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Date of these obituaries: 12-28-2001
Wilbert Muench, 85, a local Knights of Columbus founder
Wilbert J. "Skeeter" Muench believed that when he started something, he ought to stick with it.
He worked for the same company, Pittsburgh Plate Glass in Cincinnati, where he was a glazier, for 35 years before retiring.
He helped to start the Knights of Columbus Father De Jaco Council No. 5220 in Alexandria in 1960 and remained a member for 41 years.
He was married
to his wife, Betty, for 54 years, a union ended only by his death Wednesday of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 85.
"He was a very committed person, " said Mr. Muench's son, Tim Muench, of Alexandria. "If he said he was going to do something, he did it. Come hell or high water, he stuck with it."
Mr. Muench, who got his nickname so long ago that even his wife doesn't know the story behind it, liked to spend time outside in the yard of his Alexandria home.
"He loved to work in his flowers and would always give flowers from the yard on Mother's Day, " Tim Muench said. "He had a riding mower and would cut the neighbors' grass, and they would try to pay him, and he'd refuse."
Mr. Muench also loved to frolic with his grandchildren, despite ar thritic knees that hobbled him in later years.
"When he was 71, he got down on the floor and, bad knees and all, gave my daughter, Lauren, who was 1, a piggy-back ride, " Tim Muench said. "I'll never forget that."
Mr. Muench only began to slow down earlier this year when his wife became seriously ill, Tim Muench said. "He was worried about her. He went downhill after that."
Mr. Muench was a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus, Bishop Flaget Assembly, a member of Campbell County VFW Post No. 3205 and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors besides his wife and son are sons, Gary Muench of Loveland, Ohio, and Tom Muench of Taylor Mill; and six grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary Church, Alexandria. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Alexandria. Memorials are suggested to St. Mary School Adopt-a-Student, 5 S. Jefferson St., Alexandria, Ky. 41001; or American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.
Virginia L. Findley, 74, of Falmouth, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Albert Findley, died in 1998.
Survivors include sons, James Thomas Findley of Covington and Steven Findley of Taylor Mill; a daughter, Rhonda Deaton of Falmouth; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Cremation will be at Fares J. Radel Funeral Home and Crematory, Cincinnati. Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
John Albert Finley, 35, of Prospect, formerly of Northern Kentucky, died Monday in Prospect. He was an attorney with Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. and a member of Holy Spirit Church, Louisville.
Survivors include his wife, Lisa Finley; sons, Christopher Finley and Benjamin Finley, both at home; a daughter, Callie Finley, at home; his parents, Beulah Moore of Covington and Robert Finley of Highland Heights; and sisters, Nicki Johnson of Alexandria, Janice Roberts of Independence, Robin Harbin and Holly Miller, both of Cincinnati; and a brother, Dennis Finley of Covington.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Therese Church, Southgate. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Pearson Ratterman Brothers Funeral Home, Louisville. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to Thomas More College, 333 Thomas More Parkway, Crestview Hills, Ky. 41017.
Darrell Stanley Humphrey, 43, of Germantown, died at 2:16 a.m. Tuesday at Meadowview Regional Medical Center, Maysville. He was a heavy equipment operator with DP&L; electric generating plant.
Survivors include his mother, Frances Jones Humphrey of Brooksville; a sister, Diane DeWalt of Lexington; and a brother, David Rudd of Columbia, Md.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Palmer Funeral Home, Germantown.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Germantown. Memorials are suggested to American Diabetes Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., West Chester, Ohio 45069.
Tim Kennedy, 57, of Dry Ridge, died Thursday at his home after an extended illness.
Arrangements are pending at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown.
Eileen Teegarden King, 72, of Brooksville, died at 9:11 a.m. Wednesday at Harrison Memorial Hospital, Cynthiana. She was an employee of First National Bank and a member of Willow Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Charles King; a son, Steve King of Brooksville; a daughter, Jo Ann Johnson of West Chester, Ohio; her mother, Jessie Persinger Teegarden of Falmouth; sisters, Florine Hiles of Johnsville and Carolyn Baker of Florence; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Bracken Memorial Cemetery, Brooksville. Memorials are suggested to Willow Baptist Church, Powersville-Willow Road, Brooksville, Ky. 41004.
Betty Lou Linkugel, 67, of Southgate, died at 6:40 a.m. Thursday at her home. She was a retired machine operator with Disabled American Veterans, Cold Spring, and a clerk with R. L. Polk Co., Cincinnati.
Survivors include her husband, Norman Linkugel; a daughter, Victoria Daniels of Cold Spring; sons, Larry R. Linkugel of Newport and Norman Linkugel of Dayton; and a grandson.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 9:30 a.m. Monday. Entombment will be in Evergreen Mausoleum, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to St. John United Church of Christ, Park Ave. and Nelson Place, Newport, Ky. 41071; or St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Ruth C. Moore, 80, of California, died at 8:45 p.m. Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker and a volunteer with the gift shop at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
Survivors include her husband, Hansell B. Moore; a daughter, Talia E. McOwen of California; a son, Gregory L. Moore of Richmond; seven granddaughters and a great-granddaughter.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. No visitation. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042; or St. Luke Hospital Foundation, 85 N. Grand Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Margaret J. Pulliam, 80, of Frankfort, formerly of Owen County, died Wednesday at Frankfort Regional Medical Center. She was a retired employee of the Kentucky Department of Human Resources and a member of Bellepoint Baptist Church, Frankfort.
Survivors include a son, Larry Johnson of Hull, Mass.; a daughter, Linda Haydon of Owenton; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at McDonald Funeral Home, Seminary Street, Owenton. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton. Memorials are suggested to Kentucky Baptist Home for Children, 10801 Shelbyville Road, Louisville, Ky. 40243.
Ronald L. Sanders, 66, of Fort Thomas, died Tuesday at his home. He attended Redwood School and was an honorary member of Campbell County Game and Fish Association.
Survivors include and uncle, Eldon "Tiny" Scheibly of Fort Thomas.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Jess Stephenson, 71, of Walton, died Thursday at Gallatin Health Care Center, Warsaw. He was a farmer.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce Stephenson; daughters, Brenda Duncan of Independence, Garnetta Loman of Corinth and Sandra Kannady of Verona; a stepdaughter, Jo Ann Seltman of Verona; nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hamilton-Stanley Funeral Home, Verona.
Visitation will begin there at noon Saturday. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge. Memorials are suggested to Gallatin County Health Care Center, 499 Center St., Warsaw, Ky. 41095.
Carly Allison Taylor, 4 months, the daughter of Lori Beth and John Nelson Taylor of Williamstown, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Grant County, Williamstown.
Other survivors include grandparents, Jerry Martin of Sadieville, Brenda Warren of Williamstown, and J. D. and Debbie Taylor, both of Williamstown; and great-grandparents, Betty Dixon of Sadieville, Edith Singleton of Williamstown, and Charles and Nancy Adams of Lexington.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown.
Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati.
