Mary Kathryn Schwanholt Dickerson

Mary Kathryn Schwanholt Dickerson, 60, of Florence passed away at 8am Monday, June 22, 2015 at her home. She was born at Milan on October 16, 1954 the daughter of Walter and Irene Neahousemeyer Schwanholt. She was married to Charles B. Dickerson on November 4, 1995 and he survives. Other survivors include one sister Carolyn (Danny) Wehmeyer of New Smyrna Beach, Florida; her Godparents Aldean Hooton and Wilma Schwanholt; her Godchild Hana Hoffman, and her Godchildren and niece and nephew Heather Wehmeyer (Brian) Schott and Joseph Wehmeyer; sister-in-law Agnes (Roy) Durbin of Lexington, Kentucky, nephews David Durbin and John Scott Durbin both of Lexington, and great-nieces Avery and Elliott Durbin, Savanah Schott, and great-nephew Hayden Schott. She was preceded in death by her parents. Mrs. Dickerson was a 1972 graduate of South Ripley High School. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from the University of Indianapolis and her Masters of Arts degree in marketing from the Jeffersonville Indiana campus of Webster University. Mary Kate worked as a district coordinator for the Boone, Kenton, and Campbell County, Kentucky Conservation Districts. She was past president of the Kentucky Waterways Alliance and was past president of the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education and also had served as their secretary. She received numerous awards from the Kentucky Environmental Association, National Association of Conservation Districts, was twice named the Southeast Region Employee of the Year, and was also named the Kentucky Project Learning Tree Facilitator of the Year. Mary Kate had also received the Kentucky Environmental Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, an award that will now bear her name. She was a member of the Faith Lutheran Church in Madison, LWML, and the Altar Guild. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 27 at 11am at the Faith Lutheran Church at 3024 Michigan Road in Madison with Pastors Jeffery Pflug and Mark Darnstaedt officiating. Burial will be in the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery at Dewberry. Visitation will be Friday from 5pm to 8pm at the Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home in Versailles and from 10am until time of services Saturday at the church. Memorials may be given to St. Paul Cemetery endowment fund or the Lutheran Hour in care of the funeral home.