Joseph Donald Lyvers

1932 - 2022

Joseph Donald "Donnie" Lyvers, 89 of Holy Cross, passed away Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown, surrounded by his loving family. He was born April 22, 1932, in Holy Cross. He was a retired farmer and a U. S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He collected coins, knives and marbles. He was very active in helping coach sports in the community for many years. He loved gardening and tending to his flower beds. He loved to play poker and travel with his wife and going to auctions and yard sales. He was very giving and generous.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Ann Lyvers, who died Feb. 28, 2021; two sons, Donald Lee Lyvers and Bruce Warren Lyvers; his parents, Joseph Raymond and Mary Viola Blanford Lyvers; five sisters, Peggy Corbett, Shirley Kamber, Lois Sheeley, Jean Scott and infant Mary Lyvers.
Survivors include nine children, Theresa Morris, of Melbourne, Fla., Eddy Jay (Angela) Lyvers, of Elizabethtown, Sheila, Allen and Belinda Lyvers, all of Holy Cross, Lisa and Andrew Lyvers, both of Louisville, Jennifer Roger) Rhye, of Melbourne, Fla., and Crystal Wray (Ronnie) DeSpain, of Bardstown; 16 grandchildren, April Essex, Rachel Steigerwalt, Missy Lyvers, Shane Lyvers, Matthew Clark, Whitney Peacock, Alphonse Lyvers, Amber Overstreet, Jordan Mattingly, Tyler Clark, Damien Lyvers, Jenna Aikman, Kaitlyn DeSpain, Keaton DeSpain, Jeremy Morris and Shaun Morris; many great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Catherine Welle, of Louisville, and Nancy (Pete) Wise, of Holy Cross.
A Mass of Christian burial will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 59 New Haven Road in Loretto. The Rev. Richard Gooding will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery where military rites will be conducted by the Marion County Veterans Honor Guard.
Visitation is 3-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18, at Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road in Loretto, with a prayer service at 7 p.m. by the Rev. Deacon Joseph R. Dant.
Pallbearers are grandchildren, April Essex, Shane Lyvers, Matthew Clark, Alphonse Lyvers, Tyler Clark and Damien Lyvers.
Face coverings are optional.
Mattingly Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.