
Obituaries can be submitted by email to editor@duboiscountyfreepress.com.
John K. Lukemeyer, 88, Jasper,
John K. Lukemeyer, 88, of Jasper, passed away at 8:50 A.M. on July 22, 2022, at Four Seasons Retirement in Columbus, Indiana. John was born to George and Frieda (Lowell)…
Herschel L. Jones, 76, Winslow
Herschel L. Jones, 76, of Winslow, passed away at 7:01 a.m. on Monday, July 25, 2022, at home surrounded by family. Herschel was born in Glezen, Indiana, on November 18,…
Mary Buffington, 62, Tucson, Ariz.
Mary Buffington, 62, Tucson, AZ, formerly of Dale, passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2022, at 1:30 p.m. MST with her husband Gary by her side after suffering a massive heart…
Dorothy M. Sherman, 89, Jasper
Dorothy M. Sherman, 89, of Jasper, passed away peacefully at 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, July 23, 2022. Dorothy was born in Saint Anthony, Indiana, on September 25, 1932, to Martin…
William M. “Bill” Newton, Jr., 84, Huntingburg
William M. “Bill” Newton, Jr., 84, of Huntingburg, passed away on Sunday, May 29, 2022, at The Waters of Huntingburg. Bill was born in Detroit, Michigan on May 17, 1938,…
Richard Emmons, 88, Shoals
Richard Emmons, 88, of Shoals, died on July 21, 2022. He was born on December 2, 1933, to Oliver and Thelma (Gammon) Emmons in Lost River Township of Martin County…
Larry Hemmer 71, Lamar
Larry Hemmer 71, of Lamar, died at his home on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Larry was born May 20, 1951, in Huntingburg to Paul and Mildred (Kunkler) Hemmer. He worked…
Donald “Don” C. Englert, 72, Terre Haute
Donald “Don” C. Englert, 72, of Terre Haute, and Bradenton, Fla., ended a life well lived surrounded by loved ones on July 13, 2022. Don was born on November 5,…
Martha Hemmer Celebration of Life scheduled
A Celebration of Life Memorial Service for Martha W. Hemmer (1933 – 2022) will be held on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 11 a.m. at the Santa Claus United Methodist…
Steven J. Brzezinski Jr., 75, Jasper
Steven J. Brzezinski Jr., 75, of Jasper, passed away at 6:18 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Steven was born in…
Sharon M. Apple, 85, Jasper
Sharon M. Apple, 85, of Jasper, passed away at 11:33 a.m. on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, surrounded by family. Sharon was…
Edgar J. Kerstiens, 87, Ferdinand
Edgar J. Kerstiens, 87, of Ferdinand, passed away on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. Edgar was born March 2, 1935, in Ferdinand, to…
Keith Edward Hufnagel, 70, Louisville
Keith Edward Hufnagel, 70, of Louisville, Ky., formerly of Jasper, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at his home. He was a retired engineer. Keith was a national award-winning model…
Lewis Andrew Nigg, 98, Muncie
Lewis Andrew Nigg, 98, passed away Thursday, July 7, 2022, at Morrison Woods Nursing Home in Muncie. He was born October 21, 1923, to Andrew Nigg and Alice (Gammon) Nigg…
Naomi S. Egler, 87, Jasper
Naomi S. Egler, 87, of Jasper, passed away at 6:05 p.m. on Friday, July 15, 2022, at home. Naomi was born on July 8, 1935, in St. Anthony, Indiana, to…
Patricia Mary Stutsman, 83, Santa Claus
Patricia Mary Stutsman, 83, of Santa Claus, died on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at her home with her family by her side. Patricia was born in Dale on August 26,…
Steven Michael “Schoppie” Schoppenhorst, 63, Huntingburg
Steven Michael “Schoppie” Schoppenhorst, 63, of Huntingburg, passed away on Sunday, July 10, 2022, at the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Ky. He was born September 17, 1958, in…
Jeffrey D. Eckert, 72, Jasper
Jeffrey D. Eckert, 72, of Jasper, passed away at 6:36 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana, surrounded by family. Jeff was born in Huntingburg…
Lauretta L. Prechtel, 91, formerly of Santa Claus
Lauretta L. Prechtel, 91, formerly of Santa Claus, passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at Newburgh Healthcare Center. Lauretta was born on May 4, 1931, in Saint Anthony to…
Joseph Virgil “Joe” Gramelspacher, 70, Nashville
Joseph Virgil “Joe” Gramelspacher, 70, died in his home on Wednesday, June 22, with family at his side. Joe had been diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) in May 2021…
Arthur Sickbert Jr., 88, Jasper
Arthur Sickbert Jr., 88, of Jasper, passed away at 3:20 a.m. on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at home surrounded by family. Arthur was born in Pike County on February 26,…
Carma A. Thimling, 58, Jasper
Carma A. Thimling, 58, of Jasper, passed away at 9:14 a.m. on Sunday, July 10, 2022, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Carma was born in Jasper…
Thomas W. Lemmer, 69, Jasper
Thomas W. Lemmer, 69, of Jasper, passed away at 9:52 p.m. on Sunday, July 10, 2022, at home surrounded by family. Tom was born in Huntingburg on October 21, 1952,…
Donna K. Wagner, 59, Jasper
Donna K. Wagner, 59, of Jasper, passed away at 10:21 a.m. on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville. Donna was born in Jasper on August 29,…
Jason H. Helming, 57, Jasper
Jason H. Helming, 57, of Jasper, passed away on July 6, 2022, at home. Jason was born on December 9, 1964, in Jasper to Ralph J. And Darla J. (Huls)…
Colleen M. Taylor, 94, Huntingburg
Colleen M. Taylor, 94, of Huntingburg, passed away at 5:13 p.m., on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at her residence. She was born July 30, 1927, in Lynnville to Wavie Daugherty,…
Lou Anna H. Taylor, 90, Cannelburg
Lou Anna H. Taylor, 90, of Cannelburg, passed away at 4:45 p.m. on Friday, July 8, 2022, in the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Lou Anna was born in Portersville,…
Henrietta Neukam, 101, Dale
Henrietta Neukam, 101, of Dale, passed away at 5:45 p.m., on Friday, July 8, 2022, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. She was born February 4, 1921, in Ireland,…
Angela Marie Haas, 48, Dubois
Angela Marie Haas, 48, of Dubois, passed away at 3:10 p.m. on Friday, July 8, 2022. Angela was born in Jasper on July 15, 1973, to Victor and Judith (Striegel)…
Lafern A. Potts, 82, Dubois,
Lafern A. Potts, 82, of Dubois, passed away at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, July 8, 2022, at home surrounded by family. Lafern was born in Jasper on March 24, 1940,…
Adriane L. Leinenbach, 66, Ireland
Adriane L. Leinenbach, 66, of Ireland, Indiana, passed away peacefully at 8:28 p.m. on Friday, July 1, 2022, in Miramar Beach, Florida. Adriane was born on April 18, 1956, to…
Keith E. Kinkade II, 58, Birdseye
Keith E. Kinkade II, 58, of Birdseye, passed away at 8:07 p.m., on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at his home in Birdseye. He was born March 5, 1964, in Evansville…
Osburne “Oz” Brockman Gibson, Jr., 79, Franklin, Tenn.
