Obituaries
Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries
Abigail Benkeser
Apr 25, 2016
Abigail ("Abbie") Marie Benkeser passed away, surrounded her family, at St. Anthony's Healthcare Center on April 25, 2016. Abbie was born to loving parents Katherine Keough Stone, an elementary school teacher, and Edward Francis Stone, a municipal employee, on February 17, 1921 in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Abbie was Baptized and Confirmed at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Holyoke, taking...
Bertha Jager
Apr 24, 2016
Bertha L. Jager, 88, of Oxford, IN died at St. Elizabeth East Hospital in Lafayette 1:40 AM Sunday April 24, 2016. Bertha was born in Morocco, IN April 16, 1928 the daughter of the late Daniel and Sarah (Eldridge) Rhodes and attended Fowler, IN schools. She married Harold N. Jager in Fowler, IN August 25, 1950 and he preceded...
Hattie Crowder
Apr 24, 2016
Hattie Virginia Crowder, 72, of Oxford, IN died at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette Sunday April 24, 2016. Hattie was born in Major, KY February 20, 1944, the daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson Sizemore and Dovie Sizemore. She married James Crowder in Noblesville, IN December 5, 1965, and he survives. Hattie had resided in the Oxford area the...
Marsha Anderson
Apr 23, 2016
Marsha Anne Gantz Andersona�"71 years olda�"Lafayette, IN, Denali Park, AK, & the Rest of the World Born July 12, 1944 to John & Mary Jo Gantz at Scott Air Force Base near Belleville, IL Passed peacefully and comfortably at her home in Lafayette, IN on April 23, 2016, surrounded by family and friends Graduated from Central Catholic High School...
Rosario Santos
Apr 3, 2016
Rosario Ponce Santos, 88, lovingly called "Lola Nene" by her family, died at St. Elizabeth East Hospital in Lafayette 11:30 AM Sunday April 3, 2016 with her family around her. Rosario was born in the Manila, Phillipines November 9, 1927, the daughter of the late Antonino and Felicidad Veneracion Ponce. She was a graduate of Rizal High School in...
Richard Kemmer
Mar 25, 2016
Richard E. Kemmer, 83, of Lafayette, died at St. Anthony Healthcare in Lafayette 11:51 PM Friday March 25, 2016 where he had been a patient since February 18. Richard, a lifelong Lafayette resident, was born in Lafayette July 26, 1932, the son of the late Eugene Schofield and Nettie Mae Hanawalt Kemmer. He was a graduate of Lafayette Jefferson...
A. Clark
Mar 25, 2016
A. Pauline "Polly" Clark, 90, of Lafayette, IN died at Mulberry Health and Retirement Center in Mulberry 2:16 AM Friday March 25, 2016. Polly was born in Holland, MI July 24, 1925, the daughter of the late Michael and Bessie Grubbs Howard. She was raised in Crawfordsville, IN and was a graduate of Crawfordsville High School. Her first marriage...
Mark Thiel
Mar 25, 2016
Mark A. Thiel, 69, of Lafayette, died at 10:10 AM Friday March 25, 2016 in his residence. Mark was born in Gary, IN November 1, 1946, the son of the late John W. and Joyce Ida Hansvold Thiel, II. He was a 1964 graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School and received his Bachelor's Degree in Communications from Purdue University....
Lois Roberts
Mar 22, 2016
Lois Ann Roberts, 86, of Lafayette, died at St. Elizabeth East Hospital in Lafayette 2:04 AM Tuesday March 22, 2016. She was born in Lafayette October 4, 1929, the daughter of the late Everett and Marie Weyls Klinker. Lois was a graduate of St. Francis High School and the St. Elizabeth Hospital School of Nursing. She married Charles E....
Emil Koekenberg
Mar 21, 2016
Emil Koekenberg, 94, of Monon died 10:00pm, Monday, March 21, 2016 at I.U. White Hospital surrounded by his family. He was born March 5, 1922 in Allendale, MN to Peter & Louise Marie (Van Laere) Koekenberg. He served in the Army from September 24, 1942 to November 10, 1945 in the Aleutian Campaign during WWII, receiving his Asiatic Pacific...
