Murl Staser

Murl Staser

Murl Staser, 80, of Providence, died at 8:45 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 from complication with Alzheimer’s. Mrs. Staser was born in Poole and lived in Henderson untill being institutionalized in Denver as an early teen due to Tuberculosis. She remained in this specialized hospital for the entirety of her teenage years orphaned and alone. In spite of great tragedy and personal suffering she persevered and with God’s healing hand she overcame her illness.

She was educated as a nurse and became a spokesperson for the Tuberculosis Society. She returned to Kentucky and married Dan Staser (now deceased) of Providence where she lived for the adult years of her life. She was highly revered by all the patients she cared for and helped improve quality of life in ther final days at Shemwell’s Nursing Home.

She was a member of the Providence General Baptist Church from the late fifties until her passing.

She is survived by one brother, Ray Bartley and his wife, Ruby; one daughter, Donna Faulk of Madisonville; one son, Dan Staser and his wife Jacqueline of Germantown, TN; six grandchildren, Daniel Stevens, Amanda Hill and her husband, Josh, Erica Etheridge and her husband, James, Angela Smith, Amy Hull and her husband, Michael, Damon Staser; five great-grandchildren, Kylie Hill, Noah and Lily Claire Hull, Micha and Elliot Smith.

Services were conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11, 2013 at Melton Funeral Home in Providence with the Rev. Barry Cullen and the Rev. Michael Hull officiating. 

Burial was in Lakeview Cemetery in Providence.    

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