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Mary Bede Betz, OSB (formerly Theresa Catherine), 90

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Mary Bede Betz, OSB (formerly Theresa Catherine), 90, peacefully died at Our Lady of Grace Monastery where she resided. She was born in Schnellville, Indiana to John and Arlina (Miller)…

Rebecca M. Coulter, 54, Jasper

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Rebecca M. Coulter, 54, Jasper, passed away at 4:54 p.m. on Saturday, December 10, 2016, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville. Rebecca was born in Paoli, Ind. on April…

Paul Winston Loveall, 75, Huntingburg

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Paul Winston Loveall, 75, Huntingburg, passed away after a long illness, on Saturday, December 10, 2016, at Wellington Parc of Owensboro in Owensboro, Ky. He was born November 9, 1941,…

James C. Brewer, 76, Huntingburg

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James C. Brewer, 76, Huntingburg, passed away at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, December 9, 2016, at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. He was born November 14, 1940, in Mitchell,…

Charlotte I. Sturdevant, 75, Jasper

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Charlotte I. Sturdevant, 75, Jasper, passed away at 10:24 a.m. on Saturday, December 10, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Charlotte was born in Jasper, Indiana…

Sarah J. Chambers, 77, Jasper

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Sarah J. Chambers, 77, Jasper, formerly of Loogootee, passed away at 11:12 a.m. on Thursday, December 8, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Sarah was born in…

Larry George “Hudy” Hudson, 81, Otwell

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Larry George “Hudy” Hudson, 81, Otwell, passed away at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, in St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born Aug. 13, 1935, to Forrest and…

Richard L. Eckerle, 88, Jasper

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Richard L. Eckerle, 88, Jasper, passed away at 9:50 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Richard was born in Jasper, Indiana on October…

William T. Mehringer, 84, Jasper

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William T. Mehringer, 84, Jasper, passed away at 6:25 p.m. on Monday, December 5, 2016, at Brookside Village in Jasper. Bill was born on April 19, 1932, in Jasper, Indiana…

Jerome A. Streicher, 89, Jasper

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Jerome A. Streicher, 89, Jasper, passed away at 8:59 p.m. on Sunday, December 4, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Jerome was born in Jasper on December…

Chase W. Blessinger, 29, Evansville

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Chase W. Blessinger, 29, Evansville, passed away Friday, December 2, 2016, at his home, due to heart failure. Chase was born in Evansville on October 17, 1987. Chase graduated from…

Damian J. McBride, 19, Birdseye

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Damian J. McBride, 19, Birdseye, passed away at 5:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 3, 2016, in a house fire in Pike County alongside his Rottweiler dog, Zander. Damian was born…

Elaine Claire Grundhoefer, 76, Santa Claus

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Elaine Claire Grundhoefer, 76, Santa Claus, passed away, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016. She was born in Dale Feb. 19, 1940, to Harold and Ella (St. Claire) Byers. She married Marvin…

Virgil J. Messmer, 89, Jasper

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Virgil J. Messmer, 89, Jasper, passed away at 8:20 a.m. on Thursday, December 1, 2016, at Cathedral Health Care Center in Jasper. Virgil was born in Huntingburg, Indiana on November…

Patricia Jean Mansini, 93, Ferdinand

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Patricia Jean Mansini, 93, Ferdinand, passed away Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born in Indianapolis on Feb. 9, 1923, to…

Thomas L. Sternberg, 70, Jasper

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Thomas L. Sternberg, 70, Jasper, passed away at 10:38 a.m. on Tuesday, November 29, 2016, at his home. Tom was born in Jasper on April 11, 1946 to Albert “Jack”…

Rev. Edward L. Bennett, 93, Petersburg

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Rev. Edward L. Bennett, 93, Petersburg, Indiana, formerly of Columbus, passed from this life at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, November 26, 2016 at Amber Manor Care Center in Petersburg. He was…

Georgina “Jeanie” Stetter, 84, Jasper

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Georgina “Jeanie” Stetter, 84, Jasper, passed away at 5:50 a.m. on Monday, November 28, 2016, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Jeanie was born in Jasper on February 4,…

Elza Edward Quinn, 81, Hillham

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Elza Edward Quinn, 81, Hillham, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016, at his residence. He was born in Martin County on Oct. 26, 1935, to Roy and Hazel (Qualkenbush) Quinn…

Linda J. Fulling, 68, Oakland City

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Linda J. Fulling, 68, Oakland City, passed away at 11:37 p.m. Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born September 22, 1948,…

Kathleen D. LaRue, 85, Huntingburg and Jasper

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Kathleen D. LaRue, 85, Huntingburg and Jasper, formerly of Wheeling, W.V., passed away at 12:27 a.m. Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at the Northwood Good Samaritan Retirement Community in Jasper. She…

Irma L. Moeller, 75, Jasper

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Irma L. Moeller, 75, Jasper, passed away at 8:10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at Brookside Village in Jasper. Irma was born in Ferdinand, Indiana, on March 30, 1941…

Stella R. Lubbers, 92, St. Anthony

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Stella R. Lubbers, 92, St. Anthony, passed away at 3:20 a.m. on, November 22, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Stella was born in Schnellville, Indiana,…

Irma E. Dilger, 99, Ferdinand

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Irma E. Dilger, 99, Ferdinand, died Monday, November 21, 2016, at Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born October 26, 1917, in Ferdinand to Henry &…

Lorraine Rene (Halbleib) Gehlhausen, 89, Jasper

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Lorraine Rene (Halbleib) Gehlhausen, 89, Jasper, died on November 20, 2016, at Northwood Good Samaritan in Jasper. She was born June 11, 1927, to George and Nettie Alice (Wilkey) Altmeyer…

