Assistant Principal

S.T. "Cy" Proffitt, 84, of Plainfield and formerly of Terre Haute died at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 13, 1996, in Hendricks Community Hospital in Danville, Indiana. He was a former school administrator for Vigo County School Corporation, retiring in 1977..

He was born October 26, 1911, in Lebanon, Indiana to Okie E. Proffitt and Susan Merrick Proffitt. His first wife, Lauraanna "Sally" Loutt Proffitt, died December 5, 1992.

Survivors include his wife, Lucia Tauer Proffitt; two daughters, Judith A. Massey of West Terre Haute and Cyann P. Scott of Indianapolis; one son, Ben D. of Pittsburgh; five stepchildren, Paul O. Tauer III of Monrovia, Lucia Jones of Indianapolis, Dr. Kurt Tauer of Memphis, Tennessee, Eric H. Tauer of Plainfield and Karl F. Tauer of Cincinnati; nine granchildren; five great-grandchildren; 13 stepgrandchildren; seven step great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Services were held in the Callahan Funeral Home. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lebanon, Indiana.