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Esther M. Kellams, 90, Ireland
Esther M. Kellams, 90, of Ireland, passed away at 11:02 a.m. on Thursday, July 17, 2025, surrounded by family at Legacy Living in Jasper. Esther was born in Ferdinand, Indiana,…
Priscilla L. Calvert, 78, Jasper
Priscilla L. Calvert, 78, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 12:43 p.m. on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville. Priscilla was born in McPherson,…
Helen (Metz) Callea, 92, Rockford, Ill.
Helen (Metz) Callea, 92, died peacefully in her home surrounded by her loving children on Monday, July 14, 2025, remarkably on the same day that her twin sister Dorothy died,…
Dorothy Olinger, 92, Jasper (formerly of Huntingburg)
Dorothy Olinger, formerly of Huntingburg, passed away on Monday, July 14, 2025, at 8:59 AM at Legacy Living in Jasper. Born on August 6, 1932, Dorothy was preceded in death…
Rita M. (Wagner) Sermersheim, 80, Huntingburg
Rita M. (Wagner) Sermersheim, 80, of Huntingburg, died peacefully in the arms of her husband and children Monday night, July 14, 2025, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville. She was…
Betty Jo Knust, 95, Jasper
Betty Jo Knust, 95, of Jasper, passed away at 6:35 a.m. on Sunday, July 13, 2025, at Walnut Creek Nursing Center in Evansville. Betty Jo was born in Huntingburg on…
Karen A. Hayden, 70, Otwell
Karen A. Hayden, 70, of Otwell, passed away at 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at home surrounded by family. Karen was born in Jasper on June 1, 1955,…
Gerald E. Jacob, 88, Bretzville
Gerald E. Jacob, 88, of Bretzville, Ind., passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2025, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born March 18, 1937, in…
Linda F. Wilz, 75, Jasper
Linda F. Wilz, 75, of Jasper, passed away at 1:22 a.m. on Monday, July 14, 2025, at Legacy Living in Jasper, Indiana. Linda was born in Evansville on August 5,…
James “Jim” Anthony Schroeder, 78, Jasper
James “Jim” Anthony Schroeder, 78 of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at home on July 13, 2025. Jim was born in Jasper on February 9, 1947, to Joseph and…
Loretta G. (Wininger) Turpin, 94, Lost River
Loretta G. (Wininger) Turpin, 94, of Lost River, passed away on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at her residence. Born July 14, 1930, in Lost River, she was the daughter of…
Patricia Ann Erny, 93, Jasper
Patricia Ann Erny, 93, of Jasper, passed away at home surrounded by family at 11:10 p.m. on Friday, July 11, 2025. Pat was born in Jasper on February 3, 1932,…
Scott T. Wigand, 61, Ireland
Scott T. Wigand, 61, of Ireland, Indiana, passed away at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 11, 2025, at home. Scott was born in Jasper, Indiana, on January 29, 1964, to…
Eugene Paul Lyons, 84, Bristow
Eugene Paul Lyons, 84, of Bristow, passed away at his home on Friday, July 11, 2025. Eugene was born May 6, 1941, in Perry County to Arthur and Iva (Harbaville)…
James “Jim” Rudolph, 81
James “Jim” Rudolph, 81, passed away on July 8, 2025. Jim was born on June 10, 1944, in Huntingburg, Indiana, to Gwen and Lucille (Baker) Rudolph. He married Helen (Brown)…
Farris “Wayne” Thompson, 77, Chandler
Farris “Wayne” Thompson, 77, of Chandler, passed away on July 8, 2025, at his home with his wife and daughter by his side. Wayne was born in Huntingburg on December 9,…
Gerald W. Sanders (Jerry), 77, Santa Claus
Gerald W. Sanders (Jerry), 77, of Santa Claus, passed away on July 10, 2025, at Willowdale Village in Dale. He was born in Tell City on April 1, 1948, to…
Robert Louis “Lou” Posner, 82, Perry County
Robert Louis “Lou” Posner, born on May 19, 1943, in Trenton, New Jersey, passed away peacefully on July 9, 2025, at the Heartford House in Owensboro, Kentucky, leaving behind a…
Elizabeth Egler, 93, Bloomington
Elizabeth Egler, 93, of Bloomington, formerly of Ferdinand, passed away at Bell Trace Health and Living Center in Bloomington on Saturday, June 28, 2025. Elizabeth was born on June 9,…
Vita Mae Kippenbrock, 88, Ferdinand
Vita Mae Kippenbrock, 88, of Ferdinand, passed away on Monday, July 7, 2025, at her home. Vita was born November 12, 1936, in Fulda to Severin and Estella (Gogel) Birchler…
Jerry L. Powell, 79, Huntingburg
Jerry L. Powell, 79, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on July 7, 2025, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital, Evansville, IN. Jerry was born to Rosemary Groff-Brown…
Dana S. Persohn, 70, Schnellville
Dana S. Persohn, 70, of Schnellville, passed away at home surrounded by family at 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. She was born in Evansville, Indiana, on November 26,…
Rodger B. Derr, 90
Rodger Bollinger Derr Jr. passed away quietly at home of natural causes, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. He was 90 years of age. He will be remembered with love by…
Martha Lynn (Wagner) Keller, 52, Dale
Martha Lynn (Wagner) Keller, 52, of Dale, passed away at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, on July 3, 2025, surrounded by her family after a long battle with breast…
Connie S. Thewes, 74, Jasper
Connie S. Thewes, 74, of Jasper, passed away on Sunday, July 6, 2025, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Evansville, Indiana, with her family by her side. She was born in…
Xavier Thomas Dawson, 9
Xavier Thomas Dawson, 9, passed away on Saturday, July 5, 2025, from an ATV accident in Evanston. He was born on June 27, 2016, to Jordan Dawson and Hayley Roederer…
Richard “Rich” Schroering, 81, Montgomery, Ala.
