Obituaries
Monticello, IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Monticello and White County, IN
Phyllis J. Allen
Jan 2, 2018
Phyllis J. Allen, 92, of Reynolds, passed away on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at White Oak Health Campus.She was born on September 26, 1925 in Reynolds to the late Rufus and Alta Lois (Phillis) Beasey. On February 24, 1945 she married Leon Marshall Allen. He preceded her in death on August 6, 2001.She was a 1943 graduate of Reynolds High...
Alberta Gwin
Dec 23, 2017
Alberta J. Gwin, 89, of Monticello, passed away at 6:03 pm, Saturday, December 23, 2017 at I.U. Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette.She was born on May 25, 1928 in Rensselaer to the late William and Lula (Hickman) Phares. On September 8, 1956 she married Marvin Gwin in Mount Ayr and he preceded her in death September 26, 2014.She was a...
Dorothy L. Lantz
Dec 20, 2017
Dorothy L. Lantz, age 88, of Monticello, Indiana, passed away on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at her home with her daughter, Janie by her side.She was born in Monticello, Indiana on November 17, 1929 to Ray Baer and Ethel (McCully) Baer Downey. She married Robert L. Lantz in Monticello on February 5, 1950. He preceded her in death on December...
Dean A. Williams
Dec 16, 2017
Dean A. Williams, 79, of Monticello, passed away at 12:25pm, Saturday, December 16, 2017 at I.U. Health White Memorial Hospital.He was born on September 30, 1938 in Gary to the late Lawrence E. and Mary (McKinney) Williams. On May 4, 1963 he married Carol Fredregill at the United Methodist Church in Griffith and she survives.Dean was a graduate of Griffith...
Daniel A. Nelson
Dec 16, 2017
Daniel A. Nelson, 58, of Lafayette, passed away at 2:02 pm, Saturday, December 16, 2017 at his son's home in Monticello.He was born on October 28, 1959 in Colorado Springs to Josephine (Zinzer) Nelson who survives and the late Donald Nelson. On April 28, 1984 he married Trudy Nelson in Chicago. Dan graduated high school from Von Steuben Metropolitan Science...
Marilyn J. Ribbe
Dec 9, 2017
Marilyn J. Ribbe, 81, of Monticello, IN., passed away at 6:14 am, Saturday, December 9, 2017 at I U Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette, IN.She was born on August 7, 1936 in Villa Grove, IL to the late Ralph and Harriett (Murray) Gerrard.On June 15, 1958 she married Phillip L. Ribbe at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Danville, IL. He...
Michael Stotler
Dec 6, 2017
Michael Eugene Stotler, 62, of Monticello, passed away at 7:22 am, Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at IU Health White Memorial Hospital.He was born on May 6, 1955 in to the late Wayne and Evelyn (Bone) Stotler.Michael graduated from Twin Lakes High School and attended Indiana State University receiving his Bachelor degree in Social Work. He worked as a social worker...
Billy G. Kelsey
Dec 2, 2017
Billy G. Kelsey, 77, of Monticello, passed away at 5:00 pm, Saturday, December 2, 2017 at IU Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette.He was born on October 8, 1940 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri to the late Area Brooks and Freida (Pollard) Kelsey. On October 18, 1997 he married the former Teresa (Wilkins) Culp from Monticello and she survives. Billy was a...
Robert Mills
Nov 24, 2017
Robert Dale Mills, 87, of Delphi, passed away on Friday, November 24, 2017 at his residence in Delphi.He was born on March 23, 1930 in Lafayette to the late Hubert "Dean" and Ruth Leone (Jones) Mills. On November 23, 1950 he married Dorothy Newell at the University Presbyterian Church in West Lafayette and she survives.He was a 1948 graduate of...
Patricia M. Johnson
Nov 18, 2017
Patricia M. Johnson, 78, of Monticello passed away at 10:53 pm, Saturday, November 18, 2017, at I U Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette.She was born on October 27, 1939 in East Chicago to the late Paul and Margaret (Dunlop) Keefer. On October 11, 1958, in Hessville, Indiana she married Dallas E. Johnson and he preceded her in death June 15,...
