Sherry Steele

Feb 5, 2020

Sherry Layman Steele, 73, of Owensboro passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2020 under the care of Hospice of W. Kentucky. Born May 17, 1946 in Daviess County to the late Delbert and Virginia Boone Layman, Sherry graduated from Owensboro High School (class of 1964). As an outgoing person, she never met a stranger and most knew her as "Miss...

Bennie Roten

Feb 3, 2020

Bennie Roten, 71, of Owensboro passed away Monday, February 3, 2020 at the Owensboro Center. He was born in Lewisburg, Kentucky to the late James and Etoy Rust Roten. Bennie was retired from Diamond Lanes South where he worked in maintenance. He enjoyed bowling and watching University of Kentucky Basketball. Along with his parents, Bennie is preceded in death...

Rachel Snodgrass

Feb 3, 2020

Rachel M. Snodgrass, 58, of Owensboro passed away Monday, February 3, 2020 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. Born July 27, 1961 in Elizabethtown to Joseph Dean Hartz and the late Mary Strange, Rachel graduated from Owenboro Catholic High School where she enjoyed playing volleyball. She attended the Owensboro Vocational and Technical School where she received her certificate as an...

Chester "Junior" Poole

Feb 3, 2020

Chester "Junior" Raymond Poole, Jr., 75, of Owensboro, passed away on Monday, February 3, 2020 at Baptist Health Hospital in Madisonville. He was born on February 13, 1944 in Owensboro to the late Chester Raymond Poole Sr. and Wilma Rogers Poole. Chester was a Vietnam combat veteran. He retired after 18 years as a tank mechanic in the U.S....

William "Bill" Miller

Feb 3, 2020

William E. "Bill" Miller, 87, of Owensboro, passed away on Monday, February 3, 2020 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. He was born March 29, 1932 in Posey County, Indiana to the late Silas "Babe" and Eleda Shutz Miller. Bill was a self-employed used furniture dealer and a U.S. Army veteran serving during the Korean Conflict. He enjoyed woodworking, golfing,...

Clara Beckhart

Feb 2, 2020

Clara Mae Conway Beckhart, 80, of Masonville, passed away February 2, 2020. She was born in Daviess County to the late Parvin and Nancy Sipes Conway. Clara retired from J.C. Penney after 33 years, loved U.K. Basketball and was a part of various bowling leagues. She had a big heart and a lot of love for her grandkids. Clara...

Kenneth Whitehouse

Feb 1, 2020

Kenneth Hoover Whitehouse, 90, of Owensboro, entered into his eternal rest Feb 1, 2020 surrounded by his loving family. Ken was a Korean war veteran, a long-time civil servant retiring as Postmaster after a 31 year career with the US Postal service. Kenneth was a lifelong member of the Breckenridge Street United Methodist Church where he served many roles...

Carolyn Fruge

Jan 31, 2020

Carolyn Ashby Frugé, 72, of Hawesville, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, January 31, 2020 at her home.  She was born on September 20, 1947 in Ohio County to the late Shelby C. and Dolly Sheffield Ashby.  Carolyn was a Christian, attended Baptist church's and was a homemaker.  She enjoyed animals, her husband and herself raised deer and...

Reyburn Ford

Jan 30, 2020

Reyburn Watson Ford, of Owensboro, Kentucky, passed away peacefully at his home with his family on January 30, 2020. He was born in Owensboro in 1932 to the late Ernest M. Ford and Irene Schenk Ford and raised on the family farm in Thruston, Kentucky, which he remembered fondly throughout his life.

In 1952, he married his...

James "Walkie" Bertram

Jan 29, 2020

James "Walkie" Bertram, 84, of Owensboro, passed away Wednesday January 29, 2020 at Signature HealthCARE of Hartford Rehab & Wellness Center. He was born March 12, 1935 in Daviess County to the late James E. and Vera McDaniel Bertram. He very much enjoyed roller skating all of his life up into his 60's and taught many young boys and...