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Marietta <I>Ling</I> Alvey

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Marietta Ling Alvey

Birth
Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
Death
9 Jan 2016 (aged 85)
Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Marietta Alvey, age 85, of Paducah, KY, died Saturday, January 9, 2016 at Lourdes Hospice Care Center. She was a native of Owensboro, KY, a graduate of Mt. Saint Joseph Academy and Brescia University.

She is survived by her three children; Theresa (Brian) Medlin of Paducah, Stephen (Liesl) Alvey of Omaha, NE, and Janette (Kenneth) Courtney of Madison, AL, fourteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. A sister, Muriel O’bryan (Damon) Gillim also survives.

She was preceded in death by her husband Frank, her parents, Lewis and Flora (Hagan) Ling, three sisters and seven brothers.

Marietta was a teacher for forty years including Sorgho Elementary and Sutherland Elementary in Daviess County, Head Start in Paducah, KY and St. John Elementary in McCracken County. After retirement she was a Eucharistic Minister for homebound and Lourdes Hospital patients; spent many hours volunteering at St. Vincent de Paul where she won an award for her work, and was involved in jail ministry. She was presented a special service award from the Retired Volunteer Program by Fr Larry McBride.

Funeral Mass at St. Thomas More

Burial: Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Marietta Alvey, age 85, of Paducah, KY, died Saturday, January 9, 2016 at Lourdes Hospice Care Center. She was a native of Owensboro, KY, a graduate of Mt. Saint Joseph Academy and Brescia University.

She is survived by her three children; Theresa (Brian) Medlin of Paducah, Stephen (Liesl) Alvey of Omaha, NE, and Janette (Kenneth) Courtney of Madison, AL, fourteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. A sister, Muriel O’bryan (Damon) Gillim also survives.

She was preceded in death by her husband Frank, her parents, Lewis and Flora (Hagan) Ling, three sisters and seven brothers.

Marietta was a teacher for forty years including Sorgho Elementary and Sutherland Elementary in Daviess County, Head Start in Paducah, KY and St. John Elementary in McCracken County. After retirement she was a Eucharistic Minister for homebound and Lourdes Hospital patients; spent many hours volunteering at St. Vincent de Paul where she won an award for her work, and was involved in jail ministry. She was presented a special service award from the Retired Volunteer Program by Fr Larry McBride.

Funeral Mass at St. Thomas More

Burial: Mount Carmel Cemetery.

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