September 19, 2025

Obituaries (1 new - 2,042 total)

• Murtaugh, Anna (Fitzgerald)

September 17, 2025

Obituaries (1 new - 2,041 total)

• Cornell, Thomas

September 13, 2025

Obituaries (1 new - 2,040 total)

• Wilson, John

September 11, 2025

Obituaries (1 new - 2,039 total)

• Vought, Florence (Shipley)

September 9, 2025

Obituaries (10 new - 2,038 total)

• Baker, Martha (Fickle)

• Boyer, Mattie J. (O'Neal)

• Graves, Ella

• Smith, Lizzie (Otis)

• Taylor, Anna

• Timmons, Elizabeth

• Tremble, John

• Wainright, Mr.

• Yost, William (son of William)

• Zentemeyer, John

September 1, 2025

Obituaries (36 new - 2,028 total)

• Berry, Maria (Banks)

• Brelsford, David S.

• Brindle, Louise A.

• Bringham, Samuel

• Burns, Thomas

• Chalk, William W.

• Clark, Elizabeth (Harris)

• Cole, Richard

• Cook, Peter

• Cuppy, George

• Deacon, Mrs.

• Derr, John J.

• Eldridge, Rev. James

• Griffin, John J.

• Hollingsworth, Elihu

• Huey, William

• Innes, Dr. Stephen B.

• Johnson, J.

• Johnson, John E.

• Kile, Peter

• Mathers, James

• McQueen, Mary

• Michaels, Joseph

• Miller, Edgar

• Morehouse, Silas

• Munick, John

• Mustard, William

• O'Brien, Tommy

• Pennington, Mary

• Schenkenberger, John

• Schnepp, Vina

• Sherlock, Mary (Ross)

• Steel, Ray L.

• Upp, Christina (Featherling)

• Wade, J. B.

• Whitten, John (died from injuries received in Dec. 1864 train crash)

August 28, 2025

Obituaries (21 new - 1,992 total)

• Adams, stillborn infant of Charles & Mary

• Anderson, Alice

• Cartwright, Florence

• Clester, Delia (Wiswell)

• Clester, Delia Lucille

• Davidson, Louis Weldon Jr. (funeral item)

• Donaldson, Harold Leroy

• Eberle, Jacob

• Fox, Mattie (Lofland)

• Haley, Irene Alberta

• Martin, Lena (Smith)

• Martin, Mary (Davis)

• Meharry, James

• Miller, John

• Morrisey, James Patrick (son of James S.)

• Nantz, Mae (Burkhalter)

• Otwell, John

• Peed, Millie (Williams)

• Rash, Olive

• Rogers, Ella

• Wood, Martha

August 27, 2025

Obituaries (1 new - 1,971 total)

• Lindsay, Sarah (Robinson)

August 25, 2025

Obituaries (10 new - 1,970 total)

• Conrad, Isaac

• Dixon, John

• Feldt, Infant daughter of Harry

• Fidler, Frank M.

• Hubbard, Albert

• Hurdle, Richard

• Miller, John A.

• Sanborn, Richard

• Shigley, Omer

• Stevens, Bessie (Childs)

August 24, 2025

Obituaries (6 new - 1,960 total)

• Cullum, Mrs.

• Hoffman, Eliza

• Hoffman, Horace David

• McDole, Infant of Harry

• Paul, Lauretta (Loman)

• Rothenberger, Willoughby

August 19, 2025

Obituaries (5 new - 1,954 total)

• Fitzpatrick, Mary

• Lemons, Elias

• Mackey, Thomas (1881)

• Smith, Mabel (daughter of Dr. J. M.)

• Sutherland, Julia

August 18, 2025

Obituaries (5 new - 1,949 total)

• Carver, Lucy (Marshall)

• Rowe, Infant son of Claude

• Ryan, Mariah

• Wickard, Laura (Fouts)

• Woodley, Clifford

Fire Department News (1 new - 63 total)

• March 1940 - Jacob Velton chimney fire, South 4th St.

August 15, 2025

Obituaries (8 new - 1,944 total)

• Armentrout, Leroy

• Cole, James E.

• Davis, Mary M.

• Hill, Rebecca (Staley) Traub

• Kirkpatrick, Sarah (Halstead)

• Korn, Charles R.

• Leffman, Genevieve (daughter of Benjamin)

• Storms, Rev. Abner

August 12, 2025

Obituaries (2 new - 1,936 total)

• Casey, Infant daughter of Edward

• Smith, J. Frank

August 8, 2025

Fire Department News (2 new - 62 total)

• May 1864 - New firefighters appointed

• Aug. 1864 - New fire signals

August 5, 2025

Obituaries (26 new - 1,934 total)

• Bibler, Gussie

• Boyer, Bessie

• Coleman, Harry

• DeHart, Margaret (Trotter)

• Demerly, Elizabeth (Preston)

• Earl, Robert

• Farrell, Edward

• Fitzpatrick, Mary

• Gapin, Joshua Jr.

• Gibbons, Young

• Gray, Henrietta

• Jennings, Anna D. (mother)

• Jennings, Anna D. (daughter of George and Anna D.)

• Jennings, William (son of George and Anna D.)

• Keinly, Boy

• Kienly, Minnie

• Moore, Margaret

• Pickering, John (son of W. H. and Kate)

• Pifer, Joanna (Heath)

• Rowe, Robert

• Schilling, Franz Xavier

• Terrell, Lieut. I. C.

• Ullman, K.

• Wade, J. B.

• Wiler, Solomon

• Unknown Dutch man, died April 1881

Fire Department News (1 new - 60 total)

• May 1881 - Smiley stable fire, north of Octagon

August 4, 2025

Obituaries (1 new - 1,908 total)

• Gray, Emma (Lerch) Rauch

August 1, 2025

Obituaries (11 new - 1,907 total)

• Andress, Ed & family (buggy wreck)

• Ashby, Sarah (Foresman)

• Boggs, Katie (daughter of John)

• Clark, Mary (Starkey) Hawkins

• Downing, Sarah (Pierce) Hamilton

• Johnson, Mathias (killed in train wreck)

• McDole, Floyd (son of Everett)

• Mustard, William

• Roudebush, Frank

• Royer, Mrs. John

• Switzer, George

July 21, 2025

Obituaries (5 new - 1,896 total)

• Griffin, John J.

• Gunkle, Benjamin

• Hengst, Mary

• Waldron, Fred

• Walter, Elizbeth

July 17, 2025

Obituaries (12 new - 1,891 total)

• Brown, Mrs.

• Cunningham, Terry

• Devanney, Michael (funeral notice)

• Hamilin, Mary

• Leslie, Amy

• McDill, Lizzie

• Moon, Enoch

• Mulford, William S.

• Mustard, William

• Page, Thomas

• Weaver, Dr. John

• Wilgus, Mary (Foltz)

Fire Department News (1 new - 59 total)

• Feb. 1881 - Ninth street hose reel driven by Dan. Leslie

July 15, 2025

Obituaries (23 new - 1,879 total)

• Dolan, Patrick

• Earl, Augustus

• Fletemeyer, Adelia

• Fritsch, Anna

• Fritsch, Matilda (Storck)

• Greensfelder, Jacob (son of Eli)

• Griffin, Ella

• Gruber, Agatha "Aggie" (daughter of Louis)

• Herron, Infant daughter of Professor

• Jenners, David

• Keeler, Edward S.

