All Obituaries

Marie O’Brien of Lafayette died December 5, 2019 after a two year battle with cancer, she was 88. Marie was born on May 6, 1931 in Earl Park, IN to Emmett & Delvia Doyle. On June 7, 1952 Marie married Richard O’Brien in Earl Park, IN. They moved to Lafayette where they raised their five children. Marie opened the Bridal Boutique in downtown Lafayette in 1974. After selling the store in 1985 she became a realtor at the Lux Agency until she retired. Marie was also a model for the...

Geri J. Berns, 80, of Fishers, IN and formerly of Lafayette, passed away at her residence in Allisonville Meadows at Fishers Friday morning November 29, 2019 where she had resided the past year and a half. She was born in Lafayette April 29, 1939, the daughter of the late Jean and Mary McKibben Hittle. Geri was a graduate of St. Joseph High School in South Bend and attended Ancilla College. She married Robert J. Berns at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Lafayette and he preceded her in death...

We generally think of powerful people as assertive, aggressive, telling everything like it is and leaving nothing unsaid. Then there’s Rosio. How many people are so powerful that they can make you smile with one word? With a smile? A sister, a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a friend: and a saint from every one of those angles. We didn’t have her nearly long enough and yet, we had her much longer than we deserved. She’s finally in heaven with other angels, away from the pains of this...

Rosetta Leuck, age 94 of Pine Village, IN passed away at 2:10 PM Sunday November 24, 2019 at Creasy Springs Health Campus in Lafayette where she had resided the past four years. She was born in Kilrea, northern Ireland to the late Charles and Ann Gilmore Henry and attended Kilrea schools. Rosetta met her husband Paul Leuck in June, 1947 while Paul was stationed in the military in England, and he was on leave in Ireland. She moved to the United States later in 1947, and they were married at...

Barbara J (Porter) Diamond, 91, of Coram, NY passed away Tuesday morning November 5, 2019 in New York. Barbara was born June 27, 1928, the daughter of Roy L. and Juanita R Porter, late of Darlington, Indiana. Growing up in New Jersey, Barbara earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology at Wilson College, and completed graduate courses in Biology at Columbia University. She was employed as a Research Technician at Columbia University, the University of Rochester, and at the Eastman Dental...

Rosella Margurite Vaughn, 99, of Lafayette, passed away Friday morning November 8, 2019 at St. Anthony Healthcare in Lafayette. Rosella was born in Lafayette March 2, 1920, the daughter of the late Clarence C. and Cecil Hall Buntin. She had resided in Tippecanoe County since 1935 and attended Klondike High School. Rosella married Edward Vaughan in Lafayette April 18, 1949 and he preceded her in death December 16, 1998. She was a homemaker, enjoyed Purdue basketball and loved chocolate candy....

Ernestine “Erne” (Dietel) Lewis died peacefully at age 93, with her family by her side, on November 5, 2019. She was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She married Leonard E. Lewis of Lafayette, Indiana on August 20, 1949 and they enjoyed 66 wonderful years together as best friends and constant companions, sharing, celebrating and supporting each other through life's many journeys. Erne retired from the Indiana License Bureau in Lafayette and she and Leonard moved to Logansport,...

On October 22, 2019 at 6:30 pm Juanita Maye Newsum Burnett Marchand, 92, joined her Heavenly Father and all her loved ones who passed. She was born to Noble P. Newsum and Flossie L. Oldfield on January 15, 1927 in Indianapolis, Indiana but she was raised by Noble and his second wife, Floris W. Ramsey in the Homeplace community of northern Indianapolis. She spent summers as a child with her father's family in Wabash County, IL, enjoying the country life with her cousins. She attended...

Dr. Richard L. Shoemaker, beloved husband of Alice (Kingma), departed this life on October 15, 2019, after a brief illness. Born in Romney in 1929 to Everet and Elinor (Leaming) Shoemaker, Dick graduated from the Indiana School of Medicine. He married Alice in 1954 and served in the Air Force before opening private practice in Gas City, where he was a member of Kiwanis and served on the Board of Education. In 1977, the Shoemakers moved to Lafayette and became active in St. Ann Catholic...

Patricia Ann (Chastain) Scott of Oxford, IN joined the angels early on the morning of October 4, 2019 at her home. Born on a farm outside Oxford on October 7, 1930 to Clint and Stella (Gilstrap) Chastain, she lived her entire life in or near Oxford and graduated from Oxford High School in 1948. Pat was married on June 12, 1948 in Fowler, IN. She is survived by he loving and devoted husband of 71 years, Jerry, and sons Greg (Cathy) and Jeff (Bertie). Perhaps most important in her life were...