
Obituaries can be submitted by email to editor@duboiscountyfreepress.com.
Aimee Bolen 56, Dale
Aimee Bolen 56, Dale, died at her home on Sun. Jan. 8, 2017. She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on Jan. 30, 1960 to Elmer and Jean Clement. She was…
Rita Marie Tucker, 88, Jasper
Rita Marie Tucker, 88, Jasper, passed away at 1:45 a.m. on Monday, January 9, 2017, at her home in Jasper. She was born in Fowler, Ind. on November 16, 1928,…
James C. Himsel, 91, Jasper
James C. Himsel, 91, Jasper, passed away at 10:18 p.m. Sunday, January 8, 2017, at his home. He was born in Haysville, Indiana on December 17, 1925, to Edward and…
Clara E. “Edie” Merkley, 89, Portersville
Clara E. “Edie” Merkley, 89, Portersville, passed away at 2:20 p.m. on Saturday, January 7, 2017, at the Waters of Huntingburg. Clara was born in Perry County, Indiana on December 6, 1927,…
Gene R. LaGrange, 78, Mariah Hill
Gene R. LaGrange, 78, Mariah Hill, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, at Select Specialty Hospital in Evansville. He was born in St. Meinrad on July 16, 1938, to Everett and…
Jerry D. Fesler, 78, Jasper
Jerry D. Fesler, 78, Jasper, Indiana passed away at 11:37 p.m. Saturday, January 7, 2017, in Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center in Jasper. Surrounded by family and friends. He…
Helen Mae Schnarr, 94
Helen Mae Schnarr, 94, passed away Saturday, January 7, 2017, in French Lick. She was born October 16, 1922, in Otwell to William Austin and Alta (Arnold) Padgett. She married…
Lucille Caroline Bies (Gutgsell), 85, Jasper
Lucille Caroline Bies (Gutgsell), 85, Jasper, passed away at 3:30 a.m. Friday, January 6, 2017, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Jasper surrounded by loved ones. She was born in…
Martina “Teeny” H. Erny, 98, Jasper
Martina “Teeny” H. Erny, 98, Jasper, passed away at 5:08 a.m. Friday, January 6, 2017, in Brookside Village in Jasper. She was born in Jasper, Indiana on July 6, 1918,…
Helen C. Gress, 85, Ireland
Helen C. Gress, 85, Ireland, passed away at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, January 3, 2017, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper, Indiana. Helen was born in St. Henry, Indiana…
Mabel Nalley, 91, Oakland City
Mabel Nalley, 91, Oakland City, passed away at 10:56 a.m. CST Wednesday, January 4, 2017, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, Indiana. She was born June 26, 1925, in Gibson…
Silas W. Spaulding, 83, Jasper
Silas W. Spaulding, 83, Jasper, passed away at 3:12 a.m. on Thursday, January 5, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. Silas was born at Alfordsville,…
Raymond Charles Green, 79, Santa Claus
Raymond Charles Green of Santa Claus, passed away on Wednesday, December 28, 2016, at St. Charles Nursing Home in Jasper, Indiana. Ray was born in Lansing, Michigan, on December 19,…
Cletus R. Sermersheim, 80, Jasper
Cletus R. Sermersheim, 80, Jasper, passed away at 2:31 a.m. CST Wednesday, January 4, 2017, in St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville, Indiana. He was born in Jasper, Indiana on…
Mary Lou Tretter, 75, Celestine
Mary Lou Tretter, 75, Celestine, passed away at 5:15 a.m. on Wednesday, January 4, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. Mary was born in Celestine,…
Raymond James Jenkins, 83, Texas
Raymond James Jenkins went to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on December 28, 2016, after a short battle with cancer. Born in Huntingburg, Indiana on March 11, 1933 to…
Angela “Angie” Jane Meyer, 51
After a courageous battle with ovarian cancer, Angela “Angie” Jane Meyer returned to her heavenly Father on January 1, 2017, at the age of 51. Angie was born on May…
