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Helen Kathleen Lottes, 98, Lamar

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Helen was born in Spencer County on December 16, 1923, to John and Lola Mae (Quick) Smith. She was a member of St. Peter’s United Church of Christ and the…

Carol A. Simpkins, 80, Jasper

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Carol A. Simpkins, 80, of Jasper, passed away at 10:50 a.m. on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper.   Carol was born in Marion,…

Daniel Martin Leeper, 74, Jasper

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Daniel Martin Leeper, 74, of Jasper, Ind., passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at IU Health University Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was born on December 26, 1947, in…

Yvonne L. Miles, 68, Louisville

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Well, it finally happened, I died. At 68 years of age, I stopped harassing people on 9-March, 2022. I was a retired paralegal and had been in the legal field…

Jack King, 66, Cuzco

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Jack King, 66, of Cuzco, died Saturday, March 12, 2022, at home. He was born in Jasper on September 13, 1955, to Kenneth and Mary M. (Nicholson) King. He married…

Jerome F. ”Jerry” Wibbeler, 84, Holland

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Jerome F. ”Jerry” Wibbeler, 84, of Holland, Ind., passed away at 3:05 p.m. on Sunday, March 13, 2022, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. He was born April…

Steven L. Marchino, 69, Huntingburg

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Steven L. Marchino, 69, of Huntingburg, passed away at 3:05 p.m. on Friday, March 11, 2022, at his home in Huntingburg. He was born December 20, 1952, in Vincennes to…

Dolores Veronica LaMere, 94

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Dolores Veronica LaMere, 94, widow of James Hulsman and later Chester LaMere, passed away on Monday, March 7, 2022.   Born in Wausau, Wisconsin, she was the daughter of the…

Timothy P. “Siggy” Sickbert, 55, Birdseye

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Timothy P. “Siggy” Sickbert, 55, of Birdseye, passed away at 4:44 a.m. on Friday, March 11, 2022, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born June…

Deborah E. Thomas, 74, Huntingburg

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Deborah E. Thomas, 74, of Huntingburg, passed away at 9:20 p.m., on Thursday, March 10, 2022, at her home. She was born March 22, 1947, in Beaumont, Texas, to Wayne…

Warren W. Sturm, 85, Jasper

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Warren W. Sturm, 85, of Jasper, Indiana, passed away at 11:18 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at his home.   Warren was born in Huntingburg, Indiana on May 10, 1936,…

Ronald Lee “Rockin’ Ron” Spaulding, 57, Jasper

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Ronald Lee “Rockin’ Ron” Spaulding, 57, of Jasper, passed away at 3:05 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at home surrounded by family.  He was born in Jasper, Indiana, on…

Mary Lou (Louise) Bassler, 91, Washington

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Mary Lou (Louise) Bassler, 91, of Washington, passed away on March 2, 2022. She was born in Washington on July 7, 1930, to Joseph S. and Catherine M. (Schneider) Bassler…

Jan Howard Solter, 80, Ferdinand

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Jan Howard Solter, 80, of Ferdinand, formerly of Michigan, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022, at his home. Jan was born in Quincy, Illinois on June 17, 1941, and…

Johnny E. Mitchell, 58, Jasper

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Johnny E. Mitchell, 58, of Jasper, passed away March 8, 2022, in Jasper. He was born July 20, 1963, to Robert and Roberta (Monhollen) Mitchell in Williamsburg, Ky. He has…

James William “Bill” Casey, 87, Otwell

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James William “Bill” Casey, 87, of Otwell, passed away at 12:04 a.m. on Friday, March 4, 2022, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. James was born…

Ralph Joseph Wirthwein, 72, Chrisney

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Ralph Joseph Wirthwein, 72, of Chrisney, passed away on February 28, 2022, at his home. He was born July 18, 1949, in Huntingburg to Joseph and Gloria (Barcelona) Wirthwein. He…

Ruth Elsie May (Fuhrman) Elkins, 85, Anderson

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Ruth Elsie May (Fuhrman) Elkins, 85, of Anderson, entered the Church Triumphant on March 4, 2022. She passed away peacefully at her Anderson home with her children around her. She…

Harry V. Greer, 85, Jasper

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Harry V. Greer, 85, of Jasper, formerly of Kokomo, Indiana, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at Northwood Good Samaritan Center in Jasper. He was born June 25, 1936,…

Mr. Leroy J. Jerger, 80, Jasper

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Mr. Leroy J. Jerger, 80, entered eternal life on March 6, 2022, from Memorial Hospital in Jasper after a short illness.   He was born Nov. 29, 1941 in Jasper to…

Annette Jane (Tormohlen) Kahle, 94, Archbold, Ohio

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Annette Jane (Tormohlen) Kahle passed away peacefully with her family by her side on March 3, 2022, in Defiance, Ohio, just shy of her 95th birthday.  Annette was born March…

Janet L. Klem, 68, Newburgh

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Janet L. Klem, 68, of Newburgh, passed away at 3:10 p.m. on Friday, March 4, 2022, in Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, surrounded by family.  Janet was born…

Arnold M. “Arnie” Reyling, 77, Jasper,

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Arnold M. “Arnie” Reyling, 77, of Jasper, passed away at 12:50 a.m. on Friday, March 4, 2022, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper.  Arnie was born in…

Beverly S. Harris, 52, of Birdseye

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Beverly S. Harris, 52, of Birdseye, passed away at 7:14 a.m. on Friday, March 4, 2022, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana, surrounded by her family.  …

