
Obituaries can be submitted by email to editor@duboiscountyfreepress.com.
Janet Kathleen Jackson, 57, Huntingburg
Janet Kathleen Jackson, 57, of Huntingburg, passed away at 7:26 p.m. on Friday, June 21, 2024, at Serenity Spring Senior Living at Northwood in Jasper. She was born September 16,…
Dorothy Jean Miles, 86, Mansfield, Texas
Dorothy Jean Miles of Mansfield, Texas, passed away on June 16, 2024, at the age of 86. Dorothy was born October 29, 1937, to Stella and Horace Kemp of Holland…
Garry L. Pratte, 81, Sandy, Oregon
Garry L. Pratte, 81, of Sandy, Oregon, passed away at 9:21 p.m. PST. He was born Dec. 7, 1942, in Los Angeles Co., Calif., to Garland and June (Orrill) Pratte…
Esther M. Klee, 97, St. Meinrad
Esther M. Klee, 97, of St. Meinrad, passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2024, at Willowdale Village in Dale. Esther was born on February 22, 1927, to Emil and Cecilia…
Mary Ann Cunningham, 87, Moline, Ill.
Mary Ann Cunningham of Moline, Ill., passed away in her daughter’s home on Friday, June 21, 2024, surrounded by loved ones. Born Feb. 23, 1937, in Jasper, Ind. into the…
Darlene Lydia (Tormohlen) Smith, 80, Dale
Darlene Lydia (Tormohlen) Smith, 80, of Dale, passed away peacefully at 3:15 am on Monday, June 24, 2024, at Willowdale Nursing Home in Dale, Indiana. She was surrounded by family. …
Craig A. Knebel, 54, LaGrange, Ky.
Craig A. Knebel, 54, of LaGrange, Ky., passed away unexpectedly at his home on June 22, 2024. Craig was born September 26, 1969, to Edward and Anna (Breitweiser) Knebel of…
Bobby Joe Bauer, 75, Schnellville/Birdseye
Bobby Joe Bauer of the Schnellville-Birdseye communities passed away June 17, 2024, at Memorial Hospital surrounded by family. He was born August 23, 1948, to Kenneth and Elfrieda Harder Bauer…
Joe E. Mullins, 67, Winslow
Joe E. Mullins, 67, of Winslow, passed away on Friday, June 21, 2024, at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. Joe was born in Petersburg on February 14, 1957, to Norman…
April Dawn Thacker, 45, Jasper
April Dawn Thacker, 45, of Jasper, passed away on Thursday, June 13, 2024, after a car accident in Huntingburg, Indiana. Her loss has deeply saddened her family and friends. April…
Rose Mary C. Kline, 73, Huntingburg
Rose Mary C. Kline, 73, of Huntingburg, passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2024, surrounded by family at Brookside Village in Jasper. Rose was born in Huntingburg on January 28,…
Edward L. Eckert, 86, Jasper
Edward L. Eckert, 86, of Jasper, passed away peacefully at home at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 20, 2024. Ed was born in Jasper on December 11, 1937, to Cletus…
Forrest W. Talkington, 90, Ferdinand
Forrest W. Talkington, 90, of Ferdinand, passed away at 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. Forrest was born in Norristown, Indiana,…
Rosemarye J. Blessinger, 90, Streamwood, Ill.
Rosemarye J. Blessinger, 90, of Streamwood, Ill., passed comfortably at home on Sunday, June 9, 2024. Rosemarye was born in Ireland, Indiana, on November 24, 1933, to Martin and…
Mary Rose Haas, 93, Huntingburg
Mary Rose Haas, 93, of Huntingburg, died at Beehive Homes of Huntingburg on June 20, 2024. Mary Rose was born in St. Meinrad on June 4, 1931, to William and…
Debbra Kathleen Taylor, 66, Otwell
Debbra Kathleen Taylor, 66, of Otwell, died on June 17, 2024, at her home. She was born December 24, 1957, to Raymond Loyd and Ruth (Shuh) French. Debbie was a…
Beverly “Bev” S. Alles, 76, Jasper
Beverly “Bev” S. Alles, 76, of Jasper, passed away at 5:18 a.m. on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Bev was born…
Eugene O. Kalb, 87, Dubois
Eugene O. Kalb, 87, of Dubois, passed away at home surrounded by family at 3:03 a.m. on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Gene was born in Jasper, Indiana, on December 28,…
Mary Helen Beckman, 88, Shelbyville, Ill.
