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C2 Local Journal Courier November 6 2007 Deaths uneral notice Crum Births Deaths elsewhere uneral Homes Inc Weedon reports Tippecanoe Deaths elsewhere 3 Wire reports Staff reports Bed which was produced off Broadway Martha Green Arrangements Pending Alvin Dale Arrangements Pending County school and the old est of children at home requested to speak Monday during her moth sentencing hearing She also wrote a letter to the judge would do anything she could for the girl said of her mother Johnson has no prior criminal history according to her attorney Susannah Hall Justice Ricky Johnson pleaded guilty last month to Class felony conspiracy to commit robbery just days before his own trial was to begin scheduled to be sentenced Dec 12 Williams who admitted to being the robber pleaded guilty in April to Class felony robbery and was sen tenced in June to six years in prison He received another two years for resisting law enforcement and posses sion of marijuana stemming from his arrest last summer All defendants have been ordered to pay a combined $410721 in restitution to Supplier Diversity Day proclaimed Perlie Braden Service 10 am Tuesday Hippensteel Chapel Crawfordsville Monument Co Simmons of Delphi father and mother in law Duane and Nancy Simmons of Delphi spe cial uncle Pastor Scott Crutch field (wife: Dana) of Travelers Rest SC numerous nieces nephews cousins Memorials: American Diabetes Assoc or the Monon ood Pantry enve lopes available at funeral home Arrangements by Miller Rosc ka uneral Home wwwmiller rosckafhcom Home Hospital Nov 4 Kurtis Hammond and Jessi ca Wilson Dayton a daughter Joseph and Billie Vessals owlerj a daughter nies owned by women and minorities including Eli Lilly Co and Alcoa Inc More than 400 minority and women business enti ties attended the sessions last year at Purdue To be registered for the event call 494 9482 Memory 11 (Jardcns Alann Lewis playwright Alarm Jack Lewis 95 a playwright poet and newspa perman died Oct 26 Lewis lived a rags to riches to rags life He moved to New York to write and produce 1718 350 North West Lafayette wwwtmgardenscom Bom April 15 1960 in Camden a daughter of Jack and Mick ey Weedon of Lafayette she was a 1978 graduate of Harrison High School the house direc She was tor cook and house mother of Phi Mu sorority for the past 15 years he was a member of irst Christian Church Her hobbies included scrap booking sewing traveling and Timothy McGovern 28 IDAVILLE Capt Timo thy I McGovern 28 formerly of Idaville was killed in ac tion Wednesday Oct 31 2007 while leading his troops in Mosul Iraq He was born Dec 5 1978 in rankfort Germany the son of William and Jonell Wright McGovern of Ida ville He was a 1997 graduate of Twin Lakes High School where he participated in foot ball and track Capt McGovern was com missioned a second lieutenant in the Army upon graduation from Purdue University in 2001 He completed his mas degree at Webster Uni versity in Missouri This was his second tour of duty where he was the commander of a combat engineer company He enjoyed shooting sports and was an Eagle Scout Surviving with his parents is a sister Miranda Chenoweth (husband: Christopher) of Colorado Springs Colo Also surviving are grand parents Dee and Calvin Wright of Monticello and Paul McGovern of Indianapolis His grandmother Martha Me CM Govern preceded in death Visitation will be 3r8 pm Thursday Nov 8 2007 at Springer Voorhis Draper uneral Home Monticello A uneral Mass for family only will be held at 9:30 am riday Nov 9 2007 at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church ather intan Cummings officiat ing Burial will be in Idaville Cemetery In lieu of flowers the family is requesting Tim to be remembered through the isher House oundation A isher House is a away from for families of pa tients receiving medical care at major military and Veterans Administration Medical Cen ters The isher Houses are usually built within walking distance of the military treat ment facility There are cur rently 28 isher Houses at 18 medical centers or more in formation or an online dona tion please contact wwwfish erhouseorg or mail donations to: isher House oundation Inc 1401 Rockville Pike Suite 600 Rockville MD 20852 To send private messages of condolence please visit www springervoorhisdrapercom Harold Trout Visitation 5 8 pm Tuesday Hippensteel Chapel Visitation 1 hr prior to Service 10 am Wednesday Trinity United Methodist Church uneral services will be held Thursday November 8 at 2 pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church Cha pel In lieu of flowers the family request donations be made to Westminster Pres byterian Church of Casady School in Oklahoma City or St Elizabeth Hospital in Sculpture Garden in Washing ton has died He was 94 Lerner helped transform the private art collection into a national gallery of modern art governments proclaimed Nov 13 to be Supplier Diversity Day at a meeting