Eunice Whitaker
CALHOUN, Ky. — Eunice Whitaker, 84, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 1999, at her home.
She was Southern Baptist.
Surviving are her husband, Glover; two stepsons, Terry Woodger of Fallon, Nev., and Tim Whitaker of Unionville, Nev.; a sister, Mary Cornish of Bradford, Ark.; six stepgrandchildren; and 12 stepgreat-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Muster Funeral Home Calhoun Chapel, with burial in Calhoun Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.
Allen Quinn
OWENSBORO, Ky. — Allen Quinn, 57, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 1999, at Owensboro Mercy Health System. He had chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
He was president of Allan Quinn Music Inc., and had been the organist at the Walnut Street Baptist Church for many years. He was a well-known musician in the area and had performed in 14 European countries. He was the 1964 official organist representative for the United States at the World Trade Fair in Frankfurt, Germany. He was responsible for some of the largest and most prestigious organ installations in the Midwest.
Since 1984, he has been in each “Who’s Who in America” and was listed in the “Dictionary of International Personalities” in 1985 and was awarded the Cambridge Certificate of Merit of his contribution to the international arts. He was a Kentucky Colonel.
He was a member of the board of director of the Mary Kendall Home in Owensboro.
Surviving are his wife, Judy (Adams); three daughters, Celecia Quinn of Seattle, Misti Benefield of Owensboro and Kaci Quinn of Lewisport, Ky.; a son, Chad Benefield of Owensboro; and two grandchildren.
His first wife, Carol, died in 1984.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Glenn Funeral Home, with burial in Elmwood Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Mary Kendall Home.
Anna Isaacs
FAIRFIELD, Ill. — Anna Mae Isaacs, 63, died Friday, Nov. 12, 1999, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville of an apparent heart attack.
She was a CNA for Home Health Care.
She was a member of Full Gospel Tabernacle.
Surviving are her husband, Burnel; two daughters, Sharon Caldwell and Vickey Murphy, both of Fairfield; two sons, Rick and David, both of Fairfield; two sisters, Wanda Gensler of Salem and Norma Saale of Sandoval; a brother, Sonny Wimberly of Sandoval; and 12 grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Nale’s Funeral Home Fairfield Chapel, with burial in Garrison Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Ethel Outler
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ill. — Ethel M. Outler, 95, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 1999, at the United Methodist Village.
She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene.
Surviving are five sons, Dean of rural Lawrenceville, Glenn of Lawrenceville, Bill and Roger, both of Bridgeport, and Gene L. of Hammond, Ind.; a brother, Byron Catterton of Griffith, Ind.; 15 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Her husband, Daniel E., preceded her in death.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Emmons-Macey & Steffey Funeral Home, with burial in Otterbein Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Ira Goff
FAIRFIELD, Ill. — Ira W. Goff, 80, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 1999, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville.
He retired from the Union Oil Co. as field supervisor.
He was a member of the Griffin Christian Church, Wadesville Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Albion Moose.
Surviving are his wife, Dorothy (McGuires-Fears); two daughters, Mary Bland of Griffin, Ind., and Lola Lea Seals of Mount Carmel, Ill.; a son, Ira Eugene Goff of Benton; four sisters, Irene Fry, Wilma Wilson and Maxine Laffan, all of Robinson, and Margaret Goodart of Valparaiso, Ind.; and five grandchildren.
His first wife, Thelma, preceded him in death.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Sturm Funeral Home in Grayville, with burial in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Griffin.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Alfred VanWinkle
HARRISBURGH, Ill. — Alfred E. “Gene” VanWinkle, 80, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 1999, at the Welborn Rehabilitation Center in Evansville.
He had been a butcher for the Elburn Packing Co., retiring in 1973, after 37 years.
He was a World War II veteran and attended New Castle Baptist Church.
Surviving are two daughters, Lois Fitzgerald of Appleton, Wis., and Deborah Walker of Harrisburg; a stepson, Wilford Danekas of Hinckley; nine grandchildren, Shelley, Randy, Kelley, Danny, Laura, Michael, Sharon, Bill and Ron; and 11 great-grandchildren.
His wife, Laura Ellen (Frakes), died in 1996.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Reed Funeral Home, with burial in Sunset Lawn Cemetery.
Jimmie Carman
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ill. — Jimmie Ray Carman, 57, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 1999, at Hardin County General Hospital of cancer.
