Obituaries

Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries

Marilyn Cripe

Marilyn Cripe

May 23, 2013

Marilyn J. Cripe, 82, of Fowler, IN. died at Green Hill Manor in Fowler Thursday May 23, 2013 at 2:08 PM. She had been a patient there since November 2012. Marilyn was born in Watseka, IL. September 5, 1930, the daughter of the late Alves and Eula G. Clute Sherfick. She was a 1948 graduate of Fowler High School,...

Robert Young

Robert Young

May 21, 2013

Robert Leland Young, 89, of Oxford, IN. died at Cumberland Pointe Healthcare Center in West Lafayette Tuesday May 21, 2013 at 4:15 PM. Bob was born January 2, 1924 in Vigo County, IN. the son of the late Joseph Lonzo and Blanche Louise Morgan Young. He graduated in 1941 from Tangier High School. On June 16, 1945 he married...

Donald Smith

Donald Smith

May 20, 2013

Donald J. Smith, 82, of Battle Ground, IN. died at his residence 11:58 AM Monday May 20, 2013. Donald was born in Ossining, New York March 4, 1931, the son of the late Elisha and Ella Deveau Smith, and was a graduate of Ossining, New York High School. He married Margaret Rainville in East Orange, NJ. May 4, 1957...

Dupont Snoddy

Dupont Snoddy

May 20, 2013

Dupont L. Snoddy, 54, of Lafayette, died at Indiana University Health, Arnett Hospital in Lafayette 4:07 AM Monday May 20, 2013. Dupont was born in Lafayette July 28, 1958, the son of the late Norman L. and Leota P. Clutieur Snoddy and was a graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School. He was a member of the Brady Lane Church...

Mary Christman

Mary Christman

May 18, 2013

Mary Louise Christman, formerly of Oxford and Pine Village, Indiana, passed away peacefully on May 18, 2013, following a long period of poor health. Mary Louise, or Louie as she was affectionately known by many family members and friends, was 93 years old at the time of her death. For the past eight years, she had been a resident...

Mahlon Butz

Mahlon Butz

May 15, 2013

Mahlon W. Butz, of West Lafayette, passed away peacefully on May 15th, 2013, surrounded by his loving family after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Mahlon was born in Lafayette January 25, 1931, the son of the late Paul and Mabel Lehnen Butz. He was a 1950 graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School and received his Bachelors of Science...

Charles Stewart

Charles Stewart

May 11, 2013

Charles M. Stewart, 62, of West Lafayette, died at his residence Saturday May 11, 2013. Charles was born in Crown Hill, West Virginia November 12, 1950, the son of the late Leonard B. and Thelma R. Pritt Stewart. He attended Lakewood High School in Lakewood, OH. and received his Associate of Arts Degree from Wilmington College in Wilmington, OH....

Alma Johnson

Alma Johnson

May 9, 2013

Alma Jean Johnson, 92, of Indianapolis and formerly of Linden, died at Community Nursing and Rehabilitation in Indianapolis Thursday May 9, 2013 where she had resided the past fourteen years. Alma was born in Cherry Hill, IN. Sept. 21, 1920, the daughter of the late Ralph and Ethel Fletcher Todd. She was a graduate of Linden High School and...

Russell Griswold, Sr

Russell Griswold, Sr

May 8, 2013

Russell Patrick "Pat" Griswold, Sr., 78, of Lafayette, died at his residence 6:20 PM Wednesday May 8, 2013. He was born in Lafayette, IN. March 28, 1935, the son of the late James and Eva Wilson Griswold, and attended Lafayette Schools. Pat married Carolyn G. Corbin in Lafayette January 31, 1958, and she survives. He served in the U.S....

Jane Siegrist

Jane Siegrist

Apr 27, 2013

Jane P. Siegrist, 90, of Lafayette, died at St. Elizabeth Central 11:00 PM Saturday April 27, 2013 where she had been a patient since Thursday. Jane was born in Lincoln, IL. May 18, 1922, the daughter of the late Clarence Wallace and Mabel Wunderle Palmblade and was a graduate of Bloomington, IL High School. She married Daniel D. Siegrist...

