USGenWeb Memorial Page

 

Elva Morgan
CC for Harlan & Leslie Counties KYGenWeb
 

KYGenWeb Memorial Page

Annie Whiteman
Co-CC for Blair County PAGenweb
 

Nancy L. "Annie" Whiteman, 60, 1641 St. Francis Lane, Altoona, died unexpectedly Sunday morning at her residence.

She was born in Altoona, daughter of Alfred and Naomi (Mellot) Fuchs. Her mother preceded her in death. She married Raymond J. Whiteman Dec. 22, 1965, at Grace Bible Church.

Surviving are her husband; two daughters: Kayla Detwiler and husband, Ed, of Duncansville and Kerry Roesch and husband, Brian, of Middletown, Del.; her father of Harrisburg, Ill.; and two brothers: David Fuchs and Ken Fuchs, both of Duncansville. She was known as "Gumby" to her eight grandchildren: Colin Brinkhoff, Conor Brinkhoff, Reid Brinkhoff, Torey Roesch, Mara Roesch, Nathan Detwiler, Cassie Detwiler and Bailey Detwiler.

Annie had a great love for her family and grandchildren. She had been the former librarian and member of the Blair County Genealogical Society and director of the PA Genealogical Web site, GenWeb. Annie was a volunteer at the Women's Homeless Shelter.

Friends will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday at Plank, Stitt and Stevens Funeral Home, 421 Montgomery St., Hollidaysburg (www.pssfh.com). Funeral services will be held at the convenience of the family. Interment at Grandview Cemetery.

Richard Lee Branch
July 3, 2007

MIGenWeb Memorial Page

Jacqueline "Jackie" King
Feb. 10, 1949 - June 29, 2007

County Coordinator, GAGenWeb Project

GAGenWeb Memorial Page for Jackie

Jolene K. Pillars
Mar. 30, 2007

MIGenWeb Memorial Page

Kenneth D. Johnson- Nov. 17, 2006

County Coordinator, The GAGenWeb Project

Ken was such an integral part of the Archives. The counties that he maintained in Georgia were numerous and we know he helped so many, many researchers along the way.

Memorial Page for Ken

Arthur M. Griffiths - January 30, 2005

Oxford County Coordinator, The MEGenWeb Project

Arthur passed away on Sunday, January 30, 2005. He served within the MEGenWeb Project as County Coordinator of Oxford County, and as host of many town pages within the MEGenWeb Project. Arthur's life and work embraced history and its preservation. His time and dedication to the MEGenWeb Project and the Maine genealogical community will be sorely missed.

Memorial Page for Arthur

Donald Westbrook - 1951 - 2004

Donald was coordinator of De Soto County, Mississippi and had previously hosted Scott and Panola counties.

Obituary - Westbrook, Donald
Courtland, Miss.
Donald Westbrook, 53, of Courtland, died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004, at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. Westbrook was a member of Bethany Baptist Church, a Systems Technician for Batesville Casket Company, a Navy Reserve Veteran and a Mason. Memorial services are Friday, Nov. 12 at Bethany Baptist Church at 7:00 p.m.

Survivors include his father Donald E. Westbrook of Oakland; his step-mother Loraine Parrish Westbrook of Oakland; one brother Robert Westbrook of Nineveh, Ind.; two step-brothers, Gerald Parrish and Tommy Parrish, both of Batesville and two step-sisters, Laura Herron of Batesville and Sandra McGregor of Trezevant, Tenn.
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Source: The Panolian, Batesville, Mississippi

Joe Mitchell Robinson - 1954 - 2004

Joel was interested in genealogy and contributed his family information to the Marshall County WVGenWeb site. He also transcribed the 1870 Liberty District census while he was working away from home. He was particularly proud of having claimed the Civil War medals of FIVE of his relatives who served in West Virginia regiments during the Civil War. The medals were claimed from the West Virginia State Archives after providing documentary proof of his relationship to the soldiers.

Memorial Page for Joel

Mary K Goodyear 1954-2004

Mary K was a loving mother, wife and friend. She took her personal time to help anyone who contacted her to help them with their family tree at no charge. She was a dedicated genealogist who gave of herself endlessly. Her death is a great loss within the Johnson Co. Kentucky community. She started the Johnson Co website in 1996 and spent years making it a site where all could visit and learn about their family trees.

Memorial Page for Mary K

Jo Caula Gregg Thiessen - 1931 - 2004

Jo Thiessen joined the KYGenWeb Project in April 1996 when the KYGenWeb Project was just being formed as coordinator for the Scott and Woodford County sites. In addition to acting county coordinator for Scott and Woodford Counties, she later also took on Harrison County for the KYGenWeb Project and she was deeply involved with all things historical in Scott County, KY.

