Obituaries

Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries

Steven Grant

Steven Grant

Jun 22, 2010

Steven L."Steve" Grant, age 61, of Lafayette, died at St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis Tuesday morning June 22, 2010, where he had been a patient for 1 day. Born June 10, 1949 in Lafayette to Raymond J. and Dorothy E. Hild Grant, he was a graduate of Battle Ground High School, attended Indiana State University, and a graduate of...

Rebecca Weaver

Rebecca Weaver

Jun 20, 2010

Rebecca Jane Weaver, 82, of Linden, died at St. Elizabeth East Hospital in Lafayette, IN. at 2:56 AM Sunday June 20, 2010 from complications brought on by cancer. The daughter of the late Floyd and Evangeline Morrow Fraley, Mrs. Weaver was born in Montgomery County, Indiana, May 10, 1928. She was a long time area resident, and attended Linden,...

Judith Simpson

Judith Simpson

Jun 17, 2010

Judith Ann Simpson, 70, of Oxford, died at Green Hill Manor in Fowler, IN 8:25 AM Thursday June 17, 2010. Born February 13, 1940 in Detroit, MI., the daughter of the late Harold and Eleanor Garriott Miller, she attended schools in Detroit, and graduate from high school there. She married James D. "Jim" Simpson at Fairview, MI. December 22,...

Beverly Englert

Beverly Englert

Jun 3, 2010

Beverly Jane Englert, 78, of West Lafayette, died at Heritage Healthcare 4:30 AM Thursday June 3, 2010 where she had been a patient the past 10 days. Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, December 15, 1931, the daughter of the late Russell and Margaret E. Clark Thompson, she was a life- long area resident, and attended Stockwell, IN. schools. Her...

Mary Datzman

Mary Datzman

May 19, 2010

Mary Annette Datzman, 83, of Lafayette, formerly of Fowler, died at St. Anthony's Healthcare Center in Lafayette 5:25 AM Wednesday May 19, 2010, where she had been a patient since 2006. Born in Round Grove, White County, Indiana August 11, 1926 the daughter of the late John and Nettie Guinn Cain, she was a graduate of Round Grove High...

Vicky Robinson

Vicky Robinson

May 16, 2010

Vicky Lynn Robinson, 59, of Lafayette, died at St. Elizabeth Central Hospital 7:52 P.M. Sunday May 16, 2010. Born July 3, 1950 in Frankfort, IN. the daughter of the late Lester V. and Nina M. Garrett Sheets, she had resided in Lafayette for 40 years. She married Robert Dale Robinson in Lafayette March 27, 1996 and he survives. Mrs....

Marvin Sherfey

Marvin Sherfey

May 14, 2010

Marvin Eugene "Gene" Sherfey, 86, of Linden, died at Clarian-Arnett Hospital in Lafayette, IN. Friday morning, May 14, 2010. Born August 24, 1923 in Linden, IN. the son of the late Harrison Porter and Loma Flowers Sherfey, he was a 1941 graduate of Linden High School. Mr. Sherfey had resided most of his life in Crawfordsville. He first married...

Mamie Whitus

Mamie Whitus

May 9, 2010

Mamie B. "Penny" Whitus, 85, of Battle Ground, IN. died at her residence Sunday morning May 9, 2010. Born May 1, 1925 in Lamar County, Alabama, the daughter of the late William and Lillian Carr Pennington, she had resided in the Lafayette-Battle Ground area for the past 50 years. She married Vestel B. Whitus in West Lafayette, IN. August...

Robert Whitesell

Robert Whitesell

May 9, 2010

Robert J. Whitesell, 93, of Cedar Park, Texas and formerly of Oxford, IN. died Sunday May 9, 2010 in Cedar Park. Robert was born April 3, 1917 in Downs, McLean County, Illinois the son of the late Earl and Myrtle Green Whitesell. He moved with his family to Pine Township in 1920, and graduated from Oxford High School in...

Norma Allen

Norma Allen

May 5, 2010

Norma Evelyn Allen, 85, of Oxford, IN. died at St. Elizabeth Central Emergency Room in Lafayette 2:20 A.M. Wednesday May 5, 2010. Born May 5, 1925 in Medaryville, IN. the daughter of the late Melvin Clarence and Effie Louella Robinson Rayburn, she was a1943 graduate of Medaryville High School. She married Loren Marion Allen at Ambia,IN. May 5, 1946,...

