Journal & Courier Obituaries

Dr. Billy E. Hooper 86 West Lafayette - A Celebration of Life ceremony will be held at Soller-Baker Funeral Home, 400 Twyckenham Boulevard, Lafayette, Indiana 47909 on June 22nd, 2018. Visitation will start at 9:30am and the service will begin at 11:00am. In lieu of...

Orion Ray Abney Boswell - Orion Ray Abney, 75, of Boswell passed away on Friday, June 15, 2018 at Franciscan St. Elizabeth East. Ray was born on June 3, 1943 in McClelland, Arkansas to the late Clarence Sr. and Minnie Taylor Abney. He was a 1962 graduate of Lebanon High...

Patrick E. Danaher Lafayette 70, 16-Jun, Soller-Baker Funeral Home, Lafayette Chapel.

Charlotte M. (Koons) Maish Frankfort - Charlotte M. (Koons) Maish, 82, of Frankfort, died June 14, 2018 at Witham Hospital, Lebanon, Ind. She was born June 24, 1935 in Shickshinny, PA to Carl & Bertha (Grover) Koons. Her marriage of 58 years was to Gordon Maish on February...

Randy "Banjo" Smith Clarks Hill - Randy "Banjo" Smith, 60, of Clarks Hill, passed away on Friday, June 15, 2018 at his home. He was born October 29, 1957, in Lafayette to James and Shirley Gano Smith of Clarks Hill. Banjo graduated from McCutcheon High School in 1976. He had...

Helen Louise (Johnson) Dotson Attica - Helen Louise (Johnson) Dotson, 71, Attica, passed away in Autumn Trace, Attica, on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 10:55 p.m. following a brief illness. Helen was born in the Bronx, NY on August 9, 1946. She was the daughter of the late...

Eleanor "Ellie Lois (Good) Strauch Kokomo - Eleanor "Ellie" Lois (Good) Strauch, 86, Kokomo, passed on to eternal life at 8:55 am Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at Community Howard Regional Health in Kokomo. She joins her husband of 68 years, Paul Strauch, who she married on June...

Richard Lee "Dick" Walters Rockfield - Richard Lee "Dick" Walters, 81, of Rockfield, died Thurs-June 14, 2018 at 4:10pm at Monticello Healthcare. He had been a resident there for 6 weeks, and in ill health since February. He was born June 20, 1936 in Delphi, to the late...

Dr. Brian S. Decker Indianapolis - Dr. Brian S. Decker, 54, passed away on June 6, 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana after a two-year battle with sarcoma. He was born in Lafayette, Indiana on September 25, 1963. After graduating from Lafayette Jefferson High School, he...

Gina Jozet-Devitt Lafayette - Gina Jozet-Devitt of Lafayette, Indiana passed away Sunday June 4th 2018 in her home. She is the daughter of the late Addis and Jan Worley of Culberson, North Carolina. She leaves behind four children, Sandra L Rund and Tammie L Jozefyk of...

Hollie A. Buedel Lafayette - Hollie A. Buedel, 47 of Lafayette passed away unexpectedly on June 8,2018 at her home. She was born November 27,1970 in Indianapolis the daughter of Vicki J. Platt. She attended school at Lafayette Jeff and attended Indiana Business College....

Patricia "Patty" Ann Cameron Lafayette - Patricia "Patty" Ann Cameron, 55, of Lafayette passed away at 6:10 PM, June 5, 2018 at IU Health Arnett Hospital. Born August 3, 1962 in Lafayette, she was the daughter of Hubert L. and Dorothy C. (Huddleston) Buster who preceded her...

Virgil Hicks Lafayette - Virgil L. Hicks, loving husband, father, brother, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, cousin and friend went to be with our Heavenly Father and his beloved Marce on April 20, 2018 in Lafayette, Indiana. He was 87. Our hearts ache and we are sad but...

Linda L. Higgins Westfield - Linda L. Higgins, 66, of Westfield, passed away on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at home, following a lengthy illness. She was born on January 17, 1952 to Harry Robert McElhaney and Anna Louise Hopkins in Portsmouth, Ohio. Her father preceded her in...

Connie Ann Reynolds Danville, IL - Connie Ann Reynolds, 67, formerly of Attica and had been residing in Danville, IL, passed away in the emergency room of the OSF HealthCare in Danville, on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 9:25 p.m. Connie was born in Williamsport, Indiana on...

Fredrick Arthur "Fred" Schrader Monticello (Norway) 89, 09-Jun, Miller - Roscka Funeral Home, Monticello.

Van Marshall Lafayette - Van Marshall, 76, died on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. He was born November 15, 1941 in Mulberry, IN to the late Frederick and Alice M. Van Camp Marshall. He was a graduate of Mulberry High School. His marriage was to Linda E. Shepherd Marshall, at St....

Rosemary (Allie) Young Brookston - Rosemary (Allie) Young, 94, passed away peacefully at 12:26 AM Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at White Oak Health Campus of Monticello. She was born February 7, 1924 in Boyleston Twsp., IN (Clinton County) to the late Bascom R. and Lillian I....

Mary Ellen Catron Rossville - Mary Ellen (Ketcham) Catron, on June 7th, 2018, after 88 years of life, now resides in "that house not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens". A lifelong resident of Rossville, she was born August 24, 1929 to Dr. John S. and Daphne Mae...

Angela E. Elder Lafayette - Angela E. Elder, 54, of Lafayette, passed away from injuries from a chairlift accident in rural Monticello (Lake Freeman) at 7:42 p.m., Friday, June 1, 2018. She was born on Thursday, November 21, 1963, at the former White County Memorial Hospital...

Harold Wayne "Putt" Myers Frankfort - Harold Wayne "Putt" Myers, 94, of Frankfort, passed away on Thursday, June 7, 2018 surrounded by family at the home he built in 1953 and where he had lived for the past 65 years. He was born November 30, 1923 on the family farm in Colfax,...

Audrey Nolley Palm Harbor, FL - Audrey Nolley, formerly of Lafayette passed away May 4th in Palm Harbor, FL. Audrey was born in Lafayette on February 11, 1928 to the late Joseph Rice and Flora Simcox. She married Richard K. Barrett and was later divorced. She married Wallace...

William "Rob" Alberts Delphi - William "Rob" Alberts, 54, of Delphi passed away on June 9, 2018 at St. Elizabeth East in Lafayette. Rob was born on Oct. 13, 1963 in Lafayette to the late Gary L. and Sharon (Politz) Alberts. He was a 1983 graduate of Delphi High School. Mr....

Rita Hicks Lafayette - Rita Ann Hicks, of Lafayette, IN passed away on June 9, 2018 at Franciscan East Hospital, Lafayette, IN. Rita was born on August 9, 1941 in Lafayette to Emmett Simpson and Mary (Rohler) Simpson. Her marriage was to Lester Hicks on October 7, 1961 in...