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Date of these obituaries: 01-17-2002
Carol Jean Stokes, 62, fought cancer 12 years
Carol Jean Kramer Stokes lost her 12-year battle with cancer.
"She never complained, " said her brother, Paul, of Edgewood. "She was a fighter all the way."
Mrs. Stokes died at 10:15 a.m. Monday at Middletown, Ohio, Regional Hospital. She was 62.
A native of Covington, she lived in Erlanger prior to her marriage to Don Stokes of Middletown 31 years ago.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Stokes is survived by three sons, Brad Stokes of Garner, N.C., and Brian and Bruce Stokes, both of Columbus, Ohio; two sisters, Pat Kenney of Park Hills and Joyce Wallace of Delaware, Ohio; two other brothers, Tom Kramer of Villa Hills and Bob Kramer of Lakeside Park, and a grandson.
Memorial services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Holy Family Catholic Church, St. John Chapel, Middletown. The family will receive friends after Mass at Holy Trinity Center, Middletown.
Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society, 105 McKnight Drive, Middletown, Ohio 45044.
Donald Freer, committed to caring for other people
Donald E. Freer of Fort Thomas was the kind of church member who did more than warm a pew once a week.
On Sundays you could find him greeting people at the door of the First Baptist Church of Fort Thomas, where he was a deacon and a trustee.
But the rest of the week, when Mr. Freer wasn't working or spending time with his family, he devoted hours to charitable and ser vice organizations.
For example, he was a 50-year member of both Newport Commandery 13 and the Royal Arch Masons. For 40 years he was a knight commander on the court of honor of the Scottish Rite in the Syrian Shrine, where he played the tambourine in the Oriental Band. For five years, he held the prestigious position of ambassador in the Syrian Shrine.
"He was committed and involved in caring for other people, " said a daughter, Marcia M. Freer of Crete, Neb.
"He often talked to me about the fact that people don't do this anymore. That they don't join these kinds of organizations where Christian men come together to kind of go beyond what you would do in church."
Mr. Freer died Tuesday morning at the Baptist Convalescent Center in Newport. He was 91.
He worked 38 years as a fire protection engineer and manager with the Kentucky Inspection Bureau - now the Insurance Services Office in Covington.
His job was to inspect buildings to ensure they met safety requirements.
"When the Beverly Hills fire occurred, he had to go in there and try to help figure out why that happened, " said his daughter. "He was involved in the insurance side of it."
Mr. Freer retired in 1975.
He was a grand commander with the Knights Templer, a past president of the Northern Kentucky York Rite Association, and a member of York Cross of Honour in Kentucky, Society of Past Masters F&AM of Northern Kentucky, Dora Chapter No. 2 OES, Syrian Temple and Shrine Club of Northern Kentucky.
He was also a member of the Northern Kentucky Firefighters Association.
Mr. Freer enjoyed bowling, golfing and traveling. After his wife, Virginia Johnson Freer, died in 1984, Mr. Freer traveled to Alaska, Australia, London, New Zealand and Russia.
In addition to his daughter, he is survived by another daughter, Donacq F. Wells of Louisville; a son, David E. Freer of Fort Thomas; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home in Fort Thomas.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Shriners Burns Institute, 3229 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45229; or First Baptist Church, 600 N. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Gary Alan Anderson, 51, of Harrison County, died Tuesday at his home. He was a retired electrical engineer with Lexmark and a member of First United Methodist Church, Cynthiana. He was a trustee and a sound technician with the church, a youth soccer coach and a member of Promise Keepers.
Survivors include his wife, Linda Marsh Anderson; sons, Christopher Anderson and Nicholas Anderson, both of Cynthiana; a daughter, Jennifer Anderson of Cynthiana; his mother, Anne Powell Anderson of Cynthiana; a brother, Richard Anderson of Harrison County; and a sister, Jan Rush of Louisville.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana. Memorials are suggested to First United Methodist Church New Life Center Fund, 302 E. Pike St., Cynthiana, Ky. 41031.
Ralph H. Bell, 73, of Florence, died at 9:47 a.m. Wednesday at his home.
He was a retired truck driver with Teamsters Union Local No. 100, Cincinnati, and an Army veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Bell; a son, Danny Lewis of Orlando, Fla.; daughters, Donna Callahan of Las Vegas, Debbie Lewis, Diann Wood and Denise Young, all of Cincinnati, and Tracey Cautcher of Mount Olivet; 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Home Health Hospice, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Lida Mae Compton, 77, of Melbourne, died Sunday at her home. She was a homemaker and attended Fairlane Baptist Church. Her husband, John Compton, preceded her in death.
Survivors include daughters, June Schalk and Joyce Bowling, both of California, and Gay Mitchell of Butler; sons, Larry Compton and Jimmy Compton, both of Melbourne; 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Saturday at Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Mount Gilead Cemetery, Carthage.
Scottie Wayne Davis, 29, of Fort Wright, died Tuesday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger.
Margaret Estelle Egan, 87, of Bellevue, died Tuesday at Carmel Manor Nursing Home, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker and a member of Sacred Heart Church, Bellevue, where she was a member of the Sacred Heart Mothers Club. Her husband, Henry F. Egan, and a son, John "Jack" Egan, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, William Egan of Cold Spring; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Church. Visitation will be from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to Carmel Manor, 100 Carmel Manor Road, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Robert G. Frey, 79, of Williamstown, died Wednesday at Grant Manor Health Care Center, Williamstown.
