Ruth Ann Conrad Parke

March 17, 1933 - January 15, 2017

Ruth Ann Conrad Parke, 83, of Lexington, KY, passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2017, at the Florence Park Care Center. Born on March 17, 1933 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Raymond and Sudie Kendall Conrad. A graduate of the inaugural class of Harrison County High School, Ruth formerly worked as a secretary with the Fayette County School System and as an administrative assistant with the Admissions Dept. of Good Samaritan Hospital, prior to her retirement from Associates in Neurology in Lexington. She was a member of the Liberty Road Community Church in Lexington. She is survived by her daughter, Charlene Broaddus (Richard) of Winchester, KY; three grandchildren: Joshua Thomas Broaddus (Katie Beth) of Murfreesboro, TN, Mikhael Ruth Mastalerz (Captain Chester Henry, II, U.S. Army) of Maineville, OH, and Seth Isaac Broaddus of Lexington, KY; 5 great grandchildren: Hayden Micah, Aubree Elizabeth, Lily Grace, Chester Henry III, and Sean Michael Neal; one brother, Edward Conrad (Gena Lee) of Parker, CO; her sister-in-law, Norma J. Bush Conrad of Burlington, KY; and a host of extended family and friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her grandchild, Micah Neal Broaddus on Feb.18, 1985, and her brother, Charles Ray Conrad on July 25, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 21, 2017, at the Liberty Road Community Church, 2734 Liberty Road, Lexington, KY 40509, with Bro. Jim Hensley officiating. The visitation will be from 10-11:00 a.m. preceding the service at her church. Following cremation, interment will take place in the Pythian Grove Cemetery, Berry. Memorials are suggested to the Liberty Road Community Church. Woodhead Funeral Home, Berry, is serving the family.