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Eric Mathew Bureau, 28

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Eric Mathew Bureau, age 28, of Dale passed away on Tuesday, December 17, 2013. Eric was born in Kittanning, PA on March 4, 1985 to Charles Bureau and Kimberly Fraleigh…

William A. Matheis, 64

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William A. Matheis, age 64, passed away, Monday, December 16, 2013, in the Kindred Indian Creek Nursing Center at Corydon, Ind. Bill Matheis was born at Dubois, Indiana, June 3,…

Brian K. Mehringer, age 46

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Brian K. Mehringer, age 46, passed away Tuesday morning (December 17,2013), at his home. Brian was born in Jasper, Indiana April 18, 1967 to Roman Mehringer Sr. and Della (Hubster)…

Richard “Dick” A. Gehlhausen, 68

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Richard “Dick” A. Gehlhausen, 68, of Dale, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013 at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. He was born July 31, 1945 in Evansville to Roy…

Mitchell Aaron Haas, 21

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Mitchell Aaron Haas, 21, of Ferdinand, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013 at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born August 8, 1992 in Jasper to…

Michelle Benton, 44

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Michelle Benton, age 44, of Jasper, Indiana, passed away at 4:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 14, 2013, at home. Michelle was born in Vincennes Indiana on March 11, 1969 to…

James G. Seger, 65

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James G. Seger, age 65, of Bretzville, Indiana lost his battle to cancer at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 15, 2013, at home. Jim was born in Dubois on January 23, 1948…

Michael Wylucki, 41

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Michael Wylucki, age 41, of Holland, Ind., passed away at 3:15 p.m. Saturday, December 14, 2013, in Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center in Jasper. Michael was born on May…

Mildred M. Blesch, 88

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Mildred M. Blesch, age 88, of Indianapolis, formerly of Holland, Indiana, passed away at 12:04 p.m., Friday, December 13, 2013 at The Hearth at Windermere in Fischers, Indiana. She was…

James A. Block, 83

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James A. Block, age 83, of Jasper, Indiana passed away at 4:18 p.m. Friday, December 13, 2013 at home. Jim was born on December 14, 1929 in Louisville, Kentucky, to…

Anita Gunselman, 99

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Anita Gunselman, age 99, of Huntingburg, passed away at 6:30 a.m., Friday, December 13, 2013, at the Newburgh Healthcare Center in Newburgh, Indiana. She was born August 14, 1914 in…

John W. Fischer, 87

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John W. Fischer, age 87, of Huntingburg, passed away at 1:56 a.m., Friday, December 13, 2013, at the Providence Home Healthcare Center in Jasper. He was born March 23, 1926…

Roger Dale Lutz, Jr., 42

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Roger Dale Lutz, Jr., age 42, of Huntingburg, Indiana, was found deceased at his residence on Wednesday, December 11, 2013. He was born April 22, 1971 in Jasper, Indiana to…

Robert L. Bachman, 72

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Robert L. Bachman, age 72, passed away at 8:15 a.m. on Friday, December 13, 2013, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Bob was born in Jasper, Indiana, on July…

Jeffery Allen Rottet, 45

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Jeffery Allen Rottet, age 45, of Huntingburg, Indiana, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2013, from a heart attack during a hunting trip in Seymour, Indiana. He was born August 9,…

Alan C. McKinney, 62

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Alan C. McKinney, age 62, of Mooresville, Indiana, passed away at 2:52 a.m., Saturday, December 7, 2013 at his parent’s residence in Mooresville. He was born November 4, 1951 in…

Frances E. Meyer, 87

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Frances E. Meyer, 87, of Ferdinand, died Sunday December 8, 2013 at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center. She was born May 17, 1926 to Anthony and Minnie (McKenzie) Kunkler in…

Gerald “Jerry” Herbig, 76

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Gerald “Jerry” Herbig, 76, Ferdinand, died Friday, December 6, 2013, at his home. He was born in Jasper on April 10, 1937, to Othmar and Juanita (Goldman) Herbig. He married…

Kathleen A. (Oskin) Friedman, 60

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Kathleen A. (Oskin) Friedman, 60, formerly of Tell City, passed away on December 7, 2013, at Jasper Memorial Hospital. She was born in Perry County on November 19, 1953. Her…

Kenneth T. Braun, 66

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Kenneth T. Braun, age 66, of Loogootee, Indiana passed away at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, December 8, 2013, at his home. He was born in Martin County, Indiana December 16, 1946,…

Verena R. Kays, 76

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Verena R. Kays, age 76, of Ferdinand, Indiana, passed away at 4:05 p.m., Saturday, December 7, 2013 in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper…

Richard E. Lange, 83

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Richard E. Lange, 83, of Ferdinand, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2013, at his home. Richard was born June 16, 1930 to Herman and Ida (Begle) Lange in Ferdinand. He…

Arthur L. Wanninger, 84

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Arthur L. Wanninger, age 84, of Jasper, passed away at 6:10 a.m. on Saturday, December 7, 2013, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Arthur was born on December…

Albert T. Carrico, 83

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Albert T. Carrico, age 83, of Jasper, Indiana passed away at 8:17 a.m. on Thursday, December 5, 2013, at the Timbers of Jasper. Albert was born on August 10, 1930…

