Martelle Patrick VanHoose
Funeral Time: Saturday, March 13th at 4:00PM
Martelle Patrick VanHoose, 70, died Feb. 22 in Lubbock, TX, of ALS/Lou Gehrig Disease. She was born May 3, 1939, in Paintsville, daughter of the late Howard and Blanche Wampler Patrick. She was a member of the Class of 1957 at Paintsville High School and attended Eastern State University. She was a homemaker whose hobbies included oil painting. She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Larry, who was press secretary to Gov. Louie B. Nunn, state director of the Republican Party of Kentucky, and a staffperson in Washington, DC to U.S. Rep. Larry J. Hopkins and other members of Congress. Other survivors include two sons, Howard Leslie of Lubbock, TX, and Larry Todd (Mary Dickey) and grandchildren Kendall and Connor of Alexandria, VA. Also, a sister, Beverly P. Wynn of Borden, IN; maternal aunt Bettye W. Dotson and uncle Frank Wampler, both of Charlotte, NC, and paternal aunt Ruth Strader, Lexington. A memorial service will be 4:00 p.m. Saturday, March 13, 2010 at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home, Harrodsburg Road. Visitation will be 2:00 p.m until the time of the service Saturday.