
Obituaries can be submitted by email to editor@duboiscountyfreepress.com.
Morina C. Schaefer, 93, Ferdinand
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
Laura Anna Lauderdale, 91, Huntingburg
Laura Anna Lauderdale, 91, of Huntingburg, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at The Waters of Huntingburg. Arrangements are currently pending at the Nass & Son Funeral Home in Huntingburg,…
Rosina M. Friedman, 92, Jasper
Rosina M. Friedman, 92, of Jasper, passed away at 10:57 p.m. on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Rosina was born in Jasper on October…
Sandra S. Sendelweck, 71, Huntingburg
Sandra S. Sendelweck, 71, of Huntingburg, passed away at 7:00 a.m. CST on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. Sandra was born in New York City, NY, on…
Dennis A. Schaeffer, 79, Ferdinand
Dennis A. Schaeffer, 79, of Ferdinand, passed away, Thursday, January 11, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Dennis was born February 15, 1938, in Ferdinand to Albert…
Beatrice F. “Betty” Wahl, 89, Huntingburg
Beatrice F. “Betty” Wahl, 89, of Huntingburg, passed away at 9:47 a.m., on Friday, January 12, 2018, at The Waters of Huntingburg. She was born March 8, 1928, in St. Meinrad,…
Donald Ray Cooper, 63, Ferdinand
Donald Ray Cooper, 63, of Ferdinand, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Donald was born January 28, 1954, in Huntingburg to Delbert…
Harold P. Durcholz, 89, of Ferdinand
Harold P. Durcholz, 89, of Ferdinand, passed away at his home on Tuesday, January 9, 2018. Harold was born August 26, 1928, in Jasper to Lawrence Sr. and Hilda (Oeding)…
Robert H.L. “Bob” Huddleston, 95, Holland
Robert H.L. “Bob” Huddleston, 95, of Holland, passed away Saturday, January 13, 2018, in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born August…
Janice “Jan” Mehne, 70, Portersville
Janice “Jan” Mehne, 70, of Portersville, Indiana, passed away at 9:51 a.m. Friday, January 12, 2018, at St. Vincent’s Hospital at Evansville, Indiana. She was born on March 9, 1947,…
Philip E. Buecher, 90, Jasper
Philip E. Buecher, 90, of Jasper, passed away at 5:55 p.m. on Thursday, January 11, 2018, at home. Phil was born in Jasper on October 30, 1927 to Earle and Ruth (Gasser)…
Billie Ray Rice, 88, Richland
Billie Ray Rice, 88, of Richland, passed away on January 8, 2018. Billie was born on April 12, 1929, in Huntingburg, to Ray and Carrie (Phillips) Rice. Billie was a…
Mildred K. Hemmerlein, 83, Haysville
Mildred K. Hemmerlein, 83, of Haysville, passed away at 4:35 p.m. Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at The Timbers of Jasper. She was born at Dubois, Indiana, on August 2, 1934,…
Keri Lynn Smith, 49, Loogootee
Keri Lynn Smith, 49, of Loogootee, formerly of Anderson, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2018, at her home. She was born October 22, 1968, in Anderson, to Joe Manis and…
Paul Thomas Moore, 78, Holland
Paul Thomas Moore, 78, of Holland, passed away on Sunday, January 7, 2018, at The Timbers of Jasper in Jasper. Paul was born in Evansville on December 1, 1939, to…
Charles L. Schuck, 90, Jasper
Charles L. Schuck, 90, of Jasper, passed away at 9:37 a.m. on Monday, January 8, 2018, at Brookside Village in Jasper. Charlie was born in Jasper, Indiana, on May 15, 1927, to…
Edward H. Oser, 89, Ferdinand
Edward H. Oser, 89, of Ferdinand, passed away, Sunday, January 7, 2018, at his home. Edward was born on June 7, 1928, in Ferdinand to Edward and Margaret (Nord) Oser…
Lisa D. Myers, 48, Otwell
Lisa D. Myers, 48, passed away on Friday, January 5, 2018, at her home in Otwell. Lisa was born in Washington on March 9, 1969, to Steven Bough and Charma…










































