
Obituaries can be submitted by email to editor@duboiscountyfreepress.com.
Ricky J. Lind, 67, Loogootee
Ricky J. Lind, 67, of Loogootee, passed away at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, April 5, 2021, at home surrounded by family. Ricky was born in Cañon City, Colorado, on September…
Sharon Roxanna Austin, 80, Velpen
Sharon Roxanna Austin, 80, of Velpen, passed away at 4:23 p.m., Monday, April 5, 2021, at her home. She was born May 23, 1940, in Pike County, to Amil and…
Bob Sergesketter, 74, Jasper
Bob Sergesketter, 74, of Jasper, passed away at 11:36 p.m. on Monday, April 5, 2021, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Bob was born in Huntingburg on…
Myrna Freyberger, 60, Alfordsville
Myrna Freyberger, 60, of Alfordsville, passed away on April 5, 2021 at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. She was born July 6, 1960, in Jasper, Indiana to Darrell and…
Mary Colleen Hudson Key, 85, Washington
Mary Colleen Hudson Key passed away at 10:25 p.m. April 4, 2021, at the Villages of Oak Ridge. Colleen was born July 5, 1935, in Montgomery, Indiana, to Ernest and…
Gertrude A. Steffen, 88, Jasper
Gertrude A. Steffen, 88, of Jasper, passed away at 2:21 a.m. on Monday, April 5, 2021, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center, in Jasper. Gertrude was born in Dubois…
Aurelia J. Kordes, 96, St. Anthony
Aurelia J. Kordes, 96, of St. Anthony, passed away at 3:25 a.m. on Sunday, April 4, 2021, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Aurelia was born in…
Doras (Doris) Mae Smith, 88, McLeansboro, Ill.
Doras (Doris) Mae Smith, 88, of McLeansboro, Ill., and recently, a resident of Springs Valley Meadows in French Lick, passed away 11:56 a.m. Thursday, April 1, 2021, at IU Health…
Rosalee Studer-Kleiser, 82, French Lick
Rosalee Studer-Kleiser, 82, of French Lick, entered into eternal rest on March 31, 2021. She was born in Jasper, Indiana on September 23, 1938, to Carl and Louise (Miller) Fleck…
Robert L. “Bob” Wineinger, 85, Hillham
Robert L. “Bob” Wineinger, 85, of Hillham, passed away at 11:13 a.m. on Thursday, April 1, 2021, at Brookside Village in Jasper, Indiana. Bob was born in Hillham, Indiana on…
Rose Anne Werner, 80, Ferdinand
Rose Anne Werner, 80, of Ferdinand, passed away Thursday April 1, 2021, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. Rose was born on October 18, 1940, in Celestine, Indiana to Herman and…
Orlando Martinez Calderon, 60, Huntingburg
Orlando Martinez Calderon, 60, of Huntingburg, passed away at 6:31 p.m., Tuesday, March 30, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born January 1, 1961,…
Linda Lou Denton, 79, Terre Haute
Linda Lou Denton, 79, of Terre Haute, formerly of Stendal, Indiana, passed away at 3:41 p.m., on Monday, March 29, 2021, at the Terre Haute Regional Hospital in Terre Haute,…
Joseph E. Blaize, 71, Jasper
Joseph E. Blaize, 71, of Jasper, passed away at 5:35 p.m. on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Joe was born in Union, Indiana on…
Glen Alan “Whitey” Schroeder, 54, Jasper
Glen Alan “Whitey” Schroeder, 54, of Jasper, passed away at 2:54 a.m. on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, in Jasper. Glen was born in Jasper, Indiana on June 12, 1966 to…
James Joseph “Jelly Bean” Kluesner, 75, Dubois
James Joseph “Jelly Bean” Kluesner, 75, of Dubois, passed away at 12:06 a.m. on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper with his daughters…
Mary Lee Meyer, 84, Mariah Hill
Mary Lee Meyer, 84, of Mariah Hill, passed away on Saturday, March 27, 2021, at Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center in Jasper. Mary Lee was born on January 10,…
Eugene “Pete” Peters, 79, Huntingburg
Eugene “Pete” Peters, 79, of Huntingburg, passed away at 10:30 a.m., on Friday, March 26, 2021, at his residence. He was born March 31, 1941, in Huntingburg to Orien and…
Kathryn A. Needhamer, 70, of Huntingburg
Kathryn A. Needhamer, 70, of Huntingburg, passed away at 10:48 p.m., Thursday, March 25, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born November 2, 1950,…
John H. Staggs, 71, Huntingburg
John H. Staggs, 71, of Huntingburg, passed away Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at his residence. He was born May 28, 1949, in Buddha, Ind., to Harvey and Esther (Jones) Staggs. …
Joyce Ann (Aders) Murphy, 82, Saint Meinrad
Joyce Ann (Aders) Murphy, 82, of Saint Meinrad, passed away Monday March 22, 2021, at her home. Joyce was born April 20, 1938, in Bristow to Lee and Ollie (Holman)…
Barbara S. Seifert, 78, Royal Palm Beach, Fla.
