
Obituaries can be submitted by email to editor@duboiscountyfreepress.com.
Carl Ray Newton, 80, Huntingburg
Carl Ray Newton, 80, of Huntingburg, went to be with the Lord early Wednesday morning, on March 14, 2018, in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center…
Virginia ‘Ginny”’ Schroeder, 81, Huntingburg
Virginia “Ginny” Schroeder, 81, of Huntingburg, passed away at 8:58 a.m., on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. She was born August 18, 1936, in…
Lenora M. Heilers, 91, Ferdinand
Lenora M. Heilers, 91, of Ferdinand, passed away Sunday, March 11, 2018, at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. Lenora was born July 9, 1926, to John and Theresia (Gogel)…
Barbara Zink, 82, Mansfield
Barbara Zink, 82, of Mansfield, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 11, 2018, at her home. She was born on June 17, 1935, in Richland City,…
Cecilia M. “C. Mae” Ploetner, 93, Jasper
Cecilia M. “C. Mae” Ploetner, 93 of Jasper, passed away at 8:03 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. C. Mae was born in…
Michael A. Carota, 72, Huntingburg
Michael A. Carota, 72, of Huntingburg, passed away on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at Memorial Hospital emergency room, Jasper. He was born on August 8, 1945, in Monterey, California to…
Doretha Stockinger, 86, Boonville
Doretha Stockinger, 86, of Boonville, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2018, at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville, surrounded by her sons, from complications of a stroke. She was born May…
Edna M. Mehringer, 88, Greenwood
Edna M. Mehringer, 88, Greenwood, died on Friday, March 2, 2018. Edna was born on May 22, 1929, in Schnellville, to the late Oscar and Cecilia Mary (Lueken) Persohn. She…
Kenneth L. Jochem, 79, Jasper
Kenneth L. Jochem, 79, of Jasper, passed away at 6:33 p.m. on Saturday, March 3, 2018, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Kenneth was born in St. Henry, Indiana, on March 22,…
Barbara “Susie” Baxter, 89, Jasper
Barbara “Susie” Baxter, 89, of Jasper, passed away at 1:35 p.m. on Saturday, March 3, 2018, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Barbara was born in Loogootee, Indiana, on September 28, 1928,…
Melba Marie Werremeyer, 88, Huntingburg
Melba Marie Werremeyer, 88, of Huntingburg, passed away at 5:52 a.m., on Saturday, March 3, 2018, in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was…
Jay Elbert Houchin, 64, Huntingburg
Jay Elbert Houchin, 64, of Huntingburg, passed away on Tuesday, February 27, 2018. He is survived by his wife, Carrie (Merrell) Houchin of Huntingburg; two daughters and one son-in-law, Margaret (Brad) Coomer…
Albert Hagedorn, 70, Dale
Albert Hagedorn, 70, of Dale, passed away Wednesday, February 28, at home. Albert was born March 16, 1947, to Leo and Eulalia (Fischer) Hagedorn. Albert was a retired teacher of…
Veronica “Fronie” Dilger, 72, St. Anthony
Veronica “Fronie” Dilger, 72, of St. Anthony, passed away at 4:55 p.m. Wednesday, February 28, 2018, at Kindred Hospital, Louisville, Ky. She was born at Ireland on May 25,1945, to…
Mae Ilene Metzger, 79, Jasper
Mae Ilene Metzger, 79, of Jasper, passed away at 10:10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Mae was born in Daviess County, Indiana, on December…
Carma J. Habig, 84, Jasper
Carma J. Habig, 84, of Jasper, passed away at 10:49 a.m. on Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Carma was born in Jasper on September 29, 1933, to…
Glenda Sue Dupont, 64, Chrisney
Glenda Sue Dupont, 64, of Chrisney, passed away at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at Willowdale Village in Dale. She was born January 9, 1954, in Tell City to James…
Zachary K. Wright, 22
Zachary K Wright, 22, passed away Saturday, February 24, 2018, in an automobile accident. He was born September 28, 1995, to Timothy and Rachel (Hayes) Wright in Jasper. A 2014…
Aline C. Weyer, 92, Ferdinand
Aline C. Weyer, 92, of Ferdinand, died Monday, February 26, 2018, at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. She was born in Ferdinand December 29, 1925, to Lawrence Joseph and…
Christopher R. Ruckriegel, 43, Jasper
Christopher R. Ruckriegel, 43, of Jasper, passed away on Saturday evening, February 24, 2018, at his home. Chris was born in Jasper on October 25, 1974, to Richard and Carolyn (Buchta) Ruckriegel…
Almeda Wilmes, 92, Ferdinand
Almeda Wilmes, 92, of Ferdinand, passed away Monday, February 26, 2018, surrounded by her family at Brookside Village in Jasper. She was born November 18, 1925, in Ferdinand to Simon…
Harold Lee Hoffman, 71, Crystal
Harold Lee Hoffman, 71, Crystal, passed away at 12:49 a.m. on Saturday, February 24, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Lee was born in Brazil, Indiana, on October 22,…
Fr. Angelo Quadrini, 83 (pending)
Fr. Angelo Quadrini, 83, of the Order of the Sons of Divine Providence, former longtime priest and CEO of the Providence Home in Jasper passed away on Tuesday, February 20,…
Ralph Allen Garland, 64, Jasper
Ralph Allen Garland, 64, of Jasper, passed away Wednesday, February 21, 2018, in Jasper. He was born November 23, 1953, in Huntingburg to Ralph and Wanda (Powers) Garland. Ralph is…
Juanita D. Hagemeyer, 85, Stendal
Juanita D. Hagemeyer, 85, of Stendal, passed away at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 22, 2018, at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. She was born November 13, 1932, in Stendal to…
Lillian F. Eckert, 90, Ireland
Lillian F. Eckert, 90, of Ireland, passed away at 5:15 a.m. on Wednesday, February 21, 2018, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Lillian was born in Ireland on July 2,…
Charles Eugene Heim, 73, Selvin
Charles Eugene Heim, 73, of Selvin, passed away at 7:19 a.m. Sunday, February 18, 2018, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. He was born February 14, 1945, in Huntingburg to Russell and…
Mary Jo Uebelhor, 84, Jasper
Mary Jo Uebelhor, 84, of Jasper, passed away at 2:13 a.m. on Saturday, February 17, 2018, in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was…
Ben F. Sunderman, 89, Huntingburg
Ben F. Sunderman, 89, of Huntingburg, formerly of Velpen, passed away on Friday, February 16, 2018, at his residence. He was born April 13, 1928, in Duff, Indiana to Albert…
Jane E. Tanner, 71, Huntingburg
Jane E. Tanner, 71, of Huntingburg, passed away at 12:25 a.m., Saturday, February 17, 2018, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. She was born January 4, 1947, in Huntingburg, Indiana to…
Richard R. “Dick” Schmitt, 79, Haysville
Richard R. “Dick” Schmitt, 79, of Haysville, passed away at 4:37 p.m. on Friday, February 16, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Dick was born in Jasper on January…
Shirley T. Meyer, 82, Jasper
Shirley T. Meyer, 82, of Jasper, passed away at 1:15 a.m. on Friday, February 16, 2018, at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. Shirley was born in Huntingburg on December 16, 1935, to…
Verlin C. Kenworthy, 91, Jasper
Verlin C. Kenworthy, 91, of Jasper, passed away at 2:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Verlin was born in Richmond, Indiana on September…
Arlene Ziegler Arnold, 80, New Albany
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…















































