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Ruth "Mimi" Philpot
Aug 13, 1924 - Mar 19, 2023
Ruth “Mimi” Philpot, 98, of Owensboro, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023, at her home. She was born August 13, 1924, in Corbin, KY to the late Roy and Nancy Farris. Ruth was a member of Woodlawn United Methodist Church and a lifetime member of Civitan. After staying home to raise her children, she…
Martha Fay Snyder
Mar 25, 1938 - Mar 18, 2023
Martha Fay Snyder, 84, also affectionally known to her family as Auntie M, of Owensboro, passed away Saturday, March 18, 2023, at the Heartford House while under the care of Hospice of Western Kentucky. She was born March 25, 1938, in Owensboro, to the late Louis “Bud” Snyder and Marguerite Davis Snyder. Martha graduated…
Mary "Carolyn" Owen Schocke
Mar 19, 1932 - Mar 13, 2023
Mary “Carolyn” Owen Schocke, 90, passed away at Hospice Family Care in Huntsville, Alabama on Monday, March 13, 2023, from complications following surgery after a fall. She was born on March 19, 1932, in Owensboro, Kentucky to the late Archie Davis and Mae Evelyn Owen. She was married to William “Bill” Clifford Schocke for…
Morris "Morrie" Frank Virnig
Jul 4, 1924 - Mar 15, 2023
Morris “Morrie” Frank Virnig, DDS, 98, of Sartell, Minnesota, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 15, 2023. The Pierz, Minnesota native was born July 4, 1924, to the late Leo Virnig and Ida Sauer Virnig. Morrie graduated from Little Falls High School in 1941. He was accepted to Marquette University Dental School and finished his degree…
Pansy Ione Miller Jones
Apr 11, 1926 - Dec 23, 2022
Pansy Ione Miller Jones, 96, of Owensboro, died Friday, December 23, 2022, at her home of eighty-five years. Born in Daviess County, KY, she was the fifth child and only daughter of the late T.P. Miller and Pansy Head Miller. Ione “Onie” was dearly cherished by her four older brothers John, Bob, Tom and Hal Miller. …
Frances Lucile O'Bryan
Mar 21, 1928 - Mar 21, 2023
Frances Lucile O’Bryan, 95, of Owensboro, passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at Creekwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Russellville. She was born March 21, 1928 in Daviess County to the late Dola and Lena Mae Jones. Frances had been a homemaker and was a member of First Baptist Church. She had volunteered…
Mary Virginia "Jenny" Lewis
Jan 26, 1943 - Mar 19, 2023
Mary Virginia “Jenny” Lewis, 80, of Owensboro passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023, at her home with her family by her side. The Cincinnati, Ohio native was born January 26, 1943, to the late Henry Byron Collins Sr. and Dorothy Green Collins. Jenny received her BA degree in History from Morehead State University and her…
Cyntitha "Taffy" Taylor
Dec 10, 1943 - Mar 19, 2023
Cyntitha “Taffy” M. Taylor, 79, of Owensboro passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. The Daviess County native was born December 10, 1943, to the late Otto Roberts Sr. and Guyola Knight Roberts. Taffy was a graduate of Daviess County High School (class of 1961) and attended Brescia College. She drove…
Jacquelyn Miles
Jan 3, 1929 - Mar 15, 2023
Jacquelyn Miles, 94, of Owensboro, passed away March 15, 2023, at home. She was born January 3, 1929, at Owensboro Daviess County Hospital to the late Jack Beam Miles and Edith Elizabeth (Gordon) Miles. Her former husband William R. Walling and daughter, Lynn R Walling Robles and second husband, Frank Rubel preceded her in…
Sonia Simy Marksberry
Dec 20, 1971 - Mar 15, 2023
Sonia Simy Marksberry, 51, of Utica, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at her home. She was born in Camp LeJeune, North Carolina to the late Darrell Gene Goodwin and Mathilde Mae Ezerzer. Most recently, Sonia owned and operated Integrity Homes and R.V.’s. Prior to that she spent many years working in the…
