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Jimmy Lee Warner, 64, Petersburg
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Jimmy Lee Warner of Petersburg, Indiana, who passed away on December 26, 2025, at the age of 64. Family and friends are…
Gordon Roger Cannon, 66, Petersburg
Gordon Roger Cannon, 66, passed away on December 28, 2025, after a long battle with cancer. He was born on August 14, 1959. Roger dedicated his life to helping and…
Brenda L. Alexander, 85, Huntingburg
Brenda L. Alexander, 85, of Huntingburg, passed away on Saturday, December 27, 2025. She was born in Enfield, Illinois, to Charles and Louise (Warthen) Metcalf. On January 23, 1960, Brenda…
Dennis Day, 82, Jasper
Dennis Day, 82, of Jasper, passed away at 3:20 a.m., Saturday, December 27, 2025, at Deaconess Memorial Medical Center in Jasper. He was born December 14, 1943, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to James Silas…
Sharon Sue Wade, 84, Fishers
Sharon Sue Wade, 84, of Fishers, passed away on Monday, December 22, 2025, at Riverview Health in Noblesville. She was born on June 30, 1941, to Wilbur and Lola (Kellems)…
Lf Meador, 98, Shoals
Lf Meador, 98, of Shoals, passed away on Thursday, December 25, 2025, at his residence surrounded by his family. Born September 15, 1927, in Seminole, Oklahoma, he was the son…
Stephanie K. Taber, 79, Ferdinand
Stephanie K. Taber, 79, of Ferdinand, passed away at home surrounded by family at 7:55 a.m. on Thursday, December 25, 2025. Stephanie was born in Jasper, Ind., on October 6,…
Arthur B. Knies, 91, Jasper
Arthur B. Knies, 91, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 6:55 a.m. on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Art was born in…
Donald E. “Donnie” Knies, 71, Jasper
Donald E. “Donnie” Knies, 71, of Jasper, Indiana, passed away at 5:59 a.m. on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at home surrounded by family. Donnie was born in Huntingburg, Indiana, on…
Pauline Avonel White, 78
Pauline Avonel White, 78, Jasper, passed away on December 15, 2025, at Deaconess Memorial Hospital in Jasper. Pauline Avonel White was born on June 21, 1947. Pauline was the eldest…
William Michael Ackerman, 79, Jasper
William Michael Ackerman, 79, of Jasper, passed away on Thursday, December 18, 2025, at Deaconess Memorial Medical Center. He was born March 2, 1946, in Washington, Ind., to Albert and…
Gregory Dean Craig, 62, Otwell
Gregory Dean Craig, 62, of Otwell, passed away December 19, 2025, in Huntingburg. He was born June 11, 1963, to Jerry and Patty (Hayes) Craig in Washington, Ind. Greg had…
Marsha Kay Stutsman, 73, Huntingburg
Marsha Kay Stutsman, 73 of Huntingburg, passed away on Sunday, December 21, 2025, at Deaconess Memorial Medical Center in Jasper. She was born August 16, 1952, in Huntingburg to Theodore…
Ivan Ray Smith, 89, French Lick
Ivan Ray Smith, 89, of French Lick, passed away on Friday, December 19, 2025. The son of Irene (Leaser) Smith and Clayton Smith, Ivan was born on March 9, 1936,…
Tyler Kent Kirkman, 42, Santa Claus
Tyler Kent Kirkman, 42, of Santa Claus, passed away at 8:28 p.m., Thursday, December 18, 2025, surrounded by his family at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. He was born on December 21, 1982, in Mt…
Glen M. Haase, 59, Huntingburg
Glen M. Haase, 59, of Huntingburg, passed away at 6:23 p.m., Thursday, December 18, 2025, at Baptist Health Floyd Hospital in New Albany. He was born on January 2, 1966, in…
Elnore “Ellie” L. Eckstein, 86, Jasper
Elnore “Ellie” L. Eckstein, 86, of Jasper, passed away at 11:15 p.m. on Thursday, December 18, 2025, at home surrounded by family. She was born in Rice Lake, Wisc., on…
