Julie Ann Carrico, age 78, of Loogootee

Julie Ann Carrico, age 78, of Loogootee, Indiana, passed away surrounded by family at 6:03 p.m. on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at Deaconess Gateway in Newburg, Indiana. 

Julie was a very giving person all of her life, and even at the end continued to give to others by donating her body to science as an anatomical gift. Julie was born in Washington, Indiana, on May 27, 1948, to Emil and Beulah (Patterson) Carrico. 

She was a 1966 graduate of Montgomery High School. She had worked in the medical offices of Dr. Ploetner, Dr. Bevins, Dr. Kempker, and Dr. Ellsworth, worked in admissions at Memorial Hospital in Jasper, was a switchboard operator at the Monastery at Ferdinand, and worked for the Greater Jasper School Corporation. 

She was a member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Montgomery, Indiana, where she sang in the choir and she was also a member of the Oblates of St. Meinrad. Juile enjoyed spending time visiting the Sisters at the Ferdinand Monastery. 

Surviving are two brothers, Luke Carrico, and partner, Tammy Mattingly, Loogootee, IN, and David (Mara) Carrico, Huntingburg, IN, two sisters-in-law, Peggy Carrico, Loogootee, IN, and Brenda Carrico, Loogootee, IN, brother-in-law, Ronald Holt, Loogootee, IN, two aunts, Gloria Hart, Cannelburg, IN, and Pearl Bridgewater, Loogootee, IN, and many nieces and nephews, of whom she was godmother to many. 

Preceding her in death are her parents, two sisters, Mary Carrico and Susan Holt, and two brothers, Donald and Timothy Carrico. 

A Celebration of Life Service for Julie Ann Carrico will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 8, 2026, at the Becher-Kluesner North Chapel in Jasper, Indiana. Fr. Lowell Will will officiate. 

A Celebration of Life Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. until the 12:00 p.m. service time at the Becher-Kluesner North Chapel on Sunday, November 8, 2026. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of St. Benedict at Ferdinand or to your local Humane Society. 

Online condolences may be made at www.becherkluesner.com.