Henderson County High School Kentucky Alumni Obituaries

Tonya Darlene Cosby 64 of Henderson Kentucky passed away peacefully at 1220 p.m. Sunday August 24 2025 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh Indiana with her family being by her bedside. A native of Henderson she was born to the late Leonis Cosby Sr. and Charlesetta Boone Cosby on October 30 196...

Gloria Jean Thomas 84 of Henderson Kentucky formerly of Chicago Illinois passed away peacefully at 750 a.m. on Saturday July 26 2025 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh Indiana with her family by her bedside. Gloria Jean was born to Alice and Frederick Greer on November 16 1940 in Chicago IL.S...

James Anthony Tony Schwartz 72 of Henderson Kentucky passed away on Tuesday December 16 2025 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh Indiana. He was born on July 25 1953 to the late James Jimmy Schwartz and Sue Chaffin Schwartz Smith. He was a member of Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church. Tony was...

David Strawn born March 10 1955 in Owensboro Kentucky passed away peacefully in his home on Saturday October 4 2025 surrounded by family friends and loved ones. David dedicated his life to caring for others serving as a nurse anesthetist for 42 years at Deaconess Methodist Hospital in Henderson Kent...

Cordelia Faye Bridges 80 of Henderson Kentucky went home to be with the Lord on Sunday December 28 2025. She passed peacefully at home surrounded by her beloved family while under the care of St Anthonys Hospice. She was born in Henderson County Kentucky on June 30 1945 to the late Maggie and Goble ...

Charles Steven Steve McAtee 73 of Henderson Kentucky went to be with his Savior on Thursday December 18 2025. He was born in Henderson Kentucky on March 15 1952 to the late Charles Owen and Alma Dean McAtee. Steve was a plumber with McAtee Plumbing Heating and Air and was Plumbing Inspector for the ...

Nancy Gail Staples Carter 88 of Spottsville Kentucky was called by her loving Father to her Heavenly home at 728 p.m. Wednesday November 5 2025 at Redbanks Nursing Home in Henderson Kentucky. Nancy Gail was a trailblazer unafraid to do new things and in doing so often set a new standard for others t...

Roy E. Kurtz 75 of Henderson Kentucky passed away Tuesday November 11 2025. Born January 21 1950 in Henderson Kentucky to the late Ben and Mary Bellwood Kurtz Roy was a 1969 graduate of Holy Name High School. Immediately after graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served for 17 distinguished ...

Lois Jean McBride Swallows 86 of Henderson Kentucky passed away Thursday October 30 2025 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Lois was born on March 31 1939 in Henderson Kentucky to the late James William and Bertie Trent McBride. She was a retired data processor with the EvansvilleVanderbur...

Billy J. Morehead 71 of Henderson Kentucky passed away Thursday November 20 2025 at Deaconess Henderson Hospital. He was born May 31 1954 to the late T.J. and Anna Mae Morehead. Billy was a 1972 graduate of Webster County High School. He was a material handler with Eaton AxleDana Corporation for 40 ...

Marion Bruce Woodring 89 of Henderson Kentucky passed away on Saturday November 1 2025. Born in Boxville Kentucky on October 20 1936 to the late Lloyd Hickman and Kathleen Beaven Woodring Bruce graduated from Morganfield High School and was a U.S Navy veteran. Following his fathers footsteps Bruce w...

Harold Jack Sasse 92 of Henderson Kentucky passed away Thursday January 15 2026 at Redbanks Nursing Home. Born in Henderson Kentucky on March 22 1933 to the late Charles and Rosalee Sasse Jack grew up on the family dairy farm. He graduated from Henderson County High School and Murray State College w...

Dr. Don Edwin Pruitt 90 of LaGrange Kentucky and Henderson Kentucky was born March 28 1935 in Mattoon Illinois and fell asleep in Christ on Thursday November 20 2025. His parents were Pearl and Clifford Pruitt. Don attended Murray State University for his undergraduate degree before attending the Un...

Walter Robert Wally Gator Grossman Jr. 77 of Henderson Kentucky passed away Wednesday December 24 2025 at Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis. He was born September 6 1948 at Community Methodist Hospital in Henderson Kentucky. Wally was a 1966 graduate of Henderson City High School. He began his car...

