Obituaries
Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries
Thelma Shockey
Mar 16, 2022
Thelma I. Shockey, age 99, of Venice, Florida, died Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Thelma was born in Tippecanoe County, near Battle Ground, on March 4th, 1923, the daughter of Frank Peterson and Margaret Brettnacher Peterson. She graduated from St Francis High School in 1941. She was married to Donald E. Shockey in St. Boniface Catholic Church in Lafayette on...
Joan Lesch
Mar 15, 2022
Joan E. (Miller) Lesch passed away peacefully in her home on Tuesday March 15, 2022 with her daughter Carol and her beloved cat Daisy by her side. Born in Benton County on April 24, 1932 to A. Ray Miller and Elva (Stonecipher) Miller. Joan attended Oxford High School until 1946 when the home burned and the family moved to Boswell,...
Gerald Steiner
Mar 15, 2022
Gerald J. (Jerry) Steiner, age 58, of Cathedral Healthcare Center, Jasper, IN, died March 15, 2022, at 11:10 p.m. Jerry was the seventh of eight children born to Bernard (Bud) and Beatrice (Schafer) Steiner. Jerry attended Otterbein Elementary, Benton Central High School and graduated in 1974 from Frankfort High School. He worked in sheltered workshops in Lafayette, Frankfort, and Crawfordsville...
Rachel Elliott
Mar 14, 2022
Rachel L. (Siple) Elliott, age 96, of Lafayette, passed away at Franciscan East, St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette Monday afternoon March 14, 2022. Rachel was born on July 17, 1925 to Francis R. and Ellen (Stingley) Siple. She grew up in Lafayette, attending Longlois School and graduating from Jefferson High School. On June 6, 1947 she married Charles T. Elliott....
Anne Gobel
Mar 9, 2022
Anne Elizabeth Gobel, 78, of West Lafayette, IN passed away Wednesday March 9, 2022 in West Lafayette, IN. She was born in Lafayette March 3, 1944, the daughter of the late Gregory and Doris (Law) Gobel and was a graduate of Oxford High School. Anne was employed at the former Morris Bryant Restaurant in West Lafayette, and after it’s closing...
Donald Woerner
Mar 5, 2022
Donald E. Woerner, 73, of Oxford, IN passed away at IU Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis Saturday March 5, 2022 at 9:30 PM where he had been a patient since February 25. Don was born in Indianapolis, IN August 25, 1948, the son of the late Merrill and Doris (Wilson) Woerner. He was a graduate of Oxford High School and Greer...
Catherine Morehouse
Mar 2, 2022
With great sadness we announce the passing of Catherine Rohrman Morehouse, 91. Our loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at her home on March 2, 2022. She was born November 15, 1930 in Lafayette, IN, to the late John and Velma (Ringwald) Rohrman. She graduated from St. Francis High...
Lucille Cooper
Feb 24, 2022
Lucille Cooper, 93, of Lafayette and formerly of Benton County, IN passed away at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette Thursday February 24, 2022 where she had been a patient the past six days. Lucille was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky September 25, 1928 the daughter of the late Virl and Grace (Foster) Tarter. The family relocated to Benton County, and...
Nancy Hohenstein
Feb 14, 2022
Nancy Switzer Hohenstein July 9, 1933 - February 14, 2022 Nancy Switzer Hohenstein, 88, of Waveland passed away on February 14, 2022 at home with family close by her side. Born and raised in Linden, she was the daughter of Lawrence (Bunk) Switzer and Lillie Boller Trombley. She will now be at the euchre table once again with her dad,...
Arlene Livingston
Feb 13, 2022
Arlene Joan (Greene) Livingston was born on October 1, 1936. She was the eighth out of ten children born to John and Catherine Greene in Staten Island, New York. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She passed peacefully at home on February 13, 2022, at the age of 85 after a full and meaningful life....