of the Tippecanoe County commissioners Monday Tippecanoe County Lafayette and West Lafayette came together to make the proclamation in honor of the third annual Relationships to Partner ships Conference being held at Purdue University on Nov 13 Purdue is bring ingbuyers from several corporations to meet with Elaine Weedon 47 Elaine Marie Weedon 47 of Lafayette died at 11:11 am Sunday Nov 4 2007 at Com munity East Hospital in India napolis 765 474 5322 3733 Poland HUI Road Lafayette Indiana wmmx MnmunentsAnBabie Tunie Lewis 90 WILLIAMSPORT Tunie Oliver" Lewis 90 of Locust Grove died at 12:45 pm Sun day Nov 4 2007 at the Waters of Williamsport She was bom in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada on Jan 22 1917 daughter of the late Wal ter and lorence Mary Oliver She attended school and was raised in Canada living there until moving to Locust Grove in 1959 On Sept 5 1959 she married Louis Lewis in Winnipeg Mrs Lewis worked at the University of Manitoba for 22 years She was a member of Lo cust Grove Methodist Church and WSCS Locust Grove She enjoyed flowers and took great pride in designing her flower crardpn She is survived by her hus band Louis of Locust Grove Visitation will be at Grady uneral Home in Williams port on Wednesday Nov 7 2007 from 10 am (EST) until service time at noon Pastor Anne Kumeh will be officiat ing Interment will be at Locust Grove Cemetery She was pre ceded in death by a son Robert Lewis 3 brothers and 1 sis ter Memorial donations may be made to the Locust Grove Cemetery or the choice Online condo lences may be made at www gradyfuneralhomecom iRjNULAl JHTVSCt AND CVtMAKMV "Where Remembering Begiru Russell Hess Jr 47 MONON Russell Garling of Windfall and one Hess Jr 47 died at brother Dan Hess of Monon 4:20 pm riday Nov 2 2007 in Monon from injuries sus tained in an auto accident Born May 20 1960 in Mon ticello to Russell Hess Sr and Linda Crutch field he was a life resident of Monon and graduated in 1978 from North White High School Mr Hess had been em ployed at SLA in Lafayette for more than 10 years He also had been an active member of the Indiana National Guard for eight years His marriage was to Deanne Simmons on Nov 7 1992 in Monon and she survives He was active in bowling liked to ride his motorcycle and he and his brother in law cooked a lot of hogs for fam ily reunions He also enjoyed woodworking with his dad Surviving besides his wife are his parents Russell ROBBERY CONTINUED ROM PAGE Cl Robert Todd 88 RENSSELAER Robert Edgar Todd 88 died Saturday Nov 3 2007 in his Rensselaer residence He was bom March 10 1919 in Jasper County to the late Maude Ethel Steele Todd and lenner Todd Mr Todd was a life resident of the JasperNewton county area and was educated in Jas per County schools He was an Army veteran of World War II He retired from Metz Stone Quarry and Ward Stone of rancesville He also had worked for the JasperNew ton Soil Conservation Hunters eed Mill and was engaged in farming part time He was affiliated with Trin ity United Methodist Church of Rensselaer On Aug 16 1947 he married Mary Jane Parker in Rensse laer She preceded him in death March 5 1998 Survivors include five chil dren Susan Lysiak (husband: Roger) of Lafayette William Todd (wife: Marilyn) of Monon and Robert Todd (wife: Valer ie) Tommy Todd (wife: Jane) and Bonnie Patrick (husband: Truman) all of Rensselaer and two sisters Martha Crawford of San rancisco and Betty Bol of Rensselaer The family will receive friends at Jackson uneral Chapel of Rensselaer from 3 8 pm (CST) today Nov 6 2007 where services will be at 10:30 am (CST) Wednesday Nov 7 2007 Pastor John Hostetter will officiate Interment Mem ory Gardens Cemetery Also surviving are 21 grandchildren 23 great grandchildren Pre ceded in death by a brother Leon Todd 2 sisters Goldie Mae Moor and Ruth Bach man Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church of Rensselaer Also see wwwjacksonfuneralcom Abram Lerner 94 WASHINGTON Abram Lerner the first director of the Hirshhom Museum and entertain She was devoted to her family and friends By ex ample she taught her chil dren and those closest to her respect for others from all walks of life the belief that there is goodness in each and every one of us and to find that and focus on it to where know and appreciate father Visitation is 4 8 pm Wednesday Nov 7 2007 at Miller Roscka uneral Home Monticello with ser vice there at 11 am Thursday Pastor Mearl Hodges officiat ing Interment Bedford Cem etery with full military rites by the Honor Guard of the American Legion AmVets and VW Posts all of Monticello He loved his family and all his nieces and nephews He had a big heart and would do just about anything for anybody Also surviving are 3 grand daughters Destiny Hailey and Nevaeh a niece Grace Marie Hess Monon grandmoth ers Dorothy Smock of Green wood and JoAnn Crutchfield of Greenville SC sisters in law his twin Diane Jones (husband: Paul and son Colton) of Monon and Deb