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Date of these obituaries: 08-04-2001
Floyd Gatewood, 83, Grant County politician
For Floyd K. Gatewood, politics gave him an authority he both respected and used to help residents of Grant County. A staunch Democrat who knew Grant County politically and personally, Mr. Gatewood served two terms on the Grant County Fiscal Court.
For eight years, he traveled throughout the county talking to residents, making sure roads and buildings were up to speed, and looking for ways to improve the county.
"Some people are just made for politics, " said a daughter, Janet Gatewood of Mt. Zion. "He had a special gift for communicating with people. He really loved his job."
Mr. Gatewood, 83, of Dry Ridge, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood. He was a former employee of the Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky and RCA, Cincinnati.
In addition to his work on the Fiscal Court, Mr. Gatewood also was a former Grant County magistrate and a past master of Crittenden Lodge No. 694 F&AM. He was a past worthy patron of Williamstown Order of the Eastern Star No. 301, and an Army veteran of World War II.
While quick to support and argue on behalf of his Democratic colleagues, Mr. Gatewood left family discipline up to his wife, Elsie Vest Gatewood. Janet Gatewood said her father worked tirelessly to support and spend time with his children and grandchildren.
"When he was in his 70s, I saw him ride a bike with his grandson, " she said. "I just thought that was the neatest thing."
Other survivors include a son, Gayle Gatewood of Dry Ridge; a daughter, Judy Fortner of Keefer; a sister, Margaret E. Mitchell of Florence; five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge.
Memorials are suggested to Mount Zion Baptist Church Building Fund, 5320 Sherman-Mount Zion Road, Dry Ridge, Ky. 41035.
Thomas M. Amend, 43, of Ludlow, died Friday at Middletown, Ohio, Regional Hospital. He was a computer specialist with Cognis Corp., Cincinnati, and an Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Carole Amend; daughters, Elizabeth Amend and Stacy Amend, both of Bellevue; a son, Geoff Amend of Bellevue; his father and stepmother, Ellsworth and Joan Amend of Cincinnati; a brother, Timothy Amend of Alexandria; sisters, Julie Hall of Delhi, Ohio, Janet Hi rt of Simpsonville, S.C., Kathy Ruck of Alexandria, Sandy Schmaedecke of Crestview Hills and Bev Smith of Fort Thomas; and grandmother, Katrina Amend of Bellevue.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Therese Church, Southgate. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to the Amend Children's Education Fund, in care of the family.
Raymond W. Baldwin, 74, of Dayton, died at 7 a.m. Thursday at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Cincinnati. He was a retired employee of Palm Beach Co., Newport, and a member of St. Bernard Church, Dayton, and the Dayton Eagles. He was a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include a sister, Virginia Wormald of Bellevue.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Bernard Church. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati. Catchen Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Mary E. Balser, 90, of Erlanger, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a homemaker. Her husbands, Herman L. Jahnke and Edward Balser, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Patricia Losak of Deerfield Beach, Fla.; a sister, Cora Curtis of Kentucky; and a step-grandchild.
Memorial services were Friday at Baptist Village, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to Baptist Village, 3000 Riggs Ave., Erlanger, Ky. 41018. Stith Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Doris Parker Biddle, 76, of Dry Ridge, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. She was a member of Dorthae Pentecostal Church in Corbin, where she was a Sunday school teacher. Her husbands, Lester Gregory and Raymond Biddle, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include daughters, Joan Cooper of Covington and Patricia Clos of Dry Ridge; sons, Michael Biddle of Latonia and Phillip Michael Clos of Dry Ridge; her mother, Maggie Hinkle of Dry Ridge; brothers, Daw Parker of Loveland, Ohio, and Cliff Parker of Florida; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services were Thursday at Dorthae Pentecostal Church. Burial was in Martin Cemetery, Corbin. Arrangements: Hart Funeral Home, Corbin.
Allen R. Crouch, 73, of Kill Devil Hills, N.C., formerly of Covington, died July 26 in Ki ll Devil Hills. He was a retired baptist pastor.
Survivors include his wife, Bernadein Crouch; daughters, Bethylee Crouch Riddick of Williamst on, N.C., Brigid Crouch of Greenville, N.C., Briana Crouch of Washington, N.C., and Brooke Crouch of Hertford, N.C.; sisters, Dorothy West of Covington and Helen Lewin of Erlanger; a brother, Orville Crouch of Tulsa, Okla.; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services were July 29 in Kill Devil Hills. Memorials are suggested to Ocean View Baptist Church, 902 Virginia Dare Trail, Kill Devil Hills, N.C. 27948. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling local arrangements.
Rodney James Denny, 19, of Demossville, drowned July 9 in Lake Williamstown, Grant County . He was a pipeline laborer with Coppage Construction Co. and a member of Wilmington Baptist Church, Kenton County.
Survivors include a daughter, Kaylee Canafax of Crittenden; his mother and stepfather, Beverly and Philip N. Spegal of Demossville; his father, Henry Denny of Demossville; a sister, Amberlee Spegal of Demossville; half-sisters, Emily Spegal and Hannah Spegal, both of Demossville; a stepsister, Kattie Jill Plunkett of Crittenden; and stepbrothers, Johnathon Spegal, Jason Spegal and Jeremy Spegal, all of Demossville.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Wilmington Baptist Church. Visitation will begin there at noon. Burial will be in Wilmington Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Rodney Denny Children' s Trust Fund, in care of Integra Bank, Crittenden, Ky. 41030. Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Crittenden, is handling arrangements.