Eugenia C. “Jeanie” Rahman, 86, Jasper

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Eugenia C. “Jeanie” Rahman, 86, of Jasper, formerly of Ferdinand, passed away at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper.   Jeanie was born in…

Cecelia A. “Cece” Obermeier, 72, Holland

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Cecelia A. “Cece” Obermeier, 72, of Holland, passed away Friday, March 4, 2022, at her home. Cecelia was born on December 6, 1949, in Ft. Knox, Ky. to Ernest and…

Anthony “Junie” Wigand, 91, Ireland

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Anthony “Junie” Wigand, 91, of Ireland, passed away at 11:57 a.m. on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at home.  He was born in Ireland, Indiana on July 28, 1930, to Anthony…

Jerome A. Fleck, 77, St. Anthony

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Jerome A. Fleck, 77 of St. Anthony, passed away at 8:45 am on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper.   Jerome was born in…

Wally C. Sutt, 48, Holland

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Wally C. Sutt, 48, of Holland, passed away at 10:01 p.m., on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, at his home in Holland. He was born December 6, 1973, in Vincennes, Indiana,…

Heather R. Dilger, 48, Jasper

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Heather R. Dilger, 48, of Jasper, passed away at 6:03 pm on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis.   Heather was born in Jasper, Indiana on July…

Sharon J. Berkman, 68, Jasper

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Sharon J. Berkman, 68, of Jasper, passed away at 7:10 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper.   Sharon was born in Detroit,…

Mary L. Morris, 85, Dale

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Mary L. Morris, 85, of Dale, passed away at 3:30 a.m., on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at her daughter’s home in Evansville. She was born on June 19, 1936, to…

Donald William Marchino, 66, Huntingburg

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Donald William Marchino, 66, of Huntingburg, passed away at 4:19 p.m., on Monday, February 28, 2022, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born March 28,…

Joan E. Steffi, 79, Celestine

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Joan E. Steffe, 79, of Celestine, passed away at 9:10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper.   Joan was born in Celestine…

Brenda Sue (Fischer) Kendall, 55, of Tell City

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Brenda Sue (Fischer) Kendall, 55, of Tell City, formerly of Huntingburg, passed away at 12:58 a.m. on Monday, February 28, 2022, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. She was born…

Kevin E. Marchino, 39, Huntingburg

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Kevin E. Marchino, 39, of Huntingburg, passed away at 12:55 a.m., on Saturday, February 26, 2022, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born November 4,…

Sister Beata Mehling, 96, Ferdinand

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Sister Beata Mehling of Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand died at 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at the monastery.  Sister Beata was born Augusta Mehling on November 9,…

Richard Allen Mason, 79, Poseyville

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Richard Allen Mason, 79, of Poseyville, Ind., born to Loral Earl and Hazel Marie (Cosby) Mason Aug. 20, 1942, in Huntingburg passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at Premier Healthcare…

Eugene Knust, 71, Lakeland, Fla.

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Eugene Knust passed away on February 1, 2022, in Lakeland, Fla. He was born January 9, 1951, in Huntingburg, to Alvin and Estella (Ketzner) Knust. He was a graduate of…

MaryAnn D. Fuhrman, 90, Jasper

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MaryAnn D. Fuhrman, 90, of Jasper, passed away at 9:48 p.m. on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, in the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper surrounded by her family.  MaryAnn was born…

Helen M. Schroeder, 93, Jasper

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Helen M. Schroeder, 93, of Jasper, passed away at 12:45 a.m. on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper, Ind.  Helen was born in Dale, Indiana,…

Joyce Marlene Fox, 71, Petersburg

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Joyce Marlene Fox, 71, of Petersburg, Indiana, passed away Saturday, February 19, 2022, at Golden Living Center. She was born in Pike County, on September 10, 1950, to Hilbert and…

Sharon McPike, 86, Jasper

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Sharon McPike, 86, died peacefully near midnight, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, at Legacy Living, Jasper. The funeral is at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at Prince of Peace Lutheran…

Marilyn A. Pancake, 74, Franklin, Ky.

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Marilyn A. Pancake, 74 of Franklin, Ky., formerly of Winslow passed away at 5:55 p.m. on Friday, February 18, 2022, at Franklin Medical Center in Franklin, Ky.  Marilyn was born…

Sharon S. Schmitt, 66, Jasper

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Sharon S. Schmitt, 66, of Jasper, passed away at 2:27 a.m. on Monday, February 21, 2022, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper.  Sharon was born in Jasper…

Charles Stallman, 85, Santa Claus,

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Charles Stallman, 85, of Santa Claus, passed away on Thursday, January 13, 2022, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. Charles was born August 23, 1936, in Mariah Hill…

Emily Stallman, 69, of Ferdinand

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Emily Stallman, 69, of Ferdinand, passed away on Sunday, February 20, 2022 at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. Emily was born June 14, 1952, in Huntingburg to Emil…

Randall L. Zehr, 65, Dubois

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Randall L. Zehr, 65, of Dubois, passed away at 7:52 a.m. on Friday, February 18, 2022.  Randy was born in Huntingburg on July 18, 1956, to Benjamin and Virginia (Rasche)…

Margaret Blanche “Bammy” Foerster, 83, Dale

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Margaret Blanche “Bammy” Foerster, 83, of Dale, passed away on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at Willowdale Village in Dale. She was born March 5, 1938, to Oscar and Sally (Swearingen)…

Monica R. Schuetter, 97, Jasper

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Monica R. Schuetter, 97, of Jasper, passed away at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 17, 2022, in St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper.  Monica was born in Jasper on September…