Barbara S. Seifert, 78, lost her battle with cancer on March 7, 2021. She died peacefully at her home in Royal Palm Beach, Fla. Barbara was born in Jasper on…
Gladys E. Traylor, 87, Montgomery
Gladys E. Traylor, 87, of Montgomery, passed away on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital. She was born on May 18, 1933, in Daviess County to Mabel (Carrico)…
Hobart Samuel Stephens, 56, Huntingburg
Hobart Samuel Stephens, 56, of Huntingburg, passed Saturday, March 20, 2021. He was born May 20, 1964, in Huntingburg, to Paul Hobart and Bonnie (Froman) Stephens. Hobart enjoyed fishing and…
Glenn E. Neal, 66, Huntingburg
Glenn E. Neal, 66, of Huntingburg, passed away at 8:25 a.m., Monday, March 22, 2021, in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was…
Glen J. Bakeman, 91, Huntingburg
Glen J. Bakeman, 91, of Huntingburg, formerly of Eau Claire, Wisc., passed away at 10:38 a.m. on Thursday, March 18, 2021, at his home. He was born June 24, 1929,…
Alice R. Noblitt, 85, Jasper
Alice R. Noblitt, 85, of Jasper, passed away at 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, March 20, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Alice was born on January 4,…
Dennis H. Kerstiens, 80, Fulda
Dennis H. Kerstiens, 80, of Fulda, passed away Saturday, March 20, 2021, at his home. Dennis was born August 5, 1940, in Saint Henry to Raymond and Rosa (Oeding) Kerstiens…
David Michael Capehart, 49, Otwell
David Michael Capehart went home to be with the Lord on the evening of March 16, 2021, at the age of 49. He had battled Stage 4 Colon Cancer for…
Michael J. Dunkel, 54, Jasper
Michael J. Dunkel, 54, of Jasper, passed away at 2:38 a.m. on Friday, March 19, 2021, at the home of his mother surrounded by family. Mike was born in Jasper…
Thomas L. Lechner, 90, Jasper
Thomas L. Lechner, 90, of Jasper, passed away at 10:06 a.m. on Friday, March 19, 2021, at home, surrounded by his beloved wife and family. Tom was born in Jasper,…
Donald W. Muth, 71, St. Meinrad
Donald W. Muth, 71, of St. Meinrad died at his home on Monday, March 15, 2021. Donald was born February 23, 1950, in Huntingburg to Leo and Esther (Niehaus) Muth…
Nancy Kelley, 71, Huntingburg
Nancy Kelley, 71, of Huntingburg, died on March 16, 2021, at Memorial Hospital. Nancy was born February 26, 1950, in Huntingburg to Chester and Rosena Lankford. She is survived by…
Virginia R. Aders, 85, formerly of Saint Meinrad
Virginia R. Aders, 85, formerly of Saint Meinrad, passed away Thursday, March 18, 2021, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. Virginia was born May 11, 1935, in Saint Meinrad to Richard…
James Fredrick “Jim” Heeke, 64, Troy
James Fredrick “Jim” Heeke, 64, went to his heavenly home on March 18, 2021, at University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, surrounded by his loving family. He was born…
Velma A. Klueh, 81, Huntingburg
Velma A. Klueh, 81, of Huntingburg, passed away at 2:18 a.m. on Thursday, March 18, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born December 1,…
