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Arthur Hoaks
Apr 17, 2009
Arthur Russell Hoaks, 75, of Oxford, died at his residence 10:00 AM Friday April 17, 2009, where he had resided for 54 years. Mr. Hoaks had been in ill health the past 10 years. Born November 29, 1933 in Parr, Indiana, the son of the late Ora and Ethel Rowley Hoaks, he attended Boswell Schools. He married Clara Louise...
Betty Lynch
Apr 12, 2009
Betty R. Lynch, 83, of Kokomo, died at St. Joseph Hospital in Kokomo 4:41 PM Sunday April 12, 2009 where she had been a patient the past 10 days. Born in Lafayette December 26, 1925, the daughter of the late Willard and Mildred Plumb Carpenter, she was a graduate of Monticello, IN. High School. She married Herman J. Lynch...
Melvin Copas
Apr 7, 2009
Melvin G. "Bud" Copas, 81, of Fowler, and formerly of Oxford, died at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Lafayette 9:55 AM Tuesday April 7, 2009 where he had been a patient since Saturday. Born in Benton County March 15, 1928, the son of the late Lee and Myrtle Sturgeon Copas, he was a life long Benton County resident. Mr....
Joseph Anthrop, Sr
Apr 5, 2009
Joseph Anthony "Joe" Anthrop, Sr., 76, of West Point, died at the Waters of Williamsport 10:54 PM Sunday April 5, 2009. Mr. Anthrop had been a patient there for the past 2 months and in failing health the past 3 years. Born in Lafayette May 22, 1932, the son of the late George and Marietta Buntin Anthrop, he attended...
Sara Brown
Apr 5, 2009
Sara Ruth Brown, 82, of Oxford, died at the residence of her son in Boswell 1:30 P.M. Sunday April 5, 2009. She had been in ill health since June 2008. Mrs. Brown was born in Carahue, Chile July 11, 1926 the daughter of the late Zenobio and Clara Matzke Matus, attended schools in Chili and moved to the United...
Vestel Whitus
Mar 27, 2009
Vestel B. Whitus, 90, of Battle Ground, died at Home Hospital Emergency Room 8:50 AM Friday March 27, 2009. He had been in ill health the past 6 months. Born in Nancy, Kentucky, September 27, 1918, the son of the late Ethel and Mamie Ball Whitus, he was raised in Benton County, Indiana, and attended Fowler Schools. Mr. Whitus...
Katsuko Nelson
Mar 24, 2009
Katsuko F. "Kris" Nelson, 82, of Lafayette, died at St. Mary's Healthcare Center 12:35 AM Tuesday March 24, 2009, where she had been a patient for the past 15 months. She was born August 27, 1926 in Moji, Japan the daughter of the late Kyuichi and Suzuyo Ito Furuya, and was educated in Japan. Mrs. Nelson came to the...
Mary Goller
Mar 20, 2009
Mary M. Goller, 88, of West Lafayette, died at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Lafayette 7:48 PM Friday March 20, 2009 suddenly and unexpectedly shortly after admission. Born July 22, 1920 in Dayton, Indiana, the daughter of the late Frederick and Mary E. Witters Oehrtmann, she was a 1938 graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School. She married Harold E....
Aubrey Lockard
Mar 20, 2009
Aubrey Danielle Lockard, 11, of Clarks Hill, IN. died at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis 5:57 AM Friday March 20, 2009, where she had been a patient since Wednesday. She had been in ill health the past 2 years, having been diagnosed with PKAN (Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration). Aubrey was born November 7, 1997 in Lafayette to Devon Renee...
Betty Copas
Mar 18, 2009
Betty L. Copas, 83, of Fowler, formerly of Oxford, died at Clarian-Arnett Hospital in Lafayette 6:40 AM Wednesday March 18, 2009 where she had been a patient for the past 6 days. Mrs. Copas had been in failing health the past 3 years. She was born May 17, 1925 in North Salem, Indiana, the daughter of the late Floyd...
