L. C.
Crane and family returned Saturday evening from LaPorte, Ind.,
where they were called by the serious illness of Mr. C’s father, who
passed away soon after their arrival. He was a gentleman of over 70
years of age and died of paralysis.
[Batavia Herald, Kane County, IL, 19 Oct. 1893]
[Contributed by Kim Torp]
Obituary from the La Porte
Herald-Argus published 10 Jan 1927, page 2
The funeral for Leonard Burden,
age 82, who died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs Lillie Robbins, Andrew Avenue at 13th Street, at 4:20
Saturday afternoon, will be held at the Oak Grove Church tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. M. G. Long will officiate,
Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery in charge of E. E. Ebbert.
The remains may be viewed at the Ebbert Chapel this evening.
Mr Burden was born in Marshall County, Ind., March 19, 1844.
He had lived in La Porte County since 18 years of age. Mr Burden
was a retired farmer. He married Rachel Coleman of LaPorte County
in 1869.
The deceased man was a member of the Methodist Church as well as the
La Porte Patton post of the Grand Army of the Republic.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs George Haverstock and Mrs
Melvin Robbins, both of La Porte; one sister, Martha Cummings of
Plymouth; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. His wife
passed away 21 years ago.
From an untitled newspaper dated
25 August 1930
Mrs Lillian Robbins, age 45,
rural route No. 3, passed away Saturday at
the Holy Family hospital after a five day illness of
complications. The daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard Burden, Mrs
Robbins was born in La Porte County Dec. 16, 1884, living in this
county all her life. She was married 24 years ago to Melvin
Robbins, who survives. Mrs Robbins was a member of the Oak Grove
Methodist Church.
Others surviving are seven daughters, Mrs Lester Lee Stevens of
Gridley, Ill., Mrs Gladys [N.B. should be Hazel, not Gladys] Kaiser of
Three Oaks, Mich., and Ruth, Alice and Gladys, all at home; three sons,
Charles, Eugene and Robert Robbins, at home, and a sister, Mrs Alice
Haverstock, of La Porte.
Buriel is in Oak Grove Cemetery, Wills Twp, LaPorte Co, Indiana.
[Contrary to what the obit claims, Lillian lived outside of LaPorte
Co, Indiana at least long enough to give birth to her last two children
(abt 1920) in Woodford Co, Illinois and to be counted in the Woodford
Co, Illinois census for 1920.]
News-Dispatch, The (Michigan
City, IN) - December 31, 1997
Chief Marshal James Kautz dies
James Kautz was performing a
duty he had carried out hundreds of times before in the late afternoon
darkness of Nov. 4, 1997. The veteran chief marshal of the tiny Long
Beach Police Department was assisting Michigan City police at the scene
of a traffic accident when the routine chore took a tragic turn. Kautz
was struck by a car driven by a 29-year-old New Buffalo, Mich., man.
Suffering multiple injuries, the chief marshal was airlifted from St.
Anthony Hospital to Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill., where he died
exactly one month later. The grim story of a policeman cut down while
doing his job was chosen by News-Dispatch readers as the top local news
story of 1997. The Kautz tragedy was the clear No. 1 choice. The story
was listed on 36 of the 41 ballots returned to The News-Dispatch, and
was the first choice on 13 ballots. With 10 points awarded for a
first-place vote, nine points for second place and so on, the Kautz
story had 288 points. For the second straight year, riverboat
developments was the readers' No. 2 pick. The opening of the Blue Chip
Casino had 230 points and was the first-place pick of eight readers.
Although top stories emerge, the balloting every year demonstrates the
diverse viewpoints readers have about what constitutes important news.
