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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Februar y 7, 2018 A-7 OBITUARIES Submit obituaries: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: obits@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg Deadline: 5 p.m. on Monday PEACE of MIND Let our 130 years of experience aid you in your selection of a meaningful memorial. SCHUM MONUMENTS, INC. Dale, Indiana www.SchumMonuments.com 812-937-4921 Local Representative RONALD WOODS 812-789-2009 In memory of 2/8/26 - 6/12/15 Gordon Bell Dear Lord, can you do me a favor? Please hug my dad and place a kiss on his cheek, and tell him it's from me, his daughter. Whisper to him, Happy 92nd Birthday to my hero, my guardian angel, my dad. If only I could have one more moment... if only... my heart would be filled with all that you are and all that you taught me. You would see just how proud I am to be your daughter. I love you forever. You are my heart both here and in heaven. Stacy, Kurt and the girls GER ALD GENE BOGER Gerald Gene Boger, 62, passed peacefully in his sleep on January 30, 2018, in Jasper. He was born the son of Jo- seph and Eva Marie Boger on June 22, 1955, in Fort Benning, Ga. He was a proud father, grandfather and former Marine, who left his family and friends far too soon. He most enjoyed golfing, travel- ing, NASCAR racing and so- cial time with friends. He is survived by his chil- dren, Aric (Keisha) Boger and Abby Boger; a grand- son, Blake Boger; his be- loved wife, Carol Boger; his siblings, Cheryl Young, Da- vid Boger, Joey Boger, Rich- ard Boger and Roger Boger; his mother, Marie Stoker; and all those that knew him as "Geno," whose friendship he cherished. ROBERT L. HUNT Robert L. Hunt, 86, of Somerville, entered rest on Sunday January 21, 2018, at Deaconess Gateway Hospi- tal. He was born on Novem- ber 28, 1931, in Buckskin, to Benton and Beatrice Mer- le ( Jenkins) Hunt. He was raised by Mrs. Alice Swi- kard. He served in the military during the Korean War and worked at the Chrysler plant in Evansville. He retired from Hansen Manufactur- ing in Princeton. He was an avid IU basket- ball and St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan. He also loved talking about the weath- er, and loved his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Lois Harbison; and a grandson, Kalin Atkins. He survived by his wife, Phyllis June (Bottoms) Hunt; son, Rick Hunt; and daughter Lori Atkins, all of Somerville; grandchildren, Josh Hunt (fiancée Eliza- beth), Cole Hunt (Fiancée Alyssa) and Damon( Jana) Atkins; great-grandchil- dren, Berkley and Lakin Atkins; and sister, Joyce Woods, of High Ridge, Mo. The family has entrust- ed Lamb-Basham Memori- al Chapel for personal assis- tance. Family and friends may send messages of comfort to www.lambbasham.com. CLOVA MARIE DOBBYN Clova Marie Dobbyn, 93, of Washington, passed peacefully February 5, 2018, at Daviess County Hospital. She was born on April 7, 1924, to Freddie Ellsworth and Anna Elizabeth (Bar- rett) McCord, in Pike Coun- ty. She married "Dick" Leo- nel Richard Dobbyn on Au- gust 27, 1944, and he preced- ed her in death on March 29, 1997. She graduated from Win- slow High School in 1942 and was employed by Uniroyal before retiring. She loved to do crafts, cook, read, spend time gardening, spend time with family and volunteer in many ways at her church. She was a longtime mem- ber of Wesley United Meth- odist Church. Survivors include four children, Richard L. (Linda) Dobbyn, of Wheatland; Bel- va A. (Bob) Lucas, of Fish- ers; Cheryl J. (Mark) Heck- ler, of Crossville, Tenn.; and Barbara S. ( Jim) Roach, of Washington; 12 grandchil- dren; 24 great-grandchil- dren; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband; par- ents; a sister, Eva A. Mc- Cord; six brothers and five sisters-in-law, Elijah J. (Eto- lia) McCord, Ellsworth D. (Gladys) McCord, Rev. Wil- liam E. (Thelma) McCord, Harold R. (Mary) McCord, Virgil O. (Louella) McCord, and Gola P. McCord. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb- ruary 10, 2018, at Wesley United Methodist Church in Washington, with Pas- tor Rex Thomas officiating. Burial will follow at Sugar- land Memory Gardens. Visitation will be from 3-8 p.m. on Friday and from 10 a.m. until service time on Saturday at the church. Memorials may be made to Wesley United Method- ist Church, 1115 McCor- mick Ave., Washington, IN 47501. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.goodwinfamilyfh.com. He was preceded in death by his father, Joe Boger; and siblings, Karen Boger and Robert Boger. He was laid to rest in the presence of family and friends at Sunset Memorial Park in Evansville on Febru- ary 6, 2018. Manure spreader catches fire Fire destroyed a truck used to spread manure Saturday afternoon. Bart Meyer, of Meyer Farms of Jasper, was driving the 1970's model truck and noticed it wasn't running right, so he stopped to check it. When he got out of the truck, he noticed there was a fire under the bed of the truck, according to Jefferson Township Fire Chief Chris Young. Young said firemen were able to save the spreader, but the truck was a total loss. It was near 56 west, off Winslow-Cato