Mr. Charles Cornelius Edelen, Sr, age 89, passed away Thursday, October 6, 2011. He was born on May 19, 1922 in Lebanon, KY. Mr. Edelen was a United States Army Veteran, having served in WW II. He was also a dedicted member of St. Augustine Catholic Church, and an active member of Knights of Peter Claver.

He is preceded in death by three sons, Monte, Melvin and Calvin Edelen: parents, Willie and Mollie Burress Edelen; five brothers, William, Thomas, Frank, Robert, and Joe Edelen; four sisters, Lorraine Rayson, Mary Bobo, Anna Laura Edelen, and Myrtle Hicks.

Survivors include his wife of sixty-nine years, Naomi Ozetta Montgomery Edelen, of Lebanon, KY; four sons, Charles (Betty) Edelen, William (Mary Lillian) Edelen, Michael (Jeanie) Edelen, Pat (Sherri) Edelen; eight daughters, Julia (Clelland) Mattingly, Lorraine (Dr. Tom) Stevens, Connie (Fred) Jackson, Charlene (Dannie) Edwards, Sheila (Mark) Lewis, Jackie Edelen, Glenda (William) Jackson, Sabrina Edelen; thirty-four grandchildren; fifty-one great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

A Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at St. Augustine Catholic Church. Interment will be in the church cemetery.

Visitations will be held after 3:00 p.m. Monday, at Bosley Funeral Home, with a prayer service that evening at 7:00 by Deacon Joe Dant.