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Date of these obituaries: 05-04-2001
Paul Evans, former Crestview judge, mayor
Paul Evans was a man who loved to get involved, whether it was with family or various organizations.
It was this that led him to seek political office in Crestview, Ky., where he was a city judge, council member and eventually mayor.
"He was absolutely dedicated to making a difference, " said Lyla J. Bodkin, a daughter from Alexandria. "He was actually very quiet by nature, but when he needed to, he spoke his mind."
Mr. Evans, 76, of Port Charlotte, Fla., formerly of Alexandria, died Tuesday in Port Charlotte. He was retired from Procter & Gamble, and a member of Port Charlotte United Methodist Church, Elks Lodge No. 2153, American Legion Post No. 110, Moose Lodge No. 2121 and the Florida State Hobos, a recreational vehicle group. Mr. Evans was also a Navy veteran of World War II.
While in office, one of his proudest accomplishments was getting a baseball field built and organizing a Knothole league for children.
Mr. Evans enjoyed taking his wife and two children on trips, and occasionally, would work a second job to ensure the family had enough money to take their yearly trip. Mrs. Bodkin said it was important to her father that the family saw new and exciting places.
Mr. Evans also played a large role in his children's activities. From band practice and football games to school work, Mrs. Bodkin said they always knew their father would be there.
"He was dearly loved by his family and friends because he was the type of person who was always there when you needed him, " she said.
Other survivors include his wife, Jean A. Evans; a son, Paul Thomas Evans of Wilder; brothers, Jack Evans of California and Larry Evans of Ohio; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Asbury Methodist Church, Highland Heights.
Memorials are suggested to Campbell Lodge Boys Home, 150 Skyline Drive, Cold Spring, Ky. 41076 or to Holly Hill Children's Home, Box 21, Route 1, Washington Trace Rd., California, Ky. 41007.
National Cremation Society, Port Charlotte, is handling arrangements.
Gary Lee Adkins Jr., 22, of Morehead, formerly of Harrison County, died Wednesday at University Medical Center, Lexington, of injuries suffered in a hit and run accident.
Survivors include his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Sims Adkins; a son, Lathon Kieger Adkins; his mother and stepfather, Theresa Sue and Blaine Colson of Scott County; his father and stepmother, Gary and Roberta Adkins of Rockingham, N.C.; brothers, Jerry Adkins of Scott County, Jeremy Adkins, Christopher Adkins and Cody Adkins, all of Rockingham; sisters, Lorraine Adkins, Leeann Adkins and Jennifer Adkins, all of Jacksonville, Fla.; grandparents, Clarence and Kathy Gobel of Harrison County; and great-grandmother, Violet Goodpastor of Dayton, Ohio.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Pythian Grove Cemetery, Berry.
Memorials are suggested to University of Kentucky Children's Hospital, 800 Rose St., Lexington, Ky. 40536.
Bertha Bailey, 59, of Butler, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
Arrangements are pending at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
William Spencer Ballinger, 52, of Fort Thomas, died Wednesday at his home.
He was a retired employee of Cincinnati Milacron and Klingenberg Hardware in Fort Thomas and a member of the Combat Engineers, U.S. Army Reserve in Fort Thomas.
Survivors include a son, Kevin Ballinger of Covington; a daughter, Kim Ballinger of Covington; a sister, Patricia Griffith of Cold Spring; and a brother, Dennis Ballinger of Alexandria.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Morgan Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Joan Rust Batsche, 71, of Bellevue, died at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport.
She was a homemaker and a member of St. Anthony Altar Society.
Survivors include daughters, Ann Stevenson and Julia Fromeyer, both of Bellevue, and Carol Batsche of Covington; sons, Richard Batsche of Taylor Mill, Robert Batsche of Cold Spring, Ronald Batsche of Alexandria, David Batsche and Gregory Batsche, both of Bellevue; sisters, Jane Rust of Newport; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church, Bellevue. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Prayers will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested in the form of Masses or to the charity of the donor's choice.
Audrey Auline Brimbery, 79, of Florence, died at 12:25 p.m. Wednesday at Villa Spring of Erlanger.
She was a homemaker and a member of Independent Order of Foresters and Madison Avenue Baptist Church, Covington. Her husband, Jack E. Brimbery, died in 1986.
Survivors include a daughter, Kathy Dunn of Florence; a brother, Lilbon L. Wiley of Florence; and a sister, C. Frances Bradbury of Atlanta.
Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at First Church of Christ, Burlington. A visitation will follow services, and continue until 9 p.m. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati.
Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Anyce E. Campbell, of Williamstown, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington.
She was a member of Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Taylor Mill, and a retired Kenton County elementary school teacher.
Survivors include her husband, Herschel H. Campbell; sons, Herschel K. Campbell of Georgetown and Timothy Alex Campbell of Williamstown; brothers, Dennis Ritchie of Florence and Hagan Ritchie of Latonia; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Williamstown Cemetery.
