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D-6 Wednesday, November 29, 2017 The Press-Dispatch 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 SWEETS Continued from page 2 WAKE-UP Continued from page 6 Katiedid Versus by Katiedid Langrock Shop-free holidays CHESTER PAUL POEHLEIN Chester Paul Poehlein, 89, of Oakland City, entered rest on Wednesday, Novem- ber 22, 2017, at Good Samar- itan Home in Oakland City. He was born on Feb. 20, 1928, in Winslow, to George and Elizabeth (Hardin) Poe- hlein. He graduated from Winslow High School in 1946 and served in the Unit- ed States Army. He was a member of the U.M.W.A. and retired from Peabody Coal Company. He is survived by his daughter, Sally J. ( Jack) Hoeman, of Kirkwood, Mo.; grandchildren, Lt. Col. Ry- an Workman, of Seoul, South Korea, and Leah Myers, of Kirkwood, Mo.; great-grandchildren, Kara Workman, Isaiah and Ev- elyn Myers; sisters-in-law, Margaret Poehlein, of Phoe- nix, Ariz., and Virginia Poe- hlein, of Camden, Tenn. He was preceded in death by his parents; siblings, Mary Regina Martin, Ger- ald George, Denzil, Eugene and Elden Wayne Poehlein; and his wife, Aline Poehlein, on Sept. 23, 2017. Graveside services were at 10 a.m. CDT, Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Oak Hill Cemetery in Winslow, with Rev. Alec Hensley of- ficiating. Visitation was from 3- 7 p.m. Friday at Lamb-Basham Memorial Chapel. Family and friends may send messages of comfort to www.lambbasham.com. Me- morial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. MARGARET JEAN BAHR Margaret Jean (Helfenbe- in) Bahr, 93, of Petersburg, died Tuesday, November 21, 2017, at Amber Manor Care Center. She was born October 12, 1924, in Petersburg, to Herman and Ruth (Logan) Helfenbein. She married Wilfred (Bill) Bahr, to whom she was married for 70 years. She was a 1943 graduate of Hillsboro High School in Nashville, Tenn., and a 1947 graduate of Purdue Univer- sity, where she studied mer- chandising in the Home Eco- nomics College. She has been a member of the Chi Omega Fraternity for over 70 years. She was a member of the Petersburg Browning Club, Women's Club, Psi Iota Xi, United Methodist Women and Garden Club, where she also served as president. She enjoyed playing in var- ious bridge clubs and was past treasurer of the Logan Cemetery. She and Bill host- ed eight foreign exchange students through the AISE program. She is survived by four sons, Byron (Linda), of Denver, N.C., John (Sue), of Richardson, Texas, Rich- ard (Karen), of St. Charles, Mo., and Phillip (Teresa), of Menlo Park, Calif.; a sis- ter, Virginia Sampson, niece and nephew, of Indianapolis; nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. on Friday, Decem- ber 1, 2017, at Harris Funer- al Home. Burial will follow at Walnut Hill Cemetery in Petersburg. Visitation will be from noon until service time on Friday at the funer- al home. In lieu of flowers, dona- tions may be made to the Petersburg Garden Club or First United Methodist Church of Petersburg. 52 years, and served as fire chief since 1989. He had al- so served on the Hazleton Town Board. He is survived by his wife, Kyle Ellis, of Hazle- ton; two children, Bryan El- lis, of Princeton and Andrea (Richard) DeVoy, of Hazle- ton; five grandchildren; and two brothers, Mark (Lynn) Ellis, of Hazleton, and Mar- vin (Heidi) Ellis, of Dugger. He was preceded in death by his parents; and his step- mother, Ruth Ellis. Funeral services were at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, No- vember 28, 2017, at Colvin Funeral Home in Prince- ton, officiated by Pastor Jeff Pinney. Burial followed at Hazleton Community Cem- etery. Visitation was from 4- 8 p.m. on Monday at Colvin Funeral Home. The Indiana Volunteer Fire Fighters As- sociation hosted a plaque presentation at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Memorial contributions may be made to the White River Township Fire De- partment-Hazleton Unit. You may leave a message of sympathy or light a memo- rial candle at www.colvinfu- neralhome.com. NORMAN DEVERE COOK Norman DeVere Cook, 79, of Indianapolis, former- ly of English, Petersburg and Jasper, passed away at 4:25 p.m. on Saturday, No- vember 18, 2017, at Commu- nity North Hospital in Indi- anapolis. He was born October 9, 1938, in Indianapolis, to Clif- ton and Virginia (Richey) Cook. He grew up in English, where he graduated from high school and met his wife of 48 years, Trilla "Marlene" (Linton) Cook. He served in the United States Army and worked as a printer at his print shop, Cook's Printing, located in Petersburg and Princeton. He is survived by two sons, Timothy (Tracy) Cook, of Fishers, and Scott ( Julie) Cook, of Cookeville, Tenn.; one daughter, Kel- ly Cochren, of