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Alvina E. Fendel, 98, Ferdinand
Alvina E. Fendel, 98, passed away on Monday, December 25, 2023, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. She was born August 10, 1925 in Schnellville to Joseph and…
Leonard B. Gehlhausen, Jr., 63, Huntingburg
Leonard B. Gehlhausen, Jr., 63, passed away on Sunday, December 24, 2023, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. He was born August 15, 1960, in Roswell, New Mexico,…
James E. Miller, 72, Birdseye
James E. Miller, 72, of Birdseye, passed away on December 24, 2023, at Brookside Village in Jasper. He was born July 31, 1951, in Washington to Ralph and Annabelle (Ross)…
Wilma Sonya Morris, 88, Greenfield (formerly Celestine)
Wilma Sonya Morris, 88, passed away after being comforted by her family and friends on December 19, 2023. She was born to Bernard and Lillian (Hayden) Gilson on September 5,…
Kevin Fredrick Weisman, 64, Bedford
Kevin Fredrick Weisman passed away on Saturday, December 23, 2023, at Majestic Care of Bedford, Indiana. Kevin was born October 15, 1959, to Luther Edward and Elinor “Dotty” Weisman of…
Gerald D. Schaeffer, 64, Jasper
Gerald D. Schaeffer, 64, of Jasper, passed away at 2:02 p.m. on Sunday, December 24, 2023, surrounded by family in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Gerald was…
Jamison “Jayme” Michael Beard, 26, Gentryville
Jamison “Jayme” Michael Beard, 26, of Gentryville, passed away on Friday, December 22, 2023. Jayme was born on February 24, 1997, in Jasper, Indiana to Joey Beard and Michelle (Toby)…
Joseph D. Buechlein, 68, Jasper
Joseph D. Buechlein, 68, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 8:20 a.m. on Saturday, December 23, 2023, at The Timbers of Jasper. Joe was born in Mobile,…
Stephen “Stevie” Duane Pierrard, 57, Tell City
Stephen “Stevie” Duane Pierrard, 57, passed away on December 22, 2023, in his home. Stevie was born on February 23, 1966, in Tell City, Indiana, to the late Oliver Edward…
Lydia K. Rasche-Buechlein, 40, Shoals
Lydia K. Rasche-Buechlein, 40, of Shoals, passed away at 7:46 am on Saturday, December 23, 2023 at home. Lydia was born in Huntingburg, Indiana, on March 28, 1983, to Arthur…
Jo Ann Bush, 95, Haysville
Jo Ann Bush, 95, of Haysville, passed away peacefully at 6:35 am on Saturday, December 23, 2023, at the Timbers of Jasper. Jo Ann was born in Patoka, Indiana, on…
Joan P. “Joanie” Jarboe, 97, Jasper
Joan P. “Joanie” Jarboe, 97, of Jasper, passed away at 9:25 pm on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, surrounded by family at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Joanie…
Leonard Edward “Lenny” Schwenk, 74, Jasper
Leonard Edward “Lenny” Schwenk, 74, of Jasper, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, December 20, 2023. Lenny was born in Jasper, Indiana, on March 2, 1949, to Raphael…
Harold William Stillwell, 92, Huntingburg
Harold William Stillwell, 92, went to be with his Lord on December 16, 2023. He was born on February 8, 1931, in Huntingburg. He is preceded in death by his…
John ‘Sparky’ Paul Bettag, 83, of Mariah Hill
John “Sparky” Paul Bettag, 83, of Mariah Hill, went to be with our Lord and Savior on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital, surrounded by his wife and…
Gerald “Jerry” R. Schnell, 85, Jasper
Gerald “Jerry” R. Schnell, 85, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 7:14 a.m. on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Jerry…
Lois J. Patton, 89, Huntingburg
Lois J. Patton, 89, of Huntingburg, passed away on Monday, December 18, 2023, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. She was born on January 1, 1934, to John T…
Ruth F. Meyer, 82, Jasper
Ruth F. Meyer, 82, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 8:08 a.m. on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Ruth was born in…
Donald Thomas Cooper, 92, Jasper
Donald Thomas Cooper, 92, of Jasper, died on December 17, 2023. Born on November 2, 1931, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Donald was a loving husband, devoted father and grandfather, and caring…
Kenneth L. Seitz, 71, Jasper
Kenneth L. Seitz, 71, of Jasper, passed away at 2:50 p.m. on Saturday, December 16, 2023, in the Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville. Kenny was born in Jasper…
Diane M. McAllister, 80, Anchorage, Ky.
