HARTFORD, Ky. — Shirley I. Whittaker, 82, of Hartford, died Wednesday, June 19, 2024, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. Shirley was born in McHenry, Kentucky, to the late William R. “Bill” and Effie Mae Evans.
Shirley was a member of Barnetts Creek Baptist Church. She worked at GE and Owensboro-Daviess County Hospital.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Joe Whittaker, in March of this year, and a grandson, Rusty Whittaker.
Survivors include a son, Jeff (Alicia) Whittaker; two daughters, Angie (Kurt) Stumpf and Sherry (Robbie) Magan; seven grandchildren, Brandon (Sarah) Miles, Nina Belcher, Whitney (Aaron) Maddox, Janna (Jon) Boyd, Jesika Whittaker, Adam (Johnna) Magan, Andrew (Arin) Magan; 24 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild; and a brother, Bruce (Dana) Evans.
Services are at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 23, at Barnetts Creek Baptist Church with Bro. Jonathan McCree and Aaron Whittaker officiating. Burial will follow in Barnetts Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Sunday at Bevil Bros. Funeral Home in Beaver Dam, Kentucky.
The Family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Barnetts Creek Baptist Church Building Fund. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be sent to bevilbrosfuneralhomes.com.