Surviving are three sisters, Rose Jackson of Stonefort, Brenda Dixon of Cave In Rock and Janet Barnard of Elizabethtown; and three brothers, Bobbie Carman of Elizabethtown and Sam Rose of Creal Springs.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hosick Funeral Home, with burial in Dixon-Volkert Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Gene Snodgrass led fire department for 25 years
YANKEETOWN, Ind. — Gene Snodgrass, the chief of the Yankeetown Volunteer Fire Department, died Sunday at age 64.
He had been chief for 25 years.
Snodgrass died of respiratory failure at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville.
“He was definitely an active member and it will be a loss to the firefighting community,” said Bil Musgrave, a Chandler volunteer firefighter.
Musgrave said he knew Snodgrass from working numerous fires with him for many years.
Snodgrass, a U.S. Army veteran, worked as a coal miner for 23 years. He joined the Yankeetown fire department in 1961.
Surviving are his wife, Janice of Yankeetown; two daughters, Cheryl Cook and Tonya Bell, both of Yankeetown; a son, Terry Snodgrass of Yankeetown; three sisters, Erma Pfingston of Yankeetown, Donna Cobb of Greenville, S.C., and Mary Sue Leslie of Lynnville, Ind.; four brothers, Owen and Cleve Snodgrass Jr., both of Boonville, Ind., Ray Snodgrass of Merriam, Ind., and Albert Snodgrass of Lawrenceville, Ill.; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Koehler Funeral Home Boonville Chapel, with burial in Bates Hill Cemetery in Yankeetown.
Friends may call from noon until 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and after 10 a.m. Thursday to service time at Koehler Funeral Home Boonville Chapel.
Gerald Brokaw
Gerald Brokaw, 74, of Evansville, died Monday, Nov. 15, 1999, at St. Mary’s Medical Center of heart failure.
He owned Papa Top Liquor Store.
Surviving are his wife of 51 years, Lillian; two sons, Jimmy W. Gill and Kim Brokaw, both of Evansville; a sister, Ruth Brokaw of Toledo, Ohio; two brothers, Robert and Donald, both of Toledo; 10 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Alexander Funeral Home West Chapel, the Rev. Billy Dean Heard officiating, with burial in Alexander Memorial Park.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.
Lavada Buttrum
Lavada E. McIntosh Buttrum, 86, of Evansville, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 1999, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home.
She was a secretary for Steve Hahn’s State Farm Insurance Co. for 19 years, bookkeeper for Elmendorf’s and had been secretary for the vice president of the McCurdy Hotel.
She was a graduate of Bosse High School and attended Lockyear Business College.
She was a member of St. Benedict Cathedral and several card clubs.
Surviving are three daughters, Jane N. Pierson of Fayetteville, N.C., Joy E. Izumi of San Diego, Calif., and Jennifer S. Brown of Newburgh; a son, the Rev. Alan McIntosh of Farmersville, Ill.; a sister, Ardell Diver of Redlands, Calif.; eight grandchildren, Amy Pierson, Beth Thompson, Susan Whittle, Katie and Nick Brown, Sara Bates and Ryan and Erin Izumi; and five great-grandchildren.
Her first husband, Ralph Wesley McIntosh, died in 1964, and her second, Verble Eugene Buttrum, died in 1997.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Browning Funeral Home, continuing at 11 a.m. at St. Benedict Cathedral, the Rev. Alan McIntosh officiating, with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, with a memorial service at 7 p.m., at the funeral home.
Mabel Osborne
Mabel Osborne, 83, of Evansville, died Monday, Nov. 15, 1999, at Good Samaritan Home.
She had worked at the dietary department in the Vanderburgh School Corp. and the Protestant Home.
She was a member and Sunday school teacher at Concordia Lutheran Church.
Surviving are two sons, Terrell and James, both of Evansville; a half brother, Glen Shelton of Florida; nine grandchildren, Russell, Kerry, Justin and Joshua Osborne, Terri Euler, Cathryn Kelley, Susan Baize, Helen Carter and Donna Tramill; and nine great-grandchildren.
Her husband, Russell, died in 1966.
Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Browning Funeral Home, the Rev. Barry Kirves officiating, with burial in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Browning Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Good Samaritan Home.
Thelma Crockett
Thelma May Slayton Crockett, 75, of Evansville, died Monday, Nov. 15, 1999, at the McCurdy Residential Center of congestive heart failure.
She had worked for 10 years at North American Aviation in California and for seven years Hoosier Cardinal.
She was a member of the Eagles.
