Obituaries
Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries
Steven Norfleet
May 19, 2020
Steven (Steve) W. Norfleet age (71), passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. He was born March 6, 1949, in Lafayette, to the late Bernice (Tarter) Norfleet and James F. Norfleet. Steve graduated from Jefferson High School. Steve’s career began as a journeyman pipefitter with Local 157, working for the Ed Grace Company. He started his company, Norfleet...
Harold Gretencord
May 18, 2020
Harold E. Gretencord, 70, of West Lafayette (formerly Earl Park) passed away Monday, May 18, at Franciscan Alliance East after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born June 2, 1949 in Lafayette to the late Paul and Lucille (Lanie) Gretencord of Fowler, IN. Harold was a graduate of Fowler High School and the Indiana School of...
Richard Nichols
May 13, 2020
Richard Thomas Nichols, 66, from Braintree, MA (formally from Oxford, IN) tragically lost his life in an automobile accident in the Boston, MA area in the morning of May 13, 2020. Rick, the second of eight children, was born on 12/23/53 to Mary and Tom Nichols of Oxford, Indiana. If you knew Rick, you were blessed. His charm made...
Dolorita Gaunt
Apr 21, 2020
Dolorita Margaret “Rita” Gaunt, 82, of Lafayette passed away at Franciscan East St. Elizabeth Hospital 10:52 PM Tuesday April 21, 2020. Rita was born in Lafayette March 23, 1938, the daughter of the late William Michael “Pete” Vianco and Margaret Frances (Becker) Vianco and was a 1956 graduate of Delphi, IN High School. She married Roger Allan Gaunt in Peru,...
Rita Mcdowell
Apr 19, 2020
Rita Cecelia McDowell, 98, of West Lafayette, passed away at her residence Sunday April 19, 2020. She was born in St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette November 23, 1921, the daughter of the late Chester T. and Caroline A. (Oberle) McDowell, and was a graduate of St. Francis High School in Lafayette. Rita was a life-long member of St. Boniface...
Robert Horney
Apr 14, 2020
Robert L. Horney, 86 of Linden, IN passed away at Franciscan East, St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette 5:32 AM Tuesday April 14, 2020 where he had been a patient for one day following an injury from a fall. Robert was born near Linden in Montgomery County, Indiana June 7, 1933, the son of the late John M. and Genevra M....
Barbara Stengel
Apr 12, 2020
Barbara Stengel, age 96 of Bridgeport, CT, formerly of West Lafayette, IN died on April 12, 2020. Born on November 11, 1923, in Chicago, IL, she was the daughter of the late John Nent and Rosalia Petrich Nent. She was preceded in death by her brother, John Nent, Jr., who died in World War II. She was raised and educated...
Rachel Koning
Mar 28, 2020
Rachel Ann Koning, 85, of Lafayette, passed away early Saturday morning March 28, 2020 at Cumberland Pointe Health Campus in West Lafayette, IN. She was born in Lafayette on July 27, 1934, the daughter of the late Ephraim Gould McMurry and Edna Belle (Peterson) McMurry, and attended Lafayette schools. Besides being a full-time wife and mother, Rachel was actively involved...
William Gettings
Mar 19, 2020
William K. (Bill) Gettings passed away early Thursday morning, in his home - where he wished to be, beside his wife of 69 years, Beverly Gettings (Hooker). Along with his wife Bev, he is survived by their three children, Amanda Hudson (Wes), Annie Gramelspacher (Philip) and Bill Gettings (Gail), ten grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. Bill was the firstborn to...
John Castor
Mar 19, 2020
John Woodworth Castor, 84, went to be with our Heavenly Father on March 19, 2020. He was born on July 6, 1935 to John Arnold Castor and Teresa Woodworth Castor and was raised in Lafayette, IN. He graduated Jefferson High School in 1953 and attended Notre Dame University. In 1954, he joined the Marine Corps and served as a...
Lynn Youart
Mar 19, 2020
Lynn F. Youart, 80, of Lafayette, was called home by our lord on Thursday evening March 19, 2020. Born in Detroit, MI on May 30, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Roy A. and Kay Meacham Fruehauf. Lynn graduated from Paul Schulte High School in Terre Haute, IN where she met her future husband of 59 years, Hal...
Donald Vessels, Sr.
Mar 8, 2020
Donald L. Vessels, Sr., 88, of Pine Village, IN passed away at his residence Sunday evening March 8, 2020. Donald was born in Fowler, IN September 3, 1931, the son of the late Stanley and Elsie Yarno Vessels. He attended Fowler Catholic School and a 1953 graduate of Freeland Park High School before enlisting in the Army, where he...
Dora Elston
Mar 2, 2020
Dora Lavina Elston, 96, of West Lafayette, passed away at her residence 9:30 AM Monday March 2, 2020. She was born in Monon, IN February 24, 1924, the daughter of the late Ben and Mae Peregrine Denton, and attended White and Jasper County Schools. Dora had resided in the Lafayette area since 1954, moving from the Winamac and Star City,...
Geneva E/ Devault
Mar 2, 2020
Geneva E. Lester DeVault, 96, of Tampa, Florida and formerly of Lafayette, passed away at her residence in Tampa Monday March 2, 2020. Geneva was born in West Point, IN March 21, 1923, the daughter of the late John and Blanche Stover Halsema. She was a member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Lafayette. Surviving is a daughter, one son,...
Robert Weigle
Mar 1, 2020
Robert C. Weigle, 76, of Lafayette, passed away at his residence 10:30 Sunday March 1, 2020. Robert was born in Lafayette March 17, 1943, the son of the late Orville and Martha Smith Weigle, and attended Lafayette schools. He was an auto body repairman during his working career and retired due to disabilities. Robert enjoyed fishing, watching sports, especially...
Allan Young
Feb 18, 2020
Allan R. Young, 88, of Lafayette, passed away at his residence Tuesday February 18, 2020. He was born in Lafayette November 18, 1931, the son of the late George R. and Mable McKinley Young. Allan attended St. Boniface grade school and was a 1949 graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School. He served in the U. S. Marine Corps during...
Raymond Brown
Feb 13, 2020
Robert V. Brown, 84, of West Lafayette, passed away at the Indiana Veterans Home 5:05 PM Thursday February 13, 2020 where he had been a patient for the past year. Raymond was born July 20, 1935 near Wolcott, IN to the late George S. E. and Margaret Kingma Brown and was a graduate of Wolcott, IN High School. He married...
Janet Clute
Feb 4, 2020
Janet Lee (Deardorff) Clute, 85, passed away at Franciscan Health Lafayette East surrounded by her family on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 2:51 PM. Janet was born in Lafayette on February 18, 1934. She was the daughter of the late Mace and Maude (Wright) Deardorff. Janet was raised in Lafayette and graduated from Jeff High School in 1951. On June...
Bernice Norfleet
Feb 4, 2020
Bernice Norfleet, age 88 of Lafayette, passed away at Franciscan East St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette 7:20 AM Tuesday February 4, 2020. Bernice had recently been residing at Elmcroft Assisted Living in West Lafayette. She was born in Deland, IL February 21, 1931, the daughter of the late Virl and Grace Foster Tarter and was a graduate of Ambia, IN...
Barbara Hosterman
Jan 31, 2020
Barbara Jane Hosterman, 84, of Oxford, IN passed away at Mulberry Healthcare in Mulberry, IN 8:00 AM Friday January 31, 2020 where she had resided the past two years. She was born in Judyville, IN April 10, 1935, the daughter of the late Leon and Mable Oliver Garriott and was a 1954 graduate of Oxford, IN High School. She...
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