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Obituary: Mary Catherine Clayton Rizer, 91, Bardstown

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MARY CATHERINE CLAYTON RIZER

Mary Catherine Clayton Rizer, 91, of Bardstown, died Monday, June 29, 2015, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was born March 29, 1924, in Holy Cross. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, George A. “Barney” Rizer; her parents, Charles H. and Mary Elizabeth Newton Clayton; one sister, Ann Gribbins; and five brothers, Leonard Clayton, Francis Clayton, Paul Clayton, George Clayton, and Charles Clayton Jr.

She is survived by three daughters, Cathy Rizer and Joan Rizer, both of Bardstown, and Libbie (Alfonso) Casso of Laredo, Texas; two sons, George Rizer of Bardstown and William G. (Kelly) Rizer of Lexington; one sister, Leona Lyvers of Bardstown; one brother, Louis Clayton of Louisville; eight grandchildren, Julia Casso, Liz Hersch, Gabrielle Naus, Alfonso Casso III, Katie Schaefer, Barbara Schaefer, Emily Rizer, and William S. Rizer; and four great-grandchildren, Aiden Muller, Ava Muller, Alfonso A. Casso, and Charlotte Naus.

The Funeral Mass is 10 a.m. Saturday, July 4, 2015, at the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral with burial in the church cemetery.

Visitation is 3-8 p.m. Friday, July 3, 2015, and 8-9:15 a.m. Saturday at the Barlow Funeral Home in Bardstown with a prayer service 6 p.m. Friday.

Memorial contributions may go to St. Catherine College Golf Scholarship.

The Barlow Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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