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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, March 27, 2019 C-7 OBITUARIES Submit obituaries: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: obits@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg Deadline: 5 p.m. on Monday SMELL Continued from page 5 OBITUARY DEADLINE 5 p.m. Every Monday Thank You We, the family of Suzanne (Werner) Willis, wish to express our sincere thanks to our relatives, friends and neighbors for their prayers, support and expressions of sympathy at the passing of our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great- grandmother. ank you to all who sent floral arrangements, plants, keepsakes, food, sympathy cards, masses and all who paid their respects at the visitation and funeral. A special thank you to Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church for the wonderful dinner, Father Frank and Father Bill for the beautiful mass, Kim and Erin Biesterveld and Lynn Kissel for the beautiful music. Your kindness will never be forgotten, The Family PEACE of MIND Let our 130 years of experience aid you in your selection of a meaningful memorial. SCHUM MONUMENTS, INC. Dale, Indiana www.SchumMonuments.com 812-937-4921 Local Representative RONALD WOODS 812-789-2009 AREA HAPPENINGS Free Clothing Bank - Oak Grove Church in Oak- land City offers a free clothing bank each Tuesday 9 - 11 a.m. (Oakland City time) for everyone. They carry new and used clothing. Location is on Morton Street, just past Chuckles. Come to the gymnasium door locat- ed at the back of the church. Celebrate Recovery Program – Meets every Sunday night from 5 to 7 p.m. at 207 Lafayette St. in Winslow. For more information, call Krystal Breeding 812-582-2562. Women's Cancer Support Group - The Lange- Fuhs Cancer Center at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center offers a support group for women who have had cancer of any type or are currently undergoing can- cer treatment. Sessions are the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Lange-Fuhs Cancer Center Conference Room, located at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center's Dorbett Street entrance. For more information about the "Women's Support Group," visit www.mhhcc.org and click on "Classes & Events," or call The Lange-Fuhs Cancer Center at 812-996 -7488. Winslow Alcoholics Anonymous – will meet ev- ery Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Call 812-789 -8535 for location of the meeting. Al-Anon meeting – Meetings are each Wednesday at 11:30 a.m., located at 424 W. 7th St. in Jasper. For more information, call 812-887-0349. Narcotic Anonymous – Every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at River of Life Fellowship Church. Odd Fellows IOOF Pacific Lodge #175 meeting - the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. All area members are encouraged to attend. Otwell Ruritan - will have its monthly meetings the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Pike Lodge #121 F&AM regular stated meeting - the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. All ar- ea Masons are invited to attend. Jefferson Township Community Center of Otwell - will have its monthly meetings the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend. "Creating Hope" For Cancer Patients - Memori- al Hospital and Health Care Center is offering Creat- ing Hope® sessions on the first and second Tuesday of each month from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. These sessions are de- signed for cancer patients, their families and caregivers. Art materials and an instructional book are available at each session. No previous art experience is needed. Creating Hope® sessions are free and are held in the Lange-Fuhs Cancer Center Conference Room located at the Dorbett Street entrance of Memorial Hospital, 800 West 9th Street in Jasper. For more information about this class, visit Memo- rial Hospital's website at www.mhhcc.org and click on "Classes & Events," or call The Lange-Fuhs Cancer Center at 812-996 -7488. 58th John L. Lewis Day Celebration Dinner - The 58th John L. Lewis Day Celebration Dinner will be on Monday, April 1, and lunch will be at noon, Oak- land City time. It will be hosted at the American Legion on 211 E. Washington Street, Oakland City. All retired miners and their spouses, as well as wid- ows and widowers or retired miners, are welcome to attend. At 9 a.m., the Black Lung Testing will be given for coal miners as well. Petersburg Senior Center Breakfast Brunch - Every 1st Wednesday of the month starting at 8:30 a.m. A freewill donation is welcome. There will be compli- mentary coffee and hot tea available each morning along with bacon, eggs, biscuits, gravy and fruit cock- tail. The next breakfast will be Wednesday, April 3. Free Health Screening, Good Samaritan Com- munity Health Services - There will be a free health screening for GFR/Creatinine (kidney function) on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at the Petersburg Senior Center from 9 -10 :30 a.m. and at the Winslow Senior Center April 29, 2019, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Daviess-Pike County Right to Life Paper/Alu- minum-Can Drive - This will be at the Tractor Sup- ply Co. Parking Lot (the old K-Mart Parking Lot) in Washington on