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Bowen Kenneth Vanhook
Mar 13, 2018
Crawfordsville – Bowen Kenneth VanHook, 11 days old, passed away in Franciscan St. Elizabeth East Hospital following respiratory complications. He was born March 2, 2018 in Lafayette. He was the son of Brady Russell and Emily Burton VanHook of rural Crawfordsville. 'He fought until his strength was gone.' Surviving along with his parents; are his brother, Mccoy Russell VanHook, age...
Joseph Paloski, Jr.
Mar 8, 2018
Crawfordsville – Joseph Paloski, Jr. age 80, formerly of Highland, passed away unexpectedly at 2:15 p.m. Thursday, March 8, 2018 in Whitlock House, Crawfordsville, where he had resided the past 3 years. He was born in East Chicago, on February 5, 1938 son of the late Joseph and Cecilia Fus Paloski. He was married to Carole Stanish in November of...
James Jimmy Jones, Jr.
Mar 8, 2018
West Point/Lafayette – James 'Jimmy' Jones, Jr. age 81 passed away at 2:37 p.m. Thursday, March 8, 2018 in Franciscan St. E. East Hospital, following an extended illness. Jimmy was born in rural Fountain County, August 13, 1936, son of the late James L. and Edith Marie Shamp Jones. He married Bonnie L. Rosen in the West Point United Methodist...
Mildred Robinson Young
Mar 4, 2018
Crawfordsville – Mildred Robinson Young, age 86, passed away at 7:48 a.m. Sunday, March 4, 2018 in Hickory Creek Nursing Home. She was born in Bloomington, September 8, 1931 daughter of the late Clyde and Dollie Weddle Robinson. She married Leroy C. Young, in Bloomington on June 3, 1950. He preceded her in death on February 3, 2012. Mildred was...
Martha Irene Murdock Rankin
Feb 11, 2018
Martha Irene (Murdock) Rankin, 85, of Crawfordsville, died peacefully on February 11, 2018, at Franciscan Health after a lengthy illness in Crawfordsville. Martha was a graduate of Wingate High School. She was married to Robert Lee on August 9, 1950, who died in 1993. She leaves behind 2 daughters: Linda (Harold) Mennen of Crawfordsville, and Sue Ann (Shawn) Benham of...
William L Gookins
Feb 10, 2018
William L. (Bill) Gookins, 73, of Newtown passed away on Sat. Feb. 10, 2018 at Rural Healthcare Center in Indianapolis. He was born on Oct. 21, 1944 to the late William S. and Nyle C. (Padgitt) Gookins. Bill was a 1962 graduate of Richland Township High School. He attended Purdue University and Indiana University. He was a member of the...
Donna Sue Jackson
Feb 5, 2018
Donna Sue Van Hook Jackson passed away Monday morning at her home in Stockwell. She was 80. Born April 21, 1937 at Attica, she was the daughter of Clyde and Imogene Pell Van Hook. She was retired from Alcoa in Lafayette following 15 years of employment as a packer. She was a member of the Moose Lodge and Eagles as...
Jessie G. Blessing
Feb 3, 2018
Lafayette- Jessie (Jay) Rosenbarger Blessing, age 91, passed away at 5:38 p.m. in Rosewalk Village. She was born and raised in Benton County, November 3, 1926 to the late Charles and Nellie Nichols Rosenbarger. She married George Blessing on January 11, 1947 and they divorced in October 1983. Jessie was a farm wife, spending many years working hard on the...
Junior H. Brownfield
Feb 2, 2018
Junior H. Brownfield, age 86, of rural Wingate, passed away following an extended illness, at 11:25 a.m. Friday, February 2, 2018 in Mulberry Health and Rehabilitation. He was surrounded by his loving family when he passed. He was born May 28, 1932, in Barren County, KY, son of the late Charles and Lucy Brownfield, adopted and raised by Dr. James...
Richard 'Rick' Dean Bridwell
Jan 30, 2018
Richard D. 'Rick' Bridwell, age 69 of Crawfordsville, passed away in his home at 6:33 a.m. Tuesday, January 30, 2018 following a battle with ALS. He was born in Crawfordsville, September 19, 1948 son of the late Clarence and Gertrude Griffin Bridwell. He married Carla Pickett in Las Vegas, February 12, 1987 and she survives. Rick was a 1967 graduate...
