Mary Powell
CISNE, Ill. — Mary S. Powell, 89, died Tuesday Feb. 22, 2000, at the Fairfield Memorial Hospital.
She was a member of the Cisne Southern Baptist Church.
Surviving are two daughters, Vera Billingsley of Fairfield and Jackie Harris of Washington, Ind.; a son, Allen Dean Powell of Flora; two sisters, Ruth McNeil of Cisne and Virginia Deem of Geff; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Hosselton Funeral Home, with burial in Cisne Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.
Marguerite Etienne
ENFIELD, Ill. — Marguerite G. Etienne, 84, died Monday, Feb. 21, 2000, at the Enfield Healthcare Center.
She had worked at the sewing factory and was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church and the Altar Society.
Surviving are two daughters, Rosemarie Travers of Aurora, Colo., and Ruth Ann Repoff of Sprakers, N.Y.; a sister, Anna Louis Deom of Springerton; a grandchild, Heather Simmons of Creal Springs; and two great-grandchildren.
Her husband, Victor, died in 1981.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Patrick Catholic Church, with burial in the church cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Elledge Funeral Home, with a rosary at 7 p.m.
Clyde Poore
CARMI, Ill. — Clyde D. Poore, 86, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at White County Medical Center Skilled Care Unit.
Surviving are two daughters, Shirley Kron of Greenback, Tenn., and Ruth Yates of Morton; a son, Don of Springerton; a sister, Edna Galloway of Olney; a brother, Wilbur of Champaign; four grandchildren, Julie Jordan, Stewart and Donnie Poore and Brenda Yates; and six great-grandchildren.
His wife of 59 years, preceded him in death.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Enfield Cemetery. Kittinger-Fair Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
James Bledsoe
ALLENDALE, Ill. — James Bledsoe, 68, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville of cancer.
He worked as an electrician for the Mount Carmel Public Utility.
He was a Korean War Air Force veteran and a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Surviving are two daughters, Brenda Jones of Orlando, Fla., and Teresa Bledsoe of Mount Carmel; three sons, Gary and David, both of St. Cloud, Fla., and Brad of Warsaw, Ky.; four sisters, Mary Kassinger of St. Francisville, Ruth Pemberton of Albion, Doris Jones of Lawrenceville and Alma Pinnick of Bridgeport; a brother, John of St. Francisville; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
His wife, Hazel, preceded him in death.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Oak Lawn Cemetery in St. Francisville.
There will be no visitation at Cunningham Funeral Home in Mount Carmel.
Blendena Bruce
Blendena Bruce, 94, of Evansville, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Holiday Health Care.
She was a nurse at Deaconess Hospital for 25 years.
She was a member and taught Sunday school at Albright United Methodist Church. She had held offices in the United Methodist Women and served as a conference delegate for eight years.
Surviving are three daughters, Marlene Goodman of Lowell, Ind., Karen Kerney of San Jose, Calif., and Catherine Stephens of Kokomo, Ind.; four sons, John, Max and Don Bruce, all of Evansville, and William of Indianapolis; 19 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Her husband, John C. Sr., died in 1974.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Alexander Funeral Home North Chapel, the Rev. Jo A. Olson officiating, with burial in Alexander Memorial Park.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the church.
John O. Williams
John O. Williams, 51, of Evansville, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at St. Mary’s Medical Center of cancer.
He had worked with Counter Design for 10 years and had been a horse trainer in Florida for 17 years.
Surviving are his wife of eight years, Peggy; two stepsons, Chad and Jeremy Bosse, both of Evansville; three daughters, Sherry Barrows and Johnny Williams, both of Germany, and Robin Williams of Tampa, Fla.; five sisters, Susie Bryant, Mary Dawson, Molly Leggett and Darlene Merritt, all of Evansville, and Carolyn Morgan of Rockport; a brother, Jack of Tampa; and a grandchild, Jackie Williams.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Ziemer Funeral Home East Chapel, with entombment in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 pm. today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Hayden Woodring
Hayden “Woody” Woodring, 74, of Evansville, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at Deaconess Hospital of heart failure.
He retired in 1983 from Arkla Industries as a supervisor and had worked at Servel. He was an active member of Grace Baptist Church. He drove the bus at the Evergreen Senior Group.
He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran, serving in the South Pacific and received a Purple Heart and Three Oak Leave Clusters. He was a member of Disabled American Veterans Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1114 and the American Legion.
Surviving are his wife of 54 years, Bernice (Biggerstaff); a daughter, Ramona Woodring Fields of Evansville; two sons, Anthony “Tony” of St. Louis and Terry of Evansville; seven grandchildren, Ashley Fields Perkins, Aaron and Asha Fields, Brandon, Katherine, Joshua and Jennifer Woodring; three great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be at will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Browning Funeral Home, the Rev. Tom Savage officiating, with burial pending.
