Obituaries

Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries

Lawrence O'Connor

Lawrence O'Connor

Jul 3, 2008

Lawrence Walter O'Connor, 87, of Fullerton California, formerly of Lafayette, died at his residence in Fullerton 6:42 A.M. Thursday July 3, 2008 after a lengthy illness. He had resided in Fullerton the past 5 years. Mr. O'Connor was born October 17, 1920 in Lafayette the son of the late Lawrence A. and Florence Schrader O'Connor, attended St. Lawrence Grade...

Steven Hatke

Steven Hatke

Jul 1, 2008

Steven Alan Hatke, 53, of Lafayette, died in his Lafayette residence Tuesday July 1, 2008. He was born in Lafayette January 24, 1955, the son of Stanley V. and Rosemary Snider Hatke, who survive. Mr. Hatke was a 1974 graduate of Northe Montgomery High School, and as a youth was active in the Montgomery County 4 H program. He...

Velma Pearson

Velma Pearson

Jun 28, 2008

VELMA R PEARSON, 87 Velma R Pearson, 87, of Monticello, died Saturday June 28, 2008, at Home Hospital after suffering a stroke. A former resident of Rossville and Lafayette she was born in Lafayette on April 4, 1921, the daughter of the late Verner and Vada Jordan Jackson. She graduated from Jefferson High School. She worked for JC Penney...

Reynolds Weber

Reynolds Weber

Jun 18, 2008

Reynolds G. "Ren" Weber, 83, of Lafayette, died at St. Anthony's Healthcare Center 3:45 P.M. Wednesday June 18, 2008. He born in Grand Rapids, Michigan October 18, 1924, the son of the late Reynolds M. and Deva R. Ruynon Weber, and was a graduate of Catholic Central High School in Grand Rapids. Mr. Weber worked for the Lafayette Journal...

Sheldon Wright

Sheldon Wright

Jun 18, 2008

Sheldon W. Wright, 92, of Lafayette, and formerly of Romney, Indiana, died at Bickford Cottage in Lafayette 6:50 P.M. Wednesday June 18, 2008. Born August 31, 1915 in LaPorte, IN. to the late Frank and Clara Wallace Wright, he was a graduate of Westville, IN. High School. He married Pauline L. Pflugshaupt at Westville, IN. April 22, 1939, and...

Genelyn Yeoman

Genelyn Yeoman

Jun 14, 2008

Genelyn M. "Gene" Yeoman, 76, of West Lafayette, died at her residence 9:30 A.M. Saturday June 14, 2008. Born in Remington, Indiana May 24, 1932, the daughter of the late Eugene L. and Eleanor M. Emond Sego, she graduated from Remington High School in 1949. Mrs. Yeoman had worked as a secretary at Purdue University. She married Edward S....

Olive Hopkins

Olive Hopkins

Jun 11, 2008

Olive Hopkins, 95, of Linden, died at St. Mary's Healthcare Center in Lafayette 3:30 A.M. Wednesday June 11, 2008, where she had been a patient for the past year and a half. Born in Washington County, Indiana October 22, 1912 the daughter of the late Joseph S. and Flora Lee Early Thompson, she had resided in the Linden area...

Louis Brown

Louis Brown

Jun 5, 2008

Louis W. Brown, 84, of Lafayette died at St. Elizabeth Medical Center 2:30 A.M. Thursday June 5, 2008. Born in Lafayette August 26, 1923, the son of the late Lewis and Sophia Kruse Brown, he resided in Tippecanoe County all of his life and attended Lafayette Jefferson High School. He married Marie Louise Albreghts in 1947 and she died...

Robert Jennings

Robert Jennings

Jun 3, 2008

Robert Lee Jennings, 67, of West Lafayette, died at the Illiana Veterans Administration Hospital, Danville, IL. 1:55 P.M. Tuesday June 3, 2008. Born on the banks of the Wabash and Erie Canal, May 19, 1941, the son of the late Cleave and Martha Taylor Jennings, he resided in the Lafayette-West Lafayette area most all of his life. He was...

Travis Davison

Travis Davison

Jun 3, 2008

Travis Davison, age 58, of West Lafayette, died Tuesday, June 3, 2008. Playing trombone, conducting and singing were Trav's favorite lifelong pleasures and he actively shared these with others. In his youth, he spent ten summers in the redwoods of Northern California at Cazadero Music Camp and always claimed it as the most influential period of his life. Travis...

Leslie Armstrong

Leslie Armstrong

May 30, 2008

Leslie Armstrong, 86, of Colfax, and formerly of Lafayette, died at the Mulberry Health and Retirement Center 6:10 P.M. Friday May 30, 2008, where he had been a patient for the past year and a half. Born December 10, 1921 in Indianapolis, the son of the late John and Alvergie Simpson Armstrong, he attended Indianapolis schools. He married Viola...

Jeffrey Hicks

Jeffrey Hicks

May 25, 2008

Jeffrey Lynn Hicks, 52, of Lafayette, died Sunday afternoon May 25, 2008 at his residence of an apparent heart attack. Born at Tinker Air Force Base, Midwest City, Oklahoma, June 10, 1955, the son of Harold H. and Doris A. Davis Hicks, he had resided in the Lafayette area since 1967. He was a graduate of Harrison High School...

Dorothy Hertel

Dorothy Hertel

May 20, 2008

Dorothy M. Hertel, 94, of Lafayette and formerly of Cutler, IN. died at St. Mary's Healthcare Center in Lafayette 9:45 A.M. Tuesday May 20, 2008, where she had been a patient for the past 3 years. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio July 14, 1913, the daughter of the late Louis F. and Rose Schwing Handel, she was a 1932 graduate...

Charles Wildner

Charles Wildner

Nov 15, 1940

Charles E. Wildner, 70, of Oxford, IN. died at University Place Healthcare Center in West Lafayette Tuesday November 15, 2011 at 11:17 PM. Charles was born in New York, New York December 31, 1940, the son of the late Edgar F. and Adele Ficken Wildner. He was a graduate of Mepham High School, Long Island, New York, and attended...

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