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Eugene Leonard “Lenny” Blessinger, 73, Jasper
Eugene Leonard “Lenny” Blessinger, 73, Jasper, passed away at 4:38 a.m. on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at University of Louisville Hospital. Lenny was born in Jasper on July 31, 1942,…
Ralph Dean Hilsmeyer, 90, Holland
Ralph Dean Hilsmeyer, 90, Holland, passed away at 1:05 a.m., Monday, May 2, 2016, at Brookside Village in Jasper. He was born August 31, 1925, in Holland to John and…
Robert Brenner 63, Dale
Robert Brenner 63, Dale, died at Memorial Hospital on May 2, 2016. He was born August 2, 1952 to Emil and Alice (Schwindel) Brenner, and was a member of St…
James L. Bilderback, 84, Huntingburg
James L. Bilderback, 84, Huntingburg, passed away at 2:48 p.m., on Friday, April 29, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born June 7, 1931,…
Roberta Jean “Bobbie” Merritt, 65, Jasper
Roberta Jean “Bobbie” Merritt, 65, Jasper, formerly of Evansville, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2016, in Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. She was born in Evansville on July 31, 1950, to…
Mitchell Kristian Woolsey, 26, Huntingburg
Mitchell Kristian Woolsey, 26, Huntingburg, passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at his residence. He was born February 25, 1990 in Bloomington, Indiana to Max K. Woolsey and Theresa (Thyen)…
Augusta H. Wagner, 91, Jasper
Augusta H. Wagner, 91, Jasper, passed away at 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, April 28, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Augusta was born on March 20, 1925…
Romilda E. Goepferich, 88, St. Meinrad
Romilda E. Goepferich, 88, St. Meinrad, passed away Friday, April 22, 2016, at her home. She was born in Ferdinand in Oct. 10, 1927, to Herman E. and Mary E…
Sister Ida Otto, 73
Sister Ida Otto, 73, of Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, died at 7:25 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, 2016, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. Sister Ida was born April 10,…
Thomas Charles Hall, 45, Huntingburg
Thomas Charles Hall, 45, Huntingburg, died in a vehicle accident Wednesday, April 20, 2016, on I-64 in Warrick County. He was born in Sullivan on Sept. 13, 1970, to Ruth…
Jill Durcholz, 37, Huntingburg
Jill Durcholz, 37, Huntingburg, passed away at 5:35 a.m. on Monday, April 18, 2016, at I.U. Health University Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born April 29, 1978, in Huntingburg, Indiana…
Alberta M. Harris, 98, Huntingburg
Alberta M. Harris, 98, passed away at 1:42 p.m. on Monday, April 18, 2016, in Huntingburg. She was born May 24, 1917, in Jasper, Indiana to Clem and Carrie (Seng)…
Lucille M. Kuebler, 90, Jasper
Lucille M. Kuebler, 90, Jasper, passed away at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, April 18, 2016 at home. Lucille was born on January 14, 1926 in Ireland, Indiana to Othmar and…
Elizabeth Clare “Betty” Keller, 90, Louisville
Elizabeth Clare “Betty” Keller, 90, Louisville, passed away at 11 a.m. Friday, April 15, 2016 in Louisville. She was born in Jasper on June 16, 1925, to Sylvester and Minnie…
Judith A. Pund, 59, Ferdinand
Judith A. Pund, 59, Ferdinand, died Sunday, April 17, 2016, at her home. She was born in Huntingburg on April 11, 1957, to Wilfred and Bernice (Laake) Weyer. Mrs. Pund…
Charles A. Keller, Sr., 75, Otwell
Charles A. Keller, Sr., 75, of Otwell, passed away at 11:45 p.m., on Saturday, April 16, 2016, in Huntingburg. He was born October 5, 1940, in Jasper, Indiana to Alvin…
Martha A. Hochgesang, 67, of Jasper
Martha A. Hochgesang, 67, of Jasper, passed away at 11:32 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, 2016, at Cathedral Health Care Center in Jasper. Martha was born in Washington, Indiana, on…
Kenneth Scott Gauker, 43, of Jasper
Kenneth Scott Gauker, 43, of Jasper, passed away at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, at home. Kenneth was born on April 7, 1973 in New Castle, Indiana, to…
Charles L. Kieffner, 87, Jasper
Charles L. Kieffner, 87, of Jasper, passed away at 12:27 a.m. on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Charlie was born in Jasper,…
Charles E. Schneider, 75, Dubois
Charles E. Schneider, 75, Dubois, Indiana passed away at 1:35 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, 2016, in Cathedral Health Care in Jasper. He was born in Huntingburg, Indiana on December 2,…
Alma Evangeline Doolittle, 76, Huntingburg
Alma Evangeline Doolittle, 76, of Huntingburg, passed away at 4:15 p.m., on Monday, April 11, 2016, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. She was born April 2, 1940, in…
Elfrieda E. “Frieda” Lueken, 84, Jasper
Elfrieda E. “Frieda” Lueken, 84, Jasper, Indiana, passed away peacefully at 7:55 p.m. on Sunday, April 10, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Frieda was born in…
Roberta J. Harris, 90, of Jasper
Roberta J. Harris, 90, of Jasper, passed away at 6:18 a.m. on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Roberta was born on April 24, 1925…
Joan Alstott, 77, Huntingburg
Joan Alstott, 77, of Huntingburg, passed away at 2:23 a.m., on Monday, April 11, 2016, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born April 12, 1938,…
Mae E. Atkins, 97, Birdseye
