The Courier Journal - 7/20/2009

Florence E. "Bo" Spalding SCNA, 85, of Louisville, passed away Saturday, July 18, 2009 at Nazareth home. She was a native of Marion County, and was a retired employee of First National Bank where she had worked for over 40 years. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church.

Florence was preceded in death by her parents, William M. and Mary Acquin Mattingly Spalding; five siblings, Rev. William A. Spalding, Albert D. Spalding, Dr. James A. Spalding, Catherine S. Battcher and Lee Mattingly Spalding; and a brother-in-law, George H. Abell.

Survivors include her sisters and brother, Sarah Spalding Abell, Joseph M. Spalding, Mary Acquin Schneider (Claude) and Sr. Rita Spalding SCN; sister-in-law, Barbara Spalding; brother-in-law, Joseph H. Battcher; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Her funeral Mass will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Nazareth Chapel at Nazareth Home, 2000 Newburg Road, with burial following in St. Augustine Cemetery in Lebanon at 2:30 p.m. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Ratterman and Sons, 3800 Bardstown Road, and from 9:45 until 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Nazareth Home. Memorial gifts may be directed to the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, PO Box 8, Nazareth, KY 40048.

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The Lebanon Enterprise - published 7/22/2009

Florence E. "Bo" Spalding, SCNA, 85, Louisville, passed away Saturday, July 18, 2009, at Nazareth Home. She was a native of Marion County and a retired employee of First National Bank where she had worked for over 40 years. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church.

Florence was preceded in death by: her parents, William M. and Mary Acquin Mattingly Spalding; five siblings, Rev. William A. Spalding, Albert D. Spalding, Dr. James A. Spalding, Catherine S. Battcher and Lee Mattingly Spalding, and a brother-in-law, George H. Abell. Survivors include: her sisters and brother, Sarah Spalding Abell, Joseph M. Spalding, Mary Acquin Schneider (Claude) and Sr. Rita Spalding, SCN; sister-in-law, Barbara Spalding; brother-in-law, Joseph H. Battcher and numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be from 9:45 until 10:30 a.m. today at Nazareth Home. Her funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. today, July 22, at Our Lady of Nazareth Chapel at Nazareth Home, 2000 Newburg Road, with burial following at St. Augustine Cemetery in Lebanon at 2:30 p.m. Memorial gifts may be directed to the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, PO Box 8, Nazareth, Ky. 40048. Arrangements by Ratterman Funeral Home, Louisville.