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Donald L. Kluesner, 68, Jasper
Donald L. Kluesner, 68, of Jasper, passed away at 9:35 a.m. CDT on Friday, October 5, 2018, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh. Donald was born in Huntingburg on July…
Eloise R. Berg, 71, St. Anthony
Eloise R. Berg, 71, of St. Anthony, passed away at 6:20 a.m. on Thursday, October 4, 2018, at Brookside Village in Jasper, Indiana. Eloise was born in Dubois on November…
Marcie D (Carson) Schneider, 65, Eckerty
Marcie D (Carson) Schneider, 65, of Eckerty, passed away on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, at her home in Eckerty. She was born on June 17, 1953, in Sullivan County, the…
James K. “Jim” Vaughn, 94, Jasper
James K. “Jim” Vaughn, 94, of Jasper, passed away at 2:23 a.m. on Wednesday, October 3, 2018, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Jim was born in Speedwell, Va., on…
Kent R. Fleck, 68, Jasper
Kent R. Fleck, 68, of Jasper, passed away at 8:55 a.m. on Monday, October 1, 2018, at home. Kent was born in Huntingburg on January 14, 1950, to Virgil and…
Marietta Esposito, 87, Huntingburg
Marietta Esposito, 87, of Huntingburg, passed away at 3:54 a.m. on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born October 22, 1930,…
William “Bill” E. Polen, 71, Jasper
William “Bill” E. Polen, 71, of Jasper, passed away at 11:05 a.m. on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Bill was born in…
Elizabeth “Betty” Schwinghamer, 87, St. Henry
Elizabeth “Betty” Schwinghamer, 87, of St. Henry, passed away Friday, Sept. 30, 2018, at St. Charles Health Care Center, Jasper. She was born Oct. 12, 1930, to Felix and Rosalia…
Levienes S. Schitter, 91, Jasper
Levienes S. Schitter, 91, of Jasper, passed away at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 30, 2018, at Brookside Village in Jasper, Indiana. Levienes was born in Ireland, Indiana, on November…
Stephen R. “Steve” Houchin, 66, Stendal
Stephen R. “Steve” Houchin, 66, of Stendal, passed away on Saturday, September 29, 2018, at The Waters of Huntingburg. He was born August 1, 1952, in Huntingburg to Orville and…
Harold Simon Pund, 76, Mariah Hill
Harold Simon Pund, 76, of Mariah Hill, passed away Friday, September 28, 2018, at his home. Harold was born in Ferdinand on May 18, 1942, to Leo and Cornelia (Schum)…
Lavella E. Singer, 88, Jasper,
Lavella E. Singer, 88, of Jasper, passed quietly from this life on September 28, 2018, at Brookside Village in Jasper, Indiana. Lavella was born at home on a farm in…
Ronald L. “Ron” Leech, 78, Birdseye
Ronald L. “Ron” Leech, 78, of Birdseye, passed away at 12:58 p.m., Thursday, September 27, 2018, at his home. He was born August 25, 1940, in Monroe City, Indiana, to…
Alma Kordes Oser, 90, Huntingburg
Alma Kordes Oser, 90, of Huntingburg, passed away at 9:02 p.m. on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born October 28,…
Leo J. Brelage Jr., 65, Jasper
Leo J. Brelage Jr., 65, Jasper, passed away at 6:40 a.m. (CDT) on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. Lee was born in Jasper on April 19,…
Roman Herbert Heichelbech, 83, Ferdinand
Roman Herbert Heichelbech, 83, of Ferdinand, passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2018, at The Waters of Huntingburg. He was born September 22, 1935, in Ferdinand, to George and Elizabeth (Gehl)…
Jay C. Briggs, 66, Holland
Jay C. Briggs 66, of Holland, entered rest on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, at Memorial Healthcare and Hospital in Jasper. He was born on Jan. 14, 1952 in Oakland City…
Rita Mae Sermersheim, 95, Greenfield
Rita Mae Sermersheim, 95, a resident of Greenfield, passed away Sunday morning September 23, 2018, at Golden Living Center at Brandywine. She was born April 24, 1923, in Jasper, Indiana…
Joan S. Stout, 80, Huntingburg
Joan S. Stout, 80, of Huntingburg, passed away at 5:43 a.m. on Sunday, September 23, 2018, at The Waters of Huntingburg. She was born June 23, 1938, in Camden, New…
Bradley J. Burress, 50, Jasper
