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Arlene Ziegler Arnold, 80, New Albany

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Arlene Ziegler Arnold, 80, New Albany, formerly of Dubois, passed away at 4:42 p.m., Sunday, February 11, 2018, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. She was born at Dubois, Indiana on…

David L. Fromme, 69, Portage

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David L. Fromme, 69, of Portage, passed away Friday, February 9, 2018, at his home. David was born September 14, 1948, in Jasper to Thomas and Roselena Fromme. He owned…

Ruth M. Lueken, 78, Huntingburg

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Ruth M. Lueken, 78, of Huntingburg, passed away Monday evening, February 12, 2018, at St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born November 6, 1939, in Morganfield, Kentucky to Raymond and…

Eddie M. Olberding, 72, Jasper

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Eddie M. Olberding, 72, of Jasper, passed away at 8:15 a.m. on Monday, February 12, 2018, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Eddie was born in Tell…

Cristina Guardado De Ramos, 74, Jasper

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Cristina Guardado De Ramos, 74, of Jasper, passed away at 1:40 a.m. on Sunday, February 11, 2018, at home. Cristina was born in Arcatao Chalatenango, El Salvador, on March 20,…

Helen A. Englert, 90, Jasper

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Helen A. Englert, 90, of Jasper, passed away at 7:00 a.m. on Monday, February 12, 2018, at the home of her son in Ferdinand. Helen was born in Ferdinand on…

Debi J. Hedinger, 64, Jasper

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Debi J. Hedinger, 64, of Jasper, passed away at 4:24 p.m. Saturday, February 10, 2018, at Select Specialty Hospital at Evansville. She was born at Vincennes on July 17, 1953,…

Robert Houston Fowler, Jr., 70, Huntingburg

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Robert Houston Fowler, Jr., 70, of Huntingburg, passed away at 4:35 p.m. on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. He was born September 16, 1947, in Evansville,…

Winifred (Winnie) Emmons, 89

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Winifred (Winnie) Emmons, 89, passed away February 8th at Scenic Hills Care Center of Ferdinand. Winnie was born in Lamar, Indiana on August 29, 1929, to Edith ( Connor ) and…

Esther M. Giesler, 88, Jasper

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Esther M. Giesler, 88, of Jasper, passed away at 12:05 p.m. on Thursday, February 8, 2018, at the Timbers of Jasper. Esther was born in Ferdinand on April 22, 1929, to Pius and…

Linda Sue Uppencamp, 70, Winslow

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Linda Sue Uppencamp, 70, of Winslow, passed away at 12:12 p.m., on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born February 16, 1947,…

Allan F. Harris, 76, Huntingburg

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Allan F. Harris, 76, of Huntingburg, passed away at 4:35 a.m. on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born September 7, 1941,…

Gloria L. O’Brien, 84, Jasper

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Gloria L. O’Brien, 84, of Jasper, passed away at 11:40 p.m. on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Gloria was born in Huntingburg on March 15, 1933, to…

Ray Roesner, 82, Vincennes

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Ray Roesner, 82, of Vincennes, formerly of Holland, passed away at 1:20 a.m., on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. He was born July 22, 1935,…

Ruth “Pauline” Neukam, 97, Hillham

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Ruth “Pauline” Neukam, 97, of Hillham, entered into eternal rest on February 6, 2018, at Springs Valley Meadows, French Lick. She was born on July 19, 1920, in Martin County…

Gerald “Jerry” Wayne Royer, 67, Indianapolis

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Gerald “Jerry” Wayne Royer, 67, of Indianapolis, formerly of Jasper, passed away at 9:25 a.m. Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at Cypress Grove Rehabilitation Center, Newburgh. He was born September 26,…

Kenneth R. Humbert, 64, Birdseye

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Kenneth R. Humbert, 64, of Birdseye, passed away at 9:50 a.m. on Monday, February 5, 2018, at home. Kenny was born in Jasper, Indiana, on October 12, 1953, to Lawrence and Bernice…