Cherise Renee Colber, 56, Gentryville
Cherise Renee Colber passed away March 16, 2021, at her home in Gentryville. She was born May 7, 1964 in Torrance, Calif., to Kenneth and Carol Vaughn Colber. She is survived…
M. Allen Brooner, 67, Jasper
M. Allen Brooner, 67, of Jasper, passed away at 9:50 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Allen was born in Huntingburg on June…
Janice Pund, 71, Santa Claus
Janice Pund, 71, of Santa Claus, passed away on Sunday, March 14, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Janice was born April 30, 1949, in Huntingburg to…
Kathleen Alma Nelson, 82, Jasper
Kathleen Alma Nelson, 82, of Jasper, passed away at 8:18 p.m. on Monday, March 15, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Kathleen was born on June 19,…
Michael R. Mehringer, 61, Milwaukee, Wisc.
Michael R. Mehringer, 61, of Milwaukee, Wisc., formerly of Ireland, Ind., passed away at 4:08 p.m. on Saturday, March 13, 2021, in Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mike was born…
Brenda Denise (Fehribach) Brenner, 53, Haubstadt
Brenda Denise (Fehribach) Brenner, 53, of Haubstadt, born to Bernard and Jean (Fenneman) Fehribach on June 22, 1967, in Jasper, passed away Sunday, March 14, 2021, at her parents’ home…
Juanita Jewel (Weaver) Kunkel, 93, French Lick
Juanita Jewel (Weaver) Kunkel, 93, of French Lick, entered into eternal rest on March 9, 2021, at The Forum in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was born in Orange County, Indiana on…
Bleford Blaine Hendrix, 88, Hillham
Bleford Blaine Hendrix, 88, of Hillham, entered into eternal rest on March 9, 2021. Blaine was born on January 22, 1933, in Cuzco, to Scott Hendrix and Grace (Flick) Hendrix…
Bryan A. Bledsoe, 62, Morgantown, W.V.
Bryan Arnold Bledsoe, 62, of Morgantown, W.V., passed away on March 5 2021, in Morgantown, West Virginia. Bryan was born in Salem, Indiana on May 10, 1958 to Arnold and…
Maynard Jackson, 94, Huntingburg
Maynard Jackson, 94, of Huntingburg, passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at the Timbers of Jasper. He was born July 25, 1926, in Echols, Kentucky, to Maynard and Elsie (Scott)…
Clement M. “Clem” Lange, 85, Huntingburg
Clement M. “Clem” Lange, 85, passed away while resting peacefully in his “Best” Recliner on March 6, 2021. Clem was born in St. Henry, Indiana on August 22, 1935, at…
Mark Scott Denu, 57, Jasper
Mark Scott Denu, 57, of Jasper, passed away at 1:05 p.m. on Monday, March 8, 2021, at home. Mark was born in on March 8, 1964, to Ronald and Norma…
Annabell “Ann” Toliver, 91, French Lick
Annabell “Ann” Toliver, 91, of French Lick, entered into eternal rest on March 8, 2021, at Springs Valley Meadows, French Lick, Indiana. She was born in French Lick, Indiana on…
Donald C. Hathaway, 79, Jasper
Donald C. Hathaway, 79, of Jasper, passed away at 6:42 a.m. on Sunday, March 7, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Don was born in Indianapolis,…