Daniel R. Davis
Nov 16, 2017
Daniel R. Davis, 64, of Monticello, passed away at 9:45 pm, Thursday, November 16, 2017 at Logansport Memorial Hospital. He was born on April 24, 1953 in Peoria, IL to the late Donald Ray and Lorraine Davis.Daniel was a graduate of East Peoria Community High School. He served in the U.S. Air Force during Vietnam.Daniel was the owner and operator...
Robert B Hanni
Nov 15, 2017
Our Dad, Robert (Bob) B. Hanni was born in Bluffton, IN on January 28, 1926, the oldest child of Menno and Sylvia (Bixler) Hanni. He passed away at White Oak Health Campus in Monticello, IN on November 15, 2017. Between those dates, he cut a significant swath on this earth.Dad graduated from Geneva (IN) High School in 1943 and, promptly,...
Virginia Carnahan
Nov 2, 2017
Virginia Carnahan, 96, of Mulberry passed away at 6:35 am, Thursday, November 2, 2017 at IU Arnett Hospital in Lafayette.She was born on October 16, 1921 in Louisville, Kentucky. She was the daughter of the late Clarence and Helen Pansy (Ward) Draper. She grew up the daughter of share croppers and understood hard times. Virginia earned her bachelor degree and...
Linda Takriti
Oct 29, 2017
Linda Marie Takriti, 69, of Delphi, formerly of Monticello, passed away on Sunday, October 29, 2017 at IU Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette. She was born on October 28, 1948 in Chicago to the late Mitchell and Isabel (Beaulier) Czerwonka. Linda was a graduate of Willowbrook High School in Illinois. She was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church...
Helen M. Nicklaus
Oct 26, 2017
Helen M. Nicklaus, 89, of Monticello, passed away at 10:07 pm, Thursday, October 26, 2017 at IU Health White Memorial Hospital.She was born on April 24, 1928 in Little Rock, AR to the late Thomas Lawrence and Tessie Mae (Mooney) Johnson. Helen's father passed away when she was a baby and her mother remarried and her step-father Jessie Moody helped...
Bernard A. Butt
Oct 22, 2017
Bernard A. Butt, 84, of Monticello, passed away at 7:44 pm, Sunday, October 22, 2017 at IU Health Lafayette, Indiana.He was born on October 24, 1932 in Peru, IN to the late John and Letitia Butt. He is survived by his wife Rosemary Stookey Butt and three daughters, Paris (Dan) Pepoon of Northbrook, IL, Apryl Plageman of Lafayette, IN, Autumn...
S.R. 'Heart' Buffalo Heart
Oct 20, 2017
S.R. Buffalo Heart passed away suddenly on Friday October 20th after several long illnesses. Buffalo Heart or Heart to her friends was adopted by Ernest and Martha Erwin Stiers in 1946.Her happiest years were spent in Reynolds riding her horse, Cochise, as well as playing Cowboys and Indians with her friends or cousins.Buffalo Heart was an avid reader of mysteries...
Mitzi Marie Littleton
Oct 18, 2017
Mitzi Marie Littleton, 61, of Montrose, Colorado passed away on October 18, 2017. Mitzi was born on March 30, 1956 in Lafayette to Charlotte (Hunt) Meinders and the late Vernon Meinders.Although Mitzi was born in Lafayette, she spent most of her life in Indianapolis until about a year ago when she moved to Montrose. She had a strong work ethic...
Ronald Rex Stanley
Oct 12, 2017
*****BURIAL LOCATION HAS CHANGED*****Ronald Rex "Ron" Stanley, 81, of Monticello, passed away on Thursday, October 12, 2017 in West Lafayette.He was born on April 26, 1936 in Danville to the late Maxwell Ernest and Mildred (Smith) Stanley. His life companion, Jean Rector survives in West Lafayette. He was a Danville High School graduate and was a life long farmer starting...
Richard Kimberly
Oct 9, 2017
Richard H. "Rich" Kimberly, 30, of Monticello, passed away at 8:51 am, Monday, October 9, 2017.He was born on November 4, 1986 in Monticello. On October 2, 2009 he married the former Alicia Bunnell in Monticello and she survives. Rich was a graduate of North White High School where he played football and basketball. He joined the Army and was...
