Obituaries

Jul 20, 2009

DOROTHY M. WILSON, age 84 of Monon, passed away early Monday morning, July 20, 2009 in Lafayette. She was born December 30, 1924 in Battleground, Indiana, daughter of the late Joseph and Marie (Pattengale) Sterrett. She had lived in Carroll and White Counties most of her life and graduated from Delphi High School. She was married to Woodrow T....

Jul 18, 2009

Wilma A, Koebcke, 81 of Rensselaer, passed away July 18, 2009 at Rensselaer Care Center. Born in Winamac November 1, 1927, a daughter of the late Charles and Mary Weaver Meyer. She graduated from

Pulaski High School in 1945. Her marriage was to Richard Koebcke on Nov. 15, 1947 in Pulaski. He died in 1982. Wilma was...

Jul 15, 2009

Paul M. Hoover, age 73 of Rensselaer passed away in Lafayette on July 15, 2009 after losing his battle with cancer. There will be private family services.

Jul 11, 2009

Lillian Faye Floyd, age 74 of Rensselaer, passed away July 11, 2009 at her home. She was born in Salyersville, Kentucky on December 26, 1934, a daughter of the Late Leebo and Mollie (Salyers) Whitaker. She moved to Rensselaer as a child and was educated in the Rensselaer Public Schools. She attended St. Joseph College for a year. She...

Jul 6, 2009

Jeffrey L. Lomax, age 52 of rural Remington passed away Monday evening, July 6, 2009 at his home losing his battle with cancer. He was born March 23, 1957 a son of the late Robert J. and Donna J Hamer Lomax. He was a lifetime area resident, graduating from Rensselaer High School in 1976. He had been employed at...

Jun 29, 2009

Herman J. Nagel, age 89 of Rensselaer passed away June 29, 2009 at Rensselaer Care Center. He was born in Rensselaer March 19, 1920, son of the late Bernard and Francis (Schmidt) Nagel. He was a lifetime area resident except for a few years he lived in the Chicago area. He was a 1938 Graduate of Rensselaer High School...

Jun 19, 2009

Fannie Kauffman, age 90 of Rensselaer, passed away June 19th as a result of an auto accident in Elkhart County, Indiana. She was born in Newton County on September 3, 1918, a daughter of the late Menno and Amanda (Hochstetler) Anderson. She was educated in the Mt. Ayr Schools and had been an employee of Jasper County Hospital in...

Jun 4, 2009

Linda Jean (Pack) Nelson, age 62 of Burnettsville, passed away June 4th at White County Memorial Hospital in Monticello. She was born in Rensselaer on July 23, 1946 the daughter of Virgil and Alice (Sayers) Strain. She was educated at the Rensselaer Public Schools. She was an employee at Woodward-Shumacher Electric in Rensselaer for several years. She loved fishing,...

May 13, 2009

Gordon S. Burdick, Jr., 74 of Parr, passed away May 13, 2009 at Setion Speciality Hospital inside St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette. He was born March 9, 1935 in Framingham, Massachusetts, son of the late Gordon S. Burdick, Sr., and Alice G. (Allen) Burdick. He was educated in the Framingham Schools and moved to Parr upon his retirement from...

May 10, 2009

Robert Michael "Rob" Lynch, age 33 of Rensselaer, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, May 10, 2009 at St. Eilzabeth Regional Health in Lafayette, Indiana. He was born in Hammond, IN on January 31, 1976, a son of Richard Allen Lynch, Sr. of Hebron and Cindylu (Bartels) Powers of Lowell, IN. He was educated at the Hammond Public Schools and Lowell...

May 10, 2009

Lela A. Cox, 90, of Morocco, passed away May 10, 2009 at Rensselaer Care Center. She was born in Hickory Ridge, Arkansas on August 22, 1918, the youngest of six daughters of James and Mary Earls Bartley. She graduated from Hickory Ridge High School and moved to Indiana in 1937 where she lived with a sister in Rensselaer. On...

May 7, 2009

Albert J. Wienwrank, age 89 of rural Rensselaer, passed away at his home May 7, 2009. He was born at Crescent City, Illinois on April 10, 1920 a son of the late Chris and Hannah (Eiben) Wienwrank. He had been a Jasper County resident since 1953. He was a lifetime farmer and loved John Deeere equipment. He was educated...

Apr 28, 2009

Mary K. Burton, age 91 of Rensselaer, passed away unexpectedly, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at Clarian Arnett Hospital in Lafayette. She was born in Rensselaer on December 20, 1917, a daughter of the late August and Rose (Brandenburg) Tigler and had lived in Rensselaer for most of her life, except a period of about five years that she lived...

Apr 22, 2009

Helen M. Weiser, age 88 of Rensselaer passed away at her home on April 22, 2009. She was born Sept. 12, 1920 in Cadillac, MI, a daughter of the late Howard L. and Edith (Chesebro) DePew. She was a 1938 graduate of Cadillac High School and attended business college before beginning employment with the Government in Civil Service. A...

Apr 21, 2009

Delores G. Romine, age 88, of Newton County passed away April 21, 2009 at Oak Grove Christian Retirement Village in DeMotte, IN. She was born July 21, 1920 in Winamac, IN, a daughter of the late Mamie and Metta (Shriner) Baker. She was educated at the Fair Oaks Public Schools and worked serveral years at Goldblat's Department Store in...

Apr 18, 2009

Victoria Lynn Sisson, age 44 of rural Morocco passed away unexpectedly at her home April 18, 2009. She was born in Gary, IN March 16, 1965, the daughter of the late Donald Edward and Donna Mae (Gray) Perkins. She had been a resident of Newton County for 37 years and was educated at North Newton High School. She married...

Apr 2, 2009

Blanche Byron, age 95, formerly of Remington, passed away early Thursday, April 2, 2009 in Quincy, Illinois where she had lived the past six years. She was born on January 13, 1914 in Fowler, Indiana the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Funk) Nelson. She graduated from Gilboa High School in 1932. On January 18, 1939 in Remington...

Mar 26, 2009

WAYNE HOLLEY

1917-2009

Born Sept. 16, 1917, in Morocco, he was the son of the late Ray Albert and Estella May Kessler Holley. He attended Newton County schools.

In October 1984, he married Louise Gregerson Northcutt in Kentland, and she preceded him in death on Sept. 20, 2008.

Mr. Holley was...

Mar 19, 2009

Robert I. "Bart" Bartlett, age 58 of rural Rensselaer passed away Thursday, March 19, 2009 at Lafayette St. Elizabeth Hospital. He was born in Lafayette, Indiana on December 4, 1950 a son of the late Irving Gayle and Ruth E. (Correll) Bartlett. He had been a resident of the Rensselaer area since 1977, previously living in Lafayette and Monticello,...

Mar 15, 2009

Francis Eugene "Gene" Yeoman, age 67 of Rensselaer, passed away March 15th at the Monticello Assisted Living & Healthcare. He was born in Rensselaer on February 4, 1942, a son of the late Hugh and Lizzie (Selby) Yeoman. He was a lifetime Jasper County resident and had attended the Rensslear Public Schools and the United Methodist Church. He is...