Obituaries
Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries
Genevieve Parsons
Dec 15, 2011
Mai Genevieve KIooz-Parsons was born January 30, 1924 in Lafayette, Indiana, the daughter of Theodore and Florence (Gebhardt) Klooz. Much of her childhhood was spent living on Wildcat Creek near Barton's Beach, years which fostered a lifelong love of wildlife. It was on the Wildcat where she met John Robert Parsons. They were married May 6, 1942, just before...
Garry Guthridge
Dec 5, 2011
Garry A. Guthridge, 76, of Indianapolis and formerly of Fowler, Indiana, died December 5, 2011. He was born May 30, 1935 in Swanington, Indiana to Esther B. (Scott) Guthridge and Emmett O. Guthridge. Garry was a graduate of Fowler High School, and Purdue University where he obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Speech. While in college, Garry played clarinet in...
Mary German
Dec 5, 2011
Mary Elnor German, widow of Willis "Bill" German and mother of F. William "Bill" German, passed away December 5, 2011 after a short illness. Mary was born October 25, 1920 to Maude (Tyndall) and Claude Shumate in Lafayette, IN. She graduated in 1939 from Clarks Hill High School, where she excelled in scholastics and played basketball. Mary and Bill...
Mildred Swim
Dec 3, 2011
Mildred I. Swim, 93, of Lafayette and formerly of Oxford, IN. died at her residence 3:14 PM Saturday December 3, 2011. Mildred was born at Kingman, IN. March 13, 1918, the daughter of the late Lee and Clara Thompson Dotson, and attended Kingman schools. She married Russell C. Swim at Bloomingdale, IN. June 19, 1937, and he preceded her...
Jacob Popejoy
Nov 26, 2011
Jacob Lance Popejoy, 26, of Lafayette, IN. went to be with his Heavenly Father on Saturday November 26, 2011. Jacob was born on March 28, 1985 in Logansport, IN. to James L. and Jenny L. (Maxson) Popejoy. He was a 2003 graduate of McCutcheon High School. He attended Good Shepherd Baptist Church. Following high school, he worked with his...
Phyllis Brown
Nov 22, 2011
Phyllis J. (Barcus) Brown, 79, of Lafayette, died at Franciscan Health, St. Elizabeth Central 7:06 AM Tuesday November 22, 2011. Phyllis was born June 11, 1932 in Monticello, IN. the daughter of the late Harold and Marjorie Dilling Barcus. She moved to Lafayette in 1941, where she resided until her death. She married Louis W. Brown on July 30,...
Anna Dadacz
Nov 20, 2011
Anna R. Dadacz, 84, of Oxford, IN. died at her residence 9:30 PM Sunday November 20, 2011. Anna was born in Bryn, Stanislawow, Poland December 28, 1926, the daughter of the late Jan and Antonina Maskak Paszkiewicz and attended school in Poland. She married Stefan Dadacz at Camp Augustdorf, Germany, a prisoner of war camp March 23, 1946, and...
Elhadi Tantan
Nov 19, 2011
Elhadi Tantan, 66, of Lafayette, IN. died at his residence in Lafayette 2:40 PM Saturday November 19, 2011. He and his wife had recently moved to Lafayette from Omaha, Nebraska. Elhadi was born January 21, 1945 in Meknes, Morocco the son of the late Mohammed Tantan and Fatima Alami Naaroussi. He married Rabia Rahim at Meknes, Morocco in 1974,...
Richard Merritt
Nov 11, 2011
Richard E. Merritt, 69, of Lafayette, died at his residence suddenly and unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack at his residence 6:10 PM Friday November 11, 2011. Richard was born in Indianapolis, IN. August 3, 1942, the son of the late John S. and Dorothy G. Hess Merritt. He was a graduate of Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis,...
Bonnie Jewell
Nov 9, 2011
Bonnie I. Jewell, 59, of Oxford, IN. died at Franciscan Health, St. Elizabeth East in Lafayette 7:20 PM Wednesday Nov. 9, 2011, following a brief illness. Bonnie was born in Portland, IN. October 17, 1952, the daughter of the late Archie and Sarah Ireland Irvin, and was one of 21 children. She married Jerry Jewell June 2, 1973, and...
