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Emily G. Platt, 93, Jasper
Emily G. Platt, 93, of Jasper, passed on Sunday morning, June 11, 2017, in Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Illinois. Emily was born in Chicago, Ill., on June 23, 1923,…
Bernard “Bernie” M. Burger, 88, Jasper
Bernard “Bernie” M. Burger, 88, of Jasper, passed away at 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at Cathedral Health Care in Jasper. Bernie was born in Jasper on July 6, 1928, to Fidelis…
Paul Myers, Jr., 87, Winslow
Paul Myers, Jr., 87, of Winslow, passed away on Monday, June 12, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Paul was born January 5, 1930, in Ayrshire (Pike…
Renee N. Faille, 86, Huntingburg
Renee N. Faille, 86, of Huntingburg, passed away on Sunday, June 11, 2017, at her residence. Renee was born on August 2, 1930, in Ritzville, Wash. She retired as a…
James W. Weigel, 89, Huntingburg
James W. Weigel, 89, of Huntingburg, passed away on Saturday, June 10, 2017, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. James was born on July 11, 1927, in Boone Township to…
Doretha C. “Dottie” Jerger, 87
Doretha C. “Dottie” Jerger, 87, passed away at 3:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 11, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. Dottie was born in St. Henry, Indiana, December…
John W.R. “Willie” Sakel, 86, Evansville
John W.R. “Willie” Sakel, 86, of Evansville, passed away at 6:40 p.m., Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. John was born in Huntingburg, Indiana the first…
Karen R. Brown, 65, Huntingburg
Karen R. Brown, 65, of Huntingburg, Indiana, passed away at 2:25 p.m. on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. She was born February 8,…
Albert W. “Bill” Eckerle, 77, Jasper
Albert W. “Bill” Eckerle, 77, of Jasper, passed away at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Bill was born in Jasper,…
Helen C. Hopf, 85, of Huntingburg
Helen C. Hopf, 85, of Huntingburg, passed away at 1:55 p.m., Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was born October 30, 1931, in…
Larry A. Marks, 79, Jasper
Larry A. Marks, 79, of Jasper, passed away at 11:40 p.m. on Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Campus in Jasper. Larry was born in Jasper,…
Sam E. Riddle, 56, Huntingburg
Sam E. Riddle, 56, of Huntingburg, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2017, at his residence. Sam was born July 12, 1960, in Louisville, Kentucky, to Euell and Cordia (Chadwell)…
Mildred Mary Ann Kunz, 91, Huntingburg
Mildred Mary Ann Kunz, 91, of Huntingburg, passed away at 7:10 a.m., on, June 5, 2017, at The Waters of Huntingburg, Huntingburg, IN. She was born May 2, 1926, in…
Viola C. Schroeder, 89, Jasper
Viola C. Schroeder, 89, of Jasper, passed away at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 5, 2017, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. She was born in Jasper, Indiana on October…
Frederick Joseph “Papoose” Schwenk, 70, Washington
Frederick Joseph Schwenk, also known as Papoose, 70, of Washington, passed away Sunday, June 4, 2017, at his home. He was born on August 10, 1946, in Jasper to Jerome…
Judith E. “Judy” Jeffries, 74, Huntingburg
Judith E. “Judy” Jeffries, 74, of Huntingburg, passed away on Sunday, June 4, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Judy was born June 15, 1942, in…
John K. Hendrey, Jr., 88, Holland
John K. Hendrey, Jr., 88, of Holland, passed away on June 2, 2017, at Riveroaks Health Campus in Princeton. John was born November 28, 1928, in Mill Shoals, Illinois, to…
Margaret Fetter, 82, Ferdinand
Margaret Fetter, 82, of Ferdinand, passed away Sunday, June 4, 2017, at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. She was born July 30, 1934, in Ferdinand to Joseph and Mathilda…
Earl Anthony Paulin, 85, Siberia
Earl Anthony Paulin, 85, of Siberia, passed away, Saturday, June 3, 2017, at his home. Earl was born August 9, 1931, in Uniontown, Ind., to Anthony J. and Ella (Merkley)…
Kent F. Meyer, 59, of Boone Township
Kent F. Meyer, 59, of Boone Township, passed away at 10:43 p.m. on Thursday, June 1, 2017, as a result of a farming accident. Kent was born in Jasper, Indiana,…
Donald Hall, 87, Cuzco
Donald Hall, 87, of Cuzco, passed away at 3:47 p.m. on Thursday, June 1, 2017, at his home. Donald was born in Cuzco, Indiana on December 11, 1929, to Robert…
Charles H. “Botts” Bohnert, 90, Jasper
Charles H. “Botts” Bohnert, 90, Jasper, passed away at 10:24 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, at Brookside Village in Jasper, Indiana. Botts was born on September 27, 1926, in…
Carl Parks, Sr., 65, Evansville, formerly of Huntingburg
Carl Parks, Sr., 65, of Evansville, formerly of Huntingburg, passed away at 5:20 a.m., on Sunday, May 28, 2017, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. Carl was born June 9, 1951,…
Theodore “Teddy” O. Weidenbenner, 64, Ireland
Theodore “Teddy” O. Weidenbenner, 64, of Ireland, passed away at 1:20 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Teddy was born in…
Daniel Val Seel, 46, Huntingburg
Daniel Val Seel, 46, of Huntingburg, passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at his residence. He was born October 13, 1970, in Phoenix, Ariz., to Danny Ray and Shirley…
