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Juanita E. Weisman, 90, Portage

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Juanita E. Weisman, 90, of Portage, Ind., passed away on Saturday, June 4, 2016, at the Valparaiso Hospice Center, Valparaiso. She was born on December 20, 1925 at Haysville, Indiana…

Jackie L. Lane, Sr., 81, of Birdseye

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Jackie L. Lane, Sr., 81, of Birdseye, passed away at 11:57 p.m., on Thursday, June 9, 2016, at Golden Living Center in Tell City, Indiana. He was born August 7,…

William Edward “Ed” Lehmkuhler, 79, Jasper

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William Edward “Ed” Lehmkuhler, 79, Jasper, passed away at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at his home. Ed was born in Siberia, Indiana on September 10, 1936 to…

Marilyn “Ruth” Street, 84, Dubois

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Marilyn “Ruth” Street, 84, of Dubois, formerly of French Lick, passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. She was born April 5, 1932, to Elmer…

Glenda “Sue” Schmitt, 76, Evansville

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Glenda “Sue” Schmitt, 76, of Evansville, formerly of Dale, passed away, Monday, May 30th at Brentwood Golden Living Center in Evansville. Glenda was born February 12, 1940 in Spencer County…

Ambrose L. Schmitt, 87, Jasper

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Ambrose L. Schmitt, 87, Jasper, passed away at 10:23 a.m. on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at home. Ambrose was born in Jasper, Indiana, on October 27, 1928 to Henry and…

Ray Stillwell, 63, Huntingburg

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Ray Stilwell, 63, of Brownsville, Penn., formerly of Huntingburg, passed away Sunday, June 5, 2016, at home, after a long battle with bladder cancer. He was born August 15, 1952…

Dennis P. “Bick” Bickerest, 63, Jasper

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Dennis P. “Bick” Bickerest, 63, Jasper, passed away at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, June 6, 2016, at home. Dennis was born in Louisville, Kentucky on November 28, 1952 to John…

Ralph Robert Beier, 61, St. Meinrad

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Ralph Robert Beier, 61, St. Meinrad, passed away at his home, Saturday, June 4th. Ralph was born August 24, 1954 in Huntingburg to Edward and Henrietta (Wigger) Beier. He married…

Margaret E. Beckman, 84, Jasper

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Margaret E. Beckman, 84, Jasper, passed away at 1:40 a.m. on Monday, June 6, 2016, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper, Indiana. Margaret was born in Jasper, Indiana on July…

Norbert L. Mehringer, 81, Jasper

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Norbert L. Mehringer, 81, Jasper, passed away at 11:26 a.m. on Thursday, June 2, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Norb was born in Ireland, Indiana on…

Phillip A. Freeman Jr., 42, Otwell

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Phillip A. Freeman Jr., 42, Otwell, passed on Thursday, June 2, 2016, at his home in Otwell, Indiana. He was born at Peoria, Ill., on July 16, 1973 to Philip…

Cletus Schaefer, 78, Evanston

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Cletus Schaefer, 78, Evanston, passed away, Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Evansville. Cletus was born June 5, 1937 in Huntingburg to Edward and Francis (Waninger) Schaefer…

Michael F. Patterson, 75, Jasper

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Michael F. Patterson, 75, Jasper, passed away at 2:48 a.m. on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Mike was born in Loogootee on…

Esther F. Reckelhoff, 86, Jasper

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Esther F. Reckelhoff, 86, Jasper, passed away at 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at University of Louisville Medical Center in Louisville. Esther was born in Ferdinand, on October…

Aileene May Kron, 87, Gentryville

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Aileene May Kron, 87, Gentryville, passed away, Saturday, May 28, 2016, at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. Aileene was born September 27, 1928 in Evansville to Jacob and Bertha…

Rebecca L. McFarland, 62, Petersburg

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Rebecca L. McFarland, 62, Petersburg, passed away at 5:20 p.m. Sunday, May 29, 2016, In Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born at Indianapolis, Indiana on…

Carol M. Pfister, 64, Jasper

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Carol M. Pfister, 64, Jasper, passed away at 8:05 p.m. on Sunday, May 29, 2016, at home. Carol was born in Jasper, Indiana, on August 21, 1951, to Raymond and…

Brent A. Kelley, 45, Celestine

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Brent A. Kelley, 45, Celestine, passed away at 9:26 a.m. CDT Saturday, May 28, 2016, in St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville. He was born in Jasper, Indiana on May…

Mary Broeker, 95, Huntingburg

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Mary Broeker, 95, Huntingburg, passed away at 8:40 p.m., on Saturday, May 28, 2016, at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. She was born May 7, 1921, in Jasper, Indiana…

Eileen L. Hall, 86, Jasper

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Eileen L. Hall, 86, Jasper, passed away at 5:42 p.m. Friday, May 27, 2016, in Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born in Jasper, Indiana on…

Rebecca Darlene Wright, 56, Birdseye

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Rebecca Darlene Wright, 56, Birdseye, passed away at 3:40 p.m., on Sunday, May 22, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born August 13, 1959,…

Matthew K. Woolsey, 34, Columbus

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Matthew K. Woolsey, 34, of Columbus, Ohio, formerly of Jasper, passed away on Friday, May 27,2016, in Columbus, Ohio. Matt was born on October 17, 1981 in Jasper, Indiana to…

Gerald “Jerry” Newman, 53, Jasper

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Gerald “Jerry” Newman, 53, Jasper, Indiana, passed on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, in Bakersfield, Cal. Jerry was born on May 5, 1963, to Kathryn (Whitehead) Greer. He married Diana Loeffler-Vonderheide…

