Obituaries

Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries

Patricia Vail

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

Mary Boots

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...

Elvy Lamothe

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...

Mr. Lamoine Pluimer

Mr. Lamoine Pluimer

Feb 2, 2009

LaMoine J. Pluimer, 84, of Oxford, IN. died at Green Hill Manor in Fowler 4:30 A.M. Monday February 2, 2009. He had been a patient there for the past one and a half months, and in failing health the past 4 years. Born April 11, 1924 in Jasper County, IN. to the late John Peter and Velma Loretta Nolard...

Mary Hardebeck

Mary Hardebeck

Jan 29, 2009

Mary Jo Hardebeck, 57, of Lafayette, IN. died at Seton Specialty Hospital, Lafayette, IN. 9:55 PM Thursday January 29, 2009. She had been ill with cancer since September, 2008. Born December 30, 1951 in Lafayette, the daughter of F.W. "Bud" and Geraldine "Jerri" DeRosa Niemantsverdriet, she was a 1970 graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School. She received her Associate...

Mildred Harris

Mildred Harris

Jan 26, 2009

Mildred L. Harris, 93, of Newburgh, IN., formerly of Lafayette, died at the residence of her daughter, Mary A. Harris in Newburgh 12:03 AM Monday January 26, 2009. Mrs. Harris had been residing with her daughter the past 8 years. Born in Royal Center, Indiana September 26, 1915, the daughter of the late Frederic E. and Marie Ranten Hoffman,...

Pauline Schiavone

Pauline Schiavone

Jan 20, 2009

Pauline Atkinson Schiavone of Oxford and Monticello passed away peacefully in her home in Oxford January 20 at 3:10 PM. She was exactly 88-1/2 years old and succumbed to lung and heart problems. Pauline was born July 20, 1920 daughter of Pearl Ruth Christman Atkinson and Earl Newton Atkinson. The depression era, farm life, and her loving and industrious...

Charles Griffin

Charles Griffin

Jan 19, 2009

Charles L. Griffin, 83, of Lafayette, died at Home Hospital 6:20 P.M. Monday January 19, 2009. Mr. Griffin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio November 10, 1925, the son of the late Harvey and Elizabeth Griffin and had resided in the Lafayette area since 1961. He married Wilma M. Criswell in Lafayette November 20, 1948, and she preceded him in...

Elizabeth Bumbleburg

Elizabeth Bumbleburg

Jan 7, 2009

Elizabeth M. Bumbleburg, 91, of Lafayette, died unexpectedly at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Emergency Room 7:59 A.M. Wednesday January 7, 2008. She was born in Lafayette June 14, 1917, the daughter of the late Joseph and Eva (nee Coomey) Delaney, and was a life long Lafayette resident. Mrs. Bumbleburg attended St. Boniface School, and later Lafayette Jefferson High School....

Stephen Leinberger

Stephen Leinberger

Jan 5, 2009

Stephen Thomas Leinberger, 60, of Oxford, IN. died at his residence 6:10 P.M. Monday January 5, 2009. He had been ill the past 8 months with cancer. Born June 16, 1948, the son of Theodore Karl Leinberger, Sr., and the late Gerladine (nee Whitus) Leinberger, he was a 1966 graduate of Oxford High School. Mr. Leinberger worked as an...

Patricia Johnson

Patricia Johnson

Jan 5, 2009

Patricia Dale Johnson, 63, of Lafayette, and formerly of Crawfordsville, IN. died at Westminster Village Healthcare Center, West Lafayette, IN. 2:10 AM Monday January 5, 2009. She had been a patient there since July 2008, following her diagnosis with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) in March 2008. Born October 29, 1945 in Inglewood, California, the daughter of the late Dale...

Dr. Nicholas Misecko, Jr

Dr. Nicholas Misecko, Jr

Dec 31, 2008

Dr. Nicholas "Nick" Misecko, Jr., DDS , age 80 of West Lafayette, died at Home Hospital in Lafayette 1:14 PM Wednesday December 31, 2008, where he had been a patient since Friday Dec. 23. Born May 23, 1928 in East Chicago, IN., the son of the late Nick and Julia Michel Misecko, Sr. he had resided and practiced dentistry...

Jacqueline Lank

Jacqueline Lank

Dec 25, 2008

Jacqueline J. Lank, 77, of Mulberry, formerly of Colfax, died at Clarian-Arnett Hospital 10:10 AM Thursday December 25, 2008. She had been a patient at the Mulberry Helathcare Center, Mulberry, IN. the past 8 years. Born in Omaha, NE. August 12, 1931, to the late John Jordan and Marge Elizabeth Crowe, she had also resided in Chicago, IL. and...