Surviving are a daughter, Patricia Slayton of Elberfeld; two sons, John Wright of Clermont, Fla., and Charles Slayton Jr. of Evansville; two brothers, Thurman Luttrull of California, and James Luttrull of Wisconsin; nine grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Her first husband, Edgar Norris Wright, died in World War II, her second, Charles Slayton Sr., died in 1969 and her third husband, Richard Crockett, died in 1986.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Ziemer Funeral Home North Chapel, the Rev. Karl Crowe officiating, with burial in Zion Cemetery in Elberfeld.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Rollie Tucker
Rollie R. Tucker, 61, of Evansville, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 1999, at St. Mary’s Medical Center of congestive heart failure.
He was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church, sang tenor in the church chorus and lead in the Evansville Song Fellows.
Surviving are his wife of 38 years, Jacqueline (Claspell); four daughters, Julie Tucker of Bedford, Ind., Kathleen Worley of Evansville, Marybeth Hess of Seymour, Ind., and Angela Koestring of Newburgh; two sons, Gary J. and Rollie J., both of Evansville; three sisters, Mary Gail Williams of Wadesville, Ind., Cathy Sigler of Evansville and Carol Gilles of Boonville, Ind.; four brothers, Tommy Tucker of Washington, Ind., Donnie Tucker and Ted Gilles, both of Evansville, and Gerald Gilles of Montana; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Ziemer Funeral Home East Chapel, continuing at 10 a.m. at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, the Rev. Henry Kuykendall officiating, with burial in Walnut Hill Cemetery in Fort Branch, Ind.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home, with a memorial service at 6 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to Michael’s House in care of the Hospitality House in Bedford, Ind.
James Reeves III
James Samuel Reeves III, 23, of Ridgeway, S.C., formerly of Evansville, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 1999, in a one-car accident in Ridgeway.
He worked in landscaping.
He was a 1995 graduate of Bosse High School and had been on the varsity basketball squad for two years.
Surviving are his mother and stepfather, Donna and Cody Middleswart Jr. of Florida; his stepmother, Terry of Evansville; his father, James S. Reeves Jr. of Evansville; a sister, Jamie Reeves of Ridgeway; two stepbrothers, Craig and Chris Kohler, both of Evansville; grandparents, Richard Reid, Bonnie S. (McCaffry) Reeves and Ella Crofts; a great-grandmother; and nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Werry Funeral Home New Harmony Chapel, the Rev. Robert George officiating, with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery in New Harmony, Ind.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Carolyn Jones
Carolyn Sue Jones, 62, formerly of Evansville, died Sunday at her home in Duquoin, Ill., from complications of diabetes.
She was a member of Edwardsport Christian Church.
Surviving are a sister, Betty Green of Indianapolis; two brothers, Gary W. Jones of Haubstadt and Robert M. Jones of Wildwood, Fla.; and nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Edwardsport Town Cemetery in Duquoin. There will be a private family memorial service Friday at Miller & Miller Colonial Chapel.
Larry Herr
LYNNVILLE, Ind. — Larry A. Herr, 51, died Monday, Nov. 15, 1999, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville of cancer.
He was a self-employed contractor and member of the United Mine Workers.
He attended Bethabara General Baptist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Misty of Boonville; a son, Shawn Dempsey of Rockport; his mother, Lillian Herr of Fort Myers, Fla.; three sisters, Mary Evans of Lynnville, Margaret Forehand of Fort Myers, and Verna Curry of Dale; a half sister, Terri Lynn Payne of Fort Myers; a brother, Eugene of Lynnville; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Pemberton-Bradley Funeral Home, with burial in Lynnville Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 8 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.
James Henderson
ROCKPORT, Ind. — James Roy “Buddy” Henderson, 57, died Monday, Nov. 15, 1999, at his home. The cause of death has not yet been determined.
He was a farmer.
Surviving are his wife of 35 years, Donna; two sons, James of Tell City and Rodney of Rockport; his mother, Ethel Henderson of Richland; four sisters, Sue Cameron of Chrisney, Faye Miller and Dorothy Goodwin, both of Rockport, and Lucille Zoglman of Chrisney; two brothers, Hilray of Hatfield and Earl of Tell City; and five grandchildren, Christopher Murray, Brittany, Amity, Corey and Dakota Henderson.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Boultinghouse Funeral Home, with burial in James Parker Cemetery in Hatfield.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 8 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.
Ivan Nation
MOUNT VERNON, Ind. — Ivan Wayne Nation, 61, died Monday, Nov. 15, 1999, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. He had a heart condition.
