
Obituaries can be submitted by email to editor@duboiscountyfreepress.com.
Kenneth A. Ferguson, 55, Huntingburg
Kenneth A. Ferguson, 55, of Huntingburg, passed away at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 28, 2017, in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born…
Roy Garland Carver, Jr., 74, Jasper
Roy Garland Carver, Jr., 74, of Jasper, passed away at 5:35 a.m. on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at University of Louisville Hospital, Louisville, Ky. He was born October 24, 1942,…
Murele B. Ahrens, 78, Jasper
Murele B. Ahrens, 78, of Jasper, passed away peacefully at 8:51 p.m. on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at her daughter’s home in Cannelton, Indiana. Murele was born in Portersville, Ind.,…
Gerald “Jerry” Hemmerlein, 79, Newburgh
Gerald “Jerry” Hemmerlein, 79, of Newburgh and Naples, Fla., passed away Sunday, September 24, 2017, at home surrounded by his family. He was born May 11, 1938, in Huntingburg. He…
Alana (Heeke) Jennings, 64, of McAlester, Oklahoma
Alana (Heeke) Jennings, 64, of McAlester, Okla., entered eternity Saturday, September 23, 2017, peacefully at her home with her family at her side. Alana was born on November 18, 1952,…
Grace Anne Russell, 51, Ferdinand
Grace Anne Russell, 51, of Ferdinand, passed away Thursday, September 7, 2017, in IU Health University Hospital in Indianapolis. Grace was born February 12, 1966, to Richard and Joan (Guire)…
Whitney Sharon Rose Patterson, 32, of Evansville
Whitney Sharon Rose Patterson, 32, of Evansville, passed away at 4:00 p.m. C.D.T., Thursday, September 21, 2017, at her home in Evansville. She was born September 13, 1985, in Jasper to…
Cyrilla Mae Knies, 75, Huntingburg
Cyrilla Mae Knies, 75, of Huntingburg, passed away at 6:00 a.m. Sunday, September 24, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born October 6, 1941, in…
Gail A. Vaal, 66, Jasper
Gail A. Vaal, 66, of Jasper, passed away at 5:10 a.m. on Saturday, September 23, 2017 at home. Gail was born in Huntingburg on February 11, 1951, to William and Rita (Beck)…
Mary Louise Fenneman, 83, Holland
Mary Louise Fenneman, 83, of Holland, passed away at 4:10 a.m., on Wednesday, September 20, 2017, at The Waters of Huntingburg. She was born November 3, 1933, in Perry County to…
Mary Marie Brooking, 72, Paoli
Mary Marie Brooking, 72, of Paoli, formerly of Bedford, passed away on Friday, September 22, 2017, at the Paoli Health and Living Center, Paoli. Born January 19, 1945, in Orange…
Lillian K. Breitwieser, 87, Dubois
Lillian K. Breitwieser, 87, of Dubois, passed away at 8:45 p.m. Thursday, September 21, 2017, in Brookside Village Health Care in Jasper, Indiana. She was born in Boone Township, Indiana on July…
Russel Hubert Wahl, 78, of Dale
Russel Hubert Wahl, 78, of Dale, died Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at Memorial Hospital in Jasper.He was born November 4, 1938. He was the youngest of nine children born to…
Brian J. Boyer, 60, Jasper
Brian J. Boyer, 60, of Jasper, passed away at 2:59 a.m. on Wednesday, September 20, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Brian was born on March 16, 1957, in…
Mark Alan Frick, 52, of Huntingburg
Mark Alan Frick, 52, of Huntingburg, passed away at 6:20 a.m. CDT on Monday, September 18, 2017, at Select Specialty Hospital in Evansville. He was born April 22, 1965, in…
Dorothy “Sis” Bleemel, 87, Jasper
Dorothy “Sis” Bleemel, 87, of Jasper, passed away at 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at home. Dorothy was born in Jasper, Indiana, on February 15, 1930, to Matthew and Lillian…
