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Edawinna Anne Heeke, 62, Jasper
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
Jack Hayes, 81, Santa Claus
Jack Hayes, 81, of Santa Claus, passed away Friday, December 15, 2017, at his home surrounded by family. He was born January 31, 1936, in Petersburg to Clarence and Myrneth…
Leona M. Hief, 78, Jasper
Leona M. Hief, 78, of Jasper, passed away at 4:44 p.m. CST on Thursday, December 14, 2017, at St. Vincent Medical Center in Evansville. Leona was born in Schnellville, Indiana on March…
Wanda F. Hendrix, 72, Ferdinand
Wanda F. Hendrix, 72, of Ferdinand, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. She was born October 31, 1945 in Evansville to…
Janice F. Kreitzer, 92, Dubois
Janice F. Kreitzer, 92, of Dubois, passed away at 1:20 a.m. on Thursday, December 14, 2017, at Brookside Village in Jasper. Janice was born in Dubois on March 15, 1925, to Elmer and…
Anna Virlee Boerste, 86, Ferdinand
Anna Virlee Boerste, 86, of Ferdinand, passed away Monday, December 11, 2017, at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. Anna was born January 13, 1931, in Dale to Merlyn and…
Charles R. Ruxer, 93, Saint Meinrad
Charles R. Ruxer, 93, of Saint Meinrad, passed away Monday, December 11, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born April 23, 1924, in Saint…
Peggy Rosenberg, 83, Fort Smith, Ark.
Peggy Rosenberg, 83, of Fort Smith, Ark., died Dec. 6, 2017, at Memorial Hospital. Surviving are her children, Alan, Jack, Richard Rosenberg and Terri Gogel; 19 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services…
Jenny Walker, 67, Ferdinand
Jenny Walker, 67, of Ferdinand, died December 5, 2017, at Scenic Hills in Ferdinand. She is survived by her daughter, Shannon Englert of Lamar; grandchildren, Shilo, Xavier, Brian and Victoria…
Larry Markos, 78, Santa Claus
Larry Markos, 78, of Santa Claus, died Wednesday, December 6, 2017, at his home after a long battle with cancer. Larry is survived by his wife of 49 years, Trudy…
Patricia Joan “Patty Jo” Tewksbury, 88, Huntingburg
Patricia Joan “Patty Jo” Tewksbury, 88, of Huntingburg, formerly of Crooksville, Ohio, died Wednesday, December 6, 2017, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 13,…
Peter Francis Murphy III, 67, Terre Haute
Peter Francis Murphy III, 67, of Terre Haute, formerly of Huntingburg and Jasper, passed away at 6:15 CST Thursday, December 7, 2017, at University of Chicago Hospital in Chicago, Ill. Peter…
Virginia G. Heim, 89, Ireland
Virginia G. Heim, 89, of Ireland, passed away at 11:02 a.m. on Sunday, December 10, 2017, at home. Virginia was born in Litchfield, Ohio, on June 5, 1928, to Victor and Lorena…
Mary Jane Striegel, 88, Jasper
Mary Jane Striegel, 88, of Jasper, passed away at 8:20 a.m. on Thursday, December 7, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Mary Jane was born in Celestine on…
Leo R. Reller, 92, Huntingburg
Leo R. Reller, 92, of Huntingburg, passed away at 5:42 a.m. on Wednesday, December 6, 2017, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. He was born March 10, 1925, in Stendal,…
Kenneth H. “Ken” Hulsman, 70, Jasper
Kenneth H. “Ken” Hulsman, 70, of Jasper, passed away at 12:02 a.m. CST on Wednesday, December 6, 2017, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. Ken was born in Huntingburg on August…
John C. Woolsey, 55, Jasper
John C. Woolsey, 55, of Jasper, passed away at 8:32 a.m. on Monday, December 4, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. John was born on October 20, 1962…
Edward L. Bookout, 69, Jasper
Edward L. Bookout, 69, of Jasper, passed away at 8:49 a.m. on Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at home. Edward was born in Anderson, on February 22, 1948, to Herman and Edna (Sauls)…
John David Deel, 54, French Lick
John David Deel, 54, of French Lick, entered into eternal rest on December 4, 2017, at Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was born in Salem, Indiana on January 7th,…
