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Lee Goeppner, 62, Ireland

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Lee Goeppner, 62, of Ireland, passed away at 9:15 p.m. on Sunday, Febuary 14, 2016, at home. Lee was born in Ireland on July 2, 1953, to Albert and Mattieline…

Nancy M. Ringeman, 82, Santa Claus

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Nancy M. Ringeman, 82, of Santa Claus, passed away, Friday, February 12, 2016, at Oakwood Health Campus in Tell City. Nancy was born July 5, 1933, to Henry and Dorothea…

Bernard T. โ€œBernieโ€ Pund, 76, Ferdinand

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Bernard T. โ€œBernieโ€ Pund, 76, of Ferdinand, died Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born in Ferdinand on Aug. 6, 1939,…

Charles M. Ragle, 85, Otwell

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Charles M. Ragle, 85, of Otwell, passed away at 9:25 p.m. Friday, February 12, 2016, at Amber Manor Care Center in Petersburg. He was born November 10, 1930, in Spurgeon,…

Donald R. Rebber, 64, Jasper

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Donald R. Rebber, 64, of Jasper, passed away at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 6, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. Donald was born in…

Annetta D. Goller, 102, Jasper

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Annetta D. Goller, 102, of Jasper, passed away at 1:10 p.m. on Thursday, February 11, 2016, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper, IN. Annetta was born on April 14, 1913,…

Dennis Gill Ring, 79, Jasper

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Dennis Gill Ring, 79, of Jasper, passed away 11:33 p.m. on Wednesday, February 10, 2016, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. Gill was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on May 9,…

Marie Kuper, 95, formerly of Jasper

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Marie Kuper, 95, formerly of Jasper, passed away at 3:25 p.m. Friday, February 5, 2016, at the Little Sisters of the Poor St. Augustine Home, Indianapolis. She was born at…

Daniel Ray Jochim, 58, Huntingburg

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Daniel Ray Jochim, 58, of Huntingburg, passed away at 2:55 a.m. Monday, February 8, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born May 6, 1957,…

Virginia Ann Schmitt, 74, Holland

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Virginia Ann Schmitt, 74, of Holland, passed away at 1:15 a.m. Thursday, February 4, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born February 11, 1941,…

Sameer C. Mehta, 39, of Huntingburg

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Sameer C. Mehta, 39, of Huntingburg, passed away at 7:50 p.m. Monday, February 8, 2016, in an auto accident on Highway 231 South near the WITZ Road outside of Jasper…

Terry Lee Thomas, 62, Lamar

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Terry Lee Thomas, 62, of Lamar, died on February 8, 2016, at the Deaconess VNA Hospice Center in Evansville. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother,…

Marcella A. “Sally” Lindauer, 88, Jasper

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Marcella A. “Sally” Lindauer, 88, of Jasper, passed away at 12:22 a.m. on Tuesday, February 9, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Sally was born in…

Catherine M. Wildman, 91, of Loogootee

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Catherine M. Wildman, 91, of Loogootee, passed away with her family by her side at 2:23 p.m. February 7, 2016, at The Timbers in Jasper. She was born February 7,…

Ora A. Jones, 80, Huntingburg

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Ora A. Jones, 80, of Huntingburg, passed away at 3:00 a.m. Monday, February 8, 2016, at his daughter Debbie Hensleyโ€™s residence in Schnellville. He was born July 16, 1935, in…

Viola “Shortie” Heitz, 87, of St. Anthony

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Viola “Shortie” Heitz, 87, of St. Anthony, passed away at 10:34 a.m. on Sunday, February 7, 2016, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Viola was born in Jasper, IN on…

Vernon โ€œCookieโ€ Kimmel, 86, Petersburg

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Vernon โ€œCookieโ€ Kimmel, 86, of Petersburg, formerly of Huntingburg, passed away at 4:20 a.m., Saturday, February 6, 2016, at the Amber Manor Care Center in Petersburg, Indiana. He was born…

Steve K. Hunter, 65, Holland

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Steve K. Hunter, 65, of Holland, passed away at 3:00 a.m., Friday, February 5, 2016, at his residence. He was born May 18, 1950, in Huntingburg, Indiana to Eugene and…

Joseph A. Sermersheim, 76, of Ireland

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Joseph A. Sermersheim, 76, of Ireland, passed away at 5:20 a.m. Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at his home. He was born on October 28, 1939, in Jasper to Herbert and…

Donald Lee Cherry, 78, Huntingburg

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Donald Lee Cherry, 78, of Huntingburg, was found deceased at his residence on Tuesday, February 2, 2016, from natural causes. He was born February 16, 1937 in Spencer County, Indiana,…

Luella H. Eisenhut, 90, Haysville

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Luella H. Eisenhut, 90, of Haysville, passed away a 2:35 a.m. Wednesday, February 3, 2016, in St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. She was born in Haysville, Indiana on June…

Alice M. Lueken, 76, Schnellville

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Alice M. Lueken, 76, of Schnellville, passed away at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, February 1, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Alice was born on November 14,…

Monty H. Buchanan, 60, of Jasper

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Monty H. Buchanan, 60, Jasper, passed away at 2:15 p.m. on Friday, January 29, 2016, at home. He was born on June 18, 1955, in Lawrenceville, IL to Hugh and…

Sylvia J. Priser, 73, Jasper

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Sylvia J. Priser, 73, of Jasper, formerly of Tipton, passed away at 11:36 p.m. Friday, January 29, 2016, at her home in Jasper, Indiana. She was born March 26, 1942,…

Michael L. Burke, 49, St. Anthony

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Michael L. Burke, 49, of St. Anthony, passed away at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday, January 31, 2016, at the Timbers of Jasper. Mike was born on December 11, 1966, in…