Rosemary Jean Wright
Jan 25, 2018
Rosemary Jean Lyon Wright went to be with her Lord on January 25, 2018 at Lane House, Crawfordsville. Rosemary was born May 9, 1932 to Delbert M. and Goldie M. Grayson Lyon at home north of Crawfordsville, IN. She graduated in 1950 from New Market High School. She married Robert Fuller and they were divorced. She later married Charles C...
Bill Lee 'Bj' Jackson
Jan 23, 2018
Terre Haute – Bill Lee 'BJ' Jackson, age 70, passed away, January 23, 2018 in his home. He was born in Wyandotte , MI on July 1, 1947 son of the late William McKinley and Virginia Lee Dapine Jackson. He was formerly married to Diana Sanders Jackson. BJ was a 1965 graduate of Garfield High School. He enlisted in the...
Kathy L. Perigo
Jan 21, 2018
Waynetown – Kathy L. Hopkins Perigo, age 66, of Waynetown, passed away at 11:20 a.m. Sunday, January 21, 2018 in her home, following an extended illness. She was born in Crawfordsville, December 10, 1951, daughter of the late James Orville and Delores Dorothy Higbee Hopkins. She married John Perigo, November 2, 1985 in Waynetown and he survives. Kathy was a...
Chester Layton Galloway
Jan 1, 2018
Chester Layton Galloway, age 96, died at 9:40 p.m. Monday, January 1, 2018 in Williamsburg Healthcare, Crawfordsville, where he had resided since 2016. He was born in rural Fountain County, November 5, 1921, son of the late George Glenn and Fern Layton Galloway. He married Martha L. Linville, September 9, 1945 in the Mellott United Church of Christ, she survives....
Bette Arlene Weinhold Goodrich
Dec 28, 2017
Lafayette – Bette Arlene Weinhold Goodrich, age 94, passed away, 10:25 a.m. Thursday, December 28, 2017 at Signature Healthcare in Lafayette, following a lengthy illness. She was born in Chicago, April 14, 1923 to the late Roy and Margaret Stewart Weinhold. She grew up on the family farm near Fowler, IN and graduated from Wadena High School. Bette attended Ball...
Keith Wayne Springer
Dec 20, 2017
Keith Wayne Springer, age 70, of Delphi, passed away, at 2:05 p.m. Wednesday, December 20, 2017 following a lengthy illness. He was born January 10, 1947 in Yountsville, son of the late Lester and Ida Olena (Hibbs) Springer. His father died when he was 9 and he was raised by his step-father, the late Howard Wisma. He was married to...
James I. Hayden, Jr.
Nov 30, 2017
Riverside – James I. Hayden, Jr. age 47, of rural Attica, passed away in his home following a short battle with colon cancer, 12:55 p.m. Thursday, November 30, 2017. He was born in Lafayette, May 30, 1970 son of James I. and Janet S. Mills Hayden, they survive in Lafayette. He married Rebecca J. Dowell in West Point, September 22,...
Tracy Mattingly
Nov 18, 2017
Crawfordsville – Tracy Lane Mattingly, age 52, of Crawfordsville, passed away at 1:30 a.m. Saturday, November 18, 2017 in Ben Hur Health & Rehab, following several years of failing health. She was born in Indianapolis, May 29, 1965, daughter of the late Nelson Earl and RoseMarie Harrington Mattingly. Tracy was a life resident of Montgomery County and attended South Mont...
Lloyd Eldon Philpott
Nov 16, 2017
Lloyd Eldon Philpott, 85, passed away Thursday, Nov.16, 2017, at Mulberry Health Center. Born to Glen and Ava Philpott, Oct. 4, 1932, the last of their eight children. He was raised in Marshall, Indiana. After high school, he married Virginia Nunn in 1951 and they were blessed with six children, Gene (Wanda), Dean (Deb), Bill (Leatha Owen), Cynthia, Scott (Cindy)...
Vaughn E. Poynter
Nov 13, 2017
Vaughn E. Poynter, age 76, of Crawfordsville passed away, 12:15 p.m. Monday, November 13, 2107 in Franciscan Health Hospital, Indianapolis. He was born in Montgomery County, March 11, 1941, son of the late Gerald 'Shorty' and LaVerne Grimes Poynter. He married Nancy Jo Myers Wilson, in Waveland, December 6, 1980 and she survives. He was a graduate of New Market...
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