Memorial Page for Jo

Bill Clody - August 2004

Fascinated by genealogy, Bill Clody managed the Walker County section of the online GAGenWeb Project, part of the USGenWeb Project. He traveled to Tennessee and North Carolina and compiled quite a family tree, going back some 200 years.

Memorial Page for Bill

Maurice "Morrie" Krueger
31 Jan 2004

Memorial Page for Morrie Krueger

Jeri Shangle
25 Dec 2003

MIGenWeb Memorial Page

Marcella Dawson
4 Sep 2003

Memorial Page for Marcella

Charmaine Keith
1 Mar 2003

Our deepest sympathy and most heartfelt prayers go out to the family, friends and loved ones of Charmaine. May she stay in your hearts forever and and may all your memories be happy ones.

Memorial Page for Charmaine

Memorial Page for Mary Beth

Cheryl Ann Hemingway
8 Jan 2002

JoDaviess County Coordinator

Cheryl was the long time coordinator of the JoDaviess County ILGenWeb site. She will be sadly missed by the ILGenWeb family.

Memorial Page for Cheryl

MORGAN T. DAVIDSON
30 Nov 1938 - 3 Jan 2002

IN LOVING MEMORY

Memorial Page for Morgan

Jeff Murphy was one of the people responsible for the birth of The USGenWeb Project. Jeff played an integral role in starting the Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database Project, which evolved into the KyGenWeb Project. It was Jeff who set up the first USGenWeb main page with Kentucky and Arkansas having the first state sites. For his efforts we owe Jeff a tremendous debt of gratitude.

Jeff was 54 years old when he passed away in in Gresham, Oregon on May 20, 2001. He leaves a wife, Debra, and two small children.

Memorial Page for Jeff

Roy Wheeler

Roy Wheeler was the archivist for Gallatin and Trimble County, Ky with the Ky Archives, part of the USGenWeb Archives. He passed away March 21, 2001.

Roy 'Bucky' Wheeler, loved genealogy research and took every opportunity to ex plore families' histories. "He was really into it," said his sister, Atha Stewart of Sanders. "He started by tracing our own families. He had us back to the 1700s."

Mr. Wheeler had his own genealogy Web page and loved talking about genealogy. "He was very easy going and well-liked, and he tried to draw people out about their families because he was interested in their ancestry," says Mrs. Stewart.

Mr. Wheeler, 57, of Carrollton, died at 2:44 a.m. Wednesday at his home. He was a retired service manager with Pepsi-Cola and a member of Sparta Baptist Church.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Warsaw. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight in the funeral home. Burial will be in Owenton Cemetery.

Carol Middleton

Carol Middleton, former county coordinator with the USGenWeb Projet in Alabama, Georgia and Virginia, left us on 20 September 2000. She left the following two pages for us to use. Thanks, Carol!

Pat Barnes was the County Coordinator for the Roane County WVGenWeb Project. She passed away April 4, 2000.

Pat was also very active in the Roane County Historical Society and will be greatly missed by many.

Pat passed away on April 4th (2000) at Riverside Hospital.

Services are at the Hadley Funeral Home on Fifth Street. in Marietta, OH. Visitation Friday, April 7th from 2-4 and 7-9.

Funeral Service at the Hadley Funeral Home, Saturday April 8th at 11:00am

Ronald Dean Vosika

January 25, 1934 - January 16, 2000. Ron, along with his wife, Alice, have been good supporters of our project, and have volunteered to help in any way they can. Ron will always be known in our group as the fisherman who helped to catch the 'big one' at the lake at our Meet & Greet in Aurora, Nebraska. Ron passed away January 16, 2000.

Melinda Dee Ann Merrell Hobb - October 22, 1967 -- December 11 1999

Melinda Dee Ann Merrell Hobb was the County Coordinator for Andrews County, Texas. She passed away December 11, 1999.

Obituary:
Funeral services for Melinda Dee Ann Merrell Hobbs, 32, of Andrews Texas were held on Tuesday December 14 at 10 A.M. at McNett Funeral Home Chapel. She died on Saturday December 11 at Permian General Hospital in Andrews. She was born on October 22, 1967, in Anchorage, Alaska. Survivors include her husband Rocky Hobbs, one daughter Karolyn Caye Hobbs, one son, Stewart Wayne Merrell, her mother Mary Fullen, and two sisters Evelyn Taylor of Midland Texas and Dedra Schwartz of Crane Texas. Melinda was a valued volunteer for Andrews County TxGenWeb. Her contributions will be missed.

Malcom (Mike) BASHAM - 25 May 1942 -- 15 September 1997

It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Mike Basham, TXGenWeb coordinator and USGW Board member and Executive VP of the Dallas Genealogical Society. Mike was well-loved and respected by people all over the world. He has been the driving force behind the expansion of this vital internet resource for genealogists with Texas ancestry. He will be greatly missed. We extend our sincere sympathy to his family and friends.

