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GenealogyBuff.com - INDIANA - Vanderburgh County - Miscellaneous Obituaries - 34

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Date: Friday, 18 September 2009, at 5:57 p.m.

Louise Johnson
PRINCETON, Ind. — Louise Johnson, 82, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000, at Gibson General Hospital.
She attended Lockyear Business College and was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary and Eastern Star.
Surviving are her husband, Roy; a daughter, Margaret Marks of Elkins Park, Pa.; a son, Kenneth of Orange Park, Fla.; a sister, Margaret Young of Rockford, Ill.; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Colvin Funeral Home, with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Hewlett Hall
PRINCETON, Ky. — Hewlett Hall, 94, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at Caldwell County Hospital.
He had been a farmer and was a member of the Blue Spring Baptist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Joyce Gilkey of Caldwell County; three sons, Kenneth of Alton, Ill., and Lawrence and Lucien “Bob,” both of Elizabethtown; a brother, Reginald of Cadiz; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. His wife, Mary (Larkins) died in 1998.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Morgan’s Funeral Home, with burial in Blue Spring Church Cemetery.

J.C. Sizemore
SLAUGHTERS, Ky. — J.C. Sizemore, 73, died, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at Madisonville Regional Medical Center of complications of kidney failure.
He retired from Lee King Service Center in Owensboro. He was a member of Mount Gilead General Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Dorothy (McGee); a daughter, Marietta Taylor of Calhoun; a stepdaughter, Marilyn Roe of Burton, S.C.; a son, Terry Lee of Monon, Ind.; two stepson, Dennis Kirkman of Littleton, Colo., and Gerald Kirkman of Beaufort, S.C.; his mother, Yettie Husky Sizemore of Slaughters; a sister, Glenda Johnson of Chandler, Ind.; a brother, Jerald Sizemore of Evansville; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Tompkins Slaughters-Hanson Funeral Home, with burial in Slaughters Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today and from 9:30 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the National Kidney Foundation.

Morene Michael
MADISONVILLE, Ky. — Morene Gipson Michael, 82, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2000, in Wayne, Mich. She was a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Surviving are four sons, Wayne and James Gipson, both of of Taylor, Mich., Doyle of Ypsilanti, Mich., and Coletta Ray of Westland, Mich.; two sisters, Anna Lee Dame and Loretta James, both of Madisonville; two brothers, William Gunn of Madisonville and George Gunn of Flint, Mich.; 13 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Her husband, Herman, died in 1975.
Services will be at noon Saturday at Barnett-Strother Funeral Home, with burial in Grapevine Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.

James Easley
HENDERSON, Ky. — James E. Easley, 91, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2000, at his home.
He retired as a farmer.
He was a member and sang in the choir at the St. Matthew’s C.M.E. Church in Cumberland City, Tenn.
Surviving are his wife of 38 years, Jacqueline (Gant); six daughters, Deborah Walker, Paulette Smith, Annette Saunders, Twana Easley and Margaret Smith, all of Henderson and Pauline Kendry of Indianapolis; three sisters, Mary Kizer of Erin, Tenn., Pauline Pachman of California, and Willine Austine of Dover, Tenn.; two brothers, William of California and the Rev. Bennie of Clarksville, Tenn.; and 23 grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Race Creek Baptist Church, with burial in Fernwood Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Mason Bros. Audubon Chapel.

Margaret Bishop
HENDERSON, Ky. — Margaret Louise Bishop, 81, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000, at Methodist Hospital.
She was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Surviving are two daughters, Janie Gibbs of Henderson and Judy Smith of Smith Mills; four sons, Dr. Donald of Plano, Texas, Glenn and Garry A., both of Henderson and Dr. Larry C. of Newburgh; a sister, Mary Frances Duncan of Henderson; a brother, Charles Blanford of Cairo; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. Her husband, A.G., died in 1997.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Benton-Glunt Funeral Home, with burial in Smith Mills Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.

