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Ronald J. “Ron” Schwinghamer, 81, Ferdinand
Ronald J. “Ron” Schwinghamer, 81, of Ferdinand, passed away Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at Deaconess Mid-Town in Evansville. Ron was born August 8, 1941, in Jasper to Michael and Flora…
Jean A. Schwinghammer, 86, Huntingburg
Jean A. Schwinghammer, 86, of Huntingburg, passed away at 8:11 p.m., on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at her residence. She was born July 24, 1936, in Huntingburg, Indiana, to Edward…
Dennis R. Wagner, 73, St. Anthony
Dennis R. Wagner, 73, of St. Anthony, passed away on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at his home. He was born March 10, 1950, in Huntingburg, to Othmar and Roberta (Mundy)…
Jay Paul Schoonmaker memorial services planned
Jay Paul Schoonmaker was born in Wilmington, Delaware to B. Bevier and Anne (Shane) Schoonmaker. He was the youngest son of ten children. Ann, Tracey, Robert and Richard (twins), James, Mary Jane,…
Theresia E. Seitz, 88, Jasper
Theresia E. Seitz, 88, of Jasper, passed away at 12:10 a.m. on Monday, May 22, 2023, in the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Theresia was born in Mentor, Ind., on…
Audrey L. Wagner, 40, Jasper
Audrey L. Wagner, 40, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 11:18 a.m. on Saturday, May 20, 2023, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Audrey was…
Kenneth E. Heim, 80, Jasper
Kenneth E. Heim, 80, of Jasper, passed away at 4:40 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at Brookside Village in Jasper, Indiana. Ken was born in Jasper, Indiana, on September…
Willa “Jean” DeWitt, 92, Mooresville
Willa “Jean” DeWitt, 92, of Mooresville, passed away on Monday, May 15, 2023, at Meadow Lakes Assisted Living in Mooresville. She was born March 28, 1931, in Huntingburg to Leo…
Bernice B. Knies, 86, Celestine
Bernice B. Knies, 86, of Celestine, passed away peacefully at 1:43 pm on Wednesday, May 18, 2023, at home. Bernice was born in Celestine on August 27, 1936, to Bernard…
Kenneth L. Beck, 93, Jasper
Kenneth L. Beck, 93, of Jasper, passed away surrounded by family at 12:44 a.m. on Thursday, May 18, 2023, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. Mr…
Edwina E. Wendholt, 87, Ferdinand
Edwina E. Wendholt, 87, of Ferdinand, passed away Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. Edwina was born on July 6, 1935, in Siberia to…
Machinist Mate Second Class Ethan Reed Gorby, 20, Goose Creek, S.C.
Machinist Mate Second Class Ethan Reed Gorby, 20, of Goose Creek, S.C., passed away May 2, 2023, in Charleston County, S.C. He was born August 10, 2002, to Chris Gorby…
Susan ”Sue” deMontigny, 73, Huntingburg
Susan ”Sue” deMontigny, 73, of Huntingburg, passed away at 5:22 a.m. on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. She was born March 29, 1950 in Huntingburg to Russell and Erma (Sickbert) Heim. Sue…
Arcene Herman Foerster, 86, New Boston
Arcene Herman Foerster, 86, passed away on May 15, 2023. He was born May 4, 1937, to the late Robert and Edith (Puertzer) Foerster in New Boston. Arcene graduated from…
Gloria M. Fierst, 92, Jasper
Gloria M. Fierst, 92, of Jasper, passed away at 1:35 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Gloria was born in Jasper on January…
Marilyn June Pfaff, 90, Ireland
Marilyn June Pfaff, 90, of Ireland, passed away at 8:14 a.m. on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at home surrounded by her loving family. Marilyn was born August 15, 1932, in…
Verla Flick, 90, Huntingburg,
Verla Flick, 90, of Huntingburg, formerly of French Lick, entered into eternal rest on May 14, 2023, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. She was born in Rural French…
Sean M. Scanlon, 47, Adams, N.Y.
