Obituaries
Tipton, Indiana Obituaries
Local obituaries for Tipton, Indiana and the surrounding areas
Rose Vanosdol
Nov 29, 2006
Rose VanosdolRose Vanosdol, 86, Windfall, died at 11:35 a.m. Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at Howard Regional Health system in Kokomo. She was born August 4, 1920, in Kokomo to Otis Jonathan & Jennie Mae (Bush) Oliver and had previously lived in Morgantown and Greentown. On April 16, 1938, she married Orville Vanosdol and he died October 8, 1993. She was...
Fred Grant King Ii
Nov 28, 2006
Fred Grant King IIFred Grant King II, 81, Tipton, died at 5:10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at Tipton Hospital. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio on August 3, 1925, to Lee H. & Hazel B. (McFarlin) King. On May 23, 1978, he married Karen E. Austraw who survives.Mr. King graduated in 1948 from the Georgia Institute of Technology...
Douglas Stroup
Nov 19, 2006
Douglas Alan StroupDouglas Alan Stroup, 50, Tipton, died Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at Howard Regional Health System in Kokomo. He was born April 9, 1956 in Tipton to James W. & Muriel D. (Grimme) Stroup. On March 8, 1975 he married Kymberly McCauley and she survives.He was an operations manager at Delphi Electronics in Kokomo and had worked there for...
John K. Mitchell
Nov 18, 2006
John K. MitchellJohn Kneer Mitchell, 85, Tipton, died at 6:25 p.m. Saturday, November 18, 2006, at Tipton Hospital. He was born in Oaklandon, Indiana on July 28, 1921 to John A. and May (Askern) Mitchell. John married Agnes M. Domagala on May 17, 1947.John retired in 1981 from Delco Remy. He was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic...
Mary Jayne Lewis
Nov 12, 2006
Mary Jayne LewisMary Jayne Lewis, 84, formerly of Port Charlotte, Florida died at Maple Park Village in Westfield at 8:05 p.m. Sunday, November 12, 2006. She was born August 29, 1922 in Indianapolis to Walter H. & Orpha B. (McDaniel) Hook. She married William J. Lewis in 1945 and he died April 19, 1986.She was retired from Guide Lamp in...
Julie A. Hancock
Nov 3, 2006
Julie A. HancockJulie A. Hancock, 26, Kokomo, died at 5:14 p.m. Friday, November 3, 2006 at her residence. She was born June 7, 1980 in Kokomo to Mark A & Cindy S. (Shubert) Hancock and had previously lived in Tipton for 12 years and had attended Tipton High School.She is survived by her mother, Cindy Hancock, Tipton; her father and...
Thelma R. Sweet
Oct 18, 2006
Thelma R. SweetThelma R. Sweet, 92, Tipton, died at 11:25 a.m. Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at Autumnwood Extended Care in Tipton. She was born May 18, 1914, in Tipton County to Clark & Amanda (Rode) Redmon. She married Guy V. Henry in 1936 and he was killed in France during WWII in 1944. She later married Nathan Sweet in 1955...
Charles W. "Pud" Main
Oct 9, 2006
Charles W. "Pud" MainCharles W. "Pud" Main, 85, died at 12:58 p.m. Monday , October 9, 2006 at Otterbein-Cridersville Nursing Home in Cridersville, Ohio. He was born June 9, 1921, in Tipton, Indiana, to Arthur D. & Theresa (Landseadel) Main. On August 31, 1941, he married Elizabeth Ann Nicholson and she died January 31, 2006.He worked as a tool engineer...
Mary M. Vanwinkle
Oct 3, 2006
Mary M. VanWinkleMary M. (Archer) VanWinkle, Tipton, passed away Tuesday, October 3, 2006 following a short illness.She was born April 30 in Afton, MO, to Jack & Alice Pennington, both deceased. She was employed by St. Vincents New Hope and was a member of Harbour Shores Church in Cicero.She was the loving mother of Ron Shepard of Fishers, Michael T....

William E. Smith
Sep 25, 2006
William E. SmithWilliam E. Smith, 85, 407 Fairview Avenue, Tipton, died at 9:55 a.m. Monday, September 25, 2006 at Autumnwood Extended Care. He was born August 30, 1921 in Tipton County to Glen H. & Sarah Hinkle Smith. On April 5, 1941 he married Margery I. Thompson and she survives.He was a lifelong farmer and for 30 years he and...
