Obituaries

Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries

Irene Meshkoff

Irene Meshkoff

Nov 13, 2009

Irene S. Meshfoff, 89, of Lafayette and formerly of Naples, Florida, died at St. Elizabeth Central Hospital 4:47 P.M. Friday November 13, 2009 after a brief illness. Born January 2, 1920 in Pittsburgh, PA., the daughter of the late Walter and Sophie Krasinski Sienski, she was a graduate of Northeastern High School in Detroit, MI., and attended Wayne State...

Catherine Bickett

Catherine Bickett

Nov 13, 2009

Catherine Susanne Bickett, 82, of Lafayette, died at her residence at 4:35 A.M. Friday November 13, 2009. Born November 1, 1927 in West Lafayette, the daughter of the late William Francis and Mary Eva Storck Lannert, she was a life- long Lafayette resident. She married Joseph Calvin Bickett in Lafayette May 14, 1949, and he preceded her in death...

John Kesling

John Kesling

Nov 12, 2009

John P. Kesling, 42, of Oxford, IN. died November 12, 2009 in Memphis, IN. suddenly and unexpectedly. Born in El Paso, Texas, January 25, 1967, the son of Joahnn Schole Kesling and the late John Ed Kesling, he had resided in Oxford the past three months moving from Morristown, TN. He married Jenny L. Cannone at Knoxville, TN. July...

Connie Sigman

Connie Sigman

Nov 8, 2009

Connie A. Sigman, 61, of Lafayette, died at Heritage Healthcare in West Lafayette 4:31 P.M. Sunday November 8, 2009 where she had been a patient the past 4 weeks. Born May 22, 1948 in Lafayette, the daughter of Wilma Lee Frye, and the late Harley Eugene Frey, she was a graduate of Benton Central High School. She married David...

Grady Terrill

Grady Terrill

Nov 7, 2009

Grady E. "Doc" Terrill, 87 Grady E. Terrill, 87 of 25 Creekview Ct. Lafayette died 10:55 am Saturday, November 7, 2009 at Clarian Arnett Hospital. He was born April 24, 1922 in Magnolia, Ky to the late Luther E. and Margaret Terrill. He graduated from Magnolia High School. He moved to Lafayette in 1951. He worked at the Delphi...

Robert Smith

Robert Smith

Nov 6, 2009

Robert J. "Bobby" Smith, 60, of Oxford, Indiana, died as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Iroquois County, IL. 12:05 P.M. Friday November 6, 2009. He was born in Lafayette, IN. October 20, 1949, the son of William Smith and Lois R. Hall Burton and was a lifelong Oxford resident. He served as a Green...

Agnes Korty

Agnes Korty

Oct 27, 2009

Agnes G. Korty, 95, of Lafayette, died at St. Mary's Healthcare Center in Lafayette 7:20 PM Tuesday October 27, 2009. Born in Montmorenci, Indiana September 9, 1914, she was the daughter of the late John Leo and Cecelia E. Schick Vaughan. Mrs. Korty was a graduate of St. Francis High School, and was a homemaker. She married Raymond V....

Larry Hamilton

Larry Hamilton

Oct 26, 2009

Larry W. Hamilton, 69, of Lafayette, died at his residence Monday October 26, 2009. Born in Lafayette February 19, 1940, the son of the late Joseph and Mildred Corwin Hamilton he was a lifetime resident of Lafayette. Mr. Hamilton attended Lafayette schools, and was a member of the Moose Lodge. He was a Purdue sport fan, especially football and...

Dorothy Reifenrath

Dorothy Reifenrath

Oct 25, 2009

Dorothy A. Reifenrath, 87, of Lafayette, died Sunday, October 25, 2009 at St. Anthony's Health Care. She had been in failing health for four months. Born in Kentland, Indiana on July 7, 1922, she was the daughter of Herman Diedam and Mary Rheude Diedam. She graduated from A.J. Kent High School, St. Elizabeth School of Nursing, Catholic University of...

Edna Pearson

Edna Pearson

Oct 22, 2009

Edna Hazel Pearson, 93, of Crawfordsville, formerly of Linden, died at the Home with Heart in Crawfordsville 7:15 AM Thursday October 22, 2009 where she had resided the past 8 months. Mrs. Pearson was born in Glasgow, Kentucky March 22, 1916, the daughter of the late Levy and Bessie Johnson Bartlett and attended Glasgow schools. Her first marriage was...