Bradley J. Burress, 50, of Jasper, passed away Thursday, September 20, 2018, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. Bradley was born April 25, 1968, in Jasper to James and Rosie (Durcholz) Burress…
Joyce Mae Stilwell, 85, Algiers
Joyce Mae Stilwell, 85, of Algiers, passed away at 5:24 p.m. on Saturday, September 22, 2018, at Amber Manor Care Center in Petersburg. Joyce was born in Velpen on January…
Kiersten Marie Land, 20, Jasper
Kiersten Marie Land, 20, of Jasper, entered into eternal rest on Friday, September 21, 2018 at home. Kiersten was born in Jasper, Indiana on June 24, 1998 to Jarrod and…
Donna M. Fleck, 60, Ferdinand
Donna M. Fleck, 60, of Ferdinand, passed, away Thursday, September 20, 2018, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette. Donna was born January 29,1958, in Huntingburg to Leo and Isabel (Dilger)…
Anthony R. Bullock, 70, Indianapolis
Anthony R. Bullock, 70 of Indianapolis, formerly of Loogootee and Vincennes, passed away at 12:43 p.m. Thursday, September 20, 2018, at Community Hospital South. He was born September 14, 1948, in…
James Michael Lifke, 80, Santa Claus
James Michael Lifke, 80, of Santa Claus, passed away peacefully Thursday, September 20, 2018, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. James was born October 22, 1937, in Mishawaka to Michael and…
William “Bill” Lannan, 85, Loogootee
William “Bill” Lannan, 85, of Loogootee, passed away at 10:25 a.m. Tuesday, September 18, 2018, at his home. He was born January 5, 1933, in Daviess County, Indiana to the…
William T. Bridge, 91, Holland
William T. Bridge, 91, of Holland, passed away at 3:45 p.m., on Tuesday, September 18, 2018, at the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. He was born September 11, 1927, in…
Louis Ray Kellems, 75, Dickson, Tenn.
Louis Ray Kellems, 75, of Dickson, Tenn., formerly of Birdseye, passed away peacefully at his home on July 27, 2018. Son of the late James and Lilly Kellems, Louis was…
Jimmie L. “Jim” Lammers, 88, Huntingburg
Jimmie L. “Jim” Lammers, 88, of Huntingburg, passed away at 1:46 a.m., Tuesday, September 18, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born October 28,…
Dorothy Bernice Bullock, 94, Loogootee
Dorothy Bernice Bullock, 94, of Loogootee, passed away at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 18, 2018, at Northwood Good Samaritan in Jasper. She was born June 13, 1924, in Daviess County,…
Robert J. Schepers, 69, Celestine
Robert J. Schepers, 69, of Celestine, passed away at 4:40 p.m. on Monday, September 17, 2018, at his home. Robert was born in Celestine, Indiana on September 13, 1949, to…
Ronald Gary Mason, 80, Huntingburg
Ronald Gary Mason, 80, of Huntingburg, passed away at 7:43 p.m., on Saturday, September 15, 2018, at his home. He was born August 9, 1938, in Spurgeon, Indiana to Henry…
Edmond “Dwain” Reynolds, 82, Ferdinand
Edmond “Dwain” Reynolds, 82, of Ferdinand, passed away at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper on September 15, 2018, surrounded by family members. Ed was born on February 18,…
Robert L. Woolsey, 79, Huntingburg
Robert L. Woolsey, 79, of Huntingburg, formerly of Dale, died Sept. 12, at Memorial Hospital. He was born September 15, 1938, in Dale to Ted and Lucinda Mae Woolsey. He…
Joseph R. Tomey, 67, Huntingburg
Joseph R. Tomey of Huntingburg, died at his home on Tuesday, September 11 at 1:15 a.m. after a fierce battle with esophageal cancer. He was born in Washington, Ind., on…
Richard L. Sendelweck, 80, Ireland
Richard L. Sendelweck, 80, of Ireland, Indiana, passed away at 5:26 p.m. Thursday, September 13, 2018, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. Richard was born in Otwell, Indiana, on April…
Kimberly Ann Palmer, 59, Chrisney
Kimberly Ann Palmer, 59, of Chrisney, passed away on Thursday, September 13, 2018, at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. She was born in Huntingburg on May 22, 1959. Kim was…
Rebecca Joy (Barnett) Suhrheinrich, 58, Houston, Tx.
