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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Marian G. Hammers
Marian G.
Hammers
Jan 28, 1919 — Feb 21, 2018
Marian G. Hammers' Obituary
Marian Georgia (Duvall) Hammers, 99, of Owensboro, KY passed away Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at Owensboro Health Regional Center. She was the widow of Foster Barton Hammers to whom she was married for 56 years.
Marian was born January 28, 1919 in Detroit, MI, a daughter of the late, James Fairlie Cooper and Gertrude E. P. (Piedfort) Duvall. She moved to Crofton, KY as a child and graduated from Crofton High School.
During World War II, she worked assembling airplanes at Republic Aviation in Evansville, IN. Marian was working for the phone company in Madisonville when she married. She was a resident of Madisonville for sixty years, living on Scott St. before moving to Owensboro in 2007.
Marian was a charter member of the Hopkins County Genealogical Society and lifelong member. In addition to writing the books, Maureen Duvall The Immigrant, John and Richard Sumner and Their Descendants, and The Hammers of Butler County, KY, she authored numerous Kentucky
County genealogical books plus connected many families with their family's history and roots.
When her children were growing up, she was Hall Street School PTA president, Cub Scout and Brownie leader and Sunday School teacher. She was a member of KCA Homemakers for several decades. Marian was a member of the First Christian Church in Madisonville.
She enjoyed playing Rook with her group in Madisonville for many years. She was talented in numerous crafts, writing, and enjoyed crossword puzzles. She had fond memories of two very special dogs in her life, Muffin and Angie.
Marian is survived by a daughter, Donna K. Hammers of Waterbury, CT; two grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by sisters, Gertrude Gilkey and Dorothy V. Farrington; brother, Louis Eugene Duvall III; nephew Louis Eugene Duvall IV; and son, Kyle Duvall Hammers.
The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, February 26, 2018 in the chapel of Harris Funeral Home in Madisonville with the eulogy given by Donna Hammers. Private entombment to be held at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in Madisonville.
Memorial contributions may be made in Marian's memory to the Hopkins County Genealogical Society 14 Court St. Madisonville, KY 42431.
Marian was born January 28, 1919 in Detroit, MI, a daughter of the late, James Fairlie Cooper and Gertrude E. P. (Piedfort) Duvall. She moved to Crofton, KY as a child and graduated from Crofton High School.
During World War II, she worked assembling airplanes at Republic Aviation in Evansville, IN. Marian was working for the phone company in Madisonville when she married. She was a resident of Madisonville for sixty years, living on Scott St. before moving to Owensboro in 2007.
Marian was a charter member of the Hopkins County Genealogical Society and lifelong member. In addition to writing the books, Maureen Duvall The Immigrant, John and Richard Sumner and Their Descendants, and The Hammers of Butler County, KY, she authored numerous Kentucky
County genealogical books plus connected many families with their family's history and roots.
When her children were growing up, she was Hall Street School PTA president, Cub Scout and Brownie leader and Sunday School teacher. She was a member of KCA Homemakers for several decades. Marian was a member of the First Christian Church in Madisonville.
She enjoyed playing Rook with her group in Madisonville for many years. She was talented in numerous crafts, writing, and enjoyed crossword puzzles. She had fond memories of two very special dogs in her life, Muffin and Angie.
Marian is survived by a daughter, Donna K. Hammers of Waterbury, CT; two grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by sisters, Gertrude Gilkey and Dorothy V. Farrington; brother, Louis Eugene Duvall III; nephew Louis Eugene Duvall IV; and son, Kyle Duvall Hammers.
The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, February 26, 2018 in the chapel of Harris Funeral Home in Madisonville with the eulogy given by Donna Hammers. Private entombment to be held at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in Madisonville.
Memorial contributions may be made in Marian's memory to the Hopkins County Genealogical Society 14 Court St. Madisonville, KY 42431.
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February
26
Monday
Harris Funeral Home, Inc.
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