• Kirkpatrick, Mary (Goldsberry)

• Mackey, Maud (daughter of Henry)

• Martin, Shelby

• Morley, Clara J.

• Rhoads, Thomas J.

• Scherer, Jacob

• Silvers, Infant son of Paul

• Simons, William

• Tomlinson, Comfort

• Wiley, August

• Wilgus, Mary (Foltz)

• Witters, Emma R. (daughter of George)

Fire Department News (1 new - 58 total)

• January 1881 - Fire at Ford School

July 14, 2025

Obituaries (8 new - 1,856 total)

• Bates, Catherine (Smith)

• Bates, William

• Bolyard, Chalmer

• Breckenridge, David

• Breckenridge, Lucinda

• Breece, Walter

• Davis, Samuel P. (with photo)

• Venis, Nellie (Watt)

July 11, 2025

Obituaries (25 new - 1,848 total)

• Beardsley, Edna

• Bell, Wesley

• Bromley, Cora

• Bromley, George

• Bromley, Lewis

• Bunce, Charles

• Devanney, Michael

• Downs, William

• Glaspy, child of Maggie

• Grieve, Thomas

• Hickock, Frank

• Lee, William

• Mackey, Mike

• Mohan, Margaret

• Ostendorff, Catherine (Mugg)

• Quig, John

• Robinson, John

• Robosson, Charles

• Sherlock, Robert

• Spears, James

• Taylor, Rev. Luther

• Toole, William

• Waldron, John

• Weibers, Deddina

• Unknown, Dutch man, July 9, 1881

July 9, 2025

Obituaries (3 new - 1,823 total)

• Bailor, Mary

• Bailor, May (Rutan)

• Gilliland, Laura (Hart)

July 7, 2025

Obituaries (3 new - 1,820 total)

• Acheson, James William

• Acheson, May (Johnson)

• Allen, Donald

July 6, 2025

Obituaries (12 new - 1,817 total)

• Bailey, Mrs. (died in India)

• Bennett, Matt

• Biehn, Phillip

• Cosby, Edward

• Cosby, Tillie (Whitteberry)

• Crose, Allen

• Crose, Charles

• Crose, Clifford

• Davis, Otis

• Einsel, Daughter of Aaron

• Mulford, Joanna

• Paxton, Mattie

July 2, 2025

Obituaries (2 new - 1,805 total)

• Adair, Georgia (Casad)

• Anderson, Effie (Dunk) Ewing

July 1, 2025

Obituaries (9 new - 1,803 total)

• Conrad, Myrtle (Cartmill)

• Conrad, Thomas E.

• Davis, Guy

• Davis, John Sylvester

• Davis, Mary Jane (Stewart)

• Edwards, Elbert

• Freese, Pearl (Miller) Gerhardt

• Gapen, Rachel (Hurley)

• Vaughan, Infant daughter of Edward

June 25, 2025

Obituaries (7 new - 1,794 total)

• Amos, Donna

• Bartholomew, Leslie

• Bartholomew, Moses Amos

• Bartholomew, Sybil (daughter of Moses Amos)

• Brooks, Nancy

• Bryan, Carl

• Say, Jennie (Daugherty) Bartholomew

Fire Department News (1 new - 57 total)

• Oct. 1948 - Stove explosion, North Ninth St., two children killed

June 24, 2025

Obituaries (6 new - 1,787 total)

• Bailor, J. Calvin

• Taylor, John McDonald

• Taylor, May (Carter)

• Taylor, Peggy

• Wells, Asbury

• Wells, Henry

June 18, 2025

Obituaries (19 new - 1,781 total)

• Caufield, James

• Cohee, Ruth (Crose)

• Cole, Bina

• Cole, Charles J.

• Cole, Ellen (Shaw)

• Cole, Mrs. Norman

• Cole, Richard Phyn

• Conarroe, Annie (Lucus)

• Conarroe, Thomas

• Crouch, John Franklin

• Harper, Eliza

• Hurdle, Ellen (Martin)

• Hurley, Elizabeth (Irwin)

• Jackson, Frederick Gray

• Jackson, Mary Louise

• Jackson, Mary Louise (Caldwell)z

• Lee, Anna Gazelle (died in Oregon)

• Rund, George (infant son of William)

• Witty, John B.

Newspapers 

• June 1934 - Dogs poisoned

June 15, 2025

Obituaries (2 new - 1,762 total)

• Cohee, James L.

• Cohee, Nancy (Sims)

Newspapers 

• 90th birthday celebration for Andrew Cohee

June 11, 2025

Obituaries (3 new - 1,760 total)

• Cohee, Kate (Sandborn)

• Cohee, Martha (Hart)

• Cohee, Roscoe

June 9, 2025

Obituaries (3 new - 1,757 total)

• Knight, Fannie (Beck)

• Lehr, Lida (Frazier)

• McDole, Emma (Stuckey)

June 5, 2025

Obituaries (16 new - 1,754 total)

• Barnes, Maria

• Cockrell, John

• Cockrell, Rhodella (Pinnick)

• Cohee, Pvt. Benjamin

• Lester, Floyd (son of Robert)

• Long, Andrew

• McBride, Mrs.

• Miller, Joseph

• Ogden, Susie (daughter of Harry)

• Shumaker, Ruth (daughter of John)

• Turner, William

• Wagoner, Grace (Beers)

• Wells, Fremont

• Wells, Sarah (Ayres)

• Whipple, Sarah (Sanburn)

• Whipple, William

Fire Department News (9 new - 56 total)

• Jan. 1875 - Sollinger/Callery house, Fourth & Alabama streets

• Feb. 1875 - Mrs. Ward's house, South Sixth street, Lafayette

• May 1875 - Mrs. Lilly's residence, South street, Lafayette

• May 1875 - Wabash avenue, frame building

• Mar. 1876 - Mr. Frederick's shoe shop, Chauncey 

• July 1876 - Hicks apiary, Battle Ground

• Aug. 1876 - Fire alarm test

• Dec. 1876 - Fire safety at Lafayette Opera House

• Nov. 1897 - Stockwell fire

June 3, 2025

Obituaries (8 new - 1,738 total)

• Bruce, Lawson

• Buck, Milton

• Chenoweth, Gertrude

• Crume, Marks (1845!)

• Miller, Franklin G.

• Milligan, John

• Taylor, Mary L.

• Whitteberry, Eva

May 27, 2025

Obituaries (14 new - 1,730 total)

• Carte, Sarah (Akers) (new obit added)

• Clark, Blanche (Howard)

• Clarke, Theodore

• Claypool, Rev. J. J.

• Claypool, Olive (Cooley)

• Cockrell, Jesse

• DeWitt, Hugh

• Downs, A. J.

• Funk, Rachael (Downs)

• McAfee, John R.

• Morehouse, Harvey

• Wood, Rev. Delos

• Wood, Mary E.