Mary Helen Beckman, 88, of Shelbyville, Ill., formerly of Momence, Ill. and Siberia, Ind., passed away at 10:45 a.m. Monday, June 17, 2024, in Shelbyville Manor. Mary Helen was born…
Kenneth “Ken” Lee Hildenbrand, 71, Rexburg, Idaho
Kenneth “Ken” Lee Hildenbrand, 71, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away on Monday, June 10, 2024. Ken was born on March 30, 1953, in Fulda, Ind., to Raymond and Virginia (Fuchs)…
Charlotte Ellen Ragan, 96, Stendal
Charlotte Ellen Ragan, 96, of Stendal, died at her residence on June 16, 2024. She was born December 17, 1927, to Raymond and Angeline (Marker) Ohlsen. She married Arthur David…
Bobby Joe Bauer, 75, Birdseye/Schnellville (services pending)
Bobby Joe Bauer, 75, of the Birdseye-Schnellville communities passed away surrounded by family at 3:59 p.m. on Monday, June 17, 2024, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper,…
Gerald L. “Jerry” Kuebler, 87, Jasper
Gerald L. “Jerry” Kuebler, 87, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 11:19 a.m. on Monday, June 17, 2024, at Serenity Spring Senior Living in Jasper, Indiana. Jerry was…
Lillian Mae Chinn Songer, 78, Huntingburg
Lillian Mae Chinn Songer died suddenly on June 15, 2024. She was born in Prentiss, Kentucky, on January 19, 1946. Her parents were Frewin and Lena Mae Chinn. Mae was…
Gerald E. Otto, 73, Jasper
Gerald E. Otto, 73, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by his wife at 8:21 a.m. on Monday, June 17, 2024, at home. Jerry was born in Jasper on December 27,…
Norma Goodpaster, 83, Stendal
Norma Goodpaster, 83, of Stendal, passed away Monday, June 17, 2024, at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. She was born October 3, 1940, in Knox County, Indiana, to Rev…
David Gordon Dillon, 65, Texas
David Gordon Dillon, 65, of Belton, Texas, formally from Dubois, passed away on June 4, 2024, in Scott and White Hospital in Temple, Texas, surrounded by family, after suffering from…
Florence M. Hostetter, 85, Jasper
Florence M. Hostetter, 85, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 8:20 a.m. on Saturday, June 15, 2024, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. Florence…
Barbara S. Stainbrook, 86
Barbara S. Stainbrook, born June 7, 1938, to Bill and Lydia Miller in Huntingburg, Indiana, passed away peacefully at home on June 14, 2024, at the age of 86, surrounded…
Timothy Karl Kaetzel, 70, Holland
Timothy Karl Kaetzel, 70, of Holland, passed away on June 12, 2024, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Tim was born August 4, 1953, in Huntingburg to Carl…
Ray (Richard) Stilwell, 92, Petersburg
Ray (Richard) Stilwell, 92, of Petersburg, passed away at 11:40 a.m. on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville. He was born October 23, 1931, in Velpen…
James Cooper, 77, Ferdinand
James Cooper, 77, of Ferdinand, passed away on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at the Linda White Hospice House in Evansville. James was born February 10, 1947, in Rockport to George…
Edna E. Knebel, 92, Jasper
Edna E. Knebel, 92, of Jasper, passed away at home on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Edna was born in St. Anthony, Indiana, on September 18, 1931, to Albert and Catherine…
Wilma C. Barnhart, 95, Tell City
Wilma C. Barnhart, 95, passed away on June 9, 2024, at Oakwood Health Campus. She was born in Huntingburg, Indiana, on May 18, 1929, to Walter and Adelia (Frick) Heim…
