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B2 Local Journal and Courier Wednesday August 17 2005 Teacher wins trip for 2 to Barbados Staff reports A promotion last month to bring residents to downtown Lafayette has earned a West Lafayette woman a trip to the Caribbean The Downtown Business Center on Tuesday presented Susan Pe ters with a trip for two to Barba dos after Peters won its to contest The trip pack age includes meals and enter tainment Peters a teacher for the Tippecanoe School Corp was cho sen as the winner on July 30 The promotion brought visitors from as far away as Anchorage Alaska during July according to DBC business development man ager Tuna Woenker Others visit ed from ort Wayne and Kentland though most were from Tippeca noe County To enter the drawing' contest ants had to collect stamps on their from 40 participating merchants and Wabash Trolley Line In a news release Woenker said comments from participants re flect fun and challenge of vis iting the variety of businesses from 11th Street in Lafayette to Chauncey Hill in West Wrote Kim Leaman of West many places we? would never have know(n) others we knew but had not taken the time to stop and now we will go Peters' trip includes a certifi cate for airfare from The Travel Authority and a seven night stay at an Almond resort Plans are underway for a Caribbean party to launch the trip giveaway next summer Deaths Robert Aldridge 60 'i Robert Aldridge 60 of Warsaw and formerly of i Lafayette died at 2 pm Sunday Aug 14 2005 at his residence Bom Dec 3 1944 in Lafayette I he was a resident of Lafayette until moving to Warsaw 12 years ago He worked as a quality control inspector for Medtronic and was a member of Warsaw Communi ty Church Surviving are a sister Aletha Aldridge of Columbus Ind two i i brothers Larry Aldridge of iori da and Wally Aldridge of Lafayette a daughter Jane i i Aldridge of Lansing Mich and his fiancee Janet Green of Eng i land Man charged in abuse death of 3 year old By The Associated Press ORT WAYNE A man who beat his 3 year old niece to death for urinating on herself and then defecating in a closet told invests gators 'that he was trying to rect" the child Michael Roberts 23 of ort Wayne was arrested Saturday and i is being held on $600000 bondTues i day He faces felony charges of neg lect of a dependent causing death and two counts of battery i Araya Clemons of Chicago was pronounced dead Saturday at St Joseph Hospital after Roberts took her there Roberts told investigators that I he picked up Araya his i daughter on June 19 1 Roberts told investigators he be gan using physical force to the when the girl urinated on herself court documents show He said he whipped the toddler with a belt several times After an autopsy the Allen Coun ty Office determined she 1 died from blunt force trauma to the head ilL If A' 'W JKE 7111 By Michael HeinzJournal and Courier Hannah Uglow a student at Hershey Elementary School sits Tuesday by a picture of her dog on the first day of School Teacher Allyson Paris asked students to bring in pictures of their dogs as part of a project i SCHOOLS Av jV ii1' A AY James Risk Jr 60 James Risk Jr 60 of Lafayette' died at 10:20 am Monday Aug 15 2005 at Home Hospital Born Sept 12 1944 in Lafayette he was a life resident and a 1962 graduate of Southwestern High School He also attended Purdue Universi Risk ty He married Kathleen Mar ion on Dec 9 1995 in Chicago and she survives Mr Risk was employed at Al coa Aluminum Plant as a pack ship operator for 40 years He was a member of the Church of Jesus Ch rist of Latter Day Saints in West Lafayette He enjoyed genealogyjogging fam ily reunions reading and watch ing sports Surviving with his wife are three sons Alan Risk of Hous ton Texas and Stephen and Andrew Risk both at home and a sister Opel Jones of Lafayette James Lipsett Sr 58 RANKORT James David Lipsett Sr 58 formerly of rank fort died Sunday Aug 14 2005 at Hospital in Manteca Calif He had resided in Mante ca for the past 18 years He was born July 16 1947 in rankfort Mr Lipsett was the vice pres ident for InMotion Incorporation for four years and previously owned a shoe store in rankfort He was a coach for several sport teams in Manteca includ ing the Manteca Cowboys Man teca Chargers Manteca Little League and the East Union basketball team He had previ ously played in a rock band and was also a mentor for children Surviving are his wife of 28 years Hellen Lipsett of Mante ca seven children James David Lipsett Jr (wife: Jayoung) and Phillip Lipsett (wife: Lisa) both of Michigan City Jennifer Car denas (husband: Sammy) KateLipsett Jacob Lipsett and Shane Lewis all of Manteca and Tanner Lipsett of Amherst' Mass and five siblings Diane Morison of Lafayette Jerone Collier of Crawfordsville Judy Gascho of Mulberry Kent Lipsett of Lafayette and Kevin Lipsett of Pawtucket RL Ruth Stutts 91 RENSSELAER Ruth Stults 91 of Rensselaer and for merly of Toledo Ill died at 8:30 am Tuesday Aug 16 2005 at Rensselaer Care Center She was born Sept 25 1913 in Mattoon Ill Her marriage was to Dale Stults on April 11 1938 and he preceded her in death in 1997 Mrs Stults was a homemaker and a bookkeeper Surviving are a son Bill Stults of Lebanon a daughter Jackie Malchow of Rensselaer and a sis ter Ruby reeman of Greenup Hl Services are Saturday in Tole do Continued from Page B1 of things to do The Battle Ground Middle School seventh grader i moved here from Griffith a few' weeks ago was just lost because I did know what to do Brinker 5 s'aid about halfway through her i first day of school Students at Hershey spent much of the first day settling into their classrooms and learning new routines Parents Jeff and Debbie Coats stood outside the school with 1 their son Brandon who started kindergarten watching students get off the bus before classes be i gan wanted Dad to bring Debbie Coats said while Brandon shyly hid his face going to be riding wait to get in the class Jeff Coats said al ready been and looked at At Hershey students also cele brated the opening of a new media 7 center ifth graders Giselle Acos ta and Stephanie Hasek were part News of record Births Home Hospital Aug 5 Joseph and Anissa Kauffman Lafayette a daughter Aug 14 Luke and Molly Gumaelius West Lafayette a son Luis Alberto Carmona and Yuri Salvador Lafayette a daughter Tony and Secret Schultz owler a son Kyle and Suzanne Wagner lo ra a daughter Aug 15 irst day of school Today: aith Christian School (seventh and eighth grades) Lafayette Christian School St James Lutheran School Benton Community School Corp Carroll Consoli dated School Corp Communi ty Schools of rankfort Tri County School Corp West Central School Corp Thursday: New Community School aith Christian School (ninth through 12th grades) Monday: Lafayette Catholic Schools Tuesday: Lafayette School Corp North Newton School Corp of the first class to check out books from the new library and were ea ger to try the new computer lab as well as jammed up as it was last Giselle said Lula Camell 94 Barbara A Powell 71 Barbara A Powell 71 of Lafayette died at 11:15 a Sunday Aug 14 2005 at her res idence Born March 4 1934 in Marion she lived in Peru Ind prior to mov ing to Lafayette in 1989 Her marriage was to Ardith Powell Powell on June a 15 1957 in Mar ion and he preceded her on July 6 2005 Mrs Powell was a homemaker She was a member of St James Lutheran Church and was active in the Life Light Bible Study of the church She enjoyed crafts painting sweatshirts and knitting Surviving are a daughter Kim Thomas (husband: Brad) of Car rollton Texas and a sister Mar ilyn Kelsey of Indianapolis BKv Lindsay Ballestero and Kenneth Asbury Monticello a son Kent and Rebekah Shoaf Lafayette a daughter Katsuro and Chiaki Tadaki West Lafayette a daughter a Yicheng Tu and Xin Li West Lafayette a son Russell and Aarika York air mount a daughter Brandyn and Jennifer Ed wards Lafayette a son Christopher and Kandace Pher son Delphi 'a son Lula Shaw Camelfi 94 of West Lafayette died Monday Aug 15 2005 at George Davis Manor Born Oct 6 1910 in Mounds Ill she resided in illinois until moving to the Lafayette area five years ago Her marriage was to Carl Car nell and he preceded her in death on Jan 21 1981 Mrs Camell was a homemak er She enjoyed knitting and cro cheting Surviving are two daughtersi Linda DeMory of Texas and I Nadine Carnell of West Lafayette uneral Notices I in Boswell Born Jan 14 1933 in Boswell he was a longtime resident of Boswell and had previously lived for six months in Warren County He was a vet eran of the US Harold Stone 72 BOSWELL Harold Wayne Stone 72 died at 8:01 am Tues day Aug 16 2005 at his home Stone Army Mr Stone married Jean Little on June 23 1952 in LaPorte and she survives He served as the Boswell town marshall for 28 years and worked as a Benton County school bus driver for 28 years Mr Stone was a member of the American Legion in Boswell and had just received his 50 year pin Surviving are four children Mary Jane Kaniewski (husband: Arthur) of Versailles