Wanda Lee “Sis” Kalb, 88

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Wanda Lee “Sis” Kalb, age 88, of Dubois, passed away at 2:08 p.m. Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at Brookside Village Retirement Community in Jasper. Wanda was born on February 14,…

Irene F. Petry, 79

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Irene F. Petry , age 79, of St. Anthony, passed away at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at home. She was born on April 25, 1934 in English, IN…

Kenneth J. Jackle, 47

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Kenneth J. Jackle, age 47, of Jasper, passed away at 4:05 p.m. Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Kenneth fought a battle with leukemia for…

Ellen Louise Meyer, 88

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Ellen Louise Meyer passed away Monday morning, Dec. 2, 2013, at age 88. Ellen was a life-long resident of Holland, Indiana, except for the past four years when she moved…

Betty J. Epple, 81

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Betty J. Epple, age 81, of Jasper, Indiana passed away at 4:30 a.m. Monday, December 2, 2013, at the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Betty was born on October 24,…

Jerri A. Helsley, 57

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Jerri A. Helsley, age 57, of Huntingburg, Indiana, passed away at 7:43 p.m., Friday, November 29, 2013, in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper…

William Albert Feldmeyer, 87

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William Albert Feldmeyer, age 87, of Orlando, Florida, passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2013 in Florida. He was born in Huntingburg, Indiana to Samuel Henry and Meta B. (Bartelt) Feldmeyer…

Leola B. Krieg, 93

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Leola B. Krieg, age 93, of Huntingburg, Indiana, passed away at 3:00 a.m., Sunday, December 1, 2013, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born August…

Joyce F. Scherle, 55

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Joyce F. Scherle, age 55, of Jasper, Indiana passed away at 1:31 p.m. on Tuesday, November 26, 2013, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. Joyce was…

Kenneth “Amos” Mitchell, 84

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Kenneth “Amos” Mitchell, age 84, of Eckerty, Ind., passed away at 12:55 p.m., Friday, November 29, 2013 in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper…

Ronald Jahn, 71

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Ronald Jahn, age 71, of St. Anthony, Indiana, passed away at 6:00 p.m. CST on Thursday, November 28, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Collierville, Tenn. Ron was born on…

Dorothy E. Messmer, 95

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Dorothy E. Messmer, age 95, of Jasper passed away at 7:35 a.m. on Thursday, November 28, 2013, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper, Indiana. Dorothy was born on September…

Stanley “Stretch” R. Hopf, 55

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Stanley “Stretch” R. Hopf, age 55, of Huntingburg, Indiana passed away at 5:58 p.m. on Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Stretch was…

Cara Lee Schwartz, 71

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Cara Lee Schwartz, age 71, of Huntingburg, Indiana, passed away at 9:14 a.m., Tuesday, November 26, 2013, at home with her family by her side. She was born December 23,…

Ronald R. Durcholz, 66

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Ronald R. Durcholz, age 66 of Jasper, passed away at 8:05 a.m. Monday, November 25, 2013, in the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. He was born in Jasper, Indiana, May…

Rebecca L. “Becky” Deen, age 67

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Rebecca L. “Becky” Deen, age 67, of Augusta, Indiana, passed away at 4:10 p.m., Sunday, November 24, 2013 at home with her family by her side. She was born October…

Dolores T. Miller, 81

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Dolores T. Miller, age 81, of Ireland, Indiana passed away at 7:25 p.m. on November 24, 2013 at home. Delores was born on February 21, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan to…

Edward Schmidt, 79

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Edward Schmidt, age 79, of Jasper passed away at 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper, Indiana. Edward was born on December 18, 1933…

David Anthony Auffart, 18

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David Anthony Auffart, 18, of Ferdinand passed away Saturday, November 16,2013, near Bristow, In. David was born March 30,1995 in Jasper to Daryl and Cathy (Lasher) Auffart. David was a…

Bettyann Abell, 76

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Bettyann Abell, age 76, of Birdseye, Indiana, passed away at 7:40 a.m., Tuesday, November 19, 2013, at the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. She was born May 13, 1937 in…

Martha M. Miller, 76

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Martha M. Miller, age 76, of Huntingburg, Indiana, passed away at 5:25 p.m., Monday, November 18, 2013 at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. She was born May 9, 1937…

Robert L. Reuber, 88

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Robert L. Reuber, age 88, of Jasper, Indiana, passed away at 12:24 a.m. on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, at St. Charles Healthcare Campus in Jasper. Robert was born on November 1,…

Sharon A. Letterman, 63

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Sharon A. Letterman, age 63, of Haysville, Indiana passed away at 8:15 p.m. on Sunday, November 17, 2013, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Sharon was born…

James T. Craig, 69

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James T. Craig, age 69, of Otwell, Indiana, passed away at 1:26 p.m. Thursday, November 14, 2013, in Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born at…

Rose T. Fabiano, 90

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Rose T. Fabiano, age 90, of Jasper, passed away at 9:05 p.m. on Wednesday, November 13, 2013, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Rose was born in Brooklyn…

Raymond Ira Coyer, 69

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Raymond Ira Coyer, 69, of Santa Claus, died Sunday, November 10, 2013, at Indiana University Simon Cancer Center in Indianapolis. Raymond was born February 21, 1944 to Ira and Marie…