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Lonnie Berry Pate
Dec 8, 1916 - Sep 21, 2003
Lonnie Berry Pate, 86, of Owensboro died Sunday, September 21, 2003 at the Leisure Years Nursing Home. The Daviess County native was retired from the Yellow Cab Company where he was a mechanic for many years and had also worked for the Evansville Shipyard.. He attended church services at the Salvation Army. Mr. Pate was…
M. C. Shelton
Dec 13, 1918 - Sep 19, 2003
M. C. Shelton, 84, of 4449 Old Hartford Road, died Friday, September 19, 2003 at Owensboro Mercy Health System. He was born on December 13, 1918 in Daviess County, Kentucky, a son of the late Ivan Ivo and Chlora Pryor Shelton.He was also preceded in death by six brothers, Homer, Elmer,Hubert, Thurman, Delbert and Woodrow…
Carolyn Parks Midkiff
Feb 17, 1951 - Sep 19, 2003
Carolyn Parks Midkiff, 52, of 512 Stockton Drive, Owensboro, died Friday, September 19, 2003, at Owensboro Mercy Health System following a brief and intense illness that included hospitalization at Vanderbilt University Hospital. Mrs. Midkiff attended Western Kentucky University and had worked for over 30 years for Dr. W. Neil Padgett and the Womens Pavilion. She…
Helen Colbert Hopkins
Jul 30, 1911 - Sep 19, 2003
Helen Colbert Hopkins, 92, of 2017 Clinton Place West, Owensboro, died Friday, September 19, 2003, at Owensboro Mercy Health System. She was born July 30, 1911, to Hulman and Margaret Marsch Colbert, in Hancock County. She was a homemaker, a member of St. Stephen Cathedral, and enjoyed her family, children, and her flowers. She was…
Mary Watha Snyder Dodson Godfrey
Aug 13, 1920 - Sep 19, 2003
Mary Watha Snyder Dodson GodfreyMary Watha Snyder Dodson Godfrey, 83, of Naples, FL died Friday, September 19, 2003 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born August 13, 1920 in Rome, KY to Loubelle and Wathen Synder and raised in St. Joseph, KY. She was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother who…
Bernard Eugene Lambert
Apr 3, 1931 - Sep 17, 2003
Bernard Eugene Gene Lambert, 72, of 5041 Hwy 81, Owensboro, died Wednesday, September 17, 2003 at the Owensboro Mercy Health System. The Daviess County native was a farmer and life long member of the St. Martin Catholic Church. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War ; life member and Past Commander of the…
Mary Lucille Litsey
Jan 7, 1925 - Sep 17, 2003
Mary Lucille Litsey, 78, of 435 East 21 St. Street, Owensboro, died Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at Leisure Years Nursing Home. She was born January 7, 1925, to Jesse and Mary Miller McCandless Litsey in Daviess County.She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and retired from General Electric. She enjoyed spending time with…
Gina Gay Thompson
Jan 6, 1954 - Sep 16, 2003
Gina Ferrell Thompson, 49 of Owensboro, Ky., passed away Tuesday, September 16, 2003 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born in Daviess Co., Ky. and was retired from the Owensboro Public School System and was previously employed by Dr. William J. Aud, the Lipton Co., and the Daviess County Vocational School. She…
Fred Whitman Tolin
Feb 2, 1931 - Sep 14, 2003
Fred Whitman Tolin, 72, of 3161 Spring Run, Owensboro, passed away Sunday, September 14, 2003, at his home. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pa.and was retired as an Electrical Engineer from U. S. Steel and National Southwire Aluminum Co. He also had worked for Western Ky. Gas Co. He was a graduate of Penn State…
Monroe Edward Frashure
Dec 15, 1928 - Sep 13, 2003
Monroe Jack Edward Frashure, 79, of 2500 Carter Road, Owensboro, died on Saturday, September 13, 2003 at his home. Mr. Frashure was a backhoe operator for 3 other plumbing businesses before retiring from Ernie Davis Plumbing. He was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene. He enjoyed puzzle books, the TV show The…
