Obituaries

Mar 22, 2016

Phillip Coleman, 75, of Goodland, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at Franciscan Health Rensselaer. He was born in Phelps, Kentucky on October 14, 1940, son of the late Thomas Coleman and Winnie (Blankenship) Coleman. Phillip grew up in Kentucky and graduated from Phelps High School. He attended community college to study to be an electrician. He worked in...

Mar 18, 2016

Wilma K. Kresel, 89, of Morocco, passed away Friday, March 18, 2016 at Franciscan Health Rensselaer. She was born in Jasper County on August 8, 1926 to the late John T. and Ester Katzbach. Life for Wilma began as a farmer’s daughter followed by attending South Newton and graduating from Rensselaer High School in 1944. She graduated from Butler...

Mar 12, 2016

Betty Jane Robinson, 89, of Morocco, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Franciscan St. Elizabeth East in Lafayette. She was born in Kankakee County, Illinois on July 2, 1926, daughter of the late Fred and Eva (Egan) Fountain. She graduated from St. Anne High School and was a lifelong area resident. On September 12, 1954, in Morocco,...

Mar 11, 2016

Dorothy E. Nagel, 92, of Rensselaer, passed away on Friday, March 11, 2016 at AlternaCare – Franciscan Health Rensselaer. She was born in Rensselaer on December 6, 1923, daughter of the late George Sanford Blaze and Ona (Ricks) Blaze. She graduated from Rensselaer High School in 1942, and was a lifelong area resident. On February 28, 1946, she married...

Mar 6, 2016

Edward Howard DePew, 86, of Rensselaer, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2016 at the Rensselaer Care Center. He was born in Cadillac, Michigan on March 4, 1930, son of the late Howard L. and Edith (Chesebro) DePew.

He grew up in Michigan and went on to serve his country in the U.S. Air Force. He...

Mar 6, 2016

Sharon Cremeens Miller, 74, of rural Rensselaer, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2016 at the Rensselaer Care Center. She was born in Hammond, Indiana on November 30, 1941, daughter of the late Carl and Elta Cremeens. She graduated from high school in Cedar Lake and on August 25, 1962 she married Norman Dale Miller. He preceded her in death....

Mar 5, 2016

Anna Mae Blount, 73, of Morocco, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2016 at her home. She was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 19, 1942, daughter of the late John and Iola (Lever) Meyer. On August 22, 1958, in Chicago, she married her husband of 57 years, Leroy J. Blount. Anna and Leroy lived in Chicago until moving to...

Mar 3, 2016

Eli Sysock, Sr., of rural Rensselaer, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2016 at Franciscan Health Rensselaer. He was born in Buckner, Illinois on August 2, 1917, son of the late Michael and Anna (Posypanko) Sysock. On January 21, 1940, he married his wife of 70 years, Anastasia “Stella” (Simon) Sysock. She preceded him in death on September 18,...

Feb 20, 2016

Alice B. Korniak, 68, of Rensselaer, passed away on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at Franciscan Health Rensselaer. She was born in Rensselaer on September 19, 1947, the daughter of the late Earl William and Loeva Marie (Halstead) Miller. She was a lifelong Rensselaer resident.

Alice graduated from Rensselaer Central High School in 1965, and went...

Feb 19, 2016

Pamela Sue Hobson (née Pope), age 68, of Morocco, Indiana, passed away at home surrounded by her family on Friday, February 19, 2016. She was born in Bradley, Illinois on July 14, 1947 to the late Wayne and Juanita (St. Germaine) Pope. Pamela married her husband Robert on November 23, 1965 in Gary, Indiana.

Pamela...

Feb 9, 2016

Helen Marie Northern, 80, of Rensselaer, passed away Tuesday morning, February 9, 2016 at the Rensselaer Care Center. She was born in Warren County, Indiana on July 20, 1935, the daughter of the late Raymond and Etta Mae (Trimble) Tatlock.

Helen grew up on her parents’ farm along with most of her ten brothers and...

Jan 21, 2016

John Edward Pullin, 81, formerly of Rensselaer, passed away peacefully on January 21, 2016 at The VNA Hospice Residence in Vero Beach, Florida. He was born December 9, 1934 to Joseph Max and Edna Dorothy (Kelpe) Pullin in Pacific, Missouri. He graduated from Rensselaer High School with the class of 1952. On May 27, 1960 he married Cecelia Eileen...

Jan 18, 2016

Jerry Clay Baize, Jr., 43, of Rensselaer, passed away unexpectedly on Monday morning, January 18, 2016 at IU Health White Memorial Hospital in Monticello. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky on June 12, 1972, the son of Jerry Clay Baize, Sr. and Clara “Libby” Elizabeth (Graham) Baize.

Jerry had been a resident of Rensselaer since...

Jan 11, 2016

Dorothy P. Salyers-Hunt, 96, of Rensselaer, passed away Monday, January 11, 2016. She was born in Ellettsville, Indiana on May 3, 1919 to the late Jesse and Grace (Robertson) Ellis.

She attended Barkley Township School and married Lonnie Salyers on September 27, 1941. He passed away in 1981. Dorothy worked on the family farm, at...

Jan 5, 2016

Howard F. Purdy, 87, of Beaverville, Illinois passed away on Tuesday January 5, 2016. He was born in Beaverville on November 21, 1928 to the late Roy and Laura Purdy.

On November 19, 1947 he married Ruby Mae Wooten. Howard was a farmer and raised livestock. He also worked for many years at Permonite Manufacturing....

Dec 31, 2015

Christian Micheal “Chris” Iliff, 23, of Morocco, passed away Thursday, December 31, 2015. He was born in Crown Point on July 5, 1992, the son of James Bohlin and Veronica (Iliff) Bohlin.

In addition to his parents, Chris is survived by: two brothers, Ronald Edison (Dani) and David Rivera (Kim Paulsen); one sister, Vonda Iliff;...

Dec 27, 2015

Albert C. Wright, 70, of Rensselaer, passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2015 at St. Elizabeth East Hospital in Lafayette. He was born in DeMotte on May 5, 1945 to the late Wilmer and Betty Wright. On November 19, 1966, in Gary, he married Katherine “Kathy” Edna Williams. She passed away July 24, 2012.

He...

Dec 5, 2015

Sophie Elizabeth (Sommers) Tilton, 99, of Rensselaer, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2015 at the Rensselaer Care Center. She was born in Jasper County on November 20, 1916 to Mary (Halsema) and Charles Carl Sommers. She attended school in Rensselaer and was a lifelong area resident.

Sophie married John Wayne “Tubby” Tilton at St. Joseph’s...

Dec 5, 2015

Virginia Mae Harrington, 89, of Rensselaer, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at George Ade Memorial Health Care Center in Brook. She was born in Fair Oaks on February 1, 1926, daughter of the late Everett Bozell and Jessie Blanch (Rowan) Bozell. She was a lifelong area resident.

Virginia graduated from Fair Oaks High...

Nov 23, 2015

Helen Jean Maycinik, 91, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, passed away Monday, November 23, 2015, at Brookdale at Bear Creek in Colorado Springs. Helen was born in Morocco, Indiana, on January 13, 1924, to Vivian D. and Alice (Carlson) Kessler. She graduated from Morocco High School in 1943 and from Purdue University in 1947 with a B.S. in Home Economics....