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Date of these obituaries: 07-16-2001
Melvin Abeln, 80, had gift for fixing things
If friends and family wanted something repaired -- cars, gadgets, furniture -- they knew to let Melvin Abeln take a crack at it. If Mr. Abeln couldn't fix it -- which was rare -- owners would chuck the item in the trash without thinking twice.
"People knew if he couldn't fix something, it just couldn't be fixed, " said Patricia Robinson, a daughter from Erlanger.
Melvin J. Abeln, 80, of Edgewood, died at 2:15 a.m. Saturday at Woodcrest Manor Care Center, Erlanger.
His skillfulness led him to a career as an electrician and heating and cooling mechanic with Arc Electric in Newport.
Mr. Abeln also was a member of St. Pius X Church in Edgewood and Crosley Automobile Club. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. His first wife, Mary Catherine Abeln, died in 1989.
A project Mr. Abeln undertook in the early 1950s epitomized his two greatest loves: his handiwork and his family. Working nights and weekends, he erected a six-room ranch house with a finished basement in less than two years.
"Sometimes, dad would have this look like he was daydreaming, but he was actually thinking of projects" said his daughter. "He was truly a brilliant man."
Much as Mr. Abeln loved his work, he never let it keep him from his family.
Dinners were especially important. After he phoned home at the end of each workday, his family would start preparing the meal.
"Eating with the family was very important, both to him and to us, " Mrs. Robinson said. "It wasn't dinner if he wasn't there."
Other survivors include his wife, Joan W. Abeln; sons, Jack E. Abeln of Fort Wright and Michael Berberich of Hebron; daughters, Kathleen Bason of Dover, Del., Susan Berberich of Louisville, Terri Schroeder of Fort Mitchell, Alice Schmidt of Taylor Mill and Jenny Caudell of Sparta; a brother, Earl Abeln of Fort Wright; a sister, Lorraine Von Handorf of Fort Wright; 18 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Pius X Church.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington.
Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Anna Sizelove Sidney Barcol, 82, of Covington, died at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a son, Donald Sizelove of Covington; daughters, Emma Sidney of Crescent Springs and Tammy Mizell of Covington; a sister, Betty Eglian of Alexandria; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at noon Tuesday at Catchen Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Joan Charlotte Cleveland, 70, of Newport, died Saturday at Baptist Convalescent Center in Newport.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a son, Todd Cleveland of Walton; a daughter, Ann Gottwig of Williamsburg, Va.; a brother, Thomas Bischoff of Union; sisters, Nancy Bangasser of Peoria, Ill., and Myra Cauthen of Walton; and four grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at noon Tuesday at St. Timothy Church, Union. Visitation is from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Burial will be in Richwood Presbyterian Church, Walton.
Memorials are suggested to Baptist Convalescent Center, 120 Main St., Newport, Ky. 41071.
Ernest Franklin Daniel, 79, of Burlington, died at 7:45 a.m. Friday at Florence Park Care Center, Florence.
He was a retired supervisor with Cincinnati Bell Telephone, and a member of Crescent Springs Presbyterian Church, Telephone Pioneers Club and Bradford Masonic Lodge No. 123, Independence.
Survivors include his wife, Gloria Daniel; sons, Ernest Daniel of Independence, Roger Daniel of Taylor Mill, Greg Daniel of Glencoe and Chris Daniel of Hebron; a daughter, Cynthia Fry of Newport Coast, Calif.; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with Masonic services at 7:30 p.m. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to Crescent Springs Presbyterian Church, 710 Western Reserve Road, Crescent Springs, Ky. 41017.
Gertrude Dehner, 69, of Covington, died at 5 p.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington. She was a retired seamstress and a member of Holmes High School Band Parents.
Survivors include her husband, Jack Dehner; sons, Rick Dehner of Taylor Mill, Steve Dehner of Richwood and Jeffrey Dehner of Cincinnati; daughters, Joyce Dehner, Jackie Dehner and Carolyn Blair, all of Covington; sisters, Dorris Knapp of Covington and Rhoda McCallister of Ryland Heights; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Lucille F. Lenahan Fischer, 87, of Covington, died at 3:35 p.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Agnes Church, Fort Wright. Her husband, James W. Fischer, died in 1991.