Road. Cook said he is glad he was in a re- hab program that was based on "cog- nitive, life skills and accountability," rather than disease modeled programs. "I never felt powerless over addiction during or after that program. I'm not saying I didn't have hard days, espe- cially early on or that life was easy, but I left feeling like I could do anything I put my heart and mind to." He said he thinks the United States should replace their "War on Drugs budget" with these types of special- ized treatment programs running con- current with minimum prison sentenc- es. Cook said the recent trend of reduc- ing sentences for drug crimes should have been tied to intense treatment programs like he received. "We reduced sentences for drug crimes, but did nothing to equip the men and women on how to return to their cities and their neighborhoods and be productive members of society. They are released without any tools… they are basically set up to fall again into the addiction cycle and life of sec- ondary crimes because of our cur- rent policies with the War on Drugs. We continue to feed a systemic failure to understand what needs to be done about addiction at nearly every level of society," said Cook. Once he completed his sentence in Oregon, he returned to Indiana and attended Oakland City University and graduated with honors, as well as grad- uate work at Indiana Wesleyan Univer- sity. "To me, this is another important part of recovery. Education, vocation- al training that follows the intensive treatment." In the early to 2000s, Cook worked as an Associate Pastor for a time in the Methodist Church. "I quickly realized I was not the pastor type. I felt some pressure to be a counselor or a pas- tor, just by the sheer dramatic reality of my addiction, overdose experience and recovery." He also worked for a couple more non-profits, the most fulfilling of those being Crisis Response International, whom he is still close with to this day. Crisis Response International has more than 2,000 trained volunteers that do various humanitarian projects in natural disasters, war and oppres- sive regions. "I was a board member for four years and a lead instructor. I was able to travel the world and help folks. It was a powerful time of my life." It didn't mean he didn't struggle to find his way in life. "One of the things I loved about growing up in Pike County was hunt- ing and fishing." Cook and his brothers, Aaron and Brent, and their friends did a lot of it in Alford while he was going through a rough patch theologically, trying to fig- ure out "what it all meant existentially." He said he found "religious struc- tures often suffocating. Vocationally, I did not want to be a pastor or a coun- selor, but I felt like everyone who put trust in me wanted me to be." That was about 12 years ago. "I was just realizing I wasn't happy and my buddy and Pike County native Josh Luker got me back in the woods bow hunting. In a way, it saved my life all over again." About two years ago, he decided to make a living at what he loved doing. "I decided to make the archery, outdoor, and fishing hobby a reality. Besides be- ing with my wife and three girls, and my genuine love for music, archery hunting or fishing was some of the most peaceful, fulfilling times I had." Cook started SureShot Outdoors and now works for SureShot with two other guys. "It worked. I was kinda shocked. I was offered by another major OEM manufacturing company to do the same thing SureShot was designed to do. I basically do both. We basically find innovative or great products, in- troduce them to the major distributors and places like Cabelas, Bass Pro etc. We facilitate the sales management and sales rep. training of those prod- ucts to those customers." This business has continued what Rev. Charles Thompson said to him that night at the tent revival. "Your feet will touch many nations." "In the last two years, I have been to several countries, including my first trip to China. It will be 20 years in June since last using heroin down in the Mission District of San Francisco. Life is a grand journey, I am on it with my friends and family with a goal to learn, love and grow," said Cook. "I walked away from heroin addition without HIV, hepatitis or withdrawals. That is a miracle," said Cook. "At some point my life has to be more than just a story and I feel so obligated to it. Because I wasn't in a disease based program, I can move on and really look to the future. Just to give people that hope, that you are more than the junkie you used to be or the alcoholic you used to be. You are more than what happened in the 90s. In someway, I hope I inspire someone. I'm not bound by what happened be- tween ages 18 to 23 in my life. If you put one day in front of another, one day turns in to a week and a week into a month and month into 10 years. I'm not bound by whatever happened 20 years ago," said Cook. RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 10% OFF these parts during our February Parts Discount Week – Feb. 19-24! PARTS SALE NOW THRU FEB. 28 2018 Equipment Company www.BLESCHBROS.com www.BLESCHBROSODON.com HWY 161, HOLLAND 812-536-3486 8250 E SR 58, ODON 812-636-4050 HEROIN Continued from page 1