Evansville Courier Sunday, April 3, 1994 DEATHS Edwin Elliott Edwin Donald Elliott, 78, of Evansville, died at 4:45 p.m, Saturday at his home. He was vice president of personnel at Mead Johnson and Company for 27 years. He was a World War II veteran, receiving the Combat Infantryman's Badge, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Edwin Elliott Silver Star and Purple Heart. He was active in more than 25 civic organizations. He served as the first president of the University of Southern Indiana Foundation, president of Mead Johnson Foundation, founding president of Evansville's Freedom Festival, past president of Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center, president of Civic Center Board and president of Evansville Rotary Club.
He was a member of the following boards: Evansville Philharmonic, Evansville Museum and Southern Indiana Higher Education, and was a member of Pi Kappa Psi, Evansville Kennel Club and Evansville Country Club. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church and later Eastminster Presbyterian Church. Surviving are 1 his wife of 47 years, Mary Jane; a daughter, Jane Drebus of Evansville; a son, E. Donald of New Haven, and five grandchildren, David, Robert and Donna Jane Drebus and Eve and Ian Elliott. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m.
and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Alexander Funeral Home East Chapel, where arrangements are pending. Memorial contributions may be made to Eastminster Presbyterian Church, USI Foundation or Visiting Nurse Hospice. Elnora Thorbecke Elnora Elizabeth Thorbecke, 71, of Evansville, died at 11:15 a.m. Saturday at Deaconess Hospital.
She was a homemaker and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary Post 1114 and St. Theresa Catholic Church and its altar society. Surviving are four sons, James Rob- Elnora Thorbecke Elnora ert J. and Timothy W. Thorbecke, all of Evansville, and Ronald E.
of New Harmony; three sisters, Stella Miller and Helen Becker, both of Evansville, and Irene Huber of Newburgh; two brothers, Edward and Donald Kuhr, both of Evansville; and 10 grandchildren. Her husband, James Edward, died in 1982. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Ziemer Funeral Home North Chapel, continued at 1 p.m. at St.
Theresa Catholic Church, with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, where memorial services will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Kathleen Flynn Kathleen Flynn Kathleen Flynn Kathleen C. Flynn, 53, of Evansville, died at 10:15 a.m. Thursday at her home after an illness. A graduate of St. Mary's College at Notre Dame, she was one of the founders and former owners of Cornerstone Catholic Bookstore.
She was a member of Holy Rosary Church, a cofounder of Kathleen Flynn Breast Cancer Support Group and an active member of the Cursillo movement. Surviving are her husband, James a daughter, Maureen A. Flynn of Evansville; four sons, James of Columbus, Ohio, Edward J. of Chicago, and John P. and Michael both of Evansville; her mother, Jean Carney; and two brothers, Robert M.
Carney of Delray Beach, and J. Patrick Carney of Loveland, Colo. Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Ziemer Funeral Home East Chapel, continued at 10 a.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, the Rev.
Jean Vogler officiating, with entombment in Park Lawn Mausoleum. Friends may call from noon to9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, where a memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Monday. Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity.
Paul Howell Sr. Paul James Howell 73, of Evansville, died at 1:45 p.m. Saturday at Medco North. He retired from Sterling Brewery after 20 years and was a member of Simpson's United Methodist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Connie Bomham of Indianapolis and Paul Howell Sr.
Sharron Hohmann of Brownsburg, three sons, Paul Jr. of Noblesville, Gary and Greg, both of Evansville; a sister, Virginia Rogge of Evansville; a brother, Hobert Howard of Union City, 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Arrangements are pending at Alexander Funeral Home West Chapel. Leona Deig Leona S. Deig, 78, of rural Evansville, died at 4 a.m.
Saturday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Matthew Catholic Church in Mount Vernon, Ind. Surviving are two daughters, Fern Montgomery of Owensville, and Darlene Wolf of Evansville; a son, Daryl of Carmel, three sisters, Norma Herrmann and Verna Winiger, both Evansville, and Elnora Fischer of Mount Vernon, three brothers, Edward, Clarence and George Mesker, all of Evansville; and seven grandchildren. Her husband, Orville, died in 1988.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Pierre Funeral Home, the Rev. Joseph Swartz officiating, with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call from 1 to 8 p.m.
