Obituaries
Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries
Robert Berns
Sep 9, 2008
Robert J. Berns, 72, of Lafayette, died at the Indiana University Medical Center 11:47 P.M. Tuesday September 9, 2008, where he had been a patient since August 28. Born in LaPorte, Indiana August 10, 1936, the son of the late Robert F. and Henrietta Thompson Berns, he was a graduate of Rochester, IN. High School and Purdue University with...
Olivia Reed
Sep 3, 2008
Olivia N. Reed, age 91, of Lafayette and formerly of Indianapolis, died at the residence of Jeffrey and Missy Benham, her great-nephew and niece, 4:35 P.M. Wednesday September 3, 2008. Mrs. Reed had lived in Indianapolis most of her life, returning to Lafayette in February of 2006. Born in Lafayette July 19, 1917, the daughter of the late Henry...
Jeanette Blankman
Aug 28, 2008
Jeanette A. Blankman, 80, of Fowler, Indiana died at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Lafayette 11:30 A.M. Thursday August 28, 2008, where she had been a patient since Monday. Mrs. Blankman had been in ill health since July 9, 2008. Born in Benton County near Fowler January 30, 1928, the daughter of the late William and Ruth Windler Benner,...
Max Perry
Aug 21, 2008
Max D. Perry, 79, of West Lafayette, and formerly of Delphi, died at the Indiana Veterans Home 3:30 A.M. Thursday August 21, 2008, where he had been a patient since December, 2007. Born in Chalmers, IN. November 9, 1928, the son of the late Mark and Mildred Fleener Perry, he attended White County Schools. Mr. Perry served in the...
James Mathews
Aug 20, 2008
James E. Mathews, 86, of 3851 N. River Road, West Lafayette, formerly of Valparaiso and McCrory, Arkansas, died at St. Elizabeth Medical Center 12:15 P.M. Wednesday August 20, 2008. He was born in Woodruff, Arkansas April 22, 1922, the son of the late James W. and Leela Elam Mathews. He served in the Army during World War II, and...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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