Kenneth “Pete” Rudolph, 100, Ireland
Kenneth “Pete” Rudolph, 100, Ireland, passed away at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, January 2, 2017, at Brookside Village in Jasper. Pete was born in Ireland, Indiana, on September 17, 1916,…
Eugene W. Goodman, 86, Celestine
Eugene W. Goodman, 86, Celestine, Indiana, passed away on Tuesday Morning, January 3, 2017, at home. Eugene was born in Dubois, Indiana on February 7, 1930, to Theodore and Leona…
Doris Jane Hildenbrand, 87, Holland
Doris Jane Hildenbrand, 87, Holland, passed away at 4:10 a.m. Tuesday, January 3, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born November 14, 1929, in…
Dr. Arnold William Kunkler, 95, Indianapolis
Dr. Arnold William Kunkler, age 95, passed away on December 25, 2016, in Indianapolis. As a devout Catholic, his family is comforted in knowing he is home with our Lord…
Kathleen J. Jahn, 60, Jasper
Kathleen J. Jahn, 60, Jasper, passed away at 5:15 a.m. on January 1, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, IN. Kathy was born in Jasper, Indiana…
Hilda B. Kunz, 91, Huntingburg
Hilda B. Kunz, 91, Huntingburg, passed away at 1:50 a.m., on Sunday, January 1, 2017, at The Villas of Guerin Woods in Georgetown, Ind. She was born April 23, 1925, in…
Colin D. Gill, 64, Jasper
Colin D. Gill, 64, Jasper, passed away at 11:20 a.m. on Sunday, January 1, 2017, at home. Colin was born in Grantham, England on April 29, 1952 to Ronald Vickers…
Harold A. Meyer, Sr., 87, Huntingburg
Harold A. Meyer, Sr., 87, Huntingburg, passed away at 1:16 p.m. Saturday, December 31, 2016, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville. He was born February 18, 1929, in Mariah Hill,…
Norbert J. Schroeder, 92, Jasper
Norbert J. Schroeder, 92, Jasper, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, December 31, 2016, at his home in Jasper. He was born at Celestine, Indiana on November 18,…
Fred “Fritz” E. Block, 50, Dubois
Fred “Fritz” E. Block, 50, Dubois, passed away at 11:45 p.m. on Thursday, December 29, 2016, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Dubois. Fritz was born in Terre…
Nancy E. Pence, 73, Jasper
Nancy E. Pence, 73, Jasper, formerly of Wabash and Columbia City, Ind., passed away at 5:34 a.m. on Saturday, December 31, 2016, at the Timbers of Jasper. Nancy was born…
Olive Jane Spraggins, 94, Huntingburg
Olive Jane Spraggins, 94, Huntingburg, passed away peacefully at 10:35 a.m. on Friday, December 30, 2016, at The Waters of Huntingburg while surrounded by family and friends. She was born in…
Bonnie L. Fleetwood, 87, Jasper
Bonnie L. Fleetwood, 87, Jasper, passed away at 4:45 a.m. on Thursday, December 29, 2016, at The Timbers of Jasper. Bonnie was born in Seymour, Indiana on October 28, 1929…
Viola V. Himsel, 83, Jasper
Viola V. Himsel, 83, Jasper, passed away at 8:29 p.m. Wednesday, December 28, 2016, in Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born on November 28, 1933,…
Jackie L. Fowler, 82, Jasper
Jackie L. Fowler, 82, Jasper, passed away at 10:26 a.m. on Wednesday, December 28, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper, Indiana. Jackie was born in Beverly Hills,…
Linda Ann Dennis, 70, Boonville
Linda Ann Dennis, 70, Boonville, passed away, December 28th at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. She was born September 21, 1946, in Carmi, Ill. to Francis and Chole (Navret)…
Michael L. “Mick” Reynolds, 77, Jasper
Michael L. “Mick” Reynolds, 77, Jasper, passed away at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, December 28, 2016, in Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. He was born in Loogootee, Indiana on September 30, 1939,…
