Barbara Ann Osborne Ritchie

Barbara Ann Osborne Ritchey, 71, widow of Leroy Robert Ritchey Jr., of Rainbow Drive, died December 3, 2011. She was a retired employee of Hospital Specialty and a member of the Wilmore Free Methodist Church. Barbara was an artist, loved to paint and attended classes at the University of Kentucky Fine Arts Institute. She was the daughter of the late Lindsey and Dorothy Mae Travis Osborne. Survivors include three children, Robert Lindsey (Rene) Ritchey, Kimberly Lawson and Stephanie Ritchey, all of Nicholasville, beloved cousin, Margaret 'Sissy' Ditchen, five grandchildren, Tanyia (John) Pangallo, Megan (Rodney) Perkins, Bobby (April) Ritchey, Lindsey Lawson and Joseph Lawson, eight great grandchildren, a cousin, Margaret 'Sissy' Ditchen, numerous other family members. Services will be 1:00pm Monday at the Wilmore Free Methodist Church with Rev. Dean Cook. Burial will follow in the Maple Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be 11am-1pm Monday. Bearers will be her son, Robert Ritchey, Ezekiel Young, Bobby Ritchey, Joseph A. Lawson, Steve Larson and John Pangallo. Online guestbook at www.BettsandWestfuneralhome.com

Visitation:
11:00am-1:00pm, Monday, December 12, 2011 at Wilmore Free Methodist Church

Funeral:
1:00pm Monday, December 12, 2011 at Wilmore Free Methodist Church

Interment:
Maple Grove Cemetery