Obituaries can be submitted by email to editor@duboiscountyfreepress.com.


Alberta T. Zink, 90

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Alberta T. Zink, 90, of Ferdinand, passed away Sunday June 2nd 2013, at her home. She was born August 18, 1922 in St. Anthony to George and Elizabeth (Gehl) Heichelbech…

Barbara “Bobbie” M. Heim, 59

Posted on
Reading Time: 1 minute
Barbara “Bobbie” M. Heim, 59 of Evansville, passed away Tuesday May 28th at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville. She was born March 30th 1954, in Port Smith, VA to…

Eugene W. Gudorf, 71

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Eugene W. Gudorf, age 71 of Jasper, passed away at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday (May 28, 2013) at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Eugene was born in Evansville, Indiana…

Deacon Frederick Bland, 18 months

Posted on
Reading Time: 1 minute
Deacon Frederick Bland, age 18 months, of Jasper, Indiana died at 2:14 p.m., Monday, May 27, 2013 in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper,…

Gary J. Schmidt, 49

Posted on
Reading Time: 1 minute
Gary J. Schmidt, age 49, of San Francisco, California, and formerly of Jasper passed away (Thursday, May 23, 2013), at his home. He was born in Jasper, Indiana, May 13,…

Virgil W. Merkel, 75

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Virgil W. Merkel, 75, passed away at his home on Saturday, May 25, 2013. He was born in Birdseye to Oscar and Rosella Merkel. Mr. Merkel worked as an electronics engineer…

Virginia Merkel, 76

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Virginia Merkel, age 76, of Jasper, Indiana, passed away at 11:00 p.m. Friday (May 24, 2013) in Deaconess Gateway in Newburgh, Indiana. She was born in Jasper on September 30,…

Clifford E. Andry, 84

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Clifford E. Andry, age 84, of Birdseye, Indiana, passed away at 1:30 a.m., (CDT) Thursday, May 23, 2013 at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville. He was born May 17,…

Henrietta J. Kemper, 99

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Henrietta J. Kemper, 99 of Ferdinand died Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at her home. She was born October 15, 1913 in St. Henry to Anton and Elizabeth (Caro) Luebbehusen. Henrietta…

Veronica “Fronie” Mehringer, 97

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Veronica “Fronie” Mehringer, age 97 of Celestine, Indiana, passed away at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday (May 22, 2013) at Brookside Village in Jasper, IN. Veronica was born on January 22, 1916…

Susan E. Kuhn

Posted on
Reading Time: 1 minute
Susan E. Kuhn, 73, of Indianapolis, passed away May 21, 2013. She was born April 16, 1940, in Huntingburg, IN, to the late Lawrence and Helen Bartlet Cox. Susan was…

Doris A. Greive, 80

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
, of Huntingburg, Indiana, passed away at 5:42 p.m., Saturday, May 18, 2013 at The Waters of Huntingburg. She was born July 3, 1932 in Ammons, Kentucky to Curtis and…

Mark Steven “Steve” Banet, 57

Posted on
Reading Time: 1 minute
Mark Steven “Steve” Banet, age 57, of Holland, Indiana, was found deceased at his residence on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 from natural causes. He was born June 1, 1955 in…

Paul H. Weber, 96

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Paul H. Weber, age 96, of Portersville, Indiana passed away at 4:00 p.m. on Monday (May 13, 2013) at home. Paul was born in Portersville, Indiana on December 9, 1916…

Betty J. Dick, 88

Posted on
Reading Time: 1 minute
Betty J. Dick, age 88, of Jasper, passed away at 9:22 a.m. Saturday, (May 11, 2013), in Brookside Village Health Care in Jasper. She was born at Vincennes, Indiana June…

Sister Margaret Carolyn Kissel, 84

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Sister Margaret Carolyn Kissel, 84, of the Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand, died at 8:10 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in the monastery’s Hildegard Health Center. A native…

Jerry Lee Smith, 46

Posted on
Reading Time: 1 minute
Jerry Lee Smith, age 46, of Huntingburg, Indiana, passed away at 8:10 p.m., Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper…

Martha Catherine (Hightower) Warnsman, 79

Posted on
Reading Time: 1 minute
Martha Catherine (Hightower) Warnsman, 79, of Huntingburg, Indiana and formerly of Oakland City passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2013 at The Timbers of Jasper. She was born October 28,…

Karen Sue Browning, 60

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Karen Sue Browning, age 60, of Velpen, Indiana, passed away at 11:15 p.m., Monday, May 6, 2013 at her home. She was born March 31, 1953 in Tell City, Indiana…

Emil H. Fuhrman, 79

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Emil H. Fuhrman, age 79, of Jasper, passed away at 4:14 a.m. Tuesday (May 7, 2013) at The Timbers of Jasper. Emil was born in Jasper, Indiana on September 5,…

Anna Mae Schmidt, 94

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Anna Mae Schmidt, age 94, of Jasper, passed away at 5:45 p.m. Monday, (May 6, 2013), in the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. She was born in Jasper, Indiana, July…

Eldena M. Petry, 95

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Eldena M. Petry, age 95, of Jasper passed away at 11:10 p.m. Monday (May 6, 2013) at Brookside Village in Jasper. Eldena was born on January 12, 1918 to Thomas…

Kenneth E. Mathies, 58

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Kenneth E. Mathies, age 58, of Jasper, Indiana, passed away at 4:50 a.m., Sunday, May 5, 2013 under hospice care in Washington, Indiana, at the home of his former wife,…

Joseph B. Jochim, 81

Posted on
Reading Time: 1 minute
Joseph B. Jochim, 81, of Mariah Hill, died Wednesday May 1, 2013, at Professional Care Center in Dale. He was born August 7, 1931 in Mariah Hill, IN to Adam…

