Obituary Listing

Apr 2, 2021

Marvin "Skip" McFall , 81, of Boswell, died, Friday, April 2, 2021. He was born, July 19, 1939, in Austin, IN, to the late Maurice & Mary Alice (Hensley) McFall. He was a 1957 graduate of Ambia High School & attended Purdue University. He married Shirley (Smith) McFall, April 26, 1958, at the Ambia Christian Church, Ambia;...

Mar 18, 2021

Gloria June Hinckley , 91, of Fowler, died Thursday, March 18, 2021.  She was born, March 3, 1930, in Chicago, IL, to the late Israel & Nelva (Shaw) Johnson. She was a 1947 graduate of North Judson High School. She married Gordon Lee Hinckley, on November 6, 1949, at Weaver Chapel in West Lafayette; he preceded her...

Mar 13, 2021

Wanda Kay Helterbran , 79, of Earl Park, died Saturday, March 13, 2021. She was born on August 24, 1941, in Earl Park to the late Martin & Dorothy (Allen) Robey. Wanda graduated in 1959 from Earl Park High School. In 1961, she married Paul "Bill" Helterbran. Wanda was a retiree from both the Benton Community School...

Mar 7, 2021

Diane Louise Molter , 59, of Lafayette, died, Sunday, March 7, 2021, at Saint Anthony's Health Care. She was born, September 6, 1961, in Lafayette. She attended Benton Community schools until she turned 18 & was a member of St. Charles Catholic Church in Otterbein. Diane spent 32 years working for Wabash Industries. During those 32 years,...

Mar 4, 2021

Bryan Keith Burton , 59, of Fowler & formerly of Boswell, died, Thursday, March 4, 2021. He was born February 1, 1962, in Lafayette to John Thurman Burton & Lucy (Irvin) (Burton) Patterson. He attended Benton Central High School & had worked most of his life as an auto body technician. Bryan enjoyed fishing, mushroom hunting &...

Mar 1, 2021

Beverly K. Sloniger , 69, of Fowler, went to be with the Lord, Monday, March 1, 2021, surrounded by her loving family. She was born, July 8, 1951, in Lafayette to Andrew & Maurine (Blake) Falwell. She married Darrell Sloniger, November 15, 1969, in Fowler; he survives. She was a 1969 graduate of Benton Central High School....

Feb 16, 2021

Edward "Bud" Philip Kult , 90, formerly of Dunnington, died, Tuesday, February 16, 2021. He was born, July, 1, 1930, in Lafayette, to the late Philip & Mary (O'Neil) Kult. Bud served in the United States Army; achieving the rank of 1st Lieutenant. He received his Bachelor's degree from Indiana University & his Master's degree from Notre...

Feb 10, 2021

Kenneth Ray Messman , 72 of Otterbein, died, Wednesday, February 10, 2021. He was born November 10, 1948, to the late Kenneth & Doris Helen (Bird) (Messman) Thomas. He was a 1966 graduate of Fowler High School & received his Metal Fabrication Certificate from Purdue University. He had previously worked at Dynamics & Arkay-Textral. Kenny enjoyed fishing...

Feb 9, 2021

Ricky Joseph Fortier , 59, of Boswell, IN & formerly of Cudahy, WI, died, Tuesday, February 9, 2021. He was born, May 9, 1961, to the late Bernard J. & Joyce E. (Patenaude) Fortier. He was employed by RW Contracting & was a member of Laborers Union #274. He enjoyed riding his Harley-Davidson.

Ricky is...

Jan 27, 2021

Betty Mae Turner , 84 of Boswell, died, Wednesday, January 27, 2021. She was born, June 29, 1936, at her Family home in Fowler, to the late Jesse & Elsie Mae (Duley) Rhodes. She married, the love of her life, Ewell Turner, on March 30, 1955, in Boswell; he died, October 22, 2012. She was raised in...

Jan 21, 2021

Juliah "Jam" Lake Creasy , 79, of West Lafayette, died, Thursday, January 21, 2021. She was born, December 1, 1941, in Anderson, to the late Elmer and Sophia (Saubert) Miteff. She married, Alvin Lake, May 31, 1964, in Lafayette; he preceded her in death on June 21, 2002. She married Lynn Creasy on March 21, 2014. She...

Jan 17, 2021

Richard "Dick" Gephart , 87, of West Lafayette, IN, passed away peacefully on January 17, 2021. Dick was born March 16, 1933, in Lafayette, IN to the late Oscar "Bob" & Dorothy (Follick) Gephart. They lived on a farm near Otterbein. Dick & his brother, Joe, learned to work hard by helping their dad on the farm....

Jan 4, 2021

Josephine Teresa Illingworth , 92, formerly of Fowler, died, Monday, January 4, 2021. She was born, June 7, 1928, in Pulaski County, IN, to the late Arthur & Catherine (Silver) Besse. Her 1st marriage was to Richard Earl Elbert; they later divorced, she married, James Emmett Illingworth, August 1973; he preceded her in death, December 22, 1990....

Dec 21, 2020

Betty M. Dalton, 93, formerly of Boswell, went to be with the Lord, Monday, December 21, 2020. She was born, May 30, 1927, in Boswell, to the late William Elmer & Mamie (Farrar) Roberts. She married Obie Dalton, September 18, 1943; he died, January 19, 2008. Betty attended Boswell High School & was a member of Attica Christ Gospel...

Dec 14, 2020

John W. Weber, 83, of Boswell, passed away in Lafayette IN, after a brief illness, on December 14, 2020. John was born on December 11, 1937 in Paxton, IL. He was the son of the late William F. "Bill" Weber and Lois (Zick) Weber of Thawville, IL. He graduated from Roberts-Thawville, in 1956 in Roberts, IL & received awards...

Dec 7, 2020

Annie "Lois" Cripe , of Otterbein, Indiana, born on May 22, 1928 went to her heavenly home on December 7, 2020. She is survived by her daughter Paula (Paul) West of Terre Haute, IN, and son Duane (Robbie) of Austin, TX. Also surviving are four grandchildren Craig (Shannon) West of Poolesville, MD, Laura Cripe of Austin,...

Dec 5, 2020

Bobby D. Reed, Sr. , 80, of Lafayette, died, Saturday, December 5, 2020. He was born, September 13, 1940, in Hustonville, KY, to the late William & Hannah (McWhorter) Reed. He attended Flora School & worked maintenance at Rush Metal. He enjoyed spending time with Family, NASCAR (particularly Earnhardt), drag racing, fishing, mushroom hunting, working on cars,...

Dec 4, 2020

Donald Brice Slavens , 71, formerly of Oxford & Boswell, died, Friday, December 4, 2020. He was born, April 1, 1949, to the late John Quincy & Delia (Bell) Slavens. He had attended Oxford High School. He served in the Army & Army National Guard from 1975 until 1997. He had previously worked at Wal-Mart, AB Specialty,...

Nov 17, 2020

Brent Michael Kawlewski , 18, of Fowler, died, Tuesday, November 17, 2020, with his loving family by his side; after a courageous 5 year battle with cancer. He was born, October 23, 2002, in Lafayette. Brent was a 2020 graduate of Benton Central High School. He was an avid Los Angeles Dodgers fan & enjoyed baseball, dirt...

Oct 25, 2020

PAUL LAURENCE ALLEN

Paul Allen, 78, of Greencastle IN passed away at home on October 25, 2020 with loving family by his side.

Paul was born in Scottsburg, IN on January 4, 1942 to Russell and Hazel Allen.

The family moved to Boswell IN in 1946 where Paul attended...