Lela Tagg

Lela Tagg

Apr 29, 2010

Lela K. Tagg, 70, of Oxford, IN. died at Regency Place at Greenfield, IN. Thursday April 29, 2010 where she had been a patient since February. Born July 29, 1939 in Benton County, IN. the daughter of the late Ralph and Louise Goddard Cyr, she graduated from Fowler High School. She married Jack Ray Tagg in Oxford June 8,...

Helen Cochran

Helen Cochran

Apr 23, 2010

Helen May (Max)Cochran, 94 of Oxford died 5:15 pm Friday, April 23, 2010 at Rosewalk Village. She was born May 23, 1915 to the late Jay Max and Flora Moore. On November 23, 1935 she married Keith L. Cochran and he preceded her in death in 1994. Helen was a graduate of Oxford High School and Lafayette Business College....

Dana Gonser

Dana Gonser

Apr 15, 2010

Sgt. Dana A. Gonser, 40, of Fowler, died Thursday April 15, 2010 at 6:02 PM at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. as a result of injuries sustained in a car-motorcycle accident in Fowler earlier on Thursday. He was born October 17, 1969 in Billings, MT., the son of James E. and Cynthia L. Jacobson Gonser, and had resided in...

Matthew Shelton

Matthew Shelton

Apr 15, 2010

Matthew Lanthus Shelton, 29, of Lafayette, died at his residence Thursday April 15, 2010. He was born in Lafayette June 24, 1981, the son of Paul Steven and Claire L. Dworak Shelton, and was a graduate of Harrison High School as well as the Culinary School of the Colorado Art Institute in Denver, CO. Matthew was employed as a...

Charles Layden

Charles Layden

Apr 9, 2010

Charles E. "Chuck" Layden, 91, of Lafayette, died at St. Elizabeth Central Hospital 10:30 AM Friday April 9, 2010, where he had been a patient the past week. Born May 7, 1918,in West Point, Indiana the son of the late Michael J. and Estella Louise Griffin Layden, he was a graduate of Clarks Hill High School and attended Purdue...

Patricia Beck

Patricia Beck

Mar 30, 2010

Patricia Aline Beck, 77, died Tuesday March 30, 2010 at Rosewalk Village. She had formerly resided at Friendship House for many years. She was born August 18, 1932 in Brookhaven, Mississippi, and lived in Ohio while a nun, and then resided in Indiana until her death. Miss beck was preceded in death by her adoptive parents, Florence Neely Beck...

Katherine Horn

Katherine Horn

Mar 30, 2010

Katherine Louise Horn, 54, of Montgomery Village, MD. Died at her residence Tuesday March 30, 2010. She was born in West Lafayette December 23, 1955, the daughter of the late Edward and Emma Byers Horn. Mrs. Horn was a graduate of Brownsburg, Indiana High School, received her B.S. from Ball State University and her MBA from Indiana University. Her...

Niel Kluszczynski

Niel Kluszczynski

Mar 30, 2010

Niel T. Kluszczynski, Sr.55, of Crawfordsville, IN. died in the emergency room of St. Clare Hospital in Crawfordsville 5:39 AM Tuesday March 30, 2010 of an apparent heart attack. He was born in South Bend, Indiana January 8, 1955, the son of Priscilla Horvath Kluszczynski and the late Casimar Kluszczynski. Mr. Kluszczynski attended Riley High School and Ivy Tech...

Elizabeth Shields

Elizabeth Shields

Mar 30, 2010

Elizabeth Louise Shields, 80, of Lafayette, formerly of Ambia, IN. died at 9:15 AM in Regency Place Tuesday March 30, 2010 where she had been a patient the past 8 days. Born September 29, 1929 in Ambia, IN. the daughter of the late Lewis N. and Minnie Huckelberry Metzinger, she had resided in Lafayette for 62 years. She was...

Kenneth Chester

Kenneth Chester

Mar 25, 2010

Kenneth Robert Chester, 88, of Lafayette died 2:15 pm Thursday, March 25, 2010 at Regency Place. He was born January 28, 1922 in Newtown, IN to the late Ernest Campell Chester & Essie Marie Haniford. He was a 1940 graduate of Newton High School. On May 7, 1949 he married Constance Ann "Connie" Van Hook in Newtown and she...