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Laura Anna Lauderdale, 91, Huntingburg

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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…

Dorothy St. Onge, 91, Jasper

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Dorothy St. Onge, 91, of Jasper, passed away Monday, January 8, 2018, in Jasper. She was born in Otwell, Indiana on January 24, 1926. Dorothy was the seventh of eight children…

Edawinna Anne Heeke, 62, Jasper

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Edawinna Anne Heeke, 62, of Jasper, passed away at 2:00 a.m. Monday, January 8, 2018, at Select Specialty Hospital in Evansville. She was born on June 5, 1955, at Huntingburg…

Ruth V. Braun, 94, Jasper

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Ruth V. Braun, 94, of Jasper, passed away at 7:50 a.m. Friday, January 5, 2018, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. She was born November 26, 1923, at Lost…

Alan F. Wehr, 64, Ireland

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Alan F. Wehr, 64, of Ireland, passed away at 6:10 p.m. on Saturday, January 6, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Alan was born in Jasper on September 25,…

William R. Shaneyfelt, 89, of Huntington

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William R. Shaneyfelt, 89, of Huntington, died peacefully at his home on Sunday, December 31, 2017, and departed for his heavenly home. Bill attended Huntington High School and served in…

Donna R. Scherle, 63, Dubois

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Donna R. Scherle, 63, of Dubois, passed away at 9:07 p.m. on Thursday, January 4, 2018, at home. Donna was born in Jasper, Indiana, on December 29, 1954, to Claude and Mary…

Charlotte Sue Egler, 45, Camby

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Charlotte Sue Egler, 45, of Camby, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 2, 2018, with family by her side. She was born July 7, 1972, in Huntingburg, to Francis and…

Charlotte A. Klem, 79, Jasper

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Charlotte A. Klem, 79, of Jasper, passed away at 6:45 p.m. CST on Wednesday, January 3, 2018, at Select Specialty Hospital in Evansville. Charlotte was born in Jasper on March 31, 1938,…

Charles Allen Napier, 69, Jasper

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Charles Allen Napier, 69, of Jasper, went home to be with the Lord, surrounded with the love of his family at 12:06 a.m. on Wednesday, January 3, 2018, at his home. Charles Allen…

Selma L. Neukam, 90, Haysville

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Selma L. Neukam, 90, of Haysville, passed away at 9:59 p.m. on January 2, 2018, in The Timbers of Jasper. Selma was born in Haysville, Ind., on April 27, 1927, to Edward…

Caroline Olivia Wagner, 94, Huntingburg

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Caroline Olivia Wagner, 94, of Huntingburg, passed away at 10:23 a.m., Tuesday, January 2, 2018, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born July 16, 1923,…

Robert L. Singer, 92, Huntingburg

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Robert L. Singer, 92, of Huntingburg, passed away at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 2, 2018, at his residence. He was born September 19, 1925, in Huntingburg to Gilmore Singer and…

Bill Martin, 75, Henryville

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Bill Martin, 75, of Henryville, passed away at 6:40 p.m. on Friday, December 29, 2017, at Hampton Oaks Health Campus in Scottsburg. Born February 10, 1942, in Huntingburg, he was…

Edna Mae Wolf, 97, Jasper

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Edna Mae Wolf, 97, of Jasper, passed away at 3:05 a.m. Thursday, December 28, 2017, at the Northwood Retirement Center in Jasper. She was born on January 30, 1920, in…

Dolores M. Leinenbach, 96, Ireland

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Dolores M. Leinenbach, 96, of Ireland, passed away at 3:35 a.m. on Sunday, December 31, 2017, at Loogootee Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Loogootee, Indiana. Dolores was born in Jasper,…

Bernadine (Bernie) Persohn, 93, Jasper

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Bernadine (Bernie) Persohn, 93, of Jasper, passed away at 11:35 p.m. Thursday, December 28, 2017, in the Northwood Retirement Center in Jasper. She was born on December 2, 1924, at…

