Obituaries
Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries
Richard Molter
Jul 7, 2017
Richard James Molter, 88, of Lafayette, died peacefully on July 7, 2017 at St. Mary Healthcare Center. A music teacher who taught thousands of Indiana school children the value and beauty of music for over six decades and instilled in each of them the benefits of music education – discipline, practice, self-improvement and success – for use later in life,...
Mary Mowle
Jul 6, 2017
Mary Jane Mowle, 80, of West Lafayette, passed away July 6, 2017 at Franciscan St. Elizabeth East Hospital. Her Life Story Mary Jane was born in South Bend, IN to Stanley and Helen Schoen on Oct 15, 1936. Mary Jane graduated with the last class of South Bend Catholic High School (1953). She earned a B.S. in Elementary Education...
Roy "Bob" Erwin, Jr.
Jul 5, 2017
Roy R. “Bob” Erwin, Jr. 90, of Lafayette, passed away at The Springs of Lafayette 3:20 AM Wednesday July 5, 2017 where he had been a patient the past two weeks. Bob was born in Lafayette October 27, 1926, the son of the late Roy R. Erwin, Sr. and Ethel C. Carter Erwin. He attended Lafayette Jefferson High School, and...
Marjorie Gick
Jun 10, 2017
Marjorie Joanne (Spitznagle) Gick, age 84, of Lafayette, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at 12:35 AM Saturday, June 10, 2017, at St. Mary's Healthcare Center . Born on March 7, 1933 in Lafayette. She was the daughter of the late Edward Spitznagle and Katherine Fassnacht. She married Marvin Gick, who survives, on April 30, 1960 at St. Boniface...
Thomas Hausladen
Jun 3, 2017
Thomas Joseph Hausladen 77, of Lafayette, passed away at his residence in Lafayette 2:00 PM Saturday June 3, 2017. He was born in West Union, Iowa January 20, 1940, the son of the late Anton and Theresa Kraemer Hausladen. Tom was a graduate of Sacred Heart High School in Waterloo, Iowa and received his Bachelor’s Degree from Loras College...
Paul Brutus
Jun 2, 2017
Paul F. Brutus, 83, of Greensburg, IN and formerly of Lafayette and Pine Village, IN, passed away at AMG Specialty Hospital in Greenfield, IN Friday June 2, 2017 at 2:16 AM. He was born in Pine Village May 20, 1934, the son of the late Arba and Addie Jones Brutus and was a graduate of Pine Village High School and...
Robert Scanlon
Jun 2, 2017
Robert Eugene Scanlon, 90, of Clarks Hill, IN He passed away on June 2, 2017 at Franciscan St. Elizabeth Hospital. Born on August 20, 1926 in Lafayette, IN, he was the son of the late William and Grace (Coe) Scanlon. Robert graduated from West Lafayette High School in 1943. He attended Purdue University and was a member of ROTC....
Mildred Buckles
May 28, 2017
Mildred Elizabeth (Poody) Buckles, 93, of West Point, passed away at 4:15 p.m., May 28, 2017 at St. Anthony Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where she had been a patient for several months. She was born March 4, 1924, in Lafayette, to the late Charles L. and Mae Crowe. Poody lived her entire full and rich life in Tippecanoe County....
Patricia Smith
May 28, 2017
Patricia J. Smith, 81, of Lafayette, passed away at The Springs in Lafayette 6:35 AM Sunday May 28, 2017 where she had been a patient the past nine days. She was born in Lafayette April 13, 1936, the daughter of the late Stanford A. and Beatrice Tracey Leach and attended St. Mary’s School. Her marriage was to Creed C. Smith,...
Gerry Lord
May 28, 2017
Gerry R. Lord, 38, of Lafayette and formerly of Oxford, IN passed away Sunday May 28, 2017 at IU Arnett Emergency Room in Lafayette of a heart attack. He was born in Lafayette March 25, 1979, the son of the late Bruce E. and Donna M Childers Lord and attended Benton Central High School. His marriage was to Summer R....
