Obituaries
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Rose Clare Leach
Aug 15, 1935 - Mar 26, 2023
Rose Clare Leach, 87, of Maceo passed away Sunday, March 26, 2023, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. The Kokomo, Indiana native was born August 15, 1935, to the late Roscoe Williams and Gladys Deardorff Williams. Rose graduated from Calumet Township High School. She became a military spouse when she married Robert Allen Leach who made…
Vena Joyce Moore Smith
Apr 10, 1935 - Mar 26, 2023
Vena Joyce Moore Smith, 87, of Owensboro, passed away on Sunday, March 26, 2023 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born April 10, 1935 in Butler County. She was the eldest daughter of the late Bluford and Dona Alice Jenkins Moore. She married the love of her life, the late Franklin…
Loretta Williams
May 9, 1934 - Mar 26, 2023
Loretta Williams, 88, of Owensboro passed away Sunday, March 26, 2023, at the Carmel Home with her family by her side. The Daviess County native was born May 9, 1934, to the late Alfred Williams and Loeva Justus Williams. Loretta worked at G.E. for many years and later became the manager of AAA insurance and…
Mary Magdalene Renfrow
Jul 4, 1934 - Mar 25, 2023
Mary Magdalene Renfrow, 88, passed at her home in Central City, Kentucky with her daughter by her side on March 25, 2023. She was born July 4, 1934, in Central City, KY, To the late Jessie and Roma Bell (Vincent) Beasley. She retired from the Healthcare Industry after many years of service. Mary enjoyed…
Sylvia Boone Ross Freeman
Apr 27, 1937 - Mar 25, 2023
Sylvia Boone Ross Freeman, 85, of Owensboro, passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2023 after a long illness while under the care of Hospice of Western Kentucky. A native of Calhoun, she was born April 27, 1937 in Daviess County to the late D.C. and Eva Uffleman Ross. She was a graduate of McLean…
Gladys Louise Knight Wedding Morris
Jan 31, 1925 - Mar 24, 2023
Gladys Louise Knight Wedding Morris, 98, of Owensboro, passed away on Friday, March 24, 2023 while under the care of Hospice of Western Kentucky with her family by her side. She was of the Baptist faith, but coined the phrase she was “Baplic” as she ensured her children were raised Catholic and she attended…
Larry Kenneth Harrington
Jan 24, 1940 - Mar 24, 2023
Larry Kenneth Harrington died peacefully on March 24th, 2023 at age 83. Larry is preceded in death by his parents, Gertrude Burnett and James Lewis Harrington; and by brothers James Lewis Harrington, Jr. and William Ray Harrington. Larry is survived by his wife of 58 years, Mary Hadley Roberts Harrington, and by his three…
Mrs. Eleanor Birk Sutton
Aug 8, 1929 - Mar 23, 2023
Mrs. Eleanor Birk Sutton, widow of Harry Shelby Sutton, Jr., passed away March 23, 2023 at her home. She was 93. Mrs. Sutton was born in Owensboro, a daughter of the late William and Daisy Smith Birk and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Also preceding her in death were her son, Paul…
Sister Catherine Mulchrone
Aug 9, 1932 - Mar 23, 2023
Sister Catherine Mulchrone, 90, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2023. “Sister Kathleen” was born in Knockglass, Newport, County Mayo, Ireland, to the late Dominick Mulchrone and Mary Mullarkey. She was the youngest of 18 children. In 1953, she came to this country to settle in Chicago where she subsequently spent five happy and challenging…
Sharon Ling Kurtz
Feb 3, 1941 - Mar 23, 2023
Sharon Ling Kurtz, 82, of Owensboro, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2023 under the care of Hospice of Western Kentucky. Sharon was born in Covington, Kentucky, to the late Roger Leroy Ling and Mary Alphonsine Gray Ling February 3, 1941. She attended Southgate Public Schools and graduated from Fort Thomas Highlands High School…