• Yeager, Mat

May 25, 2025

Obituaries (2 new - 1,716 total)

• Johnson, Rev. Elijah

• Major, Hon. George

May 24, 2025

Obituaries (3 new - 1,714 total)

• Connor, Clara

• Murray, Laura

• Sickler, Florence

May 6, 2025

Obituaries (16 new - 1,711 total)

• Elkin, Barry

• Ellis, Edith

• Ellis, Ella

• Ellis, Hugh

• Ellis, Mary

• Ellis, Maxine

• Florence, Eleanor (Hunt)

• Hawkins, Elizabeth (Broadie)

• Hawkins, Levi (1917)

• Hutchinson, Nancy (Timmons) Snodgrass

• Kendall, Carole (Workinger)

• Kennedy, Suzie Adams

• Parks, Clarence

• Plank, Grace

• Stackhouse, Nathan

• Sweet, Albert

April 26, 2025

Obituaries (6 new - 1,695 total)

• Arnold, Mary "Tinna" (Smith)

• Gladfelter, James B.

• Kerschner, Letitia (Vice) Smith

• Shoemaker, Reuben

• Smith, Bartholomew

• Smith, Henry Thomas

Fire Department News (3 new - 47 total)

• Feb. 1887 - Hasket fire, South street

• April 1887 - B. W. Langdon chimney fire

• August 1887 - Nash meadow fire

April 25, 2025

Obituaries (7 new - 1,689 total)

• Kennedy, Alta (Howard)

• Kennedy, John

• Kennedy, Stephen Arthur

• Locke, Haven (infant son of Haven)

• Platt, Jacob

• Platt, John Logan Sr.

• Taylor, Mary

April 24, 2025

Obituaries (5 new - 1,682 total)

• Cartmill, Thomas

• Sparger, Mary Ann (daughter of Maurice)

• Whitteberry, Mary (Gibson)

• Whitteberry, William

• Wiley, Lucille (Johnson) Stevens

April 22, 2025

Obituaries (7 new - 1,677 total)

• Ascher, Christina

• Carlin, Anna

• Carmichael, Mayme (Rentschler)

• Drew, Mrs. Daniel

• Earhart, Hannah (Leibenguth)

• Schwartz, Infant of Fred

• Sparks, Verney

April 18, 2025

Obituaries (1 new - 1,670 total)

• Ritchey, Ella (Wenner)

April 16, 2025

Obituaries (3 new - 1,669 total)

• Connell, Mary (Mitchell)

• Thornell, William

• Wyman, Manda (Rich)

April 13, 2025

Obituaries (40 new - 1,666 total)

• Anderson, Thomas

• Apple, Alice (Worth)

• Brelsfoard, John

• Byers, Emma (Good)

• Cartmill, Ida (McDole)

• Cornell, William Ambrose

• Dooley, James W.

• Ehresman, Christian

• Gould, Melissa (Smith)

• Gray, Rebecca

• Fidler, Minnie (Winger)

• Halsema, Herman H.

• Halsema, Josephine (Zink)

• Halsema, Katherine (Zink)

• Heidi, Dorothy (daughter of Jacob)

• Long, Mrs. L. C.

• Lyon, Pearl

• Mansfield, Delila

• Maskell, James

• Napier, Henry Otis

• Revis, Berry

• Roley, Mary

• Roth, Sarah (daughter of Anthony)

• Runkle, James W.

• Runkle, Rose (Kauffman)

• Shaffer, Charlotte (Oyler)

• Shaffer, Oliver

• Shaffer, Silas

• Shoemaker, Infant of Reuben

• Snyder, Eva (Hultz)

• Springfield, Naomi

• Sullivan, Honora

• Vurpillat, Edward

• Wilson, Emanuel

• Wilson, Francis

• Winger, Elmer

• Weston, Cynthia (Wooldridge)

• Worth, William

• Yount, Alonzo George

• Yount, Marvin

Fire Department News (2 new - 44 total)

• Oct. 1903 - Hose drills on North 18th street

• Oct. 1903 - Conrad Isley home, Colburn, burns to the ground

April 12, 2025

Obituaries (2 new - 1,626 total)

• Earhart, Rodney (son of Richard)

• Frazier, Ted

April 11, 2025

Obituaries (2 new - 1,624 total)

• Fidler, Minnie (Stinson)

• Fidler, William

April 5, 2025

Fire Department News (1 new - 42 total)

• Feb. 1918 - Lafayette Fire Department responds to 4 alarms

April 4, 2025

Obituaries (7 new - 1,622 total)

• Francik, Vivian (Gigax)

• Hartzog, Catherine

• Mitchell, Martin

• Smith, Matilda Goldstein

• Westlake, Lucy Warren

• Williams, Carrie (Edwards)

• Williams, John Louis

April 3, 2025

Obituaries (9 new - 1,615 total)

• Boes, Veronica (Staley)

• Cartmill, Emma (Bartholomew)

• Davis, Elizabeth (Witteberry) Golden

• Edwards, Clarence A.

• Goodpaster, Sarah (Hershman)

• Hood, Leo

• Saylor, Sharon (daughter of Leonard)

• Webb, Donald (son of Joseph)

• Zink, Theodore

April 1, 2025

Obituaries (3 new - 1,606 total)

• Cartmill, David

• Farrell, Infant of John

• White, Peter

March 28, 2025

Obituaries (9 new - 1,603 total)

• Arnold, Anna (Wright)

• Beal, Laura (Kilgore)

• Emmons, Charles

• Horney, Kesiah (Ketcham)

• Jones, Jacob

• Killgore, Emily (Robinson)

• Pierce, Frank

• Robinson, Lewis

• Shortridge, William

March 27, 2025

Obituaries (1 new - 1,594 total)

• Steckel, Anna Maria

March 26, 2025

Obituaries (3 new - 1,593 total)

• Gapen, Darius

• Lindsay, William

• Whitteberry, William (new illness item)

March 22, 2025

Obituaries (29 new - 1,590 total)

• Andrews, Hannah

• Arnold, Minnie (Howard)

• Baer, Clarence

• Buck, Luther (son of Milton)

• Bush, Ernan

• Carr, Jessie (Dealy)

• Freise, Emma (died in Indianapolis)

• Glaze, James Albert

• Mack, Eleanor (daughter of John)

• McCoy, Minnie

• Page, Mrs. L. C.

• Pfeiffer, Wilbur (son of Charles)

• Rupley, Ida Belle (Kipp)

• Sense, Mrs. Otis G.

• Shaffer, Mattie (Thompson)

• Smith, Hannah (Thomas)

• Stackhouse, Edward

• Stackhouse, Fletcher

• Stackhouse, Nathan

• Terry, Elizabeth

• Thompson, Lewis

• Tracey, Maryetta

• Werkhoff, Abner

• Whitteberry, Elizabeth (Fairchild)

• Whitteberry, George

• Whitteberry, John

• Whitteberry,  William

• Williams, William J.

• Ziegler, James

Fire Department News (1 new - 41 total)

• Feb. 1913 - Dr. W. F. Butler residence fire, Stockwell

March 21, 2025

Obituaries (19 new - 1,561 total)

• Acheson, Walter

• Ax, Jane (daughter of Howard)

• Bogan, Frieda

• Burkhalter, Fay (Sanders) Jordan

• Caldwell, James L. (former Mayor)

• Caldwell, Kate (Baker)

• Campbell, John

• Campbell, William W.