Margaret Boots
Mar 17, 2016
Margaret Rebecca "Becky" Boots, 87, of rural Darlington, IN. died Thursday March 17, 2016 at Homewood Healthcare Center, Lebanon, IN. She was born June 19, 1928 to Ross D. Boots and Elizabeth "Betty" Walliser. Beck graduated from Bowers High School, class of 1946. Following retirement as secretary at R.R. Donnelley & Sons Crawfordsville Division, Becky returned home to the...
Mary Gillam
Mar 15, 2016
Mary Jane Gillam, 87, of Lafayette, and formerly of Kokomo, IN. died at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette 7:49 PM Tuesday March 15, 2016. She was born in Kokomo, IN September 6, 1928, the daughter of the late Mark and Agnes O'Rourke Conner and was a 1946 graduate of Kokomo High School. Mary Jane married Charles William Gillam at...
Lawrence Fitzgerald
Mar 6, 2016
Larry J. Fitzgerald, a lifelong resident of Lafayette, was born March 14, 1927 and died peacefully March 6, 2016 in Indianapolis. Son of the late John and Stephania Fitzgerald, he grew up with his eight brothers on the family farm in Stockwell, IN. He graduated from Stockwell High School in 1945, attended Purdue University and served in the Korean...
Karen Arth
Mar 5, 2016
Karen Haas Arth, 61, of Battle Ground, IN died Saturday March 5, 2016. Karen was born in Minneapolis, MN. August 7, 1954 the daughter of Rosemarie Lawrence and the late Charles F. Haas. She was a graduate of West Lafayette High School in 1972 and received her Bachelors of Pharmacy from Purdue University in 1975. She had been employed...
Joyce Mcafee
Mar 4, 2016
Joyce Lee McAfee, 71, of Oxford died 1:21am, Friday, March 4, 2016 at I. U. Arnett Hospital in Lafayette, IN. She was born September 23, 1944 in rural Claiborne County near Tazewell, TN. On January 9, 1964 she married Kyle McAfee in Tazewell, TN, he preceded her January 1, 2013. She owned & operated Little Rascals Daycare for 20+...
Isadore Loepker
Mar 4, 2016
Isadore "Izzy" B. Loepker, 87, of Lafayette died 3:40am Friday, March 4, 2016 at Creasy Springs after an extended illness. Born May 3, 1928 at Beckemeyer, IL of Isadore Henry Loepker and Margaret Peiler, both preceded him in death. He married Mary Ann Peterson at St. Boniface Church on May 26, 1951 & she survives. They had four children,...
Randall Cripe
Feb 24, 2016
Randall Martin "Randy" Cripe, 65 of Lafayette died 3:33am, Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at his residence. He was born September 6, 1950 to Robert Cripe & Lueva Padgett. He earned an Associate's Degree in Electrical Engineering. He served in the Army, having served 2 tours in Vietnam. He was a member of the Lafayette VFW, 40&8 and American Legion....
Velma Albertson
Feb 20, 2016
Velma Buchanan Albertson, 91, of West Lafayette, IN, and formerly of Benton County, IN went to be with Jesus at 11:35 PM Saturday February 20, 2016 at St. Elizabeth East Hospital in Lafayette, IN. Velma was born in Nancy, KY October 12, 1924, the daughter of the late Daniel and Flora Merrick Prather, and was a graduate of Nancy,...
Jane Burton
Feb 20, 2016
Jane M. Burton, 85, of Lafayette, died at Westminster Village Healthcare in West Lafayette 2:17 PM Saturday February 20, 2016 where she had been a patient the past three weeks. Jane was born in Bloomington, IL March 31, 1930 the daughter of the late Herman William and Mary E. McKinley Orendorff and was a graduate of Trinity High School...
Dr. Robert Dale
Feb 1, 2016
Dr. Robert (Bob) Frederick Dale, age 94, of West Lafayette, IN, passed away February 1, 2016. Bob Dale was born in Lincoln, NE, on December 5, 1921 to Professor Frederick G. and Edythe Wrigley Dale and was raised in Wayne, NE. He married Anna Margaret (Amy) Clark of Chevy Chase, MD, in 1949, and together they raised five children:...
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