Obituaries
Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries
Cliffie Horney
Jul 28, 2013
Cliffie Kayrene Horney, 73, of Clarks Hill, IN. died in the emergency room at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette, IN. 11:08 AM Sunday July 28, 2013. Cliffie was born in Cave City, AR. October 4, 1939, the daughter of the late Clifton and Sillar Hardin. She was first married to Ray Hastings, and they divorced. She then married John...
David Watson
Jul 25, 2013
David Derby Watson, 82, of Lafayette, died July 25, 2013 at St. Anthony Healthcare. He was born July 26, 1930 in Chicago, IL to the late Henrietta and Matthew Watson. He spent his childhood in Chicago graduating from Tilden Tech HS in 1948. He then attended Bradley University where he ran Track, was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity,...
Richard Rawles
Jul 22, 2013
Richard E. Rawles, 55, of Lafayette, died Monday evening July 22, 2013 in Henry County, IN. near New Castle as a result if injuries sustained in a single vehicle accident while driving for United Parcel Service. Richard was born in Lafayette, IN. March 7, 1958 the son of John Richard Rawles, and the late Carole J. Laugheed Rawles. He...

Karin Gulik
Jul 21, 2013
Karin Strehle Gulik, 58, of Delphi, IN. died at Indiana University Arnett Hospital in Lafayette 10:41 PM Sunday July 21, 2013 where she had been a patient the past 2 days. Karin was born in Augsberg, Germany July 2, 1955, the daughter of the late Alfred and Erna Rausch Strehle. She was a graduate of Harrison High School and...
Marjorie Mason
Jul 17, 2013
Marjorie G. Mason, 92, of Lafayette, died at Heritage Helathcare Center in West Lafayette 5:27 AM Wednesday July 17, 2013 where she had been a patient the past two years. She was born June 30, 1921 in Crawfordsville, IN. the daughter of the late L.P. and Nell Swank Shortridge. Marj graduated from Crawfordsville High School in 1939, and attended...

Bruce Flora
Jul 11, 2013
Bruce D. Flora, 71, of Lafayette, died at the Illiana VA Medical Center in Danville, IL. Thursday July 11, 2013 at 2:45 PM. Bruce was born in Hillsdale, MI., July 28, 1941, the son of the late Charles Leonard and Helen Mildred Mote Flora. He was a graduate of Manchester, IN. High School in 1959, and served in the...
Elizabeth Niccum
Jul 11, 2013
Elizabeth J. "Betty" Vanderkolk Niccum, 88, of Lafayette, died at St. Elizabeth Central at 4:50 AM Thursday July 11, 2013. Betty was bon on the Marshall farm near Montmorenci July 27, 1924 the daughter of the late Cornelius and Mary Robrock Vanderkolk. She attended St. Lawrence Grade School and was a 1942 graduate of St. Francis High School in...
Mary Ketterer
Jul 3, 2013
Mary A. Ketterer, 82, of Lafayette, died at St. Mary's Healthcare Center in Lafayette where she had been a patient since July 2012. Mary was born in Lafayette November 14, 1930, the daughter of the late George and Angela Bloker Ricks, and was a 1948 graduate of St. Francis High School. She married James W. Ketterer in Lafayette at...
Charles Doty
Jun 26, 2013
Charles Robert (Bob) Doty, 65, of Lafayette died at 7:40 a.m. Wednesday, June 26, 2013 after an eighteen-month battle with cancer. At his passing he was surrounded by his family. He was born December 7, 1947 in Indianapolis, Indiana to the late Charles & Jeannette (Whistler) Doty. Known as Bob to his friends, he graduated from Lafayette Jefferson High...
Esther Robertson
Jun 25, 2013
Esther Mae Robertson, 79, of Linden, IN. died at St. Elizabeth Hospital East 4:23 PM Tuesday June 25, 2013. Esther was born in Montgomery County, IN. July 7, 1933, the daughter of the late Edward and Cleon Gillock Brakefield and attended Dover, IN. schools. She married Lester R. Robertson at Thorntown, IN. March 5, 1951, and he preceded her...
Russell Clifton
Jun 24, 2013
Russell T. Clifton, 88, of Oxford, IN. died at University Place in West Lafayette Monday June 24, 2013. He was born June 25, 1924 in Boswell, IN. to the late Talmadge and Eathel Mae Hudson Clifton, and graduated early from Boswell High School in 1941. He turned down two athletic scholarships, opting to stay at home and help his...