• Fleek, Abraham

• Garnand, Infant son of Raymond

• Gish, C. Bradley

• Herron, Henry

• Weir, Joyce Marlene (daughter of Leon)

• Wiggins, Lemuel

• Williams, Clara

• Winger, Mary (Harrison)

• Winship, Albert

• Winship, Nancy (Peed)

• Wirt, Bessie

March 8, 2025

Obituaries (8 new - 1,542 total)

• Boyle, George

• Brown, William (1908)

• Burton, Mary

• Flanagan, Michael

• Loop, Hazel (daughter of Dr. F. A.)

• McDonald, Mary (Sullivan)

• Souberts, Minnie

• Warren, Margaret

Fire Department News (2 new - 40 total)

• Jan. 1908 - Death of George Boyle, former firefighter

• Dec. 1915 - Street car fire

March 7, 2025

Obituaries (7 new - 1,534 total)

• Beckman, Helen (Spoilman) Halsema

• Clinton, Robert

• DeHahn, Irene (Beckman)

• DeHahn, John

• DeHahn, Rudolph

• Halsema, Lambert

• Halsema, Laurence

Fire Department News (1 new - 38 total)

• Jan. 1914 - Halsema Dairy Farm fire

March 6, 2025

Obituaries (2 new - 1,527 total)

• Dieter, Clora (Spies)

• Tweedie, John M.

Fire Department News (1 new - 37 total)

• April 1938 - 3 fire alarms

March 4, 2025

Obituaries (10 new - 1,525 total)

• Beckman, John

• Glatz, Marian

• Grove, John P.

• Haggard, Harry

• McClure, Wallace

• Moore, Mary

• Nehrig, William

• Ward, John S.

• Wilson, Kate B.

• Young, Dewey (infant son of W. H.)

March 3, 2025

Obituaries (7 new - 1,515 total)

• Beall, Lasira

• Cory, Daniel W.

• Fleek, Abraham

• Golden, Bert

• Mintonye, Peter

• Sergeant, Frederick

• White, Benjamin B.

Fire Department News (2 new - 36 total)

• March 1847 - Fire Engine Co. 2 drill

• March 1847 - Reynolds home, corner of Ohio & Ferry streets

New school in Randolph Township 

March 2, 2025

Obituaries (2 new - 1,508 total)

• Baker, Dr. Moses (portrait done after his death)

• Wright, Lovina (Massey)

February 27, 2025

Obituaries (5 new - 1,506 total)

• Bull, Robert Fulton

• Henry, Harry

• Henry, John

• Henry, Nellie (Holland)

• Henry, William Dallas

February 26, 2025

Obituaries (3 new - 1,501 total)

• Ball, Daisy (Skinner)

• Henry, Infant daughter of Harry

• Ziegler, Edna (Yost)

February 22, 2025

Obituaries (12 new - 1,498 total)

• Cadwallader, Isaac

• Dukes, James

• Ellsworth, Nancy (Goodrich)

• Embree, Harriet

• Emerson, James Sr.

• Fox children (drowned in Wildcat creek)

• Huffman, Mrs. and children (drowned in Wildcat creek)

• Kelley, Edward

• Moore, Harriet Ann

• Peters, Sarah

• Rogers, John

• Runkle, John

Fire Department News (1 new - 34 total)

• February 1847 - Purdue Block fire, Wabash street

February 19, 2025

Obituaries (5 new - 1,486 total)

• App, Rose (Jones)

• Baer, Ethel (Elliott)

• Baer, Griffith

• Baer, Iva (Wenner)

• Burkle, George

February 17, 2025

Otterbein Sun Newspaper Abstracts, thank you Michael Holder for putting this together and sharing it with the INGenWeb!

Obituaries (15 new - 1,481 total)

• Anderson, Lenora Alice (Saidla)

• Brewer, Adelaide

• Cook, Sgt. Herbert

• Coombs, Fred

• Feeney, Ellen

• Hall, Julia (Price)

• Henry, John

• Mackey, Thomas

• Payne, Jesse

• Riehle, Jennie (Fulks)

• Simons, Cyrus

• Stock, Gerhard "Gerry"

• Thompson, Bourbon

• Weisbecker, Mary Ann (Osner)

• Wilkinson, James Fisher

February 14, 2025

Obituaries (4 new - 1,466 total)

• Browne, Robert

• Bull, Matilda (Robinson)

• Porter, Rachael

• Stewart, Minnie

February 11, 2025

Obituaries (15 new - 1,462 total)

• Arnold, Mary "Tinna" (Smith)

• Barker, Gracie (Maxwell)

• Brinkley, Levenia (Schultz)

• Browne, Catherine (Williams)

• Fleming, Mary Jane (Singley)

• Gould, Melissa (Smith)

• Gould, Richard

• Hilt, Amanda Rose (Schultze)

• Hilt, Peter

• Lucas, Perry & family poisoned

• Platt, Louisa (Smith)

• Runkle, Doble

• Runkle, Walter

• Singley, John

• Wilson, Elizabeth (Smith)

February 9, 2025

Obituaries (23 new - 1,447 total)

• Anderson, Augustus

• Anderson, Martha "Mattie" (Bowman)

• Anderson, Ora (Donohue)

• Arnold, Hattie (Howard)

• Coon, Norma (Farr) Blunk

• Donelson, John

• Douglass, Infant of Solomon

• Hahn, Infant son of Frank

• Heilman, Ernia

• Kennedy, Eliza

• Kennedy, Thomas

• Lucus, George

• Marsteller, Mary (daughter of George)

• Martin, Eli Armstrong

• Martin, James Wright

• McDole, Sampson

• McKee, Thomas

• Millis, Jewell

• Ridgely, Nellie (Wellington)

• Roberts, Janie (Coyner)

• Storms, Philetta

• Wells, George

• Wheeler, Daisy (Zorns)

February 8, 2025

Obituaries (5 new - 1,424 total)

• Bowen, William

• Bravender, Violet (Arndt)

• Brinkley, Christopher

• Brinkley, James

• Voelka, Martha (Crull)

February 5, 2025

Obituaries (10 new - 1,419 total)

• Andrews, Elmer

• Apple, Joseph

• Blunk, Benjamin Ross

• Blunk, Olive

• Bogan, Bessie (Crose)

• Bogan, Emmaline (Kinney)

• Bogan, Henry

• Bogan, Robert "Mack"

• Dickey, Andrew David

• Witchell, Erica

February 4, 2025

Obituaries (8 new - 1,409 total)

• Durr, Thomas

• Fidler, Blanche (Michael)

• Gaines, John

• Gochenour, Dr. Jeremiah

• Meharry, Greenleaf

• Sheetz, Michelle (Schneider)

• Spinks, Rev. James

• White, Michael

Biographies  - William Shephard

February 3, 2025

Obituaries (9 new - 1,401 total)

• Allenduff, June

• Dunbar, Joseph

• Dunbar, Thomas

• Haupt, Ralph

• Oneal, Dorothy

• Sexton, Mary

• Surface, Maude

• Taylor, Clarence

• Tinney, Henry

January 30, 2025

Obituaries (1 new - 1,392 total)

• Baer, Alvin

Fire Department News (1 new - 33 total)

• Oct 1897 - Alvin Baer barn fire

January 28, 2025

Obituaries (6 new - 1,391 total)

• App, Orpha

• Brown, Robert

• Ford, Martha

• Gerhard, Elsie

• Turner, Worth

• Wilson, Donald (fireman on 1903 Purdue train crash)

January 21, 2025

Obituaries (9 new - 1,385 total)

• Bartholomew, William Joseph

• Birchfield, John Henry

• Birchfield, Martha (Hamilton)

• Blixt, Charles

• Blixt, Emma

• Campbell, Clarence

• Storms, James A.