Jeanette Ann Hoing, 77

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Jeanette Ann Hoing, age 77, of Huntingburg, Indiana, passed away at 6:45 a.m., Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at her residence. She was born February 8, 1936 in Huntingburg, Indiana to…

Anna Rose Austin, 85

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Anna Rose Austin, age 85, of Birdseye, Indiana, passed away at 12:17 p.m., Thursday, May 2, 2013 at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. She was born March 4, 1928…

Betty J. Nigg, 82

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Betty J. Nigg, age 82 of Jasper, passed away at 9:55 a.m. on Tuesday (April 30, 2013) at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. Betty was born…

Rita Mae Krodel, age 85

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Rita Mae Krodel, age 85 of Jasper, passed away at 9:00 a.m. on Monday (April 29, 2013) at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. Rita was born…

Thomas M. Mullen, 64

Posted on
Reading Time: 1 minute
Thomas M. Mullen, 64, Woodson Terrace, Missouri (formerly of St. Anthony, Indiana), died at 12:04 p.m. Sunday, April 28, 2013, at his home. He was born April 12, 1949, in…

Chester R. Bayer, Sr., 68

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Chester R. Bayer, Sr., age 68, of Huntingburg, Indiana, passed away at 6:30 a.m., Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Brookside Village in Jasper. He was born April 22, 1945 in…

Robert L. Schmitt, age 85

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Robert L. Schmitt, age 85, of Jasper, passed away at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday (April 27, 2013) at home. Robert was born on March 5, 1928 to Dominic and Caroline…

Brandie L. Wright, 39

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Brandie L. Wright, age 39, of Huntingburg, Indiana, passed away at 5:31 p.m., Thursday, April 25, 2013 in the Emergency Room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper…

Neil A. Davis, 43

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Neil A. Davis, age 43, of Jasper, passed away at 11:05 p.m. on Thursday (April 25, 2013) at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper, IN. Neil was born on…

Iris C. Vinsek,96

Posted on
Reading Time: 1 minute
Iris C. Vinsek,96 of Ferdinand, died Wednesday April 24th at Scenic Hills Care Center, Ferdinand. She was born June 1, 1916 in Ferdinand to Alois & Delphine (Linder) Niehaus. She…

Leona C. Nigg, 93

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Leona C. Nigg, age 93, of Jasper, Indiana, passed away at 9:10 p.m. Wednesday, (April 24, 2013), in St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. She was born in Holland, Indiana,…

Patricia A. Brown, 82

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Patricia A. Brown, age 82, of Huntingburg, Indiana, passed away late Thursday evening, April 18, 2013 at her home. She was born July 10, 1930 in Jasper, Indiana to August…

Marjorie “Marge” Schutz, 95

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Marjorie “Marge” Schutz, age 95 of Jasper, passed away at 2:05 a.m. PDT, on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, California. She was born on December…

Joshua Wayne Laymon, 32

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Joshua Wayne Laymon, age 32, of Holland, Indiana, passed away at 1:05 p.m., Saturday, April 20, 2013 in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper…

Richard “Dick” L. Pieper, 75

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Richard “Dick” L. Pieper, age 75, of Dubois, passed away at 12:54 p.m. on Thursday (April 18, 2013) at Simon Cancer Center in Indianapolis, IN. Dick was born on August…

Angela M. “Angie” Weidenbenner, 44

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Angela M. “Angie” Weidenbenner, age 44 of Ireland, Indiana, passed away at 1:08 p.m. on Tuesday (April 16, 2013) at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY. Angie was born on May…

Ralph D. Hemmer, 88

Posted on
Reading Time: 1 minute
Ralph D. Hemmer, age 88, of Ft. Myers, Florida, formerly of Huntingburg, passed away December 31, 2012 in Ft. Myers, Florida. He was born March 22, 1924 in Huntingburg, Indiana…

Claude P. Gogel, 87

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Claude P. Gogel, 87, of Mariah Hill, passed away Saturday April 13th at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. He was born December 26th, 1925, in Mariah Hill to Albert…

Mildred V. Hembree, 81

Posted on
Reading Time: 1 minute
Mildred V. Hembree, age 81, of Huntingburg, Indiana, passed away at 4:00 a.m., Monday, April 15, 2013 at The Waters of Huntingburg. She was born August 8, 1931 near Lincoln…

Robert J. Heeke, 78

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Robert J. Heeke, 78, of Bretzville died Saturday April 13th at his home. He was born October 15, 1934 to Fred & Anna (Braunecker) Heeke in Huntingburg. He married Norma…

John Felix Schneider, 62

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
John Felix Schneider, age 62, of Jasper, passed away at 11:15 p.m., on Sunday (April 14, 2013) at home. John was born on November 15, 1950 in Jasper, Indiana to…

Martha D. Stapleton, 84

Posted on
Reading Time: 1 minute
Martha D. Stapleton, age 84, of Huntingburg, Indiana, passed away Friday morning, April 12, 2013 at her home. She was born July 14, 1928 in Huntingburg, Indiana to William and…

Gary E. Flamion, 70

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Gary E. Flamion, age 70, of Jasper, passed away at 5:45 a.m. Friday (April 12, 2013) at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, IN. Gary was born on…

Kenneth Charles Underwood, 74

Posted on
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Kenneth Charles Underwood, age 74, of Huntingburg, Indiana, passed away at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, April 11, 2013 at his home. He was born May 26, 1938 in Huntingburg, Indiana to…

Daniel Jeffery Dotterweich, 57

Posted on
Reading Time: 1 minute
Daniel Jeffery Dotterweich, age 57, of Pensacola, Florida, passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at his residence. He was born February 9, 1956 in Huntingburg, Indiana to William John and…