Daniel Frederick Korb, Sr.

He was born Oct. 17, 1931, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville to the late Sylvester Daniel and Grace Virginia (Baird) Korb. He was a graduate of Stanley Hall Grade School and Bosse High School in Evansville.

Dan received his bachelor’s degree in economics/political science from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, in 1953. During his college years, he was a four-year member of the glee club as well as a member of Blue Key, Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and the magazine staff.

He was an Army veteran, serving from 1953 to 1955 in France at the Trois Fontaines Ordnance Depot in BarleDuc near the West German border. He enjoyed weekend trips to Paris and other points of interest while stationed there.

Upon returning to the U.S., he was employed by Permanent Savings Association, which later became Permanent Federal Savings and Loan and subsequently Permanent Bank. During his employment, he served as assistant branch manager, branch manager, treasurer, secretary-treasurer, vice president and member of the board of directors, retiring in 1993 after a 40-year career.

Dan was baptized in his teens at First Christian Church in Evansville. He was a 59-year member of First Presbyterian Church, serving as trustee, elder, treasurer and personnel committee chairman and was a 40-year member of the choir.

He was a member of the Downtown Optimist Club for over 40 years (serving as president), the Evansville Association for the Blind board, the Old Courthouse Preservation Society, the Kennel Club and Phi Gamma Delta.

He enjoyed traveling, particularly to the Southwestern U.S. and to England and Scotland. He delighted in spending time on the beach at Lido Key near Sarasota, Florida, being in New York City and San Francisco, attending theater and concerts, reading about the Civil War and listening to jazz performed by Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond and Stan Kenton.

Dan was an enthusiastic fan of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team and was something of a sports trivia expert. He also remembered everything about his own personal family history, including specific dates.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Marjorie Douglass (Rowe) Korb; his son, Daniel F. Korb Jr., his wife, Susan (Roessler) Korb, of Evansville, and their children, Emily and Andrew; his son Robert Douglass Korb, his wife, Lori (Howard) Korb, of St. Louis and their children Elizabeth and Samantha; his brother Donald B. Korb of Evansville and his brother- and sister-in-law, David J. and Doris Korb of Bicknell, Indiana; brother- and sister-in-law John and Leslie Rowe of Pisgah Forest, North Carolina; and nieces, nephews and many cousins.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 18, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church, 609 Southeast Second St., officiated by the Rev. Kevin Fleming, with private burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may visit Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. at Alexander East Chapel, 2115 Lincoln Ave.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Music Fund of First Presbyterian Church, 609 Southeast Second St., Evansville, IN 47713 or the Downtown

Optimist Club Foundation, P.O. Box 15905, Evansville, IN 47716.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to the nurses and staff at St. Mary’s Hospital, Signature Health Care of Newburgh and Asera Hospice for their personal and wonderful care of Dan.

Condolences may be made online at www.AlexanderEastChapel.com.