He was a retired repairman, a member of St. Paul Church in Florence and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include sons, Kenneth Frey of Union and Steve Frey of Florence; a daughter, Sherry Brock of Florence; a brother, Paul Frey of Milford, Ohio; sisters, Helen Bennett of Cold Spring, Ruth Merz and Grace Siciliano, both of Cincinnati; and eight grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 12:10 p.m. Friday at St. Paul Church, Florence. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Parkinson's Disease Support Network, Neurology, Mail Location 525, 231 Bethesda Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45267; or Alzheimer's Disease Association, 644 Linn St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45203.
Wayne Griggs, 58, of Dayton, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a warehouse worker with XPEDX, owner of Seventh Avenue Cafe in Dayton and a member of Newport Masonic Lodge No. 358 F&AM.
Survivors include his wife, Deanna Griggs; daughters, Julie Brock of Alexandria and Beverly Kramer of Fort Thomas; a son, Matthew Griggs of Newport; stepdaughters, Cindy Barbiea of Dayton and Melanie Hubble of Jacksonville, Fla.; stepsons, Lonni Barbiea of Bellevue and Steven Barbiea of Dayton; his father, Claude Griggs of Richwood; a sister, Betty Bain of Vero Beach, Fla.; brothers, Tilman Bain, of Vero Beach, Bob Griggs of Fort Wayne, Ind., Jim Griggs and Jack Griggs, both of Richwood and Paul Griggs of Ostrander, Ohio; 14 grandchildren and three great-grand- children.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Marvin Hendren, 57, of Warsaw, died Tuesday at his home. He was an employe of Elf Ato Chem, Carrollton, and a deacon at Paint Lick Baptist Church, where he was the Sunday school director and a teacher. He was a member of the National Rifle Association and Amateur Trapshooters Association.
Survivors include his wife, Patricia Parker Hendren; sons, Jeremy Scott Hendren of Richmond, Va., Jason Ryan Hendren of Lexington and Nathan Michael Hendren of Warsaw; and a sister, Miriam Louise Culbertson of Trotwood, Ohio.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Paint Lick Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Carrollton, and from noon to 1 p.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be in Owenton Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Paint Lick Baptist Church Building Fund, Steele Bottom Road, Warsaw, Ky. 41095; Kentucky Baptist Children's Home, 10801 Shelbyville Road, Louisville, Ky. 40243; or the Kentucky Temperance League.
Vina Pearl "Babe" Horton, 72, of Burlington, died Monday at Florence Park Care Center. She was a member of Burlington Baptist Church.
Survivors include a brother, Ivan Horton of Erlanger, and a sister, Goldie Setters.
Services will be at noon Saturday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Burlington Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Greenview Baptist Church, 1050 Burlington Pike, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Gladys Litteral, of Lakeside Park, died Tuesday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Charlie Edward McAllister, 55, of Carrollton, died Wednesday at King's Daughters Hospital in Madison, Ind. He was an enforcement officer with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, a member of the Madison American Legion and an Army veteran of the Vietnam War.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Sue Hanlon McAllister; a daughter, Charla J-Lene Beebe of Milton; sons, Loren McAllister of Hanover, Ind., and Roy Lee Le-Edward of Carrollton; sisters, Joyce Workman of Lexington, Marie Linda Innman and Kathryn Darlene McAllister, both of Carrollton; a brother, Leroy McAllister Jr. of Louisville; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Veterans Cemetery, Madison, Ind.
William L. Myers, 77, of St. Petersburg, Fla., formerly of Dayton, died Tuesday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue.
Cora Mae Oates, 86, of Bellevue, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Thomas Sheridan Oates, died in 1998.
Survivors include daughters, Susan L. Betigheimer of Anderson, Ind., Sharon M. Boberg and Shirley A. Janson, both of Bellevue; a son, Thomas S. Oates Jr. of Cincinnati; 14 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Friday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Bellevue Senior Center, 300 Washington Ave., Bellevue, Ky. 41073.
Earl "Bob" Slay Jr., 67, of West Covington, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
He was a maintenance administrator with Cincinnati Bell. A daughter, Darlene Slay, died in 1985.
Survivors include his wife, Katherine Slay; brothers, Billy Slay of Findlay, Ohio, Terry Slay of Custar, Ohio, and Michael Slay of Sycamore, Ohio; and sisters, Joyce Mock of Mesa, Ariz., and Jane Slay of Fostoria, Ohio.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Lakeside Christian Church, Lakeside Park. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Lakeside Christian Church, 195 Buttermilk Pike, Lakeside Park, Ky. 41017.
William Edward Walsh, 68, of Fort Thomas, died Tuesday at his home.
He was a plumber with Plumbers and Gas Fitters Union Local No. 59, Cincinnati, and a member of St. Catherine of Siena Church, Fort Thomas, where he belonged to the Holy Name Society. He was an Army veteran and a foster father.
Survivors include his wife, Patricia Walsh; daughters, Becky Conley of Fort Thomas, Susan McCarthy of Long Island, N.Y., Teri McNamara of Fort Thomas, Debbie Smith of Woodlawn and Mary Smith of Cold Spring; sons, Bill Walsh of Independence, Mike Walsh of Highland Heights and Tim Walsh of Fort Thomas; his mother, Dorothy Walsh of Fort Thomas; sisters, Mary Jo Cox and Helen Daly, both of Fort Thomas, Patricia Lonneman of Knoxville, Tenn., and Maureen Taeuber of Park Hills; brothers, Kenneth Walsh of Falmouth, Gerald Walsh of Dayton and Daniel Walsh of Fort Thomas; and 12 grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Fort Thomas.
Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas.
Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to St. Catherine of Siena Church, 1803 N. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; or Leukemia Society, 105 W. Fourth St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.