Patricia Vail
Mar 10, 2009
Patricia E. Vail, 70, of Linden, IN. died at St. Vincent Hospice 1:05 PM Tuesday March 10, 2009. She had been a patient at St. Vincent's Hospital for the past week. Born December 30, 1938 in Lafayette, IN. the daughter of the late Maurice L. and Leona Pendleton Miller, she was a 1956 graduate of Linden High School. She...
Albert Bair
Mar 7, 2009
Albert Lee Bair, 75, of Mesa, Arizona, and formerly of Lafayette, died Saturday March 7, 2009 in Mesa, Arizona after an extended illness. He was born July 9th, 1933 in New Richmond, Indiana to the late Robert and Clara Vail Bair and graduated from New Richmond High School in 1951. On July 8, 1978, he married Clarine Foley in...
Gerald Howell
Mar 6, 2009
Gerald J. "Gerry" Howell 59, of Lafayette, died at St. Elizabeth Medical Center 7:00 AM Wednesday June 3, 2009, where he had been a patient since Thursday. Born in Lafayette November 13, 1949, the son of the late Richard Neville and Mary Lou May Howell, he resided most all of his life in Lafayette except for a brief period...
Rita Scanlon
Mar 5, 2009
Rita Jean Scanlon, 80, of Clarks Hill, IN. died at Lafayette Home Hospital 8:50 AM Thursday March 5, 2009 where she had been a patient the past 10 days. Born September 13, 1928 in Lafayette to the late Jesse and Cora Mae Knight Yates, she was a life long area resident. She married Robert E. Scanlon at St. Mary's...
Joan Morgan
Mar 2, 2009
The family of Joan Augustine Morgan serves notice to the world of her passing this 2nd day of March 2009. She died in her home surrounded by love. Joan was born to Leo H. Cyr and Zoe A. Cyr (Senesac) on November 18, 1931. Joan graduated from Ball State with a degree in art education and taught for a...
Ruth Williams
Feb 27, 2009
Ruth G. Williams, 91, of Darlington, IN. and formerly of Linden, IN. died in Tempe, Arizona February 27, 2009 at the residence of her daughter, Maria J. Wood, whom she was visiting. Born in Lawrence County, Indiana April 8, 1917, the daughter of the late Elmer and Maria Hill Thomas, she was a graduate of Tunnelton High School. On...
Iva Smith
Feb 15, 2009
Iva Irene Smith, 92, of Lafayette, died at St. Anthony Healthcare Center 1:13 AM Sunday February 15, 2009 where she had been a patient the past 2 weeks. Born February 6, 1917 in White County, Indiana, the daughter of the late Nathan and Pearl Beeker Eldridge, she had resided most of her adult life in Lafayette. She married Newton...
David Killin
Feb 12, 2009
David E. Killin, 66, of Pine Village, died at the Iliana VA Medical Center, Danville, IL. 4:55 AM Thursday Feb. 12, 2009 where he had been a patient for the past 2 weeks. Born July 14, 1942 in Lafayette, the son of Walter L. and Eleanor Kennington Killin, he resided most all of his life in Warren County, IN....
Elvy Lamothe
Feb 4, 2009
Elvy Annette La Mothe (nee Osterlund) 91, of Lafayette, died from congestive heart failure at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL on Wednesday, February 5, 2009. She was born in Chicago, IL on February 19, 1917 and was the daughter of the late Sven and Beda (Spjuth) Osterlund . She attended Lyman Trumbull Grammar School and Senn High School...
Mary Boots
Feb 4, 2009
Mary I. Horn Boots, 81, of Crawfordsville, formerly of rural Darlington, died at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis 7:55 P.M. Wednesday February 4, 2009, where she had been a patient for the past 9 days and in ill health the past 6 months. She was born in Darlington, IN. May 22, 1927, the daughter of the late Willard F. and...
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