Diane M. McAllister peacefully passed from this life on December 12, 2023, to be forever reunited with her beloved husband, Don, in God’s embrace. Diane was born June 27, 1943,…
Macario Perez Sandoval, 52, Huntingburg
Macario Perez Sandoval, 52, of Huntingburg, passed away on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, in an auto accident on Highway 231 south of Huntingburg, along with his wife Matilde Rivera Valdes…
Matilde Rivera Valdes, 53, Huntingburg
Matilde Rivera Valdes, 53, of Huntingburg, passed away on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, in an auto accident on Highway 231 south of Huntingburg, along with her husband Macario Perez Sandoval…
Fern Leona Harder, 87, Shoals
Fern Leona Harder, 87, of Shoals, passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2023 at Daviess County Hospital, Washington. Born September 20, 1936, in Shoals, she was the daughter of James…
Hilda W. Bertke, 94, St. Meinrad
Hilda W. Bertke, 94, of St. Meinrad, passed away on Thursday, December 14, 2023, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. Hilda was born on November 19, 1929, in…
Susan R. Kunkler, 75, Jasper
Susan R. Kunkler, 75, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 3:30 a.m. on Friday, December 15, 2023, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. Private…
Bryant G. Doane, 34, Santa Claus
Bryant G. Doane, 34, of Santa Claus, passed away at 5:36 a.m. on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. Bryant was born in Washington, Ind., on July 4, 1989, to Gregory Doane…
Martha J. Stenftenagel, 88, Jasper
Martha J. Stenftenagel, 88, of Jasper, passed away peacefully at home at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 14, 2023. Martha was born in Ireland, Ind., on August 15, 1935, to…
Carolyn May Traylor, 84, Washington
Carolyn May Traylor, 84, peacefully passed away at Cedar Creek Assisted Living Facility in Washington, Ind., on December 11, 2023. Carolyn was born in Washington, Ind., on August 5, 1939,…
John Patrick Seger, 35, St. Henry
John Patrick Seger, 35, of St. Henry, passed away at 1:34 p.m., Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born May 27,…
Donna Rae Wessel, 81, Jasper
Donna Rae Wessel, 81, of Jasper, passed away Friday, December 8, 2023, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. She was born June 7, 1942, in Billett, Ill., to…
Janet M. Fuhrman, 70, Jasper
Janet M. Fuhrman, 70, of Jasper, passed away at 5:54 p.m. on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at Northwood Good Samaritan in Jasper. Janet was born in Huntingburg, Indiana, on May…
Paul David Bateman, 78, Jasper
Paul David Bateman, 78, of Jasper, passed away at 3:18 a.m. on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at the Timbers in Jasper. Paul was born in Rockport on July 14, 1945,…
Jack M. Williams, 94, Jasper
Jack M. Williams, 94, of Jasper, passed away at 8:08 p.m. on Monday, December 11, 2023, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Jack was born in Princeton, Ind. on…
Ramona “Jody” Howard, 64, Birdseye
Ramona “Jody” Howard, 64, of Birdseye, passed away on Sunday, December 10, 2023, at her home. Jody was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, on May 7, 1959, to Vernon and Johanna…
William J. Angerer, 84, Jasper
William J. Angerer, 84, of Jasper, passed away at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 11, 2023, at Northwood Good Samaritan Retirement Community in Jasper. Bill was born in Jasper on…
Dennis L. Miller, 68, Jasper
Dennis L. Miller, 68, of Jasper, passed away at 2:56 p.m. on Monday, December 11, 2023, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. Dennis was born in…
Priscilla May Kaiser, 88, Jasper
Priscilla May Kaiser, 88, of Jasper, passed from this life into Heaven on Saturday, December 9, 2023, in Washington, Indiana. She was born January 1, 1935, in Spencer, Indiana, to…
Naomi J. Gress, 82, Jasper
Naomi J. Gress, 82, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 2:24 p.m. on Sunday, December 10, 2023, at home. Naomi was born in Ireland, Ind., on January 2,…
Todd J. Traylor, 57, Jasper
Todd J. Traylor, 57, of Jasper, passed away at 6:08 p.m. on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. Todd was born on…
Ricky R. Singer, 66, Jasper
Ricky R. Singer, 66, of Jasper, passed away at 1:17 a.m. on Friday, December 8, 2023, with his wife by his side. Ricky was born in Huntingburg, Indiana, on…
Philip Dean Letterman, 59, Jasper
Philip Dean Letterman, 59, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 4:35 p.m. CST on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, Indiana. Dean was born…
Marilyn Kay Sutherland, 85, Huntingburg
Marilyn Kay Sutherland, 85, of Huntingburg, passed away on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. She was born on December 18, 1937, in Salem, Illinois,…
Davida Wilson, 49, Washington, Ind.
Davida Ann Wilson, treasured wife, mother, mamey, daughter, sister, friend, and aunt passed away peacefully on December 7, 2023, at the age of 49 in Evansville, Indiana. She was born…
Linda L. Uhde, 74, Dale
Linda L. Uhde, 74, born in Evansville on January 26, 1949, residing in Dale, passed away peacefully at home on December 8, 2023, surrounded by her close extended family, Jeff…
Carl R. Walker, 72, Loogootee
Carl R. Walker, 72, of Loogootee, Ind., passed away at 4:58 a.m. Saturday, December 9, 2023, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center. He was born September 13, 1951, in Jasper,…
Elsie F. Keller, 82, Jasper
Elsie F. Keller, 82, of Jasper, passed away at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 8, 2023, at home. Elsie was born on March 23, 1941, in Jasper to Edgar and…
Debra Sue Corn, 69, Petersburg
Debra Sue Corn, 69, of Petersburg, passed away on Thursday, December 7, 2023, at I.U. Health University Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born December 5, 1954, in Evansville to Wayne…
William “Bill” T. Hayes, 87, Winslow
William “Bill” T. Hayes, 87, of Winslow, passed away surrounded by family at 12:14 p.m. on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana…
Robert Lee “Bob” Wilkey, Jr., 64, Dale
Robert Lee “Bob” Wilkey, Jr., 64, of Dale, passed away Monday, December 4, 2023, at Willowdale Village in Dale. He was born August 12, 1959, in Huntingburg, to Robert Lee…
