Harold V. Bomar Jr.

BOMAR, HAROLD V. JR., 86, entered into rest July 8, 2013.

Harold was a long time member of Holy Spirit Parish. He was a graduate of Anchorage High School and accepted a basketball scholarship to the University of Kentucky. After one year he entered the U.S. Navy during World War II. Harold then saw the light and returned home to play basketball for the University of Louisville!! While at U of L, he was president of the student body as well as his fraternity, Delta Upsilon. He became one of the original board members of the ULA's, which is now the Cardinal Athletic Fund. He began his career at Bomar Manufacturing that produced metal kitchen cabinets. He then became a builder/remodeler and constructed several apartment complexes, hotels, the Glenview Condominiums, and Brownsboro Hills Nursing Home. He and his son Hal were owner operators of the Brownsboro Hills Nursing Home and Brownsboro Hills Plaza. He was also the developer and co-founder of the Indian Springs Golf Club. He was a member of Audubon Country Club and never met a golf game he didn't enjoy.

He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather, who was always fun loving and considerate to everyone. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold V. Bomar Sr. and mother, Helen, and his wife Shirley, mother of his two children.

He is survived by his wife, Judy; his children, Laura Clifford and Hal Bomar III (Leigh); grandchildren, Hal Christopher, J. Scott; stepdaughters Amy Quick, Mindy Rokosz, Paige Miller; brother-in-law, Major General Larry Henry; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

His Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at The Church of the Holy Spirit, 3345 Lexington Road with burial to follow at Cave Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday at Ratterman Funeral home, 3711 Lexington Road "in St. Matthews".