
Obituaries can be submitted by email to editor@duboiscountyfreepress.com.
Jason D. “Puckey” Hughes, 45, French Lick
Jason D. “Puckey” Hughes, 45, of French Lick, went home to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on Friday, October 16, 2020, at his residence. He was born on July…
Kevin Denton, 65, Huntingburg
Kevin Denton, 65, of Huntingburg, formerly of Leavenworth, passed away Monday, October 19, 2020 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born August 29, 1955 in Huntingburg…
Christina Bravo, 67, Jasper
Christina Bravo, 67, of Jasper, passed away Sunday evening, October 18, 2020, in St. Vincent’s Hospital in Indianapolis. Christina was born in Porte Zuelo, Mexico, on February 18, 1953, to…
Kevin R. ‘Vally’ Begle, 56, Ferdinand
Known as “Vally” to his many friends throughout the area, Kevin R. “Vally” Begle, 56, passed away 10:12 a.m. EST on Thursday, October 15 at Select Specialty Hospital in Evansville. …
Ronald E. Opel, 84, Brownsburg
Ronald E. Opel, 84, of Brownsburg, passed away October 18, 2020, due to complications related to Alzheimer’s disease. A graduate of Jasper High School, he had been a laboratory technician…
Emma Lou Woods, 91, Holland
Emma Lou Woods, 91, of Holland, passed away at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, October 16, 2020, at the Good Samaritan Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. She was born October 1,…
Vera M. Eckert, 86, Celestine
Vera M. Eckert, 86, of Celestine, passed away at 2:15 p.m. on Sunday, October 18, 2020, in the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Vera was born in St. Henry on…
Robert L. Steffen, 92, Jasper
Robert L. Steffen, 92, passed away at 2:45 a.m. on Sunday, October 18, 2020, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Bob was born in Jasper on January…
Jerry “Roger” Craig, 84, Otwell
Jerry “Roger” Craig, 84, of Otwell, passed away at 12:50 p.m. on Saturday, October 17, 2020, at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Roger was born in Otwell on August…
Ruth Ann Meyer, 60, Boone Township
Ruth Ann Meyer, 60, of Boone Township, passed away at 6:35 p.m. on Friday, October 16, 2020, as the result of an accident. Ruth was born in Huntingburg on June…
Larry J. Berg, 76, St. Anthony
Larry J. Berg, 76, of St. Anthony, passed away at 6:53 p.m. on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Larry was born in…
Jerry Norman Bauer, 77, Big Rock, Tenn.
Mr. Jerry Norman Bauer, 77, of Big Rock, Tenn., passed away, Thursday, October 15, 2020 at Diversicare of Dover. He was born January 30, 1943 in Indiana, son of the…
Genevieve “Jennie” Houtsch, 92, Otwell
Genevieve “Jennie” Houtsch, 92, of Otwell, passed away at 12:12 a.m. on Friday, October 16, 2020, at Northwood Good Samaritan Retirement Community in Jasper. Jennie was born in Dubois on…
Courtney M. Hochgesang, 26, Jasper
Courtney M. Hochgesang, 26, of Jasper, passed away at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 11, 2020, at home. Courtney was born in Clearwater, Florida, on November 11, 1993, to Richard…
Darlene “Dolly” M. Gish, 86, Jasper
Darlene “Dolly” M. Gish, 86, of Jasper, passed away at 1:05 p.m. on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, at Brookside Village Senior Living in Jasper. Dolly was born in Saint Henry on…
Larry J. Berg, 76, St. Anthony (pending)
Larry J. Berg, 76, of St. Anthony, passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper due to injuries sustained in an automobile…
Ronald J. Schaefer, 76, Dale
Ronald J. Schaefer, 76, of Dale, passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family. Ronnie was born in Adyeville on January 26, 1944,…
Betty Ann Huff, 74, Huntingburg
Betty Ann Huff, 74, of Huntingburg, passed away at 9:53 p.m., on Monday, October 12, 2020, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born May 31,…
Kenneth E. “Kenny” Petry, 65, Jasper
Kenneth E. “Kenny” Petry, 65, of Jasper, passed away at 1:25 p.m. on Monday, October 12, 2020, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Kenny was born in…
Leon J. Lueken, Sr., 81, Huntingburg
Leon J. Lueken, Sr., 81, of Huntingburg, passed away on Monday, October 12, 2020, at Ascension St. Vincent in Evansville. He was born May 13, 1939, in Holland to Roman…
Doris Jean Witte, 88, Evansville
Doris Jean Witte, 88, of Evansville, formerly of Dale, died on October 11, 2020, at Woodlands Nursing Home in Newburgh. Jean was born in Scottsville, Ky., on September 7, 1932…
Thelma Louise Copeland, 95, Petersburg
Thelma Louise Copeland, 95, of Petersburg, formerly of Evansville, Indiana, passed away at 5:55 a.m., on Sunday, October 11, 2020, at Amber Manor Care Center in Petersburg. She was born…
Charles G. Schulte, 91, Jasper
Charles G. Schulte, 91, of Jasper, passed away at 1:15 a.m. on Monday, October 12, 2020, in the Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper. Charlie was born in Jasper on August…
Marjorie (Harrison) Land, 86, West Baden Springs
Marjorie (Harrison) Land, 86, of West Baden Springs, Indiana entered into eternal rest on October 11, 2020. She was born in Orange County, Indiana on June 11, 1934, to Harold…
Terrance D. “Terry” Harlow, 76, Jasper
Terrance D. “Terry” Harlow, 76, of Jasper, passed away at 9:47 p.m. on Saturday, October 10, 2020, at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Terry was born in Huntingburg…
