
Obituaries can be submitted by email to editor@duboiscountyfreepress.com.
Marcella V. Haake, 94, Ferdinand
Marcella V. Haake, 94, Ferdinand, passed away Monday Oct. 17, 2016, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born in Huntingburg on Aug. 7, 1922, to…
Morris DeKemper, 98, Dubois
Morris DeKemper, 98, Dubois, passed away at 8:05 p.m. on Tuesday, October 18, 2016, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Morris was born in Dubois on September 21, 1918, to…
Juana Ortega, 94, Jasper
Juana Ortega, 94, Jasper, passed away at 6:20 p.m. on Monday, October 17, 2016, at The Timbers of Jasper. Juana was born in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico on February 8, 1922…
Ruth E. Jones, 78, Dubois
Ruth E. Jones, 78, Dubois, passed away Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, at her residence. She was born in Orange County on June 17, 1938, to Harold “Pete” and Alma (Terrell)…
Douglas R. Klem, 60, Jasper
Douglas R. Klem, 60, Jasper, passed away at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday, October 15, 2016, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Doug was born in Huntingburg, Indiana…
Marjorie Catherine Whipking, 88, Huntingburg
Marjorie Catherine Whipking, 88, Huntingburg, passed away at 5:15 a.m., on Saturday, October 15, 2016, at the Northwood Good Samaritan Retirement Community in Jasper. She was born September 30, 1928,…
Laura D. Dosch, 56, Jasper
Laura D. Dosch, 56, Jasper, passed away at 10:36 p.m. on Saturday, October 15, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Laura was born in Jasper Indiana on…
Cletus L. Schepers, 74, Jasper
Cletus L. Schepers, 74, Jasper, passed away at 9:25 a.m. on Friday, October 14, 2016, at Cathedral Health Care Center in Jasper. Cletus was born in Jasper on April 23,…
Helen A. Renner, 98, Ireland
Helen A. Renner, 98, Ireland, passed away at 12:25 a.m. on Saturday, October 15, 2016, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Helen was born in Ireland, Indiana on July…
George Alan Norris, 54, Holland
George Alan Norris, 54, Holland, passed away at 10:22 p.m. on Thursday, October 13, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born July 14, 1962,…
Alice C. Demuth, 85, Ferdinand
Alice C. Demuth, 85, Ferdinand, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born Aug. 25, 1931, to Simon and Angela…
Cozette E. Sheetz, 90, Jasper
Cozette E. Sheetz, 90, Jasper, passed away at 2:40 a.m. on Monday, October 10, 2016, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Cozette was born in Holland on March 11,…
John L. Seng, 68
John L. Seng, 68, passed away at 6:27 a.m. on Tuesday, October 11, 2016, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. John was born in Huntingburg, Indiana, on June 3,…
Myron R. Fischer, 81, Ferdinand
Myron R. Fischer, 81, Ferdinand, passed away at 5:25 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. He was born in St. Meinrad on April 10,…
Elizabeth Ann Rottet, 54, Huntingburg
Elizabeth Ann Rottet, 54, Huntingburg, passed away at 10:30 p.m., on Monday, October 3, 2016, in Huntingburg. She was born December 1, 1961, in Anaheim, California to Robert Neil and…
Mary Louise Heidorn, 95, Huntingburg
Mary Louise Heidorn, 95, Huntingburg, passed away at 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 5, 2016, at The Waters of Huntingburg nursing center in Huntingburg. She was born June 26, 1921, in…
John Thomas Gilmore, 63, Birdseye
John Thomas Gilmore, 63, Birdseye, passed away on Wednesday morning, October 5, 2016, at the home of his sister, Rhonda Hochgesang, in Jasper. He was born December 30, 1952, in…
Dennis J. Altman, 86, Ferdinand
Dennis J. Altman, 86, Ferdinand, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. He was born in Ferdinand Aug. 27, 1930, to Renus and Mathilda…
Kenneth R. Pancake, 76, Winslow
Kenneth R. Pancake, 76, Winslow, passed away at 1:50 a.m. Monday, October 3, 2016, at his home. He was born in Dubois County on January 29, 1940, to Alva and…
Leo I. Roos, 68, Ferdinand
Leo I. Roos, 68, Ferdinand, passed away Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, at his home. He was born in Huntingburg on Dec. 2, 1947, to Carl L. and Helen (Wanninger) Roos…
Rev. James C. Blessinger, 77, Jasper
Rev. James C. Blessinger, 77, Jasper, passed away at 2:05 p.m. Friday, September 30, 2016, at Brookside Village in Jasper. Father Blessinger was born in Jasper on October 1, 1938,…
John R. Wyland, 89, Jasper
John R. Wyland, 89, Jasper, passed away at 6:20 a.m. on Friday, September 30, 2016, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. John was born in Pleasanton, Kansas on September…
Monica M. Knies, 87, Jasper
Monica M. Knies, 87, Jasper, Indiana, passed away at 12:22 p.m. on Thursday, September 29, 2016, at Brookside Village in Jasper. Monica was born in Jasper, Indiana October 22, 1928…
Larry A. Clark, 74, Huntingburg
Larry A. Clark, 74, Huntingburg, passed away at 1:25 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28, 2016, at his home. He was born July 6, 1942, in Vincennes, Indiana to Ulysses and…
Rita E. Knust, 81
Rita E. Knust, 81, passed away September 28, 2016, at her home. She was born August 3, 1935, in Tell City, daughter of the late Edward J. and Mary Elsie…
Orville J. Schroeder, 94, Jasper
