Obituaries

Sr. Eugenia Latendresse, CSJSister Eugenia Latendresse died at 4:20 a.m. Saturday, August 15, 2009 at the St. Joseph Center in Tipton.  At the age of 82, while  no longer engaged in active ministry, she kept a smile on her face and a gentle, loving spirit in spite of many health related challenges.Jeanne Kathryn Latendresse was born to Marie Morisette and...

Sr. Laura Gall, CSJSister Laura Gall, CSJ from Nazareth, Michigan and formerly from St. Joseph Center, Tipton died in Michigan.  She had been a resident of Camilla Hall at St. Joseph Center in Tipton for many years and had moved to Borgess Gardens on the Nazareth Campus of the Congregation of St. Joseph in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Nov. 7, 2012,...

Sister Catherine Sophia HellmannSister Catherine Sophia Hellmann, CS J died peacefully at the age of 88 on Sunday, September 27, 2009 in Camilla Hall at St. Joseph Center in Tipton, Indiana following a long illness.  Kathryn Lucille Marie was one of fifteen children born to Philomina Bockhold Hellmann and John Henry Hellmann in Terre Haute, Indiana on September 25, 1921. ...

William J. "Bill" FunkeOn Friday, October 12, 2012, William Joseph "Bill" Funke, 80,  passed away at 6:14 p.m. at IU Health Tipton Hospital.Bill was born in Tipton, Indiana on April 24, 1932 to Joseph C. and Edna M. (Vair) Funke. It was when stationed in Jacksonville, Florida while in the Navy that Bill met his future wife, Catherine Rebecca Powell....

Mildred I. AddingtonMildred I. Addington, 86, Tipton, died at 12:19 a.m. Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at St. Joseph Hospital, Kokomo. She was born on June 15, 1921 in Portland, Indiana to Charles and Anna Mae (Ferrel) Wheat and adopted later by Dr. Jesse and Mabel (Hiester) Nixon.Mildred was a devoted and dedicated mother and a member of the First Presbyterian...

Paul A. BookPaul Allen Book was born February 4, 1936 to Delbert Herman Book and Alma Grace Hunt. He had one brother, Herman Book and one sister, Jeraldine (Book) Cambron. He grew up in Tipton and graduated from Tipton High School in 1954. Paul was on the football team and worked at the local paper. After high school, Paul married...

A. Robert "Bob" BaumgartnerA. Robert "Bob" Baumgartner, 94 of Tetersburg died at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, August 20, 2012 at St. Vincent's Indianapolis. He was born on May 29, 1918 in Warren County, Indiana to Arthur Roscoe & Clara Ruth (Jones) Baumgartner and grew up on a farm near Pine Village.  He had also lived in Detroit and Indianapolis.After graduating...