Obituaries

Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries

Katherine Biltz

Katherine Biltz

Sep 19, 2019

Katherine Frances (Spitznagle) Biltz, age 100, of Lafayette, passed away at St. Anthony Healthcare in Lafayette 4:08 PM Thursday September 19, 2019 where she had been a resident the past six years. Katherine was born in Lafayette at St. Elizabeth Hospital December 22, 1918, one of 16 children of the late Edward and Katherine (Fassnacht) Spitznagle. She was a graduate...

Doris Miller

Doris Miller

Sep 4, 2019

Doris E. Miller, 93, of West Lafayette, IN passed away at Heritage Healthcare in West Lafayette Wednesday morning September 4, 2019. She was born in West Lafayette March 23, 1926 the daughter of the late Wayne K. and Mary Evelyn (Hartman) Miller. Doris was a graduate of Royal Oak, MI High School, and had been employed at Purdue University, and...

Donnabelle Kruszewski

Donnabelle Kruszewski

Sep 3, 2019

Donnabelle Raub Kruszewski of Lafayette, 92, passed away peacefully at home at 6:15 a.m. on Tuesday, September 3, 2019. She was born November 10, 1926 in Lafayette to Oliver H. Raub and Marguerite Dyer Raub. She graduated from West Lafayette High School, Purdue University and received a Master’s Degree from Butler University. In 1953 she married Stanley J. Kruszewski in...

Daniel Probst

Daniel Probst

Sep 2, 2019

Daniel Ray Probst, 41, of Lafayette, IN passed away at his residence in Lafayette 9:14 PM Monday September 2, 2019. Daniel was born in Indianapolis, IN December 25, 1977, the son of Barbara Ann Lawrence and Fredrick Joseph Probst. He was a graduate of Hamilton Heights High School in Arcadia, IN and for the past 15 years was employed by...

John Mosley

John Mosley

Aug 21, 2019

John Leonard Mosley, 82, of Oxford, IN passed away at Green Hill Manor in Fowler 11:45 PM Wednesday August 21, 2019 where he had been a patient since May. John was born in Gary, IN October 23, 1936, the son of the late Charles R. and Margarite Mosley and was a 1955 graduate of Hobart, IN High School. He married...

Charlotte Leonard

Charlotte Leonard

Aug 19, 2019

Charlotte Ann Frushour Leonard passed away peacefully Monday afternoon, August 19, at her residence at Westminster Village in West Lafayette, IN at the age of 101. Charlotte had fallen and broken her hip approximately 6 weeks age and her health swiftly deteriorated after the fall. Charlotte was born in the family home in Metea, IN on July 11, 1918 to...

Margaret Wilcox

Margaret Wilcox

Aug 18, 2019

Margaret Dianne Wilcox, 76, of Linden, IN passed away at Witham Hospital in Lebanon, IN 5:42 PM Sunday August 18, 2019. Margaret was born at Waynetown, IN in the family home April 11, 1943, the daughter of the late Gerald W. and Dorothy (Coombs) West. She attended Waynetown Schools and after moving with her family to Linden in 1951, was...

Catherine Jackson

Catherine Jackson

Aug 8, 2019

Catherine M. Jackson, 66, a life-long resident of Lafayette, passed away Thursday August 8, 2019 at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette. She was born November 9, 1952 in Lafayette to the late Harold E. and Marilyn S. (Stevens) Jackson and attended Lafayette Schools. Catherine enjoyed playing music at several nursing homes in the Lafayette with her father. She is survived...

Kathryn Riehle

Kathryn Riehle

Aug 2, 2019

Kathryn C. Riehle, 93, of Lafayette, passed away at St. Anthony Healthcare in Lafayette 8:20 PM Friday August 2, 2019 where she had been a patient for the past ten months. Kathryn was born in Fowler, IN May 15, 1926, the daughter of the late Joseph Bernard and Louise (Snouwart) Albregts and was a 1943 graduate of Monitor (IN) High...

John Cecille

John Cecille

Jul 30, 2019

John Jeffery Cecille, 63, of Williamsport, IN passed away at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis 5:53 PM Tuesday July 30, 2019 of injuries sustained in an auto accident south of Lafayette on Monday July 29. John was born in Chicago, IL October 1, 1955, the son of the late Clarence B. and Jean A. (Koperny) Cecille and attended Lakeview High...

