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Richard Bruce “Rick” Ahlers

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Richard Bruce “Rick” Ahlers

Birth
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Death
2 Jun 1966 (aged 16)
West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Burial
West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec E, Lot 263
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A 16-year-old West Lafayette boy, who may have been distraught because of an overweight condition, apparently took his own life at his home Thursday night, according to Dr. William M. Sholty, Tippecanoe County coroner.

Pronounced dead St. Elizabeth Hospital shortly before 8 p.m. was Richard Bruce (Rick) Ahlers, son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Ahlers, 174 Sumac Drive, West Lafayette.

Dr. Sholty ruled suffocation with a plastic bag as cause of death.

Although the investigation was being continued, the coroner said he had learned that the youth had been deeply concerned because he was overweight.

Born in Lafayette, he lived most of his life in West Lafayette and was a sophomore in West Lafayette High School.

He was on the B team of the school football squad and a member of the technical equipment crew. He was treasurer-elect of the high school Library Club, a Hi-Y pledge and member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

Surviving with the parents is a brother, Thomas William, at home.

Published Lafayette Journal & Courier June 3, 1966

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(provided by Barbara Knochel)
A 16-year-old West Lafayette boy, who may have been distraught because of an overweight condition, apparently took his own life at his home Thursday night, according to Dr. William M. Sholty, Tippecanoe County coroner.

Pronounced dead St. Elizabeth Hospital shortly before 8 p.m. was Richard Bruce (Rick) Ahlers, son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Ahlers, 174 Sumac Drive, West Lafayette.

Dr. Sholty ruled suffocation with a plastic bag as cause of death.

Although the investigation was being continued, the coroner said he had learned that the youth had been deeply concerned because he was overweight.

Born in Lafayette, he lived most of his life in West Lafayette and was a sophomore in West Lafayette High School.

He was on the B team of the school football squad and a member of the technical equipment crew. He was treasurer-elect of the high school Library Club, a Hi-Y pledge and member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

Surviving with the parents is a brother, Thomas William, at home.

Published Lafayette Journal & Courier June 3, 1966

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(provided by Barbara Knochel)


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94642672/richard_bruce-ahlers: accessed ), memorial page for Richard Bruce “Rick” Ahlers (25 Apr 1950–2 Jun 1966), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94642672, citing Grand View Cemetery, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Amy H. (contributor 47253323).