Nancy Medcalf Gilmore

Mrs. Nancy Medcalf Gilmore, 81, of Owensboro, died Monday, August 8, 2005 at the home of her daughter. Born in Hancock County, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Forest L., Sr. and Flora Daviess Medcalf, she graduated from Daviess County High School and the former Owensboro-Daviess County Hospital School of Nursing. Her career was spent as an emergency room nurse at Owensboro-Daviess County Hospital and the Henderson Community Methodist hospital, from which she retired. She was an exceptional cook, specializing in cakes, pies, and homemade candy, particularly hand-dipped chocolates which she enjoyed giving to family and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, James H. Gilmore, Sr. in 1996 and her brother, Forest L. Medcalf, Jr.

Survivors include her daughter, Ann Gilmore Koehler and her husband Randy of Owensboro; her sons, Jim Gilmore, Jr. of Jacksonville, FL and Steve Gilmore and his wife Gay of Owensboro; her grandchildren, Andrea Bandy, Matthew Ambrose, and Ben Ambrose, all of Owensboro, Natalee Gilmore, Todd Gilmore, and Scott Gilmore, all of Lexington; and her great-grandchildren, Morgan Maddox and Logan Studstill, both of Owensboro.

Services are at 1:00 p.m. Thursday at Glenn Funeral Home, where visitation will be from 3:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Wednesday and after 10:00 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Owensboro Memorial Gardens.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Hospice and Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley or the local chapter of the American Heart Association.