Valoris Boyd Woolsey, 82, Stendal

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Valoris Boyd Woolsey, 82, of Stendal, passed away at 4:51 a.m., on Thursday, December 28, 2017, at RiverOaks Health Campus in Princeton. He was born November 15, 1935, in Evansville to…

Anna Mae Gosman, 98, Jasper

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Anna Mae Gosman, 98, of Jasper, passed away at 6:45 p.m.  on Wednesday, December 27, 2017, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Anna Mae was born in Evansville, Indiana on March 13,…

Robin M. Eckert, 50

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Robin M. Eckert, 50, passed away at 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 26, 2017, at home. Robin was born in Hammond, Ill., on July 27, 1967, to Robert and Julie (McDonald)Eckert. She…

Felba “Sue” Byrd-Phillips, 78, Jasper

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Felba “Sue” Byrd-Phillips, 78, of Jasper, passed away on Monday, December 25, 2017. She was born in Washington on January 12, 1939, to Harold L. and Augusta (Hinkle) Petty. She…

Stephen R. Pence, 80, Jasper

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Stephen R. Pence, 80, of Jasper, formerly of Columbia City and Wabash, Ind., passed away at 6:04 p.m. Wednesday, December 20, 2017, in Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center in…

Viola Helen Watson, 84, Jasper

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Viola Helen Watson, 84, of Jasper, passed away at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 2, 2017, at the home of her daughter in Rosenberg, Texas. Viola was born in Jasper on January…

Jeannette Anna Messmer, 78, St. Henry

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Jeannette Anna Messmer, 78, of St. Henry, passed away at 7:55 a.m. on Monday, December 25, 2017, at the Waters of Huntingburg. Jeannette was born in Jasper, Ind. on July 22, 1939,…

Pat Jochem, 83, Huntingburg

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Pat Jochem, 83, of Huntingburg, passed away at 8:00 a.m. Saturday, December 23, 2017, at St. Charles Health Center in Jasper. She was born on October 28, 1934, in Huntingburg,…

Irma Caroline Voegerl, 86, Ferdinand

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Irma Caroline Voegerl, 86, of Ferdinand, passed away, Saturday, December 23, 2017, at Brookside Village in Jasper. Irma was born April 30, 1931, in Ferdinand to Robert J. and Louise…

Frank B. Smith, 83, Jasper

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Frank B. Smith, 83, of Jasper, Indiana, passed away at 3:45 a.m., Saturday, December 23, 2017, in the Northwood Retirement Center in Jasper. He was born on March 18, 1934,…

Daniel ‘Tiny’ Powers, 42, Dale

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Daniel ‘Tiny’ Powers, 42, of Dale, died December 20, 2017, at home. He is survived by his children Mabel and Gabriel Powers of Santa Claus, and Jacob Powers of Powderly,…

Lynn Drew, 71, Loogootee

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Lynn Drew, 71, of Loogootee, passed away at 2:17 a.m. CST on Friday, December 22, 2017, at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. Lynn was born in Washington, Indiana on December 23, 1945, to Charles…

Kendrick Leander Keller, infant

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Kendrick Leander Keller, son of Keith and Lori Keller, passed away before birth on December 19, 2017, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute, Ind. Surviving are his parents, Keith and…

Nancy J. Underwood-Phillips, 60, Dale

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Nancy J. Underwood-Phillips, 60, of Dale, passed away at 11:57 a.m. on Wednesday, December 20, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Nancy was born in Augsburg, Germany on October…

William “Bill” J. Schepers, 68, Celestine

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William “Bill” J. Schepers, 68, of Celestine, passed away at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 19, 2017, at St. Mary’s and Elizabeth Hospital in Louisville, Ky. Bill was born in Jasper…

Bruce I. Clayton, 69, Huntingburg

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Bruce I. Clayton, 69, of Huntingburg, passed away at 7:35 p.m. on Monday, December 18, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Bruce was born on October 16, 1948…

Mary T. Moeller, 84, Jasper

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Mary T. Moeller, 84, of Jasper, passed away at 8:25 a.m. on Monday, December 18, 2017, at Brookside Village in Jasper. Mary was born in Jasper on November 5, 1933, to Albert and…