Mary Ann Gottschalk Overturf, 75, diedMarch 6, 2024, at her home in
Frankfort. Mary Ann was born Sept. 7, 1948, in Detroit, Mich. to the
late Harry and Hazel Dietrich Gottschalk. Mary Ann was also preceded in
death by two older brothers, David (Eleanor) Gottschalk and Richard
(Marlene) Gottschalk.
Mary Ann graduated from Lafayette High School, University of Kentucky
and Georgetown College.
In addition to her husband Kenneth Overturf, Mary Ann is survived by
her children, Michael Todd Overturf and Sandy Overturf (Erik) Sundberg;
four grandchildren, Ethan, Emma, Sarah, and Sawyer Sundberg; and her
sisters-in-law, Janice Overturf, Eleanor Gottschalk and Marlene Gottschalk.
Mary Ann taught with Reading Camp – Episcopal Diocese of Lexington –
from it’s very beginning, helping 4th and 5th graders to read more
fluently. She was a coordinator for 16 years in Central Kentucky for
Project Linus, giving more than 36,000 blankets to sick or traumatized
children. Mary Ann taught at Elkhorn Middle School in Frankfort, from
where she retired.
Services for Mary Ann will be Saturday, March 16, 2024, at 11 a.m. at
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Versailles, with Father Bruce Boss
officiating. Mary Ann’s cremains will be entered in her niche at St.
John’s following the service. Friends and family members are encouraged
to leave messages of condolence and memories on Mary Ann’s tribute page