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John H. Stoll, 76, Vincennes
John H. Stoll, 76, of Vincennes, formerly of Gentryville, passed away on August 12, 2025, at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. He was born on October 7, 1948, in…
Larry Fredette, 85, Jasper
Mr. Larry Fredette was born on Aug. 15, 1939, to Irene and Arthur Fredette in Proctor, Vermont. Larry received his high school diploma from Fair Haven High School, and there…
Albert J. Kunkler, 88, Ferdinand
Albert J. Kunkler, 88, of Ferdinand, passed away on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. Albert was born in St. Meinrad on January 8,…
Mary E. Rasche, 68, Ferdinand
Mary E. Rasche, 68, of Ferdinand, passed away on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at her home. Mary was born September 29, 1956, in Huntingburg to Robert Sr. and Betty Jean…
Doris J. Schroering, 81, Jasper
Doris J. Schroering, 81, of Jasper, passed away at 7:35 p.m. on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at Serenity Springs Senior Living at Northwood in Jasper. Doris was born in Jasper…
Barbara Zoglman, 84, Corinth, Miss.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Barbara Zoglman will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at Saint James Catholic Church, with burial to follow at Henry…
Phyllis Kay Bender, 78, St. Meinrad
Phyllis Kay Bender, 78, of St. Meinrad, went to be with her heavenly father on August 12, 2025, surrounded by her loving family, at Heart-to-Heart Hospice House in Evansville, Indiana…
Jesse Braun, 59, Petersburg
Jesse Braun, 59, of Petersburg, passed away on August 9, 2025. Born November 7, 1965, in Washington Hospital to Delmas and Carolyn Hamm, Jesse lived a life marked by generosity,…
Frederick Louis Souders, 81, Stendal (updated)
Frederick Louis Souders, 81, of Stendal, died at 3:28 p.m., on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at Deaconess Memorial Medical Center in Jasper, Ind. He was born February 12, 1944, in…
Helen (Goodpasture) Blackburn Newkirk, 94, Petersburg
Helen (Goodpasture) Blackburn Newkirk, 94, of Petersburg, passed away on August 7, 2025. She was born to George and Edith Goodpasture in Petersburg, Indiana. She was a member of the…
Patricia G. Onyett, 57, Petersburg
Patricia G. Onyett, 57, of Petersburg, passed away on Sunday, August 10, 2025, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital. She was born in Washington, Indiana, on January 1, 1968, to Gordon and…
Helen Janice (Dwyer) Sterns, 98, Fort Wayne (formerly of Shoals)
Helen Janice (Dwyer) Sterns, 98, of Fort Wayne, formerly of Shoals, and North Ft Myers, Fla., passed away on Sunday, August 10, 2025, at Lutheran Life Villages, Pine Valley, in…
Virginia V. Kapp, 88, Jasper
Virginia V. Kapp, 88, of Jasper, passed away at 4:19 a.m. on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Virginia was born in Celestine,…
Gary Walker, 84, Huntingburg
Gary Walker, 84, of Huntingburg, passed away peacefully on Aug. 7, 2025, surrounded by loved ones. Gary was a strong and hardworking man who never met a stranger or trusted…
Florence C. Verkamp, 99, Ferdinand
Florence C. Verkamp, 99, of Ferdinand, passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. Florence was born on November 5, 1925, in Ferdinand…
Margaret Jo Peregrine, 91, Ferdinand (formerly of Shoals)
Margaret Jo Peregrine, 91, formerly of Shoals, passed away on Friday, August 8, 2025, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. Margaret was born on September 12, 1933, in…
Shirley Ann (Abel) Wraley, 87, Shoals
Shirley Ann (Abel) Wraley, 87, of Shoals, passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at Daviess Community Hospital, Washington. Born November 19, 1937, in Shoals, she was the daughter of…
James Michael “Mike” Qualkenbush, 76, Shoals
James Michael “Mike” Qualkenbush, 76, of Shoals, passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at his residence with his family by his side. Born May 23, 1949, in Washington, Indiana,…
Lana Faye Howe, 64
Lana Faye Howe, 64, passed away on August 8, 2025, surrounded by her family. She was born on September 26, 1960, daughter of Cletus and Daisy (Harper) James. Lana was…
Freddie Eugene Gray, 92, Spurgeon
Freddie Eugene Gray, 92, of Spurgeon, passed away August 7, 2025, at Lakewood Home in Petersburg. He was born March 21, 1933, to Pallas and Rada (Kolb) Gray in Princeton…
Jonathan M. “Cowboy” Wamser, 22, Otwell
Jonathan M. “Cowboy” Wamser, 22, of Otwell, passed away at 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at Deaconess Memorial Hospital in Jasper, Indiana. Jonathan was born in Jasper on…
Jack Stephen Cates, 81, Winslow
Jack Stephen Cates, 81, of Winslow, passed away on August 3, 2025, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. He was born October 13, 1943, in Evansville, IN, to the late William…
David L. Burress, 73, Mariah Hill
David L. Burress, 73, of Mariah Hill, passed away on Monday, August 4, 2025, at Deaconess Memorial Hospital in Jasper. David was born on February 2, 1952, in Ireland to…
David T. Kluemper, 82, Jasper
David T. Kluemper, 82, of Jasper, passed away peacefully at Deaconess Midtown Hospital on August 2, 2025. David was born in Jasper to Herbert Leo and Leona Matilda (Wigand) Kluemper,…
Dr. Sally Ann Utley Asefa, 76, Owensboro
Dr. Sally Ann Utley Asefa, 76, of Owensboro, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, at the Heartford House under the care of Hospice…
Linda Bertke, 61, St. Meinrad