Rebecca Joy (Barnett) Suhrheinrich, known by most as Becky, 58, of Houston, Texas, passed away on July 26, 2018. Becky was born in Huntingburg to Vernon and Wanda (Jean Gambill)…
Frances Wright, 84, Huntingburg
Frances Wright, 84, of Huntingburg, passed away at 6:10 p.m., Sunday, September 9, 2018, at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. She was born March 6, 1934, in Grandview, Indiana…
Jean C. Walters, 78, Huntingburg
Jean C. Walters, 78, of Huntingburg, passed away at 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday, September 12, 2018, at The Timbers of Jasper. She was born April 12, 1940, in Huntingburg to…
Roberta Grace (Claycamp) Kaetzel, 91, Dale
Roberta Grace (Claycamp) Kaetzel, 91, of Dale, passed away Monday, September 10, 2018, at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. She was born July 7, 1927, in Jackson County to…
Sandra L. (Shipp) Conley, 68, Washington
Sandra L. (Shipp) Conley, 68, of Washington, passed peacefully at her home, Sunday, September 9, 2018, surrounded by her devoted husband and loving children. She was born on November 7,…
Mary A. Heberer, 72, Ferdinand
Mary A. Heberer, 72, of Ferdinand, passed away Friday, September 7, 2018, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born December 6, 1945, to Martin and…
Timothy Grant “Tim” Daugherty, 63, Holland
Timothy Grant “Tim” Daugherty, 63, of Holland, passed away on Thursday, September 6, 2018, at his residence. He was born June 8, 1955, in Princeton, Indiana to Donald Lloyd and…
Ann Marie Routson, 69, Noblesville, formerly Jasper
Ann Marie Routson, 69, of Noblesville, formerly of Jasper, passed away in Red Bank, N.J. on Friday, September 7, 2018, surrounded by her family. Ann was born on November 9, 1948, in…
Carolyn M. Roos, 81, Huntingburg
Carolyn M. Roos, 81, of Huntingburg, passed away to be with her Lord on Saturday, September 8, 2018, at 11:30 p.m., while residing at The Waters of Huntingburg in the…
Verlyn E. Gehlhausen, 54, Huntingburg
Verlyn E. Gehlhausen, 54, of Huntingburg, passed away on Friday, September 7, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Verlyn was born December 25, 1963, in Huntingburg to…
David L. Doersam, 46, Jasper
David L. Doersam, 46, of Jasper, passed away at 11:25 a.m. on Thursday, September 6, 2018, in the Indiana Veterans Home in West Lafayette. David was born in Jasper, Indiana,…
Margaret A. Blessinger, 74, Jasper
Margaret A. Blessinger, 74, of Jasper, passed away at 12:36 a.m. on Friday, September 7, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Margaret was born in Jasper…
Fr. Mel Patton, OSB, dies Sept. 6
Fr. Mel Patton, OSB, 93, monk and priest of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, died around 6:30 p.m. on September 6, 2018, in the monastery infirmary. He is survived by his brother,…
