Obituaries
Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries
Janet Barnes
May 30, 2009
Janet M. "Peach" Barnes, 61, of Lafayette, died at Regency Place of Lafayette 1:25 AM Saturday May 30, 2009, where she had been a patient the past 3 weeks. Ms. Barnes had been in ill health the past 3 years with cancer. Born September 27, 1947 in Lafayette, the daughter of the late Thomas H. and Helen L. Dooley...
Ralph Allen
May 29, 2009
Ralph Eugene Allen, 74, of Williamsport, IN., formerly of Lafayette and Otterbein, died at St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis 1:45 AM Friday May 29, 2009. Born in Delphi, IN. March 12, 1935, the son of the late Reed McCormick and Helen Lucille Allen, he was a 1956 graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School. Mr. Allen had worked for Peerless...
Matthew Peterson
May 28, 2009
Matthew F. Peterson, 27, of Lafayette, died Thursday May 28, 2009. Born in Lafayette Jan. 26, 1982, he was the son of Marcia K. Miller Peterson and the late Francis P. Peterson. He was a 2000 graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School. Mr. Peterson had been employed at Purdue University. He was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church...
David Dotson
May 25, 2009
David E. Dotson, 53, of Lafayette, died at Home Hospital 3:10 P.M. Monday May 25, 2009. Mr. Dotson was born in Lafayette December 27, 1955, the son of Gordon L. and Luita L. Brown Dotson, and was a life-long Lafayette resident. He was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church, where he attended weekly. David enjoyed fishing, especially through...
Ruth Condra
May 18, 2009
Ruth Mae Condra, 88, of Lafayette, formerly of Oxford, IN. died 8:10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Healthcare in Lafayette. She was born May 21, 1920 in Oxford, IN. to the late Jasper Ancil and Edith Cooper Gwin. She moved from Oxford to Lafayette in 1975. She married Bruce Everett Condra in 1949 at Oxford and he preceded her...
James O'Connor
May 14, 2009
James D. O'Connor 61, of New Richmond, IN. died at his residence 11:23 AM Thursday May 14, 2009 following an illness with cancer. Born January 1, 1948 in Williamsport, PA. the son of the late George LaFrance and Emma Rebecca Henninger O'Connor, he had resided in New Richmond since 2005, moving from Arizona. Mr. O'Connor married Sheryl Ann Margerum...
Elizabeth Naville
May 10, 2009
Elizabeth A. "Betty" Naville, 83, of West Lafayette and formerly of Lafayette, died at University Place Health Care Center, West Lafayette 8:15 AM Sunday May 10, 2009. She had resided at University Place since December 2005. Born in Otterbein, IN. August 21, 1925, the daughter of the late Charles T. and Katherine Donahue Combs, she was a life long...
David Fell
May 10, 2009
David Lynn Fell, 64, of West Lafayette, died at St. Elizabeth Medical Center 1:25 PM Sunday May 10, 2009 where he had been a patient since Thursday. Mr. Fell had been in ill health the past 2 years with lung and brain cancer. Born in Lafayette, IN. March 23, 1945, the son of the late Richard and Pauline Beaver...
Fern Swim
Apr 23, 2009
Fern Mary Swim, 96, 501 N. Lincoln Ave., Fowler formerly of 106 W. Vine St., Oxford died 2:15 pm Thursday, April 23, 2009 at Greenhill Manor. She was born April 12, 1913 in Oxford to Emery H. Scott and Dora Mae Barrhett Scott. She had lived in Wolcott from 1956 until 1979. She worked at Ladd Drug Store and...
Barbara Muller
Apr 18, 2009
Barbara A. "Bobbie" Jensen Muller, 81, of Lafayette, died at Lafayette Home Hospital 10:52 AM Saturday April 18, 2009. Born in Chicago, Illinois August 4, 1927, the daughter of the late Christian and Florence Griffin Jensen, she had resided in Lafayette the past 32 years and had graduated from York High School in Elmhurst, IL. She was married to...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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