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Floyd Ivo Englert, 87, Ferdinand
Floyd Ivo Englert, 87, passed away Sunday, May 18, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. He was a resident of Scenic Hills in Ferdinand since 2021. Floyd was born on October 10, 1937,…
Elsie L. Gann, 85, Otwell
Elsie L. Gann, 85, passed away on May 17, 2025, at her home in Otwell, with her daughter by her side, holding her hand. She was born on October 13,…
Philip Chris Ahrens, 83, Huntingburg
Philip Chris Ahrens, of Ahrens Berry Farm, died peacefully on May 15, 2025, with his devoted wife Linda, children, and grandchildren nearby. Phil was born in Duff, Indiana, on March…
Travis F. Hale, 76, Gentryville
Travis F. Hale, 76, of Gentryville, passed away peacefully at 9:50 p.m. on Friday, May 16, 2025, at the Linda E. White Hospice Facility in Evansville. He was born in…
Thomas David Kerstiens, 24, Orem, Utah
With heavy hearts, we share the passing of Thomas David Kerstiens, lovingly known as Tommy, who left us far too soon on May 15, 2025, in Orem, Utah, at the…
Walter M. Troesch, 89, St. Meinrad
Walter M. Troesch, 89, of St. Meinrad, passed away on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. Walter was born in Perry County on October…
Gary S. Rasche, 80, Ireland
Gary S. Rasche, 80, of Ireland, passed away at 11:45 p.m. on Friday, May 16, 2025, at home. Gary was born in Huntingburg, Indiana, on March 4, 1945, to LaVerne…
Fredie P. Boehm, 63, Ireland
Fredie P. Boehm, 63, of Ireland, passed away at 11:32 a.m. on Friday, May 16, 2025, at Deaconess Memorial Hospital in Jasper. Fred was born in Jasper, Indiana, on September…
Bryar Diane Rahman, 3, St. Anthony
Bryar Diane Rahman, 3, of St. Anthony, passed away on Friday, May 16, 2025, at Norton Children’s Hospital in Louisville. Bryar was born on October 8, 2021, to Chris and…
Eugene “Gene” Bachman, 87, Jasper
Eugene “Gene” Bachman of Jasper, Ind., passed away peacefully at Brookside Village at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 87 years old, surrounded by family. He was born…
Kenneth U. Mehringer, 87, Jasper
Kenneth U. Mehringer, 87, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 7:54 a.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at Serenity Springs at Northwood in Jasper. Ken was born in…
Waunita Lysinger, 94, Hillham
Waunita Lysinger, 94, of Hillham, Ind., passed away on May 13, 2025, at her residence. She was born on Emmons Ridge, near Hillham, Ind., on Nov. 2, 1930, to John…
Alice M Nord, 92, Ferdinand
Alice M Nord, 92, of Ferdinand, passed away on Tuesday May 13, 2025, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery, where she was a resident since October. Alice was born on September 25,…
Donna S. Schmid, 76, Jasper
Donna S. Schmid, 76, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville. Donna was born in Jasper on December 28,…
Carol L. Arvin, 75, Petersburg
Carol L. Arvin, 75, of Petersburg, passed away on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at Linda White Hospice in Evansville surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Otwell on…
Delores L. Miles, 94, Holland
Delores L. Miles, 94, of Holland, passed away on Sunday, May 11, 2025, at BeeHive Homes of Huntingburg. She was born September 4, 1930, in Holland, Ind., to Elmer and…
Jack Dean Galbreath, 90, Ferdinand
Jack Dean Galbreath, 90, a resident of Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand, formerly of Boonville, passed away on May 10, 2025. He was born January 24, 1935, in…
Bishop David Eugene “Gene” Marcum, 70, Stendal
Bishop David Eugene “Gene” Marcum, 70, of Stendal, passed away Friday, May 9, 2025, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh. He was born August 30, 1954, to Claude E. and…
Brian J. Knies, 67, Celestine
Brian J. Knies, 67 of Celestine, passed away on Sunday, May 11, 2025, at home. He was born in Jasper on May 4, 1958, to Jerome and Bernice (Kluesner) Knies. …
John R. Clark, 70, Jasper
John R. Clark, 70, of Jasper, Indiana, passed away at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at The Waters of Huntingburg in Huntingburg. John was born in Washington on…
Elizabeth A. “Betty” Harter, 89, Jasper
Elizabeth A. “Betty” Harter, 89, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 2:37 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at Legacy Living in Jasper. Betty was born in Jasper,…
Kristina M. “Tina” Schroering, 38, Celestine
Kristina M. “Tina” Schroering, 38, of Celestine, passed away on May 7, 2025, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville. Born on August 12, 1986, in Jasper, Tina is the daughter…
Thomas E. Underhill, 73, Bristow
Thomas E. Underhill, 73, of Bristow, passed away at 11:10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at his residence surrounded by his loved ones. Thomas was born on February 17,…
Kendall Keith Simmons, 67, Winslow
Kendall Keith Simmons, 67, of Winslow, Ind., entered rest on Saturday, May 3, 2025, surrounded by his children. He was born June 14, 1957, in Huntingburg, Ind., to Wrex and…
Robert (Bob) Lee Bromm, Sr., 89, Scottsburg
Robert (Bob) Lee Bromm, Sr., 89, of Scottsburg, Indiana, died May 5, 2025, at home surrounded by beloved family. Mr. Bromm was born November 20, 1935, in St. Anthony, Indiana, the…
Russell G. Hilsmeyer, 92, Holland
