OBITUARIES

  • Ernest O. Werne, 86

    Ernest O. Werne, age 86 of Jasper passed away at 5:15 p.m. Saturday (December 10, 2011) at his home. He was born June 10, 1925 at St. Meinrad, Indiana to Frank and Philomena (Rickelman) Werne. He married Irene Ackerman on October 21, 1950 in St. Joseph Catholic Church in Jasper. Ernest was a WWII Marine…

  • William “Bill” Henry Tormohlen, 88

    William “Bill” Henry Tormohlen, age 88, of Huntingburg, passed away at 12:25 p.m., Thursday, December 8, 2011 at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born March 9, 1923 in Cass Township in Dubois County, Indiana to Elvis H. and Ruth (Hemmer) Tormohlen. He was a metalworker and retired from the ALCOA…

  • Willie M. Schafer, 91

    Willie M. Schafer, age 91 of Jasper passed away at 2:20 p.m. Friday (December 9, 2011) in the Transcendent Health Care of Boonville, Indiana. He was born February 7, 1920 at Hawesville, Kentucky to John M. and Carrie (McCaslin) Schafer. He married Dolena Cooper on October 14, 1939, she preceded him in death on February…

  • Donna R. Phillips, 58

    Donna R. Phillips, age 58, Huntingburg, Indiana passed away at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday (December 6, 2011) in St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville, Indiana. She was born in Jasper, Indiana on July 15, 1953 to Ernest and Pauline (Werne) Klem. She married Mickey Phillips on February 21, 1987 in Jasper, Indiana. Donna was working at…

  • Elowese St. Clair, 89

    Elowese St. Clair, age 89, formerly of Birdseye and Paoli, Indiana, passed away at 7:45 p.m., Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at The Waters of Huntingburg nursing center in Huntingburg. She was born April 27, 1922 in Huntingburg, Indiana to Oral and Bertha (Sturgeon) Beard. Elowese worked as a nurse’s aide in the maternity ward of…

  • Robert F. Whitten, Sr., 92

    Robert F. Whitten, Sr., age 92, of Huntingburg, passed away at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, December 1, 2011 at the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. He was born October 10, 1919 in Huntingburg, Indiana to Elijah and Mary (Beasley) Whitten. He was united in marriage to Imelda L. Lasher on November 10, 1949. Robert was employed…

  • Robert J. Keller, 76

    Robert J. Keller, age 76 of Jasper passed away at 1:44 a.m Tuesday (November 29, 2011) in Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born at Ferdinand, Indiana May 10, 1935 to Alvin and Anna (Recker) Keller. He married Elsie Hoffman on June 18, 1960 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Boone…

  • Gilbert W. Angerer, 91

    Gilbert W. Angerer, age 91 of Dubois, Indiana, passed away at 6:07 a.m. Tuesday (November 29, 2011) in Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born at Dubois, Indiana on August 21, 1920 to Fred and Elsie (Baer) Angerer. He had two marriages; 1st marriage to Jeanette Zehr who passed away on…

  • Jeffrey R. Roettger, 45

    Jeffrey R. Roettger, age 45, of Tell City, formerly of Stendal, passed away at 6:00 a.m., Saturday, November 26, 2011 at The Waters of Huntingburg nursing center in Huntingburg. He was born December 15, 1965 in Huntingburg, Indiana to James O. and Ruby (Wheat) Roettger. Jeff grew up and lived in Stendal, Indiana and worked…