Denise Dorsey-Zinn

Denise Dorsey-Zinn

Apr 22, 2013

Denise Lynne "Dee" Dorsey-Zinn, age 57, wonderful and wise, friend of critters, woman of remarkable style and substance, died at her home in Battle Ground on April 22, 2013. The good Lord brought many blessings and trials into her life over the years and she welcomed them all with joyfulness and a heart full of gratitude and praise. Denise...

Martin Padgett

Martin Padgett

Apr 22, 2013

Martin L. "Marty" Padgett, 78, of Romney, IN. went to be with the Lord on Monday April 22, 2013. He was born April 23, 1934 in Sullivan, IN. to the late Herschel and Gwinn Padgett, one of ten children. He came to Tippecanoe County in 1945 and attended school at Clarks Hill. In 1954 he graduated from Linden High...

Thelma Chapman

Thelma Chapman

Mar 28, 2013

Thelma B. Chapman, 91, of Romney, IN. died at 3:05 PM Thursday March 28, 2013 at Rosewalk Village in Lafayette where she had been a patient the past 2 months. Thelma was born in Mudlick, KY., the daughter of the late Homer and Roxie M. Crowe Thomas and was a 1939 graduate of Linden, IN. High School. She married...

Linda Kult

Linda Kult

Mar 26, 2013

Linda M. Kult, 68, of West Lafayette, formerly of Oxford, died at her residence Tuesday March 26, 2013 at 1:00 PM after a brief illnes Linda was born in Lafayette, IN. January 17, 1945, the daughter of the late Russell and Cleatith Brown Nesbitt and was a graduate of Oxford High School. She married James A. Kult at Lafayette...

Brenda Jones

Brenda Jones

Mar 24, 2013

Brenda K. Jones, 55, of Oxford, IN. passed from this life, surrounded by her loving family at 7:15 AM Sunday March 24, 2013 after battling Acute Myeloid Leukemia for two and a half years. She received her healing when God called her home. Brenda was born in Lafayette, IN. May 31, 1957 to Richard and Helen (Shidler) Lester. She...

Lloyd Crowe

Lloyd Crowe

Mar 16, 2013

Lloyd J. Crowe, 72, of West Lafayette, died at his home on Saturday March 16, 2013. Lloyd was born on December 11, 1940 in Lafayette to the late James Crowe and Gertrude Davis Crowe. He graduated from Lafayette Central Catholic High School in 1959, and from Purdue University in 1962 with an Associate Degree in Aviation Technology and in...

Elizabeth Fritts

Elizabeth Fritts

Mar 15, 2013

Elizabeth L. "Liz" Fritts, 90, of Lafayette, IN. died at Indiana University Arnett Hospital in Lafayette at 10:38 PM Friday March 15, 2013 wher she had been a patient for the past ten days. Elizabeth was born in Logansport, IN. December 9, 1922, the daughter of the late Aloysius and Margaret Roach Hollie. She attended Ft. Wayne schools and...

Mildred Hall

Mildred Hall

Mar 15, 2013

Mildred A. Hall, 94, of Templeton, IN. died at St. Elizabeth Central Hospital in Lafayette 5:35 AM Friday March 15, 2013 where she had been a patient for the past week. She had been a patient at Heritage Healthcare in West Lafayette the past two months. Mildred was born near Templeton in Benton County, IN. April 28, 1918, the...

John Glaze, Jr

John Glaze, Jr

Mar 8, 2013

John Lewis Glaze, Jr., 66, of Lafayette, died in his residence 12:11 PM Friday March 8, 2013. John was born in Williamsport, IN. September 30, 1946, the son of the late John Lewis and Mary Louise Odore Glaze, Sr. and was a graduate of Benton Central High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1967 until 1971 during...

Robert Lemond

Robert Lemond

Mar 6, 2013

Robert H. "Bob" Lemond, 67, of Lafayette, passed away at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at St. Elizabeth Central after a lengthy battle with Frontaltemporal Dementia and lung cancer. Bob was born on June 26, 1945 in Long Beach, California to the late William Henry and Frances Elizabeth (Thoennes) Lemond. He was a 1963 graduate of Jefferson High...