Obituaries

Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries

Marilyn Hurn

Marilyn Hurn

Jun 22, 2011

Marilyn F. Hurn, 56, of Lafayette, died at Indiana University Health Arnett 2:35 AM Wednesday June 22, 2011 where she had been a patient for one day. She was born in Lafayette October 11, 1954 the daughter of the late Bertrand J. and Josephine Haughn Hurn. Miss Hurn was a graduate of Lafayette Central Catholic High school in 1973;...

Elizabeth Buffington

Elizabeth Buffington

Jun 20, 2011

Elizabeth Jane (Kester) Buffington, 93, of Mulberry, IN. formerly of Albia, Iowa, died at Mulberry Health and Retirement Center 3:09 AM Monday June 20, 2011 where she had resided the past four and a half years. She was born in Albia, Iowa June 7, 1918, the daughter of the late George and Edna Hickenlooper Kester, and was a graduate...

Fr. Maurice Miller

Fr. Maurice Miller

Jun 1, 2011

Father Maurice R. Miller, 89, of Lafayette, IN. died at Franciscan Health, St. Elizabeth East in Lafayette 10:55 AM Wednesday June 1, 2011. He was born in Elwood, IN. March 3, 1922, the son of the late Claude M. and Josephine A. Mack Miller. Father Miller was a graduate of Elwood High School, Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa and...

James Brickler

James Brickler

May 31, 2011

James Robert Brickler, 58, of Lafayette, died at his residence 12:26 AM Tuesday May 31, 2011. He had been in ill health since 2006. Mr. Bricker was born in Lafayette November 29, 1952, the son of the late William Paul and Kathleen Elizabeth Bateman Brickler, Sr., and was a lifelong Lafayette resident. He was a 1971 graduate of Lafayette...

Anna Stephenson

Anna Stephenson

May 31, 2011

Anna Florence Stephenson, 92, of Lafayette, died at St. Anthony's Healthcare 10:45 AM Tuesday May 31, 2011. Mrs. Stephenson was born in Wallace, Fountain County, Indiana March 14, 1919, the daughter of the late Ivan M. and Anna D. Myers Allen, and was a graduate of Wallace High School. She married Eugene M. "Steve" Stephenson at Wallace, IN. November...

Chad Crockett

Chad Crockett

May 25, 2011

Chad Allen Crockett, 23, of Lafayette, IN. died as a result of a motorcycle accident near Burlington in Carroll County, Indiana Wednesday May 25, 2011. He was born in Lafayette September 17, 1987 the son of Dana E. Crockett and Dana R. Chatfield Crockett. Mr. Crockett was a graduate of Harrison High School, and was currently employed for K....

Lewis Owen

Lewis Owen

May 21, 2011

Lewis W. Owen, 88, of Lafayette, died at St. Elizabeth Central 9:05 AM Saturday May 21, 2011. He had been residing at the Digby House the past 3 years. He was born June 19, 1922 near Linden in Montgomery County, IN., the son of the late Paul A. and Anna Mae Petrie Owen. Mr. Owen was a graduate of...

Patrick Belcastro

Patrick Belcastro

May 19, 2011

Professor Emeritus Patrick F. Belcastro, 90, of West Lafayette, IN. died at Franciscan Health, St. Elizabeth East in Lafayette at 4:35 PM Thursday May 19, 2011. Professor Belcastro was born in San Giovanni, in Fiore, Italy June 3, 1920 the son of the late Samuel and Sarah Mosca Belastro, and came to the United States in 1927, moving to...

James Hunter

James Hunter

May 16, 2011

James M. "Jim" Hunter, 79, of Linden, IN. died in the emergency room at St. Elizabeth Franciscan Health, Crawfordsville, IN. 4:00 PM Monday May 16, 2011 suddenly and unexpectedly. Mr. Hunter had been in failing health the past 5 years. He was near Orleans in Orange County, IN. June 5, 1931, the son of the late Frank and Dora...

Mary Dice

Mary Dice

May 9, 2011

Mary Kathryn (Mary K.) Dice, 87, passed May 9, 2011, in Lehigh Acres, FL. She was born December 4, 1923 to Bloice and Esther (Ehnen) Barner, Monon, IN. She was a long time winter resident of Lehigh Acres and moved there permanently in 2003. She was active in the United Methodist Churches, where she lived, including local activities and...