Monday at the funeral home. Mary Bradley Mary (Stepp) Bradley, 74, of Evansville, died at 7:24 4 a.m. Thursday at Deaconess Hospital. She was a University of Evansville graduate and a well-known musician throughout the TriState. She served as secretary and lady attendant at Gaines Funeral Home for more than 15 years, retiring in 1983, and was a member of New Hope Baptist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Carroll Greene of Columbus, Ohio; five brothers, William Stepp of Versailles, Marc Stepp of Detroit, Thomas Stepp of Warren, and Andrew and Cecil Stepp, both of San Diego; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services will at 1 p.m. Tuesday at New Hope Baptist Church, the Revs. W.R. Brown Sr.
and W.R. Brown Jr. officiating, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday at Mason Brothers Funeral Home 1001 Lincoln Ave.
A wake service will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the church. Theotric Lacy Theotric Lacy, 80, of 1411 S. Governor died at 5:30 a.m. Saturday at his home.
He was a retired coal miner and construction worker and a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Drakesboro, Ky. He was a member of Howe Dean Lodge 166 in Drakesboro and Liberty Baptist Church Golden Age Club. Surviving are a friend who cared for him, Eunice Suggs of Evansville; and nieces, nephews and cousins. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at W.A.
Gaines Funeral Home, the Rev. R.L. Brown officiating, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at W.A.
Gaines Funeral 1 Home, where wake services will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Ola Anderson Ola Ethel Anderson died at 11:10 p.m. Friday at her daughter's Evansville home. She was a homemaker and a member of Barker Avenue Primitive Baptist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Donna Haeflinger of Evansville; a brother, Charles Clayton of Fort Myers, two grandsons, Steven Richard and Christopher Matthew Haeflinger; and nieces and nephews. Her husband, William Wallace, died in 1971. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Boone Funeral Home 5330 Washington with burial in Oddfellows Cemetery in Madisonville, Ky. Friends may call from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Monday at the funeral home. Delbert Donham Delbert T. Donham, 86, of Evansville, died at 11:30 p.m. Friday at Bethel Manor. He retired from General Foods after 42 years as a general foreman.
He was a member of St. Matthews United Church of Christ, where 1 he was Sunday school superintendent, Scottish Rite and Lessing Lodge 464. He was also a Boy Scout leader and a 32nd degree Mason. Surviving are two daughters, Ellen Klein of Evansville and Lois May Walker of Nashville, a son, Robert T. of Baltimore; eight grandchildren, five great children; and great-greatgrandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Ziemer Funeral Home North Chapel, the Rev. Dan Schroeder officiating, with burial in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home, where Masonic and Lessing Lodge 464 services will be at 7 p.m.
today. Memorial contributions may be made to the Tri-State Food Bank or a favorite charity. Connie Dillard Connie Joyce Dillard, 54, sister of Zetta Gobel and James Born of Evansville, died of natural causes Thursday at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville, Ind. She was a member of Christ Gospel Church in Jeffersonville. Surviving besides her brother and sister are her husband, Morris Dillard two daughters, Tina Marie James of New Albany, and Barbara A.
Stark; a son, Leonard Ice; two stepsons, Morris Dillard Jr. of Waco, Texas, and Jeff Dillard of San Diego; and six grandchildren. Services were Saturday at Arch L. Heady Dixie Highway Funeral Home, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery in Jeffersonville. Mabel Cox Mabel Cox, 95, of 5114 Stratford Road, died at 3:26 p.m.
Thursday at Deaconess Hospital. She retired from Chrysler Corp. and was a member of Calvary Temple. Surviving are two grandchildren, Kitty Leah Barr and Rip 0. Day.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Oak Hill Cemetery, the Rev. Richard Clifton officiating. There will be no visitation at Alexander Funeral Home North Chapel. FUNERALS Mildred Thompson Mildred Jane (McCutchan) Thompson, 79, of Evansville, services 11 a.m.
Tuesday at Blue Grass United Methodist Church, the Rev. Ruth Milgate officiating, burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from noon to 8 p.m. Monday at Alexander Funeral Home North Chapel, and from 9 a.m.
until service time Tuesday at the church. William 'Punk' Curlee William Thomas "Punk" Curlee, 55, of Evansville, services 4 p.m. today at First General Baptist Church in Clay, where friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. today. Burial in IO0F Cemetery in Clay.
Boone Funeral Home Fourth and Chandler is in charge of arrangements. Earl Wade Earl Lee Wade, 87, of Evansville, graveside services 2 p.m. Monday at Deanefield Baptist Church in Deanefield, Ky. Friends may call from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Alexander Funeral Home East Chapel.
