All Obituaries

Robert “Bob” Loomis, 72, of Princeton, passed away Sunday, January 17, 2021 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh. He was born October 26, 1948 in Princeton to the late Glen and Irene Loomis. Bob graduated from Francisco High School in 1967 and then served his country in the U. S. Navy during the Vietnam Era on the USS DuPont and USS Springfield. He was a lifetime carpenter and retired from Master Brands in Huntingburg. “Bob” is survived by his wife, Lisa Loomis,...

  Edwin Graper “Beeper” Kruse, 80, of Fort Branch, passed away Friday, January 15, 2021 at his home. He was born August 16, 1940 in Fort Branch to the late Edwin Graper Kruse Sr. and Emma (Graper) Kruse and resided there his entire lifetime. He was a member of St. Lucas United Church of Christ east of Fort Branch. He had formerly driven a truck for Nu-Gas in Princeton and retired as a school bus driver for the South Gibson School Corporation. “Beeper” is...

Corrine (Helms-Kelley) Schwartz, 99, of Evansville, passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at her home. She was born October 7, 1921 in Cushman, Arkansas to the late May Helms and Opal (Killian) Harris. She lived in the Francisco area until 1967, then in Princeton until 1988 while she worked at Potter and Brumfield/Siemens for 40 years and retired to Evansville. She attended Centenary United Methodist Church in Evansville and will be dearly missed by those who knew her.   Corrine is...

Josephine Caskey, 85, of Newburgh, passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at home. She was born Flora Josephine Marvell on January 29, 1935 in Patoka to Eldon and Nora (Speight) Marvell. She lived with her husband, Duane in Buckskin for over 50 years before moving to Newburgh where she had lived for the past 15 years. She was a homemaker and had also done cleaning and wallpapering with her sister, Carolyn for several years. She attended Zion United Church of Christ in Newburgh and a was a...

E. Glenn Morrison, 88, of Princeton, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2021 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh. He was born in Gibson County June 20, 1932 to the late Eldon and Ethel (Wise) Morrison. He served in the United States Navy and worked as a coal miner for Old Ben Coal Company for 20 years. He was a member of the United Mine Workers of America, Prince Masonic Lodge #231 member for 50 years, a Shriner, and a member of the Scottish Rite. He enjoyed volunteering as a tour guide...

Ethel Mae (Lewis) Aders, of Princeton, Indiana, passed away on Monday, December 28, 2020 at Solarbron Terrace in Evansville. She is survived by her daughter, Debra Eckert (Dennis); son, Mark Aders; grandchildren, Audrie Aders Manzi (Gary), Heath Eckert (Thu) and Jared Eckert; and seven great grandchildren. Ethel worked as a stay-at-home mom for many years before joining the workforce full time. Her last position was executive secretary at the Princeton Telephone Company. She retired...

Donald “Don” Lee McEllhiney, 84, of Princeton, passed away on Friday, January 8th 2021 at 5:45 AM at his home. Don was born July 10th 1936 in Princeton to the late Louis and Ruby (Ingle) McEllhiney. Don worked at Emge Packing Company for 42 years and was owner of McEllhiney and Son Tree Service. He graduated from Francisco High School in 1955 and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Princeton. He enjoyed bowling, Nascar, NFL football, going out to eat, and spending time...

Dorothy M. Hadley, 97, of Princeton, passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at River Oaks Health Campus in Princeton. She was born March 10, 1923 in Princeton to the late Roger Townsend and Florence (Hunter) Townsend. She was a homemaker and had worked at Potter and Brumfield. Her grandfather was the first minister of the Fairview Presbyterian Church. She was dearly loved and will be missed beyond measure. Dorothy is survived by her son, Gary Hadley of Evansville. She was preceded by her...

Harry Gooch, Jr., 96, of Washington, passed away Monday, January 4, 2021 at Eastgate Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation in Washington. He was born October 4 1924 in Princeton to the late Harry Gooch, Sr. and Mildred May (Roundtree) Gooch and grew up in Princeton. He moved to Cleveland and then to California where he spent the majority of his life. He worked as a House Manager for the McMahan and Hilton families and was a Maitre D’ at the Tail o’ the Cock in Hollywood for over 50...

John D. Waldroup, 83, of Princeton passed away January 6, 2021 at Golden Living Center – Brentwood in Evansville. He was born December 19, 1937 to the late William Harrison Waldroup and Dorothy Grace (Jones) Waldroup in Princeton where he lived all of his life. He was a veteran of the United States Army National Guard. He worked at the Whirlpool Factory in Evansville for 44 years and as a Walmart door greeter for 20 years, some of those simultaneously. He was a member of Our Saviour...