Elma Dick Ponser, 96, of Science Hill, Kentucky, passed away Monday, July 23, 2018.
She was born in Bethelridge, Kentucky on October 17, 1921, daughter of the late Ephriam Oliver and Ibbie Esther Wesley Dick. She was seamstress and owner of Needle & Thread. She was a member of the Science Hill United Methodist Church and accepted Christ at an early age. She was also a member of the Science Hill Garden Club. She and her husband lived in four different countries. They lived in Afghanistan, Algeria, Indonesia and Singapore.
She is survived by her only daughter, Virginia "Ginny Ellen" Ponser Flanagan & (Dan) of Campbellsville, KY, one sister, Ilema Hayden of Danville, KY, two grandchildren, Dr. William E. Flanagan & (Amy) of Elizabethtown, KY and Rev. Matthew Eston Flanagan & (Felicia) of Bardstown, KY, great-grandchildren, Grace Ellen Flanagan and Jackson Armstrong Flanagan, both of Elizabethtown and Caleb Thomas Flanagan and Eli William Flanagan, both of Bardstown.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Robert Ponser and one sister, Mafre Eldridge.
A funeral service will be held at 1 PM Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at Morris & Hislope Funeral Home with Bro. David Green officiating.
Burial will be in Science Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be after 11 AM Wednesday at Morris & Hislope Funeral Home.
Expressions of sympathy are requested to the Campbellsville University Flanagan Scholarship Fund.
Morris & Hislope Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.