Robert Mckee
JASPER — Robert J. Mckee, 78, died Friday, March 3, 2006, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center.
He was a World War II and Korean War Navy veteran. He retired from Cummings Engine and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Surviving are his wife, Jacklyn; sons, Russell and Ed; daughters, Marie Paugh and Loretta Mckee; 22 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Services are 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Visitation is 2 to 8 p.m. Monday at Becher-Kluesner Downtown Chapel.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Mary Schuetter
JASPER — Mary Alice Schuetter, 83, died Thursday, March 2, 2006, at St. Charles Health Campus.
She was part owner of Druthers Restaurant and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Surviving are her daughters, Camilla Allen and Phyllis Stenftenagel; sons, Ken, Steve, Jerry, Ron and Larry; brothers, Richard, Harold and Sylvester; sisters, Mildred Erny, Helen Hochgesang, Margaret Eckerle, Betty Reynolds and Anna Mae Reckelhoff; 17 grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Visitation is 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at Becher & Kluesner Downtown Chapel, with a Rosary service at 3 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity.
Velma Voges
JASPER — Velma Voges, 72, died Friday, March 3, 2006, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center.
Surviving are her sons, Chris, Matt and Jeff; daughter, Serice Stenftnagel; sister, Juanita Dukes; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services are 11:30 a.m. Monday at St. Charles Catholic Church in Livermore, Ky., with burial in the church cemetery there. Visitation is 2-8 p.m. Sunday at Becher Funeral Home in Ferdinand and 11 a.m. to service at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to Jasper Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center.
William Wilson
ST. ANTHONY — William J. Wilson, 65, died Thursday, March 2, 2006, at St. Joseph Hospital.
He was a farmer.
Surviving are his wife, Rose; sons, Mark, Jason and Steve; brothers, Robert Lee Jr. and Tom; and sisters, Carol Jean Sitar, Patty Smock and Janice Wilson.
Services are 10 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony Catholic Church, with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at Becher & Kluesner Downtown Chapel in Jasper.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Anthony Catholic Church.
Floyd Fuson
MADISONVILLE — Floyd Fuson, 90, died Friday, March 3, 2006, at Senior Citizens Nursing Home.
He was a retired coal miner for Island Creek Providence 1 mines and attended Johnson Island Baptist Church.
Surviving are his daughters, Doris Pryor and Sue Pryor; sister, Della Mason; brother, Roy; eight grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Barnett-Strother Funeral Home, with burial in Oakley Home Cemetery in Manitou. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. to service at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Gideons International.
Richard Hamby
CLAY — Richard Stephen Hamby, 53, died Thursday, March 2, 2006, at St. Mary's Medical Center.
He was a coal miner and a Baptist.
Surviving are his mother, Jean Ryan; sisters, Paula McGill, Jeannie Dulin, Vi Hurley and Robyn Wilson; brothers, Bobby and Woody Hamby; and his caregiver, Carolyn Simpson.
Services are 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Vanover Funeral Home, with burial in New Clay Cemetery. Visitation is 4:30-8 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to service at the funeral home.
George Henshaw
MORGANFIELD — George Thomas Henshaw, 83, died Thursday, March 2, 2006, at Union County Methodist Hospital.
He was a retired farmer.
Surviving are his daughters, Peggy Jenkins, Judy Willett, Agnes Girten, Ann Toth, Gail Sheffer and Cindy Payne; sons, Kenny, John and Kevin; 24 grandchildren; and 37 great-grandchildren.
Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at Shiloh Christian Church in Henshaw, with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Morganfield. Visitation is 3-8 p.m. today and 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Whitsell Funeral Home — Morganfield Chapel.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Shiloh Christian Church Building Fund.
Herman Mitchell
CALDWELL COUNTY — Herman Mitchell, 85, died Friday, March 3, 2006, at St. Mary's Hospital in Decatur.
He was a World War II Navy veteran and a machinist for Caterpillar.
Surviving are his sons, Kevin and Stephen; four grandchildren; and sister, Margaret Adams.
Services are 1 p.m. Monday at Morgan's Funeral Home in Princeton, with burial in Blue Spring Church Cemetery with military rites. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Verble Vinson
FREDONIA — Verble Vinson, 91, died Thursday, March 2, 2006, at St. Mary's Mercy Hospital in Livonia, Mich.
Surviving are her daughter, Carolyn Engel; and sister, Velda Hillyard.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Morgan's Funeral Home, with burial in Rowland Cemetery. Visitation is 2-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Elvis Weir
MADISONVILLE — Elvis A. Weir, 84, died Thursday, March 2, 2006, at Oakwood Hospital Heritage Center in Taylor, Mich.
