1924
Leah
2011
Leah Baugh
October 20, 1924 — August 9, 2011
Leah Elizabeth Baugh, age 86 of Somerset, Kentucky, departed this life in Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital.
She was born on October 20, 1924 in Somerset, Kentucky to the late Frank and Elizabeth Meyer Rusch. Leah was formerly an operator at Southern Continental Telephone Company and worked in Lexington at Reynolds Tobacco Company. She was co-owner of Villager Resort from 1963-1990. She enjoyed boating, cooking, gardening, sewing, arts and crafts.
Mrs. Baugh is survived by a son, David Lee (and Donna) Baugh of Bronston, KY; three daughters, Phyllis Ann (and James) Rasnick of Somerset, KY, Patty Lynn Burchell of Bowling Green, KY and Katherine Jean (and Russ) Pear of Lexington, KY; seven grandchildren, Laura Glover, Cynthia Portugal, Marsha Quinlan, Jennifer McWhorter, Heather Poston, Leah Pear and Clay Pear; six great-grandchildren, Anna Portugal, Jimmy Quinlan, Luca Portugal, Katheryn Glover, Jona Portugal and Lilly McWhorter; and her twin sister, Irene Hartnett of Shelbyville, IN.
Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Baugh; two brothers, Frank and Eugene Rusch; and a sister, Catherine Arban.
Visitation for Mrs. Baugh will be on Friday, August 12, 2011 after 10:00 am with the funeral service to follow at 11:00 am at the Chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home, 1046 West Highway 80, Somerset, Kentucky, Reverend Richard Held officiating. Interment will be in Lakeside Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Jed Kerkhoff, Clay Pear, Tim McWhorter, Jeremy Poston, James Rasnick and Russ Pear.
The family request expressions of sympathy be made to Burnside United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 536, Burnside, KY 42519.
She was born on October 20, 1924 in Somerset, Kentucky to the late Frank and Elizabeth Meyer Rusch. Leah was formerly an operator at Southern Continental Telephone Company and worked in Lexington at Reynolds Tobacco Company. She was co-owner of Villager Resort from 1963-1990. She enjoyed boating, cooking, gardening, sewing, arts and crafts.
Mrs. Baugh is survived by a son, David Lee (and Donna) Baugh of Bronston, KY; three daughters, Phyllis Ann (and James) Rasnick of Somerset, KY, Patty Lynn Burchell of Bowling Green, KY and Katherine Jean (and Russ) Pear of Lexington, KY; seven grandchildren, Laura Glover, Cynthia Portugal, Marsha Quinlan, Jennifer McWhorter, Heather Poston, Leah Pear and Clay Pear; six great-grandchildren, Anna Portugal, Jimmy Quinlan, Luca Portugal, Katheryn Glover, Jona Portugal and Lilly McWhorter; and her twin sister, Irene Hartnett of Shelbyville, IN.
Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Baugh; two brothers, Frank and Eugene Rusch; and a sister, Catherine Arban.
Visitation for Mrs. Baugh will be on Friday, August 12, 2011 after 10:00 am with the funeral service to follow at 11:00 am at the Chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home, 1046 West Highway 80, Somerset, Kentucky, Reverend Richard Held officiating. Interment will be in Lakeside Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Jed Kerkhoff, Clay Pear, Tim McWhorter, Jeremy Poston, James Rasnick and Russ Pear.
The family request expressions of sympathy be made to Burnside United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 536, Burnside, KY 42519.
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