All Obituaries

Jimmie Riley, 79, of Evansville, passed away Friday, July 23, 2021 at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. He was born September 26, 1941 to the late Donald Riley and Beulah (Pavey) Whitehead and was born and raised in the Princeton area. He moved to New Mexico when his father was working in the pot ash mines and moved back to the area in the 1960’s. Jimmy worked as a coal miner for over 30 years and will be greatly missed. Jimmie is survived by his wife, Connie Riley; children, Cody...

James Joseph Vegh, 76, of Princeton, passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. He was born on March 28, 1945 in Gibson County. He served in the United States Air Force. He had worked in food delivery. He is survived by his daughter, Tabatha Wargel of Evansville; 3 grandchildren; sister, Connie Gray of Fort Branch; and several cousins. He is preceded in death by his father, James J. Vegh, Sr. and mother Loann (Kirk) Vegh French. A graveside service...

Our precious mother, Mary Helen (Tharp) Case, left this earthly home on July 20, 2021 for her heavenly one; she was 82 years old. Mary was born on March 22, 1939 to Floyd and Laura (Price) Tharp of Pike County. Mary was the third of seven children and grew up in the Oatsville, IN area with her siblings; Joann, Donel, Amelia, Dean, Patty and Ruthie. She graduated from Mt. Olympus High School in 1957. And in 1959, she married Raymond E. Case from Mt. Carmel, IL. Mary and Raymond lived in...

Floyd “Stub” Dillon, 58, of Patoka, passed away Sunday, July 18, 2021 at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. He was born in Gibson County near Wheeling on December 19, 1962 to the late Ralph Junior Dillon and Robertine (Burkhart) Dillon. He last worked at Toyota in Princeton on their janitorial staff. Floyd was a member of the Oakland City Lions Club. He is survived by a sister, Lilly Shoultz of Patoka; 6 brothers, Walter Dillon (Patricia) of Bicknell, Dale Dillon (Carolyn) of...

The Princeton community lost one of its beloved members when “Jody” Kyle Wethington, 76, passed away Thursday, July 15, 2021 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh. He was born February 16, 1945 in Noblesville to the late Kyle Wethington and Emma Jane (Cox) Perry. Jody worked 23 years as a coal miner and then as a supervisor for the State of Indiana for 8 years. He was a music lover to his core; was in charge of several bands: Impala’s, Flaming Coals, Apple Jacks, and...

Hazel L. Harper was born in Pike County, Indiana on February 24, 1930 to Elmer and Mabel Maxey who preceded her in death in 1963 and 1982, respectively. Also preceded in death by her husband, James Leonard Harper, Major USA, son, Douglas L. Harper, step-daughter, Dianne Willis, daughter-in-law, Nancy Harper, brothers Roy E. and Paul E. Maxey, sisters, Evelyn Julian, Betty L. Kiesel, and Thelma Ann Anderson. She is survived by a son, Michael L. Harper of Canton, IL; daughter, Shirley L....

Steven Paul Carpenter, Sr., 73, of Hazleton, passed away Friday, July 16, 2021 at Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville. He was born March 22, 1948 in Gibson County to the late Paul Carpenter and Lois (Sherman) Carpenter. He worked as a carpenter all his life and was a member of the Local Carpenter’s Union of Evansville. He enjoyed open wheeled modified racing until the day he became ill but the light of his life was spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He...

Jetta J. Cundiff, 65, of Princeton, passed away Sunday, July 11, 2021 at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville. She was born in Princeton on February 26, 1956, graduated from Princeton Community High School in 1974 and lived here her entire lifetime. Jetta was an excellent bowler and bowled for many years and won 1st place at a state competition. She was a former teacher’s aide with the Head Start program. She loved her children and grandchildren deeply, was a friend to many and...

Charles “Charlie” F. Shaw, 89, of Evansville, passed away Friday, July 2, 2021 at his home. He was born September 11, 1931 in Oakland City to the late Curtis Shaw and Aileen (Pierce) Shaw and married Geraldine “Gerri” (LaGrange) Shaw. He served his country in the United States Army and worked as a logistics manager in transportation. He retired from Grow Mark in Bloomington, Illinois and spent his retirement years in the Princeton and Evansville areas. He was a...

David A. Hartley, 72, of Princeton, passed away Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at his home. He was born in Princeton on August 25, 1948 to the late George and Patricia Hartley, and graduated from Princeton High School in 1966 and then from the University of Southern Indiana with a B. S. in education and had resided here most of his life. He worked at the former Keith’s Home Decorating in Princeton from the time he graduated from college until 1989, and then in August of 1989 he started at...