Obituaries

Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Benton County Obituaries

Rev. Bennett Howse

Rev. Bennett Howse

Apr 23, 2011

Rev. Bennett L. Howse, 103, of Lewis, IN. , formerly of Terre Haute, IN. and most recently of Lafayette, IN. died at Mulberry Health and Retirement Center in Mulberry, IN. 6:36 AM Saturday April 23, 2011. He had resided the past six and a half years with his son, Pastor Les Lee, of Lafayette. Rev. Howse was born in...

Dean Rainwater

Dean Rainwater

Apr 19, 2011

Dean C. Rainwater, 73, of Rossville, IL. , and formerly of Talbot, IN. died at Carle Foundation Hospital in Champaign, IL. Tuesday April 19, at 5:05 AM. Mr. Rainwater was born August 6, 1937 in Slate Branch, Kentucky, the son of the late Virgil and Gertie Lafauee Rainwater, and attended Slate Branch, Kentucky Schools. He married Delores M. Payne...

Maryella Bower

Maryella Bower

Apr 15, 2011

Maryella Bower, 89, of Lafayette, IN. died at Rosewalk Village in Lafayette 11:05 PM Friday April 15, 2011 where she had been a patient for the past 7 years. Mrs. Bower was born in Lafayette January 15, 1922, the daughter of the late Joseph and Margaret Hicks Hatke, and was a lifelong Lafayette resident, attending St. Boniface Grade School...

Ortha Irvin

Ortha Irvin

Apr 1, 2011

Ortha Irvin, 95, of Linden, IN. died at Regency Place Healthcare in Lafayette, IN. 10:30 PM Friday April 1, 2011. Mrs. Irvin was born in Tompkinsville, KY. August 28, 1915, the daughter of the late William Albert and Joan Kingery Daniels, and attended Mudlick, Kentucky schools. She married Lawrence E. Irvin at Tompkinsville, Kentucky October 28, 1929 and he...

John Mclaughlin

John Mclaughlin

Mar 29, 2011

Professor Emeritus John F. McLaughlin, 83, of West Lafayette, died at University Place 10:00 PM Tuesday March 29, 2011. Mr. McLaughlin was born in New York City, New York September 21, 1927 the son of the late William and Anne Goodwin McLaughlin. He was a 1944 graduate of Stuyvesant High School in New York City, and served in the...

Loretta Zink

Loretta Zink

Mar 29, 2011

Loretta K. Zink, age 78, of Oxford, IN. died at Indiana University Health, Lafayette 12:58 AM Tuesday March 29, 2011. She had been a patient at Rosewalk Village in Lafayette the past 2 years. She was born in Pine Township, Benton County, IN. February 17, 1933, the daughter of the late Joseph and Dorothy Halsema Zink, and was a...

William Aschenberg

William Aschenberg

Mar 27, 2011

William G. "Bud" Aschenberg, 87, of Lafayette, died at St. Anthony's Healthcare in Lafayette 6:30 AM Sunday March 27, 2011 where he had resided the past 2 and a half years. Mr. Aschenberg was born in Lafayette January 1, 1924, the son of the late Maurice and Helen Dienhart Aschenberg, and was a graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School...

Mary Goad

Mary Goad

Mar 23, 2011

Mary R. Goad, 84, of Lafayette, died at Indiana University Health, Lafayette, IN. at 11:08 PM Wednesday March 23, 2011. Mrs. Goad was born August 15, 1926 in Jasper County, IN. the daughter of the late Frank and Anna Farrell Shide and was a 1944 graduate of Rensselaer, IN. High School. She married Ralph E. Goad at Rensselaer November...

Mary Handy

Mary Handy

Mar 22, 2011

Mary Ellen Handy, 81 of Fowler, IN. died at her residence 9:00 PM Tuesday March 22, 2011. Mrs. Handy was born in Danville, IL. November 4, 1929, the daughter of the late Samuel and Edna Snyder Jessup, and was a graduate of Center Township High School in Fowler. She married James A. Handy at Fowler, IN. November 17, 1957,...

Florence Buss

Florence Buss

Mar 22, 2011

Florence Marie Buss, 84, of Indianapolis and formerly of Lafayette, died at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis 5:10 AM Tuesday March 22, 2011. Mrs. Buss was born in Jeanerette, Louisiana October 8, 1926, the daughter of the late Dewey and Lillian Landry Migues, and was a graduate of Jeanerette, Louisiana High School. She had worked as a secretary for...

