Edsel L Byrd Obituary (1936 - 2021)

Corydon, Indiana Edsel L. Byrd, 85, passed away peacefully Friday, July 2, 2021 at his home. Edsel was born January 25, 1936 in Crawford County, IN. He attended the old Archibald one room school for elementary school, then went to high school at Leavenworth. Edsel then went to work at Louisville Gas and Electric Co. while attending night classes at Indiana University Southeast when it was in Jeffersonville, IN. He retired from LG&E after 35 years of service. He and his wife Betty purchased land and built the Corydon Cinemas. He worked at LG&E and ran the theatre both for several years. After 22 years of running the cinemas, he sold it to his son. Edsel was selected as having the Best Run Theatre in the Midwest in the year of 2005 by the Theatre Owners of America. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, he was a commercial land developer and a member of the Corydon Pisgah Lodge #32, the Scottish Rite and the Kosair Shriners. He was a Kentucky Colonel and a former director of Marengo State Bank and was on the Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation Board. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Betty Ann Winterkorn Byrd, his children, Susan Gorin (Don, Jr), Christopher Byrd (Jayme) and Sarah Ann Spanopoulos (Frank) and eight grandchildren, Bailey, Demi, Caden, Morgan, Audrey, Madison, Brody and Colby. Edsel was a beloved husband, father, grandfather and he loved his grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 11 AM Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at St. Peter's Lutheran Church near Corydon, IN. Pastor Evangeline Anderson Rajkumar will be the officiant. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 PM to 8 PM Monday, July 5, 2021 and from 9 AM to 10 AM Tuesday at Gehlbach & Royse Funeral Home in Corydon, IN. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to either St. Peter's Lutheran Church, the American Cancer Society or to the Kosair Charities at kosair.org or Mail to: Kosair Charities Sam Swope Center, 982 Eastern Parkway, Louisville, KY 40217