Obituaries

Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries

Irene Westrick

Irene Westrick

Jan 8, 2013

Irene C. Westrick, 89, of Lafayette, died at St. Mary's Healthcare Center in Lafayette 12:30 AM Tuesday January 8, 2013 where she had been a patient for the past week. Irene was born in Ottawa, Ohio February 24, 1923, the daughter of the late Lewis and Ludvina Moening Schroeder and had resided in Lafayette the past 51 years, moving...

Richard Edmundson

Richard Edmundson

Jan 6, 2013

Richard J. "Dick" Edmundson, 67, of Lafayette, died at Indiana University Health, Arnett Hospital 4:13 PM Sunday January 6, 2013. He was born in Centrailia, IL February 27, 1945, the son of the late Claude Logan and Mildred Elizabeth Drysdale Edmundson. Dick was a 1963 graduate of Central Catholic High School in Lafayette, and attended Purdue University. He had...

Roger Morrison

Roger Morrison

Jan 5, 2013

Roger Adam Morrison, 75, of Linden, Indiana died peacefully on January 5, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Streator, Illinois on July 9, 1937. He graduated from Cornell High School in Cornell, Illinois and received his bachelor's degree in forestry from Iowa State University. Roger especially enjoyed spending time with his family. Other...

Kyle Mcafee

Kyle Mcafee

Jan 1, 2013

Kyle Edward McAfee, 72, of Oxford, IN. died at his residence 10:25 AM Tuesday January 1, 2013. Kyle was born in Tazewell, TN. November 4, 1940, the son of the late John Edward and Marie Sulfridge McAfee and attended Claiborne County, TN Schools. He served in the US Army from 1960 to 1964, and retired from the Benton County...

Jason Allen

Jason Allen

Dec 28, 2012

Jason David Allen, 34, of Delphi, and formerly of Lafayette, died at his residence Friday December 28, 2012. He had resided in Delphi the past 4 years, moving from Lafayette. Jason was born in Lafayette August 24, 1978 the son of David Earl Allen and the late Loretta Lynn (Blacker) Allen. He attended Lafayette Jefferson High School, and for...

Ruth Heazeltine

Ruth Heazeltine

Dec 18, 2012

Ruth Mae Heazeltine, 83, of West Lafayette, died in her residence at 5:40 PM Tuesday December 18, 2012. Ruth was born March 8, 1929 in Terre Haute, IN. the daughter of the late Claude and Opal Shumard Stableton and had resided in the Lafayette are since 1968. She was a graduate of Gerstmeyer High School in Terre Haute and...

David O'Neil

David O'Neil

Dec 12, 2012

David Lee O'Neil, Sr., 63, of Talbot, IN. died at Indiana University Arnett Hospital in Lafayette noon Wednesday December 12, 2012 where he had been a patient the past 3 weeks. David was born in Raub, IN. February 5, 1949 the son of the late Jess and Wanita Reed O'Neil, and was a graduate of IVY Tech with a...

James Norfleet

James Norfleet

Dec 7, 2012

James Floyd "Jimmie" Norfleet, 89, of Fowler, IN., formerly of Oxford, IN. and Sebring, FL. died at Green Hill Manor at Fowler, IN. 1:30 A.M. Friday December 7, 2012 where he had resided the past year and a half year. Jimmie was born in Detroit, Michigan May 10, 1923, and attended Nancy, Kentucky High School. He enlisted in the...

Thelma Wollin

Thelma Wollin

Dec 6, 2012

Thelma Louise Bisner Wollin, 93, of West Lafayette, and formerly of the Battle Ground and Rainsville, IN. areas, died at Indiana University Arnett Hospital in Lafayette 12:00 AM Thursday December 6, 2012 where she had been a patient since Monday. Thelma was born in Rainsville, IN. June 10, 1919, the daughter of the late William and Dora Newman Cox,...

Mark Thompson

Mark Thompson

Dec 3, 2012

Mark Timothy Thompson, 60, of Lafayette, IN. died suddenly and unexpectedly 3:32 PM Monday December 3, 2012 of an apparent heart attack. Mark was born in Barberton, Ohio February 11, 1952, the son of the late Dale and Betty Oliver Thompson. He was a graduate of Manchester, Ohio, High School and also a graduate of the University of Akron....

