Sadie Drew Gaunce, age 7, daughter of Clint and Hilary West Gaunce, passed away, Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at the University of Kentucky Children’s Hospital in Lexington. She was born in Cynthiana on September 4, 2015. Sadie was a Westside Elementary School first grader, where she had a special teacher, Mrs. Canupp. She loved cats, dogs, cows, chickens and riding her side by side. Sadie enjoyed playing softball and soccer, she also planned to be a teacher someday. She was preceded in death by her great grandparents, Billy and Phyllis Claypool, Elmer and Jo Ann West and Ronnie and Becky Gaunce.
Besides her parents, she is survived by her sister, Ryleigh Gaunce; maternal grandparents, Elmer and Gina “Gigi” West; paternal grandparents, Kenny and Kim Gaunce; her paternal great grandparents, Sue and Steve Hobbs, Phyllis Penick and Billy Jett; her aunt, Haley “HayHay” West; two uncles, Tyler West and Luke Gaunce; several cousins; her best friend, Millie Ashbrook and her two furry friends, Marley and Max.
Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 3, 2023 at Ware Funeral Home by Warren French and Curtis Coots. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. Sunday, April 2, 2023 at the funeral home. Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be to DanceBlue KCH Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 160 Avenue of Champions, Suite A154, Lexington, Kentucky 40504 or Clayton Arnold Foundation, 989 Kentucky Highway 356, Cynthiana, Kentucky 41031.
Pallbearers will be Tyler West, Luke Gaunce, Phillip Kincaid, Chris Woolums Josh Ashbrook and Josh Jenkins. Honorary pallbearers will be all the staff and students at Westside Elementary School. View and sign the guestbook at www.warefuneralhome.com