Ky Ann Jungel (husband: Gary) and San xira Gayle both of Boswell and Charles Wayne of owler two brothers Bud Stone (wife: Pearl) of Sarasota la and Don Stone (wife: Hazel) of Lafayette and two sisters Sherry Norman (hus band: Jerry) of Lafayette and Ada Moore (husband: Keith) of New Richmond 8S I zx Martha I Whitfield 84 LORA Martha I Whitfield 84 formerly of 102 Division St died at 4:30 pm Monday Aug 15 2005 at Milner Health care Center in Rossville She had been a resident there for the past four years She was born Aug 8 1921 in Rockville Her marriage was to Johnnie Whitfield on June 24 1966 in Delphi and he preceded her in death on Oct 23 1974 Mrs Whitfield was employed at Sayco in lora for 35 years re tiring in 1996 She enjoyed reading and watching the Indianapolis Colts and Indiana Pacers Surviving are two daughters Brenda Achor and Patricia Dil lon (husband: Doug) both of lo ra Services are Thursday in lo ra Irvin A Knapp 79 RANCESVILLE Irvin A Knapp 79 of 536 Violet St died at 3:48 pm Monday Aug 15 2005 at his residence He was born Nov 21 1925 in Cissna Park Ill His first marriage was to lo rence Caulk on June 19 1954 in Gary and she preceded him in death on June 24 1994 He mar ried Phyllis Lowry Cox on Nov 25 1995 in rancesville and she survives Mr Knapp was the owner of Knapp Tire in rancesville until his retirement He was a member of rancesville American Legion and attended rancesville Apos tolic Christian Church Mr Knapp enjoyed fishing spending winters in Sebring la and going for coffee with his friends Surviving with his wife are two daughters Trudie Hahn (hus band: Harold) of Branson Mo and Sandra Elliot (husband: Daniel) of Punta Gorda la a son Wallace Knapp (wife: Mar lene) of Burns Harbor a step daughter Anna Larrison (hus band: Donn) of Converse a sis ter Mary Ann Mann (husband: Charles) of Cissna Park and two brothers Lynn Knapp (wife: Sylvia) of Cissna Park and Roy Knapp (wife: Meri) of Cullom Ill Merle ultz 56 ultz 56 of Ozark Ala formerly of owler and Lafayette died at 7:45 pm riday Aug: 12 2005 at his res idence Born Aug 27 1948 in Lafayette he was a 1968 gradu ate of Wainwright High School and resided in Benton and Tippecanoe counties most of his life He was a veteran serving in the Army from September 1968 to September 1970 He was sta tioned in Germany during the Vietnam War Mr ultz married Doris Sa rault on Nov 27 1971 and she survives He was the owner of Town and Country Heating and Cooling in owler until 2003 He also co owried ultz Child Care Center in owler with his wife Mr ultz was a member of the American Legion in owler Surviving with his wife are three sons Richard ultz and James ultz of Pinckard Ala and Michael ultz of Rockville his mother Helen ultz of Lafayette a sister Sheryl Davis of Lafayette and two brothers Charles ultz of Clarks Hill and Maurice ultz of Lafayette Mary ranson 84 GOODLAND Mary Kather ine ranson 84 a former Good land resident died at 5:50 am Sunday Aug 14 2005 at Madon na Manor in Villa Hills Ky Bom eb 2 1921 in Goodland she was a 1939 graduate of Good land High School She married Oscar ranson on May 28 1946 in Goodland He died May 29 1995 Mrs ranson was the co own er and bookkeeper of ranson Electric and True Value Hard ware in Goodland for 41 years She was a member of the Good land Auxiliary and the former Society of oresters She was an avid reader and she enjoyed traveling and flow ers Surviving are two sons James ranson (wife: Leslie) of Elli cott City Md and David ran son (wife: Jennifer Smith) of Kalamazoo Mich two daugh ters Susan ranson of ort Wright Ky and Nancy ran son (husband: Norman Goodman) of Collegeville Pa a brother re tired Col Edmund Reuter of Clearwater la and three sis ters Dolores Stone (husband: Milton) of Lafayette Eileen Emond of owler and Ruth Reuter of Goodland William Galey 71 RANKORT William Galey 71 of Galveston and for merly of rankfort died at 5:23 pm Monday Aug 15 2005 at Howard Regional Hospital in Kokomo Born May 21 1934 in rank fort he was a graduate of rank fort High School and had com pleted a correspondence course from alwell Bible College He married Brenda Keever on Oct 11 1978 in Valdosta Ga and she survives Mr Galey was a veteran of the Air orce He worked as a bus driver and handyman for the Salvation Army in Kokomo Mr Galey was a member of the American Legion and Veterans of oreign War in Kokomo He as sisted in disaster services and re ceived the Volunteer of the Year award in 1994 Surviving with his wife are a daughter Tammy Moran of Ridge