Harbolt of Oxford, IN passed into life eternal on Tuesday January 5, 2016. She was born to Frank Shaw and Mary Melissa Allie Shaw in Fowler, IN June 6, 1924. Mary was preceded in death by her beloved husband Virgil in 1994 and by all of her siblings. She is survived by four sons: David, Belvidere, IL;...
Priscilla Bazler
Jan 1, 2016
Priscilla Jean Bazler, 85, of Lafayette, died at St. Anthony's Healthcare in Lafayette 5:400 PM Friday January 1, 2016 where she had resided since August 2013. Priscilla was born in Lafayette April 30, 1930, the daughter of the late Nicholas and Nova Graves Pappas. Mrs. Bazler was a graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School and attended Warren-Wilson College in...
Billie Vice
Jan 1, 2016
Billie D. Vice, 69, of Boswell, IN died in his home 8:50 PM Friday January 1, 2016. Billie was born in Boswell May 13, 1946, the son of the late Cecil Delbert and Sarah Beatrice Misner Vice, and was a life- long resident of Boswell. He attended Boswell schools and was a self-employed handyman. Surviving are three sisters, Carolyn...
Helen King
Dec 25, 2015
Helen Louise King, age 96, died on Friday, December 25, 2015, at St. Anthony's Health Care, Lafayette, Indiana. Helen was born March 4, 1919, in Louisville, Kentucky. She was the first-born child of Clarence and Florence Smith. Helen worked with her parents at the Madison Floral Shoppe, Madison, Indiana. She and her dad moved to West Lafayette, Indiana, in...
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