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Mary C. Blaes

The body of Miss Mary Catherine Blaes, 20, of Franklin County, killed Saturday night in an automobile accident near Blue Grass, Iowa, was to have been brought to Harrod Bros. Funeral Home shortly after 9 o'clock this morning.

Miss Blaes, daughter of Rev. Jack W. Blaes, pastor of the Antioch Church of Christ, and the late Mrs. Margaret Smith Blaes was traveling with three companions, returning from a wedding to the West Suburban Hospital, Chicago, where she was in nursing school. She would have graduated from the school in two weeks.

A native of Harrison County she was a 1961 graduate of Franklin County High School and a member of the Antioch Church of Christ.

Other survivors include two sisters, one brother and her maternal grandparents.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church on St. Clair. The Rev. H. M. Rutherford, of Lexington, will officiate, assisted by Rev. Claude Neal, Rev. Stanford Chambers, and Rev. James Hardison, all of Louisville. Burial will be in the family lot in the Antioch Cemetery.

 Antioch Cemetery, Franklin County, Ky
Mary Catherine Blaes, 12 May 1944-05 Sep 1963


Franklin Man Dies As Car Leaves Road

Joe Peter Weber, 80, of Franklin County, was killed when his car went out of control and hit a guard rail on U.S. 60 outside the city limits. Weber was pronounced dead on arrival at King's Daughters Hospital Friday afternoon. Coroner John Rogers did not rule in the case, but said the victim apparently suffered a heart attack before the accident occurred on the Louisville hill. The coroner said Weber did not suffer any injuries.

Weber, a retired distillery employee, was a native of Franklin County and was a member of the Hillcrest Baptist Church. He was a veteran of World War I.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Vanola Moore Weber; five sons, James., Neville, Robert Lee and Louis J. Weber, all of Frankfort, and Billy Joe Weber, U. S. Air Force in Michigan; two daughters, Mrs. A. B. Bayless, Madisonville, and Mrs. Eugene Hill, Lexington; four brothers, Henry and Paul Weber, Frankfort; Carl Weber, Miami, Fla., and Herman Weber, Louisville; three sisters, Mrs. Christine Walters, Louisville; Mrs. Noble Moore and Mrs. Walter Childs, Frankfort; 20 grandchildren and five step-grandchildren.

Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at Rogers Chapel by the Rev. Lenwood Nichols. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Woodford County.


Norval N. McAlister

Services for Norval (Happy) Neuman McAlister, 54, of 620 West Short Street, will be conducted at 1:30 Friday afternoon at the Kerr Brothers Funeral Home by the Rev. Ard Hoven. Burial will be in the Georgetown Cemetery.

Casket bearers will be Joe Lambert, Robert Lambert, Howard Curtis, Clayton Curtis, Arthur Spickard and Kerman Holland. Kerr Brothers Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.


Mrs. Harry T. Moore

Frankfort--Mrs. Minnie Belle Hulette Moore, 73, of the Devil's Hollow Road, died at 2:10 p.m. Wednesday at King's Daughters Hospital after a six-week illness. A native of Franklin County, she was a member of the North Benson Baptist Church.

Survivors are her husband, Harry T. Moore; three brothers, Harry T. and Allen Hulette, Frankfort, and Edwin L. Hulette, Lexington; three sisters, Mrs. Louis R. Weber, Lexington, and Mrs. Dudley M. Sheets and Mrs. Louis Lee, Louisville, and several nieces and nephews.

Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Rogers Chapel. Burial will be in the Frankfort Cemetery.

 Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky
Harry Thomas Moore, 06 Oct 1882-03 Nov 1966
Minnie Hulette Moore, 03 Jun 1889-12 Sep 1962


Leslie W. Baldwin

Leslie Ward Baldwin, 36, of 1527 Leestown Road, died at 4:20 a.m. yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital after an illness of two weeks. He was employed as a technician at the Internal Business Machine Corp. plant and was a member of Victory Christian Church. The body was taken to Kerr Brothers Funeral Home where services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. C. Duke Payne officiating. Burial will be in Blue Grass Memorial Gardens in Jessamine County.


Clarence (Rick) Brown

Versailles--Services for Clarence (Rick) Brown, 54, who died Monday night at the University of Kentucky Medical Center were to be conducted at 3:30 p.m. today at the Miller-Blackburn Funeral Home by the Rev. Sam Hatton. Burial was to be in the Versailles Cemetery. Bearers were to be Jack, Dewey K., Dan and Forest Gravitt, and Billy and Jimmy Brown.
 Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Ky
Clarence L. (Rick) Brown, 1909-1964


John W. Fincel

Funeral services for John William Fincel, 62, who died Friday morning following a heart attack were conducted from the Harrod Bros. Funeral Home today at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. J. W. Blaes, Pastor of the Antioch Church of Christ, officiating. Burial was in the family lot in the Frankfort Cemetery.

The pallbearers were: H. Wellington Mathews, Ray Sykes, Horace Thompson, Claude Brown, Woodrow Hippe, Ray Moore and John Hackett.

Fincel was a native of Frankfort born here February 19, 1899, the son of the late Mrs. Addie Currens and Mr. Charles Fincel. He lived in Franklin County all of this life.

Fincel had been in the meat and grocery business here for the past 42 years. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Antioch Church of Christ.

Surviving him are wife, Mrs. Verna Spencer Fincel; one son, Roy, one granddaughter, Donna jane, all of Frankfort; two sisters, Mrs. Z. C. Long and Miss Gladys Fincel, both of Louisville, one brother, Edward Fincel, Frankfort.


Stanley Bale

Stanley Bale, 45, 153 E. Main Street, died unexpectedly from a heart attack at 8 a.m. today while on his way to work. A native of LaRue County, where he was born December 9, 1916; he came to Frankfort in 1931.

He was a veteran of World War II having served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Oak Hill Baptist Church, LaRue County, the V.F.W. and the American Legion. He owned and operated the Holmes Street Market at the corner of Holmes and High Streets.

Bale is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Johnson Bale, mother, Mrs. Bessie Ward Bale, Frankfort; two brothers, Truman Bale, Frankfort, and Leonard Bale, Springfield, Ohio.

The body is at Rogers Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.


Mack Samuel Brown

Funeral services for Mack Samuel Brown, 55, vice president of the United Bank and Trust Co., who died Friday, will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Versailles Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Robert S. Sanders and the Rev. Graham Gordon.

Burial will be in the Versailles Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Colvin P. Rouse, Dr. A. J. Whitehouse, William T. Edger, George Shelburn, Owen L. Range, William Finneran, Jim Schoo and Sam Hedden. Honorary pallbearers will be elders and deacons of the Versailles Presbyterian Church. The body is at the Miller-Blackburn Funeral Home.

 Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Ky
Mack S. Brown, 14 Jan 1906-22 Dec 1961





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