Bloomfield; the children's mother, Trilla "Marlene" Cook, of Cookev- ille, Tenn.; two brothers, Melvin Cook, of Indianapo- lis, and Jack Cook, of Birds- eye; and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Bill Bauerly; and two sis- ters, Wanda Lane and Cleo "Cookie" Simpson. Memorial services will be at 12:30 p.m., EST. on Sat- urday, December 2, 2017, at the Nass & Son Funeral SHARON K AY MEHRINGER Sharon Kay Mehringer, 69, of Otwell, passed away at 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday, No- vember 21, 2017, at North- wood Retirement Commu- nity in Jasper. She was born on February 8, 1948, to Ralph and Flor- ence (Fowler) Raney. She married Lenny Mehringer on December 22, 1979. She was a graduate of Otwell High School and worked as a purchasing agent/project coordinator at Kimball Electronics for over 30 years. She was a mem- ber of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. She enjoyed hors- es, dogs and spending time with children. Surviving are her hus- band, Lenny Mehringer, of Jasper; one daughter, Me- gan (B.J.) Elmore, of Hill- ham; and one sister, Donna (Roger) Eggelston, of Wil- loughby, Ohio. Preceding her in death were her parents. A Mass of Christian Buri- al was at 9:30 a.m. on Satur- day, November 25, 2017, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Jasper, with entombment following in the Fairview Cemetery Mausoleum. Visitation was from 2- 8 p.m. on Friday, Novem- ber 24, 2017, at the Bech- er-Kluesner Downtown Chapel in Jasper. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph's Catholic Church, North- wood Retirement Commu- nity or to a favorite charity. e family of Paul Poehlein would like to thank everyone for the love and support shown to us during the loss of our loved one. We appreciate the cards and flowers. We would like to also thank Alec Hensley, pastor of the First Baptist Church, for the service he conducted and to the wonderful ladies who provided such a wonderful meal for our family and friends. Sally & Jack Hoeman, Leah and Rashad Myers and family, Lt. Col. Ryan and JiHwa Workman and family. Thank You PEACE of MIND Let our 125 years of experience aid you in your selection of a meaningful memorial. SCHUM MONUMENTS, INC. Dale, Indiana www.SchumMonuments.com 937-4921 Local Representative RONALD WOODS 789-2009 Home in Huntingburg, with burial of his cremains to fol- low at the Birdseye Ceme- tery in Birdseye. Reverend Michael Cochren will offici- ate at the service and mili- tary graveside rites will be conducted by the V.F.W. Post #2366 Memorial Detail. Visitation will be from 10 :30 a.m. until service time on Saturday at the funeral home. Condolences may be shared online at: www.nas- sandson.com. MICHAEL G. ELLIS Michael G. Ellis, 67, of Ha- zleton, passed away Tues- day, November 21, 2017, at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. He was born on August 11, 1950, in Princeton, to Gene and Geneva (Tolbert) Ellis. He graduated from Princ- eton High School in 1968 and from Vincennes Uni- versity with an associate de- gree. He has been the Super- intendent of Maintenance at Old Ben 2 in Petersburg. He was a member of the Hazle- ton Volunteer Fire Dept. for I did not shop on Thanksgiving. I did not shop on Black Friday. In fact, I've taken all of November off. And I'm thinking of making Decem- ber a shopping-free month, too. When it comes to gift giving, I've become a regular Ebenezer Scrooge. Despite my love of literary antiheroes, I diverge from my Dickensian soul mate when it comes to children. There is a magic to the winter season that all children have the right to lap up and blanket themselves in, often culminat- ing with a nod to a supernatural spirit and a gift in their tiny hands. I would not dare detour from that gold mine of childhood glee and memory-making, no matter how cranky my constitution. But buying for adults, ugh! Gift buying for adults should be banned. A crime pun- ishable by a year of hard labor in Santa's elf factory, no matter your religion. Or age. Or height. Or pointiness of shoe. The act of adult gift giving puts unneces- sary burden and stress on an already cha- otic season. The money! The crowds! The time-suck! The traffic-induced bouts of homicidal rage that leaves you feeling jus- tified in cutting off Rudolph and flipping him the bird! Below are my rules for adult gift buy- ing, immediately implementable for a hap- pier, merrier holiday season, guaranteed. Go ahead and try it. 1. A $5 limit for presents. Over the years (centuries?), we've developed a ridic- ulous depth-of-love-to-cost-of-gift ratio. If that ratio held any merit, we would all be in- censed at receiving anything less than our own tropical island from our mothers. See- ing as my mommy has