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Audrey E. Habig, 89, Jasper

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Audrey E. Habig, 89, of Jasper, passed away at 7:27 p.m. on Saturday, December 12, 2015, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Audrey was born in Chicago, Ill., on September…

Rose Mae Kline, 82, Ferdinand

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Rose Mae Kline, 82, of Ferdinand, passed away Friday, December 11th in Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center, Jasper. She was born May 20, 1933, in Ferdinand to Andrew &…

Shannon K. Sermersheim, 50, Jasper

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Shannon K. Sermersheim, 50, of Jasper, passed away at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 12, 2015, at home. Shannon was born in Jasper, Indiana on June 28, 1965 to Jerry…

Marie V. Blessinger, 90, Holland

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Marie V. Blessinger, 90, of Holland, Indiana, passed away at 11:40 a.m., Saturday, December 12, 2015, at Brookside Village in Jasper. She was born April 5, 1925, in Celestine, Indiana,…

Paul E. Sollman, 77, Velpen

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Paul E. Sollman, 77, of Velpen, passed away at 3:24 p.m. CDT Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at Deaconess Hospital’s Hospice Care Center in Evansville. He was born May 21, 1938,…

Mabell C. Schitter, 88, Jasper

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Mabell C. Schitter, 88, of Jasper, passed away at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 5, 2015, at Brookside Village in Jasper. Mabell was born in Haysville, Indiana, on May 31,…

Robert L. Nalin, 83, of Thomasville, Ga.

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Robert L. Nalin, 83, of Thomasville, Ga., passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 5, 2015, at his home. Robert was born in Jasper, Indiana on February 3, 1932 to Cletus…

Jewanna Mattice, 83, Holland

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Jewanna Mattice, 83, of Holland, formerly of Corbin, Kentucky, passed away at 8:45 a.m., Saturday, December 5, 2015, in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in…

Mary Ann Recker, 76, Jasper

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Mary Ann Recker, 76, of Jasper, passed away at 11:25 a.m. on Friday, December 4, 2015, at home. Mary was born on September 11, 1939 in Oxford, Florida, to Butler…

Albert “Al” Boeglin, 84, Jasper

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Albert “Al” Boeglin, 84,of Jasper, passed away at 8:20 a.m. on Saturday, December 5, 2015, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Al was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 22,…

James D. Neuman, 84, Huntingburg

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James D. Neuman, 84, of Huntingburg, passed away at 5:53 a.m. Saturday, December 5, 2015, at Brookside Village in Jasper. He was born April 14, 1931, in Huntingburg to Walter…

Don Edward Ambrose, 82

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Don Edward Ambrose, 82, of Jasper, passed away, Thursday, December 3, 2015, in Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. He was born November 1, 1933 in Cleveland, to Edward & Mary…

Dorothy Jean Hamilton, 81

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Dorothy Jean Hamilton, 81, of Marana, Ariz., formerly of Augusta, Indiana, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2015, at her residence in Arizona. She was born April 18, 1934, in Velpen,…

William F. “Bill” Hartloff, 58

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William F. “Bill” Hartloff, 58, of Holland, passed away at 12:23 a.m. Tuesday, December 1, 2015, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper after a short battle with…

Eleanor L. Loehr, 88

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Eleanor L. Loehr, 88, of Holland, passed away at 10:42 a.m. Monday, November 30, 2015, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. She was born October 10, 1927 in Stendal,…

David Sutton, 57

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David Sutton, 57, of Santa Claus, died November 28, 2015, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was a U.S. Navy veteran and worked as…

Mary Ann Uebelhor, 96

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Mary Ann Uebelhor, 96, of Jasper, passed away at 3:25 a.m. on Monday, November 30, 2015, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Mary Ann was born in…

Paul F. Aldridge, 66

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Paul F. Aldridge, 66, of Palmyra, formerly of Stendal, passed away at 7:57 p.m. Friday, November 27, 2015, at the Lynnville Park Campground in Lynnville. He was born March 7,…

Davy Joe Walden 61

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Davy Joe Walden 61, of Selvin, died November 25 at his home. A U.S. Navy veteran, Mr. Walden was the co-owner of B and W Repair in Dale He is…

Marlene June Deel Elkins, 73

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Marlene June Deel Elkins, 73, passed away the morning of November 7, 2015 at her home in Hanahan, S.C. Mrs. Elkins was born November 18, 1941, in Haysville; a daughter…

George David Beckmann, 77

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George David Beckmann, 77, Indianapolis, died of cancer Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Indianapolis. He was born in Jasper on Jan. 17, 1938, to Edward and Gladys (Hail) Beckmann. Mr…

Norbert F. Nordhoff, 66

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Norbert F. Nordhoff, 66, of Ferdinand, passed away, Tuesday, November 24, 2015, at IUPUI Hospital in Indianapolis. Norbert was born October 14, 1949 in Celestine to Frank and Philomena “Minnie”…

Gervase H. Welp, 71

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Gervase H. Welp, 71, of St. Anthony, passed away at 3:40 p.m. on Tuesday, November 24, 2015, at home. Gervase was born in Huntingburg, Indiana, on July 3, 1944 to…

Georgia A. Kleiser, 86

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Georgia A. Kleiser, 86, of Jasper, passed away at 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, November 24, 2015, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Georgia was born in Evansville, Indiana on May…