Jane Sedam
May 21, 2017
Jane K. Sedam, 67, of Indianapolis, IN and formerly of Lafayette, IN passed away in Indianapolis Sunday morning May 21, 2017 with her family present at the residence of her son, Brian Sedam. She was born in Lafayette November 4, 1949, the daughter of the late Oliver Wendell and Harriett Margaret Muinzer Franklin. Jane was a graduate of Central...
Basil Bauch
May 16, 2017
Basil T. Bauch, 84, of Lafayette, died at his residence Tuesday May 16, 2017. Basil was born in Earl Park, IN December 20, 1932, the son of the late John C. and Leona G. Hubertz Bauch. He was a graduate of Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, IN attended Purdue University and was a graduate of the Kentucky College of...
David Melville
May 13, 2017
David A. Melville, 71, of Lafayette, passed away at his residence surrounded by family Saturday May 13 at 6:28 PM. He was born in Lafayette August 9, 1945, the son of the late William L. and Margaret E. “Peg” Hasser and was life-long Lafayette resident. David was a graduate of Central Catholic High School in Lafayette, and was a graduate...
Larry Kilgore
May 12, 2017
Reverend Larry Lee Kilgore passed away unexpectedly at his residence in Linden In. Friday May 12th. Larry was born in Beech Grove Indiana on March 15th 1949. He graduated in 1967 from Linden High School. After High School he served a four year term in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Truckee AO-147. Following his proud service to our country...
Barbara Kochert
May 8, 2017
Barbara Ann Kochert, 85, of Lafayette passed away at home at 11:45pm on May 8, 2017, surrounded by her family after battling cancer. Visitation and funeral service will be held on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at Saint Ann’s Catholic Church in Lafayette with Father Dominic G. Young officiating. Visitation will commence at 9:30am with service starting at 10:30am. A memorial...
Hellen Batina
May 7, 2017
Hellen N. Batina, 92, of Lafayette, died at Creasy Springs Healthcare in Lafayette 1:45 AM Sunday May 7, 2017 where she had been a patient since January. Hellen was born April 11, 1925 in Berwyn, IL, the daughter of the late George J. and Verena Fern Martin Neher. She was a graduate of the Nazareth Academy in LaGrange, IL and...
John Siemers
May 7, 2017
John H. Siemers, 79, of Lafayette passed away at 7:50 p.m. on Sunday May 7, 2017 at his residence due to complications from a stroke. He was born September 1, 1937 in Lafayette, Indiana to the late Herman “Dutch” and Alice Keller Siemers. A lifetime resident of Lafayette he was a graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School class of 1955....
Mary Brickler
Apr 19, 2017
Mary P. “Phyllis” Brickler, 93, of Lafayette, died at her residence Wednesday morning April 19, 2017. Phyllis was born in Lafayette May 5, 1923, the daughter of the late Walter and Margaret C. Eberle Dewenter and was a graduate of St. Francis High School in Lafayette. She married Robert I. Bricker in Lafayette September 9, 1950 and he preceded her...
Carol Hanna Morris
Apr 13, 2017
Carol A. Hanna Morris, 81, of Romney, IN, died at Signature Healthcare in Lafayette, IN Thursday April 13, 2017. Carol was born in Lafayette November 18, 1935, the daughter of the late Francis and Anna Hinkle Corwin, and was a 1953 graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School. She was first married to Bob Dean Hanna February 28, 1954 in Lafayette...
Olive Roberts
Mar 30, 2017
Olive (Atkinson) Roberts passed away in West Lafayette, IN on Thursday March 30, 2017 at the age of 100. She was born June 14, 1916, in Benton County, IN, the daughter of the Elmer and Viola Ruth (Phares) Atkinson. Olive grew up on the Atkinson family farm where she could fish, play with animals and pick wild berries. She...
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