Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Louisville, Kentucky

Freda Mccracken

Freda Mccracken

Feb 20, 2008

McCracken, Freda McCRACKEN, FREDA, 79, died Wednesday, February 20, 2008. Graveside service: 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Louisville Memorial Gardens West. J.B. Ratterman & Sons in charge. Published in The Courier-Journal on 2/22/2008.

Mary Harrington

Mary Harrington

Feb 20, 2008

Harrington, Mary Aileen View/Sign Guest Book HARRINGTON, MARY AILEEN, 81, passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2008. She was a devoted and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She is preceded in death by her parents, William and Mary Chamberlain; her husband of 41 years, William H. Harrington Sr; brothers, Charles Edward Chamberlain, Joseph A. Chamberlain; sisters, Rosie Elizabeth Crowe and Agnes...

Lillian Able

Lillian Able

Feb 19, 2008

Able, Lillian Gregg View/Sign Guest Book ABLE, LILLIAN GREGG, 82, of Louisville, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2008, at Masonic Homes of Kentucky. She was a retired telephone operator for South Central Bell, a member of the Fairdale Order of the Eastern Star and Kenwood Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Louis E....

Betty Wilson

Betty Wilson

Feb 19, 2008

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Betty M. Wilson SULPHUR WILSON, BETTY M., 74, died Tuesday, February 19, 2008. Funeral: noon Friday, Prewitt-New Castle Funeral Home.. Visitation: 4-8 p.m. Thursday. Published in The Courier-Journal on 2/21/2008. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Donald Tucker

Donald Tucker

Feb 19, 2008

Tucker, Donald Joseph View/Sign Guest Book TUCKER, DONALD JOSEPH, 60, of Louisville, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2008. He was a U.S. Army veteran of Vietnam, where he received a bronze star and many other service and campaign metals, a retired U. S. Postal truck driver, a member of Disabled American Veterans and 11th Armored Cavalry's Veterans of Vietnam &...

Clarence Messinger

Clarence Messinger

Feb 18, 2008

Messinger, Clarence L. View/Sign Guest Book MESSINGER, CLARENCE L., 84, of Louisville, passed away Monday, February 18, 2008, at Norton Hospital. He was a retired employee of the Louisville Gas & Electric Company, a Navy veteran of World War II and Korea and a member of Bethany United Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his wife, Clyde...

Dorothy Blackerby

Dorothy Blackerby

Feb 18, 2008

Blackerby, Dorothy F. "Dottie" View/Sign Guest Book BLACKERBY, DOROTHY F. "DOTTIE", 75, of Canton, GA, passed away Monday, February 18, 2008. She was preceded in death by her husband, John H. Blackerby; son, Richard L. Schweitzer; and sister, Margaret Anderson. She is survived by her son, Ross Schweitzer (Joan), of Canton, GA; sisters, Katherine Fust, of Tallahassee, FL and Lib...

Enrique Moreno

Enrique Moreno

Feb 17, 2008

Moreno, Enrique View/Sign Guest Book MORENO, ENRIQUE, 64, passed away Sunday, February 17, 2008. Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday at J.B. Ratterman & Sons-Southwest, 4832 Cane Run Road. Visitation: 10 a.m.- 8 p.m. Tuesday. Published in The Courier-Journal on 2/19/2008. Notice a�� Guest Book a�� Funeral home info Flowers a�� Gift Shop a�� Charities

James Bradbury

James Bradbury

Feb 16, 2008

Bradbury, James M. View/Sign Guest Book BRADBURY, JAMES M., 82, of Louisville passed away Saturday February 16, 2008 at his home. He was a retired electrician for R. J. Heffernan Co. and local #369, a member of Carlisle Avenue Baptist Church and a Marine veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years,...

Kenneth Elbert

Kenneth Elbert

Feb 16, 2008

Elbert, Kenneth Russell "Kenny" View/Sign Guest Book ELBERT, KENNETH RUSSELL "KENNY," 69, loving husband of Patricia Ann (Hodgson) Elbert, passed away Saturday, February 16, 2008. Born in East St. Louis, IL, he was the son of the late Kenneth and Frances Elbert. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Peblo conflict. He had retired from TARC after 32...

