OBITUARIES

Tony Coward Sr.

Tony Coward Sr.

Jan 6, 2019

Tony Clay Coward, Sr. passed away at his home in Oliver Springs, Tennessee on January 6, 2019 surrounded by his family. He was born July 29, 1956 in Oliver Springs, Tennessee to Alfred and Hildreth Coward. He graduated from Karns High School in 1976. Tony's greatest love and proudest accomplishment was his family. He was preceded in death by his...

Edward McElroy

Edward McElroy

Dec 21, 2018

Edward D McElroy age 67 is in the care of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Ed passed away at his home Friday December 21, 2018. He was born August 16, 1951 in New Haven, Connecticut to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Eugene McElroy. Ed put up a hard fight and was always quite the trooper. He was an incredible husband for...

William Whalen

William Whalen

Dec 19, 2018

William (Billy Joe) Whalen age 45 is in the care of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Billy Joe passed away December 19, 2018 at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He was born May 23, 1973 in Bakersfield, California to David and Betty McMillin Whalen. Billy Joe was a graduate of Oliver Springs High School class of 1991 and...

Edith Harvey

Edith Harvey

Dec 14, 2018

Edith Louise Harvey age 74 is in the care of martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Edith passed away December 14,2018 at Greenfield Assisted living in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. She was born November 01, 1944 in El Campo, Texas to Thomas Martin and Edna Mozisek. Edith worked over 33 years with Air Force Logistics Command at Robbins Air Force Base as...

Wilma Cusatis

Wilma Cusatis

Dec 12, 2018

Wilma Geraldine Cusatis age 77 is in the care of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Wilma passed away December 12, 2018 at Norris Health and Rehab in Andersonville, TN. She was born December 18, 1940 in Raven, Virginia to Edgar Hamilton Cruey and Lilian Kline. Wilma enjoyed many things especially crafts and ceramics as well as camping and fishing. She...

Gerold Minard

Gerold Minard

Dec 2, 2018

Gerold Darwin Minard age 80 is in the care of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Mr. Minard passed away December 02, 2018 at his home in oak Ridge, TN. He was born September 03, 1938 in Hagg, Nebraska to Leon Eatoin and Thelma Pauline Murray. Gerold was retired from the United States Post office as a mail handler and alos...

Kirk Cates

Kirk Cates

Nov 26, 2018

Kirk Douglas Cates, 52, of Oak Ridge, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, November 26, 2018. Kirk was born in Granite City, Il. He was a loving husband to Patti for 20 years, and a loving father to Ian. As a child, he and his family lived in a Chicago suburb before moving to Oliver Springs. Kirk attended Faith Lutheran Church,...

Celia Thacker

Celia Thacker

Nov 25, 2018

Celia Ann (Candy Jones) Thacker age 73 is in the care of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Candy passed away Sunday November 25, 2018 in Tazewell, TN She was born February 17, 1945 in Norfolk,Virginia at Naval Base Hospital to Carl Jones and Jean King Baxter. Candy was a graduate of Oak Ridge High School class of "63" and was...

Floyd Imperato

Floyd Imperato

Nov 24, 2018

Floyd N. Imperato age 74 is in the care of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Floyd passed away November 24, 2018 at his home in Knoxville, TN. He was born November 16, 1944 in Jersey City, New Jersey to Nicholas Floyd Imperato and Helen L. Bardino. Floyd served our country in th United States Navyand was self employed with his...

Diane Lepsig

Diane Lepsig

Nov 18, 2018

Diane Mary Lepsig 75, of Harriman died at home on Sunday, November 18. She was under the care of Covenant Hospice and assisted in passing by her sister, Emily. Diane was born 4-2-43 in Detroit, MI. She was the daughter of Cyril and Mary Vanooitghem, both deceased. She was educated at St Matthew's grade school, Dominican High School where she...

Victoria Brannon

Victoria Brannon

Nov 17, 2018

Victoria Rae Brannon age 32 is in the care of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Victoria passed away November 17, 2018 in Oak Ridge Tennessee. She was born June 10, 1986 in Knoxville, TN to Danny Brannon and Sandra Martinez.

Cecil Moore

Cecil Moore

Nov 16, 2018

Cecil Henry Moore age 89 is in the care of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Cecil passed away Friday November 16,2018 at Diversicare of Oak Ridge. He was born February 12, 1929 Lenarue, Kentucky to Henry and Minnie Moore. A high school graduate and served our country in the Navy from 04/04/1946 until 04/03/1948 and was of the Baptist faith....

Johnny Bailey

Johnny Bailey

Nov 15, 2018

Johnny D. Bailey of Solway passed away November 15, 2018 at his home. He was born February 3, 1960 and attended Fairview School in Solway and Karns High School. He is preceded in death by parents, Helen (Huckaby) Bailey and John H. Bailey and sister, Freida Jo Brock-Miller. He is survived by sister, Jessie Bailey Roberts; cousins, Denise Visser and...

Robert Wichner

Robert Wichner

Nov 7, 2018

Robert Paul Wichner, 85, passed away peacefully on Nov. 7, 2018 at his home in Oak Ridge, Tenn., after a series of medical problems. Robert was born in Pecs, Hungary in 1933 to Blanche and Abe Wichner and immigrated to New York when he was four years old. He was raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where he...

Janet Earl

Janet Earl

Nov 7, 2018

Janet C. Earl age 84 is in the care of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Janet passed away November 07, 2018 at her home in Clinton, TN. She was born January 29, 1934 to Hazel Erwin and worked most ot her life as a school teacher. No services are planned at this time.

Susan Carroll

Susan Carroll

Nov 1, 2018

Susan L. Carroll age 59 is in the care of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Susan passed away November 1, 2018 at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge. She was born May 14, 1959 in West Lafayette, Indiana to Steven and Carol Schrock. She obtained her Bachelors degree in Environmental Science and worked many years as a Sr. Lab Technician...

Marcel Schmorak

Marcel Schmorak

Oct 28, 2018

Marcel Schmorak, a retired ORNL physicist, passed away on October 28, 2018 after a long illness. Mr. Schmorak was born on April 8, 1931 in Warsaw, Poland. After the Nazi occupation of Poland in September, 1939, the Schmorak family, which in addition to Marcel included his parents Simon and Sophie and Marcel's younger sister Hanna, escaped to Palestine and settled...

Thangammal Padmanabhan

Thangammal Padmanabhan

Oct 25, 2018

Thangammal Padmanabhan age 96 passed away October 25, 2018 at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Services are incomplete at this time and will be announced at a later date.

Eva Andrews

Eva Andrews

Oct 24, 2018

Eva H. Andrews age 100 is in the care of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Eva passed away October 24, 2018 at her home in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. She was born April 30, 1918 in Travelers Rest, South Carolina to Rev. Milton Hodgens and Emily Pauline Cunningham Andrews. services are incomplete at this time and will be announced at a...

Richard Absher

Richard Absher

Oct 22, 2018

Richard Logan Absher, Colonel US Army Retired of Oak Ridge, TN Richard "Dick" Absher, age 88, is in the care of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Richard passed away unexpectedly on October 22, 2018 of an apparent stroke. He was born October 8, 1930 in Newton, MA to the late Clyde B. and Grace I. Absher originally from Vermillion, SD....