MADISONVILLE, Ky. — Joan Poremski Morse, 97, of Madisonville, passed away on Feb. 7, 2026, at Beaver Dam Nursing and Rehab in Beaver Dam, Kentucky. She was born on April 21, 1928, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to the late Edward and Magdeline Poremski.
Joan was a homemaker. She was a faithful servant, a beloved, and active parishioner of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church for decades. Joan enjoyed playing Bridge, was a voracious reader, an artist of oil painting and an accomplished seamstress. She also enjoyed swimming and became a black belt of Karate at Sixty-two years old.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Thornton Morse; one sister; and two brothers.
Joan is survived by six children; Cheryl Morse-Anderson, of Unicoi, Tennessee, Colleen(Larry) Edmiston, of Owensboro, Kentucky, Cathy(Don Graff) Morse, of Cumming Georgia, Chuck (Deborah) Morse, of Hartford, Kentucky, Chris(Linda) Morse, of Hartford, and Craig(Laura Malone) Morse, of Evansville, Indiana; two brothers, Dan Poremski, of Apollo, Pennsylvania, and Don Poremski, of Uniontown, Ohio; 14 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, Feb. 13, at 11 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Earlington, Kentucky, with Father Bruce Fogle officiating assisted by Father David Kennedy and burial to follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Earlington, Kentucky.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, Feb. 12, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. with the Rosary at 7:30 p.m. and on Friday, Feb. 13, from 9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at Reid-Walters Funeral Home in Earlington.
Memorial contributions will be Hopkins County Library. 425 E. Center Street Madisonville, KY 42431
Reid-Walters Funeral Home in Earlington is in charge of the arrangements.
Online condolences may be made at www.reidwaltersfh.com.