Published: July 09, 2008 03:19 pm            

Ernest Earl Sheckell

Ernest Earl Sheckell, 80; Korean War Navy veteran

A memorial service for Ernest Earl Sheckell, 80, of New Albany, will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 31, at the Heartland Church of the Nazarene, 6901 Old Vincennes Road, Floyds Knobs. He died Monday, July 7, 2008.

He was a member of the Church of the Nazarene. He was a proud Navy veteran of the Korean War.

Survivors include his wife of 37 years, Jean Egnew Sheckell; children, Renee Rigsby, Dennis Box and wife, Beverly, Marcia St. Clair and husband, Larry and Cindi Brenner and husband, Mark; brothers, Doug, Bob and Amule; sisters, Loudel Bowden and Wanda Vetters; 13 grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews who will miss him.

He donated his body to the University of Louisville for research.

        

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