Saturday, April 6 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. This is the main location. Bag paper in paper bags only. Sorry, no magazines. The Right to Life is also ac- cepting aluminum cans for recycling. For additional information or if you would like to volunteer, contact Louie Kavanaugh at 812-486 -3658. Retired Teacher Association - The Pike/Gib- son Retired Teacher Association will meet on Thurs- day, April 11 at the Village Inn. Sign in and socializ- ing will begin at 11:30 a.m. EDT; they will eat at noon with the meeting to follow. The program will be by Robert Heavrin, of Princeton, who will talk about ser- vice dogs. — with its own set of lungs. I swear the thing was breath- ing. When we first found the leftovers of my son's most recent school lunch, I in- stinctively threw everything down on my in-laws' front yard. In addition to the mass previously known as a peeled hard-boiled egg, there were blueberries that now wore a rather pleas- ant-looking thick layer of white fluffy mold, as if the berries had gone for a frolic in the snow. We had seen vultures down the street, making a meal of roadkill. "The vul- tures will come," my moth- er-in-law said. But as the scent wafted down toward them, the vultures did not come. No one would be com- ing for the egg. The neighborhood feral cat came over to the egg and sniffed. "The cat will take the egg," my mother- in-law said. The cat arched its back and ran off. No one would be coming for the egg. "What should we do with it? " we asked. By this point, the entire neighborhood seemed to be under a green cloud of stink from my son's lunchbox. "We could throw it into the lake," someone suggest- ed. But there was wildlife in the lake — fish, turtles and alligators. Did we want to be responsible for their go- ing belly up? No, we could not throw it into the lake. A trash bin was suggested, but obviously not my in-laws' trash. This egg would stink up the garage and then the whole house. And seeing as it was clearly alive, there was a chance it would crawl out of the bin and sneak into the home to watch "Game of Thrones" while my in-laws slept. They'd wake to a trail of green furry slime. They'd have to move. But no one would buy a house smelling so terrible. So they'd have to burn it down, claim an electric fire and collect in- surance. I don't believe my in-laws to be adept liars, so they'd wind up in prison for arson. Plus, they'd wind up having to pay for years of HBO because the egg would order it and no one would be around to cancel the sub- scription. No, their trash bin was off-limits. While we debated where to put the death nugget, we wrapped it up in foil and then put it in five plastic bags, each one securely tied in- side the next. I half expect- ed my hands to burn off as if melted from acid in the pro- cess. A fter the removal, I poured bleach into the lunchbox until it was brim- ming. The section that once held the egg turned white and bubbled. I could swear I could hear an evil cackling from the egg inside the foil inside the bags. It's been nearly a week since the discovery. The car has been washed, Febrezed and washed again. It's going to survive the trauma. The backpack and the lunchbox remain on life-support de- spite the constant washings and bleachings. The lunchbox's contents were eventually discard- ed and taken away by trash collectors. That's the sto- ry, anyway. I'm pretty confi- dent the egg and blueberries highjacked the truck mid- route and are somewhere near Alaska by now, where the snowy blueberries can feel at home and the egg can find like-minded smells in the sulfur hot springs. Check your kids' lunch- boxes, friends. Like Katiedid Langrock on Facebook, at http://www. facebook.com/katiedidhu- mor. ALICE MARIE (HOUCHIN) MASON Alice Marie (Houch- in) Mason, of Pacific, Mo., passed away March 11, 2019. She was born February 3, 1930, in her childhood home in Littles, Ind., to Robert and Daphne Houchin. She is survived by three children, Becky ( Jim) Ma- son Reed, Michael ( John) Mason and Lois ( John) Ma- son Erwin. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wendell (Cotton) Mason, who died April 3, 2018; one grand- daughter, Amy Jo Goss; and several brothers and sisters. A celebration of her life, along with the life of her hus- band, Cotton Mason, will take place at the Pember- ton–Bradley Funeral Home in Lynnville on March 30, 2019, from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Visitation will take place from 11 a.m. until service time on Saturday at the fu- neral home. In lieu of flow- ers, the family has asked that donations be made to the 1st Church of God, 2135 E. Main St., Petersburg. Harris Funeral Home is en- trusted with his care. ALLISON DAWN MOSE Allison Dawn Mose, 53, of Petersburg, passed away on March 18, 2019, at her home. She was born on Decem- ber 29, 1965, in Washington, to William and Dorothy (Da- vis) Payne. She is survived by her husband, Ross Mose; son, Matthew Wells; sisters, Mary Payne, Brenda Wil- lis and Lisa Rutledge; step- brother, Mark Whitney; ma- ny godchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents; stepfather, Paul Whitney; and sister, Joan Patton. A memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. on Sat- urday, March 30, 2019, at the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Petersburg. Harris Funer- al Home is entrusted with her care. KERRYLYNN MARIE MAT TINGLY Kerrylynn Marie Mat- tingly, 72, passed away Sat- urday morning, March 23, 2019, at her home in Peters- burg. She was born January 29, 1947, in Houston, Texas, to John and Kerrybell (Bion- di) Hobbs. She proudly worked at be- ing a homemaker, while en- joying cooking and spend- ing time with her grandchil- dren and family. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Albert Eugene Mattingly, of Pe- tersburg; son, Albert Earl Mattingly, of Petersburg; daughter, Kerry Elizabeth (Scott) Kraynak, of Green- ville, S.C.; grandchildren, Trevis Michael Matting- ly, Sarah Elizabeth, Mat- thew Scott, Olivia Grace, Kathryn Julianne and Car- oline Anne Kraynak; broth- er, Robert Hobbs, of Con- roe, Texas; and stepbroth- er, Roger Joneson, of Hous- ton, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents; broth- er, John Hobbs; and sister, Rosemary McBeth. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 29, 2019, at Harris Funeral Home in Petersburg, with Father Frank Renner offici- ating. Burial will follow at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Velpen. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. The family has asked, in lieu of flow- ers, that memorial contri- butions be made to Wal- nut Grove Cemetery or Iva Cemetery, for their contin- ued care and support. Me- morial donations to the cemeteries may be mailed to Harris Funeral Home, P.O. Box 217, Petersburg, IN 47567. Condolences may be made online at www.odhar- risfuneralhome.com. DONALD L. FEARS Donald L. Fears, 76, of Princeton, died Thursday, March 21, 2019, at his home. He was born in Pike Coun- ty on Sunday, Sept. 6, 1942, to William Roy and Phoe- be A. White Fears, both of whom have preceded. He was a lifelong area res- ident and worked as a paint- er at Siemens Corporation. He was a member of Ameri- can Legion Post 25. On Aug. 30, 1975, he mar- ried Vicki Gehl, who sur- vives. Other survivors include a brother, Bobby Joe (Linda) Fears, of Hazleton; sisters- in-law, Cheri (Steve) Bar- rix, of Princeton, and Angie Rapp, of Evansville; as well as nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by brothers, Ivan, Jesse, Eugene, William and Rob- ert Arthur; and sister, Char- lotte Fears. Funeral service was at 2 p.m. Monday, March 25, 2019, at Doyle Funeral Home, Princeton, followed by burial at St. Joseph Ceme- tery in Princeton. Visitation was from 11 a.m. until ser- vice time on Monday at the funeral home. January 31, 1979; his chil- dren, Vanessa Lanning, of Petersburg, Mark (Phyllis) Richardson, of Washing- ton, Regina (Garry) Kohl- house, of Vincennes, Bri- an Richardson, of Edward- sport, and Camaron Rich- ardson, of California; seven grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Millard "Bud" Richardson. A Celebration of Life was at 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 25, 2019, at Goodwin Funer- al Home, with Rev. Larry Langer officiating. Burial was in the Memorial Park Ceme- tery. Visitation was from 2- 6 p.m. Sunday at the funer- al home. Goodwin Funer- al Home is honored to serve the family of Ed Richardson. R ALPH EDWARD "ED" RICHARDSON Ralph Edward "Ed" Rich- ardson, 78, of Vincennes, passed away and went to be with the Lord at 3:02 a.m. Thursday, March 21, 2019, at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born June 6, 1940, in Vincennes, to Lew- is Ralph "Rowdy" and Mary (Davis) Richardson. He retired from Public Service Indiana as a substa- tion mechanic in 1996. He owned The Riverfront Sa- loon in the mid-1970s. He al- so drove for Vincennes Uni- versity, Boyd's and Bayles Unlimited. His member- ships included the Indiana Presbyterian Church, Knox County Water Board, Amer- ican Legion, VFW and the 40 et8. He loved being with his family and attending his family events. He enjoyed going to car shows, golfing, loved flying, and torment- ing his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Those left to cherish Ed's memories are his wife, Ruthann (Tornes) Richard- son, whom he married on THOMAS VIRGIL WHITEHEAD Thomas Virgil White- head, 96, of Bowman, passed into eternal rest on Saturday, March 23, 2019. He was born December 18, 1922, to William and Amanda (Stone) White- head. He served as Staff Ser- geant in the U.S. Army from 1944-1946 and was stationed in Italy during World War II. He was in the 339th In- fantry Regiment 85th Divi- sion Company D and fought in the Battle of Malone. He retired from Farm Bureau Co-Op and enjoyed farming, gardening, hunting and tro- tline fishing. He married Carol Cooper on March 18, 1950. They celebrated 69 years of mar- riage. They were blessed by three children, Karla (Ran- dy) Hamm, Sandy (Ran- dy) Bailey, and Lon White- head, all of Petersburg; three grandchildren, Sta- cy (Kevin) Huelsman, Kim- berly (Cody) Shoultz, and Skyla (Luke) Melhiser; five great-grandchildren, Craig, Mabry, A J, Paxton and Coo- per. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by three brothers, Earl, Ray and Oral "Rabbit" White- head; sisters, Ruth White- head, Eadith McCain, Edyth McCrary, Ethel Pierce, Pearl Whitehead, Ester Hayes and Doris Smith. Services will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 30, 2019, at Harris Funeral Home in Petersburg. Buri- al will follow at Walnut Hills Cemetery.