Mary Ann Hamilton Thrasher 93 of Henderson Kentucky died on Tuesday December 9 2025 surrounded by her beloved family. She was a member of Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church where she was baptized married and attended daily Mass. Mary Ann was born on May 18 1932 in Henderson Kentucky to Samuel and Ka...

Georgiana Dannheiser 76 of Corydon Kentucky went to be with the Lord on Friday November 7 2025. She was born in Evansville Indiana on January 28 1949 the late George and Frieda Dannheiser. Georgiana graduated from Henderson County High School in 1967 and then attended the former ISUE in Evansville w...

Rebecca Jane Becky Powell Bugg 74 of Henderson Kentucky passed away peacefully on Monday November 17 2025 at St. Anthonys Hospice Lucy Smith King Care Center with her loving family at her side. She was born in Henderson Kentucky on April 12 1951 to the late Ralph Melton Powell and Dorothy Janet Melt...

Thomas Alan Toy 70 of Henderson Kentucky passed away Sunday December 28 2025 at The Waters Skilled Nursing Center in Rockport Indiana. He was born October 9 1955 to the late Kenneth King Toy and Vinnie Katherine Toy Trent in Henderson. Thomas was a graduate of Henderson County High School. He was a ...

Nancy Lynn Hack Markle 66 of Henderson Kentucky died Thursday October 2 2025 in Redbanks Nursing Home Henderson KY surrounded by family and friends. She had been suffering from chronic kidney disease and related conditions for several years. Nancy was born March 1 1959 in DuBois PA to Richard L. Mar...

On October 21 2025 Thomas Tom E. Springer II of Henderson Kentucky passed away at the age of 80 after an extended illness surrounded by family while under the care of St. Anthonys Hospice. Tom was born to the late Thomas E. and Carma Lillian Riggs Springer on November 18 1944 in Morganfield Kentucky...

James J. Bates Jr. age 90 of Henderson Kentucky passed away on November 27 2025 at St. Anthonys Hospice Lucy Smith King Care Center in Henderson. He was born to the late James J. Bates Sr. and Frances White Bates on October 10 1935. James Jim was preceded in death by his parents his loving wife of 6...

Betty L. Wright age 97 of Brookville Pennsylvania passed away peacefully on January 6 2026 at Brookside Assisted Living. Betty was born onNovember 4 1928 the sixth daughter ofBurgess and Ethel Hughes Ishmanof Summerville Pennsylvania. She graduated from Summerville High School and worked for14 years...

Carolyn Wills, affectionately known as “Sis,” was born in Henderson, Kentucky, on May 12, 1945, to the late Edgar Moss and Anna Davis. She moved to Mt. Holly, New Jersey, where...

Juanita "Nita" V. Cobb, born on July 23, 1934, in Henderson, Kentucky, passed away peacefully on December 19, 2025, in her hometown. A cherished member of her family and communi...

Robert Eugene “Genie” Coffey Norris, age 89, of Henderson, Kentucky, passed away on December 23, 2025, at Deaconess Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on Feb...

Kent Leon Kepler of Utopia age 88 died October 19 2025 hearing the love of family he adored the poetry he studied and the liturgy of the God and church he served. He was born in 1937 to Glen and Lillian Kepler and lived an almost idyllic childhood in the tiny town of Big Springs Nebraska with his pa...

Darwin Edward "Ed" Titzer Jr. 65 of Mill Shoals IL passed away on November 21 2025 in Evansville Indiana. Ed was born on February 9 1960 in Princeton Indiana to Darwin Titzer Sr. and Judy Decker Risley. He celebrated 34 anniversaries with his wife Sheila whom he married on February 15 1991 in Hender...

Donna Kay Herzog 63 of Henderson Kentucky passed peacefully Sunday September 28 2025 at St. Anthonys Hospice Lucy Smith King Care Center. She was raised in North Vernon Indiana and graduated from Jennings County High School in 1980. She was preceded in death by her father Kenneth Dutch Herzog and he...

"Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight." - Rossiter Worthington Raymond.Elmer Lee Gibson, 93 of Kuttawa, Kentucky, returned home to be with his Lord and Savior on December 14th, 2025, peacefully in his home surrounded...

Roger Rushing age 76 of Sturgis passed away on Wednesday December 10, 2025 at his home surrounded by his loved ones after an extended illness under Saint Anthony Hospice Care. He was born December 15, 1948 to Hardin and Maudline Rushing in Caldwell County, Kentucky. Roger retired from Dotiki coal mi...