Sean M. Scanlon, 47, Adams, New York, died unexpectedly at his home on May 13, 2023. Sean was born on May 27, 1975, in Evansville. He is the son of…
George K. Skelton, 77, Huntingburg,
George K. Skelton, 77, of Huntingburg, passed away at 6:26 a.m. on Sunday, May 14, 2023. He was born January 13, 1946, in Huntingburg to Herschel Hayes and Helen Martha…
Sondra K. Alumbaugh, 71, Terre Haute
Sondra K. Alumbaugh, 71, of Terre Haute, passed away peacefully on May 15, 2023, in her home in Jasper, surrounded by her loving family. Sondra was born on July 12,…
Rita Marie Gogel, 89, Ferdinand
Rita Marie Gogel was surrounded by love as she entered into eternal rest on Sunday, May 14, 2023, at 5:44 a.m. at the home of her daughter. Rita was born…
LaVerne A. Begle, 85, Ferdinand
LaVerne A. Begle, 85, of Ferdinand, passed away on Saturday, May 13, 2023. She was born August 9, 1937, in St. Anthony to Clement and Catherine (Haas) Hasenour. LaVerne married…
Kenneth (Kenny) Ray Murphy II, 76, French Lick
Kenneth (Kenny) Ray Murphy II, 76, of French Lick passed away at his home on May 11th, 2023. He was born on October 19th, 1946, in Greenville, Ky., to Kenneth…
Patricia A. Stork, 86, Jasper
Patricia A. Stork, 86, of Jasper, passed away at 9:30 p.m. on Friday, May 12, 2023, at Brookside Village in Jasper. Pat was born in Jasper on December 20, 1936,…
Jimmie “Jim” Gerald Bardwell, 85, Huntingburg
Jimmie “Jim” Gerald Bardwell, 85, died on Saturday, May 13, 2023, peacefully at his home in Huntingburg, Indiana. He was born November 8, 1937, in Glenwood, Arkansas. Jim grew up…
Dennis Louis Gogel, 82, Ferdinand
Dennis Louis Gogel, 82, of Ferdinand, passed away Friday, May 12, 2023, at his residence. Dennis was born on April 10, 1941, in Mariah Hill to Edward and Ida (Balbach)…
Violet H. Weisheit, 91, Boone Township
Violet H. Weisheit, 91, of Boone Township, Ind., passed away surrounded by family at 7:50 p.m. on Friday, May 12, 2023, in St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper, Indiana. Violet…
Todd J. Schaefer, 53, Jasper
Todd J. Schaefer, 53, of Jasper, passed away at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, May 12, 2023, at home. Todd was born in Huntingburg on August 12, 1969, to Raphael and…
Rita Mary (Striegel) Dougherty, 80, Indianapolis
Rita Mary (Striegel) Dougherty, 80, of Indianapolis, passed away on May 10, 2023. She was born in Celestine, Ind., to Carl Frank Striegel and Agnes Barbara (Kempf) Striegel on April…
James R. “Shep” Schepers, 77, Celestine
James R. “Shep” Schepers, 77, of Celestine, Indiana, passed away at 10:06 pm on Thursday, May 11, 2023, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. Shep was born in Celestine,…
Delbert C. Mathies, 87, Jasper
Delbert C. Mathies, 87, of Jasper, went to his eternal resting place at 1:30 a.m. on Friday, May 12, 2023, at home surrounded by family. Delbert was born in Dubois…
Fred Duncan, 85, Lakeland, Fla.