Bernadette A. “Daisey” Lueken, 84, Ferdinand

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Bernadette A. “Daisey” Lueken, 84, Ferdinand, passed away, Sunday, November 20th at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. Bernadette was born February 7, 1932 to Leonard and Clara (Zoglman) Sitzman…

Mildred Hagedorn Leggett, 95, Santa Claus

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Mildred Hagedorn Leggett, 95, Santa Claus, passed away, Friday, November 18th at Willowdale Village in Dale. She was born on September 28, 1921 to Oscar and Maria Mathilda (Werne) Vaal…

Donald W. Barrett, 74, Coe

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Donald W. Barrett, 74, Coe, passed away at 1:25 am on Saturday, November 20, 2016, at Amber Manor Care Center in Petersburg. He was born February 13, 1942, in Pike…

Robert L. Blackgrave, 85, Jasper

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Robert L. Blackgrave, 85, Jasper, passed away at 1:20 p.m. on Saturday, November 19, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Robert was born in Jasper on June…

Beverly G. Morgan, 66, Birdseye

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Beverly G. Morgan, 66, Birdseye, formerly of Florida, passed away at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, November 14, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born…

Barbara O. Hackmann, 64, Huntingburg

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Barbara O. Hackmann, 64, Huntingburg, passed away at 11:35 a.m., on Wednesday, November 16, 2016, in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was…

Peggy Toland, 78, Santa Claus

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Peggy Toland, 78, Santa Claus, died on November 9, 2016 in Hopkinsville, Ky. She was a member of the Santa Claus United Methodist Church. She is survived by two grandchildren…

Phillip J. Youngs, 52, Florrisant

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Phillip J. Youngs, 52, of Florrisant, Mo., passed away at 1:10 p.m. on Sunday, November 13, 2016, at home. Phillip was born in Evansville, Indiana, on May 2, 1964 to…

Theodore Stephen Melvin, 63, Huntingburg

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Theodore Stephen Melvin, 63, Huntingburg, passed away at 6:26 p.m. on Sunday, November 13, 2016, in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was…

Evelyn L. Weyer, 87, Ferdinand

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Evelyn L. Weyer, 87, Ferdinand, passed away, Tuesday, November 15th at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. Evelyn was born December 29, 1928, in Ferdinand to Albert and Philomena (Schipp)…

Mary M. DeKemper, 87, Ireland

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Mary M. DeKemper, 87, Ireland, passed away at 2:35 a.m. on Tuesday, November 15, 2016, at Brookside Village in Jasper. Mary was born in Dubois on August 28, 1929 to…

Cesar Sandoval, 30, Jasper

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Cesar Sandoval, 30, Jasper, at 7:10 p.m. on Sunday, November 13, 2016, at home. Cesar was born in Maravatio, Michoacan, Mexico on October 15, 1986 to Serafin and Esther (Chavez)…

Ruth Mendel, 67, Dale

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Ruth Mendel, 67, Dale, died on Nov. 15, at Memorial Hospital. She was born May 1, 1949 in Dale, Indiana to Carl and Helen (Waninger) Roos. She married David Mendel…

Dixie K. Cox, 75, Spurgeon

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Dixie K. Cox, 75, Spurgeon, formerly of Madison County, Ind., passed away at 4:48 p.m. on Saturday, November 12, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She…

Ralph B. Fleck, 81, St. Anthony

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Ralph B. Fleck, 81, St. Anthony, passed away at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, November 12, 2016, at his home. He was born at Mariah Hill, Indiana on March 22, 1935 to…

Melvin W. Leistner, 83, Dubois

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Melvin W. Leistner, 83, Dubois, passed away at 3:38 a.m. on Saturday, November 12, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Melvin was born in Dubois, Indiana,…

Charles “Ben” Harris, 88, Jasper

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Charles “Ben” Harris, 88, Jasper, formerly of French Lick, died on November 11th, 2016 at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. He was born in Orange County, Indiana on…

Mary Carolyn Corn, 83, Petersburg

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Mary Carolyn Corn, 83, Petersburg, passed away at 7:40 p.m., on Thursday, November 10, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born January 1, 1933,…

David L. Sermersheim, 75, Jasper

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David L. Sermersheim, 75, Jasper, passed away at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, at home. David was born in Jasper, Indiana on September 26, 1941, to Leroy and…

Mildred E. Baer, 96, Jasper

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Mildred E. Baer, 96, Jasper, passed away at 5:30 a.m. Friday, November 11, 2016, in the Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. She was born at Haysville on November 11,…

Carla J. Wuchner, 55, Jasper

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Carla J. Wuchner, 55, Jasper, passed away at 2:40 p.m. on Thursday, November 10, 2016, in St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville. Carla was born in Jasper on November 10,…

Rosemarie Sherry, 94, Jasper

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Rosemarie Sherry, 94, Jasper, passed away at 2:46 p.m. on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Rosemarie was born in Pittsburg, Kansas on September 2, 1922,…

Michael “Mike” E. Toby, 57, Holland

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Michael “Mike” E. Toby, 57, Holland, passed away at 11:40 p.m. Tuesday, November 8, 2016, at his home in Holland. He was born June 2, 1959, in Huntingburg, Indiana to…

Charles A. Seger, 93, Jasper

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Charles A. Seger, 93, Jasper, passed away at 5:33 p.m. on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, at Brookside Village in Jasper, Indiana. Charlie was born in Dubois, Indiana on October 14,…

Joyce L. Kempf, 75, Schnellville

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Joyce L. Kempf, 75, Schnellville, passed away at 6:50 a.m. on Wednesday (November 9, 2016) at home. Joyce was born in Duff, Indiana, on November 3, 1941 to Virgil and…