Obituaries
Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Louise Lamb
Mar 22, 2010
Louise Bumbleburg Lamb, 93, of Georgetown, TX died 8:45 pm Monday, March 22, 2010 at Scott White Hospital in Round Rock, TX. She was born October 20, 1916 in Lafayette, IN to Theodore D. Bumbleburg & Mary V. Riehle. She graduated St. Lawrence Grade School and St. Francis High School. She worked as a secretary for Ross Gear, Duncan...
Margaret Biesecker
Mar 19, 2010
Margaret Ellis Clark Biesecker, 97, of West Lafayette, formerly of rural Lafayette, died at the residence of her daughter, Patricia Storms 7:00 A.M. Friday March 19, 2010. Born August 13, 1912, the daughter of the late Wilson Green and Addie May Ellis Clark in Lafayette, she was a life- long area resident. Mrs. Biesecker attended Gladdens Corner School, and...
Mary Runda
Mar 14, 2010
Mary S. Runda, 93, of Lafayette, died at Cumberland Pointe Healthcare Center in West Lafayette Sunday March 14, 2010 at 12:50 A.M. where she had resided the past 8 years. Born in Lafayette, Indiana August 28, 1916, the daughter of the late William and Frances Kochert Smith, she was a life- long Lafayette resident. Mrs. Runda attended Wea and...
Phyliss Downing
Mar 9, 2010
Phyliss Downing, 74 Phyliss Downing, 74, of Meridian, Miss., formerly of Lafayette, IN. died Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at the Fisher House in Meridian. Born March 11, 1935, in Marion, IN. she was the daughter of the late Francis and Naomi McLain Shaver. She moved to Fairmount, where she lived with her foster parents, the late Stanley and Lenore...
Robert Vick
Mar 7, 2010
Robert R. Vick, 45, of Lafayette, died at Clarian-Arnett Hospital 4:51 P.M. Sunday March 7, 2010, where he had been a patient since February 26. Born May 10, 1964, the son of Roland G. and Loretta Ellison Vick, he was a life- long Lafayette resident and graduate of McCutcheon High School. He enjoyed reading comics, action figures and activities...
Lavern Wagoner
Mar 4, 2010
LaVern "Vernie" Wagoner, 96, of Pine Village, died at his residence 8:00 A.M. Thursday March 4, 2010 unexpectedly. Born December 18, 1913, near Independence in Warren County, IN, the son of the late Alpha and Ida Harper Wagoner, he was a 1932 graduate of Pine Village High School. He married Wilma Sturgeon at Oxford, IN. June 3, 1939, and...
Virgina Linton
Feb 28, 2010
Virginia R. Linton, 84, of Crawfordsville, IN. died at her residence 5:15 PM Sunday February 28, 2010. Born in Danville, IL. July 3, 1925, the daughter of the late Charles and Cora Lewis Sweet, she was raised on a farm near Danville, and moved to Covington, IN. in 1937, where she graduated from Covington High School and was a...
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