Osburne “Oz” Brockman Gibson, Jr., 79, of Franklin, Tenn., passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, after a lengthy illness at Alive Hospice Residence Nashville, Nashville, Tenn. Oz grew up…
Constance Sue “Connie” Helming, 70, Jasper
Constance Sue “Connie” Helming, 70, of Jasper, passed away at 12:47 p.m. on Thursday, July 7, 2022, at home surrounded by family. Connie was born in Jasper on September 25,…
Carl Richard Ahrens, 91, Huntingburg
Carl Richard Ahrens, 91, of Huntingburg, passed away peacefully in his home on July 4, 2022. Carl was born in 1931, in Huntingburg, to Iretha and Gustave “Gus” Ahrens. He…
Rosemary C. Stemle, 90, Jasper
Rosemary C. Stemle, 90, of Jasper, passed away at 6:10 p.m. on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, in Amber Manor Care Center in Petersburg, Indiana. Rosemary was born in Ireland, Indiana,…
Ellsworth E. Pickering, Jr., 79, of Huntingburg
Ellsworth E. Pickering, Jr., 79, of Huntingburg, passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2022, at 8 p.m. Ellsworth, the oldest of 14 children, was born on December 13, 1942, in…
Carolyn R. Hollander, 87, Huntingburg
Carolyn R. Hollander, 87, of Huntingburg, passed away at 3:11 a.m., on Saturday, July 2, 2022, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born on January…
Jacquelyn A. Klem, 52, Jasper
Jacquelyn A. Klem, 52, of Jasper, passed away at 5:18 a.m. on Monday, July 4, 2022, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Jackie was born in Evansville…
Stanley Gress, 60, Ireland, Ind.
Stanley Gress, 60, of Ireland, Ind., passed away at 6:20 p.m. on Monday, July 4, 2022, at home surrounded by family. Stan was born in Jasper on August 29, 1961,…
Leona G. Knust, 91, Ferdinand
Leona G. Knust, 91, of Ferdinand, passed away Friday, July 1, 2022, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. Leona was born on October 15, 1930, in Jasper to Leander and Rose…
Mary Jane Neuhoff, 87, Huntingburg
Mary Jane Neuhoff, 87, of Huntingburg, passed away at 8:02 a.m. on Sunday, July 3, 2022, in the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper surrounded by her family. Mary Jane was…
Paul V. Campbell, 89, Englewood, Fla. (formerly Jasper)
Paul V. Campbell, 89, formerly of Jasper, passed away June 22 in Englewood, Fla. He was born on January 13, 1933, in Otwell to Delbert and Mayme (Teague) Campbell and…
“Bob” Robert Frank Reisinger, 71, Evansville
“Bob” Robert Frank Reisinger, 71, of Evansville, passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at home. He was born on September 1, 1950, to the late Alfred and Edna (Schmidt) Reisinger…
Kenneth Frank Hollaway, 77, Loogootee
Kenneth Frank Hollaway, 77, of Loogootee, passed away at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. He was born October 21, 1944, in Kerrville, Texas…
Michael W. Harris, 67, Jasper
Michael W. Harris, 67, of Jasper, passed away at 5:10 p.m. on Saturday, June 18, 2022, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. Michael was born in…
Karel Lee Abell, 69, Jasper
Karel Lee Abell, 69, of Jasper, passed away June 30, 2022, in Newburgh. She was born June 14, 1953, to Robert Lee and Emma Grace (Swartsfager) Case in Mt. Carmel,…
Leroy O. Fischer, 75, Saint Meinrad
Leroy O. Fischer, 75, of Saint Meinrad, passed away Thursday, June 30, 2022, at Wellington Parc in Owensboro, Kentucky. Leroy was born February 18, 1947, in Saint Meinrad to Oscar…
Lloyd Ray Southwood Sr, 77
Lloyd Ray Southwood Sr, 77, died on Wed., June 29, 2022 at his home. He was born December 8, 1944, in Lamar to Kenneth and Julia (Crews) Southwood. Lloyd was…
Angela A. Traylor Kern, 62, Jasper
Angela A. Traylor Kern, 62, of Jasper, passed away at 10:42 a.m., on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born May…
















































