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Date of these obituaries: 02-06-2002
Tom Futhey, former Post editor
Tom Futhey wouldn't let anyone deprive the public of the right to know - not even his best friend.
"He was the best friend I ever had in my life, " said Larry Walton.
"He even had me arrested once."
That's when Futhey was a cub reporter in East Liverpool, Ohio, and Walton was on the local airport authority.
Walton told Mr. Futhey that he couldn't attend an authority meeting. Tom disagreed. Dissatisfied with that answer, Mr. Futhey "went to the probate judge and got a warrant and had the sheriff serve it on me, " Walton said.
Mr. Futhey, an editor at the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, died Sunday of lung cancer. He was 56.
The News was the last stop in a 32-year career with the E.W. Scripps Co., which owns the News. He also worked for two other Scripps papers, The Kentucky Post and The Cincinnati Post, as well as the Youngstown, Ohio, Vindicator.
While at The Post, Mr. Futhey lived in Cincinnati's Clifton neighborhood.
Mr. Futhey came to The Kentucky Post in 1970 as news editor. When hired, he was asked if he knew of a good candidate to fill a sports job opening. Mr. Futhey recommended the sports editor at The Evening Review, Cincinnati native Bill Waltz, now production director at The Post. In 1973, Waltz became Mr. Futhey's deputy news editor.
"He was a great guy to work for, firm and fair, " Waltz said.
In the late '70s, Mr. Futhey became The Post's systems director, with Waltz taking over the Kentucky Post news editor position.
Mr. Futhey left The Post for The News in 1989.
Mr. Futhey had wanted to be a journalist since high school in his hometown of East Liverpool. He studied journalism in college, but quit to join the Merchant Marine. In 1969 he went to work in radio, but left for a career in newspapers after he was offered a $5-a-week raise.
But he still used his radio voice, volunteering to read for the blind.
"Tom was a journalist's journalist, " said John Temple, News editor and publisher. "He was a man of integrity who was proud of how newspapers can make the world a better place by keeping people informed."
Mr. Futhey is survived by his wife Carol; and son, Robert Werner Futhey, a student at Colorado State University. Services were today in Denver. Burial will be in Pennsylvania. Memorials may be made to: Providence Presbyterian Church, 19029 E. Plaza Drive, No. 245, Parker, Colo. 80134.
Thomas I. Caudill, 78, of Fort Thomas, died at 12:56 a.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
He was a retired clerk with the Internal Revenue Service. A daughter, Kathy Caudill, died in 1949.
Survivors include daughters, Helen Hutchison of Cincinnati, Connie Reis of Crestview Hills and Judy Straus of Newport; a son, Thomas Caudill of Highland Heights; brothers, Herbert Caudill of Cold Spring, Ron Caudill of Fort Thomas, Ray Caudill of Alexandria and Jim Caudill of Melbourne; sisters, Mary Glahn of Bellevue and Veeda Long of Berea; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Thursday at Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Memorials are suggested to Carmel Manor Nursing Home, 100 Carmel Manor Road, Fort Thomas 41075.
Andrew Ryan Chard, son of William and Sherry Moore Chard of Ludlow, was stillborn at 9:54 p.m. Monday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Other survivors include brothers, Brandon Moore, Dalton Chard and Charles Chard, all of Ludlow; grandparents, Gilbert and June Chard of Lexington and Jeff and Sandra Moore of Ludlow; and great-grandparents, Charlene Chard of Ludlow and Martha Moore of Covington.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Ludlow. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to Ludlow Volunteer Fire Department, 234 Oak St., Ludlow, Ky. 41016.
Sister Philomene Claessens, 101, of Fort Thomas, died Monday at Sisters of the Good Shepherd Home, Fort Thomas.
Arrangements are pending at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas.
Robert E. Pollard, 70, of Cincinnati, formerly of Covington, died Jan. 29 at Mercy Franciscan Hospital, Mount Airy campus, in Cincinnati.
He was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Schneider Pollard; daughters, Diane Bare, Janet Meiners and Lisa Hasselbeck, all of Cincinnati; a son, Rob Pollard of South Carolina; and 12 grandchildren.
Services have already been held. Entombment was in St. Mary Mausoleum, St. Bernard, Ohio.
Memorials are suggested to Veterans Administration Volunteer Service Fund, c/o AmVets Post No. 1988, P. O. Box 11193, Cincinnati, Ohio 45211.
Neidhard-Minges Funeral Home, Cincinnati, handled arrangements.
Geneva O'Cull Reed, 73, of Maysville, died Tuesday at Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville.
A teacher in Mason County for 43 years, she was a member of Oakwood Church of Christ in Maysville, Orangeburg Lioness Club, Golden Needles Quilt Club, Mason County Retired Teachers Association and the National and Kentucky education associations. Her husband, Dewey Vaughn Reed, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Steven Brent Reed of Annville; sisters, Phyllis Campbell of Batavia, Ohio, Norma May of Vanceburg, Ann Harover of Lexington and Garnet Trimble of Maysville; brothers, Edmond O'Cull and Henry O'Cull, both of Maysville, and Jo Frank O'Cull of Eddyville; and two grandsons.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Orangeburg Christian Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at Brell Funeral Home, Maysville, and from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at the church. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Oakwood Church of Christ, 7178 Polecat Pike, Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Mary Jane Snyder, 82, of Newport, died Saturday at Batavia, Ohio, Nursing Home. She was a former laborer for Western Union, Cincinnati, and a member of St. Paul Episcopal Church, Newport.
Survivors include a nephew and two nieces.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
James Stegall, 89, of Cincinnati, died Monday at Deaconess Hospital, Cincinnati.
His wife, Carmine Stegall, and a son, James Doyle Stegall, both preceded him in death.
Survivors include daughters, Cynthia Leatta Gantt and Marta Coleman, both of Cincinnati; a sister, Pauline Ingram of Somerset; eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Friday at Jones and Simpson Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Walnut Hills Cemetery, Cincinnati.
Dorothy Louise Crouch West, 83, of Latonia, died at 8:45 a.m. Sunday at Rosedale Manor, Latonia. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Joseph Raymond West, died in 1990.
Survivors include a daughter, Joan M. Pagliuca of Dedham, Mass.; a brother, Sam Crouch of Tulsa, Okla.; a sister, Helen Lewin of Erlanger; and a granddaughter.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at noon Thursday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Home Health Hospice, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014 or to Rosedale Manor Activity Fund, 4250 Glenn Ave., Covington, Ky. 41015.
Dorothy Geraci Whitt, 74, of Covington, died at 8:19 p.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Peter and Paul Church, Reading, Ohio. Her husband, Rexford Michael Whitt, died in 2001.
Survivors include a son, Jeffrey Whitt of West Chester, Ohio; daughters, Vickie Lykins of Taylor Mill, Sue Whitt of Treasure Island, Fla., and Amy Whitt of London, Ohio; a brother, Joseph Geraci of Cincinnati; sisters, Frances Elfers, Rose Adams and Rita Faust, all of Cincinnati; and four grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Peter and Paul Church. Visitation will begin there at 2 p.m. Sunday. Cremation will be at Cincinnati Cremation Co.
Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.
Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill, is handling arrangements.