Linda Bertke, 61, of St. Meinrad, passed away on Monday, July 28, 2025, at Deaconess Hospital Midtown in Evansville. Linda was born August 27, 1963, in Huntingburg to Bernard and…
Lois Jean Thibault, 83, Huntingburg
Lois Jean Thibault, 83, of Huntingburg, formerly of Dale, passed away on Thursday, July 31, 2025, at Hosparus Health Inpatient Care Center in Louisville. Jean was born on April 4,…
Joyce Wilder, 84, Selvin
Joyce Wilder, 84, of Selvin, passed away on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at The Timbers of Jasper Nursing Home. She was born March 14, 1941, to Edward and Mary Lee…
Linda Bertke, 61, St. Meinrad
Linda Bertke, 61, of St. Meinrad, passed away on Monday, July 28, 2025, at Deaconess Hospital Midtown in Evansville. Linda was born August 27, 1963, in Huntingburg to Bernard and…
Ursula E. Shaw, 87, Jasper
Ursula E. Shaw, 87, of Jasper, passed away at 6:42 a.m. on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at home surrounded by family. Ursula was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, on September 20,…
Thomas Edwin Pingry, Sr., 87, Ferdinand (Updated)
Thomas E. Pingry, Sr., 87, of Ferdinand, passed away Sunday, July 13th, at his home that he shared with his wife of 42 years, Sheila. Tom was born in Pittsburg,…
Jana Sue Brumfield, 61, Petersburg
Jana Sue Brumfield, 61, of Petersburg, passed away July 21, 2025, in Petersburg. She was born December 11, 1963, to Gordon and Marcia (Whitehead) Gideon in Washington. Jana graduated from…
Richard Lee Hile, 71, Dale
Richard Lee Hile, 71, Dale, passed away on Monday, July 28, 2025, at 5:04 p.m. at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born on January 14,…
Christopher G. White, 40, Cannelton
Christopher G. White, 40, passed away on July 28, 2025, at Norton Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Christopher had worked at Masterbrand and Coca-Cola. He was always a kid at heart, enjoying…
Michael A. “Mike” LeClere, 65, Evansville,
Michael A. “Mike” LeClere, 65, of Evansville, formerly of Jasper, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 27, 2025, at Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville. He was born March…
Amy Marie (Griffin) Giesler, 51
Amy Marie (Griffin) Giesler, 51, passed away July 22, 2025. Amy was born on December 2, 1973 in Indianapolis to the late John and Jean (Jones) Griffin. Amy graduated from…
Murray Allison “Al” Keyes, 94, Shoals
Murray Allison “Al” Keyes, 94, of Shoals, passed away on Friday, July 25, 2025, at Westview Nursing and Rehabilitation in Bedford. Born July 6, 1931, in Denver, Colorado, he was…
Robert F. Buechler, 91, Celestine
Robert F. Buechler, 91, of Celestine, passed away at 4:45 a.m. on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Bob was born in Celestine on June 14, 1934, to Anton and Monica (Schulz)…
Ashley N. Chaney, 40, Jasper
Ashley N. Chaney, 40 of Jasper, passed away at 6:50 a.m. on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at Serenity Springs in Jasper, surrounded by family. Ashley was born on December 7,…
Jeffrey “Mack” Steffen, 69, Jasper,
Jeffrey “Mack” Steffen, 69, of Jasper, passed away at home on Monday, July 21, 2025. Jeff was born in Jasper on August 18, 1955, to Earl and Dorothy (McAllister) Steffen…
David M. Steinkamp, 79, Jasper
David M. Steinkamp, 79, of Jasper, passed away at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, July 18, 2025, at home. David was born in Evansville, Indiana, on February 14, 1946, to Dr…
Thomas L. Schuetter, 70, Jasper
Thomas L. Schuetter, 70, of Jasper, passed away at 3:15 p.m. on Monday, July 21, 2025, at Deaconess Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper, Indiana. Tom was born in…
Justyn C. Moffatt, 21, Hillham
Justyn C. Moffatt, 21, of Hillham, entered into eternal rest on June 17, 2025, at Deaconess Henderson Hospital in Henderson, Kentucky. He was born in Jasper on November 9, 2003,…
Delores Ann Hagen, 91, Dubois
Delores Ann Hagen, 91, of Dubois, Indiana, entered into eternal rest on July 18, 2025, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper, Indiana. She was born in Shoals on March…
Kermell Lee Crays “Lee”, 61, Jasper
Kermell Lee Crays “Lee”, 61 of Jasper, passed away at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 20, 2025, at Deaconess Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Lee was born in…
Paul “Pauly” Dale James, 65, Jasper
Paul “Pauly” Dale James, 65, of Jasper, passed away peacefully on July 18, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. Born on April 9, 1960, in Washington, Ind., Paul was a…
Christopher L. Armstrong, 54, Jasper
Christopher L. Armstrong, 54, of Jasper, passed away at 8:32 p.m. on Thursday, July 17, 2025, at Deaconess Gateway in Evansville, Indiana. Chris was born in Jasper, Indiana, on June…
Justin Ray Mullis, 37,
Justin Ray Mullis, 37, passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at his home. Justin was born April 30, 1988, in Evansville to Gerard L. Mullis and Sharon (Tempel) Jones. Justin…
Meloney K. Campbell, 64, Birdseye
Meloney K. Campbell, 64, of Birdseye, passed away on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. She was born August 21, 1960, to Frank and…
Cynthia “Cyndy” R. Geier, 73, Indianapolis
Cynthia “Cyndy” R. Geier, 73, of Indianapolis, formerly of Schnellville, Indiana, passed away at 5:12 p.m. on Thursday, July 17, 2025, at Serenity Springs at Northwood in Jasper, Indiana. Cyndy…
















