Fred Duncan was born on June 4, 1937, in Brazil, Indiana to Chester and Ruby Duncan who eventually settled in Huntingburg, Indiana. He transitioned from this earth to heaven on…
Glen Sanders, 65, Jasper
Glen Sanders, 65, of Jasper, passed away at 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 4, 2023, in Mazatlan Sharp Hospital in Mexico. Glen was born in Huntingburg on April 7, 1958,…
Dennis J. Thimling Jr., 59, Jasper
Dennis J. Thimling Jr., 59, of Jasper, passed away at 11:53 p.m. on Monday, May 8, 2023, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Dennis was born in…
Russell “Rusty” E. Hill, 63, Evansville
Russell “Rusty” E. Hill, 63, of Evansville, passed away Monday, May 8, 2023. He was born December 16, 1959, in Huntingburg to Robert and Jane (Denning) Hill. Rusty held the…
Cynthia “Cindi” L. Lemen, 70, Santa Claus
Cynthia “Cindi” L. Lemen, 70, of Santa Claus, passed away on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. Cindi was born January 10, 1953 in Huntingburg to Elmer “Billy”…
Daniel Hubert, 53, Tell City
Daniel Hubert, 53, of Tell City, passed away on Friday, May 5, 2023. He was born July 21, 1969, in Huntingburg to Marvin Edward and Charlotte Ann (Klueh) Hubert. Daniel…
Mary Lee Hudson, 87, Jasper
Mary Lee Hudson, 87, of Jasper, passed away at home surrounded by family at 4:18 p.m. on Monday, May 8, 2023. Mary was born in Dubois, Ind., on November 21,…
Richard A. (Dick) Leinenbach, 82, Ferdinand
Richard A. (Dick) Leinenbach, 82, of Ferdinand, died Wednesday morning, December 28, 2022, at Brookside Village, Jasper. He was born on September 27, 1940, in Ferdinand to Frank N. and Cornelia Bartley…
Joice M. Katterhenry, 91, Huntingburg
Joice M. Katterhenry, 91, of Huntingburg, passed away on Sunday, May 7, 2023, at her home. She was born March 13, 1932, in Spencer County, Indiana, to Raymond L. and…
Donald Ray Mendel, 68, Jasper
Donald Ray Mendel, 68, of Jasper, passed away at 2:56 p.m. on Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. Donald was born in…
Dorothy H. Fisher, 96, Portersville
Dorothy H. Fisher, 96, of Portersville, Ind., passed away at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Legacy Assisted Living in Jasper, Indiana. Private services were held at Becher-Kluesner…
Rosina M. Schuler, 95, Jasper
Rosina M. Schuler, 95, of Jasper, passed away at 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 27, 2023, at Legacy Living in Jasper. Rosina was born in Staten Island, New York, on…
Melvin Armon Lamey, 82, Winslow
Melvin Armon Lamey, 82, of Winslow, Indiana, entered into rest at Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville, Indiana, on May 3, 2023, surrounded by his loving family. Melvin was…
Stephanie Austin, 45, Vincennes
Stephanie Diane Austin of Oaktown, Indiana, passed on to her Creator on Sunday, April 30, 2023, while in the hospice unit at the Good Samaritan Hospital of Vincennes, Indiana. She…
Grace Ellen Dunigan, 87, Petersburg
Grace Ellen Dunigan passed away peacefully on April 28, 2023, surrounded by family and loved ones. Grace Ellen Megenhardt was born to Arndt and Pauline Megenhardt. Grace joyously arrived on November 17,…
Kathleen “Kathy” Nelson, 78, Otwell
Kathleen “Kathy” Nelson, 78, of Otwell and Monroe City, Indiana, left this earth on May 2, 2023, and made her way home where angels belong. She was born August 28,…
Lisa Kae Lewallen, 66, Nashville, Tenn.
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Miss Lisa Kae Lewallen on May 2, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 66 years old. Lisa was born…
James “Jim” Kissling, 80, Indianapolis
It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of Jim Kissling, beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, great uncle, god-father, grandfather, and friend. He was loved and respected by…
Donald Mark Hudson, 65, Glen Mills, Penn.
Donald Mark Hudson, 65, of Glen Mills, Penn., passed away on April 25, 2023, at his residence. Don was born March 24, 1958, to Cletus A. and Billie (Ash) Hudson…

















































