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Date of these obituaries: 03-22-2002
June Klug, 76, helped people with problems
June Klug had a special gift for helping people with problems.
Growing up during the Depression, every time she got a new pair of shoes, she wound up giving them to someone who she thought needed them more.
As a young married
couple, she and her husband, Arnold, took in people who were down on their luck.
"When I was growing up, there was always somebody with a hard-luck story living with us, " said her son, Jeff Klug of Highland Heights.
Later, the Klugs gave up their home so they could virtually adopt two children whose parents had died.
"My mom was like a magnet to people with problems, " Jeff Klug said. "Total strangers would tell her their woes."
Mrs. Klug, 76, died Tuesday at her home in Highland Heights.
She had "a special rapport with Jesus, " said her son. "People who were sick would call her and ask her to pray for them. A lot got healed after she laid hands on them. She never told anybody about that. She was too modest for that. If anybody made a difference in other people's lives, it was her."
Mrs. Klug was raised in Bellevue, and had such great memories of her youth there that when she she told her kids about it, it was "like going back to Mayberry, " said her son.
During World War II, she starred in her school play at Bellevue High, "She's a Soldier's Sweetheart, " while her husband-to-be was serving in Europe, her son said. Arnold Klug was wounded in Germany but made it home safely, and they married
in 1945.
Mrs. Klug was a former night resident manager at Amber Park Retirement Home, Deer Park, Ohio, and volunteer at St. Francis-Seraph School in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati.
Her husband preceded her in death.
Other survivors include a son, Gregg Klug of Union Township, Ohio; a daughter, JoAnne Liskey of Cincinnati; 17 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Highland Meadows Clubhouse, Highland Heights. Cremation will be at Southwest Ohio Crematory in Milford, Ohio. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Hazel Bailey, 68, of Independence, died at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at her home. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include sons, Wayne Bailey and Mike Bailey, both of Cincinnati, and Bryan Bailey of Crescent Springs; daughters, Linda Taylor of Covington and Emma Shepherd of Indepen dence; a brother, Bobby Marcum of Texas; sisters, Jurlean Cook of Maryland, Ind., Faye Gibson of Indiana, Willame Mullins of Cincinnati and Mae Estep of Vicco; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Catchen Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Saturday. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati.
Wallace Elsworth Baynum, 82, of Demossville, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was the former owner of Wally Baynum Signs of All Kinds in Fort Wright, and a member of Ashland Avenue Baptist Church, Covington and Masonic Lodge No. 746 in Latonia. He was president of the Ponderosa Archery Club. A son, Wallace Elsworth Baynum, died in 1972.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy L. Baynum; daughters, Sandra Lee Runck, Sue Cora Hurst, Martha Rose Zimmerman and Darla Hope Collins, all of Demossville; sons, Norman Austin Baynum of Florence, James Wesley Baynum of Cincinnati, Grant Austin of Nicholasville and Barry Austin of Covington; 15 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Saturday, with Masonic services at 12:40 p.m. Burial will be in Gardnersville Cemetery, Demossville.
Marjorie E. Belair, 85, of Florence, died Thursday at Woodspoint Geriatric Care Center in Florence.
Arrangements are pending with Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Thomas R. Berger, 79, of Fort Mitchell, died Thursday at his home. He was a former owner and president of Charles H. Bilz Insurance Co. and an Army veteran of World War II. His wife, Maydie Steltenkamp Berger, died in 1974.
