PADUCAH, Ky., -- Ryan Wesley Urhahn, 9, of Paducah died at his home Saturday.
He was born Dec. 5, 1986, to Dennis and Laurie Ann Collier Urhahn, who survive him. A member of the St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Paducah, he was also a member of Pack 7 Webelos of the Boy Scouts and was honored as the WPSD T.V. Olympic Hero for 1996.
He is survived by a sister, Chelsea Lee Urhahn, of Paducah; paternal grandmother, Edith Muriel Taylor of Benton; maternal grandparents, Glen O. and June Shaw Collier of Charleston; and maternal great-grandfather James Shaw of Bertrand.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 3 p.m. today at the St. Thomas More Catholic Church, with the Rev. Jerry Riney officiating. Burial services will be at 7 at the St. Denis Cemetery in Benton. Interment will follow under the direction of the Lindsey Funeral Home of Paducah.
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