Rosella M. Seger, 91, Huntingburg
Rosella M. Seger, 91, of Huntingburg, passed away at 12:20 p.m. Monday, May 29, 2017, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Rosella was born July 31, 1925, in Jasper,…
Sharon K. Webb, 64, Dale
Sharon K. Webb, 64, of Dale, died May 29, at IU Paoli Hospital in Orange County. She was born July 23, 1952, in Huntingburg. She is survived by her husband,…
Henry “Hank” Backer, 87, Ferdinand
Henry “Hank” Backer, 87, of Ferdinand, passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at his home. He was born May 3, 1930, in Ferdinand to Dr. Henry G. & Frances (McLaughlin) Backer. …
William R. “Bill” Sherman, Sr., 77, Huntingburg
William R. “Bill” Sherman, Sr., 77, of Huntingburg, passed away at 7:30 p.m., on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in…
Nancy Kay Abell (née Hanscom), 74
Nancy Kay Abell (née Hanscom), 74, has passed away after a sudden illness, surrounded by her family and peacefully in her sleep, at Jasper Memorial Hospital on May 21, 2017…
Charles “Charlie” Mendel, Jr., 58, Dubois
Charles “Charlie” Mendel, Jr., 58, of Dubois, passed away at 4:28 p.m., on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He…
Edward Thomas Lemond, Sr., 86, Evansville
Edward Thomas Lemond, Sr., 86, of Evansville, passed away at 11:45 a.m. CDT Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. He was born June 12, 1930, in…
Ernest “Gene” Baxter, 83, Jasper
Ernest “Gene” Baxter, 83, of Jasper, formerly of Loogootee, passed away at 12:50 a.m. on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper, Indiana. Gene was born in…
Kevin G. Friedman, 59, Ferdinand
Kevin G. Friedman, 59, of Ferdinand, passed away at 11:17 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Kevin was born in Jasper,…
Jerome H. Knies, 85, Celestine
Jerome H. Knies, 85, of Celestine, passed away Tuesday afternoon, May 23, 2017 due to injuries sustained in a farming accident. Jerome was born in Celestine Indiana on September 30,…
John “Jack” Garriety Bies, D.D.S., 85, Jasper
John “Jack” Garriety Bies, D.D.S., 85, of Jasper, passed away at 8:00 p.m., Saturday, May 20, 2017, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper surrounded by loved ones. Jack was born in…
William “Bill” M. Blume, 91, Celestine
William “Bill” M. Blume, 91, of Celestine, passed away at 9:24 a.m. on Friday, May 19, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Bill was born in…
Betty Davis Staff, 89
Betty Davis Staff, 89, died on Friday, May 14, 2017, in Brookside Village, Jasper. She was born in Kansas City on November 1, 1927, to the late Carl A. and Lelia…
Darrell Gene Roesner, 78, Holland
Darrell Gene Roesner, 78, of Holland, Indiana passed away at 9:53 p.m., on Friday, May 12, 2017, at his residence. He was born June 5, 1938, in Holland, Indiana to…
Leroy J. Schnaus, 95, of Ireland
Leroy J. Schnaus, 95, of Ireland, passed away at 4:03 p.m. on Sunday, May 14, 2017, at home. Leroy was born in Ireland, Indiana, on September 11, 1921, to Albert…
James “JD” Durlauf, 58, Ferdinand
James “JD” Durlauf, 58, of Ferdinand, passed away, Friday, May 12th at home. James was born June 1, 1958, in Huntingburg to Jerry and Ruth (Becher) Durlauf. James was an…
Mary Lou Helming, 87, Ferdinand
Mary Lou Helming, 87, of Ferdinand, died Friday, May 12, 2017, at Brookside Village in Jasper. Mary Lou was born December 11, 1929, in Ferdinand to Rudolph and Laura (Altman) Meyer…
Susanne M. Seger, 81, Dubois
Susanne M. Seger, 81, of Dubois, passed away at 8:45 p.m. CDT Friday in St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville. She was born in Jasper on October 6, 1935, to…
Patrick Scott Williams, 37, Evansville
Patrick Scott Williams, 37, of Evansville, passed away Wednesday, May 10, 2017. He was born March 18, 1980, in Evansville to Billy Williams and Pamela (Brown) Williams. He was loved…
Leo G. Danzer, 82, Dubois
Leo G. Danzer, 82, of Dubois, passed away at 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at home. Leo was born in Willey, Iowa on May 22, 1934, to Frank…
Mark E. Aldridge, 55, Winslow
Mark E. Aldridge, 55, of Winslow, passed away at 1:57 a.m., on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at his home. He was born September 29, 1961, in Princeton to Jack and…
Lawrence E. “Larry” Stenftenagel, 92, of Ireland
Lawrence E. “Larry” Stenftenagel, 92, of Ireland, passed away at 12:35 a.m. on Monday, May 8, 2017, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. Larry was born in Huntingburg, Indiana, on September…
Richard Lee Lichlyter, 76, of Jasper
Richard Lee Lichlyter, 76, of Jasper, passed away at 9:40 p.m. on Friday, May 5, 2017, at St. C, arles Health Campus in Jasper, Indiana. Rich was born in Huntingburg,…
William A. “Whitey” Nordhoff, 75, of Jasper
William A. “Whitey” Nordhoff, 75, of Jasper, passed away at 6:18 a.m. on Saturday, May 6, 2017, at Select Specialty Hospital in Evansville. Whitey was born in Evansville, Indiana on…
David Joseph Fischer, 65, St. Anthony
David Joseph Fischer, 65, of St. Anthony, passed away at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. Dave was born…
