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Betty J. Hoffman, 91, Jasper

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Betty J. Hoffman, 91, of Jasper, passed away at 6:50 p.m. on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at Northwood Good Samaritan Retirement Community in Jasper.     Betty was born in Jasper on…

Paul David Witmeier, 75, Dubois

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Paul David Witmeier, 75, of Dubois, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at North River Health Campus. He was born August 8, 1945, in Evansville, to the late Joseph B…

Oliver M. Zehr, 92, Dubois

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Oliver M. Zehr, 92, of Dubois, passed away at 9:03 p.m. on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at home.  He was born in Harbinson Township, Dubois County, on March 19, 1928,…

Eugenia N. “Janie” Jahn, 94, Jasper

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Eugenia N. “Janie” Jahn, 94, of Jasper, passed away at 12:35 p.m. on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, in Brookside Village in Jasper.  Janie was born in Pisa, Italy, on December…

Mary Lou Janssen, 90, Dubois

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Mary Lou Janssen, 90, of Dubois, passed away at 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at Springs Valley Meadows in French Lick.  Mary Lou was born in Orange County…

Alan R. Meyer, 65, Gentryville

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Alan R. Meyer, 65, of Gentryville, passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2020, at his home. Alan was born March 21, 1955, in Huntingburg to Orville and Eugenia (Wagner) Meyer…

Michael Alan Eck, 61, Petersburg

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Michael Alan Eck was born July 11, 1959, in Peterburg, to Austin and Carma (Chew) Eck. He lived his life in Peterburg where he was very loved by friends and…

Charles Eugene “Chuck” Neal, 92, Huntingburg

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Charles Eugene “Chuck” Neal, 92, of Huntingburg, passed away on Friday, December 4, 2020, at Sanctuary Pointe Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born April 26, 1928, in…

Alice A. Sattler, 84, Holland

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Alice A. Sattler, 84, of Holland, passed away at 5:12 a.m., Friday, December 4, 2020, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born April 13, 1936,…

Karen S. Hagedorn, 69, Bristow

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Karen S. Hagedorn, 69, of Bristow, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2020, at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. Karen was born January 18, 1951, in Huntingburg to Reynold “Skinny” and…

Rodney A. Bell, 82, Jasper

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Rodney A. Bell, 82, of Jasper, passed away at 7:10 p.m. on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, at Northwood Good Samaritan Retirement Community (where many heroes work) in Jasper. He overcame…

Mark K. Olinger, 64, Ferdinand

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Mark K. Olinger, 64, of Ferdinand, passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2020, at his home, surrounded by family after a courageous eight-year battle with cancer. Mark was born August…

Patricia A. “Patty” Hasenour, 71, Dubois

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Patricia A. “Patty” Hasenour, 71, of Dubois, passed away at 9:33 a.m. on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper.  Patty was born in…

Henry E. Neukam, 90, Evansville

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Henry E. Neukam, 90, of Evansville, formerly of Holland, passed away at 6:35 a.m., Tuesday, December 1, 2020, at River Pointe Health Campus in Evansville. He was born December 19,…

Diane J. (Schuett) Meinhardt, 68, Ferdinand

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Diane J. (Schuett) Meinhardt, 68, of Ferdinand, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020. Born in Harvard, Illinois, to Roy C. and Renata L. (Luepke) Schuett, she graduated from Alden-Hebron High…

Kenneth L. Fleck, 80, Jasper

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Kenneth L. Fleck, 80, of Jasper, passed away at 10:20 p.m. on Monday, November 30, 2020, in St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper after being transferred there from Memorial Hospital…

Patricia A. Hasenour, 71, Dubois (pending arrangements)

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Patricia A. Hasenour, 71, of Dubois, passed away at 9:33 a.m. on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana.  Arrangements are pending at…

Timmy J. Drew, 73, Jasper

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Timmy J. Drew, 73, of Jasper, passed away at 9:28 p.m. on Monday, November 30, 2020, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper.  Timmy was born in Washington,…

Cindy Kay Brown, 64, Murray

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Cindy Kay Brown, 64, of Murray, passed away on Wednesday, November 25th at her home of natural causes. She was born October 7, 1956, in Hammond, Ind., the daughter of…

Barbara M. Bleemel, 66, Jasper

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Barbara M. Bleemel, 66, of Jasper, passed away at 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 29, 2020, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana.  Barb was born in…

John M. Fuhs, 56, Dubois

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John M. Fuhs, 56, of Dubois, passed away at 9:37 a.m. on Sunday, November 29, 2020, in Deaconess Gateway in Evansville.  John was born in Jasper on June 5, 1964,…

Kenneth Hevner, 73, Okawville, Ill.

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Mr. Kenneth Hevner of Okawville, Ill., departed this life in the DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, Missouri, on Saturday, November 28, 2020, at 10:50 p.m. He had attained the age of…

Jerry Gates, 70, Tennyson

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Jerry Gates, 70, passed away at his home on November 25, 2020. Jerry was born on November 1, 1950 to Bill Gates and Rose (Leonard) Norum. He was a Vietnam…

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.,…