Ada Gagen

Ada Gagen

May 9, 2011

Ada J. Gagen, 95, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and formerly of Lafayette, died Monday May 9, 2011 at the Agape Healthcare Center in Myrtle Beach. She was born December 26, 1915 in Fowler, IN, the daughter of the late Gerald P. and Leah Patnaude Doyle and was a graduate of St. Francis Girl's High School in Lafayette in...

Shirley Stanfield

Shirley Stanfield

May 7, 2011

Shirley Anne Stanfield, 82, of Lafayette, died at her residence 5:30 AM Saturday May 7, 2011. Mrs. Stanfield had been ill the past two and a half years. She was born in Evanston, Illinois, the daughter of the late Jacob and Ruth L. Walters Huber, Jr. and was a 1947 graduate of Evanston,( IL.) High School. Her marriage was...

Ruth Sturgeon

Ruth Sturgeon

May 3, 2011

Ruth O. Sturgeon, 92, of Oxford, IN. died at Westminster Village in West Lafayette 9:25 PM Tuesday May 3, 2011 where she had resided since October 1997. She was born in Fowler, IN. September 14, 1918, the daughter of the late Frank and Olive Mae Conner Nesbitt. Her marriage was to Alva R. Sturgeon at Fowler, IN. November 27,...

Bradley Hayden

Bradley Hayden

May 2, 2011

Bradley D. Hayden, 30, of Lafayette, died at Indiana University Health, Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis 8:45 AM Monday May 2, 2011. He was born in Lafayette February 6, 1981, the son of Gary and Pamela Longer Kiser, who survive and reside in Lafayette. He married Amanda L. Griswold in Battle Ground, IN. October 24, 1998, and she survives. He...

Rev. Bennett Howse

Rev. Bennett Howse

Apr 23, 2011

Rev. Bennett L. Howse, 103, of Lewis, IN. , formerly of Terre Haute, IN. and most recently of Lafayette, IN. died at Mulberry Health and Retirement Center in Mulberry, IN. 6:36 AM Saturday April 23, 2011. He had resided the past six and a half years with his son, Pastor Les Lee, of Lafayette. Rev. Howse was born in...

Dean Rainwater

Dean Rainwater

Apr 19, 2011

Dean C. Rainwater, 73, of Rossville, IL. , and formerly of Talbot, IN. died at Carle Foundation Hospital in Champaign, IL. Tuesday April 19, at 5:05 AM. Mr. Rainwater was born August 6, 1937 in Slate Branch, Kentucky, the son of the late Virgil and Gertie Lafauee Rainwater, and attended Slate Branch, Kentucky Schools. He married Delores M. Payne...

Maryella Bower

Maryella Bower

Apr 15, 2011

Maryella Bower, 89, of Lafayette, IN. died at Rosewalk Village in Lafayette 11:05 PM Friday April 15, 2011 where she had been a patient for the past 7 years. Mrs. Bower was born in Lafayette January 15, 1922, the daughter of the late Joseph and Margaret Hicks Hatke, and was a lifelong Lafayette resident, attending St. Boniface Grade School...

Ortha Irvin

Ortha Irvin

Apr 1, 2011

Ortha Irvin, 95, of Linden, IN. died at Regency Place Healthcare in Lafayette, IN. 10:30 PM Friday April 1, 2011. Mrs. Irvin was born in Tompkinsville, KY. August 28, 1915, the daughter of the late William Albert and Joan Kingery Daniels, and attended Mudlick, Kentucky schools. She married Lawrence E. Irvin at Tompkinsville, Kentucky October 28, 1929 and he...

John Mclaughlin

John Mclaughlin

Mar 29, 2011

Professor Emeritus John F. McLaughlin, 83, of West Lafayette, died at University Place 10:00 PM Tuesday March 29, 2011. Mr. McLaughlin was born in New York City, New York September 21, 1927 the son of the late William and Anne Goodwin McLaughlin. He was a 1944 graduate of Stuyvesant High School in New York City, and served in the...

Loretta Zink

Loretta Zink

Mar 29, 2011

Loretta K. Zink, age 78, of Oxford, IN. died at Indiana University Health, Lafayette 12:58 AM Tuesday March 29, 2011. She had been a patient at Rosewalk Village in Lafayette the past 2 years. She was born in Pine Township, Benton County, IN. February 17, 1933, the daughter of the late Joseph and Dorothy Halsema Zink, and was a...