Obituaries

Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries

Kenneth Doyle

Kenneth Doyle

Mar 31, 2012

Kenneth Paul Doyle, 94 of Lafayette died 12:22pm Saturday, March 31, 2012 at St. Anthony Healthcare. He was born March 21, 1918 in Fowler, IN to the late Gerald P. Doyle and Leah Patnaude. He moved to Lafayette in 1925. He attended Lafayette Catholic Schools and graduated from Jefferson High School in 1936. He married Helen E. Gagen on...

Ronald Burns

Ronald Burns

Mar 30, 2012

Ronald Lawrence Burns, 70, of Lafayette died 6:55am Friday, March 30, 2012 at his residence. He was born January 21, 1942 in Lafayette to the late Bernard Lawrence Burns and Freeda Louise Faker. He was a 1959 graduate of Remington High School and attended 2 years of business school in Ft. Wayne. He was a realtor with Merit Realty,...

Roberta Lehnen

Roberta Lehnen

Mar 18, 2012

Roberta L. Lehnen, 90, of Lafayette, died at Creasy Springs Healthcare 4:35 PM Sunday March 18, 2012 where she had been a patient the past 6 days. She was born in Lafayette April 12, 1921, the daughter of the late Fred W. and Louise S. Schmid Seeger, and was a 1939 graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School. Roberta married...

Clyde Collins

Clyde Collins

Mar 3, 2012

Clyde Collins, Jr. 51, of Lafayette, died at Franciscan Health, St. Elizabeth East 7:37 PM Saturday March 3, 2012. He had been a patient there snice suffering a heart attack 6 days ago. Clyde was born in Delphi, IN. November 3, 1960, the son of the late Clyde R. and Betty J. Collins. He was a graduate of Dephi...

Evelyn Peterson

Evelyn Peterson

Mar 2, 2012

Evelyn E. Peterson, 97, of Lafayette, died at Franciscan Health, St. Elizabeth Central 9:48 PM Friday March 2, 2012. She had resided the past 3 years at St. Anthony's Healthcare. Evelyn was born in Tippecanoe County, near West Lafayette September 14, 1914, the daughter of the late John Peter "Pete" and Mary Magdalena "Lena" Schilling Brown, and attended Lafayette...

Evelyn Ulrich

Evelyn Ulrich

Mar 1, 2012

Evelyn Rose Ulrich, 82, of Lafayette, died at IU Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette 9:33 PM Thursday March 1, 2012. She had been in ill health since October 6, 2008. Evelyn was born in Lafayette February 19, 1930, the daughter of the late Frederick and Lillian Flynn Smith, and was a graduate of St. Francis High School. She married...

Kenneth Chapman, Sr

Kenneth Chapman, Sr

Feb 20, 2012

Kenneth E. Chapman, Sr., 63, of Lafayette, died at IU Arnett Hospital 12:07 PM Monday Feb. 20, 2012 where he had been a patient the past week. He had been battling cancer the past 18 months. Kenneth was born in Lafayette, IN. June 14, 1948, the son of the late Clyde O. and Virginia N. Newkirk, and attended Wainwright...

Thelma Winchester

Thelma Winchester

Feb 19, 2012

Thelma M. Winchester, 73, of Oxford, IN. died at Franciscan Health, St. Elizabeth Central in Lafayette, IN. 8:43 PM Sunday February 19, 2012 where she had been a patient the past 2 weeks. Thelma was bon in Coopersville, KY. January 19, 1939, the daughter of the late Quincy John and Delia Bell Slavens, and had resided most all of...

Sandra Graves

Sandra Graves

Feb 19, 2012

Sandra Louise (Thayer) Graves, passed away on February 19, 1012 at 4:55 AM. She was born on July 27, 1941 to Robert M. Thayer and Frances W. (Waye) Thayer in Crawfordsville, IN. Sandra was a 1959 graduate of Coal Creek High School and graduated from Tidewater Community College with an Associates Degree. She was retired from the IN State...

Frank Looker

Frank Looker

Feb 17, 2012

Frank P. Looker, 83, of Oxford, was found deceased at his residence Friday evening February 17, 2012. Frank was born in Keokuk, Iowa June 6, 1928, the son of the late Delbert Garnest and Mary Elizabeth Shawn Looker and attended Jacksonville, IL. schools. He married Mary Ellen Morrow at Jacksonville, IL. May 9, 1948, and she preceded him in...

