Robert "Rags" Ovesen

Robert A. “Rags” Ovesen, age 82, of Hodgenville, passed away, Monday, April 1, 2019, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown.

He was a farmer and a former employee of the Elizabethtown Post Office.

He was preceded in death by his parents, August and Bernice Willis Ovesen.

He is survived by his wife, Cheryl Nichols Ovesen; four daughters, TaShawna (Mark) Thomas and Kaylah Carter all of Hodgenville and Amber Slayton and Breanna Thompson; five sons, Mark Ovesen and Terry (Katrina) Ovesen all of Hodgenville and Tyler Benningfield, Eli Cecil and Daniel Collett; three step-children, William Nichols of Buffalo, Kenneth Nichols and Jennifer Nichols both of Hodgenville and seventeen grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 AM, Thursday, April 4, 2019, at Bennett-Bertram Funeral Home with Bro. Danny Rock officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 PM, Wednesday and after 9 AM, Thursday at the funeral home.

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