James Ph.D
Nov 7, 2011
James W. Barany August 24, 1930 - November 7, 2011 James W. Barany, Ph.D. (Jim) died on November 7, 2011 at St. Elizabeth Central Hospital in Lafayette, Indiana. Jim was born August 24, 1930 in South Bend, Indiana. He attended High School at Marmion Academy in Aurora, IL and graduated from Notre Dame University in 1953 with a Bachelor...
Herman Kamp
Nov 4, 2011
Herman Richard Kamp, age 85, of Lafayette died peacefully on November 4, 2011 at home from complications of cancer. Born on December 14, 1925, in Lafayette, he graduated from Lafayette Jefferson High School and then attended business school at Purdue University where he graduated in 1948. He was an active member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. Mr. Kamp enlisted...
David Neibert
Oct 31, 2011
David Kenneth Neibert, 72, of Lafayette, died at 2:45 a.m., Monday, October 31, 2011, at St. Elizabeth East after a short illness. He was born July 31, 1939, to Jacob Kenneth and Dorothy (Kuenle) Neibert in Dayton, Ohio. He married Jean Ann O'Connor on August 26, 1961, in Lafayette at St. Boniface. She died January 21, 1991. He moved...
Charles Coffman
Oct 27, 2011
Charles S. Coffman, 86, of Lafayette, died at Franciscan Health, St. Elizabeth East Medical Center in Lafayette 12:03 AM Thursday October 27, 2011 where he had been a patient for the past 2 weeks. He was born near Otterbein, IN. in Benton County, IN. December 11, 1924, the son of the late Samuel and Icie Pearl Wilkinson Coffman. Mr....
Hedy Peterson
Oct 26, 2011
Hedy Lou Peterson, 60, of Berkley, CA. and formerly of Oxford, IN. died at her residence in Berkley Wednesday October 26, 2011. Hedy was born in Lafayette, IN. May 4, 1951, the daughter of Margaret Peercy Peterson Hay and the late William Robert Peterson. She was a graduate of Benton Central High School and attended Purdue University. Hedy had...
Blanche Weisenberger
Oct 15, 2011
Blanche A. Weisenberger, 89, of Lafayette, died at St. Anthony's Healthcare in Lafayette 2:10 AM Saturday October 15, 2011 where she had resided for the past year. Blanche was born in Earl Park, IN. July 5, 1922, the daughter of the late Michael and Clara Fledderman Gramman, and attended Sacred Heart Grade School in Fowler and was a graduate...
Francis Halsmer
Oct 13, 2011
Francis P. Halsmer, 96, of Largo, FL. and formerly of Lafayette, died at The Barrington Health Care Center in Largo, FL. 4:27 PM Thursday October 13, 2011. Mr. Halsmer was born in Lafayette, IN. April 18, 1915, the son of the late John and Roselia Metzger Halsmer and was a graduate of St. Francis High School in Lafayette. He...
Kathryn Mecklenburg
Oct 4, 2011
Kathryn J. Mecklenburg, 82, of Lafayette, died at Franciscan Health, St. Elizabeth East emergency room at 9:03 PM Tuesday October 4, 2011 suddenly and unexpectedly. Mrs. Mecklenburg was born in Crawfordsville, IN. July 3, 1929, the daughter of the late Alfred and Mary Hatch Gillis, and was a graduate of Crawfordsville High School. She married Charles L. Mecklenburg in...
Betty Anderson
Oct 3, 2011
Betty Jean Anderson, 87, of Oxford,IN. died at Indiana University Health, Arnett Hospital in Lafayette 2:35 AM Monday October 3, 2011 shortly after admission. She had been in failing health the past year. Mrs. Anderson was born in Freeland Park, IN. March 1, 1924, the daughter of the late Wilbur and Blanche Hancock Cotner and was a 1943 graduate...
Infant Miskin
Oct 1, 2011
Infant Joseph David Miskin, son of David Ryan and Teresa Brooke Purvines Miskin, died shortly after birth Saturday October 1, 2011 at 9:15 AM in Indiana University Health North in Carmel, IN. Surviving with his parents are 2 sisters, Abigail Teresa and Elizabeth Irene Miskin, both of the home. Also surviving are maternal grandparents, Stephen & Leslie Purvines of...
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