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Marie Coop Cantrell

Marie Coop Cantrell, 85, of Louisville, formerly of Columbia, died Friday, October 12, 2018.

She was retired from the Jefferson County Clerks Office, a former volunteer at Baptist East Hospital and a member of St. Gabriel Catholic Church. She was a passionate fan of the Kentucky Derby and enjoyed a good Derby party with family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas.

She is survived by her children, Tom Cantrell, Mike Cantrell and Cindy Hobbs (Marvin); grandchildren, Megan Cantrell and Adam Cantrell; and sisters, Helen Melton of Charlestown, Indiana,  and locally by  Betty Coop, of Columbia.

Funeral mass is 10 a.m. Tuesday at St, Gabriel Catholic Church, 5505 Bardstown Road with burial in Highland Memory Gardens. Visitation is 2-7 p.m. Monday at Fern Creek Funeral Home, 5406 Bardstown Road.

Memorial gifts: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or Hosparus.

This obituary information is a courtesy to the family by Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home in Columbia, Kentucky.