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Subject: [TNCAMPBE-L] Obits From The Oak Ridger 12 Feb 2004
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:11:36 EST
>From the Oak Ridger 12 Feb 2004
Carolyn Lindsay Clayton, 61, of Oak Ridge,
Louise Bresee Cowger of Oak Ridge
Mary E. "Libby" Quattrochi, 49, of Huntsville, Ala.
Mary Hazel Walters
Margaret Clay Vester, 95, of Powell,
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Carolyn Lindsay Clayton, 61, of Oak Ridge, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004, at
NHC HealthCare of Oak Ridge. Born April 15, 1942, in Caryville, her family
said she was a devoted wife and mother. According to her family, Mrs. Clayton was
a woman of many talents, a gifted pianist and singer. Her family said she was
an outstanding basketball player at Lake City High School. She had a very
successful career as a secretary, according to her family. She owned and operated
four businesses - at the present time she was president and chief executive
officer of CRD Inc.; Claytons Business Assistance, one of the first temporary
services in Oak Ridge; Claytons Couturiere, where she designed and made
original creations; and Baldys Barbecue Restaurant. Mrs. Clayton won the Miss
Anderson County beauty pageant in 1960, placed third in the Miss Tennessee Pageant in
1960 and first runner-up in the Miss Oak Ridge beauty contest in 1961,
winning the talent and swimsuit competition in this contest. She was preceded in
death by her parents William T. "Dink" and Thelma Jones Lindsay, and by three
brothers, Jimmie Thurman, Jerry Lynn and David Orn Lindsay. Mrs. Clayton is
survived by her husband, Frank D. Clayton; her daughter, Catrina Clayton Lozano;
her son, Frank L. "Kip" Clayton and wife, Suzie; three grandchildren, Caitlin
Lauren Clayton, Roman Delano Lozano and David Omar Lozano; and by two brothers,
Paris "Mack" Lindsay and wife, JoAnne, and Richard William Lindsay and wife,
Judy. The funeral will be at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, 2004, in the chapel of
Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home with the Rev. Tom Byrge and the Rev. Hollis
Whitaker. Burial will be private for family only. The family will receive friends
from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the
funeral home.
Louise Bresee Cowger of Oak Ridge died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004. Born Sarah
Louise Bresee on March 20, 1905, on the family farm near Etna, Ill., she was the
daughter of Byrd Elma and Bertha Bresee. Mrs. Cowger attended the University
of Illinois and graduated in 1928. On Aug. 4, 1928, she married Lawrence J.
Shappert. During World War II, Mrs. Cowger managed the Pi Beta Phi central
office, which was then located in Decatur. In 1944, she took a job with the Ordnance
Works in Decatur that was to build tanks in support of the war effort.
Following the war, Mrs. Cowger sold real estate. Mr. Shappert died in 1969. In 1979,
she married Charles Carr Cowger. The couple wintered in Lake Placid, Fla.,
and lived in Belvidere, Ill., until 1984 when they moved to Champaign, Ill. Mr.
Cowger died in March 2001. In addition to her parents and husbands, she was
preceded in death by three brothers, John Bresee, Paul Bresee and Howard Bresee,
and by a sister, Ruth Bressee Ashbrook. Mrs. Cowger is survived by her son,
Lawrence B. Shappert, of Oak Ridge; four grandchildren and their spouses, Susan
and Tony Saliba of Beavercreek, Ohio, Rebecca and David Luther of Bristol,
Stephen and Rhonda Shappert of Commercial Point, Ohio, and Christopher and
Kristen Shappert of Suwanee, Ga.; and by nine great-grandchildren. A memorial
service will be at noon Sunday, Feb. 15, 2004, at First Presbyterian Church of
Champaign with the Rev. Eric Snyder officiating. The family requests that any
memorials be in the form of contributions to First Presbyterian Church, Youth
Mission Trips, 302 W. Church St., Champaign, IL 61821. Morgan Funeral Home in
Savoy, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.
Mary E. "Libby" Quattrochi, 49, of Huntsville, Ala., died Friday, Feb. 6,
2004, at a local hospital. Mrs. Quattrochi was a native of Oak Ridge, and a
resident of Madison County in Alabama for the past 12 years. A member of Aldersgate
United Methodist Church, she was active with the Girl Scouts of North Alabama
and various schools in the area. She was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Mrs. Quattrochi is survived by her husband, Dale Anthony Quattrochi; her son,
Michael Quattrochi, of Huntsville; her daughter, Laura Quattrochi, of Huntsville;
a brother, Allan Gregory Anderson of Seymour; and by her parents, Allan Glenn
and Magnolia E. Anderson of Oak Ridge. A memorial service will be at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004, at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Huntsville.
The family requests that any memorials be in the form of donations to the Libby
Quattrochi Memorial Fund at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 12901 Bailey
Cove Road, Huntsville, AL 35803. Spry Funeral Home in Huntsville is in charge
of arrangements.
Mary Hazel Walters died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004, at her home in Knoxville. She
was the wife of Thomas Kelly Walters Jr., now deceased. She and her family
resided 10 years in Oak Ridge and later in Syracuse, N.Y., and Tulsa, Okla.,
before moving to Knoxville. According to her family, she had a talent for music and
in the 1940s and early 1950s, she helped the late Rev. Dr. K.B. Combs, a
Baptist moderator, as he established three to four churches in Oak Ridge, Calvary
Baptist Church and Central Baptist Church being two of them. Mrs. Walters was
associate teacher and pianist in many churches until lupus took control.
According to her family, she retired because she said, "a church needs someone they
can depend on." She was a member of Wallace Memorial Baptist Church and her
family said she was a "bonafide" member of St. Matthew's Church in Tulsa, an
honor bestowed by the church. Her family said she had a "magna cum laude" degree
in motherhood bestowed by her children. In addition to her husband, she was
preceded in death by a daughter, Cheryl Anne Witt, and by an infant son, John
Quenton Walters. Mrs. Walters is survived by a son, Richard Walters and wife,
Daphne, of Marietta, Ga.; two daughters, Margaret Kelly Norman and Jennifer
Coburn and husband, Gary, all of Powell; four grandchildren, Brian Coburn,
Gregory Norman, Natalie Clabough and Erin Elizabeth Walters; and by one
great-grandchild, Wesley Clabough. The funeral was to be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 12,
2004, at Rose Mortuary Broadway Chapel in Knoxville. Burial will follow at Oak
Ridge Memorial Park. The family requests that any memorials be in the form of
contributions to the American Heart Association, 4708 Papermill Drive,
Knoxville, TN 37909.
Margaret Clay Vester, 95, of Powell, died Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004, at
Hillcrest West in Knoxville. Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements, which were incomplete at press time.
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