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Lois Adkins
VINCENNES, Ind. — Lois J. Adkins, 69, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at Good Samaritan hospital of cancer.
She was a member of Central Church of Christ.
Surviving are a daughter, Cecelia “Cookie” Showalter of Moab, Utah; two sons, Daniel Joseph Kroeger of Chandler, Ariz., and Larry Kroeger;a sister, Loretta M. Miller of Scott Depot, W.Va.; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Her husband, Clay Sr., and a son, Kevin Edward Fuller, preceded her in death.
Services will be at 10 a.m. EST Tuesday at the Gardner-Brockman Funeral Home, with burial in Memorial Park cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the church or the American Cancer Society.
Joyce Maier
HAUBSTADT, Ind, . — Joyce Ann (Thompson) Maier, 67, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at her home of cancer.
She retired as a Licensed Practical Nurse.
She was a member of St. James Catholic Church and the ladies auxiliaries of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1147 and American Legion Post 25 in Princeton.
Surviving are her husband of 24 years, Marvin “John”; three daughters, Lu Ann Clark of Silsbee, Texas, Susan Perry of Fort Branch and Jill Ann Holmes of Elberfeld; two sons, John Richard of Evansville and William David Newcome; a sister, Ruby Thompson of Patoka; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 9:45 a.m. Saturday at Wade Funeral Home, continuing at 10 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church, with burial in the church cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to to the church.
Bernadette Fromme
FERDINAND, Ind. — Bernadette E. Fromme, 62, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at Scenic Hills Care Center of respiratory failure.
She was a member of the Ferdinand Homemakers Club, American Legion Post 124 Ladies Auxiliary and was a eucharistic minister at St. Ferdinand Catholic Church.
Surviving are her husband, Hugo; two daughters, Elaine Robertson of Owensboro, Ky., and Linda Meadows of Columbus, Ohio; four sons, Rick of Dale, Randy of St. Anthony and Jeff and Pat, both of Ferdinand; a sister, Marie Hedinger of Ferdinand; and 16 grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Ferdinand Catholic Church, with burial in the church cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 pm. today at Becher Funeral Home, with a parish prayer service at 6 pm. followed by memorial services.
Jaclyn Donaldson
VINCENNES, Ind. — Jaclyn G. (Kohlhouse) Donaldson, 20, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at the Greene County Hospital of injuries suffered in an automobile accident near Linton.
She was the manager of Dixie Bee Cafe in Vincennes and a member of the Community United Methodist Church.
Surviving are her husband, Richard D.; her mother, Barbara Kohlhouse of Vincennes; and three brothers, Garry Jr. and Richard Kohlhouse, both of Vincennes, and Jerry Kohlhouse of Monroe City.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. EST Saturday at Goodwin Funeral Home, with burial in Memorial Park cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Ruth McCormick
DALE, Ind. — Ruth Alta McCormick, 88, formerly of Dale, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Ohio Pythian Sisters home in Medina, Ohio.
She had been a nurse’s aide and was Protestant.
Surviving are three daughters, Marlene S. Baker of Medina, Nancy A. Hunter of Bradenton, Fla., and Karen L. Nagle of Pensacola, Fla.; a son, Gordon L. of Las Vegas; a sister, Doris Hill of Fulton; 19 grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.
Griffith-Cline Funeral Home in Bradenton, Fla., is handling arrangements.
Lloyd Potter
WASHINGTON, Ind. — Lloyd Ellis Potter, 89, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at Washington Nursing Center.
He retired as a mechanic in the roadhouse at the B&O; Railroad shops and he was a member of the WACO Church of Christ.
Surviving are two sons, Richard of Swayzee, Ind., and Lionel of Washington; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Katherine Darlene Adams, and a son, Randall Potter.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. EST today in the New Veale Creek cemetery.
There will be no visitation at Gill Funeral Home.
Dorothy Wildman
WASHINGTON, Ind. — Dorothy G. Wildman, 90, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at Washington Nursing Center.
