Friday, February 18, 2011

Obituary for parishioner, Joan Bennett


Joan B. Bennett, 81, passed away Tuesday, 15 February 2011 at Baptist Hospital East in Louisville.

A native of Jefferson County, she was born to the late Albert Nelson and Virginia Frances Thompson Brown.

She was a graduate of the old Nazareth College, now Spalding University. Pursuing a career as a registered nurse, she worked for nearly nineteen years in the Spencer County Health Department and for over fourteen years at Kings Daughters Hospital, later United Medical Center, now Jewish Hospital Shelbyville. She was a member of All Saints Catholic Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Teri Ann Bennett.

Survivors include her son, Pat Bennett, Jr., of Taylorsville; her daughter, Shari Bennett of Louisville; her brothers, William Nelson Brown of Lubbock, Texas, and James Walter Brown of Louisville; her sisters, Joyce Newman of Saint Petersburg, FL, and Janet DePoor of Sarasota, FL; and her five grandchildren, Michael, Joanie, Katie, Lauren, and Zachary.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be said at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday at All Saints Catholic Church, with Reverend Scott Wimsett celebrating. Interment will be in Saint Michael Cemetery in Louisville. Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m. on Friday, at Hall-Taylor Funeral Home.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to All Saints Catholic Church.

Please keep the Bennett family in your prayers. May she reat in peace.

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