Mae E. Atkins, 97, of Birdseye, passed away at 9:20 a.m., on Sunday, April 10, 2016, at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. She was born May 1, 1918, in…
Geraldine “Gerry” Hentrup, 85, Jasper
Geraldine “Gerry” Hentrup, 85, Jasper, Indiana passed away at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, April 9, 2016, at Brookside Village Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born at Dubois, Indiana on…
Charles Jess DeWeese, 62, Petersburg
Charles Jess DeWeese, 62, of Petersburg, passed away at 2:22 p.m., on Friday, April 8, 2016, at Amber Manor Care Center in Petersburg. He was born March 16, 1954, in…
Carl Andrew Cato, 52, Winslow
Carl Andrew Cato, 52, of Winslow, passed away at 7:44 p.m., on Friday, April 8, 2016, at his home. He was born October 28, 1963, in Huntingburg, Indiana to Yulin…
Leo A. Giesler Jr., 82, Ferdinand
Leo A. “Junie” Giesler Jr., 82, Ferdinand, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at his home. He was born at Jasper on Sept. 24, 1933, to Leo A. Sr. and Catherine…
Bernice G. Rottet, 84, Jasper
Bernice G. Rottet, 84, Jasper, passed away at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at her daughter’s home in Linton, Indiana. She was born in Jasper, Indiana on November…
Jean Scherle, 80, of Jasper
Jean Scherle, 80, of Jasper, passed away at 5:00 a.m. today, Thursday, April 7, 2016, at her home. She was born at Huntingburg to Willis and Marie (Vandver) Stillwell. She…
Sister Barbara Jean Luebbehusen, 66
Sister Barbara Jean Luebbehusen, 66, of Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, died at 4:41 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at the monastery. Sister Barbara Jean was born November 2,…
Dennis N. Witte, 72, Huntingburg
Dennis N. Witte, 72, of Huntingburg, passed away at 10:10 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville. He was born April 18, 1943,…
William E. “Bill” Barnhart, 89
William E. “Bill” Barnhart, 89, formerly of Jasper, passed away on April 5, 2016, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Martinsville, Indiana, on January 1, 1927. His…
Mary Jane Honea, 91, of Jasper
Mary Jane Honea, 91, of Jasper, passed away at 8:07 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Mary Jane was born in Kerens, Texas, on…
Joseph C. Steffen, 63, Ireland
Joseph C. Steffen, 63, of Ireland, passed away at 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at Cathedral Health Care Center in Jasper. Joe was born in Jasper, Indiana on…
M. Jane Olinger, 71, Indianapolis
M. Jane Olinger, 71, Indianapolis, formerly of Ferdinand, passed away Monday, March 28, 2016, in the care of her sisters, Rita and Mary Ellen, at Rita’s home in Fishers after…
Lula B. Buchta, 90, Jasper
Lula B. Buchta, 90, of Jasper, passed away at 12:45 p.m. on Sunday, April 3, 2016, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Lula was born in French Lick, on…
Patricia J. Collins, 83, Jasper
Patricia J. Collins, 83, of Jasper, passed away early Sunday morning, April 3, at the Northwood Good Samaritan Center in Jasper. She was born November 23, 1932, in Muncie and…
Carla Michelle “Missy” Eckert, 50, Huntingburg
Carla Michelle “Missy” Eckert, 50, of Huntingburg, passed away at 4:43 a.m., on Thursday, March 31, 2016, at The Waters of Huntingburg nursing center in Huntingburg. She was born March…
Norman F. Brosmer, 93, Birdseye
Norman F. Brosmer, 93, of Birdseye, formerly of Dubois, passed away at 3:40 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Norman was born on April…
Robert E. Crist, 68, Huntingburg
Robert E. Crist, 68, of Huntingburg, passed away at 1:41 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, 2016, at Cypress Grove Rehab Center in Newburgh. He was born October 15, 1947, in…
Shirley A. Scott, 68, Huntingburg
Shirley A. Scott, 68, of Huntingburg, passed away at 10:45 a.m. on Sunday, March 20, 2016, at The Waters of Huntingburg. She was born February 25, 1948, in Sylacauga, Al.,…
Charles R. Knebel, 65, Jasper
Charles R. Knebel, 65, of Jasper, passed away at 12:03 p.m. on Monday, March 28, 2016, at the home of his sister. Charles was born in Huntingburg on May 25,…
Don Barkley, 77, Huntingburg
Don Barkley, 77, of Huntingburg, passed away at 7:28 a.m. Monday, March 28, 2016, at his home. He was born October 20, 1938, in Bloomington to James Alfred and Maude…
Tamela L. Fleck, 52, of Jasper
Tamela L. Fleck, 52, of Jasper, passed away at 12:00 a.m. on Saturday (March 26, 2016) at home. Tamela was born in Fredericktown, Missouri, on November 27, 1963, to Keith…
Geraldine (Gerri) Schnaus, 59, Loogootee
Geraldine (Gerri) Schnaus, 59, of Loogootee, died of cancer Sunday, March 20, 2016. She was at home with family by her side, after never giving up during a two-year battle. She…
Clarence “Pete” Schneider, 92, St. Anthony
Clarence “Pete” Schneider, 92, of St. Anthony, passed away Wednesday at 12:05, March 23, 2016 in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born on September 27, 1923…
Charles Gogel, 77, Jasper
Charles Gogel, 77, Jasper, formerly of Dale, passed away, Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. Charles was born October 16, 1938 in Dale to Edward and Ida…
Carolyn L. Wellemeyer, 99, of Huntingburg
Carolyn L. Wellemeyer, 99, of Huntingburg, passed away at 9:32 p.m. on Sunday, March 20, 2016, at The Waters of Huntingburg. She was born March 12, 1917, in Huntingburg, Indiana…