Mary Bertke, 66, Dale
Mary Bertke, 66, of Dale, passed away at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. Mary was born July 29, 1959, in Rochester, Ind. to Ronald and Eleanor (Leininger) Malott…
Dora Ann Clowdus, 68, Dale
Dora Ann Clowdus, 68, of Dale, passed away at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at her home. She was born June 3, 1957, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to John William Bolen and Marjorie (Johnson) Baughn. She…
Wilma D. Dorsam, 94, Huntingburg
Wilma D. Dorsam, 94, of Huntingburg, passed away at 1:14 a.m. on Thursday, December 18, 2025, at the University of Louisville Hospital. Wilma was born in Cuzco, Ind., on July…
Angela Quiroz, 54, Huntingburg
Angela Quiroz, 54, of Huntingburg, passed away on December 16, 2025, at 9:15 p.m. at Deaconess Memorial Hospital in Jasper, Ind., surrounded by love. Angela was born in Washington, Ind.,…
Margaret Ann Weyer, 70, Ferdinand
Margaret Ann Weyer, 70, of Ferdinand, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at Deaconess Memorial Hospital in Jasper. Ann was born March 29, 1955, in Jasper to Roman and…
Edward L. Durcholz, 86, Jasper
Edward L. Durcholz, 86, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 12:05 p.m. on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at Heart-to-Heart Hospice in Evansville, Indiana. Ed was born in Huntingburg…
Peggy Lou Lovell, 95, Dale
Peggy Lou Lovell, 95, of Dale, passed away at 3:30 p.m. EDT on Monday, December 15, 2025, at The Beehive Assisted Living Home in Huntingburg. She was born August 4, 1930, in…
Peggy Sue Evans, 82, Santa Claus
Peggy Sue Evans, 82, of Santa Claus, passed away at 3:41 a.m., Saturday, December 13, 2025, at Deaconess Memorial Medical Center in Jasper. Services for Peggy Sue Evans will be…
Lois J. Oxley, 91, Jasper
Lois J. Oxley, 91, of Jasper, passed away peacefully at 1:25 a.m. on Sunday, December 14, 2025, at Legacy Living in Jasper. Lois was born in Jasper on March 29,…
Donald A. Eck, 89, Boone Township
Donald A. Eck, 89, of Boone Township, Indiana, passed away surrounded by family at 7:42 p.m. on Friday, December 12, 2025, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. Don was…
Pamela Lee Turner, 65, Huntingburg
Pamela Lee Turner, 65, of Huntingburg, passed away at 2:34 a.m. on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at Deaconess Memorial Medical Center in Jasper. She was born April 12, 1960, in…
Ann Kathleen Hopf, 61, of Jasper
Ann Kathleen Hopf, 61, of Jasper, passed away at 11:19 a.m. on Friday, December 12, 2025, surrounded by family, at Deaconess Memorial Hospital in Jasper. Ann was born on November…
Robin Hayes Bauer, 78, Jasper
Robin Hayes Bauer, 78, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 7:57 a.m. on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at the Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville, Indiana. Robin…
Julie Ann Powell, 57, Huntingburg
Julie Ann Powell, 57, of Huntingburg, passed away on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at Deaconess Memorial Medical Center in Jasper. She was born December 22, 1967, in Huntingburg to Edward…
Charles Lawrence Stone, 62, Huntingburg
Charles Lawrence Stone, 62, passed into his heavenly home on the evening of Sunday, December 7, 2025, at the Waters of Huntingburg. Charles was born on October 12, 1963, in…
Brenda Mae Donofrio, 77, Newburgh
With grateful hearts and joyful memories, we celebrate the life of Brenda Mae Donofrio, 77, of Newburgh, Indiana, who passed away on December 7, 2025. Born in Jasper, Indiana, to…
Jimmie “Jim” Lee White, 83, Petersburg