Ralph J. Schepers, 77, formerly Jasper

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Ralph J. Schepers, 77, Long Beach, Cali., formerly of Jasper, passed away at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 19, 2016, in Long Beach, Cal. Ralph was born in Dubois, Indiana…

Vicky Simmons Staats, 57, Gentryville

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Vicky Simmons Staats, 57, passed away at 10:20 p.m.CDT on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at her residence in Gentryville. Vicky was born July 5, 1958, to Jerry and Gayle (Nelson)…

Rebecca J. Schroeder, 64, Jasper

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Rebecca J. Schroeder, 64, Jasper, passed away at 11:34 p.m. on Monday, May 23, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Rebecca was born in Jasper, Indiana on…

Stacy L. Fleck, 41, Jasper

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Stacy L. Fleck, 41, Jasper, passed away at 8:15 p.m. on Monday, May 23, 2016, at Springs Valley Meadows in French Lick. Stacy was born in Jasper, Indiana on May…

Virginia M. Frick, 74, Huntingburg

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Virginia M. Frick, 74, Huntingburg, passed away at 9:15 a.m., on Sunday, May 22, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Virginia was born June 30, 1941,…

Duane A. Kieffner, 61, Haysville

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Duane A. Kieffner, 61, Haysville, passed away at 3:15 a.m. Sunday, (May 22, 2016), in Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born in Jasper, Indiana on…

Arnold V. Lange, 82, Huntingburg

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Arnold V. Lange, 82, Huntingburg, died Saturday May 21st at his home. He was born January 17, 1934 in Huntingburg to Clem F. & Clara (Brinkman) Lange. He married Martha…

John H. Patton, 88, of Huntingburg

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John H. Patton, 88, of Huntingburg, passed away at 10:45 p.m. on Friday, May 20, 2016, at The Waters of Huntingburg. He was born September 25, 1927, in Crawford County…

Anna Mae Betz, 96, Schnellville

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Anna Mae Betz, 96, Schnellville, passed away at 8:17 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, 2016, at the Timbers of Jasper. Anna Mae was born on June 5, 1919 in Schnellville,…

Walter Guido Seaton, 95, Jasper

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Walter Guido Seaton, 95, Jasper, passed away at 9:22 p.m. on Friday, May 20, 2016, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Guido was born on January 17, 1921 in Beechwood,…

Carol Sue McFarland, 70, Huntingburg

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Carol Sue McFarland, 70, Huntingburg, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2016, at her home. She was born May 1, 1946, in Huntingburg, Indiana to James and Alta (Oxley) McFarland…

Mary O. Songer, 90, Huntingburg

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Mary O. Songer, 90, Huntingburg, passed away at 7:40 a.m. on Thursday, May 19, 2016, at The Waters of Huntingburg. She was born July 9, 1925, in Duff to Martin…

Phyllis A. Winkler, 69, Ferdinand

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Phyllis A. Winkler, 69, Ferdinand, passed away, Friday, May 20, 2016, at her home. Phyllis was born October 6, 1946 in Ferdinand to Edwin and Dorothy Hoge. She married James…

Stanley F. “Butter” Mehling, 76, St. Meinrad

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Stanley F. “Butter” Mehling, 76, St. Meinrad, died Thursday May 19, 2016, in Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center, Jasper. He was born in Saint Meinrad on July 1, 1939 to…

Gerald Newman, 53,Jasper

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Gerald Newman, 53,Jasper, passed away Wednesday morning, May 18, 2016, in Bakersfield, California. Arrangements are pending at Becher-Kluesner Funeral Home in Jasper.

Anthony H. “Tony” Buschkoetter, 79, Huntingburg

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Anthony H. “Tony” Buschkoetter, 79, passed away on Thursday morning, May 19, 2016, at his residence in Huntingburg. He was born March 10, 1937, in St. Anthony, Indiana to Ben…

Virginia J. Quade, 83, Jasper

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Virginia J. Quade, 83, Jasper, formerly of Logansport, passed away Monday, May 16, 2016, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center, Jasper. She was born in Monticello on April 30,…

Rosemary Hohl, 89, Huntingburg

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Rosemary Hohl, 89, Huntingburg, passed away at 9:15 p.m., on Sunday, May 15, 2016, in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born…

Timmy “Curly” Lee Hart, 58

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Timmy “Curly” Hart, 58, died Monday, May 9, at home following a diagnosis of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. He leaves behind his wife of almost 38 years, Debbie (Harger) Hart, whom he…

Herbert H. Fleck, 94, Ferdinand

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Herbert H. Fleck, 94, Ferdinand, passed away Friday, May 13, 2016, at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. He was born in Ferdinand on April 23, 1922, to Joseph and…

Mary Margaret “Peggy” Haugh, 84, Jasper

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Mary Margaret “Peggy” Haugh, 84, Jasper, passed away Friday, May 13, 2016, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville. She was born May 8, 1932, in Glenn Ellyn, Ill., to…

Mark “Rookie” Schneider, 63, Jasper

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Mark “Rookie” Schneider, 63, Jasper, passed away at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 15, 2016, at Select Specialty Hospital in Evansville. Mark was born in Jasper on July 9, 1952,…

Viola L. Seidl, 88, Huntingburg

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Viola L. Seidl, 88, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2016, at the Waters of Huntingburg. Viola was born in Huntingburg on February 3, 1928, to James and Doreatha (Heilers) Schwinghammer…

Randy Lane Hawkins, 58, Huntingburg

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Randy Lane Hawkins, 58, Huntingburg, passed away Thursday evening, May 12, 2016, at I.U. Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born December 17, 1957, in Huntingburg to David and Christina…