Obituaries

May 22, 2012

Frank Pescetto, age 79 of rural Rensselaer, passed away Tuesday morning, May 22, 2012 at Jasper County Hospital. He was born in Gary on February 11, 1933, the son of Carlos and Mary (Panozzo) Pescetto. He attended the Gary Public Schools. On May 3, 1952, in Chicago, he married his wife of 60 years, Susan (Panozzo) Pescetto, and she...

May 5, 2012

Rose P. Geleott, 93, of Rensselaer, passed away Sat., May 5, 2012 at Kindred Healthcare Regency Place in Lafayette, IN. She was born in Chicago on June 28, 1918, the daughter of Anthony and Helen (Genza) Papiernik. She graduated from Kelly High School in Chicago with the Class of 1936. On July 15, 1939, in Chicago, Rose married her...

Apr 30, 2012

Nora Belle Studer, 100, of St. Cloud, Florida, formerly of Morocco, passed away Monday, April 30, 2012 at Southern Oaks Health Care Center in St. Cloud.

Nora was a homemaker and a foster mother to many children for many years. She was born March 13, 1912 in Morocco, the daughter of Florence and Elmer Denton....

Mar 31, 2012

Alonzo L. “Lon” Skinner, age 82 of Kentland, passed away Saturday, March 31, 2012 at the Rensselaer Care Center. He was born in Morocco on March 2, 1930, son of the late Alonzo M. Skinner and Pauline (Law) Skinner.

Lon graduated from Morocco High School with the class of 1948. On July 23, 1949 in...

Mar 31, 2012

Carol Dawson, age 79 of Morocco, passed away Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Franciscan St. Anthony Medical Center in Crown Point. She was born in Springfield, IL on September 9, 1932, daughter of the late Erwin Bohler and Trulalee (Dinsmore) Bohler. She was a lifelong area resident.

Carol graduated from Morocco High School with the...

Mar 15, 2012

Donald Tyler Rupert, age 21 of rural Rensselaer, passed away Thursday, March 15, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Valparaiso on November 8, 1990, the son of J Rupert and Tabitha Wireman Rupert. He attended school in the Kankakee Valley School Corp. Donald was a carpenter who had worked for Don’s Construction for 5 years. He enjoyed...

Mar 12, 2012

Lois Hensel, age 67 of Morocco, passed away Monday, Mar. 12, 2012 at Monroe Regional Hospital in Ocala, FL. She was born in Rensselaer on April 12, 1944, daughter of the late Glenn V. Morgan and Marie I. Grant Morgan. Lois was a lifelong Morocco area resident. She graduated from Morocco High School. In June of 1976, in Morocco,...

Mar 11, 2012

Carrie Evelyn "Cakkie" Murphey Linduska, age 96 of Morocco, a fifth generation descendant of John Murphey, the Founder of the town of Morocco, passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2012 at Jasper County Hospital Alternacare. She was born in Morocco on March 24, 1915, daughter of the late James C. and Frances Bower Murphey. She graduated from Morocco High...

Mar 8, 2012

Delos A. “Curly” Bachman, age 87 of Rensselaer, passed away Thursday, March 8, 2012 at the Rensselaer Care Center. He was born in Rensselaer on July 25, 1924, son of the late Fred and Grace Duval Bachman. Curly spent most of his life in Milroy Township, but as a young man he also spent several years in Roanoke, IN....

Mar 6, 2012

Helen Edwina “Wendy” Hughes, age 78 of Rensselaer, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at Seton Specialty Hospital in Lafayette. She was born in Harrisburg, PA on June 4, 1933, daughter of the late Edwin Bennett Hurrell and Helen Hawes Hurrell. She graduated from high school in Pennsylvania and went on to graduate from Western College for Women in...

Mar 3, 2012

Lisa Kay List McGill, age 44 of Anna, Illinois, formerly of Rensselaer, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born in Rensselaer on April 25, 1967, daughter of Sharon List and the late Edgar Dallas List. Lisa grew up in Rensselaer and graduated from Rensselaer Central High School with the class...

Feb 27, 2012

Allen David Myers, age 83 of Morocco, passed away Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 at his home after a 5 month illness. He was a loyal and prominent businessman in Morocco for over 41 years.

He is survived by his wife Nancy, a son Timothy Myers (wife: Cheryl) of Lake Village, and a daughter Bettina Christenson...

Feb 23, 2012

Glenn McDonald, age 91 of Rensselaer, passed away Thursday morning, Feb. 23, 2012 at Jasper County Hospital. He was born in Rensselaer on Nov. 29, 1920, son of the late Robert Cecil and Blanche Cook McDonald. He was a lifelong area resident. He attended grade school at Hanging Grove School and graduated from Rensselaer High School with the class...

Feb 19, 2012

Edythe E. Ownbey, age 92 of Rensselaer, passed away Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 at Jasper County Hospital. She was born in Waverly, Iowa on Oct. 18, 1919, daughter of the late Elmer Ferguson Muir and Bertha Luella Colby Muir. She graduated from high school in Princeton, Illinois and went on to attend the Northern Baptist Seminary. She had previously...

Jan 26, 2012

Charles Hall, age 65 of Morocco, passed away early Thursday morning, Jan. 26, 2012 at St. Elizabeth Central Hospital in Lafayette. He was born in Rensselaer on Dec. 17, 1946, son of Sarah “Jeanette” (Starnes) Hall and the late Floyd Hall. He was a lifelong Morocco area resident.

Charles graduated from Morocco High School with...

Jan 25, 2012

Robert Hartwell Jacks, age 90, of Rensselaer, passed away Wednesday morning, January 25, 2012 at St. Elizabeth East Hospital in Lafayette. He was born in Rensselaer on December 14, 1921, son of Elmer and Letha (Wood) Jacks.

Robert graduated from Rensselaer High School with the class of 1939. He served in the U.S. Navy during...

Jan 21, 2012

Duanna Lynn Manns, age 42, of rural Jasper County passed away at her home Saturday, January 21, 2012. Duanna was born in Hammond, Indiana, October 5, 1969, daughter of Duane Pfeifer and Carol Albright.

Duanna married Marvin Manns in September 1997 in Rensselaer and he survives. She was a homemaker and had three children. She...

Jan 18, 2012

Wanda M. Murray, 82 of Rensselaer, lost her battle with pancreatic cancer Wednesday evening, Jan. 18, 2012. She was born in Paxton, IL on Sept. 22, 1929, daughter of the late Edgar Calvin and Lula Estille (Payne) List. She lived in Rensselaer most of her life.

Wanda graduated from Rensselaer High School with the class...

Jan 13, 2012

Randall R. Decker, Sr., age 62 of Morocco, passed away Friday morning, Jan. 13, 2012 at his home with his family by his side. He was born in Central City, KY on July 7, 1949, son of Katherine (Fraze) Warman and the late Rig Decker.

On Sept. 17, 1967 Randall married LaDonna Matheny, and she...

Jan 11, 2012

Lawson E. Cox, 96, Morocco died peacefully on January 11, 2012 at George Ade Memorial Healthcare Center. Cox along with his late wife Lela, was the owner/operator of Enos Texaco and the Willow Inn for many years. He was born in 1915 in Roselawn, IN and was a lifelong resident of the Morocco area. He graduated from Morocco High...