Devin Winkel Devin Lynne Winkel, 2, of Newburgh, services 10 a.m. Monday at Ziemer Funeral Home East Chapel, continued at 10:30 a.m. at St. John Catholic Church in Newburgh, the Rev. Joe Ziliak officiating, burial in St.
Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. INDIANA Infant Brant Brinkman JASPER, Ind. Brant Alan Brinkman, infant son of Keith and Lori Brinkman of Jasper, died at 9:01 a.m.
Saturday at Welborn Hospital. Also surviving are his twin brother, Blake Ryan; a sister, Brea Linae at home; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Brinkman of Ferdinand, Mr. and Mrs.
James Fletcher of Henderson, and Gary Mosley of Atlanta; greatgrandparegts, Augusta Brinkman of Ferdinand, Leona Jasper and Pauline Dymple VanLue, both of Evansville. Arrangements are pending at Alexander Funeral Home East Chapel in Evansville. Elsie Egbert HUNTINGBURG, Ind. Elsie H. Egbert, 88, died at 6:47 a.m.
Saturday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Huntingburg. She was retired from Holland Dairy, where she worked in the lab, and was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, Extension Homemakers Club and American Association of Retired Persons. Surviving is a nephew. Services will be at 2 p.m.
Monday at Nass Son Funeral Home, with burial in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery in Stendal. Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Robert Smith VINCENNES, Ind.
Robert W. Smith, 64, died Wednesday at his home following an illness. He was a funeral director in the Vincennes area for 43 years and a Korean War Army veteran. He was a member of Vincennes Masonic Lodge 1, Scottish Rite, Hadi Shrine Temple, Knox County Shrine Motor Patrol, American Legion and Indiana Funeral Directors Association. He was past president of Knox County Shrine Club.
Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Lou Perkins; two daughters, Tamara Smith of Vincennes and Kelli Beth Smith of Santa Monica, Calif; two sons, Rick W. of Indianapolis and Ron of Hillsboro, W. a sister, Maxine Barrett of Owensville; and four brothers, Harold and William both of Vincennes, Thomas of Princeton and Don of Evansville. Services were held Saturday, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Good Samaritan Hospital Cancer Fund.
Goodwin Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Lou Carr MOUNT VERNON, Ind. Lou E. Carr, 94, died at 2:40 a.m. Saturday at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville.
She was a homemaker and a member of First Church of the Nazarene. Surviving a are a son, Charles D. of Mount Vernon; a grandson, Gary Carr; two great-grandsons; and nieces and nephews. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Tygart Funeral Home, with burial in Black Cemetery in Mount Vernon.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to First Church of the Nazarene. Thelma Drake ELBERFELD, Ind. Thelma Drake, 79, died at 3:27 p.m.
Saturday at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. She was a bookkeeper for J. Trockman and Sons, retiring in 1978 after 26 years. She was a Protestant, past president of Elberfeld Retirees Club, and a member of Elberfeld American Legion Auxiliary, American Association of Retired Persons and Lynnville Eastern Star. Surviving are her husband of 40 years, Ruby; and nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Simpson Funeral Home Volkman Chapel, with entombment in Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. INDIANA FUNERALS TELL CITY Effie I.
Rhodes, 73, services 10 a.m. Monday at St. Paul Catholic Church, burial in St. Mary Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m.
today and from 9 to 9:30 a.m. Monday at Huber Funeral Home in Tell City, where prayer services will be at 6 p.m. today. VINCENNES Martha DeCoursey Neal, 73, services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at McClure Funeral Home in Bicknell, burial in Asbury Chapel Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. PRINCETON Faye E. Linxweiler, 78, services 2 p.m. Monday at Colvin Funeral Home in Princeton, burial in Decker Cemetery in Patoka.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. HUNTINGBURG William Henry King, 72, services 2 p.m. Tuesday at Nass Son Funeral Home, burial in Fosters Ridge Cemetery near Birdseye. Friends may call after 2 p.m.
Monday at thei funeral home. KENTUCKY Sam McCoy OWENSBORO, Ky. Sam D. McCoy, 61, died of natural causes Saturday at Mercy Hospital in Owensboro. He was manager of Express Lube on Bosley Road until retiring in 1992 and was a member of Immaculate Catholic Church.
He served in the Marine Corps. Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Brown; two daughters, Anna Sampley and Kelly Kluck, both of Owensboro; two sons, Sammy D. and Kevin both of Owensboro; his mother, Maude (Suter) Kinder of Boonville, a sister, Irene Daugherty of Gentryville, a brother, Gerald of Owensboro; and six grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Catholic Church, with burial in Resurrection Cemetery in Daviess County.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Monday and after 9 a.m. Tuesday at James H. Davis Funeral Home, where prayers will be said at 7 p.m. Monday.
