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Emma Jean Westerfield Pagan
Aug 15, 1923 - Jan 30, 2009
Emma Jean Westerfield PaganJean Pagan, widow of Joseph M. Pagan Jr., died Friday, January 30 at Owensboro Medical Health System. She was 85. Jean was a graduate of the Owensboro Business College and worked for 20 years as a bookkeeper for the J. C. Rudd, Son and Company and Green River Insurance. Her lifetime was…
Betty Bennett Coomes
Oct 19, 1918 - Jan 30, 2009
Betty Bennett Coomes, 90, of Owensboro, KY, died Friday, January 30, 2009, in Asheville, NC. Mrs. Coomes was a Linen and Domestic Department buyer for S.W. Anderson's; a long- time volunteer at Owensboro Mercy Health System; and a member of First Baptist Church and the Service Sunday School Class. She was preceded in death by…
Victor A. Estes
Dec 16, 1948 - Jan 30, 2009
Vic EstesVictor A. Estes, 60, of 2948 Legion Park Dr., Owensboro, passed away on Friday, January 30, 2009 at Owensboro Medical Health System. He was born Dec. 16, 1948 in Norman, OK. He was retired after 30 years with Sheetmetal Workers Union Local #20 as a sheetmetal journeyman. He played golf and was an avid…
Joseph W. Hurm
Jul 1, 1930 - Jan 28, 2009
Joseph W. "Dutch" Hurm, 78, of Owensboro, passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at Owensboro Medical Health System. He was born in Daviess Co., Ky. to the late Paul F. and Mary Alberta Church Hurm. He was retired from Ideal Pure Milk Co. after 28 years and then Goldenrod Dairy after 14 years. He…
Anna Marie Russell Moore
Dec 21, 1916 - Jan 28, 2009
Anna Marie Russell Moore, of 917 Parkway Dr., went "home to be with the Lord" on Wednesday, January 28 at Owensboro Medical Health System. She was born on Dec. 21, 1916 in Marion Co., Ky. to the late Joe Ben and Mary Josephine Wheatley Russell. She was a Licensed Practical Nurse having worked at Owensboro-Daviess…
Jack P. Hunter
Sep 24, 1927 - Jan 28, 2009
Jack P. Hunter, 81, of Owensboro passed away January 28, 2009, at Owensboro Mercy Health Center in Owensboro. He was born on September 24, 1927 in Evansville, Indiana to the late Buford Hunter and Louise Buchanan Hunter. He was a graduate of Owensboro High School and the University of Kentucky. He served in the United…
Raymond Prater
Sep 14, 1926 - Jan 28, 2009
Raymond Prater, 82, of Owensboro, went to his heavenly home on Wednesday, January 28, 2009, at his home. He was born September 14, 1926, to the late Hiram and Ida Noble Prater in eastern, KY. He was a member of Blessed Mother Catholic Church and served in the military during World War II, and worked…
Lois Robertson
Dec 2, 1937 - Jan 27, 2009
Lois Robertson, 71, of Owensboro, died Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at the Owensboro Medical Health System. She was born December 2, 1937, to the late Harry and Olivia Mattingly Wilhite in Daviess County. She enjoyed being a homemaker and being with her children and grandchildren.She was preceded in death by a son, Donald Joseph Robertson…
Sherry Lynn Basham
Jan 27, 2009 - Jan 27, 2009
Sherry Lynn Basham, 41, passed away Sunday, January 25, 2009 from injuries suffered in an automobile accident in Ohio County. Born July 2, 1967, she enjoyed dancing and karaoke and always had a smile for everyone she met. She was preceded in death by her father, Samuel Aubrey.She is survived by a son, Isaac Shock;…
Betty Miller Wilson
Oct 24, 1914 - Jan 25, 2009
Betty Miller Wilson, 94, passed away Sunday, January 25, 2009 at her home. Born in Owensboro, a daughter of the late P.J and Lyda Williams Miller, she was a graduate of Owensboro High School and attended Sophie Newcom College in New Orleans. Mrs. Wilson was a devoted third generation member of First Baptist Church where…