Obituary
Malcom Luther "Mike" Basham, born May 25, 1942 in Grandview, Texas, and passed away September 15,1997 in Dallas, Texas. Mike grew up in Venus, where he was Valedictorian of his graduating class of 1960. He graduated in the class of 1964 from Texas A&M and was a member of the Ross Volunteers. He served in Vietnam from 1965 to 1966. He married Nancy Elick, January 6, 1968. He was Past President of Lake Highlands Soccer Association; Past President of Bishop Lynch Booster Club; Officer in the Dallas Genealogical Society; Officer in Royal Highlands Homeowners Association. He was a Professional Genealogist who brought his two hobbies (computer and genealogy) together (GenWeb). He was preceded in death by his mother and father; Frances and Kermit Basham. He is survived by his wife of 29 years: Nancy Basham, daughters; Susanne Koonce and her husband, Larry (Plano); sons John Basham and his wife Jennifer (Irving), and Mark BAsham (Dallas); brothers: Dwaine Basham and his wife, Myrlene (Dallas), Travis Basham and his wife, Peggy (San Antonio), sister: Lieta Wooldridge (Dallas) ; numerous nieces and nephews. Vigil Service-Rosary will be said 7:30 P.M. Thursday September 18, 1997, ST PARTICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. Rev. Msgr. Richard Johnson and Father Michael Guadagnoli con-celebrants. Interment will be in Grandview, Texas.

If desired, memorials may be made in Mike's name to The Bishop Lynch Memorial Scholarship Fund, 9730 Ferguson Rd. Dallas, TX 75228 or Dallas Genealogy Society P.O. Box 12648 Dallas, TX 75225

(Sparkman-Crane Funeral Home, 10501 Garland Rd. 214-327-8291)

W. David Kirby - 23 Oct 1934 -- 9 May 1997

David Kirby was born October 23, 1934 in Hobart, OK and passed away May 9, 1997 in Cheyenne, OK. He graduated from Sentinel High School and Southwestern State College in Weatherford. He married Rogna Crane in Cheyenne in 1957. He served in the United States Army for 20 years until his retirement as a Lieutenant Colonel. After moving to Cheyenne in 1979, he worked for OETA and owned Red Rock Industries.

He is survived by his wife, Rogna, his daughter, Dawn Becker, and two grandchildren, his mother, three sisters and his mother-in-law.

Rex E. STEVENSON, Jr. - 9 May 1997

Rex E. Stevenson, Jr., founder of the Herkimer/Montgomery Counties NYGenWeb, passed away on May 9, 1997. Rex is very much missed by us, Rachel Meyer and Martha Magill, whose tribute to him, we hope, can try to describe the experience of being a Friend of Rex.

Larry SWANEY - 24 January 1997

Larry Swaney, 52, of Fairbury, Neb., died Jan. 24, 1997, at Jefferson Community Health Center in Fairbury. Survivors include his five children; mother, Mae Bush of Fairbury; and half brother, Allen Bush and his wife Kim of Fairbury. Fairbury Journal-News Friday Jan. 24, 1997

Larry was one of the Assistant Coordinators for the NEGenWeb. He will be missed.

Ronald Odis SINGLETON - 27 April 1940 -- 15 January 1997

Ron was born 27 April 1940 in St. Louis the son of Marie (Mrs. James) Lipsey of Kennett, Mo., and the late Cleo Singleton. Ronald was married to Lois Dean Arnel and they had 3 sons named Ronald Gene, Charles Kirk and the late Kenneth Wayne. They were divorced. On 12 January, 1962 Ron married Ida Holland and they remained together until his death. Ron and Ida were blessed with 4 boys and 1 daughter. Dennis Keith and Kevin Dewane are the only ones who lived to maturity (youngest and oldest). Ron's daughter, Debra Denise lived 2 yrs and 3 mos. and the 2 middle boys, David Wayne and Gregory Scott passed over to heaven at very young ages.

Ronald had green eyes, brown hair, was 5' 11" and weighed about 189 lbs. He had been diabetic for around 12 years or so. Ron was a resident of the City of St. Louis, Missouri.

He was researching the Singleton and Boyer families of Puxico, Mo. and Stoddard Co., Mo. Ronald was a very quiet man but he meant what he said when he said something. He was an active member of the Meramec Heights Assembly of God, and enjoyed talking about the Bible. He was very thrilled to be a part of The USGenWeb Project and he took it to heart and worked very long hours on it and he loved it. Ida is very proud of him concerning his love for the project and that The USGenWeb Project loved and will miss him. Ron will always be in our hearts and memory. Ron is buried at the Corith Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Mo.

Ron was a great asset to our organization, having been the state coordinator for both Nevada and Colorado. He also supported St. Louis County in Missouri, and was one of the USGenWeb project archivists.