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Raymond L. Beck, 93, Jasper

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Raymond L. Beck, 93, of Jasper, passed away at 9:27 p.m. on Saturday, November 28, 2020, at home.  Ray was born in Jasper, Indiana, on September 8, 1927, to Alphonse…

Diane M. Fischer, 68, St. Anthony

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Diane M. Fischer, 68, of St. Anthony, passed away at 11:51 a.m. on Friday, November 27, 2020, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper.  Diane was born in…

Mark H. Gessner, 63, Celestine

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Mark H. Gessner, 63, of Celestine, passed away at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at home.   Mark was born in St. Meinrad on March 14, 1957, to Oscar…

Patrick B. Sermersheim, 73, Jasper

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Patrick B. Sermersheim, 73, of Jasper, passed away at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, in Deaconess Gateway in Evansville, Indiana. Pat was born in Huntingburg on June 11,…

Marvin L. Hackman, 86, Indianapolis

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Marvin L. Hackman passed away peacefully on November 22, 2020, with his family at his bedside. Marvin was born in Jasper on January 29, 1934, to his loving parents Ted…

Tre Lee Carnahan, 21, Jasper

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Tre Lee Carnahan, 21, of Jasper, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020.  He was born September 9, 1999, in Jasper, to Bobby Carnahan and Katherine (Fehribach) Volz.  Tre attended Southridge…

Donald G. Greattinger, 94, Elkhorn, Wisc.

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Donald G. Greattinger, 94, of Elkhorn, Wisc., passed away on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at Waukesha Memorial Hospital in Waukesha, Wisc.  He was born May 26, 1926, in South Milwaukee,…

Irene Cruz, 76, Huntingburg

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Irene Cruz, 76, of Huntingburg, passed away at 8:16 a.m., Sunday, November 22, 2020, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born October 8, 1944, in…

William Joseph Vogler, 76, Lake Lemon

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On November 19, 2020, William Joseph Vogler, otherwise known to family and friends as BillyV, Bill, Uncle Bill, and Billy Goat, passed peacefully from this earth at his Lake Lemon…

Cleo A. Hall, 93, Crystal

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Cleo A. Hall, 93, of Crystal, passed away at 4:54 a.m. on Monday, November 23, 2020, at home surrounded by family.  Cleo was born in Hillham, Indiana, on October 2,…

Arthur James Stewart, 78, Celestine

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Arthur James Stewart, 78, of Celestine, passed away on November 17, 2020, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper, Indiana. He was born on August 18, 1943, in Louisville, Kentucky to the…

Luella H. Bieker, 94, Saint Anthony

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Luella H. Bieker, 94, of Saint Anthony, passed away at her home Thursday, November 19, 2020, surrounded by her family. Luella was born November 16, 1926, in Jasper to Fred…

Joan Braunecker, 80, Jasper

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Joan Braunecker, 80, of Jasper, passed away at 2:46 p.m. on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at home.  Joan was born in Jasper on April 30, 1940, to Roman and Stella…

Thomas M. Kloeck, 78, Saint Meinrad

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Thomas M. Kloeck, 78, of Saint Meinrad, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2020, at The Timbers of Jasper. Thomas was born September 16, 1942, in Saint Meinrad to Xavier and…

Sarah Jane Hohler, 68, Huntingburg

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Sarah Jane Hohler, 68, of Huntingburg, passed away at 2:36 p.m., Thursday, November 12, 2020, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville. She was born October 4, 1952, in Huntingburg, to…

Dean R. Patterson, 63, Kaneohe, Hawaii

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Dean R. Patterson, 63, of Kaneohe, Hawaii, formerly of Jasper, Indiana, was called home at 11:13 a.m. on November 14, 2020, with his daughter by his side.   Dean was…

Darlene E. Frick, 82, Dale

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Darlene E. Frick, 82, of Dale, passed away at 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, at Good Samaritan Society –Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. She was born on September…