He was a retired hotel manager/owner.
Surviving are his sons, James and Bobby; daughter, Hilda Bienz; and eight grandchildren.
Services are 1 p.m. Tuesday at Barnett-Strother Funeral Home, with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Monday, with Masonic rites at 7 p.m., and 9 a.m. to service at the funeral home.
Zenobia Hooven
STONEFORT — Zenobia Hooven, 90, died Friday, March 3, 2006, at Harrisburg Medical Center.
She was a member of Stonefort Missionary Baptist Church.
Surviving are her daughters, Gaytha Hankins and Sharon Wright; son, Roger; sister, Mary Coates; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Felty Funeral Home in Carrier Mills, with burial in Little Saline Cemetery in Stonefort. Visitation is 4-6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Jayne Stewart Fitzgerald
Jayne Stewart Fitzgerald, 83, Henderson, died at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 13, 2006, at Methodist Hospital.
Since 1945, she was a member of First United Methodist Church, where she belonged to the Chancel Choir and was a soloist. Jayne was born and raised in Owensboro and attended Settle Memorial United Methodist Church in Owensboro. She was co-owner in the family-owned and family-operated Fitzgerald Furniture business.
She was president of the Henderson Music Club, belonged to the Mary Ann Singers, was a member of a Henderson Homemakers Club and the Henderson Community Chorus, was a featured player in Civic Capers, and was a featured soloist of Alice P. Taylor Candlelight Service.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Maurice W. Fitzgerald, who died Dec. 19, 2004; and her parents, Cody Lee and Cora Mae Duke Stewart.
Survivors include one daughter, Margaret "Meg" Fitzgerald Burnley and her husband, Ben, of Henderson; one grandson, Scott Fitzgerald Burnley at Western Kentucky University; two sisters, Carol Mosbey of Athens, Ga., and Joan Yeary of Harlan, Ky.; nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home. The Revs. Rebecca Curry and Gary A. Chapman will officiate. Burial will be in Fairmont Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday and until service time Monday at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to First United Methodist Church Chancel Choir or Tri-State Multiple Sclerosis Association.
Pallbearers will be Scott Fitzgerald Burnley, Ben Burnley, Don Workins, Dennis Moran, James "Buddy" Hall and Conrad Shaw.
Honorary pallbearers will be First United Methodist Church Chancel Choir.
Loye Anthony Stone
Loye Anthony Stone, 50, Henderson, exchanged time for eternity on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville following a brief illness.
He was born Aug. 9, 1956, the third of four children born to the union of Dorothy Harvey Stone and Douglas Norman Stone in Los Angeles, Calif.
Loye received his education in the Los Angeles School System, where he graduated from Fairfax High School. He was an avid sportsman, playing all sports. He was on the varsity football team at Fairfax and boasted of playing with and opposite Warren Moon, the NFL quarterback, in both junior and senior high school.
He remained an enthusiastic sports fan and could cite averages and other statistics.
Loye moved to Kentucky, the home state of his parents, in 1977, with his parents and two sisters.
He lived first in Louisville and later moved to Henderson. From an early age he worked with his father in the family business until his father's death.
He met and married Sandra Brown in 2002. No children were born from this union.
Loye loved his family and extended family. As a child in Los Angeles, Loye, his brother and sisters and his first cousins were inseparable, living together or in close proximity, playing, vacationing, attending school and church all as one big, happy family. This closeness continued and extended to the Harvey family when he returned to Kentucky.
At the time of his demise, Loye was employed at Vincent Plastics for 10 years.
He leaves to cherish his memories, his devoted mother, Dorothy Stone; two sisters, Lolita Vondell and her husband, Larry, and Norma Nikita, both of Henderson; one brother, Michael Douglas and his wife, Anita, of La Habra, Calif.; one son, Anthony, now stationed in Iraq; one grandson; two stepchildren; four nephews, Jarrod Douglas, Blake and Brock, all of Henderson and Michael Jr. of Los Angeles; two nieces, Unique and Robyn; and one goddaughter, Cherie Love Robinson of Los Angeles; three uncles, John, Bennie and Lonzo Harvey, all of Henderson; six aunts, Ann Bradshaw of Atlanta, Moina Philips and Ovis Stone-Massey and her husband, Robert, both of Los Angeles, Freda Spaulding and her husband, Bernard, of Palm Springs, Calif., and Ruth and Margaret Harvey, both of Henderson; and a host of cousins and other relatives and friends.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Seventh Street Baptist Church. The Rev. Anthony Brooks will officiate. Burial will be in Fernwood Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the church.