He was a carpenter for Charles Lawrence Homes in Mount Vernon.
Surviving are three daughters, Vicky Campbell of St. Marys, W.Va., and Linda Nelson and Joann Garrett, both of Evansville; four sons, David, Steven Wayne and Jarrod, all of Mount Vernon, and John of Evansville; his mother, Mary Jane (Mosley) Nation of Mount Vernon; a sister, Judith Thompson of Mount Vernon; five brothers, James and Roger, both of Evansville, Don and Edward, both of Mount Vernon, and Michael of Daytona Beach, Fla.; and 11 grandchildren.
A son, John Wayne, preceded him in death.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Boone Funeral Home Mount Vernon Chapel, with burial in Moore Cemetery.
Friends may call from 9 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.
Eleanor Fleming
MADISONVILLE, Ky. — Eleanor K. Fleming, 96, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 1999, at Madisonville Regional Medical Center.
She was a member of the Riverside Baptist Church in Buffalo, N.Y.
Surviving are a son, Clinton B. of Leesburg, Fla.; two granddaughters; and a great-granddaughter.
Her husband, John Bernard, died in 1965.
Memorial visitation will be from 3 to 4 p.m. Thursday at Barnett-Strother Funeral Home, with burial in the Elm Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Women’s Missionary Union at the church.
Mabel Morrow
DIXON, Ky. — Mabel Morrow, 86, of Muskogee, Okla., died Saturday, Nov. 13, 1999, at Muskogee Regional Hospital.
Surviving are a son, David of Muskogee; five grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Audrey, and a son, Johnny.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Townsend Funeral Home, with entombment in Fairmont Mausoleum in Henderson.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.
Charles Rooney
HENDERSON, Ky. — Charles D. Rooney, 78, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 1999, at his home.
He retired from Period Tables in Henderson.
He was a World War II Army veteran, a hunter and a fisherman.
Surviving are a daughter, Sharon Bellow of Henderson; a son, Tim of Henderson; a sister, Martha Tanaka of Henderson; three grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and nieces and nephews.
His wife, Marie, died in 1998.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Benton-Glunt Funeral Home, with burial in Fairmont Cemetery, with military rites.
Friends may call from noon to 8 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Anthony’s Hospice.
G.T. Ingram
MARION, Ky. — G.T. Ingram, 79, died Monday, Nov. 15, 1999, at Crittenden County Hospital.
Surviving are a sister, Vera Stallions of Marion; a brother, Paul of Marion; and a niece and nephew.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gilbert Funeral Home, with burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Patty Stanker
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ill. — Patty Jean Stanker, 49, died Monday, Nov. 15, 1999, at her home. The cause of death has not yet been determined.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Surviving are her husband, Charles; two daughters, Charity Jean Smallwood of Lawrenceville and Tandy Jean Hughes of Bridgeport; a son, Charles D. Jr. of Lawrenceville; a sister, Sandy Harvey of Lawrenceville; a brother, Frank Harvey of Gatlinburg, Tenn.; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Emmons-Macey & Steffey Funeral Home, with burial pending.
Friends may call from 9:30 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.
Mary McCuiston
MOUNT CARMEL, Ill. — Mary B. McCuiston, 83, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 1999, at Cox South Memorial Hospital in Springfield, Mo.
She had worked as a bookkeeper for a food wholesaler.
She was Methodist. She was a 50-year member of the Eastern Star and White Shrine and had been worthy matron and worthy high priestess.
Surviving are two brothers, Drs. Francis and Harry Ellis, both of Springfield; nieces and nephews; and companions and caregivers, Mozel McCuiston and Auda Wrye.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Short Funeral Home, with burial in Highland Memorial Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity.
Douglas Mahrenholz
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ill. — Douglas L. Mahrenholz, 49, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 1999, at Good Samaritan Hospital of an apparent heart attack.
He was a driver for Emulsions Inc.
He was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Elks, Moose, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, all in Lawrenceville.
Surviving are his wife, Amy (Carson); a daughter, Kristen Mahrenholz of Jefferson City, Mo.; two sons, Justin of Bridgeport and Jeremy of Evansville; two stepsons, Jeffrey Abel of Vincennes and Shannon “Skeet” Abel of Indianapolis; two brothers, Gene and Steve, both of Lawrenceville; a grandson; and a stepgranddaughter.
Services will be at 10 a.m. EST today at Gardner & Son Funeral Home in Vincennes, Ind., with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.
