Bessie Marie Arndt Gurnick Obituary

We are sad to announce that on October 13, 2020, at the age of 97, Bessie Marie Arndt Gurnick of Lafayette, Indiana passed away. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Bessie Marie Arndt Gurnick to pay them a last tribute.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Homer Brown and Bertha Brown (Pratt); her former spouse Edd Owen Arndt; her husband Michael William Gurnick; her daughter Joyce Gillis; her grandchildren, Nicole Parmley, Edward and Stan Ostermeyer; her siblings, Susan Jones, Ray Brown, Thelma Sharp, Anna Clarene Thompson, Gene Brown, Edna Herbert and Robert Brown; and her granddaughter-in-law Donna Gillis.

She is survived by: her daughters, Brenda J. Ostermeyer (Larry) of West Lafayette and Sharon K. Cadwallader of West Lafayette; her grandchildren, Daniel Gillis III, Jacqueline Gillis Leake (Chuck), Richard Ostermeyer, Jerri Brown (Patrick) and James Cadwallader IV (Brandy Moore); her great grandchildren, Eddie Payne, Joshua Cooper, Shannon Gillis, Matthew Gillis, Michael Ostermeyer, Allix Ostermeyer, Caleb Brown, Anna Brown and Body Cadwallader; and her great great grandchildren, Aiden Eavey, Quinn Parmley, Sawyer Parmley and Stiles Cooper.

Current Covid-19 precautions will be observed along with social distancing.

In lieu of usual remembrances, contributions may be directed to Arc of Tippecanoe County.