Obituaries
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Verdie Lee Shouse
Aug 2, 1921 - Mar 10, 2001
Mr. Verdie Lee ''Bill'' Shouse, 79, died Saturday, March 10, 2001 at Bon Harbor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A life long resident of Owensboro, he was retired from Medley Distillery where he was a mash cooker.He is survived by a son, Larry Lee Shouse of Owensboro, and 3 daughters, Anna Mary Allen and Judith Stewart…
Margaret Bobick Mantz
Jul 10, 1918 - Mar 10, 2001
Margaret Bobick Mantz, 82, of 1818 Tamarack Road, Owensboro, died Saturday, March 10, 2001, at Owensboro Mercy Health System. Born in Beatty, Pa. on July 10, 1918, she was the daughter of the late John & Elizabeth Babyack Bobick. Mrs. Mantz was a homemaker and a member of Immaculate Catholic Church. Her husband, Charles ''Chick''…
Gretchen Dorn Cornell
Apr 17, 1909 - Mar 9, 2001
Mrs. Gretchen Dorn Cornell, 91, of Monroe, Louisiana (formerly of Owensboro), died March 9, 2001 at her residence. The Ohio Co., Kentucky native was the daughter of the late Hardin and Pearlie Mitchell Ashley. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur M. Cornell and her brother Bobby Ashley. A member of Beuna Vista…
Marjorie Taul Millay
Mar 18, 1937 - Mar 7, 2001
Marjorie Taul Millay, 63, of Shelly Drive, Owensboro, died Wednesday March 7, 2001 at her home. Mrs. Millay was born in Breckenridge Co., KY on March 18, 1937, the daughter of the Orville & Anna Squires Taul.Mrs. Millay retired from Owensboro Mercy Health System after 31 years. She was a member of Our Lady of…
Clarice Ruby Smith
Apr 15, 1913 - Mar 7, 2001
Clarice R. Smith, 87, of Masonville died Wednesday, March 7, 2001, at Hillcrest Healthcare Center of complications from Alzheimer disease. Born in Ohio Co., KY on April 15, 1913. She was the daughter of the late Harlan Wigginton and Ethel Lloyd Wigginton. Mrs. Smith was also preceded in death by a son, Thomas Dale Smith…
Jo Ann VanWinkle
- Mar 6, 2001
Jo Ann Hinton VanWinkle, age 61, of Maryville died at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 6, 2001 at Blount Memorial Hospital. She was a member of Dotson Memorial Baptist Church and employed by Downey Oil Company. Mrs. VanWinkle is preceded in death by her mother Emma Hulsey Hinton, a sister Carol Statler and a brother Jimmy…
Billy Wayne Busick
May 14, 1943 - Mar 5, 2001
Billy W. Busick, of Keenland Parkway, Owensboro, died Monday, March 5, 2001 at Owensboro Mercy Health System. Mr. Busick was born in Cherokee Co., Kansas on May 14, 1943, the son of the late William Busick and Wilma Sills Busick.Mr. Busick retired from the U. S. Army after 21 years of service and was a…
Thomas A. Hartmann
May 26, 1941 - Mar 5, 2001
Thomas A. Hartmann, 59, of 2440 Griffith Avenue, Owensboro, died Monday, March 5, 2001, at his home. The Reading, PA native retired as manager of the Red Spot and Indurall paint stores in Owensboro. He was a member of St. Stephen Cathedral and a graduate of Kentucky Wesleyan College. His interests included boating, fishing, and…
Oscar Albert Fleischmann
Sep 8, 1913 - Mar 4, 2001
Oscar Albert Fleischmann, 87, of Cecelia Court, Owensboro, died Sunday, March 4, 2001, at Owensboro Mercy Health System. Born in Daviess County, Kentucky he was the son of the late Joseph A. and Mary Fischer Fleischmann. His first wife, Clara Cecelia Fleischmann, to whom he was married for over 45 years, preceded him in death…
Jean Pardon Skillman
Jul 31, 1917 - Mar 4, 2001
Mrs. Jean Pardon Skillman, of Griffith Place West, Owensboro, died Saturday, March 2, 2001, at her home. Mrs. Skillman, the daughter of the late Henry and Mary Isla Hamilton Pardon, was born in Owensboro, Kentucky. Her husband, William R. Skillman, Sr. preceded her in death in 1995.Mrs. Skillman was a member of The First Baptist…
