Imogene “Emma” Blakeley

Published 12:06 pm Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Blakeley, Imogene “Emma” Knott died August 9. 2024. Born on September 18, 1940, in Daviess County KY to Michael R. and Rosalie Abell Knott. She graduated from Owensboro Catholic High School and attended Brescia University. She retired from Mellon Bank (DE). She was a volunteer with Hospice of Delaware. At St. Albert the Great Catholic Church (Louisville) she was active in the rosary group and St. Al’s Aces. She also set up the church for daily mass for many years.
Surviving is her husband of 64 years Joseph E. and their children, Julie Ann Blakeley (Boynton Beach, FL), Amy Marie (Jimmie) Greenwell (Nicholasville, KY) and Edward Alan Blakeley (Louisville, KY), five grandchildren; and six great grandchildren; her brother J.C. Knott and many nephews, nieces and cousins.
She was predeceased by her parents; infant daughter Mary Catherine Blakeley; brothers Charles, Paul and Michael Knott; sisters Lucille Hayden, Helen Woodward, Jane Konrad, Dorothy Calhoun, Carolyn Knott and Mary Ruth Cecil.
Her funeral mass will be at noon on September 3, 2024, at St. Luke Catholic Church, 304 S Main St., Nicholasville KY 40356, preceded by the Rosary at 11:40 a.m. Inurnment will be at Mater Dolorosa Cemetery, Owensboro, KY at noon on September 18. 2024.
In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to: Eternal Word Television Network, 5817 Old Leeds Rd, Irondale, AL 35210; Bluegrass Care Navigators 1733 Harrodsburg Rd, Lexington KY 40504; St. Luke Catholic Church, 304 S. Main St., Nicholasville KY 40356; or St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis TN 38105.
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