• Thornsberry, Mrs.

• Wells, Ruth

January 19, 2025

Cemeteries  - Americus Cemetery

Obituaries (12 new - 1,376 total)

• App, Emerson

• Biddle, Roma

• Biddle, Wilma (Taylor)

• Byrnes, David

• Cadwallader, Isaac

• Coffman, Maude (McDole) Antrim

• Gripton, Mary

• Kelly, Cornelius

• Kennedy, John

• Markle, Jonas

• Michaels, John B., Sheriff of Tippecanoe County

• Runkles, Abram

Fire Department News (1 new - 32 total)

• Jan. 1847 - building fire, Main street

January 14, 2025

Obituaries (4 new - 1,364 total)

All these obits are from an early Lafayette Weekly Courier, April 1846!

• Allen, John

• Bouth, Jacob

• Kerr, William

• Newcomb, William

Legal and Gov't. Info - sale of County Poor Farm, 1846

January 12, 2025

Obituaries (2 new - 1,360 total)

• Bitting, Francis

• Rothenberger, Anna

Fire Department News (1 new - 31 total)

• Dec 1894- Elizabeth Loveless fire, Clarks Hill

January 10, 2025

Obituaries (5 new - 1,358 total)

• Egan, Joseph

• Hodgins, Peter

• Howard, Fannie (Starkey)

• Kirkpatrick, James

• Ross, Armstrong

January 9, 2025

Obituaries (15 new - 1,353 total)

• Bartholomew, Lydia (Russell)

• Bartholomew, Margaret (Mahan)

• Bartholomew, Mary (Russell)

• Bartholomew, Samuel

• Bartholomew, William

• Bartholomew, William Carroll

• Bianchi, Anna (daughter of Louis)

• Bianchi, Florence (daughter of Louis)

• Bowen, John

• Cann, Olive Deane Edwards

• Combe, Mary F.

• Horney, Daniel

• Lake, Fincher

• Ross, Tamzen (Barkhurst)

• Wells, Tamson (Westlake)

January 8, 2025

Obituaries (12 new - 1,338 total)

• Bartholomew, William C.

• Bush, Dr. Ernan

• Bush, Ernan W.

• Crouch, Alice (Winship)

• Donelson, Dorothy (Bartholomew)

• Elkins, Earl

• Lucus, Elva

• Peter, Dora

• Russell, Catharine (Whitteberry)

• Tanis, Henrietta (Bailey) Ware

• Taylor, James

• Van Hoosier, David

Schools 

• Newcomer School construction, October 1893

January 5, 2025

Obituaries (2 new - 1,326 total)

• Allyn, Edwin

• Paul, Reuben

Church Histories 

Second Presbyterian church property purchased by Mrs. Moses Fowler, May 1893

January 4, 2025

Obituaries (8 new - 1,324 total)

• Hammel, Elizabeth

• Martin, Ephraim

• Rayburn, Anna (Ward)

• Rosentrader, Inez (Lowery) Ward

• Royer, Cecil

• Russell, Nora

• Steiner, Harriet (Stimson)

• Ward, William H.

Fire Department News (1 new - 30 total)

• May, 1905 - Fire at the home of William Ward, Lafayette fireman

January 3, 2025

Obituaries (2 new - 1,316 total)

• Pickering, Nancy (Perry)

• Platt, Chester (first Tippecanoe County soldier killed in WWI)

January 2, 2025

Obituaries (12 new - 1,314 total)

• Denton, Maude (Weaver) (funeral announcement)

• Dickinson, Lillie

• Erwin, William

• Gibson, Lucy

• Lock, Myrtle (Dunbar)

• Locke, Elizabeth

• Locke, Tinna (Platt)

• Newhall, Julia

• Parker, Roy

• Richards, Alta

• Taylor, Mary

• Winter, Maria (Dirauf)

January 1, 2025

Obituaries (27 new - 1,302 total)

• Blunk, Joseph

• Burroughs, Thomas (son of George)

• Conrad, Charles Quincy (son of Thomas)

• Crose, Cecil

• Goris, Linda (daughter of Dorothy)

• Hollenback, Mabel (daughter of Cassius)

• Lucus, Juanita (daughter of Benjamin)

• Lucas, Louise (daughter of Howard)

• Parvis, Ovid Merle (son of Chester, of Amarillo, Texas)

• Rash, Martin

• Richards, Mary (daughter of Isaac)

• Robbins, Howard Paul (son of John, of Kansas City)

• Roberts, Paul (son of William)

• Routh, Mrs.

• Snyder, Edward (son of Charles)

• Squires, Abraham

• Squires, Ezra B.

• Squires, Ida

• Squires, James Otto

• Stalnaker, Flora (Emmons)

• Stinson, Helen (daughter of Lonnie)

• Stinson, Infant twin daughters of Lonnie

• Trueblood, Paul (son of Ralph)

• Vancourt, Infant of William

• VanCourt, Lavetta (daughter of Joseph)

• Vandeventer, Infant daughter of Charles

• Walner, George L.

• Wyant, Mrs. J. A.

2025 Goals

• 1 new cemetery

• 1,000 new obituaries

2024 Summary!

• 904 new obituaries

• 2 Military items

• 27 Fire Department news items

• 1 Church history

• 1 Marriage

• 1 School item

• 1 Legal/Gov't item

• Completed Johnson Cemetery, read, photographed and found an obituary for all available burials

• Photographed Feerer-Black Cemetery and updated transcript

• Updated Fairview Cemetery, now includes over 600 burials, many with obits

December 30, 2024

Obituaries  (1 new - 1,275 total) 

• Russell, John (infant son of Bernard)

December 19, 2024

Obituaries  (5 new - 1,274 total) 

• Crose, Gladys (daughter of Allen)

• Crouse, Opal Louise (daughter of Allen)

• Dewart, Andrew (son of William)

• Donaldson, Andrea (daughter of Earl)

• Unknown, Infant boy (found in Murdock Park)

December 18, 2024

Obituaries  (8 new - 1,269 total) 

• Bartholomew, John Carroll

• Bartholomew, Lula E. (Brown)

• Brown, Martha (Wellman)

• Ward, Anna F. (daughter of William)

• Westlake, Ruby (daughter of William)

• Winger, Joseph Eugene (son of Charles)

• Winship, Clifford (son of Bert)

• Yost, Lucille (daughter of Carl)

December 17, 2024

Obituaries  (4 new - 1,261 total) 

• Bartholomew, Grace (Arnold)

• Bartholomew, Jessie (Claypool)

• Bartholomew, John C.

• Buck, Elizabeth

December 16, 2024

Obituaries  (1 new - 1,257 total) 

• Livingston, Edward E.

