Alice Jane Kluesner, 82, Jasper
Alice Jane Kluesner, 82, of Jasper, passed away at 3:25 p.m. on Saturday, February 15, 2025, in Jasper.
She was born in Jasper on June 16, 1942, to Albert and Anna (Lechner) Hopf.
She married Arnold B. Kluesner, her husband of 58 years, on October 26, 1966 in St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Alice graduated from Jasper High School in 1960 and St. Mary’s School of Nursing in Evansville in 1963 as a Registered Nurse.
After graduation, she started a 45-year career with Memorial Hospital in Jasper, working as a staff nurse, house nursing supervisor, and director of nursing supervision. In 1986, she became a certified oncology nurse and was an instrumental member in the start of the oncology department. She also served as a hospice nurse for the original Dubois County Hospice Program. She and her husband, Arnie, continued to serve as associates of the Little Company of Mary after her retirement in 2008.
Alice was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Jasper, St. Anne’s Sodality, and the Jasper Circle of the Daughters of Isabella. She served as a Eucharistic Minister at the church and Brookside Nursing Home and volunteered for the bereavement lunch committee and other church activities.
She was a member of the Beta Sigma Phi and Gamma Kappa Sororities, the Oncology Nursing Society, and the Registered Nurse Association. She was a member of the marketing committee of the Dubois County Museum, was a 4-H leader in the 1960s and 70s, and volunteered at Jasper Grade School and High School while her boys were in school
She enjoyed camping with family and friends, spending time at Beaver Lake, playing tennis, playing cards, and spending time with family and friends, especially her grandchildren and their sporting events.
Surviving is her husband, Arnold Kluesner of Jasper; two sons, Joseph Kluesner (Paula) of St. Anthony and Timothy Kluesner of Jasper; two grandchildren, Benjamin and Samuel Kluesner; one brother, Thomas A. Hopf of Jasper; one sister, Doris Kidwell of Asheboro, N.C.; and one sister-in-law; Dolores Hopf of Jasper.
Preceding her in death was one brother, James L. Hopf, and one sister, Rosemary “Rosie” Burger.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at noon on Friday, February 21, 2025, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Jasper with burial to follow in Fairview Cemetery in Jasper.
Visitation will be held at St. Joseph Catholic Church on Friday from 9 a.m. until noon Mass. The Memorial Hospital Nursing Honor Guard will conduct a memorial service at 8:45 a.m.
Instead of flowers or gifts, please donate to St. Joseph Catholic Church or the Memorial Hospital Foundation.
Online condolences may be made at www.becherkluesner.com.
