Obituaries

Nov 29, 2009

ETTA J. CAMPBELL, age 81 of Morocco, passed away November 29, 2009 at Jasper County Hospital in Rensselaer. She was born April 7, 1928 daughter of the late James and Frances (Coleman) Campbell. She graduated from Morocco High School. She worked for Permonite Manufacturing and Per Pak Manufacturing for many years. She was a member of the Red Hat...

Nov 27, 2009

JON S. PHILLIPS, age 56 of Morocco, passed away November 27, 2009 at St. Vincent Seton Specialty Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born in Angola, Indiana on May 18, 1953 a son of the late Robert H. and Betty (Harring) Phillips. He attended the Angola Public Schools. He spent his life in Northern Indiana and was a semi truck...

Nov 23, 2009

James Russell Boldman, age 41 of Monticello formerly of Kentland, passed away November 23, 2009 at Regency Place Nursing Facility in Lafayette. He was born September 1, 1968 in Aurora, Illinois, son of Phillip and Pat (Eichelberg) Boldman of Kentland. Jim graduated from South Newton High School in 1987. He lived in Terre Haute, Indiana for four years and...

Nov 23, 2009

Wanda Marie Baker, age 69 of Rensselaer passed away November 23, 2009 at Jasper County Hospital in Rensselaer. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Nov 17, 2009

Clifford G. Russell, age 66 of the Morocco - Roselawn area passed away November 17, 2009 as a result of an auto accident at the intersection of hwy 41 & 114 in Newton County. He was born August 3, 1943 in Rensselaer a son of the late Earl and Anita (Langley) Russell. Cliff graduated from Morocco High School in...

Nov 10, 2009

William A. Porter, 62 of Morocco, passed away November 10, 2009 at Rensselaer Care Center. He was born in Rensselaer on January 8, 1947, son of the late Ira M. and Verna M. (Korth) Porter. He graduated from Morocco High School. On December 13, 1969, in Morocco, he married Marcia Wynn. She survives. Bill had been a farmer, truck...

Nov 7, 2009

Frances H. Brooks, 87 of Remington, passed away November 7th at Rensselaer Care Center. She was born August 4, 1922 in Middletown, Ohio, a daughter of the late Minot and Minnie Katherine Roebuck. She had lived in Evanston, Ill, Remington and Logansport prior to moving to Rensselaer four years ago. She graduated from the Evanston High School in 1940....

Nov 6, 2009

BETTY L. BOL, age 85 of Rensselaer passed away, November 6, 2009 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette. She was born October 19, 1924 in Rensselaer, a daughter of the late Flenner and Maude (Steele) Todd. She was a lifetime Jasper County resident and a 1943 graduate of Rensselaer Central High School. In 1947 in Gary, she married Henry...

Nov 5, 2009

Walter R. Geleott, age 91 of Rensselaer passed away November 5, 2009 at Regency Place in Lafayette. He was born in Gary, IN on January 25, 1918, son of the late John and Maggie (Buckner) Geleott. He was educated in the Gary Public Schools and proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy. On July 15, 1939 in Chicago,...

Nov 4, 2009

Matthew Alexander Matthes, age 19 of Winamac and a student at St. Joseph College, passed away November 4, 2009 at Clarian Arnett Hospital in Lafayette. He was born in Logansport on August 8, 1990, a son of John Albert Matthes and the late Nadine G. (Mooney) Matthes. He was a lifetime resident of Winamac and graduated from the North...

Oct 18, 2009

WILLIAM M. JANSSEN, age 88 of Rensselaer passed away October 18, 2009 at Jasper County Hospital. He was born in Peoria, IL on December 29, 1920, son of the late John and Mary (Schmidt) Janssen. He had lived in Rensselaer since early childhood and graduated from Rensselaer High School in 1939. He is a Veteran of the U.S. Army....

Oct 16, 2009

KENNETH H. RISNER, age 74 of Rensselaer passed away Friday, October 16, 2009 at his home. He was born in Rensselaer on June 23, 1935, son of the late Bill and Emma Jean (Bailey) Risner. He was educated at the Jasper County Public Schools. He had lived in California for 38 years returning to the Rensselaer area 10 years...

Oct 15, 2009

ALMETA MAE ATKINSON, age 82 of Morocco passed away at Rensselaer Care Center on Thursday, October 15, 2009. She was born in Hammond, Indiana on November 15, 1926 a daughter of the late Nick and Ricca (Couse) Ferguson and had been educated at the Hammond Public Schools. She had resided in Morocco for 57 years moving there from Hammond....

Oct 11, 2009

Sep 30, 2009

Billie Joe Lawson, age 82 of Rensselaer, passed away at Jasper County Hospital on September 30th. He was born in Parke County, Indiana on August 28, 1927, a son of the late Marion Bishop and Ruth (Stokes) Lawson. He was educated at the Kingman Public Schools in Kingman, Indiana. He had resided in Rensselaer since 1948 and on January...

Sep 23, 2009

CAREY W. “RICK” DOWTY, age 62 of Rensselaer passed away at Clarian Arnett Hospital in Lafayette on September 23, 2009. He was born in Rensselaer on October 29, 1946 a son of the late William M. and Minnie Mary (Smith) Dowty. He was educated in the Rensselaer Public School system and was a lifetime Rensselaer resident. On July 29,...

Sep 20, 2009

DOROTHY I. COUNTRYMAN, age 83 of Rensselaer passed away Sunday evening, September 20, 2009 at the Rensselaer Care Center. She was born February 23, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York a daughter of the late Russell and Marie Cunnius. She received her education in Brooklyn and had lived in New York and Kentland, IN before moving to Rensselaer 40 years...

Sep 19, 2009

PAUL E. HOSKINS, age 79 of Morocco passed away Saturday evening, September 19, 2009 at Jasper County Hospital in Rensselaer. He was born in Advance, Indiana on July 5, 1930 a son of the late Oliver and Fronia (Wilson) Hoskins. He had lived in Morocco since 1951 moving there from Jamestown, Indiana. He was educated in the Boone County...

Sep 18, 2009

Dorothy M. Malott, age 73 of rural Rensselaer passed away Friday morning, September 18, 2009 at Rensselaer Care Center. She was born May 28, 1936, a daughter of the late Joseph and Jewel (Basewell) Glenn and had lived her entire life in Newton, Lake and Jasper Counties. She was educated at the Morocco and North Newton Schools. On July...

Aug 22, 2009

Elizabeth R. “Bette” Kanne, age 87 of Rensselaer, passed away August 22, 2009 at Jasper County Hospital in Rensselaer. Bette was born September 17, 1921 in Rensselaer, the daughter of John and Maud (DeMoss) Newcome, both deceased. She graduated from Rensselaer High School in 1939. She was married to Delos A. “Bunk” Kanne on September 25, 1940 in Rensselaer....