Obituaries
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Lonnie R. Rager
Mar 19, 1933 - Aug 28, 2006
Lonnie Rager, 73, of 2523 E. 9th. St., Owensboro, passed away on Monday, August 28, 2006 at Owensboro Medical Health System. He was born in Muhlenburg Co., Ky. to the late Claude & Etta Rager. He was the owner of Rager Fence Co., a member of Walnut Memorial Baptist Church, and was a U. S.…
Elizabeth Rummage Penrod
May 24, 1921 - Aug 28, 2006
Elizabeth Rummage Penrod, 85, of Benton, formerly of Owensboro, passed away Monday, August 28, 2006 at the Marshall County Hospital. Born in Daviess County, Mrs. Penrod was the daughter of the late Ila Guy and Mary Hazelrigg Rummage. She was a member of the Maple Spring United Methodist Church; had worked at General Electric and…
Ethel Mae Estep Vanover
Aug 25, 1942 - Aug 26, 2006
Ethel Mae Estep Vanover, 64, of Owensboro passed away Saturday, August 26, 2006 at the Owensboro Medical Health System. Born August 25, 1942, Mrs. Vanover was the daughter of the late Oral and Mae Bloomfield Estep; was a homemaker and member of the Church of God. She is survived by her husband of 30 years,…
Gary Dean Sosh
Jan 19, 1961 - Aug 26, 2006
Gary Dean Sosh, 45, of Whitesville, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, August 26, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Sosh worked for the State Highway Department as a Heavy Equipment Operator 3, was a graduate of Apollo High School and a believer in the Christian Faith. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing and camping…
Clifford Samuel Rhoads
May 14, 1913 - Aug 26, 2006
Clifford Samuel Sam Rhoads, Sr., 93, of 1432 Brentwood Drive in Owensboro, formerly of 6721 Oakford Road in Stanley died at his home on August 26th, 2006. He was born May 14, 1913 in Ohio County to the late Samuel Coleman and Maggie Baine Rhoads. He was a member and Deacon at Century Christian Church,…
Mary Emily Whelan
Aug 16, 1918 - Aug 26, 2006
Maple Mount Sister Mary Emily Whelan, 88, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died Saturday, August 26, at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 67th year of religious life. She was a native of Howardstown. An educator for 58 years, she was a librarian at Brescia College for 30 years (1959-89), and served as administrative…
Everett Russell Roberts
Aug 22, 1929 - Aug 26, 2006
Everett Russell Roberts, 77 of Owensboro died Saturday, August 26, 2006, at Owensboro Medical Health System. Born in Lewisport, Kentucky, he was a son of the late William C. Bud and Lucy Clark Roberts. Mr. Roberts was retired from Whirlpool, where he worked in maintenance for over thirty-seven years.He was preceded in death by a…
Keith Allen Peercy
Jan 24, 1980 - Aug 25, 2006
Keith Allen Peercy, 26, of Owensboro passed away Friday, August 25, 2006 . Mr. Peercy was born January 24, 1980 in Daviess County; was a graduate of Daviess County High School; member of Blessed Mother Catholic Church and was employed at Dana Corporation in Henderson. He enjoyed working in the yard, NASCAR, drag racing, and…
Mary Gail Beck
Jul 28, 1944 - Aug 25, 2006
Mary Gail Yarbrough Beck, 62, of Owensboro, died Friday, August 25, 2006 at Owensboro Medical Health System. Born in Aniston, Alabama, a daughter of Dr. Frank Yarbrough and the late Josephine Miller Yarbrough, Mrs. Beck was a graduate of Owensboro High School, attended Vanderbilt University, received a bachelors degree from Kentucky Wesleyan College, and Masters…
Morton J. Holbrook
Sep 15, 1914 - Aug 25, 2006
Morton J. Holbrook, Jr., 91, of Owensboro, died Friday, August 25, 2006, at is home. Born in Whitesville, Ky, he was a son of the late Morton J. and Ida Simpson Holbrook. Mr. Holbrook was a graduate of Whitesville High School, the University of Kentucky, and Harvard University Law School. He then returned to Owensboro…