Richard “Rich” Schroering, 81, of Montgomery, Alabama, was born on November 23, 1943, and passed away on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. He is preceded in death by his wife, Susan…
Dr. Regina J. Hymer, PhD, 63, Louisville
Dr. Regina J. Hymer, PhD, 63, of Louisville, Ky., passed away at home surrounded by family at 3:37 a.m. on Friday, July 4, 2025. Regina was born in Corbin, Kentucky,…
Noel “Scott” Andry, 61, Birdseye,
Noel “Scott” Andry, 61, of Birdseye, passed away at 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at his residence. He was born August 9, 1963, in Huntingburg, Indiana, to Noel…
Bill E. Petry, 63, Jasper
Bill E. Petry, 63, of Jasper, passed away at 6:55 a.m. on Friday, July 4, 2025, surrounded by family at Brookside Village in Jasper. Bill was born in Huntingburg, Indiana,…
John W. “Wayne” Rudy, 79, Dale
John W. “Wayne” Rudy, 79, of Dale, passed away on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at Willowdale Nursing Home in Dale. He was born on October 17, 1945, in Huntingburg to…
Jerry Hudson, 59, Jasper
Jerry Hudson, 59, of Jasper, passed away at 11:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, surrounded by family at St. Vincent Heart Hospital in Carmel, Indiana. Jerry was born in…
Eva Diane “Dee Dee” (Dalton) Brothers, 71, Evansville
Eva Diane “Dee Dee” (Dalton) Brothers, 71, of Evansville, passed away at 7:05 p.m. on Monday, June 30, 2025, at Hamilton Pointe Health and Rehabilitation in Newburgh. She was born…
Janice Lee Mangold, 86, Jasper (formerly Huntingburg)
Janice Lee Mangold, 86, formerly of Huntingburg, passed away on June 29, 2025, at The Timbers of Jasper. She was born March 24, 1939, in Jasper to John and Marie…
Evonda Moore, 82, Dubois
Evonda Moore, 82, of Dubois, passed away June 26, 2025, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare. She was born in French Lick on Oct. 18, 1942, to George Everett and Edith…
Ella (Andres) Scoudan, 84, Jasper
Ella (Andres) Scoudan, 84, passed away peacefully on June 22, 2025, in Jasper, surrounded by her loving family. Born the second of seven girls to hardworking farming and furniture-making parents,…
Barbara J. “Barb” Lorey, 73, Jasper
Barbara J. “Barb” Lorey, 73, of Jasper, passed away at 10:47 p.m. on Thursday, June 26, 2025, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Barb was born in Daviess County…
Larry G. Heichelbech, 71, Jasper
Larry G. Heichelbech, 71, of Jasper, passed away at 7:21 a.m. on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, surrounded by family at Deaconess Midtown in Evansville, Indiana. He was born in Jasper…
Oscar F. Fromme, 88, Celestine
Oscar F. Fromme, 88, of Celestine, passed away on Wednesday evening, June 25, 2025, at home surrounded by family. Oscar was born in Celestine on October 3, 1936, to Albert…
Clara M. “Toots” Englert, 85, Jasper
Clara M. “Toots” Englert, 85, of Jasper, passed away at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Toots was born in Celestine on June 5, 1940, to Ray and Frances…
Marilyn Sue (Abell) Wollenmann, 86, Shorewood, Ill.
Marilyn Sue (Abell) Wollenmann, 86, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 9, 2025 in Shorewood, Illinois. She was born on May 11, 1939, at her family home in Dubois County,…
Keith Alan Milligan, 68, Loogootee
Keith Alan Milligan, 68, of Loogootee, Indiana, passed away unexpectedly at his residence on Friday, June 20, 2025. Born on April 18, 1957, in Jasper, he was the beloved son…
Jerry Egloff Jr., 57, Huntingburg
Jerry Egloff Jr., 57, of Huntingburg, passed away at his home on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Jerry was born on April 8, 1968, in Huntingburg to Jerry Sr. and Connie…
David H. Kieffner, 82, Jasper
David H. Kieffner, 82, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 7:08 a.m. on Sunday, June 22, 2025, at the Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville, Indiana. Dave…
Laura L. Kempf, 51, Cannelton
Laura L. Kempf, 51, passed away at her home on June 19, 2025, after a brave battle with cancer. She was born in Huntingburg on October 11, 1973, a daughter…
Mildred “Millie” L Jones Faulkenberg, 78, Bristow
Mildred “Millie” L. Jones Faulkenberg, 78, of Bristow, Indiana, passed away on Thursday, June 19, 2025, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand, Indiana. Millie was born in St…
Andrea L. Phillips, 43, Jasper (updated)
Andrea L. Phillips, 43, of Jasper, Indiana, passed away peacefully on June 6, 2025, at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, following a brief but courageous battle with leukemia. Born…
Wyoma Bernell Gehlhausen, 83, Birdseye
Wyoma Bernell Gehlhausen, 83, of Birdseye, passed away on Friday, June 20, 2025, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Wyoma was born in Perry County on October 22, 1941,…
Carol S. Uppencamp, 78, Huntingburg
Carol S. Uppencamp, 78, of Huntingburg, passed away on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at home surrounded by her family. She was born on March 15, 1947, to Francis and Rose…
Jerome (Jerry) H. Vaal, 87, Arizona
Jerome (Jerry) H. Vaal, 87, passed peacefully in his sleep at the home of his daughter in Glendale, Arizona, on Saturday, June 14, 2025. Jerry was born on August 18, 1937, in…

















