Gamble Funeral Home in Hopkinsville is in charge of arrangements.
Lola Qualls
CLAY -- Lola Qualls, 94, Clay, died at 11:45 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006, at Brighton Cornerstone Nursing Home in Madisonville.
She was a member of Clay First Baptist Church for more than 70 years.
Survivors include a niece and a nephew.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Vanover Funeral Home in Clay. Brother Jeff McMain will officiate. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Friends may call after 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Carla R. Yancy Hughes
BOONVILLE, Ind. -- Carla R. Yancy Hughes, 50, Boonville, died Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006, at her home here.
She was a registered nurse at St. Mary's Hospital in Warrick County and a member of Willow Road Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband of 12 years, Rodney G. Hughes; one daughter, Christy Paul; two sons, James A. Smith of Henderson and Jacob Hughes; her parents, Henry and Catherine Yancy of Henderson; three sisters, Stella Baxter, Linda Gordon and Donna Risley; one brother, Dennis Yancy; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Alexander North Chapel. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
Friends may call from 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy may take the from of contributions to Willow Road Baptist Church.
Mary M. Beggs
METROPOLIS, Ill. -- Mary M. Beggs, 63, Metropolis, passed away at 9:33 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006, at the Western Baptist Hospital.
She was a member of Eastland Baptist Church in Metropolis.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Louis and Fern Yocum Cohoon; one sister, Wilma Sledd; and two brothers, David Cohoon and Donald Modglin.
Survivors include one daughter, Gayla Schnaare and her husband, Dale, of Metropolis; two sons, Jerry Stephens and his wife, Dana, of Metropolis, and Todd Stephens and his wife, Lisa, of Henderson; one stepdaughter, Krystal Sullenger of Paducah, Ky.; one sister, Thelma Throgmorton of Metropolis; one brother, Larry Cohoon of Joppa, Ill.; nine grandchildren, Carson, Madison and Taylor Stephens, all of Metropolis, Josh and Kara Stephens, both of Evansville, Megan Stephens of Henderson, Breezly Schnaare and Paul Beggs, both of Metropolis, and Trashawn Sullenger of Paducah; one great-granddaughter, Hannah Stephens of Evansville; several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis. The Rev. David Siere will officiate. Burial will follow in the IOOF Cemetery in Metropolis.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Myrtle Lee Cook Loveall
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Myrtle Lee Cook Loveall, 85, died Monday, Oct. 2, 2006, from pancreatic cancer in Fort Worth.
She was a singer, who had a weekly radio show in Evansville and toured with various Big Bands of the era.
She was a former member of Bennett Memorial Methodist Church in Henderson and a member of the Air Force Officers' Wives Club.
Survivors include her husband, retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Glenn R. Loveall; two daughters, Sharon Loveall of Hendersonville, Tenn., and Mary Ann Sherman of Fort Worth; one sister, Mary K. Brown of Cochran, Ga.; one granddaughter; two stepgrandchildren; one great-grandson; and a nephew, Donald Caton of Henderson.
Services were held Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006, at Greenwood Chapel. Burial was in D/FW National Cemetery.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Seventh Bomb Wing B-36 Association.
Greenwood Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Bonnie Main
Bonnie Main, 69, of Evansville, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at Deaconess Hospital of kidney and heart failure.
Surviving are her husband of 41 years, James “Jack” Main; a sister, Norma Hartig of Evansville; two brothers, John and Richard Reine, both of Evansville; and nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Alexander Funeral Home West Chapel, the Rev. Thomas J. Ressler officiating, with burial in Alexander Memorial Park.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Zoar United Church of Christ.
Gilbert Smith
Gilbert L. Smith, 77, of Evansville, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at his home of cancer.
He retired after more than 35 years with General Foods. He was known by his fellow employees as “Whitey Smith.”
He was a 1941 Central High School graduate and was a World War II Army veteran, serving for five years in the Army Corps of Engineers.
He enjoyed gardening and landscaping.
Surviving are his wife of 52 years, Frances H. Brandt; a stepson, Wilburn Brandt; two sisters, Evelyn Rogers of Evansville and Jeanette Perry of Florida; a brother, Chris of Evansville; four stepgrandchildren, Kurt E., Eric and Rex Brandt and Beth Brewer; five stepgreat-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Alexander Funeral Home East Chapel, the Rev. Kurt Brandt officiating, with burial in Park Lawn Cemetery.
Friends may call from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Evansville Christian School or the American Cancer Society.
Eva Casstlevecchio
Eva Lee Casstlevecchio, 76, of Evansville, died Sunday, Feb. 20, 2000, at her home of cancer.