A great man, Jimmie “Jim” Lee White, was born on April 24, 1942, in Petersburg, Indiana, and was sent to his eternal home on December 9, 2025. Jim, as he…
Karen S. Kolb, 61, Jasper
Karen S. Kolb, 61, of Jasper, passed away at 6:20 p.m. on December 10, 2025, at Hospice Care Center in Evansville. Karen was born in Evansville on September 19, 1964,…
Sandra Frances Therese (Leinenbach) Begle, 86, Ferdinand
Sandra Frances Therese (Leinenbach) Begle, (she always loved to recite her full name), known to all as “Sandy,” passed away at age 86, Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at Scenic Hills…
Karen Sue Tierney, 79, Dale
Mrs. Karen Sue Tierney of Dale passed peacefully from this life on Sunday, December 7, 2025, in Campbellsville, KY. Born in Jasper on April 16, 1946, to the late Benjamin…
Lela B. Gentry, 83, Bristow
Lela B. Gentry, 83, passed away on Monday, December 8, 2025, at Deaconess Memorial Medical Center in Jasper, IN. She was born March 31, 1942, at her home in Sassafras,…
Sarah Helmbock Blackwell, 82, Indianapolis
Sarah Helmbock Blackwell, 82, of Indianapolis, passed away on December 6, 2025. Born August 21, 1943, Sarah was the eldest of six children. Sarah Lee was born to George William,…
Robert M. Blanckaert, 67, Santa Claus
Robert M. Blanckaert, 67, of Santa Claus, passed away at 9:25 a.m., Thursday, December 4, 2025, at Willowdale Village in Dale. He was born in Flint, Michigan, on February 26, 1958,…
Rose Marie (Gehlhausen) Vitiello, 100, Louisville
Rose Marie (Gehlhausen) Vitiello, 100, of Louisville, Ky., passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2025, at Nazareth Home Highlands. Rose was born September 27, 1925, to Harry and Charlotte (Reutman)…
Richard Edward Ernst, 90, Siberia
Richard Edward Ernst, 90, of Siberia, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, December 8, 2025, at Serenity Spring at Northwood in Jasper. Richard was born on April 19,…
Winfield S. Thomas, 90, Chrisney
Winfield S. Thomas, 90, passed away at his home on December 7, 2025, surrounded by his family. He was born in Gatchel (in Perry County) on July 1, 1935, to…
Steven Patrick Hauser, 73, Schnellville
Steven Patrick Hauser, 73, of Schnellville, passed away at his home on Saturday, December 6, 2025. Steve was born on April 13, 1952, to Jack and Cornelia (Troxler) Hauser. He…
Linus H. Tretter, 85, Celestine
Linus H. Tretter, 85, of Celestine, passed away at 3:45 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, 2025, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. Linus was born in Spencer County,…
Ina Ruth Denton, 93, Huntingburg
Ina Ruth Denton, 93, of Huntingburg, formerly from Newton, Ill., passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2025, at The Timbers Nursing Home in Jasper. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on…
Larry Edward Aders, 69, Herrin, Ill.
Larry Edward Aders, 69, of Herrin, Ill., passed away Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at his home in Herrin. He was born on Thursday, August 23, 1956, in Huntingburg, Indiana, a…
Rita M. Dall, 93, Jasper
Rita M. Dall, 93, of Jasper, passed away at 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 4, 2025, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Rita was born in Huntingburg, Indiana, on…
Carolyn Ann Tieken, 89, Ferdinand
Carolyn Ann Tieken, 89, of Ferdinand, passed away at her home on Wednesday, December 3, 2025. Carolyn was born on April 21, 1936, in Ferdinand to Werner and Irene (Lindauer)…
George Dave Elliott, 88, Jasper
George Dave Elliott, 88, of Jasper, passed away at 3:40 p.m. on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at St Charles Health Campus in Jasper, Indiana. George was born in Jasper on…