Robert Rausch

Robert Rausch

Dec 3, 2012

Robert A. "Pops" Rausch, 95, of Lafayette, died in his residence 2:00 AM Monday December 3, 2012. Mr. Rausch was born in West Lafayette, IN. September 25, 1917, the son of the late Michael and Mary Anthrop Rausch, and attended Klondike schools. He married Dorothy I. Stueve in Lafayette, IN. January 27, 1951, and she preceded him in death...

Howard Vice

Howard Vice

Nov 21, 2012

Howard Ray Vice, 66, of Omaha, NE. formerly of Oxford, IN. died at the Hospice House in Omaha, NE. 6:33 AM Wednesday Nov. 21, 2012. Howard was born in Lafayette, IN. January 15, 1946, the son of the late Harold and Lulu Johnson Vice. Mr. Vice was a graduate of Oxford High School and Indiana State University in Terre...

Dolores James

Dolores James

Nov 19, 2012

Dolores N. James, 87, of Lafayette, died at St. Elizabeth East 11:09 AM Monday November 19, 2012. She had been a patient there for one day and in failing health the past year. Dolores was born in Dundee, IN. November 4, 1925, the daughter of the late Clarence V. and Dorothy Poutz Naville, and was a 1943 graduate of...

Clara Jackson

Clara Jackson

Nov 15, 2012

Clara Ethel Jackson, 80, of West Point, IN. died at Rosewalk Village Healthcare in Lafayette 7:15 PM Thursday Nov. 15, 2012 where she had been a patient the past 3 months. Clara was born in Tompkinsville, KY. September 10, 1932, the daughter of the late Theodore and Ermie Turner Geralds, and was a 1948 graduate of Tompkinsville, KY. High...

John Iii

John Iii

Nov 12, 2012

John H. Boes, III,"The Ole Salt Man" 79 of Lafayette and Delphi, IN. died at Indiana University Arnett Hospital 7:50 PM Monday November 12, 2012 where he had been a patient since last Wednesday. He had been in ill health the past eighteen months. John was born in Lafayette May 23, 1933, the son of the late John H....

Anna Larson

Anna Larson

Nov 11, 2012

Anna Louise Larson died at Creasy Springs Health Campus Sunday Nov. 11, 2012. She was born May 28, 1923 in Lafayette. She was the daughter of the late Henry and Carrie Kerkhoff. She graduated from Montmorenci High School and St. Elizabeth School of Nursing. She married Ervin R. Larson on August 2, 1944. He poreceded her in death on...

Thelma Williams

Thelma Williams

Nov 11, 2012

Thelma M. Williams, 103, of Oxford, IN. went home to her Lord and Savior Sunday November 11, 2012 at 3:35 PM at Heritage Healthcare Center in West Lafayete. Thelma was born in Portageville, MO. March 21, 1909, the daughter of the late Norval and Lora Lee Ward Nicholas. She was a 1927 graduate of Sikeston, MO. High School, and...

John Skoog

John Skoog

Nov 7, 2012

John Junior Skoog, 76, of Oxford, IN. died at St. Mary's Healthcare Center in Lafayette Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012 where he had been a patient since October 2009. He had been in failing health since suffering a lightning strike in 1997. John was born in Pine Township in Benton County April 2, 1936, the son of the late John...

Raymond Nelson

Raymond Nelson

Nov 4, 2012

Raymond J. Nelson, 93, of N. Ft. Myers, FL., formerly of Lafayette and Otterbein, died Sunday Nov. 4, 2012 at his residence in Florida. Raymond was born in Remington, IN. January 6, 1919, the son of the late Joseph and Mary Funk Nelson, and was a graduate of Remington, IN. High School. Raymond married Alice Hope Homrig May 27,...

Rex Johnson, Sr

Rex Johnson, Sr

Oct 26, 2012

Rex Edward Johnson, Sr. 64, of Burlington, IN. died in his residence unexpectedly on Friday October 26, 2012. Rex was born in Sheridan, IN. January 23, 1948, the son of the late James Elmer and Hazel Dekert Johnson, and was a graduate of Sheridan, IN. High School. He served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam War and...