Mary C. Bush, 90, Stendal
, 90, of Stendal, passed away at 2:28 a.m. Monday, September 18, 2017, in Cloverdale, Ind., at her son Larry’s home. She was born August 21, 1927, in Bowling Green, Ky., to…
Brodie R. Cox, 81, Spurgeon
Brodie R. Cox, 81, of Spurgeon, formerly of Orestes, Ind., passed away at 11:35 a.m. on Friday, September 15, 2017, at his home in Spurgeon. He was born November 6, 1935,…
Lucille M. Wehr, 90, Ireland
Lucille M. Wehr, 90, of Ireland, Indiana, passed away at 6:10 p.m. on Wednesday, September 13, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Lucille was born in Ireland, Indiana on…
Earl W. Hulsman, 62, Ireland
Earl W. Hulsman, 62, of Ireland, passed away at 12:40 p.m. on Monday, September 11, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Earl was born in Jasper, Indiana, on…
Brenda K. Myers, 63, of Celestine
, passed away at 7:45 a.m. Monday, September 11, 2017, at the home of her sister in Terre Haute, Indiana. Brenda was born in Washington, Ind., on September 1, 1954, to Conan…
Tillie C. Beckman, 98, of Dubois
Tillie C. Beckman, 98, of Dubois, passed away at 8:17 p.m. Monday, September 11, 2017, in The Timbers of Jasper Health Care. She was born in Celestine, Indiana on February 2, 1919,…
Dolores L. Rauscher, 83, Huntingburg
Dolores L. Rauscher, 83, of Huntingburg, passed away at 11:23 p.m., on Saturday, September 9, 2017, at the Daviess Community Hospital in Washington. She was born July 11, 1934, in Jasper…
Peggy A. Mundy-McGlothlin, 72, Jasper
Peggy A. Mundy-McGlothlin, 72, of Jasper, passed away Tuesday, September 5, 2017, at her home in Jasper. Peggy was born October 2, 1944, in Terra Haute to Donald and Mildred…
Linda L. Rickenbaugh, 73, Saint Anthony
Linda L. Rickenbaugh, 73, of Saint Anthony, passed away at 1:10 p.m.Saturday, September 9, 2017, at her home. She was born on June 27, 1944, at Shoals, Indiana to Chester S…
Bernadette “Bernie” Zoglman, 85, Jasper
Bernadette “Bernie” Zoglman, 85, of Jasper, passed away at 10:36 p.m. on Wednesday, September 6, 2017, at home. Bernie was born in Spencer County, Ind., on February 6, 1932, to Joseph and…
J. Alexander “Alex” Emmons II, 69, Jasper
J. Alexander “Alex” Emmons II, 69, of Jasper, died at 12:37 a.m. Sept. 7, 2017, at home. Alex was born in Marion, Ind., to J. Alexander and G. Ruth (Davis)…
Dennis Lee Abell, 74, Huntingburg
Dennis Lee Abell, 74, of Huntingburg, passed away at 5:20 p.m. on Tuesday, September 5, 2017, at his residence. He was born May 15, 1943, in Jasper, Indiana to Colonel and…
Jennifer Ann Reller, 44, Holland
Jennifer Ann Reller, 44, of Holland, passed away Monday morning, September 4, 2017, at her residence. She was born August 6, 1973, in Jasper, Indiana to David Ray and Mary (Matthews) Holst;…
Robert D. Bernardi, 60, Huntingburg
Robert D. Bernardi, 60, of Huntingburg, passed away at 11:32 p.m. Sunday, September 3, 2017, at The Waters of Huntingburg. He was born July 13, 1957, in Huntingburg to Lowell and Leola…
Karen A. Bieker, 53, Lawrenceville, Ill., formerly St. Anthony
Karen A. Bieker, 53, of Lawrenceville, Ill., formerly of St. Anthony, passed away on Sunday, September 3, 2017, at home. Karen was born in Jasper, Indiana, on November 12, 1963,…
Donald L. “Donnie” Gilbert, 55, Jasper
Donald L. “Donnie” Gilbert, 55, of Jasper, passed away at 9:38 p.m. on Saturday, September 9, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Donnie was born in Evansville on September 16, 1961…
Wilfred (Wif) R. Buschkoetter, 87, Jasper
Wilfred (Wif) R. Buschkoetter, 87, of Jasper, passed away at 4:23 a.m. Saturday, September 2, 2017, at Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born in Ireland, Indiana on…
