Anna Dearinger

1926 - 2015

DEARINGER Anna Louise Lane, 89, widow of John Arthur (Jack) Dearinger, died peacefully and in the presence of her loving family on July 29. A daughter of J. Albert and Ada L. (McCormack) Lane and a descendant of pioneer Kentuckians, she was born June 12, 1926, on the Woods farm on Huffman Mill Pike, Fayette County. For most of her life, she lived in Woodford County. She attended Russell Cave School, was a graduate of Versailles High School, and attended the University of Kentucky and the New Albany Business College. During World War II, she worked for the defense industry and was then employed by the Veterans Administration and the US Department of Agriculture, both in Lexington. She was a member of the UK Woman's Club and, as a descendant of Gabriel Poindexter, of the Marquis Calmes Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was an Associate of the Congregation of Divine Providence, a Kentucky Colonel, a member of NARFE, and a Fellow of the Newman Foundation, and a member of the Holy Spirit Parish, Lexington. She is survived by her children Pamela (Allen) Hutton of Anderson County, David Bernard Dearinger of Boston, and Kevin Lane Dearinger of New York and Lexington; two siblings, Minnie Sue Nelson and Bill Lane of Lexington; a granddaughter, Christy (Robert) Bicknell of Anderson County; two great-grandchildren, Lane and Jenna Bicknell of Anderson County; several step-grandchildren; and a number of devoted nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, parents, and three siblings, Robert E. Lane of Louisville, Christine Lane McDonald of Versailles, and Joseph A. Lane Jr. of Lexington. Celebrants of her life are invited to visit at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home, E. Main Street, Lexington, Sunday from 6-8pm and to attend a memorial the following day at the same location beginning at 10am Monday. Burial will follow at Lexington Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation or the Kentucky Historical Society.