Bryan Frazier
Jun 19, 2013
Bryan Todd Frazier, 44, of Pine Village, IN. died at his residence Wednesday evening June 19, 2013 suddenly and unexpectedly, cause unknown. He had recently been hospitalized with a bacterial infection. Bryan was born in Lafayette, IN. December 17, 1968 the son of William D. Frazier and the late Mary Jo Murphy Frazier. He was a 1987 graduate of...
Sondra Shull
Jun 15, 2013
Sondra K. Shull, 71, of Fowler, IN. died at Indiana University Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. 8:32 AM Saturday June 15, 2013 where she had been a patient since Thursday afternoon. Sondra was born in Crawfordsville, IN. March 23, 1942, the daughter of the late Wallace and Mabel B. Martin Hood, and was a graduate of Linden High School...
Jack Douthit
Jun 9, 2013
Jack A. Douthit, 76, of Lafayette, died at University Place Healthcare in West Lafayette 11:50 AM Sunday June 9, 2013. He was born in Lafayette May 10, 1937, the son of the late Chester A. and Lorene Sutherland Douthit and was a 1957 graduate of Klondike High School and attended several trade schools. He married Anita Buck September 6,...
Richard Krekeler
Jun 7, 2013
Richard Michael Krekeler, 67, of Lafayette, died unexpectedly at St. Elizabeth Central Emergency Room at 7:00 AM Friday June 7, 2013. Richard was born in Cincinnati, OH. October 28, 1945, the son of the late Charles and Virginia Hannah Krekeler. He was a graduate of Bethel Tate High School in Bethel, OH. and received his degree in theology. Richard...
Timothy Reynolds
Jun 7, 2013
Timothy D. "Tim" Reynolds, 52, of Lafayette, died suddenly and unexpectedly Friday June 7, 2013 in Lafayette of health complications, having recently been diagnosed with lung cancer. Tim was born in Lafayette, IN. January 23, 1961, the son of the late David B. and Geneva M. Hubertz Reynolds, and was a 1980 graduate of Harrison High School. He worked...
Phyllis Watson
May 29, 2013
Phyllis M. Watson, 82, of Oxford, IN. died at St. Elizabeth Central Hospital in Lafayette, IN. Wednesday May 29, 2013 at 6:58 PM. Phyllis was born in Monticello, KY. November 13, 1930, the daughter of the late Obie and Loretta Denney Thompson, and attended Monticello, KY schools. She married Luther Watson in Oxford, IN. July 26, 1973, and he...
Brenda Combs
May 28, 2013
Brenda Lynn Combs, 55, of Lafayette died at 12:25 am Tuesday morning, May 28 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis. Brenda was born November 27, 1957 in Lafayette to Norman and Judy (Richey) Martin of Newtown. She was a 1976 graduate of Fountain Central High School and a 1980 graduate of Purdue University. She majored in Public Relations. On...
Mary Sherwin
May 27, 2013
Mary A. Sherwin, 90, of West Lafayette, died at IU Arnett Hospital Monday May 27, 2013 at 3:22 AM. Mary was born in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico September 8, 1922, the daughter of the late Hazelton and Mabel Morin Avery. She was a graduate of Clarks Hill, IN. High School and also a graduate of Stephens College in Columbia, MO....

Mary Lewis
May 26, 2013
Infant Mary Grace Lewis, daughter of Matthew D. and Joanna L. Lanie Lewis died at birth Sunday May 26, 2013 at 9:02 PM at St. Elizabeth Medical Center East. Surviving beside her parents are four brothers, Jacob H., Jeremiah J., Josiah M. and John D. Lewis all at home, and by maternal grandparents, Kenneth and Janet Lanie of Lafayette...
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