Mary Newton
OWENSBORO, Ky. — Mary Marsh Newton, 75, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at Hillcrest Health Care Center.
She had been a dietary aide at the Owensboro Daviess County Hospital. She was Baptist.
Surviving are a son, Robert Jr. of Owensboro; two sisters, Bertha Collier of Hammond, Ind., and Sarah Malin of Owensboro; a brother, Dudley of Owensboro; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at James H. Davis Funeral Home, with burial in Elmwood Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today and from10 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.

Cloyd Westfall
Marion, Ky. — Cloyd E. Westfall, 89, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at Crittenden County Convalescent Center. He was a member of Marion Church of God.
Surviving are a stepdaughter, Sue Wring of Marion; two sons, Willard of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Millard of California; and 14 grandchildren.
His wife, Lillie, and a daughter, Eva Jean Westfall, preceded him in death.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gilbert Funeral Home, with burial in Salem Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the church.

Mary Shadwick
OWENSBORO, Ky. — Mary Ellen Shadwick, 87, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at Hermitage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
She was a member of the Dawson Baptist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Jeanette Conder of Owensboro; a son, Robert L. Jr. of Owensboro; two sisters, Susie Colbert and Margaret Brooks, both of Owensboro; three brothers, M.C. Miller of Elburn, Ill., Bobby Miller of Indianapolis and William L. Miller of Norwalk, Calif.; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Her husband, Robert L. and a son, Benny, preceded her in death.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at James H. Davis Funeral Home, with burial in Rosehill Cemetery.
Friends may call from noon to 8 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.

Rev. George Carwright
MORGANFIELD, Ky. — The Rev. George Cartwright, 95, died Monday, Jan. 24, 2000, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah.
Surviving are two daughters, Jane Goatley Melbourne, Fla., and Beverly Hairston of Paducah; six grandchildren, Steve, Bob and Tom Goatley, Lou Ann and Jeff Hairston and Mary Jane Tyler; 11 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Services will be at 3 p.m.. Saturday at Whitsell Funeral Home, with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Friends may call from 1 to service time at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Residential Care Center in Paducah.

Gentry Wright
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ill. — Gentry Wright, 89, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at the Bethesda-Dilworth Nursing Home in St. Louis.
He was a retail merchant.
He was a member of the First Christian Church, Masons and Elks for more than 50 years.
Surviving are his wife, Marian (Osborn); a son, Richard Gentry Wright of St. Louis; and three granddaughters.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the First Christian Church in Lawrenceville, burial will be private.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Emmons-Macey & Steffey Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the church.

Linda Peeples
HARRISBURG, Ill. — Linda Darlene Peeples, 49, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at Fountainview Nursing Home. She had been disabled.
She was a member of the Little Chapel Church.
There are no immediate survivors. Her brother, Stephen Peeples, died Thursday.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Sloan Funeral Home in Galatia, with burial in Adkin Cemetery near Omaha.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Stephen Peeples
HARRISBURG, Ill. — Stephen Peeples, 53, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000, at Fountainview Nursing Home.
He was a member of the Little Chapel Church.
There are no immediate survivors. His sister, Linda Peeples, died Wednesday.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Sloan Funeral Home, with burial in Adkin Cemetery near Omaha.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mark Wargel
EQUALITY, Ill. — Mark E. Wargel, 38, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, in a mining accident at the White County Coal Corp.’s Pattiki Mine south of Carmi. He was a coal miner and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Surviving are his wife, Karen; a daughter, Jordan Wargel of Equality; a son, Zachary of Equality; his parents, John A. and Judy Wargel of Equality; two sisters, Cindy Gross of Equality and Sherrie Watson of Harrisburg; two brothers, Jeff of Equality and Tim of Evansville; grandparents, Rachel Wargel and Evelyn and Bob Forsythe.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Vickery Funeral Home, with a prayer service at 7 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary Catholic Church of Eldorado for the adopted parish in Guatemala.

