Louise L. Hartsough

Louise L. Hartsough, 97, of Owensboro, Ky, passed away September 2, 2023, at the Carmel Home. Louise was born in Greenville, Kentucky, to the late Floyd L. Lancaster and Elsie Mae Simmons Lancaster. She was a lifetime member of Third Baptist Church, where she was President of the WMU, taught second-grade Sunday school for over 50 years, was involved in many high school mission groups, and served the church in many other capacities. Louise was a graduate of Owensboro High School and attended Murray State University, and was a former member of the Home and Garden Club. 

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Douglas S. Haynes (1991) and H. Warren Hartsough (2015); and sisters, Edna Bohaning, Jeanne Wathen, Ella Mae Jackson, and Mildred Lancaster.

Survivors include her nephew, Richard S. Wathen Jr. of West Palm Beach, Fl; nieces, Leslie Wathen of Tampa, Fl, Brenda Malin of Evansville, In, and Joan Shappard of Newburgh, In; great nieces and nephews, Stephanie Swanson, Chase Swanson, Kyle DePeppe, Brent DePeppe, Matthew Shappard and Elizabeth Shappard; and many great-great nieces and nephews; step-children, Gregory W. Hartsough and Nancy Jane Miller; step-grandchildren, Dr. Sarah Hartsough Callahan, Dr. Richard Hartsough, Rebecca Hartsough, Phillip J. Mui, Joanna Hayes, and Jillian Hayes; and step-great-grandsons, Harrison and Logan Callahan; and step-great-granddaughter, Jane Hunter Callahan.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, September 8, 2023, in the chapel of Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Thursday and after 12 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.  

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to Third Baptist Church or the Carmel Home.