Gregory J. Tretter, 46, Dale
Gregory J. Tretter, 46, of Dale, passed away Thursday, August 31, 2017, at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville. He was born January 19, He was born January 19, 1971, in…
Rita Ann Gasser, 85, Huntingburg
Rita Ann Gasser, 85, of Huntingburg, passed away at 8:40 p.m. Thursday, August 31, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born September 28, 1931, in…
Jerome H. Klein, 99, Jasper
Jerome H. Klein, 99, of Jasper, passed away at 4:25 p.m. Monday, August 28, 2017, in Cathedral Health Care in Jasper. He was born in Jasper on August 19, 1918, to John…
Charles O. Hobbs, Sr., 83, Dale, formerly of Birdseye
Charles O. Hobbs, Sr., 83, formerly of Birdseye, passed away Tuesday, August 29, 2017, at Willowdale Village in Dale. He was born September 20, 1933, in Crawford County, Indiana to…
Raymond “Frog” M. Hopf, 54, Ferdinand
Raymond “Frog” M. Hopf, 54, of Ferdinand, passed away at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 27, 2017, at home. Raymond was born in Huntingburg on February 13, 1963, to Rufus and Hildegard…
Sharon Kaye Neukam, 64, Haysville
Sharon Kaye Neukam, 64, of Haysville, passed away at 7:33 a.m. Sunday, August 27, 2017, at her home in Haysville. She was born in Jasper, Indiana on September 8, 1952, to Lewis…
J. Michael Bennett, 70, Jasper
J. Michael Bennett, 70, of Jasper, passed away at 5:08 p.m. on Friday, August 25, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Mike was born on February 11, 1947,…
Neva M. (Madden) Peterson, 88, Birdseye
Neva M. (Madden) Peterson, 88, of Birdseye, passed away on Friday, August 25, 2017, at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. Neva was born in Amburgey, Kentucky on August 18, 1929,…
Margie Gehlhausen, 85, Jasper
Margie Gehlhausen, 85, of Jasper, passed away peacefully at the Meadowood Apartments on Friday morning, August 25, 2017, in Jasper. Margie was born in Tell City on December 18, 1931,…
Leonard B. Gehlhausen Sr., 83, Ferdinand
Leonard B. Gehlhausen Sr., 83, of Ferdinand, died Wednesday, August 23, 2017, at his home. Leonard was born May 22, 1934 in Dubois to Lawrence & Henrietta (Nonte) Gehlhausen. He…
Edward S. Gunselman, 76, Ferdinand
Edward S. Gunselman, 76, of Ferdinand, died on August 23, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and HealthCare Center in Jasper. Edward was born March 5, 1941, in Ferdinand to Edward P…
Darrell H. Powell, 74, Holland
Darrell H. Powell, 74, of Holland, passed away at 12:46 p.m. on Wednesday, August 23, 2017, in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was…
Keith A. Recker, 54, St. Anthony
Keith A. Recker, 54, of St. Anthony, passed away at 1:11 a.m. on Thursday, August 24, 2017, at home. Keith was born in Huntingburg on December 31, 1962, to David Sr. and…
Edward Joseph Schmidt, 74, Gresham, Ore.
Edward Joseph Schmidt, 74, died on July 21, 2017, in Gresham, Oregon. Ed was born August 11, 1942, in Jasper. He graduated from Jasper High School in 1960. Ed enlisted…
Santos Mejia De Dubon, 75, Guarjila, Chalatenango, El Salvador
Santos Mejia De Dubon, 75, of Guarjila, Chalatenango, El Salvador, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2017, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper while on a trip visiting family. She was born…
Jerry D. Hoagland, P.A., 77, Tell City
Jerry D. Hoagland, P.A., 77, of Tell City, passed away August 21, 2017, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Ky. He was born December 17, 1939, in Greencastle, son of the…













































