NAME: Frances Lucy Downs Elmore nee Lyvers AGE 95
She passed away at 8:25 AM Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at her home in Nazareth Village, Nazareth, KY

She was a devout catholic who lived all her life in Holy Cross, KY until moving to Nazareth sixteen years ago. She loved to cook for her family and made the best fried chicken and mashed potatoes in the world.



PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
1st Husband: John Denis Downs
2nd Husband: Augustine "Felix" Elmore
1 Son: Denny Downs
1 Grandson: Keith Downs
1 infant daughter: Patricia Ann Elmore
Mother: Myrtle Hutchins Lyvers
Father: James Francis "Jimmy" Lyvers
2 Sisters: Kathleen Blanford & Amy Green
2 Brothers: Ray & Adrian Lyvers

SURVIVORS INCLUDE:

3 Daughters:
Joy Downs Cleveringa (Dick) - Anna Maria Island, FL
Mary Lynn Lucas (Lee) - Mobile, Alabama
Debbie Bauer - Bardstown, KY
1 Daughter-in-Law:
Emma Jean Downs Hardin (Lee) - Taylorsville, KY
11 Grandchildren, 11 Great Grandchildren and a numerou8 Nieces & Nephews


Special thanks to her loving family and friends at Nazareth, Sister Ann, Sister Molly, Sister Mary, Geneva Thomas and Joe Newton who helped take special care of her. She has the most amazing granddaughter in the world.

FUNERAL MASS 11 AM Friday, May 22, 2009 at Holy Cross Catholic Church - Holy Cross, KY
CHIEF CELEBRANT Rev. R. Joseph Hemmerle
BURIAL : Holy Cross Cemetery
VISITATION: 3-8 PM Thursday at Mattingly Funeral Home - Loretto, KY
Vigil will be at 7 PM Thursday.
Expressions of Sympathy to Nazareth Village c/o Sister Ann, Nazareth, KY 40048 or Hospice of Nelson County, 111 North 3rd, Bardstown, KY 40004