Russell G. Hilsmeyer, 92, of Holland, passed away at 10:25 a.m. Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at Brookside Village in Jasper. He was born on July 27, 1932, in Holland, to…
Mary Jane Reller, 83, Holland
Mary Jane Reller, 83, of Holland, passed away at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville. She was born in Holland on March 24,…
Timothy A. Petry, 70, Loogootee
Timothy A. Petry, 70, of Loogootee, passed away at 10:40 p.m. on Monday, May 5, 2025, at Serenity Springs at Northwood in Jasper, Ind. Tim was born in Jasper on…
Megan E. Rogier, 48, Tell City
Megan E. Rogier, 48, passed away on May 5, 2025. She was born in Tell City on February 26, 1977, a daughter of Benjamin R. and Sara J. (Mehringer) Rogier. …
Shannon J. Bell, 48, Shoals
Shannon J. Bell, 48, of Shoals, passed away surrounded by family at 3:26 a.m. on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Daviess Community Hospital in Washington, Ind. Shannon was born in…
Richard A. Schwenk, 74, Otwell
Richard A. Schwenk, 74, of Otwell, Indiana, passed away surrounded by family at 6:13 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at St. Vincent Burn Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. Rich was…
Edna Alma Wagoner, 76, Jasper
Edna Alma Wagoner, 76, of Jasper, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 2, 2025, at Northwood Serenity Springs in Jasper. She was born on May 23, 1948, in Burns City,…
Simon O. Wigand, 92, Jasper
Simon O. Wigand, 92, of Jasper, passed away at 1:10 a.m. on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at Serenity Springs at Northwood in Jasper. Simon was born in Cuzco, Ind., on…
Christina Jean Hawkins, 91, Huntingburg
Christina Jean Hawkins, 91, of Huntingburg, passed away Friday, May 2, 2025, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. She was born November 30, 1933, in Ferdinand to Lawrence…
Margaret Rosina Kuczynski née Burger, 86, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Margaret Rosina Kuczynski née Burger, 86, of Chapel Hill, N.C., died Friday, April 25, 2025, in Maggie Valley, N.C., where she was vacationing with her family in the Smoky Mountains. …
Anita Rose Ayer-Reyes, 63, Ft. Branch
Anita Rose Ayer-Reyes, 63, of Ft. Branch, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville. She was born on January 12, 1962, in Alamogordo,…
Scott A. Hostetter, 63, Jasper
Scott A. Hostetter, 63, of Jasper, passed away at 6:54 a.m. on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at home. Scott was born in Jasper on August 28, 1961, to Eugene and…
Pauline L. Barr, 89, Winslow
Pauline L. Barr, 89, of Winslow, Indiana, passed away at home surrounded by her loving family on Monday, April 28, 2025. She was born in Ferdinand, Indiana, on October 15,…
Clarence Knust, 96, Ferdinand
Clarence Knust, 96, of Ferdinand, passed away on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville. Clarence was born November 4, 1928, in Ferdinand to John and Catherine…
Melvin John Henry Schroeder, 99, Holland
Melvin John Henry Schroeder, 99, of Holland, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at The Waters of Huntingburg. He was born November 6, 1925, in Holland, Ind., to Daniel and…
Dean Trummel, 88, Holland
Dean Trummel, 88, of Holland, passed away on Monday, April 28, 2025, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. He was born on April 27, 1937, in Oreana, Illinois,…
Mary Jane Dryburg Hay, 85
Mary Jane Dryburg Hay, 85, passed away Sunday, April 27, 2025 in Logansport. Mary Jane was born March 21, 1940, in her home, a small coal mining town in Kimmelton,…
Gerald Francis Guy, 64, Jasper
Gerald Francis Guy, 64, of Jasper, passed away peacefully at his residence in Jasper, Friday, April, 25, 2025. Gerald was born January 15, 1961, to the late Katherine (Edelhuber) Guy…
Virginia “Gin” L. Messmer, 94, Jasper
Virginia “Gin” L. Messmer, 94, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family, April 27, 2025, at Legacy Living, Jasper. She was born in Jasper on August 7, 1930, to Harry…
Eugene “Gene” Hildenbrand, 90, Evanston
Eugene “Gene” Hildenbrand, 90, of Evanston, passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2025, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh. Gene was born December 24, 1934, in Spencer County to Edward…
Carol A. Goffinet, 66, Santa Claus
Carol A. Goffinet, 66, of Santa Claus, passed away on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at IU Health Hospital in Paoli. She was born April 8, 1959, in Tell City, to…
Patricia Ann Blessinger, 90
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Patricia Ann Blessinger, who left us on April 2, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. Pat was a beacon…
Thomas Charles Steffe, 91, Jasper
Our beloved Thomas Charles Steffe, 91, of Jasper, Indiana, passed away peacefully surrounded by the love and presence of his family at 7:40 a.m. on Friday, April 25, 2025, at…
Linda M. Messmer, 83, Jasper
Linda M. Messmer, 83, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 2:58 a.m. on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at The Timbers in Jasper. Linda was born in Vanderburgh County…
Melissa “Mick” Ann Garrett, 60, Washington
Melissa “Mick” Ann Garrett, 60, of Washington, Ind., passed away on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. She was born January 12, 1965, in Huntingburg to Edward…
