6 LOCAL STATE THE HERALD WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2010 DEATHS Traci M. Alexander, 34, Leopold Traci M. Alexander, 34, Leopold, died of natural causes Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, in Perry County Memorial Hospital in Tell City. She was born in Hunting.
burg April 23, 1976, to Warren and Terry (Merkley) Alexander. Surviving are a daughter, Bailey Bloyd, Leopold; her parents, Warren and Terry Alexander, Rome; her grandparents, Susan Merkley, Ferdinand, and Clyde and Bernice Alexander, Leopold; and her companion, Brad Edwards. Ms. Alexander graduated from Perry Central High School in 1994. She worked at American Colloid Co.
and was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Leopold. Her hobbies were scrapbooking, farming, being outdoors and spending time with animals. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. CDT Thursday in St.
Augustine Catholic Church. Father Aaron Pfaff will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 2. to 8 p.m.
CDT today and 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. CDT Thursday at Huber Funeral Home in Tell City. Memorial contributions may be made to the Perry County FOR THE RECORD Arrests OTWELL -Indiana State Police arrested James Earl Kell Thomas, 28. 2221 N. State Road 257, at 2:15 p.m.
Tuesday and lodged him in the Pike County Jail on a Class A felony count of child molesting. Police allege Thomas, who is a registered sex offender, molested a 12- Thomas Thomas year old girl who was spending the night in his Otwell home in July. A criminal investigation was launched last month after authorities received information about the incident. Thomas was taken into custody at his residence without incident, police said. JASPER The Jasper Police Department arrested an Orange County woman Tuesday night for allegedly shoplifting at Walmart Supercenter, 4040 Newton St.
Store personnel detained Lacy R. Dalton, 22, Orleans, until police could make the 9:31 p.m. arrest. Dalton allegedly tried to steal bras, tank tops and a purse, with a total value of $116.10. Authorities booked Dalton into the Dubois County Security Center at 11:30 p.m.
on a Class felony count of theft. Fire run DUFF Units of the Ireland Volunteer Fire Department responded at 8:35 a.m. today to what was originally described as a tractor: fire. Fire Chief Stan Seifert said the incident had actually involved a skid-steer loader being used to remove turkey manure at the Kenneth McCain farm. McCain lives at 651 S.
600W, but the scene of the fire was his nearby turkey houses on County Road Traci Alexander Animal Shelter. at www.huberfuneralhome.net. Judy Hager, 64, Loogootee Judy Hager, 64, Loogootee, died at 3:12 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, in Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper.
She was born in Lexington, July 22, 1946, to Russell and Frances (Hotz) Hager. Surviving are her father and stepmother, Russell and Rosalie 100S, near County Road 600W. The New Holland L465 had been in use for about an hour by the time it was left inside one of the turnkey houses, according to McCain. When the machine's operator returned and found the loader smoking, he started it, backed it out of the building and used a garden hose to extinguish a fire in its engine compartment, according to the chief. The fire was out by the time firefighters arrived at the scene.
Seifert said it was known if the fire was electrical in nature or if sawdust and grease on the engine overheated and ignited. He estimated damage to hoses, wiring and other items on the top of the skid loader's engine at $1,700. Two firetrucks started toward the farm, Seifert said, but one returned to the station after it was reported that the fire was out. Seifert and two other firefighters spent 30 minutes on the scene. Update Evansville A Huntingburg man seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning in MISPRINTS Correction Because of a typing error, the date of the National Small Farms Conference at which Lou Anne Kling was a panelist was incorrect in S.E.
Durcholz's "Sounds of Country" column in Monday's Herald. The conference was held in September 2009. ANTE Your Window Fashions Store Since 1954 Corbins 812-482-4040 800-489-4131 or DRAPERY, INC. 704 Main Jasper Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Brocksmith Funeral Home, Loogootee. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Condolences may be shared at www.brocksmithfuneralhomes.com. Judy Hager Hager, Loogootee; a sister, Mrs.
Ron (Linda) Bledsoe, Loogootee; two brothers, Jim and Rob Hager, Loogootee; and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a sister, Donna Sanders. Ms. Hager was a bank teller with German American Bank in Loogootee for 45 years. She was a member of St.
John Catholic Church in Loogootee and a graduate of St. John Catholic High School. Her hobbies were music and NASCAR racing. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday in St.
