Alonzo Girdler, 70, Bourbon Road, Somerset, died Friday, December 31, at Lake Cumberland Medical Center following a short illness.
Born June 1, 1906, in Pulaski County, he was the son of Jerry and Mary Rosetta West Girdler, both of whom preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, the former Opal Johnson, whom he married June 30, 1924; 11 children, Clifford Ray Girdler, Danny Lee Girdler and Roy Berdell Girdler, all of Findlay, Ohio, Lonnie Girdler, Robert Willard Girdler, Mary Alpha Phillips, Delphia Rogers, and Sue Ann Calhoun, all of Somerset, Juanita Kallungi, Lake Ozark, Missouri, Elsie Harrison, Midfield, Alabama and Patricia Lynn Henderson, Sidney, Ohio; 43 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He lived here all his life where he was a farmer and a railroader. He attended Somerset Nazarene Church.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Monday January 3, at Morris and Hislope Funeral Home, Somerset Chapel, with Rev. A.A. Farris officiating.
Burial was in the West Cemetery.
Obituary from the Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset, Kentucky - December 1976.
Alonzo Girdler, 70, Bourbon Road, Somerset, died Friday, December 31, at Lake Cumberland Medical Center following a short illness.
Born June 1, 1906, in Pulaski County, he was the son of Jerry and Mary Rosetta West Girdler, both of whom preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, the former Opal Johnson, whom he married June 30, 1924; 11 children, Clifford Ray Girdler, Danny Lee Girdler and Roy Berdell Girdler, all of Findlay, Ohio, Lonnie Girdler, Robert Willard Girdler, Mary Alpha Phillips, Delphia Rogers, and Sue Ann Calhoun, all of Somerset, Juanita Kallungi, Lake Ozark, Missouri, Elsie Harrison, Midfield, Alabama and Patricia Lynn Henderson, Sidney, Ohio; 43 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He lived here all his life where he was a farmer and a railroader. He attended Somerset Nazarene Church.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Monday January 3, at Morris and Hislope Funeral Home, Somerset Chapel, with Rev. A.A. Farris officiating.
Burial was in the West Cemetery.
Obituary from the Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset, Kentucky - December 1976.
Family Members
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Edward Lonzo Girdler
1924–1924
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Juanita Mae Girdler Kallungi
1925–2012
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Clifford Ray Girdler
1929–1990
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Rev Roy Berdell Girdler
1931–2019
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Mary Alpha Girdler Phillips
1934–2023
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Alonzo "Junior" Girdler Jr
1936–1943
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Elsie Carol Girdler Harrison
1938–2004
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Danny Lee Girdler
1941–2018
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Robert Willard "Bob" Girdler
1944–2012
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Sue Ann Girdler Calhoun
1946–2011
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Lonnie Eugene Girdler
1948–2023
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Patricia Lynn "Teresa" Girdler Chaney
1949–2014
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