Vivian (Daming) Kleiser Flynn, 86, Ferdinand

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Vivian (Daming) Kleiser Flynn, 86, formerly of Fulda and Jasper, died peacefully in her sleep at Scenic Hills at the Monastery on Monday, November 16, 2020. Vivian was born to…

Scott R. Lauderdale, 65, Newburgh

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Scott R. Lauderdale, known as Newburgh’s Country Gentleman, passed away on November 6, 2020, at the age of 65. Scott was born on May 6, 1955, to Myrtle (Satkamp) Lauderdale…

James W. “Speed” Kreilein, 88, Jasper

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James W. “Speed” Kreilein, 88, of Jasper, passed away at 7:10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at home.  Speed was born in Jasper on October 31, 1932, to Louis…

Matthew Alan Bittle, 28, St. Meinrad

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Matthew Alan Bittle, 28, of St. Meinrad, died on November 13, 2020, at his home. He was born November 4, 1992, in Huntingburg to James and Linda (Williams) Bittle. Matthew…

Thomas H. Carie, 60, Haysville

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Thomas H. Carie, 60, of Haysville, passed away at 3:18 p.m. on Saturday, November 14, 2020, at the University of Kentucky Healthcare in Lexington, Kentucky.  Tom was born in Jasper…

Gary L. Seifrig, 72, Ireland

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Gary L. Seifrig, 72, of Ireland, passed away at 4:28 p.m. on Friday, November 13, 2020, at Cathedral Health Care Center in Jasper.  Gary was born in Huntingburg on  January 19,…

Leslie Earl Powell, 90, Huntingburg

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Leslie Earl Powell, 90, of Huntingburg, formerly of Newburgh, passed away at 10:25 a.m., Friday, November 13, 2020, at his residence. He was born June 26, 1930, in Henderson County,…

David J. Berger, 85, Jasper

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David J.  Berger, 85, of Jasper, passed away at 9:35 a.m. on Wednesday, November 11, 2020, at his home surrounded by his wife and family.  Dave was born in Jasper on…

Jose Miguel Calderon, 34, Huntingburg

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Jose Miguel Calderon, 34, of Huntingburg, passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2020, at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born on October 23, 1986, in Washington D.C.,…

Lorena Ida Blessinger, 94, Hoffman Estates, Ill

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Lorena Ida Blessinger, 94, of Hoffman Estates, Ill. – a suburb of Chicago –formerly of Ireland, passed away on October 30, 2020, at her home.  Lorena was born in Ireland,…

Vincent F. Ackerman, 86, Jasper

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Vincent F. Ackerman, 86, of Jasper, passed away at 1:42 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11, 2020, at his home surrounded by family.  Vince was born in Jasper on April 26,…

Eva Mae “Dolly” Taylor, 83, Huntingburg

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Eva Mae “Dolly” Taylor, 83, of Huntingburg, passed away at 5:20 a.m., Sunday, November 8, 2020, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born February 4,…

Donna K. Wagner, 71, Jasper

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Donna K. Wagner, 71, of Jasper, passed away at 3:40 p.m. on Saturday, November 7, 2020, at Jasper Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center.  Donna was born in Ireland, Indiana, on…

Carolyn R. Cochren Ph.D. 76, of Princeton

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Carolyn R. Cochren Ph.D., 76, of Princeton, entered rest on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, IN. She was born on Oct. 8, 1944, in Oakland…

Raymond G. Parker Jr., 74, West Frankfort

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Raymond G. Parker Jr., 74, of West Frankfort, passed away on Saturday, November 7, 2020, at his residence at 7:13 a.m. surrounded by his loving wife, Lonna, his caring sister,…

Lillie L. (Highfill) Zehr, 90, Georgetown

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Lillie L. (Highfill) Zehr, 90, died on November 7, 2020, at the Villas of Guerin Woods in Georgetown, Indiana. She was born on June 24, 1930, in Taswell to the…

Betty J. Kempf, 81, Jasper

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Betty J. Kempf, 81, of Jasper, passed away at 7:07 a.m. on Sunday, November 8, 2020, at home.  Betty was born in Jasper on September 6, 1939, to Lawrence and…