Morina C. Schaefer, 93, Ferdinand

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Morina C. Schaefer, 93, of Ferdinand, formerly of St. Meinrad, passed away Saturday, February 3, 2018, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born May 10,…

Franklin H. “Tiger” Becher, 81, Ferdinand

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Franklin H. “Tiger” Becher, 81, of Ferdinand, passed away Sunday, February 4, 2018, in St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. He was born November 3, 1936, in Ferdinand to Othmar and…

Karen L. Hilgeman, 66, Huntingburg

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Karen L. Hilgeman, 66, of Huntingburg, passed away at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, January 29, 2018, at her home in Huntingburg. She was born June 23, 1951, in Schuylkill Township, Chester…

Cletus A. Merkel, 84, Jasper

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Cletus A. Merkel, 84, of Jasper, passed away at 10:12 a.m. on Saturday, February 3, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Cletus was born in Jasper on November 28,…

Henry “Frank” Huff, 90, of St. Anthony

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Henry “Frank” Huff, 90, of St. Anthony, passed away at 6:55 p.m., on Thursday, February 1, 2018, at Cypress Grove Rehab Center in Newburgh. He was born November 26, 1927, in…

Arthur Columbus Bolton Sr., 79, Dale

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Arthur Columbus Bolton Sr., 79, of Dale, passed away on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, at Willowdale Village in Dale. Arthur was born in Warrick County on June 4, 1938, to…

Clesta G. Stetter, 84, Huntingburg

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Clesta G. Stetter, 84, of Huntingburg, passed away at 11:35 p.m. on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, at Brookside Village in Jasper. She was born November 21, 1933, in Huntingburg to Cyrus…

Eunis Schwartz, 94, Huntingburg

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Eunis Schwartz, 94, of Huntingburg, passed away at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, at the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. She was born January 12, 1924, in Beattyville, Ky…

Patricia A. “Patty” Boeglin, 58, Evansville

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Patricia A. “Patty” Boeglin, 58, of Evansville, formerly of Jasper, passed away at 1:55 a.m. on Tuesday, January 30th, 2018, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville. Patty was born in Evansville on…

Patrick J. O’Brien, 77, Loogootee

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Patrick J. O’Brien, 77, of Loogootee, passed away at 2:25 p.m. Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at Loogootee Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. He was born July 1, 1940, in Loogootee, Indiana…

Juanita Spurlock, 80, Santa Claus

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Juanita Spurlock, 80, of Santa Claus, died January 30, 2018, at her residence. She was born Dec. 13, 1937, in Newburgh to Gobel and Ethel Childress. She is survived by…

Virginia Tice McCallister, 86, Santa Claus

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Virginia Tice McCallister, 86, of Santa Claus, passed away after an extended illness on Tuesday, January 30, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Virginia was born December…

Ryan D. Roach, 50, Linton

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Ryan D. Roach, 50, of Linton, Indiana, went to Heaven on Monday, January 29, 2018. He was born on August 6, 1967, in Linton, Indiana to Franklin and Martha A…

Esther Heichelbech 86, Huntingburg

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Esther Heichelbech 86, of Huntingburg, died January 29, 2018, at the Waters of Huntingburg. She was born May 3, 1931, to Robert and Laura (Geesken) Lindauer. She was a member…

Donald L. Mathies, 81, Huntingburg

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Donald L. Mathies, 81, of Huntingburg, went to his Lord and Savior on Saturday, January 27, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born September…

Rose Lee Marie Denk, 90, Jasper

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Rose Lee Marie Denk, 90, of Jasper, passed away at 3:01 p.m. on Monday, January 29, 2018, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Rose Lee was born in Louisville, Ky., on…

Patricia Ruth Seckinger, 89, Saint Meinrad

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Patricia Ruth Seckinger, 89, of Saint Meinrad, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018, at her home. Patricia was born February 1, 1928, in Huntingburg to Clem & Viola (Woerter) Messmer…