Lilly Willyard

Lilly Willyard

Jul 27, 2019

Lilly Ann Willyard, 95, of Oxford, IN passed away at Heritage Healthcare in West Lafayette, IN Saturday July 27 at 5:08 AM where she had been a resident for the past five years. She had been a resident of Oxford since 2000. Lilly was born in Grundy Center, Iowa December 28, 1923, the daughter of the late Fred Albert...

Johanna Mosley

Johanna Mosley

Jul 7, 2019

Johanna I. Mosley, 85, of Oxford, IN passed away at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette 4:11 AM Sunday July 7, 2019 where she had been a patient the past 13 days. Johanna was born July 3, 1934 in Wayne, Michigan, the daughter of the late William and Iva (Perkins) Herrmann and was a graduate of Crawfordsville, IN High School....

Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson

Jun 29, 2019

Mary Margaret “Margie” Wilson Margie Wilson passed away on June 29, 2019, age 93, leaving behind a legacy of a life filled with family, faith and friends. Margie was born on July 4, 1925 in Connersville, Indiana to Nicholas and Elizabeth (Moritz) Mancini. Margie was one of 4 siblings, Peter, Rosemary Youmans and Lenora Bogardus. She attended St. Gabriel Elementary...

Alfredo Gonzalez

Alfredo Gonzalez

Jun 27, 2019

Alfredo Gonzalez, Jr. of Conroe, Texas went home to be with the Lord on June27, 2019. He had been fighting a battle with being sick for a very long time. He was born August 20, 1937 in Brownsville, Texas to Alfredo and Aurora Lartigue Gonzalez. His family moved to Temperance, Michigan where he graduated from Bedford High School in 1956....

Gerald Barnard

Gerald Barnard

Jun 24, 2019

Gerald D. Barnard, 75, of Oxford, IN passed away at Franciscan East, St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette 4:56 PM Monday June 24, 2019 where he had been a patient the past 10 days. Gerald was born in Lafayette February 6, 1944, the son of the late Gene and Loretta (Bennett) Barnard and attended Oxford High School. He married Martha...

Homer Sipes

Homer Sipes

Jun 21, 2019

Homer Lee Sipes, 78, of Otterbein, IN passed away at Signature Healthcare in Lafayette Friday June 21, 2019 at 7:35 PM where he had been a resident the past five years. Homer was born in Attica, IN March 23, 1941, the son of the late Paul S. and Jessie Iola (Rater) Sipes, Sr. He married Marian J. Foltz at...

Leo Etter

Leo Etter

Jun 9, 2019

Leo F. Etter, age 75 from Oxford, IN passed away on June 9, 2019 surrounded by his family at Greenhill Manor Nursing Home in Fowler, IN. Leo was born on April 18, 1944 in Lafayette, IN. He graduated from Otterbein High School in 1962 and continued his education at Purdue University where he earned his Bachelor's Degree in General Ag....

Nicena Chalkus

Nicena Chalkus

Jun 4, 2019

Nicena Kay Chalkus, 58, of Lafayette, passed away at her residence Tuesday morning June 4, 2019. Nicena was born in Danville, IL September 25, 1960, the daughter of James L. and Janice C. (Sandusky) Chalkus. She was a graduate of Danville, (IL) High School and a graduate of Lakeview Radiology School in Danville in 1988. She was currently employed...

Thelma Glaspie

Thelma Glaspie

May 24, 2019

Thelma Dean (Williams) Glaspie, 88, of Oxford, IN passed away at Green-Hill Manor in Fowler, IN Friday morning, May 24, 2019. She had been a patient there for 3 weeks and in ill health the past 10 years. Thelma was born in Oxford, IN April 11, 1931, the daughter of Irvin K. “Red” and Thelma Mae (Nicholas) Williams, and was...

Michael Lockard

Michael Lockard

May 20, 2019

Michal Jon Lockard age 80 of Lafayette passed away Sunday, May 20, 2019 at 1:00 AM. Born on April 8, 1939 in Lafayette, he attended grade school in West Lafayette (Morton), in Ade, IN, and at St. Boniface in Lafayette. He attended High School in West Lafayette, Class of ’57 where he played football, baseball, basketball, and track earning...

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