OBITUARIES

  • David Anthony Fischer, 80, Jasper

    David Anthony Fischer, 80, of Jasper, formerly of Huntingburg, passed away on Friday, February 21, 2025, at Serenity Springs Senior Living at Northwood in Jasper. He was born February 18, 1945, in Huntingburg, to Louis and Antoinette “Peggy” (Johnson) Fischer.   David attended Huntingburg High School and married Charlene Fuhrman on July 8, 1972, in St….

  • Betty Jean Thomas, 80, Winslow

    Betty Jean Thomas, 80, of Winslow, Indiana, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. She was born on December 26, 1944, in Connersville, Indiana.  She is preceded in death by her parents, Oda Fawcett and Clarence Dunn; stepparents, Floyd and Opal Harper; sister, Brenda Day; stepson, Buford Thomas, Jr. Betty is survived…

  • James F. “Jim” Lehmkuhler, 85, Jasper

    James F. “Jim” Lehmkuhler, 85, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 12:56 p.m. on Saturday, February 22, 2025, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand, Indiana. Jim was born in Siberia, Indiana, on December 17, 1939, to Casper “Cap” and Dorothy (Dooley) Lehmkuhler.  He married Judith Ann “Judy” Eckstein on June 26,…

  • Martha Jane Best, 66, Ireland

    Martha Jane Best, 66, of Ireland, passed away surrounded by family at 11:10 p.m. on Saturday, February 22, 2025, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper, Indiana. Martha was born in Ireland, Indiana, on January 19, 1959, to Albert and Mattieline (Huber) Goeppner.  She married Thomas Best on June 24, 1978, at St. Mary Catholic…

  • Carol Sue Young, 73, Jasper

    Carol Sue Young, 73, of Jasper, formerly of Zoar, Indiana, passed away on Friday, February 21, 2025, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. She was born in Huntingburg on March 26, 1951, to Louis and Selma (Kappner) Langebrake.    Carol was a Holland High School graduate and attended Lockyear Business College. On November 20, 1976, she married Stephen…

  • Mabel Delores Ragsdale, 90, Shoals

     Mabel Delores (Sorrells) Ragsdale, 90, of Shoals, passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2025.  Born April 23, 1934, in Shoals, she was the daughter of Lee James and Marguerite (Bledsoe) Sorrells.  Delores attended Shoals High School.  Together with her husband, Carleton, and her parents, she owned and operated Bo-Macs from August 1960 until April 2006,…

  • Thomas A. Bryan, 81, Carmel

    Thomas A. Bryan, a dedicated poultry veterinarian, esteemed researcher at Purdue University, and longtime Sunday school teacher, passed away peacefully in Carmel, Indiana, on February 21, 2025, at the age of 81, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Born on April 24, 1943, in Scott City, Kansas, to Myrtle M. and J. Arthur Bryan, Tom…

  • Bonita Mary “Bonnie” (Gehlhausen) Emmert, 94, Ferdinand

    Bonita Mary “Bonnie” (Gehlhausen) Emmert, 94, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at 9:45 a.m. ET Saturday, February 22, in her Ferdinand home, two blocks from the home where she was born. Born on August 24, 1930, Bonnie was the youngest of ten children of Catherine (Zeller) and Richard Gehlhausen. She graduated from Academy…

  • Steven Wayne Henson, 67,

    Steven Wayne Henson, 67, went to his forever home on February 20, 2025. He was born in Washington, Ind., to Daniel J. and Shirley (Wallace) Henson on September 7, 1957, on his mother’s 21st birthday. Steve found the love of his life while cashing his paychecks at Citizen’s State Bank in Petersburg. Steve and Lori Robertson…