Friends may call from 2 p.m. to service time at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the church building fund.
James Ricketts
James Jewell Ricketts, 79, formerly of Evansville, died Friday, Feb. 18, 2000, at Ford Hospital in Detroit of heart failure.
He retired from the Ford Motor Co. in 1988. He was a World War II Army veteran.
Surviving are his wife, Betty; a daughter, Gornetta Meriwether of Evansville; a son, Larry Gene of Detroit; 10 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be at noon Saturday at Jordan Baptist Church in Detroit. Cole Funeral Home in Detroit is handling arrangements.
John Tucker
John Tucker, 73, formerly of Evansville, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Ember Convalescent Home in Perris, Calif., of complications of a stroke.
He had worked at Whirlpool in Evansville and in Perris and had owned and operated a lawn- care service.
He was a World War II and Korean War Navy veteran and life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion.
Surviving are two daughters, Linda Hogue and Julia Thiel, both of Evansville; a sister, Ann Curl of Evansville; six grandchildren, Melissa and Chris Hogue, Heather Pruitt, Jenifer Fischer, Erika Haley and Eric Thiel; eight great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
A daughter, Shelia, preceded him in death.
Evans Brown Funeral Home in Perris is handling arrangements, with burial in National Cemetery in Perris, with military rites.
George Tarrant
George F. Tarrant, 71, of Evansville, died Monday, Feb. 21, 2000, at St. Mary’s Health Care Services/Welborn Campus of respiratory failure.
He was a maintenance worker at Grandview Towers.
He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1114.
Surviving are two sisters, June Usery of Evansville and Eva Lee Hafford of Omaha, Ill.; and nieces and nephews.
Services and visitation will be private, with burial in Sunset Cemetery in Harrisburg, Ill.
Alexander Funeral Home West Chapel is handling arrangements.
Paul Mitsdarffer
Paul James Mitsdarffer, 84, of Marion, Ill., father of Eva Allen of Newburgh, died Monday, Feb. 21, 2000, at Marion Memorial Hospital.
He worked for the city of Marion as a meter patrolman, retiring in 1977.
He was a World War II Army veteran, serving in Normandy and Rhineland. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Eagles, Elks and American Legion Post Post 147.
Also surviving are a daughter, Paula Snoddy of Richmond Hill, Ga.; two brothers, Bill of Ridgeway, Ill., and Francis of Germany; seven grandchildren, Stephanie, Brook, Zackary and Nathan Snoddy, Christopher, Nicholas and Tara Allen. His wife of 51 years, Stella R. (Zasada), died in 1992.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church in Marion, the Rev. Richard Mohr officiating, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, with military rites.
Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today at Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home in Marion.
Memorial contributions may be made to the church special fund.
Arthur Coultas Sr.
Arthur O. Coultas Sr., 87, of Evansville, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Westpark Rehabilitation Center.
He retired after more than 29 years with Bucyrus-Erie. During World War II, he worked at Republic Aviation.
He was a member of Forest Hills Wesleyan Church and served as a lay minister for several churches and nursing homes, where he played guitar and sang.
Surviving are his wife of 67 years, Pearl; three daughters, Joyce Byes Scales of Indianapolis, Doris Bowers of Renton, Wash., and Jean Brinker Sokeland of Oakland City, Ind.; three sons, Arthur Jr. of Elberfeld, Ind., Victor of Evansville and Stephen of Colflax, Ind.; two sisters, Rose Shadwick of Plainfield, Ind., and Mae Claise of Tell City, Ind.; a brother, Les of Evansville; 17 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Alexander Funeral Home West Chapel, the Rev. Stephen Coultas officiating, with entombment in Oak Hill Mausoleum.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the church.
Mildred Schellhase
Mildred Ruth (Eaton) Schellhase, 87, of Evansville, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at Evansville Protestant Home.
She worked for the Internal Revenue Service, retiring as a secretary in 1972. She also had worked for Red Spot Paint and the Agriculture Department.
She was a member of Fairlawn United Methodist Church. She played piano and sang in the choir.
Surviving are her husband of 65 years, Robert; a daughter, Carol Sue Koehler of Evansville; three sons, Robert Lee of St. Louis, James Alan of Evansville and Daniel Joseph of Jacksonville, Fla.; six grandchildren, Kurt and Karen Koehler, James, Stephen, Jill and Thomas Schellhase; and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Browning Funeral Home, the Rev. Randy Anderson officiating, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Gabriel Miller
TELL CITY, Ind. — Gabriel L. Miller, 84, died Monday, Feb. 21,2000, at Scenic Hills Health Care Center in Ferdinand.
He retired as plant manager in 1991 from Coca-Cola Bottlers in Tell City, after 48 years.