Myrtis Evans MADISONVILLE, Ky. Myrtis Marie (Hayes) Evans, 76, died at 2 p.m. Friday at Regional Medical Center. She was a member of Wesley Chapel CME Church, where she served as president of the young adults group and was a member of the trustee board and a Sunday school teacher. She was a retired social worker for the Hopkins County School System and had taught in Tuscumbia, Detroit and Los Angeles County school systems.
She was a member of Kentucky Association of School Administrators, Business and Professional Women's Association, Delta Sigma Theta, the board of the American Red Cross, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Pennyroyal Regional Mental Health and Mental Retardation Board, and James Madison Days Inc. She was a Kentucky Colonel. Surviving are her husband, Tommie; two sons, Robert Elliott of Phoenix and Ronald of Madisonville; a sister, Anna Ruth South of Indianapolis; and nieces, nephews and cousins. Services will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Wesley Chapel CME Church in Madisonville, with entombment in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Mausoleum.
Friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday at Mason Sons Funeral Home in Madisonville, where visitation with the family will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Susan Stone HENDERSON, Ky. Susan Carol Stone, 15, died of natural causes at 5:05 p.m.
Friday at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville. She attended ninth grade at Henderson County North Junior High School, where she was president of Future Homemakers of America and a member of the science club. She was a member of Finley Baptist Church. Surviving are her parents, Terry W.
Stone and Donna Woolridge, both of Henderson; two sisters, Dana and Elizabeth Duncan, both of Henderson; brother, Paul Powell of Henderson; grandparents, Clara A. Stone of Henderson and Mary Kavanaugh of Cordon; and aunts, uncles and cousins. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Benton-Glunt Funeral Home, with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m.
today, all day Monday and until service time Tuesday at the funeral home. David Hayes ONTON, Ky. David Wesley Hayes, 65, died of cancer at 12:25 p.m. Saturday at his home. He retired from Whirlpool Corp.
after 30 years and was a member of Slaughters Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite and Madisonville Rizpah Temple. He was a Korean War Army veteran. Surviving are his wife, Ruby; son, Curtis of St. Louis; two stepdaughters, Kay Masterson and Pattie Swaffar, both of Detroit; two stepsons, Mark and Jeffery Greenfield of Detroit; six sisters, Zelma Wilson of Calhoun, Henrietta Scott of Slaughters and Frances Debes, Ada Porter, Nannell Starks and Mary Payne, all of Evansville; three brothers, Douglas of Portland, James of Orlando, and H.K. of Sebree; three grandchildren; and six stepgrandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Tompkins Funeral Home Sebree-Poole Chapel, with burial in Onton Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 8 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the funeral home, where a Masonic service will be at 6:30 p.m.
Monday. Rebecca Brown MORGANFIELD, Ky. Rebecca Brown, 89, died at 3:45 p.m. Saturday at Union County Methodist Hospital. Surviving are a son, Gene of Morganfield; a sister, Mary White of Sullivan; three grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Her husband, George died in 1968. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Morganfield, with burial in Brown Cemetery i in Provo. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Monday at Whitsell Funeral Home in Morganfield.
William Colbert Sr. OWENSBORO, Ky. William E. Colbert 75, died at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Owensboro-Daviess County Hospital.
He was retired from Western Kentucky Gas and Green River Steel. He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 626. Surviving are his wife, Ella Ann; two daughters, Billie Easler of Philpot and Joyce Faye Sweeney of Owensboro; a son, William E. Colbert Jr. of Owensboro; two sisters, May Young of Owensboro and Margaret Lautner of Tell City, a brother, Ernest L.
of Owensboro; six grandchildren; five greatand two stepgrandchildren. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Owensboro. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 9 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at HaleyMcGinnis Funeral Home. Judy Morgan NORTONVILLE, Ky. Judy (Barnes) Morgan, 47, died of natural causes at 5:25 p.m. Friday at Regional Medical Center.
She was a manager of Front Row Video, a hairdresser and homemaker and was a member of Nortonville First United Methodist Church, Surviving are her husband, Dale; a daughter, Jill Franklin; a son, Wesley of Murray; her parents, James and Gaynell Barnes of Nortonville; a brother, Steve Barnes of Madisonville; and a grandson. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Bandy Funeral Home, with burial in New Salem Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
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