Patsy Jewell Eckert, 82, Eckerty
Patsy Jewell Eckert, 82, of Eckerty, passed away at 10:10 p.m., on Thursday, October 8, 2020, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh. She was born March 20, 1938, in Crawford…
Joe Kupper, 84, Jasper
Joe Kupper, 84, of Jasper, passed away at 6:45 p.m. on Sunday, October 11, 2020, at the Timbers of Jasper. Joe was born in St. Meinrad on February 9, 1936,…
Delores F. (Foster) Unterbrink, 82, Jasper
Delores F. (Foster) Unterbrink, 82, of Jasper, passed away at 6:50 a.m. on Saturday, October 10, 2020, in St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper. Delores was born in Pike County,…
Wilma Joan Satterfield, 89, Velpen
Wilma Joan Satterfield, 89, of Velpen, passed away at 1:42 p.m. on Friday, October 9, 2020, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Wilma was born on October…
Darlene K. Crim, 80, Loogootee
Darlene K. Crim, 80, of Loogootee, passed away at 6:18 p.m. Saturday, October 10, 2020, at Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville. She was born June 17, 1940 in…
Doris A. Reutepohler, 91, Huntingburg
Doris A. Reutepohler, 91, of Huntingburg, passed away at 2:02 p.m., on Thursday, October 8, 2020, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born July 3,…
Joseph T. Schnell, 56, Jasper
Joseph T. Schnell, 56, of Jasper, passed away at 5:24 a.m. on Friday, October 9, 2020, of Huntington’s disease in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Joe was…
Fredonia D. Collins, 91, Holland
Fredonia D. Collins, 91, of Holland, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2020, at Golden Living Center in Petersburg. She was born on October 27, 1928, to Joseph and Dora (Schott)…
Al Hemmer, 89, Santa Claus
A memorial service for Al Hemmer will be held on Saturday October 17, 2020 at the Santa Claus United Methodist Church located at 351 N Holiday Blvd, Santa Claus, Indiana…
Christopher “Charlie” Mathias, 35, Huntingburg
Christopher “Charlie” Mathias, 35, of Huntingburg, passed away at 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 3, 2020, in Evansville. He was born March 18, 1985, in Huntingburg to Robert “Doug” and…
Irvin “Mike” Morris, 70, Ferdinand
Irvin “Mike” Morris, 70, of Ferdinand, passed away on September 30th at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. Mike was born January 8, 1950 in Tell City to…
Ruth Ann “Ruthie” Hill, 80, Huntingburg
Ruth Ann “Ruthie” Hill, 80, of Huntingburg, formerly of Oakland City, entered into eternal rest at her home on October 3, 2020. She was born on February 7, 1940, in…
Howard E. Lashley, 81, Richland City
Howard E. Lashley, 81, of Richland City, passed away October 3, 2020, at home. Howard was preceded in death by his son Michael Lashley and his parents Lloyd E. Lashley…
Gerald “Jerry” Gutzweiler, 87, Jasper
Gerald “Jerry” Gutzweiler, 87, of Jasper, passed away at 11:07 p.m. on Saturday, October 3, 2020, at home. Jerry was born in Jasper on November 16, 1932, to Bernie and…
Brenda Kay Emmons, 73, French Lick
Brenda Kay Emmons, 73, of French Lick, entered into eternal rest on October 2nd, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Martin County, Indiana on October 20th, 1946 to…
Cornelius J. “Neil” Seng, 98, Dubois
Cornelius J. “Neil” Seng, 98, of Dubois, passed away at 11:57 a.m. on Saturday, October 3, 2020, in the Timbers of Jasper. Neil was born in Dubois on December 7,…
Gabriel Bobu, 48, Jasper
Gabriel Bobu, 48, passed away peacefully at his home in Jasper on September 25, 20202, with his parents at his side. He was courageous throughout his three-year challenging journey with…
Warren K. Springston, 90, Selvin
Warren K. Springston, 90, of Selvin, passed away at 2:15 p.m. Thursday, October 1, 2020, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh. He was born on October 12, 1929, in Evansville,…
James L. Hopkins, 82, Loogootee
James L. Hopkins, 82, of Loogootee, passed away at 4:35 a.m. Saturday, October 3, 2020, at The Timbers of Jasper. He was born March 17, 1938 in Shoals, Indiana to…
Richard ”Rich” C. Beyke, 65, Winslow
Richard ”Rich” C. Beyke, 65, of Winslow, lost his fight with cancer at home on September 30, 2020. He was born on October 21, 1954, in Jasper, Indiana, to the…
Nelda Waninger, 83, Jasper
Nelda Waninger, 83, passed away on October 1, 2017, at his Northwood Good Samaritan Society in Jasper. She was born at Mt. Pleasant on July 5, 1937, to David and…
Patricia Woebkenberg, 75, Wellston
Patricia Woebkenberg, 75, of Wellston, passed away on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, at Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis, Ohio, after a brief battle with cancer. She was born in Ferdinand…
Frederick Emil Louis Hanebutt, 88, Huntingburg
Frederick Emil Louis Hanebutt, 88, of Huntingburg, passed away on September 28, 2020, in an ATV accident near his home. He was born September 15, 1932, in Huntingburg, to Emil…
Judith Lynne (Hines) Oliver, 55, Leesburg, Fla.
Judith Lynne (Hines) Oliver, 55, of Leesburg, Fla., passed away on September 29, 2020, at Orlando Health, Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando. She was born October 26, 1964, in…
Dorothy M. Springston, 93, Selvin
Dorothy M. Springston, 93, of Selvin, passed away at 3:30 p.m., Monday, September 28, 2020, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh. She was born July 7, 1927, in Jasper, Indiana,…
