Loren Kara Steinwachs, 29, of Poole, Kentucky, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, September 20, 2016, at the St. Anthony's Hospice Lucy Smith King Care Center.

She was a member of Dixie United Methodist Church. For 13 years, Loren fought a long and courageous battle with brain cancer. She loved her family, church family, special friend, David, and her dog, Atlanta. Many would say Loren touched their hearts and was an inspiration and their hero. And most of all, she loved being a social butterfly.

Survivors include her parents, Kaye Steinwachs of Poole, Kentucky, and James M. Steinwachs, Jr., and his wife, Laurie, of Robards, Kentucky; one sister, Leslie Ousley and her husband, Brian, of Henderson, Kentucky and their children, Tatum and Tanner Ousley; one stepsister, Lauren Hazelwood of Atlanta, Georgia; grandparents, James M. Steinwachs, Sr., and his wife, Angie, of Robards, Kentucky, and Shirley and Barbara Garrard of Poole, Kentucky; two uncles, Cory Garrard and his wife, Angie, and their children, Sara, Luke, and Cy Garrard, and Tony Steinwachs; and one aunt, Belinda Steinwachs.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home. The Reverend Dave Turner and the Reverend Chad Johnson will officiate. Burial will be in Shady Grove Cemetery in Poole, Kentucky.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and until service time Friday at the funeral home.

Contributions may be made to St. Anthony's Hospice, 2410 South Green Street, Henderson, Kentucky 42420, or Animal Hospital for The Atlanta and Loren Steinwachs Foundation, 500 Klutey Park Plaza Drive, Henderson, Kentucky 42420.

Pallbearers will be Nick Gillham, Jesse Gillham, Brian Gillham, Wesley Floyd, Jacques Garrard, and Greg Garrard.

Honorary pallbearers will be Kevin Garrard, Brian Garrard, and John Garrard.