This holiday season has been especially hard on the West Side Nut Club family. On December 21st, the West Side Nut Club lost Dan Berry in a automobile accident and December 26th we learned that long time active member Bob Stamp had passed away after a hospital stay. Stamp was 86.
Stamp a very active member in the West Side Nut Club since 1959 was Club President in 1972 and served as the Fall Festival Chairman in 1966. We will have more information for the membership as it comes available. We will have more information as details become available.
Danny R. Berry
Evansville, IN
Danny R. Berry, age 53, of Evansville, passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at Deaconess Hospital Main Campus.
Mr. Berry had worked for 31 years for PGW, formerly PPG and as a real estate broker for 20 years currently with Keller Williams Capital Realty. He was the co-founder and owner of Dirt Finders Maid Service. He was a member of the Westside Nut Club, the National Association of Realtors and the Evansville Area Association of Realtors. Danny enjoyed riding motorcycles, fishing and most of all his children and grandchildren.
Surviving are his wife of 25 years, Bev (Caudill) Berry; a daughter, Cassie Berry of Evansville; son, Jason Berry of Evansville; three grandchildren, Kalie Lamkin, Jayla Collier and Ethan Collier; mother-in-law, Kay Barrett of Evansville; brother-in-law, Donald D. (Irena) Caudill, III of Henderson, Ky; nephew, Donnie (Amanda) Caudill and niece Amber Caudill of Henderson, Ky; two sisters, Jana (Buck) Colburn of Portland, TX and Sammi (Billy) Porch of Mathis, TX; three brothers, Robert Sanders of Portland, TX, Jerry (Angel) Sanders, Jr. of Anchorage, AK, John Lyles of Aransas Pass, TX, stepbrothers, Alan (Sue) Steel of Evansville and Greg (Kim)Steel of Jacksonville, FL; step sisters, Renee and Ladonna Steele of Evansville, stepfather, Jerry Sanders, Sr. of Anchorage, AK; stepfather, Durwood Beard of Portland, TX and many nieces and nephews.
Danny was preceded in death by his mother, Glenda Stull Beard.
Funeral services for Danny will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at Pierre Funeral Home, Rev. Tony Stanley officiating. Burial will follow.
Friends may visit with the family from 2:00 until 8:00 P.M. on Monday at Pierre Funeral Home, 2601 W. Franklin Street.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Westside Nut Club Foundation, P.O. Box 6032, Evansville, IN 47719.
Condolences may be made online at
www.pierrefuneralhome.com.
The rides are gone, booths removed, and the streets swept which means it's time for the focus on West Franklin Street to move to the Reitz Bowl for the annual West Side Nut Club Travelling Trophy game. It has been called the Civil War of the west side pitting neighbor against neighbor and sometime husband vs wife as the two tradition rich schools face each other. Mater Dei, ranked No. 4 in Class 2A, can wrap up the City title with a victory. The Wildcats are 7-1 overall, 5-1 in the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference and 5-0 in the City. The Panthers, ranked No. 8 in 4A, are 6-2 overall, 4-2 in the SIAC and 4-1 in the City.
EVANSVILLE — A stretch of Franklin Street didn't have vehicles on it this week, but its traffic was still busy. For some vendors at the 90th West Side Nut Club Fall Festival, the foot traffic was busier than ever."We've had record sales everyday this week," said Zoann Hickrod, the chairwoman at Howell General Baptist Church's booth, which was the first to introduce the Pronto Pup (corn dog, but a pancake batter mix) some 55 years ago.
The weather hasn't been better and today the West Side Nut Club has plenty in store for those visiting West Franklin Street. For starters the rides and games will open at 11:00 AM and will run all day until about 11:00 PM. Wristbands will be sold today for $17 allowing patrons to ride all the rides they can until the midway closes.