yet to buy me a palm tree, let alone an island, I'm left to assume this algorithm is out of rhythm. Why are we engaging in the stress of buying expensive presents with money that we may or may not have? It's absurd. An absurdity that reaches its nadir in the exchange of gift cards, both parties sub- jecting themselves to the horrors of mall crowds, simply to be in the same place they were when they started shopping. Only an- grier. And curious as to how long it will take to spend their new $50 gift certificate to Burger King. 2. Location, location, loca- tion. No more running to differ- ent stores across town, getting dinged by motorists in the park- ing lot and getting unintentional- ly groped by fellow shoppers, on- ly to find out the last whatchama- callit was nabbed by that jerk who just dinged your car. Enough. You may on- ly buy a present from a place where you already are shopping. For example, if you are grocery shopping, pick up a bouquet of flowers. A pretty color of hair dye for your friend who is starting to go gray. Gold- fish crackers. A fish-shaped container to hold the Goldfish. If you're getting your oil changed, why not pick up an air freshener for Mom's car or a silly bumper sticker for your sister? 3. That's an unwrap! Enough already with the measuring and the taping and the cutting and the folding. Nothing says "No, really, I was thinking about you this holiday season" better than handing over a present wrapped in birthday paper be- cause you ran out of your snowman print. If you want your gift to remain a surprise until it is time to commence the exchange, stuff it under your shirt, or hold it behind your back. Better yet, leave it in your car until it's time for the present exchange. Use your saved wrapping paper to keep the Yule log burning. 4. No shipping. Birds may migrate south for the winter. Presents do not. It's time to implement a zero-tolerance poli- cy when it comes to couriers. It's just one more line to endure and one more expense to incur. If you want a present but live far away, move closer. If a U-Haul is not in your future, please accept my call or card or email or Facebook status update as proof that I care. Like Katiedid Langrock on Facebook, at http://www.facebook.com/katiedidhumor. Laura had to work all week and Daniel picked up Kyana on Wednesday evening for the Thanksgiving break. Laura had some turkey and pie when she got home really late. I heard that Mom had a very enjoyable day with a visit from Ethan. She went to Wal-Mart and played a game of Sorry, and then got to bed after 11 p.m. I am very thankful for all our stars who read my ramblings of the part of Winslow called Brownstown and we both hope your blessings were plentiful at your house. Saturda,y December 2 is the Christmas parades and I hope to see you all there sup- porting that youngster in all of you to see a parade that had Santa waving at them. The Mouse House is a great place for your child to shop for that present he or she picked out for you to open on Christmas Day. Many yards have had mowers going and ours was one that had so many leaves from every tree in the neighborhood that it was about time to mulch them up. It looks like a green yard now instead of a brown leafy yard; the leaves were thick where the wind had blown them in areas of the yards. The hunters are out and in our area we saw a fine doe hanging and now he will try to shoot a buck. Clifton said the water was cold, and the walk and the dragging of his doe was well worth it. Because of not too much business, the Winslow Eskimo Grocery and Deli is closed again, and that is a shame that we can't keep a grocery store in Winslow. I guess I'm part of the closure cause I hav- en't been doing all my grocery shopping in town. I am truly sorry, but I may not be the only shopper either. The Christmas lights on Main Street in Winslow are up on the poles and shinning bright. The lights are about to dim on this weeks ramblings, but keep an eye on family and friends, slow down and see what beauty is in your area, look out for the deer trying to get away from the hunters, and always smile, wave, and say Hi to everyone you see this week. 303 Breckinridge Rd, Monroe City 812-743-2382 Fax: 812-743-2169 | Email: perryshvac@gmail.com HEATING & AIR-CONDITIONING Craig Perry Vance Perry Chase Perry Perry ' s LLC Serving the area since 1950. Perry ' s Complete Line of: Air Conditioning, Gas Furnaces, Heat Pumps, Whole-Home Air Cleaners, Humidifiers, Water Heaters and Water Conditioners Whether you need a tune-up or an emergency repair call, we'll take the worry out of winter. When you see our truck, you know that peace of mind just pulled in the driveway. Call us today! 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