Obituaries

May 7, 2010

William Keith Brunton, 91 of Morocco passed away unexpectedly May 7, 2010 at Jasper County Hospital. He was born March 6, 1919, son of the late Harry and Celle (Archibald) Brunton and was a lifetime Jasper-Newton County resident. He graduated from Morocco High School in 1936 and on September 1, 1940 married Wilma Stoner in Crown Point, Indiana. She...

May 3, 2010

Juanita June Kerns, 83 of Rensselaer, passed away Monday, May 3rd at Jasper County Hospital. She was born in Rensselaer on July 27, 1926, daughter of the late Orville & Ethel (Ray) Maxwell. Juanita was a lifetime Jasper County resident, graduating from Rensselaer High School with the Class of 1945. On May 9, 1946 she married Albert Lee Kerns....

Apr 28, 2010

Chris Elaine LaCosse, 52, of Morocco passed away Wednesday morning, April 28th at her home in Morocco after battling cancer for over eight years. She was born in Rensselaer, a daughter of Evaleen (Watt) Couch of Kentland and the late Bernard L. Hanger. Chris was a lifetime Morocco area resident and a 1975 graduate of North Newton High School....

Apr 25, 2010

Lawrence J. “Larry” Aubuchon, 66, of rural Rensselaer, passed away unexpectedly at Jasper County Hospital, Sunday morning, April 25, 2010. He was born May 10, 1943 in Gary, son of the late George L. and Regina Aubuchon. Larry was a 1961 graduate of Tolliston High School in Gary and had resided in this area since 1978. He married Judy...

Apr 12, 2010

Georgia Wireman, age 96, of rural Rensselaer passed away late Tuesday evening, April 12, 2010, just minutes away from her 97th birthday. Georgia was born April 13, 1913 in Salyersville, Kentucky, daughter of the late John and Minnie (Banks) Joseph. She has lived in Jasper County since 1948, coming here from Kentucky. In 1931 she married Simon Wireman, Sr....

Apr 10, 2010

Forest A. Tanner, 59, of Bloomington, IN, formerly of Rensselaer, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes, April 10th in Spencer, IN. while visiting McCormick’s Creek State Park, a favorite place of his for many years. Forest was born in Rensselaer April 4, 1951, a son of Phyllis L. Tanner and the late Robert K. Tanner of Rensselaer. Forest graduated...

Apr 9, 2010

Geneva Lock, age 74 of rural Demotte, passed away Friday afternoon, April 9, 2010 at Jasper County Hospital. Geneva was born in Dyer, IN. January 6, 1936, a daughter of the late Johnnie S. and Geneva Pearl (Davis) Johnson. She graduated from Dyer High School with the Class of 1954 and resided in Lake and Jasper Counties during her...

Apr 7, 2010

Margaret Lucille Hampshire, 68, passed away April 7th in Ft. Wayne. Marge or Maggie, as she was known by her family was born January 26, 1942 in Kankakee, IL, daughter of the late Ernest and Ethel (Page) Jones. She attended school at Momence, IL and spent most of her life in Jasper and Newton Counties, moving to Ft. Wayne...

Apr 5, 2010

Casey Ross Moore, 21, of the Morocco and Beaverville areas joined is grandfathers and infant sibling in the Kingdom of Heaven on April 5, 2010. Casey, the beloved son of Will Moore of Morocco and Vickie (Ingram) Lambert of Beaverville left behind a legacy of love, laughter, and sweetness. Topping Casey’s list of favorite things were his nephews, niece,...

Mar 24, 2010

George Hanna, age 97, formerly of Remington, passed away Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 2:00 PM (Remington Time) at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Remington.

Mar 18, 2010

KERRY J. KOSTA, 59, a lifelong Parr resident, died at 11:02 p.m. Thursday, March 18, 2010, at Jasper County Hospital. He had been ill for the past two years.

Born Aug. 29, 1950, in Rensselaer, he was the son of Paul Kosta of Rensselaer and the late Madylon Kosta. He graduated from Rensselaer High School...

Mar 15, 2010

Madylon Josephine Kosta, age 96 of rural Rensselaer, passed away Monday afternoon, March 15, 2010 at Oak Grove Christian Retirement Village in DeMotte. She was born September 12, 1913 in Monticello, IN., daughter of the late William Thomas O’Dowd and Maude “Dot” (Schilt) O’Dowd. Madylon lived in Monticello until moving to Rensselaer in 1942. She was a 1931 graduate...

Mar 14, 2010

Vern W. “Bill” Widner, 73 of Rensselaer, passed away at Jasper County Hospital, Sunday evening, March 14, 2010. He was born in Rensselaer March 20, 1936, son of the late DeVern and Louise (Hayes) Widner. He was a lifetime area resident and was educated at the Rensselaer Public Schools. In 1985, in Rensselaer, he married Karen Burman. She survives....

Mar 2, 2010

Larry Whiting, Jr., age 62 of Lake Village passed away at his home March 2, 2010. He was born August 2, 1947 in Halsburg, KY, son of the late Lawrence Kay Whiting, Sr. and Sophia (Richie) Whiting. He was educated in the Kentucky Public Schools and has lived in the Lake Village, IN area since 1964, coming from Kentucky....

Feb 28, 2010

George W. Christner, Jr., age 64, of Goodland, passed away February 28, 2010 at 9:50 P.M. in Remington as a result of an auto accident. George was born March 5, 1945 in Brownsville, PA son of George W. and Betty Alice (Broadwater) Christner, Sr. He had made his home in Goodland since the early 1990s and was employed as...

Feb 27, 2010

Shirley A. Williams, age 68 of Morocco, passed away February 27, 2009 at Jasper County Hospital in Rensselaer. She was born in Colfax, Indiana on January 5, 1942, daughter of the late Danny and Rosie (Sargent) Thomas. She attended the Morocco Public Schools and was a lifetime Newton County resident. Prior to her retirement in 2004 she was a...

Feb 26, 2010

Kenneth L. "Ken" Lear, age 78, of Rensselaer passed away February 26, 2010 at Regency Place in Lafayette. Ken was born in Parr on October 3, 1931, a son of the late Kenneth S. and Mamie (Goodman) Lear. He was a lifetime Rensselaer resident and attended the Rensselaer Public Schools. He served his county in the U.S. Army during...

Feb 15, 2010

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Ruby Hamelman, 96, of Morocco passed away early Monday morning, February 15th, at George Ade Memorial Healthcare in Brook. She was born March 3, 1913 in Fowler, daughter of the late Joseph and Ava Yarno. She attended school in the Fowler Public Schools. On May 20, 1931...

Feb 3, 2010

Bette M. Pecsenye, 74, of rural Morocco passed away at her home Wednesday, February 3, 2010. She was born January 28, 1936 in Cook County, Illinois, daughter of the late Evon and Elizabeth (Stettka) Nelson. She graduated from the Blue Island, Illinois public schools with the class of 1953. Bette married Stephen R. Pecsenye August 15, 1953 in Blue...

Feb 1, 2010

Paul M. Cleveland, 63 of Morocco passed away at his home February 1, 2010. He was born in Crown Point, Indiana May 10, 1947, son of the late Harold W. Cleveland and Wilma Cleveland. She survives. Paul had been a Morocco resident since 1975, moving there from Kouts, Indiana. He was a 1967 graduate of Crown Point High School....