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Rose Cruse Obituary
She was a member of Hodgenville Family Worship Center and retired from Nationwide Uniform Company. Rose loved going to church and cooking but most of all she loved her family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Cruse, a great-granddaughter, Audrey McCarol; her parents, Isaac and Mattie Bell Thurman Cruse; four brothers, Joe, John, LeRoy and Bob Downs; a sister, Jane Cruse and a half-sister Mary Frances Posey.
Rose is survived by two sons, Ronnie (Nora) Cruse of Greensburg and Randy (Doris) Cruse of Elizabethtown; a sister, Betty Helm of Hodgenville, seven grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, December 1, at Bennett-Bertram Funeral Home, Bro. Mark Knight officiating. Burial will follow in Hammonsville Cemetery.
Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday and after 11 a.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
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