Survivors include daughters, Sara Kennedy of Lakeside Park, Carol Smith of Fort Wright and Beth Rogers of Louisville; a son, Joseph Fischer of Edgewood; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Agnes Church. Visitation will begin there at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to St. Charles Care Center, 500 Farrell Drive, Covington, Ky. 41011 or to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Myrtle J. Riggs Foley, 40, of Hebron, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
She was an I.V. therapist with Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cincinnati, and a member of Shield of Faith Pentecostal Church, Newport.
Survivors include her husband, Kelly Foley; a son, Daniel Tyson Lay of Clinton, Miss.; a daughter, Constance Ann Vickers of Hebron; her parents, Patricia Riggs of Newport and Walter Riggs Sr. of Clairfield, Tenn.; sisters, Mary Abplanalp and Paula Morgan, both of Newport, and Anna Byrd of Fort Thomas; and brothers, Walter Riggs Jr. of Melbourne and William Riggs of Newport.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to Feed the Children Foundation, P. O. Box 36, Oklahoma City, Okla. 73101.
Robert Hornbeck, 80, of Taylor Mill, died at 4:42 p.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a farmer and a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Sylvia Hornbeck; and a sister, Ruth Biddle of Grants Lick.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Butler Cemetery.
Flora Mae Joyner, 87, of Ludlow, died at 11:55 a.m. Saturday at Charleston Health Care of Danville.
A homemaker, she was a member of Ludlow Baptist Church. Her husband, Aden Alva Joyner, died in 2000.
Survivors include a son, Jan David Joyner of Ludlow; a daughter, Belinda Kay Polsey of Dayton, Ohio; a sister, Elizabeth Harmon of Danville; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Ludlow. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Betty Fairman McNay, 81, of Hemet, Calif., died Friday at her home.
She was a former employee of Illinois Bell Telephone Co. and CBS Radio Network, Hollywood, Calif., and a member of Falmouth Christian Church.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Butler Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Memorials are suggested to Falmouth Christian Church, 303 Shelby St., Falmouth, Ky. 41040; or the charity of the donor's choice.
Kenneth Nolting, 68, of Northern Kentucky and Missanabie, Ontario, Canada, died July 10 in Missanabie.
He was the owner of Camp Missanabie, a hunting and fishing resort in Northern Ontario and a member of Hebron Lutheran Church. He also attended Belleview Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Sonja Nolting; daughters, Debra of Grand Junction, Colo., Charlene of Sebeka, Minn., and Pamela of Sioux Falls, S.D., a son, Brian of Savage, Minn.; stepsons, Kevin and Troy, both of Burlington; a brother, Richard Nolting of Morgan, Minn.; 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bethany Lutheran Church, Gillfillan, Minn. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Nelson-Martin Funeral Home, Morgan, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Burial will be in the Bethany Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Charlene Hitch Powell, 53, of Covington, died at 12:24 a.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a retired music teacher at Summitt Middle School, Independence, and a member of True Vine Praise and Worship Fellowship, Independence, and the Northern Kentucky and Kentucky education associations.
Survivors include sons, Steve Powell of Union, Chris Powell of Covington and Gary Powell of Fort Mitchell; a brother, Richard Edgar Hitch Jr. of Calhoun, Ga.; sisters, Janice Heeger of Covington, Dianna Glaser of Independence, Karen Irvin of Cincinnati and Faith Holmberg of Monroe, Mich.; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Thursday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to True Vine Praise and Worship Fellowship, 619 Persimmon Drive, Independence, Ky. 41051.
Angela K. Hines Whitaker, 31, of Charlotte, N.C., formerly of Florence, died Thursday in an auto accident.
She was a regional vice president for Mega Force Staffing and a member of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce and Immanuel Baptist Church, Lexington.
Survivors include her husband, David Whitaker; her parents, Jerry and Linda Hines of Crittenden; a sister, Tina Jones of Batavia, Ohio; grandparents, Wynona Owens of Franklin, Ohio, and Effie Jane Hines of Mount Vernon; and great-grandmother, Lela Mae Clepper of Roscoe, Texas.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Kento-Boo Baptist Church, Florence. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at the church. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Dry Ridge.
Memorials are suggested to the Kento-Boo Baptist Church Building Fund, 634 Kentoboo Ave., Florence, Ky. 41042.
Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
