Rosella Keller Southworth

Rosella Keller Southworth obituary, Georgetown, KY

Rosella Keller Southworth

Rosella Southworth Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Mar. 11, 2014.
Rosella Keller Southworth, 91, widow of John Willard Southworth, Jr., Oakmont Drive, Georgetown, a retired LPN from John Graves Hospital, died Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at Dover Manor in Georgetown, KY. She was born July 16, 1922, a native of Fayette County and the daughter of the late William and Mary Haney Keller. Rosella was a member of Ss.Francis & John Catholic Parish, former member of the Altar Rosary Society and the Scott County Homemakers. Survivors include two daughters Donna (Jim) McDonald, Cincinnati, Ohio and Patty (Tommy) Case, Georgetown; daughters-in-law Susan Southworth, Versailles; and Eddie Southworth, Nicholasville. She was "Granny Rose" to her beloved grandchildren: James, Richard (Kelly) and E.J. (Alex) McDonald; Julie (Fred) Steffey; Allen (Ashley) Case; Natalina Southworth and John (Julie) Southworth; Great-Grandchildren: Cody, Brannen and Ian McDonald; Brittany and Riley Steffey; Nicholas and Molly Case; Taylor, Bella and Kylie Southworth; Triston Cox; and Sophia Rosella McDonald. Other survivors include one sister, Josephine (Lawrence) Fister, Lexington; (sisters-in-law) Juanita Keller, Nicholasville; Sara Keller, Winchester; and Dorothy Southworth, Lexington. Rosella was preceded in death by her sons John Southworth III and Daryl Southworth; one sister Louise Keller and four brothers: George, John, Robert and Raymond Keller. Christian burial services will be 2:00 PM Saturday at St. John Catholic Church, 604 East Main Street by Father John List. Burial will follow in the Georgetown Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. Saturday until time of services at the church. Her grandchildren will lovingly honor her by serving as casket bearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be Joyce Taylor, Elaine Rabe, Bennie & Linda Doan and Doctors Robert Culbertson, Gus Bynum and Robert Trent In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to Ss. Francis & John Parish, 604 East Main Street, Georgetown, KY 40324. Our family wishes to thank the staff of Dover Manor Nursing Home for the wonderful care and assistance they have given our mother, Rosella over these last two and half years. Johnson's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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