Of the 36 stories listed on our ballot, only one didn't receive any
votes, and 15 different stories received at least one first-place
ballot. This year, too, several readers listed write-in choices,
although none of those picks made the top 10. The rest of the top
stories, from third through 10th, were: the acquisition of Memorial
Hospital by the corporation that owns St. Anthony Hospital; Mayor
Sheila Brillson's decision not to support the Miss Indiana Pageant and
the controversy surrounding that decision; a small-plane crash over
Lake Michigan near Chicago whose victims included three area people;
the opening of the Meijer department store as South Side development
continued; an Aug. 16 storm that caused widespread damage and left
NIPSCO customers fuming in the wake of power outages; the closing of
Long Beach and Eastport elementary schools; the tug-of-war over the old
Garfield School between the city and Prisoner And Community Together;
approval of a $3.5 million park bond issue. Summaries of each of these
stories appear elsewhere in today's paper. The annual reader survey
drawing winner was local attorney Doug Bernacchi. His ballot was picked
at random and earned him a $50 check. The accident that ultimately
claimed Kautz's life occurred at 5:45 p.m. Nov. 4 near the Golden Sands
Motel, 4411 E. U.S. 12. Kautz was helping Michigan City police at an
earlier traffic accident. A car driven by Randy Tarwater struck Kautz
as he stood on the road. A St. Anthony Hospital official said Kautz
suffered from "multiple, multiple trauma, including multiple compound
fractures of both legs and broken shoulder with numerous skin tears"
and a head injury, but was still alert and talking when taken to the
helicopter. Officials had planned to take Kautz to the University of
Chicago Hospitals, but bad weather there forced a detour to Christ
Hospital in Oak Lawn. Although doctors had to remove Kautz's spleen and
his right leg below the knee, there seemed to be hopeful signs in the
early going. However, his condition took a turn for the worse the
weekend of Nov. 8, when he suffered a massive stroke while undergoing
additional leg surgery. He never recovered after that, and died at 1:59
a.m. Thursday, Dec. 4. He was 55. Scores of friends, family members and
police officers - some from as far away as Terre Haute - attended
Kautz's funeral Dec. 8 at Notre Dame Catholic Church. The colorful but
somber funeral procession, including dozens of police and emergency
vehicles, wound from the church through Long Beach and Michigan City,
passing both police stations before ending at Greenwood Cemetery. "He
was proud of his department and would fight for what he thought was
right," Long Beach Town Council President Tom Ringo said of Kautz. "If
he had to go, going in the line of duty is the way he would have wanted
to go."
News-Dispatch, The (Michigan City, IN) - December 31, 1997
LAPORTE -
Infant John R. Chesnut III died
at 8:02 p.m. Monday (Dec. 29, 1997) at LaPorte Hospital.
The funeral service will be held privately with the Rev. Vrabely
officiating. Burial will be in Posey Chapel Cemetery.
News-Dispatch, The (Michigan City, IN) - December 31, 1997
Genevieve B. "Jean" "Tootsie" Stellema,
74, Michigan City, died at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday (Dec. 30, 1997) at her
home.
The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Stanislaus
Catholic Church with Monsignor Michael Tomaszewski officiating. Burial
will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday and 8 to 9:30 a.m. Friday at
the Ott/Haverstock Funeral Chapel. The St. Stanislaus Rosary Society
will recite the rosary at 3 p.m., and the parish rosary will be recited
at 7:30 p.m., both Thursday at the funeral chapel.
News-Dispatch, The (Michigan City, IN) - December 31, 1997
CROSSVILLE, Tenn. -
Frances Reed,
77, of Crossville, formerly of LaPorte, died at 8:45 a.m. Saturday
(Dec. 27, 1997) at Cumberland Medical Center, Crossville.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at LaPorte Assembly of God, with
the Rev. Jeffrey A. Hines officiating. Burial will follow at
Springville Cemetery, LaPorte.
Friends may call from 10 a.m. until the time of the service Friday at
Haverstock Funeral Home, LaPorte.