Charles Alfred Cline, 76, of Crescent Springs, died Wednesday at his home.
He was a retired maintenance worker with Ralston-Purina Co., Cincinnati, and a member of Villa Hills Civic Club. His wife, Helen Talbert Cline, died in 1998.
Survivors include sisters, Beulah Gifford of Minneapolis and Norma Marshall.
Services will be at noon Saturday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to St. Vincent DePaul Society, 2655 Crescent Springs Road, Erlanger, Ky. 41018.
Edna L. Barnes Craig, 88, of Dayton, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a chart woman with First National Bank, Cincinnati, and a member of Dayton Nazarene Church.
Survivors include daughters, Myrtle Butler of Dayton, Betty Corman of Latonia and Sis Jusbasic of Newport; sons, Albert Craig of Harrison, Ohio, Bill Craig of Dayton and Dennis Craig of Alexandria; 19 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation begins there at 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to Dayton Nazarene Church, 401 Walnut St., Dayton, Ky. 41074 or to the charity of the donor's choice.
Betty Hamilton, 66, of Dry Ridge, died Thursday at her home. She was a homemaker. A son, Harold Hamilton, died in 1994.
Survivors include her husband, James H. Hamilton; daughters, Karen Hensley and Janice Humphrey, both of Dry Ridge, and Pam Hamilton of Erlanger; a brother, three sisters and seven grandchildren.
Private services will be at the convenience of the family. Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge, is handling arrangements.
Clarence H. Hodges, 74, of Covington, died at 4:25 p.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He was a retired employee of General Electric, a member of Masonic Lodge No. 478, Latonia American Legion Post No. 203, Scottish Rite and Disabled American Veterans, and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Loraine "June" Hodges; daughters, Donna Alexander of Erlanger, Carla Dishong of Covington and Brenda Kilmer of Highland Heights; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Memorials are suggested to OSU Division of Transplantation, 770 Kinnear Road, Suite 100, Columbus, Ohio 43212. Catchen Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Sherry Ann Morgan, 36, of Norwood, Ohio, formerly of Fort Thomas, died Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, after a sudden illness. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Darrell R. Morgan; a son, Darrell Morgan Jr., at home; daughters, April Morgan and Cheryl Morgan, both at home; her mother, Golden Fultz of Newport; a sister, Stella Baughn of Newport; and brothers, James Fultz of Falmouth, W.B. Fultz of Crescent Springs, Ronnie Morgan of Newport and Daryl Morgan of Bellevue.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Naegele, Kleb & Ihlendorf Funeral Home, Norwood. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Landmark Memorial Gardens, Cincinnati.
Frances Edwards Robertson, 85, of Elsmere, died Wednesday at Villa Spring Health Care Center, Erlanger. She was a retired operator with Bell Telephone and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include her husband, Donald A. Robertson; a son, Donald J. Robertson of Elsmere; a daughter, Gail F. Taviano of Glen Burnie, Md.; a brother, Rodney Edwards of Indiana; a sister, Helen O'Neil of Atleboro, Mass.; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Forest Lawn Mausoleum Chapel, Erlanger. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Kenton County Animal Shelter, 1020 Mary Laidley Drive, Covington, Ky. 41015.
Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Betty G. Rupel, 73, of Florence, died Thursday at Village Care Center, Erlanger.
Arrangements are pending at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger.
Gilbert "Scotty" Scott, 65, of Latonia, died at 2:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington.
He was a retired painter with F. H. Lawson Co., Cincinnati, and a member of Telephone Pioneers of America. He was an Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley T. Bowman Scott; a son, Darrell Wayne Scott of Covington; a stepson, Eddie Gerald Wilder of Hartwell, Ohio; a brother, Tom Scott of Manchester; a sister, Emily Hornsby of Cincinnati; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Entombment will be in Mother of God Mausoleum, Fort Wright.
Memorials are suggested to National Kidney Foundation, 2417-B Regency Road, Lexington, Ky. 40503.
William A. Updike, 87, of Elsmere, died Wednesday at Woodspoint Nursing Home, Florence. He was an assembler with Litton Industries, Cincinnati, and a member of Ironworkers Union Local No. 100 and Orchard Street Baptist Church, Covington.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Bowling Updike; daughters, Mildred Mohr and Phyllis Kramer, both of Elsmere, and Alice Moffitt of Dayton; a son, William N. Updike of Florence; sisters, Stella Grubbs and Ruth Evans, both of Dry Ridge, and Mary Sue Piles of Shelbyville; a brother, Jefferson Updike of Louisville; six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Vine Run Cemetery, Grant County.
Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Eloise R. "Tood" Woodbury, of Independence, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. She was a retired receptionist.
Survivors include daughters, Sue Smith of Erlanger and Robighn Woodbury of Cincinnati; and one grandson.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Evergreen cemetery Chapel, Southgate.
Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