Ardella M. Daunhauer, 90, Ferdinand

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Ardella M. Daunhauer, 90, of Ferdinand, passed away on Saturday, January 27, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. She was born January 31, 1927, in Jasper to…

Eric C. Schaber, 65, Huntingburg

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Eric C. Schaber, 65, of Huntingburg, passed away at 4:55 p.m. Tuesday, January 23, 2018, at Willow Manor Nursing Home in Vincennes. Eric was born in Hazelton, Penn., on August 5,…

Marta Kloeck, 82, Ferdinand

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Marta Kloeck, 82, of Ferdinand, passed away Wednesday, January 24, 2018, at her home in Ferdinand. Marta was born April 15, 1935, in Heilbronn, Germany, to Karl and Anna Maria…

Archbishop Emeritus Daniel M. Buechlein, OSB, dies January 25

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St. Meinrad—Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, OSB, 79, monk and priest of Saint Meinrad Archabbey and archbishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, died at 12:20 a.m. on January 25, 2018,…

Charles William Peters, 78, Santa Claus

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Charles William Peters, 78, of Santa Claus, Indiana, formerly of Fairfield, Illinois, passed away at 6:37 p.m., Tuesday, January 23, 2018, at Transcendent Healthcare of Boonville with family by his…

Frank A. Kimmel, 61, Huntingburg

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Frank A. Kimmel, 61, of Huntingburg, passed away at 4:50 p.m. on Monday, January 22, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born October 23, 1956,…

Norma C. Truelove, 81, Jasper

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Norma C. Truelove, 81, of Jasper, passed away at 5:15 a.m. CST on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at the Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville, Indiana. Norma was born in Huntingburg on June…

Billy J. Moesner, 79, Huntingburg

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Billy J. Moesner, 79, of Huntingburg, passed away at 4:43 p.m. on Monday, January 22, 2018, at the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. He was born January 12, 1939, in Selvin…

Hattie Bernice (Wiseman) Pinnell, 91, New Albany

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Hattie Bernice (Wiseman) Pinnell, 91, of New Albany, formerly of Birdseye, passed away at 8:40 a.m. Monday, January 22, 2018, at Baptist Health Floyd Hospital in New Albany. She was…

Barbara Zahn, 78, Jasper

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Barbara Zahn, 78, of Jasper, passed away at 5:38 p.m. on Sunday, January 21, 2018, at The Timbers of Jasper. Barbara was born in Louisville, Ky., on January 28, 1939, to Richard…

Cathy Riehle, 74, Newburgh

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Cathy Riehle, 74, of Newburgh, passed away Thursday, January 18, 2018, at her home. She was born April 15, 1943, in Huntingburg to John F. and Mary (Trzeciak) Gramelspacher. Cathy…

Charles E. Knust, 78, Jasper

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Charles E. Knust, 78, of Jasper, Indiana, passed away at 9:45 a.m. on Friday, January 19, 2018, at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Indianapolis. Charlie was born in Jasper on March 15, 1939,…

Kent G. Greulich, 76, Huntingburg

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Kent G. Greulich, 76, passed away on Friday, January 19, 2018, at his home in Huntingburg. He was born January 18, 1942, in Spencer County, Indiana to Alois “Boo” and…

Laura A. Lauderdale, 91, Huntingburg

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Laura A. Lauderdale, 91, of Huntingburg, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at The Waters of Huntingburg. She was born October 31, 1926, in Duff, Indiana, to Herman and Amelia…

Colleen J. Weigel, 84, Huntingburg

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Colleen J. Weigel, 84, of Huntingburg, passed away at 12:40 p.m. Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at the Newburgh Health Care Center in Newburgh. She was born February 6, 1933, in…

Dr. Allen Dearing Scales, 89, Huntingburg

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Dr. Allen Dearing Scales, 89, of Huntingburg, passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at The Waters nursing facility in Huntingburg. Dr. Scales was born on September 3, 1928, in…