Orville J. Schroeder, 94, Jasper, passed away at 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 28, 2016, at The Villages at Oakridge in Washington, Indiana. Orville was born in Jasper, Indiana, on…
Ralph A. Greener, 80, Jasper
Ralph A. Greener, 80, Jasper, passed away at 8:39 p.m. on Tuesday, September 27, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Ralph was born on June 16, 1936…
James H. “Jim” Knust, 76, Ferdinand
James H. “Jim” Knust, 76, Ferdinand, passed away Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at his home. He was born in Ferdinand on Sept. 14, 1940, to Nick and Verena (Wirtzberger) Knust…
Dolores M. “Jimmi” Mehringer, 94, Jasper
Dolores M. “Jimmi” Mehringer, 94, Jasper, passed away at 7:40 p.m. on Saturday, September 24, 2016, at Cathedral Health Care Center in Jasper. Dolores was born in Jasper, Indiana on…
Lois A. Moesner, 73, Huntingburg
Lois A. Moesner, 73, Huntingburg, passed away at 1:50 p.m. on Saturday, September 24, 2016, at the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. She was born July 27, 1943, in Huntingburg,…
Louise Emmons, 98, Dale
Louise Emmons, 98, Dale, formerly of Huntingburg, died on Sunday September 25 at Willowdale Village. She was born November 14, 1917 in Stendal to John and Lydia (Bauermeister) Kronemeyer, and…
Shirley Ann Slunder, 79, Stendal
Shirley Ann Slunder, 79, passed away at 9:10 a.m. Friday, September 23, 2016, at her home in Stendal. She was born January 14, 1937, in Warrensburg, Illinois to Ted and…
James R. “Jim” Gramelspacher, 93, Jasper
James R. “Jim” Gramelspacher, 93, Jasper, passed away at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, at Cathedral Health Care Center in Jasper. Jim was born in Troy, Indiana on May…
Margaret O. Huff, 79, Ferdinand
Margaret O. Huff, 79, Ferdinand, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. She was born in Birdseye on Feb. 5, 1937, to Verner Milton…
John Daniel Snyder, 54, Huntingburg
John Daniel Snyder, 54, Huntingburg, formerly of Sturgis, Ky., died Sunday at Memorial Hospital & Healthcare Center in Jasper. He enjoyed fishing and hunting. He is preceded in death by…
Richard A. “Rick” Linette, 66, Jasper
Richard A. “Rick” Linette, 66, Jasper, passed away at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 18, 2016, at home after a lengthy illness. Rick was born in Huntingburg on January 2, 1950…
Donald P. Smith, 78, Jasper
Donald P. Smith, 78, Jasper, passed away at 1:50 a.m. Monday, September 19, 2016, in Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. He was born on July 22, 1938, in Logansport, Indiana…
Michael P. Brosmer, 69, Huntingburg
Michael P. Brosmer, 69, Huntingburg, passed away at 9:50 a.m. Saturday, September 17, 2016, at his home. He was born February 17, 1947, in Belleville, Ill., to Gilbert and Sheila…
Justin Matthew Milam, 22, Tennyson
Justin Matthew Milam, 22, Tennyson, died Sept. 14, 2016, at his home. Justin was born Oct. 10, 1993, in Evansville to Rick and Kathy (Curry) Milam. He worked as a…
Kassy Schum, 90, Dale
Kassy Schum, 90, Dale, died on Saturday Sept. 17, 2016, at Woodmont in Boonville. Kassy was born on November 3, 1925 in Dale to Herbert and Helen (Bays) Richardson. She…
Norbert A. Kern, 81, Schnellville
Norbert A. Kern, 81, Schnellville, passed away at 8:40 a.m. on Thursday, September 15, 2016, at home. Norbert was born in Dale Indiana on January 26, 1935, to Aloysius and…
Brian “Tony” Burton, 56, Jasper
Brian “Tony” Burton, 56, Jasper, passed away at 3:41 p.m. Wednesday, September 14, 2016, in Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born in Grand Forks, North…
Ardella I. Schneider, 92, St. Anthony
Ardella I. Schneider, 92, St. Anthony, passed away at 9:46 a.m. on Monday, September 12, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Ardella was born in St…
Willa E. Kieffner, 96, Haysville
Willa E. Kieffner, 96, Haysville, passed away at 5:40 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, at The Timbers of Jasper in Jasper. She was born Feb. 4, 1920, to Henry and…
Edward (Coach) Schultheis, 87, Evansville
Edward (Coach) Schultheis, 87, Evansville, formerly of Jasper, passed away at his home on Thursday, September 8, 2016. Ed was born on December 16, 1928, in Evansville. He was the…
Frances A. Stevens, 88
Frances A. Stevens, 88, passed away on August 23, 2016, surrounded by her loving family at Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Frances was born on September…
Leroy Joseph Schroeder, 81, Jasper
Leroy Joseph Schroeder, 81, Jasper, passed away at 8:40 a.m. on Thursday, September 8, 2016, at home. Leroy was born in Jasper on July 28, 1935 to Joseph and Esther…
Cyrilla A. Hammers, 85, Ferdinand
Cyrilla A. Hammers, 85, Ferdinand, formerly of Bristow, passed away Thursday Sept. 1, 2016, at her home. She was born in Uniontown on March 20, 1931, to Martin C. and…
Dorothy V. Schuetter, 97, Jasper
Dorothy V. Schuetter, 97, Jasper, passed away at 3:50 p.m. on Saturday, September 3, 2016, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Dorothy was born in Dubois County, Indiana, on August…
Diane Mae Wiseman, 70, Birdseye
Diane Mae Wiseman, 70, Birdseye, passed away on Sunday, September 4, 2016, at the Hendersonville Medical Center in Hendersonville, Tenn. She was born January 4, 1946, in Huntingburg to Clayton…
