Stephen P. ”Butch” Hickner, 73, of West Lafayette, passed away peacefully at home, after a short but courageous battle with brain cancer early Monday, September 26, 2022.
Steve was born July 31, 1949, in Elwood, IN, to the late Jerome and Edith (Jackson) Hickner. Butch graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1967 and attended Ball State University.
On their first trip to Puerto Vallarta in early 2001, he proposed to Katherine “Katie” Lamb and they were married August 11, 2001. That was followed by 18 more memory-filled vacations to their “happy place”.
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