Beulah Rumpza

Beulah Rumpza

Feb 11, 2012

Beulah D. "Boots" DeHahn Rumpza, 95, of Lafayette, died at Cumberland Pointe Healthcare Center in West Lafayette 6:45 PM Saturday February 11, 2012 where she had resided the past 4 years. She was born in Tippecanoe County March 25, 1916, the daughter of the late Sam and Ida Shelley Murr, and attended Monitor High School. Beulah was first married...

John Staley

John Staley

Feb 3, 2012

John F. "Jack" Staley, 90, of Lafayette, died at his residence 4:00 PM Friday February 3, 2012. Jack was born in Lafayette, IN. June 7, 1921, the son of the late John R. and Elizabeth Williams Staley, and was a 1939 graduate of West Lafayette High School, and attended Purdue University. He joined the US Army, and served in...

Edna Holbrook

Edna Holbrook

Feb 2, 2012

Edna L. Holbrook, 93, of Lafayette, died at St. Elizabeth East Hospital 6:50 AM Thursday February 2, 2012 where she had been a patient since January 21. Edna was born in Chicago, IL. December 5, 1918, the daughter of the late William J. and Ina Brown May, and attended schools in Chicago. She married Russell J. Holbrook in Chicago...

John Bush

John Bush

Feb 2, 2012

John G. Bush, July 24, 1928 to February 02, 2012 John G. Bush of Lafayette In, died at Indiana University Health on February 2, 2012, 11:22 p.m. John was born in Hammond, In. on July 24, 1928 and was the son of the late Archie and Marie A. Bossing Bush. John graduated with the class of 1947 from Jefferson...

Barbara Sparrendahl

Barbara Sparrendahl

Feb 1, 2012

Barbara Ann Sparrendahl Barbara Ann Sparrendahl, of Lafayette, died at 10:15 AM Wednesday February 1, 2012 at St. Elizabeth Central Hospital. Barbara woa born on October 8, 1934 in Ft. Wayne, IN. the daughter of the late Cletus and BeatriceGrothouse Metzger. She married Robert A. Sparrendahl on October 23, 1954 and he preceded her in death on December 21,...

Elizabeth Myer

Elizabeth Myer

Jan 28, 2012

Elizabeth L. Myer, 94, of Lafayette, died at Regency Place Healthcare in Lafayette 9:50 PM Saturday January 28, 2012. She was born in Lafayette December 8, 1917, the daughter of the late Joseph and Clara Rost Held and was a lifelong Lafayette resident. She married Leon C. Sewell in Lafayette October 20, 1933, and he preceded her in death...

A. Gray

A. Gray

Jan 22, 2012

A. Marian Gray, 92, of Pine Village, IN. died at Woodland Manor Healthcare Center in Attica, IN. Sunday January 22, 2012 at 3:35 PM, where she had been a patient the past year. She was born in Warren County, IN. May 27, 1919, the daughter of the late Ben and Zula Hickman Neal, but was raised by her aunt...

Robert Hanson

Robert Hanson

Jan 19, 2012

Robert M. Hanson, age 90, of Lafayette, died at his residence at Rosewalk Commons at 8:55 PM Thursday January 19, 2012. Robert was born in Kathryn, North Dakota August 26, 1921, the son of the late Thor and Anne Thoreson Hanson, both imigrants from Oslo, Norway. He was educated in North Dakota, and attended Purdue University. Robert enlisted in...

Glen Bymaster

Glen Bymaster

Jan 18, 2012

Glen W. Bymaster, 86, of New Richmond, died at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Crawfordsville 3:42 AM Wednesday January 18, 2012. He was born in Ladoga, IN. April 1, 1925, the son of the late Roy B. and Neva McFerren Bymaster, and was a graduate of Ladoga High School. Glen married Rosemary May Goettling at Indiananapolis, IN. December 30, 1944,...

Luella Worland

Luella Worland

Jan 2, 2012

LuElla Margaret Worland, 84, of Lafayette, died at her residence Monday January 2, 2012 at 3:40 AM due to congestive heart failure. LuElla was born in Fowler, IN. August 21, 1927, the daughter of the late Ivan and Caroline Pothuisje Nutt, and was a graduate of Fowler High School. She married Leo Robert "Bob" Worland at Fowler, IN. April...