Joseph Ignatius "Ig" Ballard Sr.

1924 - 2016

Joseph Ignatius "Ig" Ballard Sr., 91, of Loretto, passed away Monday, May 30, 2016, at Baptist Health Louisville.
He was born Sept. 1, 1924, in Holy Cross. He was a former president of the old Bank of Loretto, a former operator of Ballard Insurance and Real Estate, a lifelong Farmer, a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II and a member of Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Cleophas Fabian and Anna Marie Hagan Ballard; two sisters, Flavia Moschetti and Theresa Spalding; seven brothers, Aloysius, Paschal, Emmanuel, Paul, Caleb, Benny and Frank Ballard.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Cecilia Luckett Ballard; two daughters, Fran Nusbaum (Mike), of Louisville, and Julie Ballard, of Elizabethtown; two sons, Joe Ballard (Lucy), of Loretto, and Doug Ballard, of Louisville; four grandchildren, Daniel, Michael and Ellen Nusbaum, and Kimberly Brussell; two great-grandchildren, Blake and Braylee Brussell; one sister, Agnes Simms (Bobby), of Georgetown, Ind.; five sisters-in-law, Jane Ballard, of Holy Cross, Susan and Dorothy Ballard, both of Bardstown, Mary Ballard, of Lexington, and Elaine Ballard, of San Antonio, Texas.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, June 3, at Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 6785 Highway 52, Loretto. Interment will follow in Saint Augustine cemetery in Lebanon. The Rev. Bill Bowling will officiate.
Visitation is 3-8 p.m. Thursday at Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road, Loretto, with a prayer service at 7 p.m. by The Rev. Deacon Joseph R. Dant.
Memorials may go to Mass of the Air, 508 Breckenridge Lane, Louisville, KY 40207 or Saint Vincent de Paul Society, 113 North 4th Street, Bardstown, KY 40004.
Mattingly Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.