Kent E. Pieper, 50, Jasper

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Kent E. Pieper, 50, of Jasper, passed away at 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 30, 2016, at home. Kent was born on October 16, 1965 in Jasper, Indiana to Eugene…

Catherine “Betts” E. Terwiske, 85, Ireland

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Catherine “Betts” E. Terwiske, 85, of Ireland, passed away at 8:53 p.m. on Friday, January 29, 2016, at home. Betts was born in Ireland, Indiana on February 3, 1930,ย to Robert…

Janet Sullivan, 80, Jasper

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Janet Sullivan, 80, of Jasper, formerly of New Albany, passed away at 2:37 a.m. on Wednesday, January 27, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Janet was…

Cynthia J. Wyland, 59, Dubois

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Cynthia J. Wyland, 59, of Dubois, passed away at 8:19 a.m. on Thursday, January 28, 2016, at Springs Valley Meadows in French Lick. She was born in Dubois, Indiana on…

Eugene Earl Minor, 86, Dale

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Eugene Earl Minor 86, of Dale, formerly of Lamar, died on January 26 at Scenic Hills in Ferdinand. He was born May 2, 1929 in Lamar, Indiana to Karl and…

Dylan Levi Somers, 21, Dale

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Dylan Levi Somers, 21, Dale, died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, at Dale. He was born in Huntingburg on March 25, 1994. Surviving are his mother and stepfather, Tina Somers and…

Kristine Madden, 56, Santa Claus

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Kristine Madden, 56, of Santa Claus, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2016 at the home of her daughter in Santa Claus. Kristine was born September 9, 1959, to Joe and…

Leona Schaefer, 93, Dale

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Leona Schaefer, 93, of Dale, passed away, Monday, January 25, 2016, at Northwood Retirement Community. Leona was born October 3, 1922 in St. Anthony to Hubert and Pauline (Altmeyer) Persohn…

Victoria Catherine Johannah (Schnarr) Weigel, 98, Huntingburg

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Victoria Catherine Johannah (Schnarr) Weigel, 98, of Huntingburg, passed away at 11:20 a.m. Sunday, January 24, 2016, in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper…

Agnes June Ross, 78, Ireland

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Agnes June Ross, 78, of Ireland, passed away at 9:58 a.m. on Saturday, January 23, 2016, at The Timbers of Jasper. Agnes was born on May 20, 1937 in Pike…

Wanda L. Letterman, 79, Haysville

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Wanda L. Letterman, 79, of Haysville, passed away at 12:12 a.m. Saturday, January 23. 2016, in Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born at Dubois, Indiana…

Richard C. Wehr, 72, Jasper

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Richard C. Wehr, 72, of Jasper, passed away at 8:10 p.m. on Wednesday, January 20, 2016, at his home. Richard was born in Huntingburg on December 19, 1943, to William…

Sabina R. Cital, 60, Huntingburg

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Sabina R. Cital, 60, of Huntingburg, passed away at 5:51 a.m., Thursday, January 21, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born August 29, 1955,…

Louise A. Weisheit, 83, Jasper

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Louise A. Weisheit, 83, of Jasper, passed away at 10:14 p.m. Wednesday, January 20, 2016, in Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born at Dubois, Indiana…

Mike Owen, 72, French Lick

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Mike Owen, 72, of French Lick, Indiana died on January 18, 2016, at his residence. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on September 20th, 1943, to Harold and Jessie (Wilson)…

Robert E. Schipp, 77, Ferdinand

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Robert E. Schipp, 77, of Ferdinand, passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Robert was born July 3, 1938, in Ferdinand to Gilbert…

Mabel W. Bartelt, 92, of Huntingburg

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Mabel W. Bartelt, 92, of Huntingburg, passed away at 4:35 p.m. Monday, January 18, 2016, at Brookside Village in Jasper. She was born June 10, 1923 in Huntingburg, to George…

Edwina O. Seaton, 88, Jasper

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Edwina O. Seaton, 88, of Jasper, passed away at 10:50 p.m. Friday, January 15, 2016, at the Northwood Retirement Center in Jasper. She was born at St. Meinrad, Indiana on…

David M. Huffer, 73, Jasper

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David M. Huffer, 73, of Jasper, passed away at 4:20 a.m. on Friday, January 15, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. David was born in Columbus,…

Margaret M. Schroering, 93, Jasper

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Margaret M. Schroering, 93, of Jasper, and formerly of Celestine, passed away at 10:08 a.m. on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. She was born in…

Bernice L. Dearing, 90, Huntingburg

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Bernice L. Dearing, 90, of Huntingburg, passed away at 11:45 p.m. Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at the Northwood Good Samaritan Center in Jasper. She was born August 8, 1925, in…

Stanley F. Leinenbach, 77, Jasper

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Stanley F. Leinenbach, 77, of Jasper, passed away at 12:05 a.m., Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. He was born July 16, 1938 in Ferdinand,…

Wayne Gordon Guth, 84, Huntingburg

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Wayne Gordon Guth, 84, of Huntingburg, passed away at 2:45 a.m. Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born February 23, 1931…

Alta Reatha (Miller) Swartzentruber, 93, of Montgomery

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Alta Reatha (Miller) Swartzentruber, 93, of Montgomery, went to her heavenly home at 1:07 a.m. Saturday, January 9, 2016, at her home. She was born January 2, 1923 in Daviess…

Jenny Mills, 60, Mariah Hill

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Jenny Mills, 60, of Mariah Hill, died January 9, 2016 at Memorial Hospital. She is survived by her Husband Ben Mills of Mariah Hill. Private graveside services will be held…