Obituaries
Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries
Karen Grimes
May 22, 2012
Karen Sue Grimes, 66, of Lafayette, died at St. Elizabeth East Hospital 2:48 PM Tuesday May 22, 2012. Karen was born in Lafayette September 1, 1945, the daughter of Mary Francis Calhoon Wray and the late Delbert Wray. She attended Delphi, IN High School, and had been a bus driver for the Lafayette School Corporation, transporting special needs students,...
James Francis
May 21, 2012
James A. Francis, 52, of Oxford, IN. died at his residence 10:20 AM Monday May 21, 2012. He had been in ill health with cancer since 2010. James was born in Fowler, IN. to Marjorie Bennett Francis and the late John E. Francis. He was a graduate of Benton Central High School, and had worked as a machinist at...
Carolyn Fiddler
May 20, 2012
Carolyn Jean Fiddler, 76, of New Richmond, IN. died at her residence Sunday moring May 20, 2012. Carolyn was born in Indianapolis, IN. October 6, 1935, the daughter of the late Ralph and Helen Snipes Minton. She was a graduate of St. Mary's High School and St. Vincent's School of Nursing, both in Indianapolis. Carolyn married Donald E. Fiddler...
Anna Dale
May 10, 2012
Anna Margaret Clark Dale (Amy), age 86, of West Lafayette, IN, passed away the morning of May 10, 2012. Amy was born in Staunton, VA, on Aug 16, 1925, to Anna Margaret Murphy Clark and Morrison MacDowell Clark. She was married to Robert F. Dale on Oct 28, 1949. Amy was raised in Chevy Chase, MD, the daughter of...
Irene Anderson
Apr 23, 2012
Irene M. Anderson, 87, of Lafayette, died at Woodland Manor Healthcare Center in Attica, IN. 8:15 AM Monday April 23, 2012, where she had been a patient since November of 2011. Irene was born in Lafayette, IN. February 1, 1925, the daughter of the late Claude J. and Minnie Kahl Wright, and was a graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High...
Irene Anderson
Apr 23, 2012
Irene M. Anderson, 87, of Lafayette, died at Woodland Manor Healthcare Center in Attica, IN. 8:15 AM Monday April 23, 2012, where she had been a patient since November of 2011. Irene was born in Lafayette, IN. February 1, 1925, the daughter of the late Claude J. and Minnie Kahl Wright, and was a graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High...
Richard Ward
Apr 22, 2012
Richard Harold "Dick" Ward ...They are not lost who find the light of sun and stars and God... On this day, we lovingly send our husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather to meet with his heavenly father. Richard Harold Ward, 92, left this earth on April 22, 2012 in Lafayette, Indiana. He was a man of faith and we will...
Gerald Brouwer
Apr 15, 2012
Gerald D. Brouwer, 67, of Lafayette, died at Indiana University Arnett Hospital 3:45 PM Sunday April 15, 2011, where he had been a patient since Friday after suffering an apparent heart attack. Gerald was born in Lafayette February 27, 1945, the son of the late Charles Lewis and Ruth F. Klaverenga Brouwer, and was a 1964 graduate of Lafayette...
Heather Barnard
Apr 14, 2012
Heather Lyn Barnard died in her residence unexpectedly on her 41st birthday Saturday April 14, 2012. Heather graduated from West Lafayette High School in 1989. She attended Ball State University and graduated from Ivy Tech, where she was on the Dean's list. She was employed as a medical transcriptionist. Heather is survived by her son, Brandon; a daughter, Amanda;...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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