Frances L. Gardner, 76, of Maysville, died Thursday at Augusta Health Care Center. She wa s a homemaker and a member of St. Patrick Church in Maysville and Maysville Lioness Club. She was a Navy veteran of World War II. Her husband, William C. Gardner, died in 1991. A son, Thomas A. Gardner, also preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, William C. Gardner of DeBary, Fla.; daughters, Linda Gantley and Marsha Fritz, both of Maysville; sisters, Lucy Jones and Dorothy Sullivan, both of Maysville, Nancy Lingenfelser of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Virginia Fox of Chicago; six grandchildren and fo ur great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick Church, Maysville. Visitati on will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Brell Funeral Home, Maysville. Burial will be in St. Patrick Cemetery, Maysville. Memorials are suggested to St. Patrick School, 318 Limestone St., Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Rev. Msgr. John F. Murphy, 78, of Crestview Hills, died at 4:35 p.m. Wednesday on the AA Highway near Foster.
He was a retired priest, a former director of both the Office of Pastoral Planning and Resear ch and the Family Life Office with the Diocese of Covington, and a former president of Thomas More College. He was a former pastor of St. Agnes Church in Fort Wright, and dean of the Kenton Count y Deanery and Villa Madonna College.
He was a former executive director of the Association of Catholic Colleges of Universities.
Survivors include a sister, Jane Cornell of Diamond Springs, Calif.; and two nephews.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Agnes Church. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the church, beginning with a Transferal of the Dead service. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Lexington. Memorials are suggested to Priests Retirement Fund, Diocese of Covington, 1417 Richwood Road, Walton, Ky. 41094; or Thomas More College, 333 Thomas More Parkway, Crestview Hills, Ky. 41017. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Alonzo Pete Parson, 81, of Independence, died Saturday at his home. He was a retired employee of Hoffer Construction Co. and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby Dean Parson; daughters, Sandra Parson, Peggy Parson, Patty Parson and Lori Parson, all of Covington; sons, Billy Parson of Indianapolis, Donnie Parson of Covington, Darrell Parson, Allan Parson, Peter Parson, Danny Parson and Jimmy Parson, all of Independence; sisters, Barbara Sebers of Huntsville, Tenn., Evelyn Overton of Maxine Welch, both of Oneida, Tenn., Ola Baker of Crittenden; a brother, Earl Parson of Oneida; 36 grandchildren an d 18 great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were Friday at Independence Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the family, in care of Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, P. O. Box 55, Walton, Ky. 41094.
Mary B. Sanders, 77, of Mays Lick, died at 6:02 a.m. Friday at Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville. She was a self-employed seamstress and a former owner or Singer Sewing Center, Maysville. She was also a seamstress with Hay House of Hallmark, Maysville, and a member of St. Rose of Lima Church, Mays Lick. Her husband, James F. "Jake" Sanders, died in 1987.
Survivors include a daughter, Joyce Johnson of Charlotte, N.C.; sons, Jim Sanders of Mays Lick and Bert Sanders of Cincinnati; a brother, John "Jack" J. Barry Jr. of Cincinnati; and sisters, Sarah Calvert of Maysville and Rose Donk of Aurora, Ind.; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Rose of Lima Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Brell Funeral Home, Maysville. Burial will be in St. Patrick Cemetery, Maysville. Memorials are suggested to St. Rose of Lima Church, 5009 Raymond Road, Mays Lick, Ky. 41055.
Otilda "Tillie" M. Scott, 83, of Covington, died at 8:52 p.m. Thursday at her home.
She was a retired sales clerk with Kennedy's Liquors, Covington. Her husband, Walter Scott, died in 1964.
Survivors include a daughter, Sarah Meyer of Covington; sisters, Wanda Smith of Independence, Dottie Lanthorne of Newport and Esther Ballard of Fort Thomas; seven grandchildren and 15 grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Velma Lillian Sissom, 83, of Alexandria, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a retired grocery clerk with Trapp's Grocery, Sun Valley, and a member of Grants Lick Baptist Church, Grants Lick. She was a past worthy matron of Order of the Eastern Star in Grants Lick and Claryville Senior Citizens.
Survivors include sons, Carroll Hornsby of Wauconda, Ill., Harold Hornsby and Gary Sissom, bo th of Alexandria; a daughter, Loretta Hall of Southgate; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery, Grants Lick. Memorials are suggested to Grants Lick Baptist Church Building Fund, 175 Clay Ridge Road, Alexandria, Ky. 41001.
Howard C. "Smokey" Tustin, 82, of Ryland Heights, died Friday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia.
Raymond P. Wolff, 74, of Florence, died at 5 a.m. Friday at his home. He was a retired plastering contractor, a member of Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington and a Marin e Corps veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Geraldine Froelicher Wolff; sons, Walter P. Wolff of Malibu, Calif., and Stephen K. Wolff of Asheville, N.C.; daughters, Beth Blom and Therese Schroer, both of Florence; a brother, Don Wolff of Erlanger; and nine grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday at St. John Church, Covington. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the church. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. Memorials are suggested to Cathedral Foundation, 1140 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky. 41011; or Northern Kentucky Interfaith Commission, 901 York St., Newport, Ky. 41071. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Ruth Ellen Buchheit Zeis, 55, of Fort Mitchell, died Wednesday at her home. She was a waitress at the Drawbridge Estate, Fort Mitchell.
Survivors include a son, Christopher Lee Zeis of Moore, Ind.; a daughter, Michelle Bettner of Sarasota, Fla.; her mother, Mary Buchheit of Alexandria; a brother, Joseph Buchheit of Fairfield, Ohio; sisters, Elaine Makin of Covington, Janet Hildebrand and Janie Scharstein, both of Alexandria, and Jeannie Frye of Erlanger; and a grandson.
Services will be at 5 p.m. Sunday at Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere. Visitation will begin there at 3 p.m. Sunday. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Ruth Zeis Charitable Fund, in care of Michelle Bettner, 7284 N. Serenoa Drive, Sarasota, Fla. 34241.
