Local obituaries for Tell City, Cannelton and Perry County in Indiana

Dec 5, 2011

Jasper, Indiana Sharlen W. Bauer, 69, formerly of Tell City, passed away Monday, December 5, 2011 at Memorial Hospital. She was born August 17, 1942 in Perry County daughter of the late Charles White and Thelma (McLain) Pekinpaugh. She was a 1961 graduate of Cannelton High School. Sharlen married Ralph Bauer Jr. December 22, 1964, who survives. She retired...

Dec 5, 2011

Tell City, Indiana - Mildred E. DeVillez, 101, passed away on Monday, December 5, 2011, at River Pointe Health Campus in Evansville. She was born in Perry County on November 27, 1910. Her parents were the late Clarence and Annie Bell (Riley) Lance. Also preceding her in death was her husband, Urban DeVillez; sisters, Gladys Elder and Lillian Yates...

Nov 30, 2011

Tell City, Indiana - Violet M. Dowell, 77, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at Oakwood Health Campus. She was born October 21, 1934, in Gatchel, daughter of the late George and Eva (Litherland) Sims. Also preceding her in death was her husband James Dowell, daughter, Amanda Harper, children in infancy Bridget and Roger, brothers, Jess, Joe and Red...

Nov 21, 2011

Troy, Indiana Mary Lee Brown, 67, of Troy, passed away Monday, November 21, 2011 at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Tell City. Mary was born September 6, 1944 in Tell City, daughter of the late Arnold Jarboe and Josephine Hannaway Jarboe. She was married on February 11, 1960 to Larry K. Brown who survives. They lost a son, Mark...

Nov 21, 2011

Magnet, Indiana Mark W. Ward, 55, of Magnet, died Monday at the home of his mother. Mark was born November 3, 1956 in Tell City, Indiana, son of the late Edward M. Ward and Mary Evelyn Park Ward who survives. Mark was a 1975 graduate of Perry Central High School. He was employed at Hidden Valley Farms in Magnet...

Nov 20, 2011

Cannelton, Indiana Julia B. Storm, 106, passed away Sunday, November 20, 2011 at Golden Living Center Lincoln Hills in Tell City, Indiana. Julia was born in Hancock County, Kentucky on March 24, 1905, daughter of the late Amor Swihart and Cornelia ""Neat"" (Gist) Swihart. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Virgil D. Storm in 1961,...

Nov 15, 2011

Tell City, Indiana Richard ""Rick"" LaGrange, 62, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Owensboro Medical Health Systems. He was born August 5, 1949 in Tell City, son of the late Gerald LaGrange and Phyllis (Donnelly) LaGrange who survives him. Rick was a 1967 graduate of Perry Central High School and a U.S. Marine Corp veteran. He was a...

Nov 14, 2011

November 14, 2011 Ralph E. VanHoosier, 82, passed away on Monday, November 14, 2011, at Owensboro Medical Health System in Owensboro, Kentucky. He was born in Port Homer, Ohio, on October 12, 1929. His parents were the late Cecil and Catherine (Rollins) Van Hoosier. Also preceding him in death were his sisters, Hazel Howe and Mary Lou Avery; a...

Nov 14, 2011

Cannelton, Indiana Dr. David L. Walls, 78, formerly of Cannelton, passed away Monday, November 14 in Bremerton, Washington. He was born March 28, 1933 in Pasedena, California son of the late Louis and Eva (Heck) Walls. Also preceding him in death was a brother Stuart Walls. David was a 1951 graduate of Cannelton High School and graduate of Indiana...

Nov 12, 2011

Evansville, Indiana - Mark E. Applegate, 55, passed away Saturday, November 12, 2011, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born August 21, 1956, in Tell City son of the late Blead Edward and Sylvia June (Elverd) Applegate. Also preceding him in death was his wife Mary Lois (Kennedy) Applegate. Mark was a U.S. Army veteran and a 20-year...

Nov 5, 2011

Tell City, Indiana Richard Lee Myers, Sr., 71, passed away Saturday, November 5, 2011 at VNA Charlier Hospice. He was born February 22, 1940 son of the late Harold and Frances (Shackelford) Myers. Also preceding him in death was a son Mark Myers and step-son Michael Marks. He retired from Alcoa and was a member of Union Local #104....

Nov 4, 2011

Doolittle Mills, Indiana - Alice M. Wright, 81, passed away at 11:55 PM CST on Friday, November 4, 2011, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. She was born in Birdseye on November 13, 1929. Her parents were the late Basil Hoffman, Sr. and Mary Ellen (Kellems) Hoffman. Also preceding her in death were her sisters, Annabelle Wright, Ruth Pauley and...

Oct 30, 2011

Tell City, Indiana Leonard Naviaux, 93, of Tell City passed away Sunday, October 30, 2011 at Golden Living Center Lincoln Hills in Tell City. Leonard was born near Ranger, Indiana on June 21, 1918, son of the late Edward Naviaux and Emma Hubert Naviaux. He was also preceded in death in 2007 by his wife, Edith Etienne Naviaux, and...

Oct 30, 2011

Tell City, Indiana - Connie J. East, 65, passed away Sunday, October 30, 2011 at her home. She was born in Lamar, Indiana October 6, 1946 daughter of the late Albert and Dorothy (Hendricks) Conner. Also preceding her in death was a step-son, Robert East and brother, Allen Conner. Connie retired from Perry County Purdue Extension Office where she...

Oct 27, 2011

Memorial contributions may be made to your local animal shelter or Perry County Animal Shelter or Hospice of Western Kentucky.

Oct 18, 2011

Tell City, Indiana Carl L. Elder, 73, passed away Tuesday October 18, 2011, at Oakwood Health Campus. He was born in Cannelton on August 1, 1938, son of the late Paul and Celestine (Gedling) Elder. He was also preceded in death by a sister Margie Sixx and brothers Joe, Bill and John Elder and a brother, Randall, in infancy....

Oct 14, 2011

Tell City, Indiana Howard Newman Hope, 80, passed away Friday, October 14, 2011, at Emeritus at Ocala East, in Ocala, Florida. He was born June 18, 1931, in Browder, Kentucky, but lived many years in Tell City. Howard served in the United States Navy during the Korean War. While in high school, he was an Honorable Mention All-State Basketball...

Oct 14, 2011

Birdseye, Indiana - Victor A. Eckert, 75, passed away on Friday, October 14, 2011, at Core Nursing and Rehab in Dale. He was born in Uniontown on January 25, 1936. His parents were the late Benjamin Harrison Eckert and Emma Ellen (Kendall) Eckert. Also preceding him in death was a son, Dino Eckert and a daughter, Kristine Adams; sisters,...

Oct 14, 2011

William V. ""Bill"" Unger, Jr., 80, passed away on Friday, October 14, 2011, at Oakwood Health Campus . He was born on September 20, 1931, in Erie, Pennsylvania. His parents were the late William V. Unger, Sr. and Mary Jane (Polk) Unger. Also preceding him in death was his first wife, Peggy (St. Clair) Unger. Bill was a U.S....

Oct 11, 2011