December 13, 2024

Obituaries  (6 new - 1,256 total) 

• Barnes, Jonathan B.

• Barnes, Sarah (Shriner)

• Bartholomew, Aldred

• Bartholomew, Arped F.

• Bartholomew, Bertha Josephine (Greatbatch)

• Bartholomew, Ferris

December 3, 2024

Obituaries  (9 new - 1,250 total) 

• Bailey, Julia (Gunther)

• Baker, Belle

• Baker, Eliza (Skinner)

• Baker, Elmira (Miller)

• Baker, Florence

• Baker, Dr. Joseph

• Baker, Dr. Moses

• Baldock, Marion Spencer

• Hollenbeck, Orville

• Seitsma, George

• Sims, Milton

November 27, 2024

Obituaries  (3 new - 1,241 total) 

• Gladden, Maggie (Parvis)

• Murphy, Frank

• Truitt, Allie

November 26, 2024

Obituaries  (22 new - 1,238 total) 

• Arndt, Everett

• Arndt, Lewis

• Arndt, Margaret (Stackhouse)

• Arndt, Mildred (daughter of Everett- polio outbreak Oct. 1950)

• Arndt, Ruth (Moore)

• Arndt, Virginia (obit and illness, daughter of Everett- polio outbreak Oct. 1950) 

• Arndt, William

• Arnold, Anna (Wright)

• Arnold, Hattie (Howard)

• Arnold, Joseph G.

• Arnold, R. Benton (son of Joseph G.)

• Arnold, Richard Benton "Bent"

• Ash, John Chelton

• Ash, Maria (Cloyd)

• Baer, John "Steven"

• Corns, Anna (Reed)

• Fitzgerald, Michael (son of Robert- polio outbreak Oct. 1950)

• Halsema, Bonnie (daughter of Samuel- polio outbreak Oct. 1950)

• Peake, Mrs. J. Milton (polio outbreak Oct. 1950)

• Skinner, Judith (Oct. 1950 polio illness)

• Skinner, Linda (Oct. 1950 polio illness)

• Westfall, William "Mark" (died in Oklahoma)

Fire Department News (1 new - 29 total)

Oct. 1950 - dump fire on Canal road

Schools - new section with Stockwell school news item

November 22, 2024

Obituaries  (7 new - 1,216 total) 

• Barnes, Anna (Miller)

• Bernhardt, Ralph

• Cording, Dr. Floyd

• DeYoung, Chester R.

• Oswalt, Mammie

• Wellman, Walter

• Wilson, Moses F.

Marriages (1 new)

• Marriage of George Shelby and Wilma (Bryan), Oct. 1912

November 19, 2024

Obituaries  (2 new - 1,209 total) 

• Rash, George B.

• Shaffer, Minnie (Daugherty)

November 13, 2024

Obituaries  (30 new - 1,207 total) 

• Allen, Earl

• Allen, James

• Anderson, Anna

• Anderson, Fred

• Anzaldua, Amalio "Max"

• Arkoudakis, Emma (Klier)

• Arndt, Christeena (Netzel)

• Barton, Hattie (Fairbanks)

• Benjamin, Joshua C.

• Eacock, John M.

• Elberson, William

• Finnegan, Mary

• Harmon, Henry

• Harris, Lloyd

• Harrold, Mary (Clift)

• Hayes, William L.

• Holmes, Adell

• Hurst, William

• Kelley, Michael J.

• Kreis, George

• Marshall, Sarah (Wright)

• McDonald, Mary

• Meyer, Roy R.

• Neuof, Helen, Sister Alphonsa

• Outh, Anna (Clark)

• Pauli, Julia

• Schomers, John

• Seeger, William

• Steele, Milton

• Vurpillett, Edward

November 12, 2024

Obituaries  (1 new - 1,177 total) 

• Bridge, Ollie

November 11, 2024

Obituaries  (15 new - 1,176 total) 

• Allen, Bessie (Arnold)

• Allen, Cynthia (McCoy)

• Allen, Delpha (Arndt)

• Allen, George Jay

• Allen, Thomas

• Anderson, Charles

• Anderson, Mary (Anderson)

• Bennett, Infant of John

• Campbell, Amanda (Brannum)

• Carnes, Gertrude

• Ilgenfritz, Minnie (Slayback)

• Lucas, Isabelle (Waddell)

• Timmons, Pearl (daughter of William)

• Westlake, Joseph

• Whitsel, Isaac

November 10, 2024

Obituaries  (25 new - 1,161 total) 

• Boulds, John

• Brown, Louisa

• Brown, William

• Brown, William F.

• Cole, Hannah (Frost)

• Cole, Isaac Jackson

• Cole, James W.

• Cole, Richard

• Cole, William M.

• Deacon, Mrs.

• Dryfus, Infant of Isaac

• Edwards, Dorsey (son of Clarence)

• Emmons, Frances (Lucus)

• Hawkins, John

• Laird, John

• Lefever, Henry

• Lemon, Carrie (child of Joseph)

• Mason, Johnson

• Murry, James

• O'Neall, Thomas

• Perrin, Dr.

• Royer, Curtis

• Royer, Mattie (O'Neal)

• Wells, Henry

• Whitteberry, Isabella (Montgomery)

November 6, 2024

Obituaries  (8 new - 1,136 total) 

• Baker, Dr. Moses

• Cole, John Frost

• Cole, Sarah (McDowell)

• Ellis, Joseph

• Rash, Gracie

• Rhodes, Miss

• Smith, Benjamin

• Ward, Nellie

Fire Department News 

• Feb. 1879- Schoolhouse No. 13, Lauramie Township burned

November 2, 2024

Obituaries  (3 new - 1,128 total) 

• Bartholomew, Sgt. Thomas (died from wounds received in Battle of Franklin, Nov. 30, 1864)

• Cole, Dr. Solomon

• Hamilton, George W.

October 30, 2024

Obituaries  (1 new - 1,125 total) 

• Northrup, Mrs.

October 28, 2024

Obituaries  (1 new - 1,124 total) 

• Rash, Edward

October 27, 2024

Obituaries  (22 new - 1,123 total) 

• Abbott, Infant daughter of Arthur

• Adams, Alice (daughter of Newton)

• Barnett, James Truman (son of James)

• Bogan, Frederick

• Bridwell, John (son of Clarence)

• Collins, Charles

• Davis, Alice

• Dockins, Charles

• Edwards, Harold (son of Clark)

• Hickman, C. Wesley

• Irvine, Austin S.

• Johnson, Zola

• Keiper, Christian

• Lacy, Dorothy (Dobbels)

• Lively, Mary (Harbaugh)

• Mills, Audrey

• Pearson, Charles

• Pearson, Virgel

• Shepper, John

• Shumate, Iva B.

• VanDyke, Martha (Young)

• Watkins, Isaac

2024 goal met!!! 1,100 obits! 729 new obits in 2024 :)

October 24, 2024

Obituaries  (24 new - 1,101 total) 

• Unknown woman, died Dec. 1880

• Arnold, Young

• Beach, Mary (Crouch)

• Bruggerman, Frank

• Cunningham, William - member of the Underground Railroad

• Downey, Matie

• Erwin, Andrew

• Garland, Charles T.

