Obituary: Rev. Karl K. Lusk Jr., 73, New Haven

The Rev. Karl K. Lusk Jr., 73, of New Haven, died Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was born Nov. 26, 1945, in Paris to the late Ruby Plummer and Karl Kriener Lusk Sr.

He was a graduate of Millersburg Military Institute, Iowa State University, Southern Illinois University and Louisville Presbyterian Seminary. He was the chaplain coordinator for Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was a retired priest of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer having been the past owner and president of Lusk-McFarland Funeral Home in Paris. He was also a licensed Kentucky auctioneer.

He served on the New Haven City Commission, was a past executive director for the Kentucky Railway Museum where he served on the KRM Board of Directors. He was a volunteer and train engineer. He was a member of the Nelson County Ministerial Association, and served on the Nelson County Community Clinic Board of Directors as well as the Bethany Haven Board. He also served on the New Haven/Rolling Fork Volunteer Fire Department, served as chaplain for numerous law enforcement departments in Nelson County, served on the Kentucky Community Crisis Response Team and the Nelson County Chaplains Response Team which he helped found. He also served on many other local, regional, state and national organizations.

He had a servant’s heart but was also a devoted family man and was quite proud of his blended family.

The family would like to thank all the employees of the Flaget Memorial Hospital campuses for the love shared during the 11 years he served in chaplaincy.

He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Anne Thompson Lusk; two daughters, Katherine Kriener (Larry) Elkin of Ravenel, S.C., and Elizabeth Lusk (Chris) Yohman of Summerville, SC.; one son, Tim (Dee) Mallory of Lexington; one sister, Martha Lusk White of Henderson; one brother-in-law, David T. (Teresa) Thompson of Georgetown; seven grandchildren, Elena Kriener Elkin and James Reed Elkin, both of Ravenel, S.C., Kendall Mallory (Luke) Wright of Milothian, Ill., Shelby Mullins (Will) Snowden of Winchester, Evan Craven Yohman of Summerville, SC., Hagan Robert Mallory of Lexington, and Chan Gregory Mullins of Denver, Colo.; two great-grandchildren, Katie Clay Jo Snowden and Silas Duncan Wright; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

The funeral is 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, at the First Christian Church Disciples of Christ with the Right Rev. Terry A. White officiating. Burial is in Paris Cemetery in Paris, KY at 3:00 p.m.

Visitation is 3-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, and 8:30-11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, at the Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home

The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Flaget Memorial Hospital Foundation or Project Hope at Flaget Memorial Hospital, 4305 New Shepherdsville Road, Bardstown, KY 40004, Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 211 N. 3rd St. Bardstown, KY 40004, or Kentucky Railway Museum, PO Box 240 New Haven, KY 40051.

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

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