James R. “Jim” Brown, 83

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James R. “Jim” Brown, 83, of Huntingburg, passed away at 5:47 p.m. Monday, November 23, 2015, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. He was born June 16, 1932 in Huntingburg, to…

Martin E. Buschkoetter, 76

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Martin E. Buschkoetter, 76, of Jasper, Indiana passed away at 11:20 a.m. on Tuesday, November 24, 2015, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Martin was born in St…

Matilda Margaret Lasher, 99

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Matilda Margaret Lasher, 99, of Huntingburg, passed away at 4:55 p.m. Sunday, November 22, 2015, at the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. She was born April 1, 1916 in Jasper,…

Allen Keith Conrad, 80

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Allen Keith Conrad, 80, of Crystal, entered into eternal rest on November 18, 2015, at St. Charles Health Campus, Jasper, Indiana. He was born in French Lick, Indiana on September…

Nathan M. Acuff, 36

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Nathan M. Acuff, 36, Phoenix, Ariz., died Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, in Phoenix. He was born in Jasper on Aug. 11, 1979. Mr. Acuff had attended schools in Jasper and…

Virginia T. Schepers, 72

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Virginia T. Schepers, 72, of Celestine, Indiana, passed away at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2015, at the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Ky. Virginia was born on…

Philip M. Harris, 66

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Philip M. Harris, 66, passed away Tuesday evening, November 17, 2015, at his residence in Huntingburg. He was born April 12, 1949 in Huntingburg, Indiana, to Omer and Goldie (VanWinkle)…

Roger William Ingle, 88

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Roger William Ingle, 88, Springfield, Ill., died at 10:30 a.m. CST Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015, at Bickford Senior Living in Springfield. He was born in Huntingburg on Nov. 24, 1926,…

James L. Recker, 80

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James L. Recker, 80, of Ferdinand, passed away, Saturday, November 14, 2015, at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. James was born January 8, 1935 to Raymond and Victoria (Kluemper)…

Karen Elaine Bowling, 66

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Karen Elaine Bowling, 66, passed away at 11:00 a.m. Sunday, November 15, 2015, at her residence in Huntingburg. She was born February 22, 1949 in Vincennes, Indiana, to Chester and…

Leona B. Stromblad, 74

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Leona B. Stromblad, 74, of Jasper, passed away at 3:55 p.m. on Friday, November 13, 2015, at The Timbers of Jasper. Leona was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 18,…

Sister Adele Weyer, 97

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Sister Adele Weyer, 97, of Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, died at 4 a.m. on Friday, November 13, 2015, at the monastery’s Hildegard Health Center. Sister Adele was born August…

Alva Freadman Allen, 93

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Alva Freadman Allen, 93, of Jasper, passed away at 6:56 p.m. Monday, November 9, 2015, in the Timbers of Jasper Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born on January…

Martha K. Evans, 40

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Martha K. Evans, 40, of Dubois, passed away at 6:34 p.m. on Thursday, November 12, 2015, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Martha was born in Huntingburg,…

Levanis “Lenny” T. Ernst, 76

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Levanis “Lenny” T. Ernst, 76, of Jasper, passed away at 2:05 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at home. Lenny was born on September 6, 1939 in Jasper, Indiana to…

Helen Mae Arensman, 94

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Helen Mae Arensman, 94, died on November 2, 2015. A nurse, teacher, and veteran of World War II, she was also a loving wife and mother. Mae was born on…

Clara Mae Stenftenagel, 76

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Clara Mae Stenftenagel, 76, of Jasper, passed away at 5:38 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10,2015, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Clara was born in Jasper on July 17, 1939…

Earl Elwood Johnson, 84

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Earl Elwood Johnson, 84, of Huntingburg, passed away at 2:18 p.m., Tuesday, November 10, 2015, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born July 31, 1931…

Ernest George Buechlein, 78

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Ernest George Buechlein, 78, husband of the late Joyce Bromm Buechlein, passed away November 8, 2015. He was born in Jasper to the late August and Lorena Merkle Buechlein. Mr…

Mary Jane Ellis, 88

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Mary Jane Ellis, 88, formerly of Gentryville, passed away Sunday, November 7th, 2015, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Oakland City. Mary Jane (Neville) Ellis was born April 28th,…

Eugene A. Verkamp, 69

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Eugene A. Verkamp, 69, Ferdinand, died Tuesday, Nov. 3. 2015, at his home. He was born in Ferdinand on July 28, 1946, to Albert and Augusta (Krampe) Verkamp. He married…

Herbert J. Freson, 97

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Herbert J. Freson, 97, of Huntingburg, passed away at 12:00 noon, Wednesday, November 4, 2015, at his residence. He was born March 18, 1918 in Huntingburg, Indiana, to John and…

Stanley R. Schroeder, 58

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Stanley R. Schroeder, 58, of Jasper, passed away at 12:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at home. Stan was born in Newfoundland, Canada December 27, 1956, to William and…

Kemberling ‘Kem’ Taylor, 56

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Kemberling ‘Kem’ Taylor 56, of St. Croix, died Oct. 27, 2015. Kem worked for several years at the Carpenter Co. as well as the Sisters of St. Benedict. Kem was…

Lilly Mae Bauer, 81

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Lilly Mae Bauer, 81, of Jasper, passed away at 3:05 p.m. Monday, November 2, 2015, at the Northwood Retirement Center in Jasper. She was born in Jasper, Indiana on August…