SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



                                   FORM 8-K


                                CURRENT REPORT

                      PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)           SEPTEMBER 3, 1998


                          CITIZENS FINANCIAL CORPORATION 
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)







                                                                                         
      KENTUCKY                              0-20148                                             61-1187135
   (State or other                       (Commission                                         (I.R.S. Employer
    jurisdiction                          File Number)                                      Identification No.)
   of incorporation)



        The Marketplace, Suite 300
        12910 SHELBYVILLE ROAD, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY                                                      40243
         (Address of principal executive offices)                                                    (Zip Code)





REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE  (502) 244-2420





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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

            This Form consists of 5 consecutively-numbered pages.  An index to
            the Exhibits to this Form appears on page 4.



INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

          As previously reported  (SEE  Current  Report  on  Form 8-K filed
August  14,  1998), on August 12, 1998, the Board of Directors of  Citizens
Financial  Corporation  (the  "COMPANY")  approved  a  plan  to  redeem  on
September 8,  1998  all  368  shares  then  outstanding of its 1995 Class B
Convertible Preferred Stock that had not been  converted  into  its Class A
Stock by September 3, 1998.

          By  the September 3, 1998 deadline, the holders of 359 shares  of
the 1995 Class B Convertible Preferred Stock had converted such shares into
718,000 shares  of  the  Class  A  Stock.  The holder of the remaining nine
shares of 1995 Class B Convertible Preferred  Stock sold such shares to the
Company for $162,000 or $9.00 per share of the  Class  A  Stock  on  an if-
fully-converted  basis.   Accordingly,  no  shares  of  the  1995  Class  B
Convertible  Preferred  Stock  are  now outstanding and the Company will of
course not be required to redeem any of such Stock.

          As a result of these transactions,  the number of shares of Class
A  Stock has increased to 1,802,615 shares.  The  Company's   shareholders'
equity  has increased by $3,870,545.  If these transactions had occurred as
of June 30, 1998, total shareholders equity would have been $21,620,281.

          As  a  further result of the conversions, the number of shares of
Class A Stock held by officers, directors and holders of 10% or more of the
Class A Stock and their respective affiliates is now 1,044,663 shares while
the number of shares held by other holders is now 757,952 shares.

          Additional information concerning the conversions is described in
a Press Release dated  September 4, 1998 (see Item 7 hereto).  In the Press
Release, the 1995 Class  B  Convertible  Preferred  Stock  is  referred  to
generally  as  the  "preferred  stock" and the Class A Stock is referred to
generally as the "common stock."


ITEM 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

          (C) EXHIBITS

          99   Press Release dated September 4, 1998

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                            SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the requirements  of  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report  to  be  signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                              Citizens Financial Corporation



                              By:/S/ LANE A. HERSMAN
                                   Lane A. Hersman,
                                   Executive Vice President



Date:  September 4, 1998

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                           EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
NUMBER                   DESCRIPTION                         PAGE


99                  Press Release dated September 4, 1998     5

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