Obituaries

Dec 20, 2012

Kaitlyn Mae Rose, 19, of Brook, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Kaitlyn was born in Valparaiso on June 1, 1993 to Enno Rose IV and Tina Lou (Bush) Molden. She was a lifelong area resident.

Kaitlyn graduated from South Newton High School in 2011 and attended school for a year at Indiana State...

Dec 17, 2012

Donald “Butch” Spurgeon, 66, of Morocco, passed away Monday morning, December 17, 2012, at Jasper County Hospital. Butch was born in Rensselaer on October 16, 1946, son of the late Carl M. and Harriet (Goddard) Spurgeon. He was a lifelong area resident.

Butch graduated from North Newton High School and went on to serve his...

Dec 15, 2012

Holli K. LaCosse, 32, of Wheatfield, passed away unexpectedly at her home Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. She was born in Brook on June 3, 1980, daughter of Jeffrey LaCosse and the late Chris (Hanger) LaCosse.

A 1998 graduate of North Newton High School, Holli worked as a bartender and was studying to become a paralegal...

Dec 11, 2012

Rose Marie “Butch” Brunton, age 70 of Morocco, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at Jasper County Hospital Alternacare, losing her 7 year battle with cancer.

Butch as she was affectionately known, was born in Rensselaer on August 19, 1942, daughter of the late Irvin and Julia (Hoover) Mashino. She was a lifetime Newton County...

Dec 5, 2012

Burnie Clemons, 86, of rural Jasper County, passed away Wednesday morning, December 5, 2012, at the Rensselaer Care Center. Burnie was born in Kentucky on December 13, 1925, son of the late Bryan and Rose (Bailey) Clemons.

On March 17, 1945 Burnie married Audrey (Whitaker) Clemons. She preceded him in death on November 13, 1981....

Dec 3, 2012

Calvin Ursel Parmele, 90, passed away on December 3, 2012 at Jasper County Hospital in Rensselaer, Indiana. Ursel was born February 12, 1922, the second son of six children of the late Earl and Iris Parmele of Mackinaw, Illinois. He graduated from Mackinaw High School in 1939. He entered the U.S. Army in 1943 and served overseas in Europe...

Nov 25, 2012

Gladys (Cradic) Calloway, 96, formerly of Morocco, IN went to Heaven peacefully at George Ade Memorial Health Care Center in Brook, IN Sunday morning, Nov. 25, 2012. She was born Nov. 23, 1916 in Piedmont, MO, one of nine children to the late James Terrell and Rena Cradic.

Gladys married Clarence Calloway on June 8,...

Nov 25, 2012

Everett Carl Manns, 81, of Rensselaer, passed away at his home Sunday morning, Nov. 25, 2012. Carl was born in Salyersville, KY on Oct. 19, 1931, son of the late Bernard and Celia (Howard) Manns. On Nov. 27, 1954, he married Pearl Shirley Vaughn who passed away July 17, 1991. On Jan. 2, 1993, Carl married Retta Green who...

Nov 24, 2012

Doris Jean "Dotty" Shoup, 79, of Rensselaer, passed away Saturday morning, Nov. 24, 2012 at her home. Dotty was born in Hammond Feb. 4, 1933, daughter of the late Howard and Emma (McCollum) Day. She had been a Rensselaer resident for the past 15 years, having previously lived in Hammond, Lakeland, FL, and Dayton, OH. Dotty enjoyed playing Bingo,...

Nov 22, 2012

Velva Tweedie, 88, of Bloomington, IL, formerly of Rensselaer, passed away Thursday morning, November 22, 2012 at Heritage Manor in Bloomington. Velva was born in Jasper County April 7, 1924, daughter of the late Alfred E. and Cora (Blaze) Bisher. She graduated from Remington High School with the Class of 1942. On October 7, 1942, Velva married Paul Tweedie....

Nov 15, 2012

Colonel Stone, Sr., 73, of Wheatfield, passed away suddenly Thursday evening, November 15, 2012 at Pulaski Memorial Hospital in Winamac. Colonel was born May 13, 1939 in Decoy, KY, son of the late Adam and Rhoda (Stephens) Stone. On May 13, 1961, he married Jeweldine Miller. She preceded him in death on Dec. 13, 2005.

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Nov 14, 2012

Minnie L. Zacher, 95, of Rensselaer, passed away Wednesday morning, November 14, 2012 at George Ade Memorial Health Care Center. A lifelong Jasper County resident, Minnie was born January 1, 1917, daughter of the late Alfred and Cora (Blaze) Bisher.

On June 27, 1938, Minnie married Cecil J. Zacher. He preceded her in death on...

Oct 31, 2012

Vernon Lloyd Harrington, 86, of Rensselaer, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Vernon was born in Gary on July 13, 1926, son of the late Vernon Lloyd Harrington and Anna Marie (Weging) Harrington. He graduated from Fair Oaks High School with the Class of 1944 and went on to serve his Country as a...

Oct 30, 2012

Dennis N. Graham, 79, of Morocco, passed away at his son's residence in Morocco Tuesday morning, October 30, 2012. Dennis was born in Calument City, IL on December 30,1932 to the late Dennis Graham, Sr. and Ora C. (Bragg) Graham. He attended Thornton Fractional High School in Calumet City and went on to serve his Country in the U.S....

Oct 22, 2012

Michael Joseph Oldenberg, 64, of Morocco, passed away Monday morning, October 22, 2012 at his home. He was born in Hammond on March 3, 1948, son of the late Donald J. and Mary E. (Weir) Oldenberg. A graduate of Morton High School in Hammond, Michael went on to serve his Country in the U.S. Army in Korea. On June...

Oct 18, 2012

John Francis Hoaks, 76, of Morocco, passed away at his home on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, after a long illness. He was born in Foresman on Nov. 1, 1935, son of the late Cecil and Lela (Sparger) Hoaks.

A lifelong area resident, John was a tree trimmer and welder until his retirement in 1984. He...

Oct 14, 2012

John Ray Northern, 59, of Remington, passed away Sunday evening, October 14, 2012 at the Rensselaer Care Center. John was born in Rensselaer on April 3, 1953, son of Helen M. (Tatlock) and the late Dayton R. Northern. He served his Country in the U.S. Army at Fort Dix, New Jersey from 1971-72, where he earned the National Defense...

Oct 14, 2012

Lawrence K. Swartz, 83, of Flagler Beach, Florida, passed away Sunday, October 14, 2012 at his home in Rensselaer. Lawrence was born in Seafield, Indiana on January 26, 1929 to Everett Swartz, Sr. and Jessie Dolfin. He attended the area schools and graduated from Wolcott High School with the Class of 1947. On January 15, 1982, he married Theda...

Oct 9, 2012

Bonnie D. Skinner, age 82, of Kentland, passed away at her home on Tuesday, October 9, 2012. She was born in Morocco on July 27, 1930, daughter of the late Bert L. and Goldie (Burrows) Brown. She was a 1948 graduate of Morocco High School and married Alonzo L. Skinner in Crown Point on July 23, 1949. He preceded...

Oct 7, 2012

Marjorie L. Vandenburgh, 79, of Monon, passed away early Sunday morning, October 7, 2012 at Jasper County Hospital. She was born in East Chicago on May 10, 1933, daughter of the late James and Irene (Rogers) Harshbarger. On October 1, 1965 she married the late Eugene Vandenburgh. Marjorie had been a factory worker and had also been a custodian...