Eugene Albert McCormick, 84, of West Lafayette, died Thursday, November 17, 2011 at St. Elizabeth East Hospital of Lafayette. He was born September 26, 1927 in Indianapolis to the late Thomas Sr. and Margaret McCormick. He graduated from Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis, and then studied Accounting at Indiana Business College. He served in the United States Army during World War II from November 9, 1945 to May 19, 1947. During that time, he was stationed in New Mexico, Texas, and New Jersey. His marriage was to Lillian Harper on December 31, 1949 in Indianapolis. She survives. Eugene lived in the Indianapolis and Greenwood area until moving to West Lafayette, and was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police. He managed a dance band in the early 1940s, worked as an accountant for Lake Central Airlines, published and edited the Indiana Police Officer Magazine, worked for the American Legion and was later a self-employed private detective. Eugene was a self-taught and talented artist and acted in community theater, playing, among other things, the ranch foreman, in the production of Mice and Men at the Christian Theological Seminary Theater in Indianapolis. He enjoyed listening to music and also dressing up as Santa Claus for the children at Christmas. Surviving with his wife is a daughter, Jenny (husband: Timothy), a son, Kelly, and two grandchildren, Brian and Megan. He is preceded in death by two children, Ross McCormick and Cindy Kimberlin, two brothers, Thomas and Delbert McCormick and two sisters, Mary Margaret and Ellen McCormick. Private family services being held. Interment to be at the Indiana Veterans Home Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association.