Janet Payne
Feb 3, 2022
Janet K. Payne, 80, of Fowler, IN, was reunited with her family and Christ in Heaven on Thursday, February 3, 2022, at 5:30 AM. She was born in Danville, IL, on March 22, 1941, the daughter of the late Robert M. and Elizabeth J. (Schuff) Layden. Janet was a Wellington, IL High School graduate and attended Lincoln Bible Institute...
William Kennedy, Sr.
Jan 29, 2022
William J. “Bill” Kennedy, Sr., 70, of Lafayette, passed away at Franciscan St. Elizabeth Hospital East in Lafayette Saturday January 29, 2022 at 7:27 PM. Bill was born in Lafayette July 4, 1951 to the late Joseph R. and Elizabeth C. (Brouwer) Kennedy, Jr. and was a graduate of Lafayette Central Catholic High School. He married Debbie M. Sowders in...
William Meyers
Jan 16, 2022
William F. Meyers, 91, of Lafayette, passed away at Mulberry Healthcare Center in Mulberry, IN 5:15 PM Sunday January 16, 2022. He was born in Lafayette March 17, 1930, the son of the late William Frank and Margaret (Foley) Meyers. William was a graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School and received training in aircraft sheet metal and tool and...
James Garrison
Jan 16, 2022
James Joe Garrison, 81, of West Lafayette, passed away at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette Sunday January 16, 2022 at 11:57 A.M. James was born in Bismark, IL February 9, 1940, the son of the late James Andrew and Alberta (Allison) Garrison and attended Bismark, IL schools. He married Eleanor Lois Farthing at Williamsport, IN June 10, 1961 and she...
Marilyn Robbins
Jan 16, 2022
Marilyn E. Robbins, 84, of Lafayette, passed away at Franciscan St. Elizabeth East Hospital Sunday afternoon, January 16, 2022. Marilyn was born in Hillsdale, MI June 4, 1937, the daughter of the late Charles and Helen (Mote) Flora, and was a graduate of Chester Township High School, North Manchester, IN. She had resided in Lafayette since 1958. Marilyn first married...
Dennis Goodman
Jan 15, 2022
Dennis W. Goodman, 71, of Fowler, IN passed away at Franciscan East Hospital in Lafayette, IN Saturday January 15, 2022 after a brief illness. Dennis was born in Fowler January 29, 1950, the son of the late Lawrence and Yvonne (Pilotte) Goodman and was a 1969 graduate of Benton Central High School. Following graduation, he served in the U....
Leslie Sturgeon
Jan 15, 2022
Leslie P. “Lester” Sturgeon, 65, of Pine Village, IN passed away at his residence on Saturday January 15, 2022. Lester was born in Lafayette, IN January 28, 1956, the son of the late Gordon L. and Dorothy D. (Keller) Sturgeon. He attended both Pine Village and Seeger High Schools. Lester was employed as a farm hand for John Brown and...
Juan Patlan, Jr.
Jan 12, 2022
Juan A. Patlan, Jr., 50, of Lafayette, father, brother, uncle, lover of life, hard worker, passion for cooking, being outdoors handy man of maintenance and traveler, passed away at 3:17 PM Wednesday January 12, 2022. He was surrounded by family who loved him most in the world. Jr. was always the life of the party. He loved his family, friends...
Elizabeth Korty
Jan 6, 2022
Elizabeth E. “Betty” (Windler) Korty, 70, of Romney, Indiana, peacefully entered into her eternal reward on Thursday, January 6, 2022, surrounded by her family. Betty was born in Lafayette, IN, on January 7, 1951 to the late Virgil and M. Eileen (Morrissey) Windler of Oxford, Indiana. She graduated in 1969 from Benton Central HS, and briefly attended Purdue University. On...
Dorothy Maxwell
Jan 4, 2022
Dorothy J. Maxwell, 93, of Lafayette, IN formerly of Terre Haute, IN passed away at Creasy Springs Healthcare in Lafayette Tuesday January 4, 2022 at 4:53 PM. Dorothy was born in Terre Haute, IN December 10, 1928, the daughter of the late Alonso and Viola (Dilks) Cooke and was a graduate of Garfield High School in Terre Haute. She...
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