• Gruber, Lizzie (daughter of Louis)

• Hilt, Gilbert

• Kearney, Phillip (infant of Peter)

• McCue, Mary

• Meharry, Hugh

• Meyers, Barney

• Moran, Ann

• Sherman, George

• Shortridge, Samuel

• Slattery, Bridget

• Slayback, Mrs. Milton

• Teuter, Leopold

• Tull, William

• Westfall, Bruce

• Willman, George R. (son of Rheinhart)

• Workhoff, Adda

October 23, 2024

Obituaries  (17 new - 1,077 total) 

• Arnold, Mrs. William

• Bailey, Thomas

• Bannard, Infant

• Byrns, Ainsworth H.

• Byrns, Eliza (Grover)

• Christo, Annabelle (Barnett)

• Clark, James B.

• Coran, Elizabeth

• Hammel, Daniel

• Howard, John M.

• Marshall, George

• May, Edwin

• O'Conner, Mary

• Rahein, Mrs. Daniel

• Sodders, Allie

• Weaver, Catherine

• Wilson, Charles (infant son of Maggie)

Cemeteries - Fairview Cemetery, Lauramie Township (about 200 burials, about 1/3 finished, photos coming!)

October 22, 2024

Obituaries  (2 new - 1,060 total) 

• Priest, Edith (Browning)

• Priest, Lee

October 21, 2024

Obituaries  (18 new - 1,058 total) 

• Ankeny, Alys

• Carter, Emma (Pittle)

• Carter, Esther Elizabeth

• Carter, Infant son of Nelson

• Carter, Nelson

• Carter, Marie Ada (Giles)

• Carter, Robert Nelson

• Carter, Ronald (son of Nelson)

• Croom, Jessie (Craig)

• Crowell, Raymond (son of Harry, deceased)

• Hunerwadel, Carl

• Kirk, Harley

• Manship, Grover

• Mullendore, Beverly (daughter of Roy)

• Roberts, Leslie

• Ruff, Elmer

• Stapleton, James

• Whitlock, John

Fire Department News  (1 new - 26 total)

• March 17, 1936 - Brown, Fisher and Holblick home fires

October 19, 2024

Obituaries  (11 new - 1,040 total) 

• Albertson, Nellie (Engler)

• Brown, Jerusha

• Clevidence, George

• Clevidence, Leatha (Hawkins)

• Dice, Josie

• Ervin, Lelah (Babcock)

• Huenefeld, Cooney

• Koopman, Gebka

• Scott, Amy

• Shaw, Danielle (daughter of Richard)

• Smock, Col. Richard

October 18, 2024

Obituaries  (3 new - 1,029 total) 

• Barnett, Margaret

• Bitting, Ida

• Cavin, Alonzo

Fire Department News  (1 new - 25 total)

• March 25, 1919 - Courthouse fire

October 15, 2024

Obituaries  (6 new - 1,026 total) 

• Allen, George S.

• Beaver, Francis

• Shake, Elizabeth (Shoup)

• Smith, Tom

• Stokes, Bessie (Fewry)

• Wilson, Pfc. Merble

October 13, 2024

Obituaries  (2 new - 1,020 total) 

• Hart, Lu Nellie (Glick)

• Sowers, Orval W.

October 12, 2024

Obituaries  (6 new - 1,018 total) 

• Clapper, Herman - 1911

• Clapper, Mary- 1893

• McKay, Louise (daughter of George) - 1904

• Paul, Amanda

• Rothenberger, Harry - 1911

• Turnipseed, Walter F.

October 11, 2024

Obituaries  (4 new - 1,012 total) 

• Eckhart, James

• Meyers, Mary

• Sims, James Mitchell

• Williams, Erna

October 10, 2024

Obituaries  (7 new - 1,008 total) 

• Brand, Lydia

• Carr, Faye L.

• Cowger, Ina (infant daughter of Oscar)

• Earhart, Mary (Osterday)

• Rebman, Alice (Brand)

• Siegfried, Russell

• Thompson, John

October 8, 2024

Obituaries  (3 new - 1,001 total) 

• Metzger, Mabel (Doty)

• Troxel, Frank P.

• Wehr, Sarah May (Smith)

October 7, 2024

Obituaries  (6 new - 998 total) 

• Nichols, Otha

• Peter, Eliza (Lecklitner)

• Rentschler, Katherine (Merkel)

• Rodocker, Emma (Weidner)

• Rodocker, Joseph

• Rogers, George W.

October 6, 2024

Obituaries  (4 new - 992 total) 

• Antrim, Charles

• Hawkins, Milton

• Replogle, Herbert

• Replogle, William

October 5, 2024

Obituaries  (3 new - 988 total) 

• Bayne, Albert

• Engler, Sarah (Glick)

• Fivecoat, Abraham

October 4, 2024

Obituaries  (6 new - 985 total) 

• Fink, Charles

• Hart, Logan

• Kochell, Rex Sr.

• Rothenberger, Eloisa (Reis)

• Shoup, Verney

• Sparger, Ella (Leighty)

October 3, 2024

Obituaries  (2 new - 979 total) 

• Maloney, Mrs. John (funeral)

• Yundt, Rebecca (Paul)

Fire Department News  (1 new - 24 total)

• Sept 5, 1927 - Reifers Exchange and Midway Grocery store fire

October 2, 2024

Obituaries  (8 new - 977 total) 

• Barker, Infant daughter of Raymond

• Fretz, Paulina (Roth)

• Guion, Mildred

• Hand, George

• McCaw, Betty Jane

• McCaw, Infant (twin of Betty Jane)

• Mills, Edward

• Yundt, George

October 1, 2024

Obituaries  (3 new - 969 total) 

• Hudson, Marvin

• Lecklitner, Alva

• Peter, Alice (Buchman)

September 30, 2024

Obituaries  (3 new - 966 total) 

• Schoonover, Infant of John

• Schoonover, John (son of John)

• Schoonover, Tessie (Mull)

Fire Department News  (2 new - 23 total)

• Dec. 1922 - Shipley and Graham residence fires

September 24, 2024

Obituaries  (2 new - 963 total) 

• Platt, Pvt. John L., Jr.

• Schilling, Marjorie (Sense)

September 23, 2024

Obituaries  (6 new - 961 total) 

• Anderson, Mrs. Dr. (no first names given except for daughter)

• Bolt, Jacob

• Fairman, Rebecca

• Rebman, Peter

• Smith, Stephen J.

• Staley, Cora (Peter)

Fire Department News  (1 new - 21 total)

• Dec. 1924 - William Dolan chimney fire

September 21, 2024

Obituaries  (1 new - 955 total) 

• Mellen, Mrs. William

September 20, 2024

Obituaries  (6 new - 954 total) 

• Brand, James

• Bryan, Minerva (Sheets)

• Gallagher, John H. (train accident, graphic!)

• Paul, Samuel

• Velton, Robert (child of Edward)

• White, Nuel (son of Nuel)

September 18, 2024

Feerer-Black Cemetery - Wea Township - complete with photos!

Obituaries  (11 new - 948 total) 

• Baker, Alice (Masterson)

• Bible, John C.

• Clark, Rev. Wesley

• Craig, Denton

• Fisher, John R.

