All Obituaries

Tina Marie Bockhold, 51, of Princeton, passed away Sunday, January 19, 2020 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh. She was born April 27, 1968 in Garden Grove, CA to the late Bruce Wayne Merrifield and Brenda Mae (Meyer) Lofton. She had been a resident of Princeton since 2005, coming from Terre Haute. She was the office manager of Jackson-Hewitt Tax Service. She was a member of Tower Heights Church of God and Church on the Square in Princeton. Her grandbabies were her life. She is...

Forrest E. “Mac” McDonald, 91, of Francisco, passed away Monday, January 20, 2020 at The Waters in Princeton. He was born on January 1, 1929 in Pike County, IN to Olney and Genevieve (Haberle) McDonald. He had lived in Francisco for 6 years, moving from Oakland City. Forrest served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was a retired coalminer, working 50 years at Amax Coal Company. He was a member of the UMWA Union Local. He was a collector of antiques, liked old...

Donald Frank Kinnaman, 88, of Oakland City, passed away Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville. He was born January 2, 1932 in Oakland City to the late Frank and Arnell (Helsley) Kinnaman and married Betty L. (Harper) Kinnaman on May 30, 1953. He served his country in the United States Navy throughout Japan, China, and North Korea from March 2, 1949 until December 16, 1952 and worked as a coal miner. Donald was a member of the First General Baptist Church in...

Georgia L. Mason, 95, of Winslow, passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at River Pointe Health Campus in Evansville. She was born on February 3, 1924 in her home in Raglesville, Daviess County, Indiana to the late Merlin Racy and Lola May (Ramsey) Stuckey and graduated from Odon High School. She worked as a forklift driver and shell gauger for a couple of years at Crane Naval Depot and as co-owner of Mason’s General Store in Coe, Pike County for 6 years. She married Ivan Mason on...

Edith Britt, 96, of Princeton, passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at the Linda E. White Hospice in Evansville, IN. She was born on April 23, 1923 in Otwell, IN to Allen and Virba (Hayden) Evans. She was a lifetime resident of Princeton. She had worked in the office at Servel. She regularly attended Broadway Christian Church and was a member of the Gibson General Hospital Auxiliary since 1967. She is survived by cousins; and special friends, Susan Greer, Bill & Susan Poyner, and...

Mona J. Sermersheim, 82, of Lawrenceville, IL, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2020 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, IN. She was born February 3, 1937 in Mount Carmel, IL to Larry and Beatrice (Dunn) Day.  She had lived in Lawrenceville the past 8 years, moving from Francisco. She had worked as an adjuster at Potter & Brumfield for 39 years. She was a member of  Barney Prairie Christian Church in Wabash County, IL. She enjoyed traveling, fishing, cooking and baking,...

Jane Ellen Linville, 58, of Mount Carmel, Illinois, originally of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away with her family and friends by her side on Thursday, January 2nd, 2020 at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital. She was born October 20th, 1961 in Mount Vernon to the late James Frank and Freda Catherine (Austin) Wright. She married Jerry Wayne Linville on July 26th, 1980 at Pastor Bus Hart’s home and they were together 22 years before separating. Jane worked at Walmart as a...

William G. “Bill” Hunt, 47, of Fort Branch, passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at home. He was born on May 7, 1972 in Princeton, IN to Gary W. and Rebecca (Hitch) Hunt. Bill was a member of the PCHS Class of 1990 and attended USI. He had lived in Fort Branch for 24 years moving from Princeton. He worked as a lab technician for the City of Princeton.  He was a member and Past Master of Prince Masonic Lodge #231 and he was a member and past President of the Gibson County...

Warren I. Hurst, 87 passed away Saturday, January 4, 2020 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh. He was born March 12, 1932 in Princeton to Ira Newton and Edith (Adkins) Hurst. He had lived in Princeton all of his life. He was a Tool and Die Engineer and worked for Hurst Manufacturing for several years.  He also was an instructor and taught Machine Shop to underprivileged young adults in the St. Louis area, something he was very proud of doing.  He served in the U.S. Army...

Jack Elliott Poole, 81, of Petersburg, entered rest on Saturday, January 4, 2020 at his home. He was born on February 24, 1938 in Woodleaf, North Carolina to Bynum and Virginia (Morgan) Poole. He was a veteran of the United States Army and a member of the First Church of God in Petersburg. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Marilyn (Henson) Pool; one son, Robert Scott (Cindy) Pool of Evansville; one daughter, Michelle (Jim) Miley of Petersburg; one sister, Ann Weatherford of Salisbury,...