James L. Ferguson, 88, Santa Claus
James L. Ferguson, 88, Santa Claus, died Monday, December 26, 2016, at his home in Christmas Lake Village. He was born July 29, 1928, in Bloomfield, Ind., to Quince &…
Louis J. Korff, Jr, 88, Salem
Louis J. Korff, Jr, 88, Salem, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2016, at 8:35 am, in Salem Crossing. Born August 22, Born August 22, 1928, in Evansville, Indiana, he was the…
Gail S. Cartwright, 61, Celestine
Gail S. Cartwright, 61, Celestine, passed away at 1:58 a.m. on Tuesday, December 27, 2016, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. Gail was born on April…
Carrie Y. Phipps, 56, Huntingburg
Carrie Y. Phipps, 56, Huntingburg, formerly of Louisville, Ky., passed away Monday, December 26, 2016, at her home. She was born November 17, 1960, in Louisville, Kentucky. Mrs. Phipps worked…
Douglas K. Cannon, 63, Loogootee
Douglas K. Cannon, 63, Loogootee, passed away at 2:15 a.m. CST on Tuesday, December 27, 2016, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville. Douglas was born in Washington, Indiana, on…
Ronald J. Berger, 81, Jasper
Ronald J. Berger, 81, Jasper, passed away at 1:00 a.m. on Monday, December 26, 2016, at home. Ronald was born in Jasper on August 3, 1935 to Odillo and Carolyn…
Arthur J. Schnell, 92, Celestine
Arthur J. Schnell, 92, Celestine, passed away at 6:50 a.m. on Saturday, December 24, 2016, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Arthur was born in Celestine on November 15, 1924,…
Damian J. Schepers, 85, Jasper
Damian J. Schepers, 85, Jasper, passed away at 4:53 a.m. on Thursday, December 22, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Damian was born in Celestine on June…
Eugene Leo Stallman, 74, Mariah Hill
Eugene Leo Stallman, 74, Mariah Hill, passed away Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, at Willowdale Village in Dale. He was born in Mariah Hill on March 9, 1942, to Emil and…
Marilyn Lagenour, 62, Dubois
Marilyn Lagenour, 62, Dubois, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016 at The Timbers of Jasper in Jasper. She was born in Orange County on Oct. 26, 1954, to Lawrence and…
Norma Jean (Utt) Devine, 88, Huntingburg
Norma Jean (Utt) Devine, 88, of Huntingburg, passed away Friday, December 16, 2016, at Cathedral Healthcare Center in Jasper. Norma was born January 12, 1928, in Bruceville to the late…
Frances “Fanny” Frick, 90, Huntingburg
Frances “Fanny” Frick, 90, Huntingburg, passed away at 2:45 a.m., on Saturday, December 17, 2016, at her home. She was born March 10, 1926, in Jasper to Carl and Louise…
Lyle William Pitsonbarger, Jr., 63, of Corydon, Ky.
Lyle William Pitsonbarger, Jr., 63, of Corydon, Ky., passed away at 7:35 p.m. CDT on Thursday, December 15, 2016, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville. He was born October…
Brice Alexander Phillips, 12, Winslow
Brice Alexander Phillips, 12, Winslow, passed away at 9:35 p.m. on Thursday, December 15, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Brice was born in Dayton, Ohio…
Stanley G. Krempp, 89, Jasper
Stanley G. Krempp, 89, Jasper, passed away at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 14, 2016, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Stan was born on May 20, 1927, in Jasper,…
Ray Malcolm Dixon, 76, Carmel, formerly Birdseye
Ray Malcolm Dixon, 76, Carmel, formerly of Birdseye, passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at his residence in Carmel. He was born September 26, 1940, in Birdseye, to Mansfield…
