Obituary: Kathy Jo Kidwell, 35, Cox’s Creek

KATHY JO KIDWELL

Kathy Jo Kidwell, 35, of Cox’s Creek, died Monday, March 31, 2014, at University of Louisville Hospital. She was born Aug. 14, 1978, in Lebanon. She was the former Kathy Jo Mattingly and an employee of Sullivan University working in the Graduate School Affairs Office. She was active with the Nelson County Special Olympics and the American Diabetes Association. She was a graduate of Western Kentucky University where she was a member of Sigma Kappa. She was a member of St. Gregory Catholic Church.

She was preceded in death by her grandfathers, Francis Wallace Clark and John “Keg” Mattingly.

She is survived by her husband, Jeffrey Richard Kidwell of Cox’s Creek; two stepchildren, Carsyn Kidwell and Adalin Kidwell, both of Cox’s Creek; her mother, Deborah Lynn Clark Mattingly of New Hope; her father, Gerard (Andi) Mattingly of St. Francis; two sisters, Becky (Mark) Ballard of Bardstown and Jessica Sturgeon of Louisville; one brother, Dallas Mattingly of St. Francis; two nieces, Courtney Ballard and Paige Ballard, both of Bardstown; and her grandmothers, Mary Clark of New Hope and Lucille Mattingly of Nazareth.

The Mass of Christian burial is 11 a.m. Friday, April 4, 2014, at St. Gregory Catholic Church with burial in the church cemetery. The Reverend Paul Eve is the celebrant.

Visitation is 2-8 p.m. Thursday, April 3, 2014, and 7-8:30 a.m. Friday, April 4, 2014, at the Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home in Bardstown

The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of donations in her memory to St. Gregory Catholic School or Nelson County Special Olympics.

Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home in Bardstown is in charge of arrangements.

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