Royce C. Wilken Royce C. Wilken, who spent 38 years at Archer Daniels Midland, served as the president of American River Transportation Company, and chaired both the American Waterways Operators… Read More
Obituary Notices
Friends remembered Robert “Bob” Day as hard-working and down-to-earth with a passion for golf and a devotion for bettering the lives of those in the river industry. Day, 90, died… Read More
Frank William Banta Sr., a longtime resident of Sunshine, La., passed away peacefully at his home September 6 at the age of 93. Banta is survived by Dorella Bolotte Banta,… Read More
Capt. Dennis Odegard, 75, of Durand, Wis., died on May 15 after battling lung and brain cancer. After serving in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, he went to… Read More
Capt. Richard “Dick” Jay Silberhorn, 69, of Durand, Wis., died March 9 at his home. He worked on towboats for more than 30 years, working his way up from deckhand… Read More
James Ronald “Ronnie” Pritchard, 82, of Brentwood, Tenn., a former Ingram Barge Company executive, died March 1 after a lengthy illness. Pritchard held a unique and rewarding career as sales… Read More
Capt. Willam F. “Bill” Judd, prominent retired marine surveyor in the Cincinnati area, passed away March 9 at age 87. Beginning when he was a very young man, Judd would… Read More
Erston Reisch Jr. passed away on January 7 after a short illness. He was 83 years old. After serving in the Coast Guard as an engineman, Reisch attended Tulane University,… Read More
Juanita Cooper, 84, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., passed away March 7. In the mid-1970s she had worked as a cook aboard the Ranger, of Dravo Contracting Company, and also aboard… Read More
Mary Hammond, 68, executive director of the Paducah Convention and Visitors Bureau and a longtime advocate for the inland waterways in Paducah, died on March 3. She served the organization… Read More
