Rev. Wayne Mahoney Obituary (1937

Rev. Gerald Wayne Mahoney, age 87, of Milton, Kentucky entered this life on November 19, 1937 in Trimble County, Kentucky. He was the loving son of the late George Carroll and Sylvia Mae Williams Mahoney. He was a 1956 graduate of Trimble County High School and attended God's Bible College. He married Donna Evangeline Taylor on September 20, 1958 in Carrollton, Kentucky. This happy union of 67 years was blessed with sons, Ricky and Randy and a daughter, Darlene. He first worked as a meat cutter for the Kroger Company for 18 years. Wayne was inducted into the United States Army on July 25, 1959 in Madison, Indiana and rose to the rate of private. He was transferred to the Reserves on January 24, 1960. After six years in the military, he was honorably discharged and Wayne began his work in the ministry. He worked in the ministry for over 54 years in the Wesleyan Church, including six years in Concord Wesleyan Church in Cross Plains, Indiana; 30 years at the Milton Wesleyan Church in Milton, Kentucky; and 18 years at Mt. Tabor Wesleyan Church in Bedford, Kentucky. He served on the Kentucky and Tennessee District Board of Administration, and was President of the Ministers & Wives Retreat in Kentucky and Tennessee. He was also the president of Bryantsburg Holiness Camp, having involvement with the camp for 60 years. He also was a youth teacher at the Kentucky District Wesleyan Youth Camp. Wayne loved to study the word of God and spent much of his free time doing so. Rev. Mahoney died on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at 2:55 a.m. at the Norton King's Daughters' Hospital in Madison, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Rev. Mahoney will be missed by his loving wife of nearly 67 years, Donna Evangeline Taylor Mahoney of Milton, Kentucky; his loving sons, Ricky Mahoney and his wife, Jodi, of Hanover, Indiana; Randy Mahoney and his wife, Lisha of Madison, Indiana; his loving daughter, Darlene VanWye and her husband, David of Dupont, Indiana; his grandchildren, Sara, Hanna (Jonah), Emma, Adam, Brittany, Ben (Alle), Brandon, Jamin, Brianna, Rylee, and Miranda; his great-grandchildren, Parker, Oliver, Kaiden, Lillyann, Dekland, Havik, Wylder, Brady, Nickolas, Lyam, Journey, Graham, and August; his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Standley Taylor of Versailles, Indiana, Kathy Taylor Henry of Madison, Indiana, and Dave and Cheryl Taylor of Lexington, Indiana; step brother-in-law, Gary Schermer and his wife, Jeanne of Bloomington, Indiana; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his father, George Carroll "Catty" Mahoney, died December 13, 1996, his mother, Sylvia Mae Williams Mahoney, died June 1, 1997, his uncles, Rev. Charles Lucien "Jimmy" Mahoney, died August 19, 1996 and Hurley Allen Mahoney, died November 6, 1999; his mother-in-law Helen Eades Taylor, died January 11, 1963, his father-in-law and his mother-in-law, Rev. Henry F. Taylor, died July 29, 2007 and Opal Lucille Taylor, died January 1, 2002, his sisters-in-law, Barbara Schermer, died September 20, 2004, Joyce Taylor, died, October 29, 2021,Deanna Schermer, died February 13, 2023 his brothers-in-law, Jerry Sachleben died March 1, 1991, Howard Henry, died September 27, 2021,Tim Schermer, died July 23, 2022. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted on Sunday, July 13, 2025, at 2:00 p.m., by Rev. Nathan Grissom, District Superintendent Aaron Sherman, and Rev. Emmett Wakefield at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 1415 North Gate Road in Madison, Indiana. VISITATION Friends may visit Saturday, July 12, 2025 from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, July 13, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. until the time of service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. MILITARY HONORSA final Salute with military honors will be conducted by the Major Samuel Woodfill Post No. 9 of the American Legion. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to Gideon's Memorial Bible Plan or Mt. Tabor Wesleyan Church. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, remembrances and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com To Place An Online Memorial Donation To send a flower arrangement in memory of Rev. Wayne Mahoney, please click here to visit our sympathy store.