He was a member of the St. Paul Catholic Church and the Moose 1424. He served on the board of the former Camp Koch for Crippled Children.
Surviving are four daughters, Betty James of Mount Pleasant, Jane Heeke of New Boston, Cathy Frizzell of Tell City and Lisa Newton of Newburgh; five sons, Darrell Lee of Evansville, James of Mobara City, Japan, Charles of Rochester Hills, Mich., and Bruce of Toledo, Ohio; a sister, Dorothy Burke of Mishawaka; 23 grandchildren, Cindy Zellers, Lori Hermann, Alexia Hartman, Christopher and Brian James, Dawn Mullen, Diane Sturgeon, Anita Borden, Melissa, Kristina and Mandy Heeke, Matthew and Megan Frizzell, Jeremy, Zachary, Joshua, Jeff, Michael, Darrell Jr., Jason, Kyle and Courtney Miller and Katrina Newton; and 12 great-grandchildren. His wife, Dortha (Findley), died in 1994.
Services will be at 10 a.m. EST Friday at St. Paul Catholic Church, with burial in St. Mary Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m. followed by a Moose Lodge memorial service, and from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Friday at Huber Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the church.
Barbara Bontrager
MONTGOMERY, Ind. — Barbara Ann Bontrager, 90, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Eastgate Manor Nursing Center.
She was an Amish.
Surviving are her husband, John M.; two daughters, Sylvia and Betty Marner, both of rural Montgomery; six sons, Leroy, Glenn, Harold and Raymond Lengacher, all of rural Montgomery, Joseph Jr. and Edwin Lengacher, both of rural Odon; a sister, Lizzie Swartzentruber of rural Montgomery; 42 grandchildren; and 92 great-grandchildren.
Her first husband, Joseph Lengacher, preceded her in death.
Services will be at 9 a.m. today at the Lester Marner home, with burial in Stoll Cemetery.
David Haller
JASPER, Ind. — David “Joe” Haller, 54, died Monday, Feb. 21, 2000, at his home of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
He had worked as a carpenter for Mid-West Construction Co. in Evansville.
Surviving are three sons, Mark of Evansville, Matthew of Cincinnati and Aaron of Jasper; three sister, Mary Shawley of Napa, Calif., Margaret Claus of Washington, Ind., and Donna Tielker of Fort Wayne; a brother, Hilbert of Jasper; and a grandson, Kyle Johnson.
Services will be at 9:30 a.m. EST Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, with burial in Fairview Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at Becher-Kluesner Downtown Chapel.
Ludwina Eisenhauer
ST. WENDEL, Ind. — Ludwina (Lee) Eisenhauer, 83, formerly of St. Wendel, died Friday, Feb. 18, 2000, at the home of her daughter, Joan Eisenhauer in Phoenix.
Also surviving are three daughters, Marilyn Zipperich and Margie Matinez, both of Peoria, Ariz., and Shirley Martinez of Oakland Park, Ill.; a son, Robert of Sullivan; two sisters, Sally Barrett of Evansville and Eloise Conen of Haubstadt; five brothers, Edward, Oscar, Clinton and Ralph Koester, all of St.Wendel, and Leon Koester of Boonville; 17 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. Her husband, Ted, preceded her in death.
Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. at St. Wendel Catholic Church. Friends may call from 9:30 a.m. to service time at the church.
Alexander Funeral Home in Sullivan is handling arrangements.
Phyllis Dzienny
BICKNELL, Ind. — Phyllis Eve Dzienny, 84, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Bicknell Rehabilitation Center.
She retired from Prestolite and was a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall in Vincennes.
Surviving are a son, Mike of Bicknell; and a granddaughter, Vannessa Dzienny of Evansville.
Her husband, Harry, died in 1992.
There will be no public service or visitation at McClure Funeral Home.
Harold Bundy
MOUNT VERNON, Ind. — Harold L. Bundy, 77, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Mount Vernon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of cardiac arrest.
He had been an auto mechanic at Art Hall & Moll Motor Co. for 40 years. He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of the Bethesda General Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Margaret Anne (Shelton); two daughters, Patricia Axton of Indianapolis and Connie Bland of Mount Vernon; a sister, Ellen Fleming of Mount Vernon; two brothers, Paul and Bill, both of Mount Vernon; and two grandchildren, John DeFur and Michelle Sollman. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda DeFur.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Tygart Funeral Home, with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call from 10 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.
Ann Wilderman
HAUBSTADT, Ind. — Ann L. (Meuser) Wilderman, 63, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at her home of cancer.
She had worked at Morris Plan, Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. CONTEL, and the Farmers and Merchants Bank.
She was a member of St. James Catholic Church in Haubstadt and the Altar Society and volunteered at St. Mary’s Medical Center.
