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C-8 Wednesday, March 7, 2018 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 OBITUARY DEADLINE 5 p.m. Every Monday Continued from page 4 SWEETS 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! We're Confident You'll Stay Cozy CELLULAR PHONES Gooch The 1501 Willow St, Vincennes Corner of 15th and Willow NEW HOURS Monday–Saturday 9 a.m.–7 p.m. Sunday 1-5 p.m. Unlimited gets the network it deserves. And so do you. The data you need. The network you want. At an unbelievably great price. The Gooch is a Verizon Authorized Retailer. 812-882-0202 REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Gregory Elenbaas and Victoria Elenbaas convey to James E. Kind- er, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Paul J. White and Wilma J. White convey to Cody D. White, real estate as recorded in Pike County. John W. Carter and Martha F. Car- ter convey to John W. Carter, Martha F. Carter and Sandra Phillips, TOD, real estate as recorded in Pike Coun- ty. Donna K. Phillips, Lana J. Luecke, Beth A. Bennett, Gayla D. Durden and Ross A. Mose convey to Don- na K. Phillips, John M. Phillips, La- na J. Luecke, Beth A. Bennett, Gay- la D. Durden and Ross A. Mose, re- al estate as recorded in Pike County. Caleb Hulfachor conveys to Keith D. Garretson, real estate as record- ed in Pike County. Janet L. Mulkey aka Janet Benja- min conveys to Jerry M. Mulkey, re- al estate as recorded in Pike County. Christopher A. Gowen and Ethan A. Gowen convey to Crissy K. Ker- ney, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Edward M. Reed conveys to David K. Beck and Charlotte M. Beck, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Alisha S. Wardlow conveys to Christina Hornby and Kevin Horn- by, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Harbour Portfolio VII LP conveys to Equity Trust Company, real estate as recorded in Pike County. ROBERT LEROY "SARGE" SCHMIDT Robert Leroy "Sarge" Schmidt, 90, of Winslow, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2018, at his home. He was born May 24, 1927, in Lynnville, to Le- roy John and Valada Elnora (Strunk) Schmidt. He had lived in Winslow since 1976, moving there from Oakland City. He was a retired coal miner after working for Old Ben Coal for 20 years. He joined the U.S. Army, serving during W WII, where he was sta- tioned in Japan. Survivors include his wife of 68 years, Colleen Schmidt; three children, Karen (David) Schmidt Holmes, of Winslow, Lan- ny John (Kathy) Schmidt, of Haubstadt, and Pau- la Yvonne (Barry) Mur- rell, of Winchester, Tenn.; six grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; and a broth- er, Ernest Schmidt. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. CST, Thurs- day, March 8, 2018, at the Corn-Colvin Funeral Home in Oakland City, with Pas- tor Alec Hensley officiat- ing. Burial will follow in the Montgomery Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 until 8 p.m. CST, Wednes- day at the funeral home. Military services will be at the cemetery by the Oak- land City American Legion Post 256. Memorial contributions may be made to the Honor Flight of Indiana. Envelopes will be available at the funer- al home. Condolences may be expressed online or you may light a candle in mem- ory of Robert at www.corn- colvinfuneralhome.com. HELEN DIXON Helen Dixon, age 70, of Otwell, passed away at 12:26 p.m. on Wednesday, Febru- ary 28, 2018, at her resi- dence. She was born on August 23, 1947, in Washington, to Chester and Alice (Auberry) Gregory. She graduated from Huntingburg High School in 1965. She had worked at the Pike County Jail as a cook and had retired from Amber Manor Care Center. She loved cooking, helping others, quilting and raising chickens. She is survived by three sons, Rodney Matthews, of Otwell, Jason (Andria) Matthews, of Florida, and Jonathan Cotto, of Otwell; daughter, Carmen (Coby) Potts, of Otwell; stepson, Billy Dixon, Jr., of Ohio; four sisters, Lola ( William) Rus- sell, of Montgomery, Becky Jenkins, of Dale, Stella (Dar- rell) Abbott, of Lawrencev- ille, Ill., and Patsy ( Jerry) Whitsitt, of Huntingburg; seven grandchildren, Ce- leste Richards, Felicia En- glert, Kristen Matthews, Ja- mie Matthews, Dillon Wis- caver, Amber Matthews and Brandon Matthews; and eight great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bil- ly Dixon, Sr.; brother, Jack Gregory; and sister, Lillian Halbert. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 3, 2018, at Ed Lee Mortuary. Burial was at Bethany Cem- etery. Visitation was from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at the funeral home. 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 that we don't know about yet. Here is the fact about the Opossum that I didn't know about, and I hope ours is still around. They eat 5,000 ticks in a season, plus insects, snails, small rodents and dead stuff. They are called nature's Pest Control and cleanup crew. If you see an Opossum in your area, they may be a great help, like the bats, to help keep ticks con- trolled this year. I have a feeling it is going to be bad, because the mosqui- toes are already out. I hope I'm wrong. We have lots of meetings going on this week, and I hope we make it to all of them. Did you know that you could help us all in ways by telling your neighbors that this meeting or event is going on, and they can spread the word also. Soon everyone will know. Just my thought to get every- one involved in the happenings in and around Winslow. This is a great town to live in, so be proud to show it off. Well, the lights are about to dim on this week's ramblings, but please keep an eye on family and friends, slow down and see the wonders in your area. Most of all, always smile, wave and say Hi to everyone you see this week. Set clocks ahead one hour before Sunday, March 11. Brighter Side by Janice Barniak Zen and the art of parenting It's a chore to get my 5 year old and 6 year old out of their Angry Bird pa- jamas, through their bowls of Golden Grahams and into the car for school every morning. I always think of myself as badly cut out for the position of Nagger-In- Chief, which falls to most of the moms I know, who, as single women had na- ive sweetness and light, but as moth- ers have cultivated that certain tone that means business. Sometimes I think we'd all, for just one day, like to not tell anyone to do anything at all. When I'm in that kind of mood, I