Katie W. Conder, 90, of Benton , Ky passed away at 8:20PM at Marshall County Hospital.
Katie was born in Gilbertstville , KY September 2,1928, eldest daughter and second of eight children. She met her future husband, Reed, at the age of sixteen, never dated anyone else and were married for sixty-five years.
Katie spent thirty-eight years teaching before retiring in 1988. She attended Middle Tennessee State University and received her degree from Murray State Teachers Collage. She began teaching at Frank Hughes High School in Clifton , Tennessee and taught combined seventh and eighth grade at Brewers Elementary School in southwestern Marshall County. She moved to Hardin Elementary School where she taught second grade and then to the consolidated South Marshall Elementary teaching first graders to read and write. She was a member, elder, Sunday School teacher and choir member at First Christian Church in Benton , the ADK and the Eastern State. At home at South Marshall , she enjoyed quilting and gardening. For the last seven years, she was very active and competitive at all the Stilley House activities. She was always up for a game of bingo, dominoes, rook, sharing stories with her extended family members at Stilley and getting an extra dessert.
She is survived by her three daughters, Kathy Fulton ( Gary ),Patricia Green (David), and Mary Beth Riggs (Chuck); grandchildren,Scott Fulton (Leah), Tara Fulton, Casey Riggs (Adrienne),Holly David, Emily Flowers,Kelly Palmer (Charles), and Amy Forsee (Lyn). Also survived by twenty one great-grandchildren, Chandler Fulton, Chaney Fulton, Josiah Paul Stubblefield, Jackson David, Alexis Flowers, Isaiah Flowers, Lily Riggs, Raylan Riggs, Owen Riggs, Justin Palmer (Hannah), Travis Palmer (Meagan), Logan Palmer, Sarah Palmer,Colby Palmer, Wesley Forsee, Julia Forsee, Margaret Palmer, Colleen Palmer, Katie Oliver, Karleigh Oliver, and Kaliyah Oliver. Also surviving are sister, Carol “Sissa” Aldridge, brothers Francis B. Wade and Eldon B. Wade, and a number of cousins, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Reed Conder; one grandson; one great-grandson; four siblings and her parents, Floyd “Shine” Wade and Marion “Teet” Owen Wade.
The funeral service will be held Tuesday, April 30, at 11 AM at First Christian Church in Benton , KY. Rev. Kristi Stuckel and Rev. Dr. Michael A. Gatton will officiate. Burial will follow at Marshall County Memory Gardens .
Friends may call any time after 4 PM, Monday, April 29, at First Christian Church in Benton , KY and on Tuesday, April 30, at First Christian Church from 8 AM until the funeral hour.
Memorials may made to the Marshall County Exceptional Center , P.O. Box 423 , Benton , KY 42025 , First Christian Church Building Fund, 2515 Main Street , Benton , KY 42025 and the Reed and Katie Conder Scholarship at Murray State University , Office of Development, 200 Heritage Hall, Murray , KY 42071 .
Arrangements are being handled by Filbeck-Cann Funeral Home of Milner and Orr.