
Obituaries can be submitted by email to editor@duboiscountyfreepress.com.
Patricia L. “Pat” Hemmer Sickbert, 80, Huntingburg
Patricia L. “Pat” Hemmer Sickbert, 80, of Huntingburg, passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center, Jasper. She was born January 8, 1941, in Evansville, Indiana,…
Willard T. “Bill” Cavanaugh, 81, Jasper
Willard T. “Bill” Cavanaugh, 81, of Jasper, passed away of Alzheimer’s disease at 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, with his wife and children by this side in Jasper,…
Norma Jean Land, 91, French Lick
Norma Jean Land, 91, of French Lick, entered into eternal rest on June 29, 2021, at St. Charles Health Campus, Jasper. She was born in Orange County, Indiana on February…
Ronald J. “Ron” Kluesner, 78, Jasper
Ronald J. “Ron” Kluesner, 78, of Jasper, passed away at 5:38 p.m. on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, at home surrounded by family. Ron was born in Celestine, Indiana on January…
Former Indiana First Lady passes away
Former Indiana First Lady Patricia (Pat) Whitcomb passed away on June 27, 2021, in Seymour at the age of 91. Born in St. Louis, Missouri to Nelson Frank Dolfuss and…
Gloria Jean “Jeannie” Cox, 71, French Lick
Gloria Jean “Jeannie” Cox, 71, of French Lick, entered into eternal rest on June 27th, 2021 at Ambassador Health Care, Centerville, Indiana. She was born in Orange County, Ind., on…
Diane M. Goodman, 59, Birdseye
Diane M. Goodman, 59, of Birdseye, passed away at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, at home. Diane was born in Medina, Ohio, on April 29, 1962, to Ernest…
Henrietta M. Bieker, 82, Jasper
Henrietta M. Bieker, 82, of Jasper, passed away at 2:14 p.m. on Monday, June 28, 2021, at Brookside Village in Jasper. Henrietta was born in Saint Meinrad on July 14, 1938, to…
Harold E. Erny, 92, Jasper
Harold E. Erny, 92, of Jasper, passed away at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, June 28, 2021, at home surrounded by family. Harold was born on August 8, 1928, in Jasper,…
Joyce Maxine Greenwell, 88, Shoals
Joyce Maxine Greenwell, 88, of Shoals, passed on Monday, June 21, 2021, at Cedarhurst, of Bloomington, Indiana. She was born May 19, 1933, in Shoals the daughter of John and…
Lowell A. Pyle, 79, Ferdinand
Lowell A. Pyle, 79, of Ferdinand, and formerly of Princeton, passed away Saturday, June 26, 2021, at Brookside Village in Jasper. He was born Feb. 8, 1942, in Pike County…
Russell “Butch” Edward Farris Jr., 73, Jasper
Russell “Butch” Edward Farris, Jr., 73, of Jasper, entered into eternal rest on June 28, 2021, at his residence. He was born in Orange County on September 16, 1947, to…
James Logan Bird, 87, Hillham
James Logan Bird, 87, of Hillham, entered into eternal rest on June 27, 2021, at his residence. He was born in West Baden Springs, Indiana on January 10, 1934, to…
Patricia A. “Pat” Keller, 72, Jasper
Patricia A. “Pat” Keller, 72, of Jasper, passed away at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Core Nursing Center in Dale. Pat was born in on July 22,…
Rita M. Kearby, 77, Jasper
Rita M. Kearby, 77, of Jasper, formerly of Haysville, passed away at 10:55 p.m. on Saturday, June 26, 2021, in the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Rita was born in…
Norine “Incy” Hufnagel, 95, Ferdinand
Norine “Incy” Hufnagel, 95, of Ferdinand, passed away Friday, June 25, 2021, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. Incy was born May 30, 1926 in Ferdinand to Renus…
Joseph E. Mullis, 90, Fulda
Joseph E. Mullis, 90, of Fulda, passed away on Friday, June 25, 2021, at his home. Joseph was born February 25, 1931, in Fulda to Emil and Cecilia (Jacob) Mullis…
Dorothy M. Klusmeier, 91, of Catlin, Calif.