John Catholic eastern Pike County continues to recover in an Evansville hospital. Jose Hernandez, 26, 318 N. Chestnut was listed in fair condition today at Deaconess Hospital, according to a hospital spokeswoman. Hernandez was southbound on State Road 257, near Pike LOTTERY Hoosier Lottery Daily Three Midday: 7-7-7 Daily Three Evening: 4-5-5 Daily Four Midday: 6-1-7-2 Daily Four Evening: 0-5-8-7 Lucky 5-Midday: 2-10-23-26-30 Lucky 5-Evening: 10-16-19-20-31 Mix Match: 18-22-32-33-47 Quick Draw: 1-7-13-14-15-21-24- 25-28-32-34-51-52-60-62-66-70- 72-75-78 (Lotto jackpot estimate is $24 million. Powerball estimate is $64 million.) Tuesday's Mega Millions 11-19-40-43-44 MB: 33 (Jackpot was $86 million.) Lottery Tickets Available At Any CAR A 000 MD QUIZ ANSWERS Sponsored By: SPORTS Athletic Garden Store Department NEWSFACE (15 points for correct answer) David Petraeus.
NEWSPLACE (15 points for correct answer) France. (7 points for each correct answer) 1-Pakistan; 2-mosque; 3-Germany; 4-Japan; 5-the Gulf Coast; 6-Julia Roberts; 7-Alaska; 8-California; 9-Robert Gates; 10-Robert Gibbs. Robert L. Niehaus, 88, Illinois Robert Leroy "Bob" Niehaus, 88, Granite City, formerly of Holland, died at 3:24 p.m. CDT Monday, Aug.
16, 2010, in Gateway Regional Hospital, Granite City. He was born in Madison, Aug. 1, 1922, to Arthur and Retta (Cooper) Niehaus. He married Patricia L. Summers Dec.
7, 1944, in New Orleans. Surviving are his wife, Patricia L. Niehaus; two daughters, Mrs. Jerry (Pamela) Heuer, Apache Junction, and Nancy Niehaus, Granite City; two sisters, Mrs. Don (Barbara) Mullen, Solsberry, and Mrs.
Harold (Beverly) Willumat, southern Illinois; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by County Road 625S north of Pikeville, in a 2002 Mercury passenger car at the time of the 1:45 a.m. accident Sunday, according to Indiana State Police. Police said Hernandez's car left the highway and struck a tree head-on. He was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected out a a brother, Richard Niehaus.
Mr. Niehaus retired in 1982 after 10 years as a policeman for Fairmont City, Ill. He had been a carman for Norfolk Plate Railroad for 29 years. He was a member of Pontoon Baptist Church and American Legion Post 2910. He served in the U.S.
Army during World War II in the China, Burma and India theater as a member of Merrill's Marauders and in the Korean War. The funeral will be at 9:15 a.m. CDT Thursday at Thomas Saksa Funeral Home, Granite City. Burial will be in J.B. National Cemetery, St.
Louis. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. CDT today at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Pontoon Baptist Church. Funerals ECKERT, Urban 82, Ireland: funeral, 9 a.m.
Thursday, St. Mary Catholic Church, Ireland; visitation, 3-8 p.m. today, Becher-Kluesner Downtown Chapel, Jasper. FRESON, Gary 59, Washington: funeral, 10 a.m. Thursday, St.
Mary Catholic Church, Huntingburg; visitation, 2-8 p.m. today, Nass and Son Funeral Home, Huntingburg. rear window, authorities said. Hernandez's injuries included leg and pelvis fractures, police said. Authorities allege he was intoxicated at the time of the crash.
Drunken driving charges are expected to be filed against him in Pike County. The Mercury was totaled in the crash. WILMA JORENE PEER MARCH 4, 1950 APRIL 29, 2010 We wish to extend a heartfelt thank you to all who visited us at the funeral home, attended her Celebration of Life and Home going Service, who sent food, special gifts of remembrance, cards, and to those who made memorial donations to the First Church of the Nazarene. Thank you to Dr. Carolina Salvador and staff at Brown Cancer Center for their professional care the past four years' of Wilma and support of the family.
We know that God's hand was involved in every step of the way. We thank the Huber Funeral Home for the care and compassion shown to us. Thanks to our second family at the First Church of the Nazarene for the wonderful love and support given and meal that followed the Home going Service. A special Thank You to the Honor Guard from the Branchville Correctional Facility, and the members of the VFW and American Legion who provided Graveside Military Rites. So many people helped us and we do not wish to leave anyone out.
If you helped in a special way, and did not receive a Thank You note, please know that we sincerely appreciate you. All of you were part of making Wilma's Celebration of Life and Home going special for us, and we are forever grateful. The family of Wilma Jorene Peer Marvin Peer Trinka and David Pape and Children Josh, Becca, and Aaron Holly and Nick Sauer and Children Aimee, Aidan, Hannah, Nathan, and Allison Clint and Lacey Peer and Children Madison and Jeremy.