Rex McKinney, 62, Ferdinand
Rex McKinney, 62, of Ferdinand, passed away at his home on Sunday, June 9, 2024. Rex was born January 21, 1962, in Indianapolis to Helen (Moore) Maday. He married Dana…
Kent R. Thrun, 49, Evansville
Kent R. Thrun, 49, of Evansville, passed away at home at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 9, 2024. Kent was born in Waubay, South Dakota, on November 19, 1974, to…
Robert Lee “Bob” Giesler, 87, Birdseye
Robert Lee “Bob” Giesler, 87, of Birdseye, passed away on Monday, June 10, 2024, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born March 23, 1937, in…
Christine A. Lechner, 69, Evansville
Christine Ann Lechner, 69, passed away surrounded by her loving family on June 6, 2024. She was born on March 5, 1955, to Robert and Jacqueline (Shackelford) Hartman in Evansville,…
Mark David Zoll, 63, Stendal
Mark David Zoll, 63, passed away at 2:00 a.m., Saturday, June 8, 2024, at his home. He was born April 4, 1961, in Tell City, to Wilfred “Pete” and Jane…
James A. Kline, 91, Ferdinand
James A. Kline, 91, of Ferdinand, passed away Friday, June 7, 2024, at his home. James was born on December 18, 1932, to Fremon and Anna Lulu (Quinlin) Kline. He…
Robert “Bob” Daunhauer, 64, Huntingburg
Robert “Bob” Daunhauer, 64, of Huntingburg, passed away at 10:49 p.m., Friday, June 7, 2024, at his home. He was born November 11, 1959, in Huntingburg, to Paul Theodore and…
Joan E. Schroering, 88, Jasper
Joan E. Schroering, 88, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 3:52 p.m. on Thursday, June 6, 2024, at Brookside Village in Jasper. Joan was born at home in…
Jeanette C. Jahn, 77, St. Anthony
Jeanette C. Jahn, 77, of St. Anthony, passed away surrounded by family at 12:54 p.m. on Thursday, June 6, 2024, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Jeanette…
Allen Lee Bilderback, 84, Holland
Allen Lee Bilderback, 84, of Holland, died on Thursday, June 6, 2024, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Born to Frank and E. Lorraine (Littell) Bilderback of Pike County,…
Donna K. Atkins, 74, Huntingburg
Donna K. Atkins, 74, of Huntingburg, passed away at 11:32 p.m., Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at her residence. She was born January 28, 1950, in Huntingburg, to John S. and…
Larry L. Frank, 77, Jasper
Larry L. Frank, 77, of Jasper, passed away at 4:04 p.m. on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at Serenity Spring Senior Living at Northwood in Jasper. Larry was born in Huntingburg…
Charlene Hotsinpiller, 81, Birdseye
Charlene Hotsinpiller, 81, of Jasper, formerly of Birdseye, passed away at the Serenity Spring Senior Living Center in Jasper on April 19, 2024. She was born on January 23, 1943,…
Rudolph A. Mundy, 83, Oregon
Rudolph Ambrose Mundy was born December 28, 1940, to Ray and Martina Mundy in Jasper, Indiana and passed away peacefully on June 3, 2023, at home. He was raised with…
Philip R. Fischer, 68, Huntingburg
Philip R. Fischer, 68, of Huntingburg, passed away on the evening of Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center, surrounded by family after a courageous battle…
Ronald L. Bowling, 79, Jasper
Ronald L. Bowling, 79, of Jasper, passed away at 11:35 p.m., Saturday, June 1, 2024, at Serenity Springs Northwood in Jasper. He was born May 18, 1945, in Hamilton, Ohio,…












