• Naylor, Capt. Charles

• Niehus, Henry

• Shelby, David

• Ward, Mary (Raub)

• Wollery, Leland (killed while attempting a rescue in the 1913 flood)

• Yater, Goldie

September 15, 2024

Cemeteries  - Feerer-Black-Pioneer Cemetery - photos coming soon!

Obituaries  (15 new - 937 total) 

• Bastion, Charles

• Brant, Fred F.

• Bratz, Christina (Kress)

• Buck, David A.

• Clark, Mary Alice

• Gormley, Florence

• Graves, Belva

• Jack, Charles E.

• Mann, Wendall

• Mavity, John

• McAlister, Flossie (Clark)

• Millikan, Gertrude (Thomas)

• Rush, Florence

• Wallace, Hon. W. D.

• Wells, F. Marion

September 14, 2024

Legal and Gov't. Info  - Poor Farm relocation, hiring new superintendent

Obituaries  (12 new - 922 total) 

• Buckles, Robert

• Finnegan, Mary Ann

• Gephart, Eleanor

• Kite, Winton

• Leaming, Col. Henry

• McKee, Aldine (Dill)

• Michaels, Mary (Lewis)

• Newell, Louise (Pearcy)

• Sawyer, Mrs. Arthur

• Scott, James

• Slinker, Edith (Johnson)

• Taylor, Charles

September 9, 2024

Obituaries  (1 new - 910 total) 

• Rusk, Lt. George

September 5, 2024

Obituaries  (28 new - 909 total) 

• Adams, Mattie (Stallions)

• Baudy, George

• Coffing, Mark

• Cornelison, Carolyn M.

• Crawford, Minnie (Balser)

• Derringer, William

• Hack, Ruby (Foster)

• Harris, Carolyn (Miller)

• Hudson, Vonia (Ellis)

• Humphreys, Lois

• Humphreys, Richard "Dickie" (dancer in Hollywood)

• Johnson, Paul

• Largent, Nancy (Reed)

• Malsbary, Savannah (McMillin)

• Mann, Isaac

• May, Jacob

• McCamon, Dorothy (Hunter)

• Meihls, Linda

• Milligan, Frank

• Moore, Ralph

• Moran, John

• North, Russell

• Ogden, William

• Osborn, Alice (Howard)

• Thomas, Earl

• Vories, Katherine

• Warner, Charles

• Weidenhammer, Flora (Ransom)

September 4, 2024

Obituaries  (12 new - 881 total) 

• Bower, Marion

• Cain, Rosalie Wilson

• Cheesman, Alva

• Cook, Rosa (Eckhart)

• Finnegan, Nora Catterlin

• Long, Roy G.

• Niesen, Rev. Francis

• Peter, Charles

• Pickett, Marjorie White

• Shadowens, H. Ray

• Swisher, Leona

• Tracey, Rev. Donald

Goal for the end of 2024!

• One new cemetery reading with photos

• 1,100 total obituaries (231 new obits)

August 31, 2024

Obituaries  (9 new - 869 total) 

• Dobelbower, William

• Fay, Bessie

• Feaster, Infant child of Ben

• McGraw, Mrs.

• Rice, Dr. Harrison

• Rozenweig, Mrs. Henry

• Shafer, Ira

• Shorr, William

• Storm, George W.

August 30, 2024

Obituaries  (2 new - 860 total) 

• Engler, Stephen

• Saeger, Mary E.

August 29, 2024

Obituaries  (2 new - 858 total) 

• Hawkins, Cordelia

• Wenner, William

August 28, 2024

Obituaries  (23 new - 856 total) 

• Bonty, Lillian (Doyle)

• Burns, Pearl (Steckle)

• Darding, L. Marie

• Earhart, Henry O.

• Geeding, Robert W.

• Griffith, Virginia

• Hollman, George

• Lanum, Cheryl (Mitchell)

• Love, Martha (Richardson)

• McCaw, Russell

• Medley, Vernabelle (Seymour)

• Mitman, Chester

• Moore, Shirley (Ingram)

• Neal, Harvey

• Nelson, Ralph R.

• Powell, Margaret (Gephart)

• Ray, Marie (Hicks) Martin

• Shuey, Jacob

• Summers, Gale

• Valare, Pete

• Wall, Rebecca

• Workman, Maggie (Torrenga)

• Yundt, Francis

August 14, 2024

Obituaries  (4 new - 833 total) 

• Emery, Florence (triplet)

• Emery, Floyd (triplet)

• Emery, Lloyd (triplet)

• Rothenberger, Mary

August 13, 2024

Obituaries  (3 new - 829 total) 

• Brand, Lorinda (Bryan)

• Hainey, Abbie (Moyer)

• Sense, Harry C.

August 11, 2024

Obituaries  (1 new - 826 total) 

• Foley, Jane (Schnepp)

August 5, 2024

Obituaries  (1 new - 825 total) 

• Woodard, Pearl (Gant)

August 4, 2024

Cemeteries - Johnson Cemetery is complete! The entire cemetery has been photographed and obituaries located for each burial (where available) - 566 burials, 519 gravestone photos, and 469 obituaries!

Obituaries  (19 new - 824 total) 

• Brewer, Samantha (Johnson) Wendelborn

• VanCourt, Belle (Long) (hospital stay)

• Waters, John

• Waters, Maude (Morrison)

• Waters, Prentice

• Wehr, Carolyn

• Wehr, Glenn

• Wehr, Hazel (Greenwood)

• Wehr, John

• Wendelborn, Carl

• Wert, Mary (Coulter) Hollcraft

• Willig, Alice (Ryan)

• Willig, John B.

• Winger, Ethel (funeral item)

• Winger, Sylvia (Rogers) Wright

• Woodrum, Deborah

• Woodrum, Hester (Scott)

• Woodrum, Othie

• Young, David

August 3, 2024

Obituaries  (19 new - 805 total) 

432 obits added this year!

• Thompson, Ella (Roark)

• Thompson, Dr. George W.

• Timmons, David N.

• Timmons, Ida (Daggy)

• Timmons, Kenneth

• VanCourt, Belle (Long)

• Vancourt, Charles

• VanCourt, Clara (Winger)

• VanCourt, El Moody

• VanCourt, Evelyn

• VanCourt, Laura Belle (daughter of William)

• VanCourt, William Thomas

• Vanderberg, Anna (McDole)

• Vanderberg, Jacob Dow

• Vetter, Maria (Bowen)

• Virden, Edwin

• Virden, Ollie (Johnson)

• Waddell, Gaylord

• Winger, William

Fire Department News  (1 new - 20 total)

• June 1926 - William Insull residence fire

August 2, 2024

Obituaries  (19 new - 786 total) 

• Atwell, W. J.

• Flynn, Floyd

• Ingersoll, William T.

• McComb, William

• Stalnaker, Warrick C.

• Stevens, Cecil

• Stevens, Sylvia (Hughes)

• Storm, Alvin

• Storm, Ancil

• Storm, Daniel

• Storm, Emma (Nydegger)

• Storm, Irvin

• Storm, Matilda (Osborn)

• Storm, Peter

• Storms, Abigail (Blickenstaff)

• Swisher, Owen

• Swisher, Rheba

• Swisher, Sandra (daughter of Owen & Rheba)

• Williams, Mabel Blanche (Hanger)