Phillip “Phil” Joel Burger, 65, Orleans

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Phillip “Phil” Joel Burger, 65, of Orleans, passed away at 5:50 PM on Thursday, November 05, 2020. He was born August 2, 1955, in Jasper, the son of Alfred and…

Shirley J. Eckert, 80, Huntingburg

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Shirley J. Eckert, 80, of Huntingburg, passed away at 11:32 a.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, in St. Vincent’s Hospital in Evansville.  Shirley was born in Frederick County, Maryland, on…

Mary Josephine Maurer, 96, Dale

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Mary Josephine Maurer, 96, of Dale, died on Thursday, November 5, 2020, at Scenic Hills in Ferdinand. Mary was born in Daviess County, Kentucky on March 7, 1924, to Gobel…

Eugenia (Jean) Meyer, 89, Mariah Hill

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Eugenia (Jean) Meyer passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 4, 2020. Jean was born on March 17, 1931, to Veronica (Bockting) and Richard Wagner in Mariah Hill. She married Orville…

Jane Anne Rehl, 95, Cincinnati

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Jane Anne Rehl, 95, formerly of Huntingburg and Evansville, passed away on October 20, 2020, at The Lodge Care and Rehab Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was born on January…

Deborah A. Mendel, 80, Jasper

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Deborah A. Mendel, 80, of Jasper, passed away at 1:24 p.m. on Monday, November 2, 2020, at the Villas of Guerin Woods in Georgetown, Indiana.  Deborah was born in Jasper,…

Kevin Alan Bateman, 59, Washington

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Kevin Alan Bateman, 59, of Washington, passed away at 1:35 p.m. Tuesday, November 3, 2020, at IU Health University Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born July 27, 1961 in Daviess…

John Leslie Small, 69, Jasper

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John Leslie Small, 69, of Jasper, passed away on Monday, November 2, 2020, at his residence. He was born July 22, 1951, in Huntingburg, to Albert Jack and Kathleen (Wellemeyer)…

Ralph J. Spayd, 91, Jasper

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Ralph J. Spayd, 91, of Jasper, passed away at 9:35 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, in The Timbers of Jasper. Ralph was born in Mariah Hill, Indiana, on August…

Alice Godfrey Berger, 80, Marion, Illinois

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Alice Godfrey Berger, 80, of Marion, Illinois — formerly of Olney, Ill. and Jasper, — passed away on Sunday, November 1 in Marion due to complications from COVID-19. Alice was…

Shirley J. Eckert, 80, St. Anthony (arrangements pending)

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Shirley J. Eckert, 80, of St. Anthony, passed away on Tuesday, November 4, 2020, at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville.  Arrangements are pending at Becher-Kluesner Funeral Homes in Jasper, Indiana. 

Hilbert Herman Lottes, 93, Otwell

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Hilbert Herman Lottes, 93, of Otwell, passed away November 3, 2020, in Jasper. He was born April 11, 1927, in Dubois County to Edward and Sophie Lottes. Hilbert served in…

Florence Rose (Gries) Rexing, 95, Dale

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Florence Rose (Gries) Rexing passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at the family farm where she had spent decades with her husband Cletus Rexing and their children.  Florence was…

Paul G. Cooper, 80, Otwell

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Paul G. Cooper, 80, of Otwell, entered rest on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, at Linda E White Hospice House in Evansville. He was born on Feb.25, 1940, in Evansville to…

Alice S. Apple, 82, Jasper

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Alice S. Apple, also known as Jerry’s “Queen Bee”, 82, of Jasper, passed away at 4:50 p.m. on Sunday, November 1, 2020, in Deaconess Gateway Medical Center in Evansville.  Alice…

Linda M. Hartwick, 73, English

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Linda M. Hartwick, 73, of English, passed away on Sunday, November 1, 2020, in the Timbers of Jasper.  Linda was born in Meade County, Kentucky, on June 1, 1947, to…