Obituaries

Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries

Gary Terrill

Gary Terrill

Jan 24, 2011

Gary E. Terrill, age 60, of Lafayette, died at Clarian Arnett Hospital Monday January 24, 2011 at 6:30 PM after a lengthy battle with cancer. Mr. Terrill was born in Larue County, KY. October 21, 1950, the son of the late Grady and Lillie Noe Terrill. He married Sandy A. Young in Lafayette, IN. March 26, 1976 and she...

Doris Woerner

Doris Woerner

Jan 23, 2011

Doris I. Woerner, 90, of Oxford, IN. died at Cumberland Pointe Health Campus in West Lafayette, IN. Sunday January 23, 2011 at 1:14 P.M. Mrs. Woerner was born in Tippecanoe County, IN. June 20, 1920, the daughter of the late Evert F. and Exie Leamon Wilson, and was a graduate of Wea High School and the Indiana Business College...

Mary Caldwell

Mary Caldwell

Jan 14, 2011

Mary Ann (Moser) Caldwell, 82, of Lafayette, died at St. Mary's Healthcare in Lafayette 5:08 PM Friday January 14, 2011 where she had been a patient since June, 2009. She was born in Lafayette September 23, 1928, the daughter of the late Everett and Lucille Klinker Moser, and was a graduate of St. Francis High School in Lafayette. Mrs....

Roger Nettles

Roger Nettles

Jan 13, 2011

Roger B. Nettles of Lafayette passed away at home, January 13, 2011. He was born March 24, 1935 in Whiting, Indiana, to Lloyd and Margaret Nettles, who preceded him in death. He is survived by his brother, Ken and (Marilyn) Nettles of Trafalgar, Indiana. On July 17, 1981, he married Lorraine Conn, who survives along with their children; Jim...

Jean Breheny

Jean Breheny

Jan 3, 2011

Jean Ann Breheny, 81, of Lafayette, died at Hooverwood Healthcare Center in Indianapolis, IN. Monday January 3, 2011, where she had resided since 2007. Mrs. Breheny was born in Keokuk, Iowa August 19, 1929, the daughter of the late William and Valentine Lorig Bernhardt, and graduated from St. Peters Catholic High School in Keokuk, Iowa. She married James T....

Leona Baker

Leona Baker

Dec 30, 2010

Leona A. Baker, 91, of West Lafayette, IN. died at St. Elizabeth Central Hospital in Lafayette, IN. at 11:04 AM Thursday December 30, 2010. She had resided in West Lafayette at University Place the past 6 years, moving from Galion, Ohio where she had lived for many years. Mrs. Baker was born January 5, 1919 in Morrow County, Ohio,...

Kenneth Skoog

Kenneth Skoog

Dec 21, 2010

Kenneth R. Skoog, 65, of Oxford, IN. died at his residence 2:00 PM Tuesday December 21, 2010, having been ill with cancer since May, 2010. Mr. Skoog was born in Pine Township, Benton County, Indiana April 6, 1945, the son of the late John and Jesse Mae Brooks Skoog. He was a graduate of Otterbein High School, and had...

Virginia Schneidt

Virginia Schneidt

Dec 18, 2010

Virginia Marie Schneidt, 95, of Valparaiso, IN. and formerly of Fowler, IN. died at her residence at the Pines Village Retirement Community in Valparaiso Saturday December 18, 2010 at 7:30 AM. She had resided in Fowler from 1964 until moving to Valparaiso in 2005. Mrs. Schneidt was born in Rensselaer, Indiana, September 10, 1915, the daughter of the late...

Clifford Gause

Clifford Gause

Dec 15, 2010

Clifford R. Gause, 64, of Lafayette, IN. died at the Illiana VA Medical Center in Danville, IL. Wednesday morning December 15, 2010, where he had been a patient for the past month. He had previously been a patient at St. Mary's Healthcare in Lafayette, suffering the past 10 years with frontal temporal dementia. Mr. Gause was born November 16,...

David Ortega

David Ortega

Dec 10, 2010

David Andrew Ortega, 33, of Scottsburg, Indiana, formerly of the Lafayette area, died suddenly and unexpectedly Friday December 10, 2010 at his residence in Scottsburg. Born October 21, 1977 in Lafayette, IN. the son of Rafael Ortega and Jane E. Jennings Stiles, he attended McCutcheon High School and had resided in Scottsburg the past 6 years. Mr. Ortega had...

