
Obituaries can be submitted by email to editor@duboiscountyfreepress.com.
Leon Ray Siebe, 84, Holland
Leon Ray Siebe, 84, of Holland, passed away on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, at home. He was born December 10, 1939, in Stendal to Walter and Marjorie (Kamman) Siebe. He…
Gregory Woods, 50, Huntingburg
Gregory Woods, 50, of Huntingburg, passed away at his home on Monday, January 1, 2024. Greg was born April 14, 1973, in Salem, Ind., to Ronald Woods and Sandra Leinenbach…
Jane Schnieders, 79, St. Henry
Jane Schnieders, 79, of St. Henry, passed away on Monday, January 1, 2024, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville. Jane was born June 30, 1944, in St. Meinrad to Edward…
Doris M. Lasher, 82, Jasper
Doris M. Lasher, 82, passed away on January 2, 2024, at St. Charles Healthcare Center in Jasper, surrounded by her family. She was born in Gerald, Ind., on October 9,…
Betty E. Beck, 96, Dubois
Betty E. Beck, 96, of Dubois, Ind., passed away at 11:35 p.m. on Sunday, December 31, 2023, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. Betty was born…
Mary “Diane” Mundy, 60, Jasper
Mary “Diane” Mundy, 60, of Jasper, formerly of Ferdinand, passed away on December 26, 2023, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville. She was born on February 14, 1963, in Franklin,…
Leroy J. Pieper, 94, Jasper
Leroy J. Pieper, 94, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at home at 1:44 p.m. on Sunday, December 31, 2023. Leroy was born on June 15, 1929, to Joseph…
Elleen C. Sutton, 91, Jasper
Elleen C. Sutton, 91, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 8:58 a.m. on Saturday, December 30, 2023, at home. Elleen was born in Jasper, Indiana, on April 13,…
Robert “Bob” Demuth, 72, Ferdinand
Robert “Bob” Demuth, 72, of Ferdinand, passed away Sunday, December 31, 2023, at his home surrounded by family. Bob was born on May 27, 1951, in Huntingburg to Othmar and…
Josephine L. Kress, 97, St. Meinrad
Josephine L. Kress, from St. Meinrad, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 27, 2023, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. Born July 23, 1926, at home in Spencer…
Arthur Witte, 89, Santa Claus
Arthur Witte, 89, of Santa Claus, formerly of Bristow, passed away at Owensboro Regional Health on December 30, 2023. He was born November 5, 1934, in Bristow to Fred and…
Ronald C. “Ron” Kunz, 80, Jasper
Ronald C. “Ron” Kunz, 80, of Jasper, passed away at 10:06 am on Sunday, December 31, 2023, at home. Ron was born in Jasper on October 2, 1943, to Bernard…
Richard A. Verkamp, 77, Schnellville
Richard A. Verkamp, 77, of Schnellville, passed away on Friday, December 29, 2023, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born…
Marvin Lee Boeglin, 90, Huntingburg
Marvin Lee Boeglin, 90, of Huntingburg, passed away at 9:35 a.m. on Saturday, December 30, 2023, at The Waters of Huntingburg. He was born February 6, 1933, in Huntingburg to…
Joseph B. Englert, 79, St. Anthony
Joseph B. Englert, 79, of St. Anthony, passed away at home surrounded by family at 9:58 a.m. on Thursday, December 28, 2023. Joe was born in St. Anthony on June…
Melvin E. Elmer, 90, Indianapolis
Melvin E. Elmer, 90, of Indianapolis, formerly of Jasper, passed away at 7:11 pm on Tuesday, December 26, 2023, at the St. Augustine Home in Indianapolis, Indiana. Melvin was born…
Alene M. Frank, 79, Jasper
Alene M. Frank, 79, of Jasper, passed away at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 28, 2023, in the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Alene was born in Jasper, Indiana, On…
John A. Harder, 76, Alfordsville
John A. Harder, 76, of Alfordsville, passed away at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, December 26, 2023, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. John was born in Alfordsville…
Ruth Ann Goebel Kelly, 76, Grandview
Ruth Ann Goebel Kelly, born to Nina Jean (Sams) Goebel and the late Howard Wayne Goebel on November 9, 1947, bid her final farewell to us all on her terms…
Donald G. Lasher, 83, Jasper
Donald G. Lasher, 83, passed away on December 24, 2023, at St. Charles Healthcare Center in Jasper. He was born in Bristow on August 12, 1940, the son of Alfred…
Anna Mae Metz, 96, Huntingburg
Anna Mae Metz, 96, passed away on Tuesday, December 26, 2023, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville. She was born in St. Anthony on July 1, 1927, to Harry and…
Walter H. Malvitz, 63, Jasper
Walter H. Malvitz, 63, of Jasper, passed away at 12:52 a.m. on Wednesday, December 27, 2023, at home surrounded by family. Walter was born in Hammond, Ind., on February 19,…
Thomas O. Vollmer, 95, Jasper
Thomas O. Vollmer, 95, of Jasper, passed away at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, December 26, 2023, surrounded by family at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Tom was born in…
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…
















