Mary Moyars-Johnson

Mary Moyars-Johnson

Oct 15, 2009

Mary Annis Moyars-Johnson of West Lafayette passed away peacefully in her West Lafayette home surrounded by her children on the afternoon of October 15, 2009. Mary Annis Moyars-Johnson was born in 1938, the daughter of the late Edward Moyars and Veronica Quigg Moyars, and grew up on the family farm west of Otterbein. A graduate of Otterbein High School,...

Richard Mcintyre

Richard Mcintyre

Oct 14, 2009

Richard L. "Dick" McIntyre, 66, of Lafayette, died at Clarian-Arnett Hospital 2:25 Am Wednesday October 14, 2009 where he had been a patient the past 5 days. He had been in ill health the past 18 months with cancer. Mr. McIntyre was born October 19, 1942 in Lafayette, the son of the late Lloyd and Lilian Lawler McIntyre. He...

George Martin

George Martin

Oct 10, 2009

George J. "Jerry" Martin, 75, of Lafayette, died at St. Anthony's Healthcare 5:00 A.M. Saturday October 10, 2009 where he had been a patient the past 2 weeks. Mr. Martin was born January 3, 1934 in Hammond, IN. the son of the late George J. and Mary Rose Martin and had resided in Lafayette the past 37 years. He...

Norbert Arth

Norbert Arth

Oct 6, 2009

Norbert Julian Arth passed away Tuesday, October 06, 2009 in his home of 56 years in West Lafayette, Indiana. Norb was born to Raymond R. Arth and Edwina Griesbaum on October 2, 1915 in Collinsville, Illinois. He had one sister, Betty who preceded him in death. He graduated from Collinsville High School in 1933 and came to Purdue to...

Eileen Irvin

Eileen Irvin

Oct 1, 2009

Eileen J. Irvin, 72, of Lafayette, died at Clarian-Arnett Hospital 1:55 A.M. Thursday October 1, 2009. Born in Chicago, Illinois June 11, 1937, the daughter of the late Clarence B. and Jean Cecille, she had resided in the Lafayette area since 1969 moving from Chicago. Mrs. Irvin was a graduate of St. Mary's Catholic School in Maryville, IL. and...

Russell Church

Russell Church

Sep 28, 2009

Russell R. "Bob"Church, 68, of West Lafayette, died at St. Elizabeth Central Emergency Room suddenly and unexpectedly Monday September 28, 2009 at 10:06 A.M. Born in Lafayette December 11, 1940, the son of the late Russell D. and Opal I. Warren Church, he attended Lafayette Schools. He married Bertha J. Nield in Deer River, MN. and she preceded him...

Albert Pickett

Albert Pickett

Sep 22, 2009

Albert D. "Al" Pickett, 50, of rural Crawfordsville, died in Lafayette at the residence of his sister, Cathy Vauters at 11:28 AM Tuesday September 22, 2009 following a brief illness with cancer. Born November 30, 1958 in Greencastle, IN. the son of Dennis R. Pickett and the late Sonia L. Truesdel Pickett, he was a graduate of the Linden...

Lucreta Mcnulty

Lucreta Mcnulty

Sep 13, 2009

Lucreta M. McNulty, 76, of Lafayette, died at Indiana University Medical Center Sunday Sept. 13, 2009. She had been in ill health since August. Born in Waveland, IN. February 27, 1933, the daughter of Floyd L. and Mary Jane Miles Hester, she was a graduate of Waveland High School. She married John Paul McNulty at South Bend, IN. February...

John Stengel

John Stengel

Sep 12, 2009

John Nickolas Stengel, 88, of West Lafayette died 9:10pm Saturday, September 12, 2009 at the Indiana Veteran's Home. Born on January 19, 1921 in Chicago, IL, he was the son of the late Nickolas and Teresa Wener Stengel. He was raised and educated in Chicago. He graduated from Lane Tech H.S. and attended the University of Chicago. On September...

Freda Layton

Freda Layton

Sep 10, 2009

Freda A. Layton, 72, of Linden, IN. died at Hickory Creek Nursing Center in Crawfordsville 4:01 PM Thursday September 10, 2009, where she had been a patient the past three and a half years. Born in Crawfordsville, IN. July 1, 1937, the daughter of the late Edward O. "Eddie" and Lulu May Hauser Barton, she was a graduate of...