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OBITUARIES Hutchins, Shane McDowell, and Austin McDowell. Private graveside services will be conducted by Peters- burg VFW Post #3587. Har- ris Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements. Carolyn Ruth Hamm Carolyn Ruth Hamm, 66, of Petersburg, entered rest on Sunday, March 18, 2012 at her home. She was born on October 10, 1945 in Gibson County, IN to Ernie and Ruth Bea- trice (Montgomery) Hunt. A member of Petersburg Holiness Church, she was an Aide with Riverfront Home Health Care. Surviving are her hus- band, Delmas Hamm; daughters, Denise Benham of Greenwood, Lisa Lough and Pam Braun, both of Pe- tersburg, and Anita Brames of Oakland City; grandchil- dren, Logan Benham, Jere- my, Josh and Payton Lough, Tiffany Schraper, Heather Braunecker, Gage Braun, Kyle and Amber Brames, Jai- mie Hulfachor; great-grand- children, Izabella, Chaz, Au- tumn and Austin Lough, and Ryder Hulfachor; a broth- er, Paul Hunt of Vincennes; three half brothers, Wil- liam Coffman of Indianap- olis, Rodney Hunt of Oak- land City, and Josh Coffman of Washington; and four half sisters, Marianna Richard- son of Oakland City, Diane Martin of Winslow, Linda Barfield of Evansville, and Christina Coffman of Spen- cer. Funeral services will be Thursday March 22, 2012 at 10 a.m. (EDT) at Petersburg Holiness Church with Rev. Craig Line and Rev. Paul Mullen officiating. Burial will be in Montgomery Cem- etery at Oakland City. Visitation will be from 4- 8 p.m. (EDT) Wednesday at Lamb-Basham Memorial Chapel in Oakland City and from 9 a.m. until services on Thursday at the church. Family and friends may sign online guest register at www.lambbasham.com ALBERT L. STARR Albert L. Starr, 94, of Pe- tersburg, died at 3 a.m. Tues- day, March 13, 2012 at Am- ber Manor Care Center in Pe- tersburg. He was born in Farming- ton, IA, Oct. 24, 1917, to Lark and Bessie Starr, both de- ceased. He was retired from the U.S. Navy. Surviving are a daughter, Patricia McDowell of Peters- burg; three grandchildren, Brenda Bacon, Rodney Mc- Dowell, and Robert McDow- ell; four great-grandchildren, Thomas Bacon IV, Kai Lani Bacon, Destanee Bacon, and Anthony McDowell; and sev- en great-great-grandchil- dren, William Thomas Bacon V, Zabien Robert Hayes Nor- ris, Isaiah Matthew Bacon, Heavenly Kahliean Grace Taylor, Ashton Michael PEACE of MIND Gilbert A. Garner Gilbert "Gib" A. Garner, 85, of Vincennes, went home to be with his Lord, Satur- day, March 17, 2012 at Good Samaritan Hospital. Gib was born September 15, 1926 to Elmer A. and Stella M. (Gir- dler) Garner in Somerset, KY. He married his first wife, Marjory E. (Phipps) Gar- ner and she preceded him in death in 2000; then mar- ried his second wife, Kath- leen (Phipps) Garner and she survives. Gib was a heavy equip- ment operator for 45 years. He was also a stripping su- pervisor for the Old Ben Coal Mine, and worked for sever- al area mines. Gib attend- ed Franklin Heights Chris- tian Church, was a member of the Masonic Lodge, a life- time member of the VFW, Operating Engineers, Hadi Shrines and Scottish Rite. He enjoyed reading his Bible, being with his grand- children and being grandpa to nieces and nephews. He also loved watching IU bas- ketball and Cardinal baseball games, camping, and driving for car dealers. Gib is survived by his sec- ond wife, Kathleen; his two sons, Terry L. Garner and his wife Sandra of Bruceville and Jerry L. Garner and his wife Luanne of Evansville; step- children, Kathy Lemp and her husband Brad and Steven Bates and his wife Christy; his grandsons Drew T. Gar- ner of Naples, FL, Aaron L. Garner of Evansville, Kev- in Richards of Vincennes, Garrett Hooper of Bicknell; his brother, Kenneth Gar- ner of Martinsville; his sis- ters, Roberta Utt of Brucev- ille and Zella Mae McClure and her husband Wayne of Vincennes; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Marjory; two grandsons, Bryce Garner and Collin Gar- ner; and two brothers, Rus- sell