Mary K. Hensley
Sep 21, 2006
Mary K. HensleyMary K. Hensley, 64, 3440 S. St. Rd. 19, Tipton, died at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, September 21, 2006 at Tipton Hospital. She was born January 26, 1942, in Celina, Tennessee to Luke & Nardie (Butler) Atchley. On June 30, 1963, she married Tom Hensley and he survives. She was a member of Rock Prairie Baptist Church in Tipton.Survivors...
Chloe M. Nash
Sep 18, 2006
Chloe M. NashChloe M. Nash, 94, formerly of Windfall, died at 4:00 a.m. Monday, September 18, 2006 at Autumnwood Extended Care Facility. She was born June 2, 1912 in Oakland City, Indiana, to Rudy & Laura (Shrock) Miller. On July 3, 1931, she married Forrest "Eddie" Nash in Tipton and he survives.She was a 1930 graduate of Windfall High School...
Robert Lee Wheat
Sep 5, 2006
Robert Lee WheatRobert Lee Wheat, 78, 135 Third Street, Tipton, and a previous Kokomo resident, died at 5:47 a.m. Tuesday, September 5, 2006 at Manor Care in Kokomo. He was born December 16, 1927 in Holt, Missouri to Oral & Dora (Kingery) Wheat. On December 31, 1949, he married Wilma Duffitt and she died December 27, 2005.He worked at Steel...
Dallas W. Ressler
Sep 2, 2006
Dallas W. ResslerDallas Warren Ressler, 90, Tipton, died at 12:05 p.m. Saturday, September 2, 2006 at Tipton Hospital. He was born in Tipton County on October 14, 1915, to Percy and Cleo V. (Warren) Ressler. Dallas married Dorothy Duncan in February 1944, and she survives.He was a lifelong Tipton County farmer and served as County Commissioner for 12 years. Dallas...
David R. Plake
Sep 1, 2006
David R. PlakeDavid R. Plake, Sr., 67, Tipton, died at 12:12 a.m. Friday, September 1, 2006, at St. Vincent's Hospital, Indianapolis. He was born June 8, 1939, in Tipton to David & Alice (Crume) Plake. On March 24, 1984, he married Lisa A. Hawkins and she survives.He was the Owner-Operator of Plake Concrete and Excavating and owner of Westside Auto,...

Lillian M. Travis
Aug 24, 2006
Lillian M. (Henderson) TravisLillian M. (Henderson) Travis, 91, Tipton, died at 5:09 a.m. Thursday, August 24, 2006 at the St. Joseph Center in Tipton. She had also lived in Rogers, Arkansas; Sun City, Arizona and Kokomo. She was born May 19, 1915 in Wisconsin to Norman & Alice (Strum) Henderson. In January 1963 she married Chester J. Travis and he...
Mary Jo Mccormack
Aug 23, 2006
Mary Jo McCormackMary Jo McCormack, 78, Tipton, and a former Kokomo resident, left this world at 3:09 p.m. Wednesday, August 23, 2006 to be with God . . . and her dear husband, Vinnie. She died peacefully, enveloped by family and dear friends. On July 9, 1928 Thecla Schies and Joseph Peter Terre gave birth to a daughter in Chicago...
Francis M. Wallpe
Aug 19, 2006
Francis M. WallpeFrancis M. Wallpe, 87, 407 Southwood Drive, Tipton, died at 7:45 a.m. Saturday, August 19, 2006 at Miller's Merry Manor in Tipton. He was born August 5, 1919 in Tipton County to Edward John & Louise Anna (Ripberger) Wallpe. In 1948 he married Doris Ann Kleyla and she died in 1986. He then married Connie Fox in 1988...
Lorrine Shubert
Aug 11, 2006
Lorrine ShubertLorrine Shubert, 75, Sharpsville, died at 1:27 a.m. Friday, August 11, 2006 at Howard Regional Health System in Kokomo. She was born in Roda, Virginia on September 29, 1930 to Cline and Carrie (Johnson) Yoakum. She married Daniel Shubert on February 11, 1950, and he survives.Lorrine was a housewife and had attended Sharpsville Fellowship Baptist Church and Indian Heights...
Mykal A. Kanable
Aug 9, 2006
Mykal Apollo KanableMykal Apollo Kanable, 5 months old, Peru, died at 6:34 p.m. Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at Lutheran Hospital, Ft. Wayne. He was born March 6, 2006 in Kokomo to Robert A. "Tony" & Amy L. (VanSickel) Kanable and they survive.Mykal is also survived by one brother, Kaden X. Kanable and one sister, Ash-Lee M. Kanable, both at home;...