Shawn Wiesbrook

Published 12:00 am Saturday, January 31, 2009

Shawn Wiesbrook, 23, of Bowling Green died at 9:40 p.m. Jan. 29, 2009, at 8133 Three Springs Road of injuries suffered in an automobile accident.

The Aurora, Ill., native loved to play golf, hunt, fish and cook. He was the lead singer of a rock band and an avid Louisville Cardinals and Chicago Cubs fan. His future intentions were to attend culinary school. He was also a horse trainer at Locust Grove Stable in Russell Springs. He was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Jamestown and a member of the Russell County High School Golf Team. He was a son of Dean Wiesbrook and Patty Johnson Wiesbrook of Bowling Green, who survive. He was preceded in death by a maternal grandfather, Lowell Johnson; and his loving girlfriend, Shea Wells.

Funeral is at noon Monday at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation is from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Monday at J.C. Kirby & Son Funeral Home, Lovers Lane chapel.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

Online condolences may be made at www.jckirbyandson.com.

Other survivors include two brothers, Brian Wiesbrook and his wife, Olcay, of Alexandria, Ala., and Jason Wiesbrook and his wife, Courtney, of Bowling Green; a sister, Jenifer Grider and her husband, Seth, of Columbia; a nephew, Aaron Wiesbrook of Alexandria; three nieces, Lyia Wiesbrook of Alexandria, Destiny Grider of Columbia and Ella Gray Wiesbrook of Bowling Green; a maternal grandmother, Marlene Johnson of Metropolis, Ill.; paternal grandparents, August and Joyce Wiesbrook of Montgomery, Ill.; two aunts, Sue Wiesbrook of Aurora, Ill., and Lisa Alsip and her husband, Damon, of Oswego, Ill.; an uncle, Wayne Wiesbrook and his wife, Debbie, of North Aurora, Ill.; and two cousins, Trey and Alex Alsip.