
Obituaries can be submitted by email to editor@duboiscountyfreepress.com.
Roy Allen Ingle, 84, New Albany
Roy Allen Ingle, 84, of New Albany, passed away at 4:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 14, 2021, at the Timbers of Jasper. Roy was born in Huntingburg on February 16,…
Lynn Jamerson, 65, Holland
Lynn Jamerson, 65, passed away August 12, 2021, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN. She was born June 3, 1956, to the late Eugene and Iris Reed Stein. She graduated…
Cheyanne Kaye Toby, 69, Houston (formerly Jasper)
Cheyanne Kaye Toby, 69, of Houston and formerly of Jasper, passed away Aug. 2, 2021, in Houston, Texas. She was born October 1, 1951. She was preceded in death by…
William Raymond Hochgesang, 79, Clarksville
William Raymond Hochgesang, 79, of Clarksville, passed away on August 8, 2021, at Vanderbilt Medical Center. He was born in Birdseye on February 24, 1942, to August and Veronica Brosmer…
Sister Eileen Reckelhoff, 76, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand
Sister Eileen Reckelhoff of Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand died at 4:40 p.m. on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Health Center in Jasper, Indiana. Sister Eileen was…
Adeline R. Schwoeppe, 75, Cannelton
Adeline R. Schwoeppe, 75, of Cannelton, passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at Oakwood Health Campus in Tell City. Adeline was born July 26, 1946, and raised by two loving…
Donald D. “Don” Choate, 80, Ferdinand
Donald D. “Don” Choate, 80, of Ferdinand, passed away at 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at Cathedral Health Care Center in Jasper. Don was born in Birdseye on…
Linda Louise Pierini, 67, Winslow
Linda Louise Pierini, age 67, of Winslow, Indiana, passed away at 12:40 p.m. on Sunday, August 8, 2021. Linda was born in Fall River, Mass., on September 27, 1953, to Joseph…
Leona M. Hulsman, 97, Ireland
Leona M. Hulsman, 97, of Ireland, passed away at 12:04 a.m. on Thursday, August 12, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Campus in Jasper. Leona was born in Celestine, Indiana,…
Barbara Skelton, 83, Santa Claus
Barbara Skelton, 83, of Santa Claus, died at her home in Santa Claus on August 9, 2021. Barbara was born in Long Island, N.Y. on January 20, 1938, to Fred…
Robert “Bob” P. Haller, 96, Jasper
Robert “Bob” P. Haller, 96, of Jasper, passed away at 11:25 a.m. on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at Legacy Living in Jasper. Bob was born in Jasper, Indiana, on January…
Ronald Lee “Ron” Henke, 66, Holland
Ronald Lee “Ron” Henke, of Holland, passed away on Monday, August 9, 2021, with his loving wife by his side. Born on January 10, 1955, Ron attended school in Holland…
Brian S. King, 49, Huntingburg
Brian S. King, 49, of Huntingburg, passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born November 26, 1971, in Huntingburg, Indiana, to Larry A…
Terry Wayne “T.K.” Kendall, 71, Huntingburg
Terry Wayne “T.K.” Kendall, 71, of Huntingburg, passed away at 8:25 a.m., on Friday, August 6, 2021, in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper…
Anthony Joe Wilkins, 31, Jasper
Anthony Joe Wilkins, 31, of Jasper, passed away at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 8, 2021. Anthony was born in Jasper on October 16, 1989, to Joseph and Joan (Potts)…
Hilbert H. Fromme, 82, Jasper
Hilbert H. Fromme, 82, of Jasper, passed away at 10:54 p.m. on Monday, August 9, 2021, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. Hilbert was born in…
Roy Hubert Pielemeier, 90, Loogootee
Roy Hubert Pielemeier, 90, of Loogootee, passed away at 8:10 a.m. Friday, August 6, 2021, at Northwood Retirement Community. He was born October 18, 1930, in Loogootee, Indiana to the…
Steven L. Weyer, 69, Ferdinand
Steven L. Weyer, 69, of Ferdinand, passed away Saturday, August 7, 2021, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. Steven was born March 14, 1952, in Huntingburg to Clarence L. and Lucille…
Cheryl Ann Pfaff, 61, Huntingburg
Cheryl Ann Pfaff, 61, of Huntingburg, passed away at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born April 10,…
Mary A. Hopf, 69, Holland
Mary A. Hopf, 69, of Holland, passed away at 8:55 p.m., Thursday, August 5, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born April 24, 1952,…
Helen V. Stillwell, 76, Birdseye
Helen V. Stillwell, 76, of Birdseye, passed away Tuesday, August 3, 2021, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. She was born December 28, 1944, in St. Meinrad, to William and Opal…
Karen Sue Werne, 64, Okeechobee, Fla.