Manor la and three sisters Dorothy Miller of LaPorte Joan Randle of rankfort and Sue Keever of Tampa la Services are riday in rank fort Servnp North uneral Chapel Cremation Services 765 742 1117 wwwftsherfuneralchapelcom 11 11 Smith uneral Homes Inc: Chapel 400 Twyckenham Blvd POWELL Barbara A ENSTERMAKER Renee Lafayette 1 1 84 Sagamore Pkwy KANE Robert Bignal ULTZ Merle Douglas Obituary Line 474 31 13 ADM PHONE: 474 1111 wwwsoller bakercom Sa JOSEPHINE PATTENGALE MORTIMORE ATTICA 764 4418 DOW ORRELL RgmtmbriMg Btgiiu ALDRIDGE Robert Visitation 'will be 2 hours prior to 2 pm services Thursday at McHatton Sadler uneral Home in Warsaw Pastor Brian Korey officiating Inter ment will take place at noon riday at Dayton Cemetery Surviving are 5 grandchildren Alexis Swartzen druber Christopher Lenon and Hunter Weadle of Lansing Mich Jessica Mosby of Warsaw and Christopher Dean of Leesburg Pre ceded in death by a brother Bill Aldridge Memorials may be made to the Kosciusko Cancer Care und PO Box 1809 Warsaw IN 46582 1809 RANSON Mary Visitation 6 8 pm today at Gerts neral Home Goodland with service there at 10 am Thursday Aug 18 2005 Richard Gerts officiating Interment Goodland Cemetery Sur viving are 2 grandchildren Preced ed in death by parents Edmund and Katherine Illingworth Reuter 1 sister Mildred Reuter ULTZ Merle Visitation will be 5 to 8 pm Thursday at Soller Baker West Lafayette Chapel 1184 Sagamore Pkwy Surviving are 3 grandchildren Ash leigh Erin and Logan: Preceded iri death by his father rances ultz wwwsoller bakercom KNAPP Irvin A Visitation will be 4 to 8 pm today and after 8 am Thursday at Quer ry Ulbricht uneral Home in rancesville Services 10 am Thurs day at the funeral home ministers of the church officiating Interment with military graveside rites by the rancesville American Legion at Hughes Cemetery Surviving are 4 grandchildren Mark Hahn (wife: Pat ty) of Elwood Mindy Bryant (hus band: Toby) of Bloomington III Gwendowlyn Knapp of College Sta tion Texas and Angella Knapp of Valparaiso a stepgrandchild Misha Larrison of Indianapolis and 4 great grandchildren Preceded in death by 2 brothers Kenneth and Knapp Memorial contributions may be made to the Parkview Haven Re tirement Home LIPSETT James Sr No visitation Chapel service 1 pm Tuesday Aug: 23 at Archer West on uneral Home in rankfort In terment Greenlawn Cemetery Sur viving are 6 grandchildren CJ Car 'denas Isabella Cardenas and Chloe Cardenas all of Manteca Calif Emi ly Lipsett Trent Lipsett and Lauren Lipsett all of Michigan City Preced ed in death by a brother Jay Lipsett Jr James will be remembered by his family as a loving husband father grandfather and friend to many who will be missed by all who knew him Memorials in loving memory of James David may be made to char ity of donor's choice POWELL Barbara A Visitation will be 5 to 8 pm Thursday and 1 hour prior to 1 1 am services riday at Soller Baker Lafayette Chapel Pastor David rench offici ating Graveside services 2 pm ri day at Grant Memorial Park in Mar ion Surviving are 2 grandsons An drew and Adam Phillippi Preceded in death by her parents Charles and Kathleen Kemmer Gibson Memorials may be made to the St James Lutheran School Library 800 Cincinnati St Lafayette IN 47904 wwwsoller bakercom RISK James Jr riends may call 5 to 8 pm riday at Hippensteel uneral Home Ser vices will be held 10 am Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 3224 Jasper WL Bishop Christian Reiner officiating Interment Rest Haven Cemetery Preceded in death by his parents James and Ruby Blanche Higley Risk Sr a sis ter Mary Baumgardt and an infant brother In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the American Can cer Society for cancer research STONE Harold There will be no services or burial at this time Services entrusted to Grady uneral Home Surviving are' 7 grandchildren Stacy McKendree (wife: Ashley) and Beth Kaniewski both of Versailles Ky WendyBrost (husband: Kyle) Tara Jungel and Brit tany Stone all of Boswell and Justin and Danielle Stone both of owler and 1 great grandson Dylan McK endree Preceded in death by a sis ter rancis McDonald a brother Gary Stone and a grandson Brian Jungel Contributions can be made to the Benton County Ambulance Ser vice in Boswell LULA CARNELL INANT AMELIA SUMMERS GONZALES RICHARD GUSHWA JAMES RISK JR 742 7302 9th Salem HippeniteeUunenlhomecom HAHN GROEBER uneral Home Lafayette Linden Oxford Lafayette Chapel ROSE CAIN RARDON 742 7873 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