Bardstown High School Kentucky Alumni Obituaries

William "Will" Prebble Coomes 20 of Bardstown Kentucky passed away on January 30 2026. He was born on August 13 2005 in Louisville Kentucky to John and Kelly Foster Coomes. Will discovered basketball at a young age and excelled at it. He had a great love for the game and the bonds of brotherhood tha...

Shirley P. Johnson 69 of Bardstown passed away Tuesday January 20 2026 at her home. She was born March 3 1956 in Nelson County. She was a former insurance underwriter for Liberty Mutual. She played basketball in High School and continued the love of the game throughout her life. She was a lifelong f...

James Dennis Edelen 69 of Bardstown Kentucky died of natural causes in his home on January 26 2026. He was born in Nelson County Kentucky in 1956 to Anna Mildred Downs Edelen and John Columbus Edelen. He attended Nelson County High School before enlisting in the US Army where he served as a military...

Brigit Marie Porteus was born in Columbus Ohio on April 8 1982. When she was six she moved with her family to Cardington where she stayed until after graduation from CardingtonLincoln High School in 2000. Brigit attended Point Park University in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania where she studied education an...

She was born Dorothy Imogene Dietz on September 10 1929 in Sadieville Kentucky daughter of Carl and Beulah Evans Dietz. Jean graduated from Hustonville High School. She worked as a bookkeeper for a coin broker and was a member of Living Hope Baptist Church. Survivors include her children Brenda John...

Shirley Ann Kotheimer ne Saffer 90 of Louisville Kentucky passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday January 7 2026. Born on July 15 1935 she was the daughter of James Martin Saffer and Leona Wacker Saffer. In addition to her parents Shirley was preceded in death by her beloved husband Donald K...

Sherri Ellen Phillips Edelen age 57 of Louisville KY formerly of Springfield passed away at 700 p.m. Tuesday December 30 2025 at her home. She was born in Lebanon KY on September 18 1968 to the late Donald William and Florene Coulter Phillips. She was a member of the St. Bartholomew Catholic Church ...

Wilma was born in Erie Pennsylvania and moved to Louisville Kentucky in 1954. She retired after 25 years of service with JCPS as Food Service Manager at Dunn Elementary. She was a 1960 graduate of Fern Creek High School and an active member of Fern Creek United Methodist Church. Her hobbies and favo...

Thomas Clive Tom Mahoney 89 of Elizabethtown KY and formerly of Louisville Kentucky passed away Friday January 9 2026. Tom graduated from Flaget High School in Louisville where he was a star pitcher for the schools baseball team. Postponing college because of his fathers illness Tom began his busine...

Glenn served his community for 24 years as a firefighter for the City of Louisville. After retirement he was a trainer at the City of Louisville Fire Academy. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War a graduate of Taylorsville High School and earned a Fire Science degree from UK. He is survived by his so...