Earl Fred Deming

     Earl Fred Deming, 74, of Oak Grove, Ky., passed away Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, at his home of natural causes.
     Mr. Deming was born April 18, 1941 in Ellsworth, Kan., the son of the late Earl J. and Violet L. (Kempke) Deming, Jr. He was a retired U.S. Army sergeant first class who served in Vietnam and earned a Silver Star. After the Army, he worked as a chef for Western State Hospital and Memorial Hospital in Clarksville, Ky. Earl was a member of the Faith Lutheran Church of Hopkinsville, Ky., and a lifetime member of VFW Post 1913 and the 45th Dustoff Association.
     Earl was preceded in death by his sister, Marlene Deming.
     Survivors include his wife, Wanda May (Choitz) Deming of Oak Grove; two daughters, Cynthia Wilson of Fairbanks, Alaska, and Julie Deming of Oak Grove; a brother, Verl Deming of Ellsworth; three granddaughters, Kara Wilson of Washington, Ky., Samantha Waye of Oak Grove, and Marissa Waye of Oak Grove.
     Funeral services were Tuesday, Oct. 6, at Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home, Hopkinsville, Ky. Burial followed in Kentucky Veterans Cemetery-West with full military honors.
     Expressions of sympathy may be made to Pennyroyal Hospice, 220 Burley Ave., Hopkinsville, Ky., 42240.