Surviving are her husband of 45 years, Robert J. “Bob”; three daughters, Connie Dunning of Fort Branch, Karen Crocker and Kathy Kingsbury, both of Haubstadt; five sons, Rick of Haubstadt, Steve, Tim, Tom and Keith, all of Evansville; two sisters, Donna Meuser of Princeton and Letitia Simpson of Jasper; brothers, Max of Jasper and John of Three Springs, Pa.; and 15 grandchildren, Suzy, Jamie and Becky Dunning, Leah and Cory Crocker, Jason and Kelly Kingsbury, Jennifer, Carrie, Nikki, Claire, Elizabeth, Allie and Andrew Wilderman and Jessie Garvin.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. James Catholic Church, with burial pending.
Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Stodghill Funeral Home in Fort Branch.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Visiting Nurse Association Hospice.
Pansy Sims
WINSLOW, Ind. — Pansy L. Sims, 84, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Amber Manor Nursing Home in Petersburg.
She was a member of Winslow United Methodist Church.
Surviving are her husband, Lyndon; a daughter, Linda Curtis of Princeton; two sons, Charles of Evansville and Gregg of Winslow; three grandchildren;
four stepgrandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. EST Friday at Curtis Funeral Home, with burial in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today and from 8:30 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.
Margaret Polster
SANTA CLAUS, Ind. — Margaret Polster, 89, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Deaconess St. Joseph Hospital in Huntingburg.
She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, the World War I Ladies Auxiliary, American Legion Ladies Auxiliary, Santa Claus Senior Citizens and St. John’s Ladies Aid.
Surviving are two sisters, Meta Wittman of Lamar and Hulda Zander of Fort Wayne; and nieces.
Her first husband, Gustave Schmicker, died in 1931, her second husband, Herman Polster, died in 1979 and a daughter, Mary Lois Schmicker, died in 1941.
Services will be 10 a.m.CST Friday at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Evanston, Ind., with burial in the church cemetery.
Friends may call from 1 to 8 p.m. today at Youngblood Funeral Home in Chrisney and from 9 a.m. to service time at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Indiana School forthe Deaf or the church building fund.
Ronald Welp
HUNTINGBURG, Ind. — Ronald L. Welp, 57, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville of congestive heart failure.
He retired as a supervisor for Dubois Wood Products and was serving on the Patoka Township trustee advisory board.
He was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, St. Vincent DePaul Society, Young Men’s Institute, Jasper Moose and was past president of the Huntingburg Eagles.
Surviving are two daughters, Amy Marley and Debbie Combs, both of Huntingburg; three sons, Perry of Ferdinand, and Joe and Marty, both of Huntingburg; his mother, Marie Welp of Birdseye; a sister, Pat Henke of Birdseye and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Mary Catholic Church, with burial in Schnellville Sacred Heart Church Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. EST today at Nass and Son Funeral Home, with a memorial service at 6:30 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Vincent DePaul Society at St. Mary Catholic Church.
V. Jeff Moore
PRINCETON, Ind. — V. Jeff Moore, 50, died Monday, Feb. 21, 2000, at Gibson General Hospital of a heart attack.
He was the CED Youth Educator of Purdue University Extension in Gibson County.
He was a graduate of Linton-Stockton High School and had been active in track and cross country. He was a graduate of Oakland City University where he ran track and cross county.
He was active with 4-H at the Gibson County Fair.
He was a member of the Christian Fellowship Church in Evansville.
Surviving are his wife, Roxann of Francisco; a stepdaughter, Christina Wornica of Francisco; two sons, Austin of Tavares, Fla., and Landon of Rockport; two stepsons, Shawn Hampton of Washington state, and Daniel Hampton of Francisco; his mother, Juanita LeCocq of Linton; two stepgrandchildren, Natashia and Hope Wornica of Francisco; and a niece.
Services will be at 2 p.m. EST Friday at the Baptist Fellowship Church in Linton, with burial in Fairview Cemetery in Linton.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. CST today at Colvin Funeral Home and from noon to service time at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Gibson County 4-H Fund.
Ruth Van Note
TELL CITY, Ind. — Ruth Ann Van Note, 90, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Owensboro Mercy Health Systems.
She was a member of the Lilly Dale Church of Christ in Gatchel.
She was a award winning quiltmaker and designed doilies and afghans.
Surviving are a daughter, Buellah Hill of Phoenix,; two sons, Curtis B. of Colfax, Ill., and Paul W. of Owensboro, Ky.; 12 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. EST Friday at Huber Funeral Home Tell City Chapel, with graveside services at 2 p.m. EST Saturday in Riverside Cemetery in Saybrook, Ill.
Friends may call from2 to 8 p.m. today and from 11 a.m. to service time Friday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the church or the Owensboro Area Ostomy Association.