She retired from the Roca Bar, where she had been manager for many years.
Surviving are two sisters, May Sutton of Henderson, Ky., and Opal Hape of Evansville; and nieces and nephews, including Becky Schultz and Samantha Rawden, both of Evansville, who cared for her.
Services and burial will be private. Alexander Funeral Home East Chapel is handling arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Deaconess Ohio Valley Hospice.
Luella Bell
Luella Elizabeth Bell, 99, formerly of Evansville, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, in Sarasota, Fla.
She was a 1918 graduate of Central High School.
Surviving are two sons, Harold of Sarasota and Earle Howard of Bellingham, Wash.; five grandchildren, Elizabeth A. Omler and Sandra L., Douglas S., Jeffrey and Gregory Bell; seven great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
Her husband, Douglas, died in 1967.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Alexander Funeral Home East Chapel, the Rev. James Coons-Torn officiating, with burial in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Friends may call from 9 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. John’s United Church of Christ.
Vivian Sutton
Vivian L. Sutton, 84, of Ontario, Calif., formerly of Evansville, died Thursday, Feb. 17, 2000, at Upland Convalescent Hospital.
She had been active in politics and served as deputy city clerk in Evansville in the 1950s.
Surviving are a daughter, Barbara Casto of Ontario; a sister, Ellen Froman of Brooksville, Fla.; a brother, DuVall Critser of Louisville; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and nieces.
Stone Funeral Home in Upland, Calif., handled the arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Lois Payne
Lois M. Payne, 80, formerly of Evansville, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, in her home in Effingham, Ill.
She retired as a librarian from the Effingham Unit 40 School District.
She was a member of the Centenary United Methodist Church, a charter member of the Effingham County Genealogical Society and member of St. Anthony Hospital Auxiliary.
Surviving are her husband, James M.; two daughters, Carol Unger of Rockville, Md., and Gwen Weaver of Idaho Falls, Idaho; a sister, Margaret Reisinger of Indianapolis; a brother, Clifford Wittenbraker of Evansville; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, at Johnson Funeral Home in Effingham, Ill., with burial in Oakridge Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Johnson Funeral Home in Effingham.
Kenneth Nugent
CANNELTON, Ind. — Kenneth A. Nugent, 60, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at St. Mary’s Medical Center of cancer.
He was a self-employed auto mechanic for 43 years.
He enjoyed fishing and drawing and was a NASCAR fan.
Surviving are his wife of 43 years, Kathryn; four daughters, Lisa Dutschke of Troy, Kimberly Cronin of Tell City, Stacy Mullen of Newtonville and Tammy Hodgman of North Webster; a son, Brian of Tobinsport; his mother, Minnie Rose Nugent of Owensboro, Ky.; two sisters, Bonnie Pitman of Owensboro and Janice Brooks of Dallas; two brothers, Wayne of West Virginia, and Robert of Lewisport, Ky.; 12 grandchildren, Kenny and Austin Dutschke, Carrie Tindle, Ryan, Donald, Ashley Cronin, Sami Jo Mullen, Tiffany, Whitney and Cody Braun, Morgan Burton and Miranda Hodgman; two great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
A son, Bruce, preceded him in death.
Services will be at 11 a.m. EST Saturday at Zoercher-Gillick Funeral Home, with burial in the Troy City Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Lois Adkins
VINCENNES, Ind. — Lois J. Adkins, 69, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at Good Samaritan hospital of cancer.
She was a member of Central Church of Christ.
Surviving are a daughter, Cecelia “Cookie” Showalter of Moab, Utah; two sons, Daniel Joseph Kroeger of Chandler, Ariz., and Larry Kroeger;a sister, Loretta M. Miller of Scott Depot, W.Va.; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Her husband, Clay Sr., and a son, Kevin Edward Fuller, preceded her in death.
Services will be at 10 a.m. EST Tuesday at the Gardner-Brockman Funeral Home, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the church or the American Cancer Society.
Joyce Maier
HAUBSTADT, Ind,. — Joyce Ann (Thompson) Maier, 67, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at her home of cancer.
She retired as a Licensed Practical Nurse.
She was a member of St. James Catholic Church and the ladies auxiliaries of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1147 and American Legion Post 25 in Princeton.
Surviving are her husband of 24 years, Marvin “John”; three daughters, Lu Ann Clark of Silsbee, Texas, Susan Perry of Fort Branch and Jill Ann Holmes of Elberfeld; two sons, John Richard of Evansville and William David Newcome; a sister, Ruby Thompson of Patoka; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 9:45 a.m. Saturday at Wade Funeral Home, continuing at 10 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church, with burial in the church cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to to the church.