Survivors include sons, Dick Berger and Jimmie Berger, both of Fort Mitchell, and Chuck Berger of Villa Hills; daughters, Judy Collins, Cathy Wilcox, Nancy Berger and Lisa Pilger, all of Fort Mitchell; sisters, Jean Berger and Mary Wurtz, both of Fort Mitchell; 18 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Fort Mitchell. Visitation will be from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the church. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to The Point, 104 Pike St., Covington, Ky. 41011; Covington Catholic Athletics, 1600 Dixie Highway, Park Hills, Ky. 41011; Notre Dame Academy, 1699 Hilton Drive, Park Hills, Ky. 41011; or Blessed Sacrament Church, 2415 Dixie Highway, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Betty Jane Buck, 76, of Cold Spring, died at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker and an Army veteran of World War II. Her husband, William Buck, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a sister, Joani Eich of Cold Spring.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, Highland Heights. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Douglas Alan Clark, 51, of Independence, died Wednesday at his home. He was a loan officer with Guardian Bank and a member of Florence Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife, Cindy Clark; a daughter, Jennifer Joyce Clark of Independence; a son, Matthew Gregory Clark of Independence; his mother, Elizabeth Clark of San Antonio; a sister, Pamela Rink of Ann Arbor, Mich.; and a brother, Eugene Clark of San Antonio.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Florence Christian Church. Stith Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Paul Day, 72, of Williamstown, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He was a truck driver with Carpenters Trucking, London, and formerly with Duro Paper Bag Co.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Kinman Day; sons, James Paul Day of Jacksboro and Dennis Snow of Lafollette, Tenn.; daughters, Deborah Moffett and Karen Gudaitis, both of Walton, and Mayme Hammons of Manchester; sisters, Amo Bryant of El Paso, Texas, Elsie Jones of Corbin and Grace Pearl of Plano, Texas; 13 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Dry Ridge. Memorials are suggested to Williamstown Church of God, Williamstown, Ky. 41097; or St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Kathleen Heringer, 57, of Edgewood, died at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Meadowbrook Care Center, Cincinnati.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Lawrence Heringer; sons, Walter C. Heringer and Nicholas J. Heringer, both of Edgewood, Mark A. Heringer of Beaufort, S.C., Matthew M. Heringer of Covington; a brother, Robert A. Stutler of Walton; sisters, Mary Ann Moore of Hebron and Jean M. Pauly of Independence; and two grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mary Queen of Heaven Church, Erlanger. Visitation will be from 8 to 9:45 a.m. Saturday at Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Mike Irvin, 79, of Dry Ridge, died at 6:45 a.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was a retired machinist at William Powell Valve Co., a deacon at Elliston Baptist Church and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Penn Thompson Irvin; sons, Michael Irvin of Dry Ridge, Fred Irvin of Hebron, Ralph Irvin of Independence and Rev. Arthur Irvin of Cumberland; daughters, Una Berry of Kentucky and Debra Ketteler of Burlington; stepsons, Gene Thompson of Hamilton, Ohio, and Russell Thompson of Edgewater, Fla.; 18 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Sand Run Baptist Church, Hebron. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron. Burial will be in Sand Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Hebron. Memorials are suggested to Kentucky Baptist Home for Children, 10200 Linn Station Road, Suite 200, Louisville, Ky. 40223.
Ann M. Groeschen Kilmer, 76, of Fort Thomas, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker, and was involved in the Mental Health Association of Northern Kentucky, Boy Scouts of America, the Mothers Club at St. Thomas School and the Brighton Center.
Survivors include a daughter, Sheila Horan of Wilder; sons, Richard J. Kilmer of Foster, Robert J. Kilmer and Patrick M. Kilmer, both of Highland Heights, and Ronald J. Kilmer of Walton; a brother, Leo Groeschen of Bellevue; sisters, Joan Kirst of Fort Thomas, Janet Mentrup of Erlanger and Mary Lee Sheets of Las Vegas; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial was Wednesday at St. Thomas Church, Fort Thomas. Burial was in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memo rials are suggested to St. Thomas Church, 26 E. Villa Place, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; or Brighton Center, E. Seventh St. and Park, Newport, Ky. 41071. Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Roger H. Moellering, 58, of Lakeside Park, died Wednesday at University Hospital of injuries suffered in a fall. He was president of JLM Properties, Covington, and a past president of Summit Hills Country Club in Crestview Hills and the Diocesan Catholic Children's Home, Fort Mitchell.
Survivors include his wife, Jeane L. Zinck Moellering; a daughter, Mindeanne E. Moellering of Ludlow; sons, David R. Moellering of St. Louis, Douglas R. Moellering of Birmingham, Ala., and C. R. "Chip" Moellering of Villa Hills; a sister, Mary Kay Gibson of Florence; and six grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at noon Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Bellevue. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Roger Moellering Memorial Fund, in care of Diocesan Catholic Children's Home, P. O. Box 17007, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017.
Dorothy M. Rathburn, 92, of Augusta, died Wednesday at her home. Her husband, Jack Rathburn, died in 1974. A son, Lowell Staton, died in 1991.
Survivors include a niece and four nephews.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 2 p.m. today at St. Augustine Church, Augusta.
Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. at Metacalfe-Hennessey Funeral Home, Augusta.
Burial will be in St. Augustine Cemetery, Augusta.
Memorials are suggested to Augusta Volunteer Fire Department, Augusta, Ky. 41002; or Knoedler Memorial Library, 315 Main St., Augusta, Ky. 41002.
Susan E. Rich, 102, of Los Angeles, formerly of Erlanger, died Tuesday at Sierra Madre, Calif., Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and a member of Erlanger Baptist Church. Her husband, Henry E. Rich, died in 1975.
Survivors include daughters, Lucille Patty Gregory of Arcadia, Calif., and Bonnie Loos of Martinez, Calif.; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Visitation will begin there at noon Monday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
