Obituaries

Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries

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...

Mary Gee

Mary Gee

Nov 2, 2010

Mary Agnes Muller Gee, 87, formerly of Boswell and Oxford, IN. died at St. Elizabeth Central Hospital in Lafayette Tuesday Nov. 2, 2010 at 11:05 P.M. She had been a resident of Heritage Helathcare in West Lafayette the past 5 years. She was born in Benton County, IN. November 21, 1922 the daughter of the late William A. and...

Sharon Zinn

Sharon Zinn

Nov 2, 2010

Sharon Elizabeth Zinn, 49, of Logansport, IN. died at Clarian-Arnett Hospital in Lafayette Tuesday November 2, 2010,at 12:28 PM, where she had been a patient since Wednesday. She was born November 3, 1960 in Gary, Indiana, the daughter of the late Rex. L. and Elizabeth G. Getsinger Zinn, and attended Gary, IN. and Valparaiso, IN. Schools. Surviving is a...

David Cooley

David Cooley

Oct 21, 2010

David D. Cooley, 88, of Clarks Hill, died at 4:15 p.m. October 21, 2010, at his son's residence after a prolonged illness. Born July 14th 1922 at the family home in Stockland, IL, he was the son of the late Michael and Marie Donahue Cooley. He was a 1942 graduate of Freeland Park (IN) High School, where he played...

Margaret Homburg

Margaret Homburg

Oct 13, 2010

Margaret Elizabeth Stafford Lucas Homburg, 96, of Linden and formerly of Lebanon, IN. and Lakeland, Florida, died at Clarian Arnett Hospital in Lafayette, IN. 2:20 AM Wednesday October 13, 2010. She was born March 5, 1914 in Dover, Boone County, IN. the daughter of Frank W. and Velva Pyles Stafford. Mrs. Homburg was a 1932 graduate of Dover, IN....

Virginia Patterson

Virginia Patterson

Oct 9, 2010

Virginia A. "Ginny" Patterson, 88, of Romney, IN. died at Seton Specialty Hospital in Lafayette 2:15 PM Saturday October 9, 2010. Virginia was born September 17, 1922 in Lafayette to the late John S. and Jessie Leona Hurst Hitner and graduated from Lafayette Jefferson High School. She married Lloyd H. "Pat" Patterson in Lafayette September 19, 1942, and he...

Eugene King

Eugene King

Sep 22, 2010

Eugene P. "Gene" King, 75, of Lafayette, died at the Indiana Veterans Home in West Lafayette at 6:04 PM Wednesday September 22, 2010 where he had been a patient the past 3 weeks. Mr. King was born in Lafayette May 17, 1935, the son of the late Mareschal N. and Elizabeth C. Brown King, and was a graduate of...

Julia Kozloski

Julia Kozloski

Sep 20, 2010

Julia M. Kozloski, 95, of Earl Park, IN. and formerly of Fowler and South Bend, died at Clarian Arnett Hospital in Lafayette 2:52 AM Monday September 20, 2010. She had been residing at the Jennie Caldwell Home in Earl Park. She was born in South Bend, Indiana December 14, 1914, the daughter of the late Prosper and Marie Zeman...

Bradford Lyon

Bradford Lyon

Sep 19, 2010

Bradford E. "Brad" Lyon, 32, of Lafayette, died at his residence at 8:06 Am Sunday September 19, 2010 of an apparent heart attack. He was born in Crawfordsville, IN. November 6, 1978, the son of Rick D. Lyon and Deborah J. Wright Lyon. He attended North Montgomery and Crawfordsville Schools in the Special Education programs. Surviving is his father,...

Lois Eikenberry

Lois Eikenberry

Sep 10, 2010

Lois R. Eikenberry, 83, of Lafayette, IN. passed away at her residence at 7:32 P.M., Friday, September 10, 2010. She was born in Peru, IN, July 4, 1927, the daughter of Ora Arthur and Ethel Marie Jones Bussard. Lois married Richard L. Eikenberry in the First Baptist Church in Peru, IN on June 16, 1946 and he preceded her...