Rev. Ivo Edward Cecil, 85
The Rev. Ivo Edward Cecil, 85, died Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown.
REV. IVO EDWARD CECIL
He was born March 11, 1926, in Nelson County and attended Bethlehem Academy and St. Joe Prep where he was named to the Hall of Fame. He was a World War II Navy veteran, a Kentucky Colonel, a member of the Knights of Columbus and was ordained a Catholic priest on May 8, 1954. He was a 1975 graduate of Spalding College and received a Masters of Divinity from St. Meinrad School of Theology in 1978.
His assignments included St. Gregory; St. Thomas More; The Cathedral of the Assumption; St. Raphael; Most Blessed Sacrament; Immaculate Conception in LaGrange; the Kentucky State Reformatory; the Kentucky Corrections Institution for Women; St. Christopher in Radcliff; St. Augustine in Lebanon; St. Aloysius in Shepherdsville; St. Benedict in Lebanon Junction; and St. Clare in Colesburg.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Lavielle and Mary Elizabeth Thompson Cecil; and three brothers, Henry Cecil, Francis Lavielle Cecil and Sam Kennett Cecil.
Survivors include two brothers, Joe Cecil of South Bend and George Cecil of Bardstown; two sisters, Theresa Cecil of Nazareth and Peggy (Clyde) Stanley of Louisville; a devoted caregiver, housekeeper and long time friend, Patsy Lyon of Loretto; and several nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral in Bardstown with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. The Most Reverend Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, D.D. will be the celebrant.
Visitation is 2-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, at Mann and Greenwell Funeral Home, and after 9:30 a.m. at the church on Saturday.
Memorial contributions may be made to Catholic Charities of Louisville, 2911 South 4th. St., Louisville, KY 40208.
Mann and Greenwell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. For more information please visit http://mannandgreenwell.com/.
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