Irelan (husband: Tim and chil dren Hannah and Patrick) of and Angela Hess of Monon Delphi brother in law Brian and Lmda Hutter ot Gas port three daughters Brandi Hess of Rensselaer Megan Simmons at home and Kris tian Hess of Indianapolis two sons Michael Hess stationed in Iraq and Thomas Hess of Monticello four sisters Terry Langston (husband: Stanley) of Bringhurst Sheryl olk (husband: David) of Indianap olis Marcy Bales (husband: Rob) of Sharpsville and Sandy or (765) 362 0612 Serving the area far 77 years Jean Ann Coyner Crum Jean Anri Coyner Crum passed away Sunday No vember 4 2007 after a short illness She was born July 31 1917 to Dr and Mrs Alfred Bruce Coyner in Indianapo lis Indiana She spent part ot her early childhood in Rochester MN her completed a surgery fel lowship at the Mayo Clinic They returned to their family home in West Lafayette Indiana where she grew up on Russell Street She spent weekends and holidays at their family farm in Clarks Hill Indiana She graduated from Brad ford Junior College near Boston and Northwestern University in Evanston IL She met her husband Cyrus Newton Crum III of OKC at Camps Nagawicka and St They married in 1942 They first lived in Bos ton where he was a student at Harvard Business School and she taught at Simmons College As a war time bride she returned to Lafayette where she taught chemistry in the pharmacy department at Purdue University while her husband served on a Navy ship in the Pacific After the war they made their home and started a family in Oklahoma City She was a member of and served on the boards of the OKC Junior League and Planned Parenthood and spent endless volunteer hours at Chil Hospital She was Presbyterian Churcb the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club the Boulder Country Club in Boulder Colorado and the Yale Club of New York City In 1955 she became an avid and very accomplished fly fisherman a hobby she pursued each and every summer in Colorado and Wyoming for the next 25 years At age 84 she climbed through barb wire fence and fished the Laramie River for one last time Her beauti ful home is a reflection of a being there lifetime of researching and collecting antiques In the 1960s she started traveling with her husband for plea sure and business across the country in his small air plane and eventually was a student pilot herself And in 1980 they bought a sec unu living in vuuiuti rado where they loved to Lafayette Indiana reading Surviving with her par ents are two sisters Pamela Hancock (husband: William) and Jacqueline Daugherty (husband: Michael) both of Lafayette Visitation is 5 8 pm Wednesday at Soller Bak er Lafayette Chapel with services there at 10 am on Thursday The Rev GregEber 1 1 zxeeA Tippecanoe Memory Gardens frst play A Corner of the vvrhisth urnc nrAHIIPOH ATT Also surviving are 3 nieces and 1 nephew The joy of her life were the ladies of Phi Mu her family and her cats Me morials to the Elaine Weedon Donation und co Lafayette Bank and Trust 3901 St Rd 26 Lafayette IN 47905 www soller bakercom Lafayette Chapel 400 Twyckenham Blvd RUNDA Dorothy BOWMAN Lyman TULL Pauline WEEDON Elaine Obituary Une 474 Adm Phono 474 1111 wwwsoHer bakercom heritage organization de termination persistence humility to face challenges one 'step at a time the art of cooking and entertainment and the value of friendships that must be cared for and nurtured like her wonderful rose garden She never met a stranger She loved to trav el with Cyrus and always had a bag packed She never left her house without be ing dressed in her St John knit suit pearls and one of her fabulous hats Although petite in stature she com manded a huge presence She is preceded in death by her parents She is sur vived by her loving hus band of 65 years Cyrus her daughter and son in law Coe and Bill London her son and daughter in law Bruce and Anne Crum her granddaughters Lauren Kathleen London Lucy Coe and her husband Jermey Williams and Anna Adele London her stepgrandsons Patrick and Andrew Griffin her great granddaughters Allison Coe and Madison Grace Williams heir sister and brother in law Virginia and Ken Crawford of Craw fordsville Indiana and their children Ken Coyner and wife Erica Crawford Jean Marshall Crawford and Cynthia and husband a member of Westminster Chris Whybrow She leaves a host ot good menus trom Oklahoma City and Boulder Colorado The family extends a spe cial thank you to Dr Doug Piercefield and Dr Wayne Wasemiller and the nurses and technicians at Mercy Hospital for their phenome nal care They wish to thank the staff and clients at Pacer itness Center for their care and concern They would also like to thank her won derful friend and neighbor Judith for always 822 North 9th Street (Comer of 9th and Salem) Lafayette Indiana (765) 742 7302 Toll free (877) 477 7302 'wwwhippensteelfuneralhomecom SELECTED hJzfkndmt Mre a LW 1 0 a it fcL nr rr 87738077658 Crawfordsville Monument Co (765)362 0612 Serving the area far 77 years.