Dolores Kay Couch, 84, of Hendersonville, TN, formerly of Mt. Carmel, passed away peacefully on September 19, 2025 at Alive Hospice in Nashville, TN.
She was born on April 2, 1941, in Muscatine, IA to Noel Logan Armstrong and Alma Blanche Kays Armstrong. She married Ronald Edwin Couch on November 27, 1965 at E.U.M. Church in Mt. Carmel, Illinois, and they were blessed with 53 years together until his passing in 2019.
Kay graduated with a teaching degree from Illinois State University and taught business at Mount Carmel High School for 28 years, retiring in 1994. She was a member of the Evangelical United Methodist Church in Mt. Carmel for over 50 years, while also attending Heart Cry Church in Arizona and Long Hollow Church in Tennessee when visiting and living with her sons. She was proud of her faith and was rebaptized at Long Hollow Church in 2024 at 83 years old to show her continued faith and to encourage others that you’re never too old to take a step of faith.
Kay loved the Chicago Cubs and loved spending as much time with her family and grandchildren as she could. She loved traveling to see her family through the years in Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Tennessee, and Arizona. She moved to Tennessee in 2023, and enjoyed traveling between Tennessee and Arizona, staying with her sons and daughter-in-law.
Left to treasure her memory are her children, Brian (Tonya) Couch of Hendersonville, TN and Brent Couch of Gilbert, AZ; sister, Loretta (Armstrong) Martin of Muscatine, IA; three grandchildren, Maleah Couch, Joshua Couch, and Nathan (Brooklyn) Couch; two great grandchildren, Evie and Crew, and several nieces and nephews.
Kay was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, Richard and William Armstrong, and an infant sister Sally Jo Armstrong.
Visitation will be held September 27, 2025 from 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. at Short-Cunningham Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be held at 12:00 P.M. in the chapel of Short-Cunningham Funeral Home, 527 N. Mulberry St. Mt. Carmel, Illinois. Burial will follow the service at Highland Memorial Cemetery.
Memorials can be made to E.U.M. Church. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Condolences may be made online at www.short-cunninghamfh.com
Short-Cunningham Funeral Home is honored to serve Couch family.