She retired as a cook at the Veale Elementary School and was a member of the Bethel United Methodist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Mary Taylor of Indianapolis; three sons, Doyle W. and Donald E., both of Washington, and John W. of Pearland, Texas; a sister, Hazel McClellan of Washington; 13 grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.
Her husband, Richard Harold “Red, ” died in 1988.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. EST Saturday at Gill Funeral Home, with burial in Bethel cemetery.
Friends may call from 10 a.m. to service time.
Othmar Heeke
JASPER, Ind. — Othmar A. Heeke, 82, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
He had been an assistant manager at the Knights of Columbus in Jasper.
He was a World War II veteran, serving in the European Theatre, and fought at the Battle of the Bulge.
He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 673, American Legion Post 147 and Knights of Columbus.
Surviving are two daughters, Jan Cloyd of Greenwood and Alana Jennings of McAlester, Okla.; a son, Verl of Houston; two brothers, Robert of Aurora and Ralph of Connersville; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandhildren.
His wife, Marie, and a son, Randy, preceded him in death.
Services will be at 10 a.m. EST Monday at Holy Family Catholic Church, with burial in Fairview cemetery, with military rites.
Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at Becher & Kluesner Downtown Chapel, with prayer service at 7 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the church or St. Vincent DePaul Food Bank.
Donald T. Stucki
Stucki helped lead GOP, made politics ‘more fun’
Donald T. Stucki, 78, once the local Republican Party’s most prolific fund-raiser and a person who had fun at politics, died Monday, Feb. 28, 2000, at Deaconess Hospital.
“Politics is more fun when you have a few characters. Every party has to have characters, unique personalities, and Don fit that bill, ” said Bettye Lou Jerrel, a county commissioner.
Stucki died from complications of Parkinson’s disease, diabetes and renal failure.
He had been an independent contractor since 1955. He was a member of Teamsters Local 215 and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 181.
But it was his friendship in the 1960s with a young Republican Evansville attorney named Russell Lloyd Sr. that brought Stucki to the forefront of the Republican party.
During Lloyd’s two terms, Stucki kept the party’s treasury supplied with revenue from GOP dinners and golf tournaments.
“Stucki was so successful that it was almost embarrassing, ” one Republican was quoted as saying during that period.
Stucki became the party’s treasurer under Don Cox, then the party’s chairman. Cox said Stucki raised more than $300, 000 for Lloyd and the other GOP city candidates when Lloyd ran for a second term.
While that total pales in comparison to the cost of mayoral elections today, at that time it was the city’s most expensive mayor’s race.
Lloyd rewarded Stucki in 1972 with an appointment to the Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
Stucki once said the only public job he had was as superintendent of the sewer department in the 1950s, but the only office he really wanted was sheriff.
Stucki was defeated in the 1966 sheriff’s race by Democrat Jerry Riney.
During the 1970s, Democrats noted that the Republicans put the East Side license branch into a building owned by Stucki. Stucki jokingly said that if he hadn’t bought that building the license branch “might have been moved to Warrick County.”
Stucki’s sale of land on Laubscher Road a Browning-Ferris Industries’ landfill also was an issue in the 1979 election when Democrats regained control of City Hall.
Stucki’s political involvement declined after Lloyd was murdered in 1980.
“Don had a big heart and would do almost anything for a person, ” Cox said. “I’ll miss him.”
Stucki was former president of the Young Republicans and delegate to state and national conventions.
He was a World War II Navy veteran and a member of the American Legion.
He was a member of Salem United Methodist Church. He was an Indiana Sagamore and a Kentucky Colonel.
Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Laura L.; two daughters, Carolyn Wolf and Gloria Thomas, both of Evansville; three sons, Emil Michael, J E.S., and Teddy, all of Evansville; two sisters, Gloria Altman and Bernice Rudolph; three brothers, Jack, Alvin and Jerry, all of Evansville; seven grandchildren, Michael, Donald, Laura, Teddy #2 and Lisa Stucki and Tom and Tonia Wolf; two great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Browning Funeral Home, the Rev. Wesley Matzigkeit officiating, with burial pending.
Friends may call from 3 p.m. to service time at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Little Sisters of the Poor.