Georgiana Patterson
GALATIA, Ill. — Georgiana R. Patterson, 54, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at her home of an apparent heart attack.
She had been a billing clerk for the Rural Electric Association and a substitute rural mail carrier.
Surviving are her husband, Loy Neal Sr.; three daughters, Deborah Lynn Mings of Broughton, Lynn Anne Wilkerson of Athens, Ga., and Anne Marie Eisenhauer of Marion; a son, Loy Neal Jr. of Edwardsville; a sister, Lilly Hall of Salvisa, Ky.; two brothers, Stanley C. Couch of Louisiana, and Woodrow Jr. of Galatia; and a grandson, Matthew Robert Mings.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lebanon Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with burial in Lebanon Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today at Sloan Funeral Home and from 10 a.m. to service time at the church.

Lena Morse
SHAWNEETOWN, Ill. — Lena Morse, 78, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000, in Carbondale Memorial Hospital.
She was Baptist.
Also surviving are two daughters, Marilyn Rogers of Shawneetown and Rhonda Smith of Harrisburg; a son, Raymond Martin of Junction; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Cox & Son Funeral Home, with burial in Westwood Cemetery.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m today at the funeral home.

Ann Carson
Ann Greene Grimsley Carson, 84, of Evansville, died Sunday, Jan. 30, 2000, at her home of cancer.
She spent her formative years in Paris, where her father managed Swift and Co. She spoke French fluently and acquired a zeal for European history.
She was a graduate of Indiana University and a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority.
She became the third woman in Evansville to earn a private pilot’s license. She and her husband co-piloted a single engine plane on a month-long wedding trip to Mexico and Guatemala in 1941.
She was a volunteer with the Junior League, Visiting Nurse Association, Evansville Blind Association and the American Cancer Society and supported The Reading Carrel. She was on the boards of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, Evansville Museum, Willard Library and Reitz Home.
She was a member of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church.
She was a member of the New Century Club, Evansville Country Club and the Kennel Club.
Surviving are four daughters, Ruth-Anne C. Cooper of St. Louis, Joan G. Carson of Atlanta, Elizabeth C. “Betsy” Becker of Evansville and Sarah D. Carson of New York City; two sons, William A. II of Memphis, Tenn., and Christopher S. “Kit” of Atlanta; 19 grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
Her husband, Ellis A. Carson, died in 1984.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, the Rev. Jack Durcholz officiating, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ziemer Funeral Home North Chapel.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

Anna Willett
Anna M. Willett, 89, formerly of Evansville, died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2000, in Fort Charlotte, Fla.
She was a member of the St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church.
Surviving are a brother, Joseph Geiser of Evansville; and a niece and nephew.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Port Charlotte, Fla., the Rev. Otmar Gallagher officiating, with burial in Charlotte Memorial Gardens in Punta Gorda, Fla.
Friends may call from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. at the Roberson Funeral Home Port Charlotte Chapel.

Madalene Oliker
Madalene M. Oliker, 89, of Evansville, died Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2000, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home.
She had been a teacher in New Castle, Pa. She and her husband, Jerry, who died in 1986, owned Oliker Brothers Men’s Clothing Store in Aliquippa, Pa., before moving to Evansville in 1978.
Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law who cared for her, Stephen and Carol Oliker of Evansville; a brother, Ted Marlin of New Castle; three grandchildren, David and Robert Oliker and Diane Baldessari; a great-granddaughter; and nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Rose Hill Cemetery in Evansville, Rabbi David Feder officiating. Ziemer Funeral Home East Chapel is handling arrangements.

William King
William J. King, 84, of Evansville, died Monday, Jan. 31, 2000, at his home.
He had been a conductor with the L&N Railroad.
He was a World War II Army veteran.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge 748 and Eagles 427.
He attended Webb’s Chapel Methodist Church near McLeansboro, Ill.
Surviving are two sons, Steve of Elverta, Calif., and Stan of Evansville; a sister, Eleanor Gunter of Metamora, Ill.; a brother, Gene of Vista, Calif.; and four grandchildren, Shane, Jada and Rebecca King and Shannon Hoffman.
His wife, Matrona “Bobbie” (Davis), died in 1996.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Harre Funeral Home in McLeansboro, Ill., the Rev. Bill Duncan officiating, with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today, with a Masonic service at 8 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity.

