Ivy, Tressa Kaercher,
died in Oakland, CA on April 11, 2017 at the age of 101.
She was a longtime resident of Louisville, last living at Treyton Oak Towers before her move to CA in 2006. Tressa had been a active member of Parkway Methodist Church (now closed) and Portland Ave. Presbyterian Church. She was a religious educator in her home church as well as the Conference Director of Children's Work for the Louisville Conference of the United Methodist Church from 1961 to 1966. From 1967 until 1975 she participated in the West End Group Ministry organizing and leading weekday activities for area children. Tressa was a patient, kind and loving woman and is greatly missed by her family.
Tressa was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Randolph Wilson Ivy, parents, Angeline and Adolph Kaercher, and brother, Adolph Kaercher.
She is survived by her daughter, Judith Fiene (Oakland, CA), son, Randolph W. Ivy (Liston, England), grandchildren, Karen Ivy Fiene (Berkeley, CA), Bruce M. Fiene (Worcester, MA), Anna Ivy (Urbana, IL), and Susanna Ivy (Reading, England), and seven great-granchildren.
Tressa was cremated and her ashes interred in Resthaven Cemetery, Louisville. A memorial will be held on Saturday, October 28, 2017 at Portland Ave. Presbyterian Church at 11 a.m. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Portland Ave. Presbyterian Church.
Published in The Courier-Journal on Oct. 23, 2017
died in Oakland, CA on April 11, 2017 at the age of 101.
She was a longtime resident of Louisville, last living at Treyton Oak Towers before her move to CA in 2006. Tressa had been a active member of Parkway Methodist Church (now closed) and Portland Ave. Presbyterian Church. She was a religious educator in her home church as well as the Conference Director of Children's Work for the Louisville Conference of the United Methodist Church from 1961 to 1966. From 1967 until 1975 she participated in the West End Group Ministry organizing and leading weekday activities for area children. Tressa was a patient, kind and loving woman and is greatly missed by her family.
Tressa was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Randolph Wilson Ivy, parents, Angeline and Adolph Kaercher, and brother, Adolph Kaercher.
She is survived by her daughter, Judith Fiene (Oakland, CA), son, Randolph W. Ivy (Liston, England), grandchildren, Karen Ivy Fiene (Berkeley, CA), Bruce M. Fiene (Worcester, MA), Anna Ivy (Urbana, IL), and Susanna Ivy (Reading, England), and seven great-granchildren.
Tressa was cremated and her ashes interred in Resthaven Cemetery, Louisville. A memorial will be held on Saturday, October 28, 2017 at Portland Ave. Presbyterian Church at 11 a.m. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Portland Ave. Presbyterian Church.
Published in The Courier-Journal on Oct. 23, 2017
Ivy, Tressa Kaercher,
died in Oakland, CA on April 11, 2017 at the age of 101.
She was a longtime resident of Louisville, last living at Treyton Oak Towers before her move to CA in 2006. Tressa had been a active member of Parkway Methodist Church (now closed) and Portland Ave. Presbyterian Church. She was a religious educator in her home church as well as the Conference Director of Children's Work for the Louisville Conference of the United Methodist Church from 1961 to 1966. From 1967 until 1975 she participated in the West End Group Ministry organizing and leading weekday activities for area children. Tressa was a patient, kind and loving woman and is greatly missed by her family.
Tressa was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Randolph Wilson Ivy, parents, Angeline and Adolph Kaercher, and brother, Adolph Kaercher.
She is survived by her daughter, Judith Fiene (Oakland, CA), son, Randolph W. Ivy (Liston, England), grandchildren, Karen Ivy Fiene (Berkeley, CA), Bruce M. Fiene (Worcester, MA), Anna Ivy (Urbana, IL), and Susanna Ivy (Reading, England), and seven great-granchildren.
Tressa was cremated and her ashes interred in Resthaven Cemetery, Louisville. A memorial will be held on Saturday, October 28, 2017 at Portland Ave. Presbyterian Church at 11 a.m. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Portland Ave. Presbyterian Church.
Published in The Courier-Journal on Oct. 23, 2017
died in Oakland, CA on April 11, 2017 at the age of 101.
She was a longtime resident of Louisville, last living at Treyton Oak Towers before her move to CA in 2006. Tressa had been a active member of Parkway Methodist Church (now closed) and Portland Ave. Presbyterian Church. She was a religious educator in her home church as well as the Conference Director of Children's Work for the Louisville Conference of the United Methodist Church from 1961 to 1966. From 1967 until 1975 she participated in the West End Group Ministry organizing and leading weekday activities for area children. Tressa was a patient, kind and loving woman and is greatly missed by her family.
Tressa was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Randolph Wilson Ivy, parents, Angeline and Adolph Kaercher, and brother, Adolph Kaercher.
She is survived by her daughter, Judith Fiene (Oakland, CA), son, Randolph W. Ivy (Liston, England), grandchildren, Karen Ivy Fiene (Berkeley, CA), Bruce M. Fiene (Worcester, MA), Anna Ivy (Urbana, IL), and Susanna Ivy (Reading, England), and seven great-granchildren.
Tressa was cremated and her ashes interred in Resthaven Cemetery, Louisville. A memorial will be held on Saturday, October 28, 2017 at Portland Ave. Presbyterian Church at 11 a.m. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Portland Ave. Presbyterian Church.
Published in The Courier-Journal on Oct. 23, 2017
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