Troy Wayne Platt, 16, Lafayette, was killed Jan. 2, 1989 in a plane crash near Indianapolis. Also killed in the crash were Norman "Bob" Montfort, the pilot of the plane, and his son, Chad, both of Thorntown. A Jefferson High School junior, Troy was born April 1, 1972, in Lafayette and he was a life resident.
He was a member of Lyn Treese Boys Club of Tippecanoe Country and had been on the wrestling team at Sunnyside Junior High School. He was an avid freestyle bicyclist and organized contests for bicycling in Lafayette, Crawfordsville and Indianapolis. Since August, he had been working part-time at Lou's Amoco Service Station.
Surving are his mother and step-father, Vicki and William Hutts; a brother, James A. Platt, Jr.; one sister, Bobbie Kay Stock, both at home; maternal grandparents, Francis and Patricia Kelly of Lafayette, and paternal step-grandparents, Jim and Evelyn Shoaf of New Richmond.
--Lafayette Leader Newspaper - Thu 1/5/1989
He was a member of Lyn Treese Boys Club of Tippecanoe Country and had been on the wrestling team at Sunnyside Junior High School. He was an avid freestyle bicyclist and organized contests for bicycling in Lafayette, Crawfordsville and Indianapolis. Since August, he had been working part-time at Lou's Amoco Service Station.
Surving are his mother and step-father, Vicki and William Hutts; a brother, James A. Platt, Jr.; one sister, Bobbie Kay Stock, both at home; maternal grandparents, Francis and Patricia Kelly of Lafayette, and paternal step-grandparents, Jim and Evelyn Shoaf of New Richmond.
--Lafayette Leader Newspaper - Thu 1/5/1989
Troy Wayne Platt, 16, Lafayette, was killed Jan. 2, 1989 in a plane crash near Indianapolis. Also killed in the crash were Norman "Bob" Montfort, the pilot of the plane, and his son, Chad, both of Thorntown. A Jefferson High School junior, Troy was born April 1, 1972, in Lafayette and he was a life resident.
He was a member of Lyn Treese Boys Club of Tippecanoe Country and had been on the wrestling team at Sunnyside Junior High School. He was an avid freestyle bicyclist and organized contests for bicycling in Lafayette, Crawfordsville and Indianapolis. Since August, he had been working part-time at Lou's Amoco Service Station.
Surving are his mother and step-father, Vicki and William Hutts; a brother, James A. Platt, Jr.; one sister, Bobbie Kay Stock, both at home; maternal grandparents, Francis and Patricia Kelly of Lafayette, and paternal step-grandparents, Jim and Evelyn Shoaf of New Richmond.
--Lafayette Leader Newspaper - Thu 1/5/1989
He was a member of Lyn Treese Boys Club of Tippecanoe Country and had been on the wrestling team at Sunnyside Junior High School. He was an avid freestyle bicyclist and organized contests for bicycling in Lafayette, Crawfordsville and Indianapolis. Since August, he had been working part-time at Lou's Amoco Service Station.
Surving are his mother and step-father, Vicki and William Hutts; a brother, James A. Platt, Jr.; one sister, Bobbie Kay Stock, both at home; maternal grandparents, Francis and Patricia Kelly of Lafayette, and paternal step-grandparents, Jim and Evelyn Shoaf of New Richmond.
--Lafayette Leader Newspaper - Thu 1/5/1989
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