Louise Gosling

Louise Gosling

Feb 15, 2008

Gosling, M. Louise LeCompte View/Sign Guest Book GOSLING, M. LOUISE LeCOMPTE, 80, of Louisville, passed away Friday, February 15, 2008 at Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital. Louise was born in Shelby Co., KY and graduated from Ahrens Trade High School. She had modeled for Alix Adams, worked for Bushchemeyer Jewelers and Royal Bank. She retired as a bookkeeper for J....

Carlton Ortman

Carlton Ortman

Feb 15, 2008

Ortman, Carlton D. View/Sign Guest Book ORTMAN, CARLTON D., 96, of Louisville, passed away Friday, February 15, 2008. Born in Newfane, NY, he was retired from the U.S. Army and had served in World War II. He was a member of Bethany United Methodist Church. He is survived by his children, Lark Mull, Rosemary Ortman, Shelley Arkenberg and Hugh Ortman;...

Daniel Casey

Daniel Casey

Feb 15, 2008

View/Sign Guestbook -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Royce Casey Sr. CASEY, DANIEL ROYCE SR., 77, of Louisville, passed away Friday, February 15, 2008 at Park Terrace. He was a native of Clark County, IN., a self employed excavator, a member of Louisville Baptist Temple and Army veteran of the Korean War. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, the former Doris...

Mary Horn

Mary Horn

Feb 14, 2008

Horn, Mary Frances (Allen) View/Sign Guest Book HORN, MARY FRANCES (ALLEN), 79, formerly of Louisville, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2008 in St. Louis, MO. She was a native of Grayson Co., KY, a homemaker and a member of Kenwood Heights Christian Church. She is survived by her loving husband, Kenneth H. Horn; two daughters, Geraldine Ann Travis (Jim) and...

Sila Vinson

Sila Vinson

Feb 14, 2008

Vinson, Silas Mackie "Mac" View/Sign Guest Book VINSON, SILAS MACKIE "MAC, " 70, of Zoneton, KY, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2008 at his home. He was a native of Decatur, AL and a retired employee of Armour Foods, where he had 30 years of service. He was a devoted employee of Arch L. Heady & Son, Okolona and the...

Bessie Westbay

Bessie Westbay

Feb 14, 2008

Westbay, Bessie VINE GROVE WESTBAY, BESSIE, 91, died Thursday, February 14, 2008. Funeral: noon Monday at Gospel Assembly Church. Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Sunday at Coffey & Chism Funeral Home; after 11 a.m. Monday at the church. Published in The Courier-Journal on 2/15/2008.

Jere Champa

Jere Champa

Feb 13, 2008

Champa, Jere A. View/Sign Guest Book CHAMPA, JERE A., 52, of Louisville, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at his residence. He was the owner/ operator of Champ's Hurstbourne Rollerdome. He is survived by his son, Jere A. Champa II; daughter, Tara Kalai Champa; his mother, Mandy Champa; and brothers, Anthony "Tony" Lee Champa, Joe Champa and Gary Champa. Jere's...

Sylvia Cloyd

Sylvia Cloyd

Feb 13, 2008

CLOYD, SYLVIA ESTELLE, 67, of Louisville, passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at Baptist Hospital Northeast Hospice Unit in LaGrange, KY. She was born in New Hope, KY, the daughter of Augustus and Addie Cecil. She was a member of Epiphany Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her father, Augustus Cecil. She is survived by her mother,...

Jere Champa

Jere Champa

Feb 13, 2008

Champa, Jere A. View/Sign Guest Book CHAMPA, JERE A., 52, of Louisville, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at his residence. He was the owner/ operator of Champ's Hurstbourne Rollerdome. He is survived by his son, Jere A. Champa II; daughter, Tara Kalai Champa; his mother, Mandy Champa; and brothers, Anthony "Tony" Lee Champa, Joe Champa and Gary Champa. Jere's...

Mary Basham

Mary Basham

Feb 13, 2008

Basham, Mary Helen (Vincent) View/Sign Guest Book BASHAM, MARY HELEN (VINCENT), 74, of Louisville, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Denis Catholic Church. She is survived by her loving husband of 59 years, Jackson V. Basham; daughters, Vickie Lynn Basham Kaelin (Billy Reister) and Sherry R. Basham Langford...

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