Obituaries

Aug 4, 2010

Ernest J. Davis, age 93 of rural Rensselaer passed away early Wednesday morning, August 4, 2010 at the Rensselaer Care Center. Ernest was born on August 5, 1916 in Thayer, Indiana and had been a resident of the Rensselaer area for 30 years. Formerly he had lived in New Jersey and South Bend, Indiana. On January 19, 1947 in...

Jul 31, 2010

WILLIAM W. “BILL” WEST, age 100 of Morocco passed away early Saturday morning, July 31, 2010, at George Ade Healthcare Center in Brook. Bill was a lifetime Morocco area resident and farmer, retiring in 1976. He was born on the Illinois-Indiana State Line, March 25, 1910, son of the late Lloyd and Margaret (Rainford) West and was educated in...

Jul 27, 2010

Lillian Floyd, 96, of Morocco passed away July 27, 2010 at Jasper County Hospital. She was born February 17, 1914 in Medford, Wisconsin, daughter of the late Frederick and Matilda (Rabbidean) Kaemmerer. A graduate of the Medford High School, Teachers College and a course in Library Science from the University of Wisconsin. She was Assistant Librarian at the Medford...

Jul 25, 2010

ROSELYN LORRAINE ROBERT, age 96 of Rensselaer passed away Sunday morning, July 25th at the Rensselaer Care Center. Lorraine was born June 13, 1914 in Brook, daughter of the late Otto and Laura (Franaugf) Hood and graduated from Brook High School with the Class of 1933. On August 20, 1939, in Brook, she married Nelson Robert. He died in...

Jul 23, 2010

Rastus B. Luttrell, 82 of Winamac passed away unexpectedly July 23, 2010 at Southlake Methodist Hospital in Merrillville. He was born September 30, 1926, son of the late Everett and Lula (Luttrell) Luttrell. Mr. Luttrell had lived in the Winamac area for over 42 years. He had been employed for over 40 years with Morris Holley of Kentland in...

Jul 21, 2010

KATHRYN HOLBROOK, age 90 formerly of Rensselaer, passed away at her home in Seminole, Florida on July 21, 2010. Kathryn had lived in Florida for over 35 years. She was born December 29, 1919 in Crown Point, Indiana, daughter of the late Ralph and Faye (Beach) Wright, grew up in Leroy, Indiana and graduated from Crown Point High School...

Jul 15, 2010

NINA MARLENE LONGSTRETH, age 76 of Rensselaer passed away Thursday, July 15, 2010 at Jasper County Hospital. Marlene was born October 27, 1933 in New York, daughter of the late Arthur and Kathryn Hodgkins. She was educated at Wellsville New York High School, graduating with the Class of 1951. Marlene lived in Rensselaer for most of her life and...

Jul 8, 2010

MICHAEL DAWSON, 42, of Lafayette, formerly of Rensselaer, passed away unexpectedly, early Thursday morning, July 8, 2010 at St. Elizabeth Central Hospital in Lafayette. Mike was born in Watseka, IL, on May 15, 1968, son of Paul Dawson and the late Lois (Hall) Dawson of Rensselaer. Mike grew up in Rensselaer and was a 1986 Rensselaer Central High School...

Jul 3, 2010

Joseph Clark Parrish of Rural Rensselaer, Indiana passed away Saturday, July 3, 2010 at the Jasper County Hospital. Clark was born August 31, 1927, in Ripley County Indiana, son of the late Joseph and Dorothy (Murphy) Parrish. He was raised in the Morocco area, attended the Morocco public schools and graduated in 1945. Clark worked for Shumacher Corporation from...

Jul 1, 2010

Jun 29, 2010

GOODLAND -- Albert Yoder, 93, a lifelong resident of Goodland, died at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at Jasper County Hospital. He had been ill the past six months.

Born Oct. 2, 1916, in Newton County, he was the son of the late Simon and Katie Nissley Yoder. He was educated at Newton County schools.

Jun 29, 2010

PARR -- Phyllis E. Kosta, 84, a lifelong resident of Parr, died at 7:07 p.m. Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at Jasper County Hospital. She had been ill the past five years.

Born Feb. 20, 1926, in Hammond, she was the daughter of the late Lightel and Pauline Lange Whitaker. She graduated from Fair Oaks High School in...

Jun 29, 2010

RENSSELAER -- Aubrey "Smitty" Smith Jr., 56, of Rensselaer, died Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at his residence.

Born Jan. 29, 1954, in Hammond, he was the son of Aubrey Smith Sr. and the late Donna Starky Smith. He was educated in Hammond schools.

On July 11, 1987, he married Rhonda Hill in Kentucky, and she...

Jun 26, 2010

MARTIN J. SZCZEPANSKI, SR., age 70 of Lake Village passed away June 26, 2010 at St. Anthony Medical Center in Crown Point. He was born January 10, 1940 in Calumet City, IL a son of the late Frank and Adeline (Pollack) Szczepanski. He graduated from Thornton Fractional North High School and was married to Mary Agnes Everly. She preceded...

Jun 19, 2010

BETHEL L. KENDALL, age 78 of Morocco passed away June 19th at Iroquois Memorial Hospital in Watseka. Bethel was born November 11, 1931, daughter of the late Kenneth and Lovella (Hauser) Starnes. She was a lifetime Morocco area resident and attended the Morocco Public Schools. She married Richard L. Kendall in Lafayette on November 19, 1949. He died May...

Jun 12, 2010

ORVAL WILLIAM “BILL” HUDSON, age 80 of Rensselaer passed away Saturday evening, June 12, 2010 at Rensselaer Care Center. Bill was born in Rensselaer on December 16, 1929, son of the late Orval R. and Kathryn (Abbott) Hudson. He was a lifetime Jasper County resident, graduated from Rensselaer High School in 1947 and attended St. Joseph College for a...

Jun 2, 2010

MOROCCO -- Phyllis M. Morgan, 83, of Morocco, died at 4:33 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. Born June 15, 1926, in Rensselaer, she was the daughter of the late John and Elsie Ulvat Standish. She graduated from Mt. Ayr High School in 1944.

On July 9, 1945, she married Gailard Hickman, and he...

May 31, 2010

Colonel William A. "'Bill' " Woodworth

William A. "Bill" Colonel Woodworth, 85, of Rensselaer, passed away at 7:10 p.m. Monday, May 31 at the Rensselaer Care Center.

He was born in Jasper County on Nov. 17, 1924, the son of William M. Woodworth and Novak Woodworth, both preceded him in death....

May 20, 2010

Dorothy J. Brunton, 91 of Morocco, Indiana passed away at Jasper County Hospital in Rensselaer, Thursday, May 20, 2010. Dorothy was born January 1, 1919 in Bellaire, Ohio, daughter of the late Harry R. and Clara (Foukes) Robinson. She was a lifetime Newton County resident and graduated from Lowell High School. On July 31, 1937 in Morocco she married...

May 19, 2010

Esther Fern Linder, 92 of Rensselaer passed away May 19th in Tempe, Arizona. She was born in Brookston, IN on February 10, 1918 a daughter of the late Walter L. and Clara E. Leonard. She was a graduate of Round Grove High School and Illinois Wesleyan University with a Music Degree. She later received a teaching degree and taught...