Obituaries

Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries

Melody Hooper

Melody Hooper

Aug 20, 2008

Melody A. Hooper, 62, of Lafayette, died at St. Elizabeth Medical Center 7:08 P.M. Wednesday August 20, 2008. Born in Indianapolis April 9, 1946, the daughter of the late Hampton C. and Madelyn F. Farrell Young, she was a graduate of Lafayette Central Catholic High School. She married Jack L. Hooper at St. Mary's Cathedral in Lafayette Feb. 19,...

John Halsmer

John Halsmer

Aug 12, 2008

John P. Halsmer, 91, of West Lafayette, died at George Davis Manor 2:00 A.M. Tuesday August 12, 2008, where he had had been a patient since October. Born in Lafayette, Indiana January 31, 1917, the son of the late Cornelius John and Roselia Metzger Halsmer, he was a life long Lafayette resident. Mr. Halsmer was a graduate of Monitor,...

Jean Cooley

Jean Cooley

Aug 2, 2008

Jean Ann (Rausch) Cooley, 79, of Clarks Hill died at 8:25 a.m., Saturday August 2, 2008 at her son's home. She had been diagnosed with colon cancer in April. Jean was born in Lafayette, IN on August 16, 1928. She graduated from St. Francis High School and began work at the Purdue admissions office. After nine years there, she...

Isabella Williams

Isabella Williams

Jul 26, 2008

After several months of illness, Isabella L. Williams, 61, died at home Saturday, July 26, 2008. Born April 21, 1947 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Paul and Isabella Lewis, she grew up in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. In 1966, Isabella married Marc H. Williams. She was the first married woman to graduate from Princeton University, class of 1972. In 1981, the Williams...

Richard Bixler

Richard Bixler

Jul 24, 2008

Richard J. "Joe" Bixler, 73, of Lafayette, died at Seton Specialty Hospital in Lafayette 9:27 A.M. Thursday July 24, 2008 where he had been a patient for the past 3 weeks. Born in Hymera, IN. November 23, 1934, the son of the late Ralph V. and Reva L. Butler Bixler, he attended Knightstown, IN. schools, and had resided in...

Samuel Wankel

Samuel Wankel

Jul 23, 2008

Samuel D. "Sam" Wankel, 60, of Pine Village, IN. died suddenly and unexpectedly Wednesday July 23, 2008 in Chattanooga, TN. in the emergency room of Erlanger Medical Center of an apparent heart attack. Born May 9, 1948 in Jacksonville, IL., the son of the late Albert V. and Mary Jean Stout Wankel, he had resided in Pine Village the...

Richard Fell

Richard Fell

Jul 19, 2008

Richard E. Fell, 89, of Oxford, died at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Lafayette 9:13 AM Saturday July 19, 2008. He had been a patient there for the past 2 days and in failing health the past 3 months. Mr. Fell was born in Oxford, March 7, 1919 the son of the late Everett and Jennie Rasmussen Fell of...

Delores Martin

Delores Martin

Jul 9, 2008

Delores J. "June" Martin, 74, of Lafayette, died at her residence 3:15 P.M. Wednesday July 9, 2008. She had been in ill health since October. Born in Covington, Indiana June 5, 1934, the daughter of the late George and Ruby Shuff Bodine, she was a graduate of Covington, IN. High School. Ms. Martin had worked for Beau Jardin Apartments...

Kenneth Cooley

Kenneth Cooley

Jul 8, 2008

Kenneth E. "Kenny" Cooley, 88, of Brownsville, Texas and formerly of Fowler, IN. , was pronounced dead at the emergency room of Valley Baptist Hospital, Brownsville after an apparent heart attack at St. Mary's Chapel early Tuesday morning. He was born in Stockland, Illinois November 22, 1919, the son of the late Michael H. and Marie C. Donohue Cooley....

Terry Armstrong

Terry Armstrong

Jul 6, 2008

Terry Lyn Armstrong, 48, formerly of Lafayette, died at Heritage Healthcare, West Lafayette 12:45 A.M. Sunday July 6, 2008. He was born in Gary, Indiana November 5, 1959 to the late Carl and Ellen Foster Armstrong, and had resided in the Lafayette area most all of his life. Mr. Armstrong graduated from McCutcheon High School in 1977, and had...

Dr. Robert Martin

Dr. Robert Martin

Jul 5, 2008

Robert D. Martin, M.D. age 77, of Lafayette died Saturday July 5, 2008 at 11:05 P.M. at Rosewalk Village in Lafayette. He was born December 12, 1930 in Max Bass, N. Dakota, the son of the late Wm. M. and Lela G. Stafford Martin. The family moved to a farm north of Otterbein, IN. in 1931 and he grew...

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...