Dorothy M. Klusmeier, 91, of Catlin, passed away at 10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, at Atria Rancho Penasquitos, San Diego. Dorothy was born April 22, 1928, in Huntingburg, Ind.,…
Greg Drone, 64, Dale
Greg Drone, 64, of Dale, died on June 25, 2021, at Memorial Hospital. Greg was born July 6, 1956 in Evansville to Joseph and Anna Drone. He is survived by…
Susan E. DeMotte, 64, Jasper
Susan E. DeMotte, 64, of Jasper, passed away at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, June 24, 2021, at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. Susan was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on October…
Steven Michael Houghland, 71, Fulda
Steven Michael Houghland, 71, of Fulda, passed away on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at Crown Point Neuro Hospital. Steven was born October 13, 1949, in Tell City to Charles and…
Micky Lee Sturgeon, 59, Dale
Micky Lee Sturgeon, 59, of Dale, passed away on June 15, 2021. Mickey was born in Dubois County to Robert and Nancy Sturgeon. He is survived by his father and…
Stephanie S. Schnellenberger Tropp, 72, Indianapolis
Stephanie S. Schnellenberger Tropp, 72, passed away on Monday, June 7, 2021, at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. Stephanie was born in Huntingburg on February 24, 1949, to Charles…
Marjorie A. “Marge” Kalb, 87, Dubois
Marjorie A. “Marge” Kalb, 87, of Dubois, passed away at 10:15 pm on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand. Marge was born in Dubois on…
Vicky L. Perkins, 63, Jasper
Vicky L. Perkins, 63, of Jasper, passed away at 7:02 pm on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. Vicky was born in Evansville on July 30,…
Patricia “Patty” A. Henke, 73, Jasper
Patricia “Patty” A. Henke, 73, of Jasper, passed away at 7:35 a.m. on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at home. Patty was born in Jasper on September 28, 1947, to Clemence…
Joyce A. Rasche, 68, Jasper
Joyce A. Rasche, 68, of Jasper, passed away at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Joyce was born in Washington,…
Larry D. McEntire, 75, Holland
Larry D. McEntire, 75, of Holland, passed away at 4:53 p.m., on Monday, June 21, 2021, in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He…
Dr. Brian R. Trill, 72, Jasper
Dr. Brian R. Trill, 72, of Jasper, passed away at 4:27 a.m. on Monday, June 21, 2021, at Cathedral Health Care Center in Jasper. Brian was born on November 20,…
Elnora E. Tevault, 94, Otwell
Elnora E. Tevault, 94, of Otwell, passed away at 7:50 p.m. on Monday, June 21, 2021, in Lakewood Assisted Living in Petersburg, Indiana. Elnora was born in Dubois County, Indiana…
Gerald “Jerry” Wagner, 47, Jasper
Gerald “Jerry” Wagner, 47, of Jasper, passed away at 7 a.m. on Sunday, June 20, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born in Jasper…
Thurman H. “J.R.” Lancaster, Jr., 75, Ferdinand
Thurman H. “J.R.” Lancaster, Jr., 75, of Ferdinand, formerly of French Lick, entered into eternal rest on June 18, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He…
Steven Allen Fuhs, 68, Birdseye,
Steven Allen Fuhs, 68, of Birdseye, passed away at 7:00 p.m. CST, Friday, June 18, 2021, in the Palliative Care Unit, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn. Steve was born…
Richard “Dick” Schneider, 72, Jasper
Richard “Dick” Schneider, 72, of Jasper, passed away at 12:15 a.m. on Monday, June 21, 2021, at home. Dick was born in Jasper on June 27, 1948, to Raymond and…
Beatrice L. Recker, 78, St. Anthony
Beatrice L. Recker, 78, of St. Anthony, passed away at 1:37 a.m. on Thursday, June 17, 2021, at home surrounded by family. Beatrice was born in St. Anthony on August…
Dale Tedrow, 83, French Lick
Dale Tedrow, 83, of French Lick, entered into eternal rest on June 15, 2021, at Springs Valley Meadows in French Lick. He was born in Martin County, Indiana on July…
William R. “Bill” Lindeman, 78, Ferdinand
William R. “Bill” Lindeman, 78, of Ferdinand, passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at the Linda White Hospice House in Evansville. Bill was born in Huntingburg to Orval and Marcella…
Helena Medcalf, 91, Dale
Helena Medcalf, 91, of Dale, died on June 16, 2021, at Scenic Hills in Ferdinand. Helena was born July 20, 1929, in Santa Claus to Otto and Addie (Brinkman) Poellein…
William J. “Bill” Pfister, 67, Jasper
William J. “Bill” Pfister, 67, of Jasper, passed away at 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at home surrounded by his family and friends. Bill was born in Jasper,…
Verena C. Schnaus, 91, Ireland
Verena C. Schnaus, 91, of Ireland, passed away at 4:10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, at home surrounded by her family. Verena was born in Jasper on January 6,…
Betty Lou Wilson, 89, Huntingburg
Betty Lou Wilson, 89, of Huntingburg, passed away at 8:40 a.m., Monday, June 14, 2021, at her home. She was born January 25, 1932, in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania to Henry S…
James L. Toby, 87, Huntingburg
James L. Toby, 87, of Huntingburg, passed away at 1:45 a.m., Sunday, June 13, 2021, at The Waters of Huntingburg nursing home. He was born December 29, 1933, in DeRidder,…
William D. Beltz, 58, Loogootee
William D. Beltz, 58, of Loogootee, passed away on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at his residence with his family by his side. He was born in Decatur, Indiana, on May…
Sister Mary Karen Hill, 88, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand
Sister Mary Karen Hill, 88, of Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand died at 11:50 p.m. on Sunday, June 13, 2021, at the monastery. Sister Mary Karen was born Mary Ann…
Melba Sarah Prusz, 98, Holland
Melba Sarah Prusz, 98, of Holland, entered into eternal rest on Friday, June 11, 2021, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. She was born April 18, 1923, in Holland, Indiana,…
Leroy H. Schepers, 71, Birdseye
Leroy H. Schepers, 71, of Birdseye, passed away at 6:15 p.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Leroy was born in Huntingburg…
Robert Lee Clinton Ruckriegel, 85, Jasper
Robert Lee Clinton Ruckriegel, 85, passed away on June 11th, 2021. He is survived by his wife Lovella of 65 years sons Al Ruckriegel (husband, David Adams) of Terre Haute and…
Betty Sue Gabberd, 76, Holland
Betty Sue Gabberd, 76, of Holland, died at her home on Wednesday June 9, 2021. Betty was born March 29, 1945, in Lynnville, IN. to Edwin and Edna (Roy) Harper…
L. Hobart Weber, 93, St. Louis
L. Hobart Weber, 93, St. Louis, passed away on June 9, 2021, in St. Louis, Mo. He was born December 3, 1927, to Charles H. And Emma (Harder) Weber in…
Stephen J. Fischer, 69, Huntingburg
Stephen J. Fischer, 69, of Huntingburg, passed away at 4:48 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. He was born February 18, 1952,…
