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Date of these obituaries: 05-25-2001
Audrey Cochran, 'always hard-working'
Audrey Cochran grew up in poverty and never received more than an eighth grade education. Yet before she retired, she had managed a successful business, raised a family and inspired the admiration of many around her.
"She was always hard-working. She was the type of woman who could take a rock and grow a boulder, " said her daughter, Donna Bowling. "For someone who had no education, she had a very good intellect....
"And even though she grew up in a very, very poor family, she was always determined to do more than live in poverty."
Audrey Cochran, 81, of Dry Ridge, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington.
Mrs. Cochran was the retired co-owner of Camper Sales in St. Albans, W.Va., which she operated with her second husband.
Her daughter said the business was born out of her stepfather's mechanical creativity and her mother's business sense.
"She was definitely the business person, " said Ms. Bowling. "It was a challenge. She was determined to make it into a thriving business from fledgling business. So he had the talent to build (truck campers) and she had the talent to sell them."
Ms. Bowling said her mother also was a wonderful gardener and seamstress.
Mrs. Cochran worked full-time while her children were growing up in Ashland, sewing children's dresses, but family was always first priority, her daughter said.
Mrs. Cochran was a member of Unity Baptist Church in Ashland. She was preceded in death by her son, Roger Boggs in 1976; her first husband, Mayo Boggs, in 1967; and her second husband, Eugene Cochran, in 1992.
Survivors include her daughter, Donna Bowling of Dry Ridge; a sister, Beulah Caskey of Coal Grove, Ohio; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 8:30 tonight at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge. Visitation will begin there at 7 p.m. Burial will be in Ashland Cemetery.
Edith Bach, 75, of Independence, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Independence.
Dorothy S. Sullivan Fichlie, 86, of Plantation, Fla., formerly of Covington, died Wednesday in Florida.
She was a homemaker. Her husband, Melvin Fichlie, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Suzanne Parrish of Covington; a sister, Ruth Marion Alford of Plantation; a brother, Charles Sullivan of Florence; one granddaughter and one great-grandson.
Services will be Tuesday in Pembroke Pines, Fla.
Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling local arrangements.
John P. Graf, 82, of Indianapolis, formerly of Newport, died Thursday at Christian House, Johnson, Ind.
He was a retired employee of the Indianapolis Public Schools system and Troy Oil Co. and was a railroad worker.
He also was a former member of First Baptist Church, Newport. He was a Merchant Marine veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Velma M. Graf; a daughter, Carole Marschke Spawn of Camdenton, Mo.; a son, John D. Graf of Indianapolis; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, Highland Heights. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Persimmon Grove Cemetery.
Thetus Gribble, 76, of Covington, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Independence.
Virginia Mae Lippert Hargett, 78, of Maysville, died Thursday at her home.
She was a homemaker and a member of Highland Christian Church, Maysville. Her husband, Harold E. Hargett, died in 1987.
Survivors include daughters, Vivian Bethune of Perry, Ga., Brenda Kiskaden, Pam Redden and Theresa McDowell, all of Maysville; sons, Ronnie Hargett of Maysville and Dickie Hargett of Brooksville; a brother, Scott Lippert; sisters, Ruth Hargett and Gloria Hampton; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Sharon Cemetery, Augusta.
Memorials are suggested to Highland Christian Church or Highland Christian School, 4037 Ky Highway 10, Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Ben Helton, 87, of Morning View, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington.
He was a retired employee of Interlake Steel. His wife, Marie Siler Helton, died in 2000.
Survivors include daughters, Lil Luke of Indiana, Marge Elders of Lexington, Shirley Franklin of Farmersville, La., Joan Peebles of Morning View and Katherine Musgrave of Rising Sun, Ind.; sons, Robert Helton and B. J. Helton, both of Morning View, and Thomas Helton of Visalia; a stepdaughter, Alene Roundtree of Florence; 32 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Saturday. Entombment will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Laura S. Reichert, 83, of Hebron, died at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday at her home.
She was a homemaker. Her husband, Albert Earl Reichert, died in 1994.
Survivors include a son, Tim S. Reichert of Union; daughters, Jeanne Williams of Verona, Laura L. Buckley of Elsmere and Shannon K. Beschman of Florence; sisters, Edith Stettner of Cincinnati, Velma Brock of Fort Payne, Ala., Sue Nell Godsey of Burnside and Lou Jane France of Marion, Ind.; brothers, Guy Spencer of Bradford, Va., Rankin Spencer of New Albany, Ind., and Dorlan Spencer of Indiana; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Entombment will be in Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Erlanger.
Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Reba Guffey Samples, 56, of Crittenden, died Wednesday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Crittenden.
Burnice Gertrude Schlosser, 91, of Erlanger, died Monday at Villa Spring, Erlanger.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, William Schlosser; a daughter, Mary Jane McIntire of Ladylake, Fla.; a son, William Lee Schlosser of West Burlington, Iowa; 10 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Sand Run Baptist Church, Hebron. Cremation will be at Baxter Cremation Co. Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington, is handling arrangements.