Thomas Devero

Thomas Devero

Mar 19, 2011

Thomas J. Devero, 82, of West Lafayette and formerly of Knox, Indiana, died at the Indiana Veterans Home, West Lafayette, IN. 2:43 AM Saturday March 19, 2011 where he had resided since April 22, 1986. Mr. Devero was born in Chicago, IL. February 21, 1929, the son of the late Thomas Anthony and Viola Glenn Devero and was a...

Freda Swim

Freda Swim

Mar 16, 2011

Freda "Maxine" Swim, 91, of Ft. Wayne, and formerly of Oxford, IN. died at the Lutheran Life Village in Ft. Wayne , IN. Wednesday March 16, 2011. Mrs. Swim had lived in the Oxford area 57 years before moving to the Ft. Wayne area in 1998. She was born in Kingman, IN. September 13, 1919, the daughter of the...

Deanna Hall

Deanna Hall

Mar 11, 2011

Deanna K. Hall, 67, of Linden, IN. died at Seaton Specialty Hospital in Lafayette 9:45 AM Friday March 11, 2001 where she had been a patient since December. She was born in Crawfordsville, IN. April 15, 1943, the daughter of the late Otto Dallas and Dorothea Mary Cook McLaughlin, and was a graduate of Indianapolis Manuel High School. She...

Elizabeth Pilotte

Elizabeth Pilotte

Mar 8, 2011

Elizabeth J. "Betty" Gerlach Pilotte, 85, of Lafayette, died at Rosewalk Village Healthcare Center in Lafayette 7:45 AM Tuesday March 8, 2011. She had been residing at Rosewalk Commons since April 2010. Mrs. Pilotte was born in Warren County, Indiana April 18, 1925, the daughter of the late Aaron and Sylvia Mehaffey Martin, and attended Williamport High School. She...

Mary Steenhoven

Mary Steenhoven

Mar 3, 2011

Mary Virginia Steenhoven, 78, of Elmore, Ohio, formerly of West Lafayette, died in the Comfort Care Unit of Lake Park Nursing Facility in Sylvania, Ohio 5:51 PM Thursday March 3, 2011. Mrs. Steenhoven had been residing with her daughter in Elmore, Ohio since November 14, 2009. She was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, July 24, 1932, the daughter of the...

Virginia Oberlie

Virginia Oberlie

Mar 2, 2011

Virginia M. Oberlie, 97, of Lafayette, IN. died at Rosewalk Village in Lafayette 3:08 PM Wednesday March 2, 2011 where she had been a patient since November. Mrs. Oberlie was born in Peotone, IL. February 17, 1914, the daughter of the late Linford and Virginia Anshutz Smith, and was a 1933 graduate of Rensselaer, IN High School, and had...

Jesse Pruett

Jesse Pruett

Feb 27, 2011

Jesse P. Pruett, 70, of Crawfordsville, IN. died at Indiana University Health, Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis Sunday Feb. 27, 2011, where he had been a patient the past 3 weeks. He was born in Waveland, IN. May 4, 1940, the son of the late Ronald W. and Louis May Staggs Pruett. Mr. Pruett was a graduate of Coal Creek...

Agnes Hickman

Agnes Hickman

Feb 26, 2011

Agnes E. Hickman, 103, of Oxford, IN. died at Creasy Springs Health Campus in Lafayette 3:50 PM Saturday February 26, 2011. She was born February 17, 1908 near Boswell, IN. the daughter of the late Amos and Daisy Kelly Roberts and moved to the Oxford area in 1917. She married Floyd C. Hickman in 1934 and was co-owner with...

Margaret Ruppert

Margaret Ruppert

Feb 24, 2011

Margaret T. Ruppert, 85, of Lafayette, died at Rosewalk Village in Lafayette 5:10 AM Thursday February 24, 2011 where she had been a patient since August. Margaret was born in Lafayette June 5, 1925, the daughter of the late John A. and Catherine Cavanaugh Ruppert, and was a graduate of St. Francis High School. She worked as an office...

Jean Rodd

Jean Rodd

Feb 22, 2011

Jean E. "Jeanne" Rodd, 81, of San Diego, California and formerly of the Pine Village area, died at her residence Tuesday February 22, 1022. She was born in Lafayette, IN. October 25, 1929, the daughter of Malcom and Shirley Martindale Anderson, and was a 1947 graduate of Pine Village High School. She married James D. "Jim" Rodd in Arizona...

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