Garner and Donald Gar- ner. Visitation will be Wednes- day, March 21, 2012 from 3 to 8 p.m. at Fredrick and Son McClure-Utt Funeral Home Bruceville Chapel. Funeral services will be Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 10 a.m. at the funeral home with burial at the Bruceville Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memo- Rachel E. Harris Rachel E. Harris, 39, of Jasper passed away at 10 p.m. Friday, March 16, 2012 at her home. She was born June 23, 1972 in Jasper to Herbert and Carol (Blessinger) Mert- er. She married Donald Har- ris on September 21, 2002 in Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Petersburg. Rachel was a member of the Pike Central High School Class of 1990. She is a mem- ber of Sts. Peter & Paul Cath- olic Church in Petersburg. She enjoyed cooking and watching The Food Network. Surviving are her hus- band, Donald Harris; moth- er, Carol Jean Merter of Jas- per; two sisters, Mrs. Ken- neth (Mary Ella) Osgath- arp of Petersburg and Mrs. Wayne (Margo) Porter of Jas- per; two brothers, Matthew Merter of Jasper and Bill Merter of Otwell; also sev- eral nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. Memorial services for Ra- chel Harris will be conduct- ed at 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 23, 2012 in Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Peters- burg. Friends may call from 4 p.m. until the 5:30 p.m. ser- vice time at the church. Condolences may be made at www.becherkluesner.com ELMO F. SOLLMAN Elmo F. Sollman, 91, of Huntingburg, died at 8:50 a.m., Monday, March 12, 2012 at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born May 1, 1920 in Stendal, IN to Oscar and Maggie (Rademacher) Soll- man. He married Wilma Kathryn Burns on January 1, 1947 at St. Peter's Luther- an Church in Stendal. Soll- man worked 36 years as a coal miner for the Enos Coal Mine and the Old Ben Coal Mine. After his retirement from coal mining, he worked as manager of the Briarwood Apartments in Huntingburg. He was a member of the Dubois County Masonic Lodge #520 F.&A.M. where he was Grand Master from 1968-1969; and was a found- ing member of the Hunting- burg VFW Post #2366 where he served on the Memorial Detail as Sergeant of Arms for many years. Sollman served as a Unit- ed States Army Staff Ser- geant, in the Pacific Theatre Wednesday, March 21, 2012 A-3 rial contributions may be made to the Good Samaritan Hospice or Franklin Heights Christian Church. Friends may leave online condolenc- es at www.fredrickandson. com. during World War II. Surviving are one son, Al- an "Al" (Deborah) Sollman of Huntingburg; two daugh- ters, Carol Ann (Rex) Brede- meier and Kathy (Larry) Vonderheide, both of Hunt- ingburg; one brother, Ches- ter Sollman of Evansville; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great- grandchild. He was preceded in death by: his wife, Wilma Kathryn Sollman, who preceded him in death July 1, 1999; one sister, Doris Broeker; and three brothers, Leander Soll- man, Kenneth Sollman and a brother who died in infancy. Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Friday, March 16, 2012 at the Nass & Son Fu- neral Home in Huntingburg with Rev. Tom Wade officiat- ing. Burial followed at Fair- mount Cemetery, Hunting- burg. VFW Post #2366 Me- morial Detail conducted mil- itary graveside rites. Visitation was at the funer- al home from 2-8 p.m. Thurs- day. Dubois County Mason- ic Lodge #520 F.&A.M. con- ducted a memorial service at 7:30 p.m. Thursday eve- ning, at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to: The VFW Post #2366 Memorial Detail. RALPH MORTON Ralph Theodore Mor- ton, Jr., 85, of Henderson, KY, died at 5 a.m. Monday, March 12, 2012 at his resi- dence. He was born in Philadel- phia, PA, January 23, 1927 to the late Ralph T. and Alice Morton. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and a member of the VFW. Surviving are a son, Keith Morton of Petersburg; a brother, Thomas Morton, a sister, Molly McDonald; and four grandchildren. There were no services. Tomblinson Funeral Home Henderson Chapel was in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.tomblinsonfu- neralhome.com CLEVE POTTS Cleve Frederick Potts, 67, of Odon, died at 7:30 a.m. Fri- day, March 19, 2012 at Da- viess Community Hospital in Washington. He was born in Daviess County, Jan. 10, 1945 to Fre- idman and Leona (Eck) Potts and she preceded him in death. He was a dairy farm- er and drove a school bus for 21 years. He was a member of Pleas- ant Hill Community Church, Indiana Farm Bureau and was a past member of 4-H and FFA. He graduated from Odon High School in 1961. Surviving are four chil- dren, Rodney (Linda) Potts and Melinda (Nathan) Per- kins, both of Odon, Shan- non (Amanda) Potts of Win- slow, and Lisa (Lynn) Re- inhart of Butler; six grand- children; four sisters, Helen Smith, Mary Riggins, and Mrs. Steve (Sharon) Green, all of Odon, and Mrs. Wilbur (Margaret) Waggoner of Shoals; two brothers, Rich- ard (Carol) Potts of Colum- bus and Gary (Kathy) Potts of Washington. Ashton J. Maxfi eld 10-04-2008 — 03-26-2010 He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Lonnie Potts. Funeral services were at 1 p.m. Monday, March 19, 2012 at Odon United Meth- odist Church. Visitation was from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. until service time Monday. Poindexter-Hall and McClure Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. KENNETH E. NELSON Kenneth E. Nelson, 87, for- merly of Oakland City, died Monday, March 19, 2012 at his residence in Columbus. He was born on October 3, 1924 in Winslow, to Rob- ert and Stella (Blacketer) Nelson. Also was preceded in death by his parent's one son Kenneth Sylvester Nel- son and wife Mary Lois Nel- son in April 9, 2008. Ken- neth was dearly loved by his children, grandchildren and family. Nelson was a WWII Na- vy veteran and a member of the First Christian Church in Columbus. He was retired from Bartholomew Coun- ty School Corporation after several years of teaching and also taught at Atterbury Job Corps. Surviving are two daugh- ters, Patricia (Joe) Powell of Columbus and Jennifer Nelson of Lake Worth, FL; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren; a broth- er, Sam Nelson of Littleton, CO; and a sister, Kathleen Freas of Lebanon, OH. Graveside services will be conducted Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 2 p.m. at Mont- gomery Cemetery in Oak- land City with Rev. Ed Ellis officiating. Lamb-Basham Memorial Chapel in Oakland City will be in charge of ar- rangements. Family and friends may sign online guest register at www.lambbasham.com WINIFRED RUSSELL Winifred (Fair-Vize) Rus- sell, 89, died March 14, 2012 in Indianapolis. She was born in Pike County to the late Harley and Elizabeth Iva Fair. She retired from St. Francis Hos- pital as a nurse's aide after 28 years. Surviving are her hus- band, Byron (Barney) Rus- sell; two sons, James (Rick) Vize and David Vize; five grandchildren; seven great- grandchildren, and sister, Connie Wilhite. She was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Lou Wheat- ley; brother-in-law, Berney Wilhite; and daughters-in- law, Stephanie and Melanie Vize. Funeral services were con- ducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 17, 2012 at Little & Sons Funeral Home in Beech Grove. Burial was in St. Jo- seph Cemetery. Visitation was from 11 a.m. until ser- vice time. Online condolenc- es may be sent to www.little- andsonsbeechgrove.com GUIDE TO THE Press-Dispatch Subscriptions: Subscription rates: One year: $25 for Pike and surrounding counties and all 475 addresses; elsewhere in Indiana $27; out of state $43 Paid in advance. Change of address — sub- scribers changing addresses will please give their old ad- dress as well as new one along with phone number. We cannot guarantee prompt change un- less this is done. POSTMASTER: Send ad- dress changes to The Press- Dispatch, P.O. 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