Susan Wright

Susan Wright

Dec 5, 2010

Susan Ann Wright, 61, of Lafayette, died at Rosewalk Village Healthcare Center in Lafayette 1:03 PM Sunday December 5, 2010 where she had been a patient the past 2 days. She had been ill the past 4 years with breast cancer. Born in Marion, IN. October 27, 1949, the daughter of Walter E. "Buck" and Vera M. Harris Malott,...

R. Karnes

R. Karnes

Dec 4, 2010

R. Shawn Karnes, 43, of West Lafayette, died at St. Mary's Healthcare in Lafayette Saturday December 4, 2010 where he had been a patient for 1 day. Mr. Karnes had suffered several years with a form of muscular dystrophy. He was born in Marion, IN. October 24, 1967, the son of the late Ronald and Stella Toulous Karnes. He...

Rev. John Wolf

Rev. John Wolf

Dec 3, 2010

Rev. John J. Wolf, 74, of Lafayette, died at St. Elizabeth Central Hospital in Lafayette 3:14 PM Friday December 3, 2010 where he had been a patient for the past 9 days. He had been in failing health the past 3 years. Rev. Wolf was born in New York, New York July 21, 1936, and graduated from high school...

Don Fugate

Don Fugate

Dec 2, 2010

Don William Fugate, 84 of Linden, Indiana, died Thursday morning, December 2, 2010, at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, Indiana. He was born November 3, 1926, at Lafayette, Indiana, to late William and Pearl (Peterson) Fugate, and was an only child. At the age of 13, his father passed away, and Don and his mother continued the family farm. He...

Ella Harbolt

Ella Harbolt

Nov 30, 2010

Ella F. "Frances" Harbolt, 88, of Oxford, IN. died at Clarian-Arnett Hospital in Lafayette 8:11 P.M. Tuesday November 30, 2010. Mrs. Harbolt was born November 26, 1922 in Warren County, IN. the daughter of the late Eugene and Susie Hetrick Gerrity and attended Pine Village Schools. She married Lyle L. Harbolt in Covington, IN. November 16, 1939, and she...

Marjorie Shipman

Marjorie Shipman

Nov 27, 2010

Marjorie Ann Shipman, 98, of Lucerne, IN. and formerly of Linden, IN. died at 3:20 AM Saturday November 27, 2010 at the residence of her nephew, James Michael, where she was residing. Mrs. Shipman was born in Montgomery County, Indiana January 30, 1912, the daughter of the late Clayton and Pearl Leoata Thompson Lyons, and was a graduate of...

Audria Bonebrake

Audria Bonebrake

Nov 25, 2010

Audria L. Bonebrake, 21, of Crawfordsville, died at St. Clare Medical Center Emergency Room in Crawfordsville unexpectedly Thursday November 25, 2010 at 4:55 A.M. She was born in Lafayette January 6, 1989, the daughter of Dennis L. and Michelle D. "Shelly" Morrison Bonebrake. Audria was a graduate of North Montgomery High School, and had attended Kaplan University, studying to...

Eugene Peercy

Eugene Peercy

Nov 19, 2010

Eugene E. Peercy, 85, of Oxford, IN., died at Creasy Springs Health Campus in Lafayette, IN. 5:00 AM Friday November 19, 2010, where he had been a patient the past 2 weeks. Mr. Peercy was born in Benton County, near Oxford May 18, 1925, the son of the late Nonie O. and Lou Bertram Peercy. He was a graduate...

Robert Woolf

Robert Woolf

Nov 11, 2010

Robert C. Woolf, 90, of Lafayette, died at St. Mary's Healthcare center in Lafayette 9:35 PM Thursday November 11, 2010. Mr. Woolf was born in Lafayette July 30, 1920, the son of the late Charles and Florence Steinbaugh Woolf, and was a 1939 graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School. He married Elaine Reindl in Manitowoc, WI. April 27, 1957,...

Jules Lerzak

Jules Lerzak

Nov 7, 2010

Jules J. Lerzak, 86, of Lafayette, died at Rosewalk Village Healthcare Center in Lafayette 4:15 PM Sunday November 7, 2010. Mr. Lerzak was born in Fairport, New York February 6, 1924, the son of Joseph A. and Mary M. Zagata Lerzak. He was a 1942 graduate of Fairport, NY High School, and Purdue University in 1949 with a Bachelor...