News-Dispatch, The (Michigan City, IN) - December 31, 1997
TRAIL CREEK -
, 65, Trail
Creek, died Tuesday (Dec. 30, 1997) at St. Anthony Hospital.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Paul Lutheran Church with
the Rev. David Matevia officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood
Cemetery.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Carlisle Funeral Home
and from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the church
Inter Ocean 8/02/1888
At LaPorte, Ind. Wednesday
William
Ellsworth, aged 18, was shot and
killed by Oliver White, the quarrel being caused from White and other
boys throwing stones into the river where Ellsworth was fishing
Barbara
Wheeler nee Kerr
Obit: Barbara Kerr Wheeler, age 61, of Albuquerque, passed away on
February 18, 2005. She was born Feb. 14, 1944 to Richard and Patricia
Kerr in LaPorte, Indiana. She was preceded in death by her parents and
her husband, Frank Cliff Wheeler. She is survived by her siblings,
Pamela Kerr Bissett and husband, Willaim, Deborah Kerr Tagliarini and
husband, Peter and Richard H. Kerr and wife, Jan; nephews W. Paul
Bissett III, J. Wesley Wienman, Geoffrey Bortz Kerr, P. Alexander
Tagliarini; nieces Courtney Bissett-Hayes; Darby Bissett Steadman, and
Chawnee Jean Wienman; grand-nephews and nieces, Corbin A. Hayes, Logan
A. Hayes, Liam K. Steadman, Wm. Aidan Bissett, Dylan P. Bissett, Kyra
M. Bissett and Audrey Steadman. Barbara was active in several
organizations and was the Past Royal Matron, La Mesa Ct#3, Order of the
Amaranth; Past Worthy High Priestess, Abq. Shrine #1, Order of the
White Shrine of Jerusalem; Order of the Eastern Star, Desert Rose #70
and Order of Does, BPOE. There will be a funeral service celebrating
Barbara's life followed by an ice cream sundae reception on Saturday,
February 26, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 6901
Wyoming Blvd. NE, 821-4676, where Barbara was an active and much loved
member for many years. Interment at the Santa Fe National Cemetery will
take place the following week. In lieu of flowers the family suggest
donations to Barbara's memorial fund at Holy Cross Lutheran Church.
Newspaper: Albuquerque Journal (NM), Feb. 26, 2005 Submitters Name: Ida
Maack Recu
Rochester Sentinel, Monday,
November 5, 1973
Orton P. Zent, 60, R.R. 2,
Rochester, died at 3 a.m. today in the LaPorte hospital where he had
been a patient nine days. He was ill nine months. Born May 10, 1913, in
Kosciusko county near Mentone, he was the son of Lloyd and Blanche AMES
ZENT. His marriage was March 17, 1935, in Rochester to Clarabelle
Hunter. She survives. A farmer, Mr. Zent had resided most of his life
in the Mentone and Rochester areas. He was an employee of the Charles
Fear and Son Implement company. hewas a member of the First Baptist
church in Rochester and the F&AM 79 of Rochester. Also surviving
are one daughter, Mrs. Jerry (Carol) LANGE, R.R. 1, LaPorte; two sons,
Ronnie (ZENT), Rochester, and Michael (ZENT), at home; six grandsons;
one brother, Robert E. (ZENT), of Mentone. Final rites will be at 2:30
p.m. Wednesday in the Foster & Good funeral home. The Rev. Donald
MAUGHAN will officiate. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery here.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Tuesday where the
F&AM 79 will conduct memorial services at 7 p.m. The family has
requested that memorials other than flowers be made to the Cancer
Society.
submitted by Ida Maack Recu
Plainfield, Ind, April 13—
Henry
Sanders, one of the well-to-do farmers of Hendricks county, died
at his
home, in this place, last night, of Blight's disease, aged seventy. He
was a native of Ohio and came to this county in the forties and has
lived on a farm all hia life until within the last three months.
Indiana Journal April 15, 1896
Old Man Dies of Weeping
La Porte, Ind., Sept 27 –
Caleb Harvey,
an old and wealthy citizen of
this city died here today as the direct result of grieving over the
assassination and death of President McKinley. The physicians say that
Harvey literally cried himself to death. He wept for hours continuously
from the afternoon the president was shot suffering intensely. The
physicians consider the case without precedent.
The Oklahoman 9/28/1901 Transcribed by Dale Donlon
John
G. LANTZ, a well-known
German of Laporte, was found dead in his chair. He lived alone, and his
death is thought to have occurred two days before the body was
discovered.
Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News 12 December, 1890
Page 6 Column 5
Killed on theTracks.
LAPORTE, Ind., March 9.—
Charles Miller,
an old resident of this city, was Instantly killed while driving;
across the Lake Erie railroad tracks this morning. His horse escaped
unscratched.
The Indiana Journal March 11, 1896
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