Obituaries
Clifford Riley
Nov 5, 2010
CLIFFORD C. RILEY, age 63 of rural Morocco passed away at his home November 5, 2010. Clifford was born in Watseka, IL on July 23, 1947, son of the late John P. and Myrtle (Wesner) Riley. Clifford had lived in the Morocco area since 1957 and graduated from the Morocco High School in 1965. He was an Army Veteran....
Allen Pirlot
Nov 1, 2010
ALLEN W. PIRLOT, 59 of rural Rensselaer passed away at his residence Monday afternoon, November 1, 2010. Allen was born in Gary on September 24, 1951, son of the late Walter and Marie (Truth) Pirlot. Allen was a 1970 graduate of Rensselaer High School and was a U.S. Army Veteran. On July 30, 1999 in Rensselaer he married Janet...
Bernice Meyer
Oct 24, 2010
BERNICE MEYER, age 78 of Monon passed away Sunday evening, October 24, 2010 at Monticello Assisted Living & Healthcare Center in Monticello. She was born in Rosine, KY on February 27, 1932, daughter of the late Charles and Leona Embry. She was educated at the Chicago Heights, IL public schools. She was married to the late Charles Meyer.
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Donald Smith
Oct 24, 2010
Donald Glenn Smith, age 81, of Remington passed away Sunday, October 24, 2010 at Jasper County Hospital in Rensselaer. He was born April 7, 1929 in Princeton, WV, son of Reginald S. and Frances (Peters) Smith. Mr. Smith graduated from the Princeton, WV High School and Morris Harvey College. He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving...
Sibyl Borem
Oct 8, 2010
SIBYL BOREM, 98, of St. Simons Island, GA, passed away Friday, October 8, 2010, at Hospice of the Golden Isles. A native of Fisher, Illinois, Mrs. Borem was born on October 20, 1911 to the late Roy Sheffer and the late Marsha Wormeldoff Sheffer, and had been a resident of Glynn County, GA since 1984. She was a faithful...
Emil Goad
Sep 24, 2010
Emil M. Goad, 82 of Rensselaer passed away Friday, Sept. 24, 2010 at Rensselaer Care Center. Emil was born Feb. 18, 1928 in Remington, son of the late James and Nancy E. (Webb) Goad. Emil was a lifetime Jasper County resident and was the Petroleum Plant Manager at Jasper County Farm Bureau for over 41 years, retiring in 1985....
Anastasia Sysock
Sep 18, 2010
ANASTASIA “STELLA” SYSOCK, age 91 of rural Rensselaer, passed away Saturday afternoon, September 18, 2010 at Jasper County Hospital. Stella was born in Philadelphia on July 4, 1919, daughter of the late Isaac and Anna Simon. Following her birth father’s death she was raised by her stepfather, Steve Kosinski and her mother Anna (Simon) Kosinski. Stella resided for a...
Doris Fitch
Aug 31, 2010
DORIS A. FITCH, 89 of Rensselaer formerly of Crown Point, passed away Tuesday evening, August 31, 2010 at Rensselaer Care Center. She was born in Illinois October 24, 1920, daughter of the late Theodore and Ruby (Chapman) Davis. She attended Hammond Tech High School. On December 27, 1938, in Hammond, she married Bluford Fitch. He died in 1973. For...
Gladys Armstrong
Aug 30, 2010
Gladys L. Armstrong, 88 of Gifford passed away on Monday, August 30, 2010 at Porter Hospital in Valparaiso. She was born December 5, 1921 in Jasper County, daughter of the late Charles and Stella (Nuss) Snow. Gladys was a lifetime Jasper County resident and graduated from Fair Oaks High School. On July 1, 1941 she married Mearle C. Armstrong....
Audrey Rush
Aug 12, 2010
Audrey Rosalie “Rose” Rush, 99, of Morocco, passed away Thursday, August 12, 2010, at George Ade Memorial Healthcare Center in Brook. Rose was a lifetime Mt. Ayr and Morocco resident being born in Washington Township, Newton County on November 5, 1910, daughter of the late James Hoon and Bessie (Sallee) Hoon. Rose was a 1928 graduate of Mt. Ayr...
Ralph Manns
Aug 10, 2010
Ralph W. Manns, age 63 of Rensselaer passed away Tuesday evening, August 10, 2010 at Jasper County Hospital. Ralph was born in Tipton, Kentucky on August 28, 1946 a son of the late Wed and Rosie (Bailey) Manns and received his education at the Kentucky Public Schools. He had lived in Rensselaer since moving here from Kentucky in 1965....
Ernest Davis
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...
William West
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...
Lillian Floyd
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...
Roselyn Robert
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...
Rastus Luttrell
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...
Kathryn Holbrook
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...
Nina Longstreth
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...
Michael Dawson
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...
Joseph Parrish
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...
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