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Robert Pride
- Apr 30, 2012
Bob "The Barber" Pride Robert Alan Pride, 67, of Pleasant Ridge, passed away on Monday, April 30, 2012 at the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville. He was born on October 19, 1944 in Daviess Co., IN to the late Hilbert and Juanita (Hayes) Pride. Bob had been a barber for 49 years and was…
Rowland Shepherd
Oct 13, 1925 - Apr 30, 2012
Rowland Shepherd ,86, of Owensboro passed away on April 30, 2012 at Owensboro Medical Health System. He was born in Butler County to the late Elige and Della Shepherd.Rowland was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a skilled carpenter and retired from Jagoe Homes after many years of service. Rowland…
James Randall McBride
Mar 6, 1939 - Apr 28, 2012
James R. (Randall) McBride, 73, of Owensboro, passed away surrounded by his loving family and friends on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at Owensboro Medical Health System. He was born on March 6, 1939 in Daviess Co., KY. He was a lifelong member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and retired from Commonwealth Aluminum after…
Clara Ann Sholar
May 26, 1926 - Apr 28, 2012
Clara Ann Dowdy Sholar, 85, passed away on Saturday, April 28, 2012 in Bowling Green, KY, where she had been living for the past 22 years. She was born in Hopkinsville, KY, on May 26, 1926, and lived for many years raising her family in Owensboro, KY. At the beginning of World War II, while…
Anne Foust Wightman
May 1, 1931 - Apr 28, 2012
Anne Foust Wightman, 80, of Owensboro, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2012. Born in Owensboro, a daughter of the late Wayne and Frances Foust, she was a graduate of Owensboro High School and Florida Southern College, where she was a member and president of Alpha Chi Omega sorority, a sweetheart of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity,…
Lori Gail Goldhirsch Stevens
Jul 27, 1968 - Apr 27, 2012
Lori Gail Goldhirsch Stevens, 43, passed away Friday, April 27, 2012 at her home in Beaver Dam. Born July 27, 1968 in Long Island, NY, she was the daughter of the late Bert and Judith Brisk Goldhirsch and was a homemaker and loving mother. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by…
Suzanne M. Wood
Jan 4, 1926 - Apr 27, 2012
Suzanne (Suzette) Wood "Mopsy", 86, of Owensboro passed away peacefully surrounded by her family and friends at 5:45 p.m. on Friday, April 27, 2012 at Owensboro Medical Health System. Born in Chicago, IL on January 4, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Maurice and Jane Estes Klugman. In addition to her parents, she…
George E. Foster
Apr 12, 1947 - Apr 26, 2012
George E. "Pete" Foster, 65, of Owensboro passed away Thursday, April 26, 2012 at his home surrounded by his family. Born in Stanford, KY (Lincoln County) on April 12, 1947, he was an industrial mechanic at Century Aluminum where he worked for 40 years; was former president of the Steel Workers Union, Local 9423; and…
Patsy L. Ralph
Aug 14, 1935 - Apr 25, 2012
Miss Patsy L. Ralph, 76, of Owensboro passed away on April 25, 2012 at the Owensboro Medical Health System. Patsy was born in Ohio County, KY, the daughter of the late Ernest B. Ralph and Mary Helen Sharp Ralph, she was preceded in death by a brother, James Ernest Ralph.Patsy retired with over 20 years…
Helen Demetrea Ranson
Jan 23, 1930 - Apr 24, 2012
Helen Demetrea Ranson, 82, of Owensboro, passed away on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at Owensboro Medical Health System. She was born on January 23, 1930 in Daviess Co., KY to the late Andrew "Jake" and Mildred Saalwaechter Pappas. She was retired as an administrative assistant with National Southwire Aluminum and had been attending Bridgepointe Church.…