often think of one of my best friends in Ohio, Christy Shell, who works as a career and life coach, and went through about eight months of diffi- culty at the beginning of our friend- ship, when her daughter, who had mild Aspergers, hit high school and had a very rough time waking. If she didn't wake her daughter, the girl would be late every single day— but Christy, like many moms, hated having to play the bad guy, using the same tired lines day in and day out. Christy would say, "I can't believe I give people this advice at 9 a.m., when less than two hours before I was yell- ing, threatening, bargaining—doing anything possible to get my daugh- ter out of bed. Why can't I do better? Why can't she? " I think about that a lot; how do I be the person I want to be—calm, peaceful—while still managing all those household things that have to happen? These days, I often remember what Christy told me and our group of friends over coffee and pastries one weekend when she finally found a technique in one of her life coaching books that worked to fix the problem. "I found a technique for waking her up that works, like, maybe 75 per- cent of the time," she said. "Which, frankly, is a reve- lation." The life coach kung fu she'd read told her to stop focusing on the outcome she wanted or controlling the other person's actions and instead focus on how she wanted to feel in the situation. Like an Olympic athlete mentally preparing for a match, she'd sat down one night and tried to picture the best case morn- ing scenario between her and her daughter. She pictured something loving and warm, even goofy, since that was one of the best parts of par- enting her girl. She thought about how that fanta- sy morning made her feel, and then in the mornings over the next week, then continuing over four years, she focused on feeling that way regard- less of what was happening, harness- ing her steely mom resolve. She got up early and snuggled in with her daughter with the radio on, singing along until the annoyed teen's eyes practically rolled out of her head. She focused on actions that felt con- nected and loving, so that she would feel that instead of annoyance. Even when they were late or it turned into an argument, being the person she wanted to be really helped her cope. Her daughter also turned out fine; those arguments are in the rearview mirror and she's in college these days, presumably waking herself or sched- uling later-starting classes. Since then, I became the chauffeur for my children, and I've taken the ad- vice to heart. I've let a lot of arguments just go completely. I often dress the kids in their school clothes the night before, so that I don't have to hear ar- guments about getting dressed. I keep disposable to- go cups and spoons so that on mornings we're behind, cereal can go in the cup with milk and can be eaten on the road while I'm driving. Still, one morning last week, Charlie pretended he had an award, and he was holding it up, celebrating, like he had an invisible world cup. His brother, Leo, decided to smash the invisible award, which left his brother in angry tears, and I felt my- self get angry, too—angry at the mali- cious pretending, angry at a child cry- ing over an award that doesn't exist, angry we weren't getting out the door. It's almost always the trivial annoy- ances that are the hardest to accept, the ones that seem to undermine us day in and day out, while we worry at them like a scab, until we snap, and say something that hurts everyone. I remember Christy calling 75 per- cent control of her feelings a revela- tion. I remind myself I want to feel peace- ful, and I want everyone to be in the car, so I just walk out the door, get in the car and wait. Eventually, everyone follows me— Charlie with his "even huger, un- breakable" new, imaginary award, Leo with his "even more huge than that" award and I, on the road men- tally awarding myself the 75 percent award, for not losing it. This time. DONA F. DEARING Dona F. Dearing, 79, of Boonville, passed away on Wednesday, February 28, 2018, at Signature Health- care in Newburgh. She was born in Oakland City on May 10, 1938, to the late Paul Burch and Ruth (Eldridge) Briggs. She worked as a school teacher for 38 years at Chan- dler Elementary School. She was a member of the Indiana State Teachers Association, National Education Associa- tion, Warrick County Teach- ers Organization and was listed in Who's Who in Edu- cation. She was dedicated to helping her students achieve in every aspect of their edu- cation and touched the lives of many students over the years. She was a member of North Friendship Gener- al Baptist Church for many years and was a member of the Eastern Star. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Larry Dearing, of Boonville; and daughter, Traci (Ian) Hold- er, of Riverview, Fla. She is preceded in death by her parents; her stepfa- ther, George Briggs; and son, John Dearing. Services were at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 3, 2018, at Koehler Funeral Home, Peri- go Chapel in Chandler, with Reverend Fritz Kaufman of- ficiating. Burial was at Sun- set Cemetery in Winslow. Visitation was Friday from 4-8 p.m. and from 9 a.m. un- til service time on Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to The Amer- ican Heart Association. Friends may send a condo- lence to the family at www. KoehlerFuneralHome.com. JAMES RICHARD REED James "Jamie" Richard Reed, 56, of Columbus, Kan- sas, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2018. He was born May 8, 1961, to Lawrence Ray Reed and Wanda Jane Hatton Reed Carota, in Vincennes. He obtained his GED af- ter school, and went on to vo-tech to be a machinist, later taking the Firefighter 1 Class at KU. On November 23, 1979, he married Joleen Cooper at the Columbus Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Joleen; his mother, Wanda (Michael) Carota, of Hunt- ingburg; three sons, Joseph Reed, of Tucson, Ariz., Josh- ua (Raquel) Reed, of War- saw, and Jacob (Traci) Reed, of Vincennes; two sisters, Connie Ball, of DuBois, and Lisa Elshoff, of Hunting- burg; several grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great-niec- es and great-nephews. Cremation arrangements are being handled by Derfelt Funeral Home in Columbus. Online condolences may be left for the family at derfelt- funeralhomes.com. Want to share your news with others? 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