Lola Land
Lola Land, 78, of Evansville, died Monday, Jan. 31, 2000, at Deaconess Hospital from complications of cancer.
She and her late husband, William R., who died in 1971, operated Land Insurance Agency.
Surviving are three sons, Terry R. of Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, William of Evansville and Steven of Denver; four grandchildren, Robert, Michele and Lori Land and Nikki Schooler; and a great-grandchild.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Ziemer Funeral Home East Chapel, the Rev. Kenneth Steckler officiating, with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery.
Friends may call from noon to service time at the funeral home.

Rosetta Ames
PRINCETON, Ind. — Rosetta I. Ames, 65, died Monday, Jan. 31, 2000, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville of cancer.
She had worked as a certified nursing assistant at Gibson General Hospital for nine years and at Holiday Manor Nursing Home for nine years.
She was a former board member and taught Sunday school at the First Church of the Nazarene and a member of the Ladies Fellowship.
Surviving are her husband of 45 years, the Rev. Laverne Ames; two daughters, Wanda Sturgeon of Winter Springs, Fla., and Dawn Perry of Patoka; two sisters, Marian Maron of Ovid, Mich., and Rebecca Thayer of St. Johns, Mich.; and a brother, Rolland Rathbun of St. Johns.
A daughter, Valerie Ames, died in 1972.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the First Church of the Nazarene in Princeton, with burial Saturday in St. Johns.
Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. today at Colvin Funeral Home and from 9 a.m. to service time at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Dietrich Holst
GRANDVIEW, Ind. — Dietrich O. “Dede” Holst, 71, died Monday, Jan. 31, 2000, at St. Mary’s Warrick in Boonville from heart failure.
He had been a factory worker.
He was a member of Bethel Christian Center in Rio and formerly attended Salem United Church of Christ.
He was a member of the Cattleman’s Breeders Association, Delaware Masonic Lodge and Rockport Eastern Star.
Surviving are his wife, Dorothy May (Isabell); five daughters, Carolyn Miller and Marilyn Hopf, both of Huntingburg, Rebecca Reckelhoff of St. Anthony, Diane Bush of Baytown, Texas, and Denise Holst of Holland, Ind.; three stepdaughters, Dianna English and Deborah Flanagan, both of Kansas City, Kan., and Barbara Faye Lankford of Bonner Springs, Kan.; a son, Terry of Baytown; a sister, Marie Gallegos of Tucson, Ariz.; a brother, Albert of Huntingburg; nine grandchildren; seven stepgrandchildren; and six stepgreat-grandchildren.
His first wife, Rosemarian (Harris) died in 1990.
Services will be at 11 a.m. EST Thursday at Nass & Son Funeral Home in Huntingburg, with burial in Fairmount Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Helen Aiken
PRINCETON, Ind. — Helen M. Aiken, 81, died Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2000, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville.
She had been the manager for the Midland Heights Apartments in Princeton, formerly worked as office manager for the Hoosier Insurance Agency and had been the Gibson County secretary/treasurer for the March of Dimes.
She was a member of the Hillside United Methodist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Mary Beth Smith of Princeton; a son, Bill of Springfield, Ohio; seven grandchildren, Tami, Danny Jr., David and Derek Smith and Bill, Neal and Abby Aiken; and four great-grandchildren.
Her husband, William, died in 1957.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Colvin Funeral Home, with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Friends may call from 1 p.m. to service time at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Leukemia Society of America.

Marilyn King
NEW BOSTON, Ind. — Marilyn (Luecke) King, 56, died Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2000, at her home of cancer.
She had worked in the Spencer County auditor’s office.
She was a member of St. John Chrysostom Church.
Surviving are her husband of 31 years, Curtis; a daughter, Susan Lautner of Santa Claus; two sons, Eric of West Lafayette and Chris of Santa Claus; three sisters, Rita Schroeder of rural Cannelton, her twin sister, Carolyn Adkins of Tell City and Mary Raaf of Evansville; and a brother, John Paul Luecke of New Boston.
Services will be at 10 a.m. EST Thursday at St. John Chrysostom Church, with burial in the church cemetery.
There will be no visitation at Zoercher-Gillick Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the church or Spencer County Hospice.

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