Karen Sue Werne died June 22, 2021. She was born December 7, 1956, in Huntingburg. A resident of Buckhead Ridge, Okeechobee, Florida since 1979, she was of the Catholic faith…
Oletta C. Kellems, 70, Ferdinand
Oletta C. Kellems, 70, of Ferdinand, passed away at 4:53 a.m. on Monday, August 2, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Campus in Jasper. Oletta was born in Jeffersonville on…
Karen S. Matheis, 66, Jasper
Karen S. Matheis, 66, of Jasper, passed away on Sunday, August 1, 2021, at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. She was born January 1, 1955, in Riverside, California,…
Jason Edward Cunningham, 49, St. Anthony
Jason Edward Cunningham, 49, of St. Anthony, died suddenly at home on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. He was born October 9, 1971, in Hammond, Indiana, to Dale and Lori Cunningham. …
Linda Schroering 61, Jasper
Linda Schroering 61, of Jasper, died on July 29, 2021, at Memorial Hospital. Linda was born February 4, 1960, in Jasper to Anthony and Alvina (Seger) Beckman. She taught school…
Georgiann J. “George” Grothouse, 66, Jasper
Georgiann J. “George” Grothouse, 66, of Jasper, passed away at 3:05 p.m. on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. George was born in Lafayette, Indiana, on June…
Byron J. Sabin, 86, Jasper
Byron J. Sabin, 86, of Jasper, passed away at 12:10 p.m. on Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center, in Jasper. Byron was born in St. Louis,…
Gail A. McComb, 76, Jasper
Gail A. McComb, 76, of Jasper, passed away at 9:59 a.m. on Thursday, July 29, 2021, in St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Gail was born in Saginaw, Mich., on…
Patricia A. “Patty” Hoffman, 79, Jasper
Patricia A. “Patty” Hoffman, 79, of Jasper, passed away at 5:57 p.m. on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center, in Jasper. Patty was born in Jasper…
James J. Meyer, 89, Huntingburg
James J. Meyer, 89, of Huntingburg, passed away on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at his residence. He was born March 22, 1932, in Mariah Hill to Edward and Clara (Bredhold)…
Charles William “Charlie” Wright, 38, Clarksville
Charles William “Charlie” Wright, 38, of Clarksville, passed away at 8:46 p.m., Monday, July 26, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born June 20,…
Loretta Rose Humbert, 97, Celestine
Loretta Rose Humbert, 97, of Celestine, passed away at 3:40 a.m. on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Brookside Village in Jasper surrounded by family. Loretta was born in St. Anthony…
Raymond L. Underwood, 82, Huntingburg
Raymond L. Underwood, 82, of Huntingburg, was found deceased Monday, July 26, 2021, in Huntingburg. He was born December 1, 1938, in Huntingburg, Indiana, to Edward and Ada Mae (Anderson)…
Rosalie C. Scherle, 90, Jasper
Rosalie C. Scherle, 90, passed away at 2:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Brookside Village in Jasper, Indiana. Rosalie was born in Schnellville, Indiana, on April 6, 1931,…
Joyce M. Ewing, 67, Huntingburg
Joyce M. Ewing, 67, of Huntingburg, passed away at 9:10 a.m., Saturday, July 24, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born November 2, 1953,…
Mrs. Joy (Belcher) Ridenour, 80, Birdseye
Mrs. Joy (Belcher) Ridenour, 80, of Birdseye, passed away on July 27, 2021, at Scenic Hill in Ferdinand, IN. She was born in Mifflin, IN on March 3, 1941, to…
Melissa J. Cash, 48, Otwell
Melissa J. Cash, 48, of Otwell, passed away at 10:25 a.m. on Monday, July 26, 2021, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Melissa was born in Oakland…
Imelda Lou Williams, 85, Jasper
Imelda Lou Williams, 85, of Jasper, passed away Saturday, July 24, 2021, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. She was born January 7, 1936, in Birdseye, to Lloyd and Irene…
Lula Knoll, 68, Oakland City
Lula Knoll, 68, of Oakland City, formerly of Huntingburg, passed away Saturday, July 24, 2021, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh. She was born March 11, 1953, in Jasper to…
Carolynn D. “Dottie” Vege-Rath, 62, Dale
Carolynn D. “Dottie” Vege-Rath, 62, of Dale, passed away at 1:50 a.m. on Monday, July 26, 2021, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Dottie was born in…
Peggy Delores Brown, 73, Huntingburg
Peggy Delores Brown, 73, of Huntingburg, passed away on July 23, 2021, at Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. She was born August 23, 1947, in Giles County,…
Sister Mary Benet Goodrum, 87, Monastery Immaculate Conception
Sister Mary Benet Goodrum of Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, Indiana, died at 3:12 a.m. on Friday, July 23, 2021, at the monastery. Sister Mary Benet was born Joan Goodrum…
Richard J. “Butch” Schmitt, 91, Ireland
Richard J. “Butch” Schmitt, 91, of Ireland, passed away at 3:40 p.m. on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at home peacefully, surrounded by family. Richard was born in Ireland, Indiana, on…
Dolores T. Kuper, 97, Jasper
Dolores T. Kuper, 97, of Jasper, passed away at 7:41 p.m. on Thursday, July 22, 2021, in Legacy Living in Jasper, Indiana, surrounded by family. Dolores was born in Jasper,…
Judith Gerald 77, Dale
Judith Gerald 77, of Dale, died at Memorial Hospital on July 19, 2021. Judith was born August 5, 1943 in Wausau, WI. to Ernest and Elois (Kercher) Wisner. She was…
Tim Schank, 57, Tell City
Tim Schank, 57, of Tell City, passed away Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital in Owensboro. He was born August 31, 1963, in Tell City to the…
James R. Stutsman 82, Santa Claus
James R. Stutsman 82, of Santa Claus, died at his home on July 19, 2021. Jim was born May 28, 1939, in Perry County to Alonzo and Merrel (Davis) Stutsman…
Vickie J. (Stone) Williams, 70, San Bernardino, Calif.
Vickie J. (Stone) Williams, 70, San Bernardino, Calif., formerly of French Lick, passed away July 13, 2021. Her deceased parents are Vernon Eugene and Sarah Janette (Bird) Stone. She is…
Viola Summers, 94, Loogootee
Viola Summers, 94, of Loogootee, passed away at 10:40 p.m. Monday, July 19, 2021, at Ketcham Memorial Center in Odon. She was born February 7, 1927, in Washington, Indiana to…
