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Date of these obituaries: 05-30-2001
Edward Hesch, only Newport city employee given key to city
When friends and family think of Edward Hesch they remember a proud father, a hard worker and a helpful friend.
"I can honestly say I've never met anyone like him, " said Jean White, a daughter from Connecticut. "They don't have enough adjectives to describe all the wonderful things about him."
Edward C. Hesch, 89, of Newport, died Monday at Highlands of Fort Thomas Nursing Home.
He was a retired assistant superintendent with the Newport Water Works and a member of Costigan American Legion Post No. 11, Newport. He was a member of the 40/8 Club, Elks and VFW posts, and was an Army veteran of World War II. His wife, Ethel Hesch, died in 2000.
Mr. Hesch was able to help people, both at work and home, by his ability to listen, family members say.
"He had an answer for everything, " said Mrs. White. "If you had a problem, he would do everything in his power to help you solve it."
Although Mr. Hesch was an extremely hard worker - he was the only Newport city employee ever given a key to the city - he also knew how to relax and enjoy life's many blessings.
Mrs. White said Mr. Hesch was a good-humored man and the perfect mold for a father. Her most cherished memories involve spending vacations with her father watching baseball.
"I used to plan my vacations around the Reds' schedule, " she said. "We would just sit at the games and talk baseball and politics."
Other survivors include daughters Joan Furnish of Highland Heights and Jane Lunsford of Erlanger; a brother, Robert Hesch of Fort Thomas; 10 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Paul United Church of Christ, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Edwin Moehling, professional golfer
To say that Edwin C. Moehling had a passion for golf would be an understatement.
Mr. Moehling was a member of the Professional Golfers Association and played on the PGA tour in the 1960s and on Senior tour.
Later, he was the golf host for the Argosy Casino in Lawrenceburg, Ind.
"He was the Illinois state amateur champion at one time, " said his longtime friend, Mike McKeever of Villa Hills, who said Mr. Moehling had been a pro at several country clubs.
Mr. Moehling, 60, died Monday at his home in Florence.
Mr. Moehling lived on Turkeyfoot Road near Independence in the 1970s and later moved around the country. He returned to Northern Kentucky about six years ago and lived in Florence.
"I met him in the 1970s, " Mr. McKeever said. "He was a rep for Spencer's children's clothing, and my wife had a secretarial service that he used. We struck up a friendship.
"He was gregarious and laughed a lot. He just made people feel better to be around him, " Mr. McKeever said. Through the 1980s and 1990s, Mr. Moehling was a stock broker and an investment banker.
"Wherever he was, he found a job that allowed him to play golf, " Mr. McKeever said.
He started working at the Argosy casino several years ago.
"Other casinos in the area have their own golf courses so Argosy wanted to have a golf image. They joined Triple Crown Country Club, and he played golf with the high rollers, " Mr. McKeever said.
Mr. Moehling was diagnosed with lung cancer about a year ago.
"He played golf until Oct. 18, " Mr. McKeever said. "He told me he wanted to break 70. I didn't know how he could do it, he was in so much pain. He went out and shot 69. The next day, he gave his clubs away."
Survivors include a daughter, Christina Hankamer of Salado, Texas, and two grandchildren.
No services are planned. Cremation will be at Baxter Cremation Service, Cincinnati.
Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Benita Withers Brinker, 89, of Cynthiana, died Tuesday at Hospice Care Center. She was a member of Cynthiana Christian Church and Harrison County Homemakers, and a volunteer with Harrison Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
Survivors include a daughter, Sandra Ritchie of Cynthiana; a son, Henry Monroe Brinker of Harrison County; four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and four step-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 508 E. Pike St., Cynthiana, Ky. 41031; or Cynthiana Christian Church Building Fund, North St., Cynthiana, Ky. 41031.
Dorothy McNay Caldwell, 88, of Butler, died Sunday at River Valley Nursing Home in Butler. She was a owner of Western Auto Associate Store, Falmouth, and a member of Falmouth Christian Church. Her husband, W. Alexander Caldwell, died in 1981. A sister, Betty Buckley, died in 2000.
Survivors include a daughter, Dora Helen Fields of Falmouth; a brother, Wilfred McNay of California; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Butler Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Falmouth Christian Church, 303 Shelby St., Falmouth, Ky. 41040; or the charity of the donor's choice.
Kathryn Virginia Jump Collins, 81, of Dry Ridge, died Monday at Grant Manor Health Care Center, Williamstown. She was a homemaker and a member of Vine Run Baptist Church, Dry Ridge. Her husband, Brackie Collins, died in 1988.
Survivors include sons, Glenn Collins of Lexington and Gary Collins of Dry Ridge; a brother, Ervin Jump of Dry Ridge; a sister, Marjorie Jump of Williamstown; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Vine Run Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge. Burial will be in New Vine Run Cemetery, Dry Ridge. Memorials are suggested to Vine Run Baptist Church Building Fund, 8690 Warsaw Road, Dry Ridge, Ky. 41035; or Alzheimer's Disease Association, 644 Linn St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45203.
Grace Elizabeth Combs, 1 day, daughter of Stacy and Mark Combs of Florence, died Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati.
Other survivors include a sister, Faith Combs, at home; and grandparents, Mary Windows of Elsmere, and Virgina and Nick Combs of Florence.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Combs Family, in care of Catchen Funeral Home, 3525 Dixie Highway, Elsmere, Ky. 41018.
Judy Ann Denny, 46, of Bellevue, died Saturday at her home. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Frank Snow; a son, Michael Sillus Stewart of Horse Cave City; her father, Sillus Denny Jr. of Dayton; sisters, Ruby Denny and Jackie Searcy, both of Dayton; and one grandchild.
Services will be at noon Thursday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Donald L. Finley, 70, of Newport, died at 4:10 p.m. Monday at Veterans Administration Hospital, Cincinnati. He was a retired employee of the Internal Revenue Service, Covington, and a Korean War veteran. His wife, Alma June Ratlif Finley, preceded him in death.
Survivors include daughters, Marian Sweeney of Belcher, Theresa Leopold of Glencoe and Cecelia Leopold of Melbourne; sons, Michael Marshall of Bethel, Ohio, and Kenneth Finley of Newport; sisters, Eleanor Guilkey of Fort Thomas, Deloras Martin of Ohio and Audrey Losey of Elsmere; brothers, Bob Finley of Highland Heights and Bill Finley of Ohio; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Mary Agnes Schidel Flynn, 66, of Newport, died Tuesday at her daughter's home.
Arrangements are pending at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport.
Loretta Brewer Hammond, 77, of Corinth, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Grant County, Williamstown. She was a homemaker and a member of Corinth Baptist Church.
Survivors include brothers, Talmadge Brewer of Cincinnati and James Brewer of St. Cloud, Fla.; and sisters, Marcella Michael of Erlanger, Josephine Teegarden of Florence and Bess Bell of Elkhart, Ind.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Rogers Funeral Home, Corinth. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Corinth Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Shirley Dean Muse Jones, 64, of Independence, died Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a homemaker and a member of Northern Kentucky Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Crit Jones; daughters, Sherrie Dorman of Taylor Mill, Sandy Vicars of Southgate and Karla Hines of Latonia; a stepdaughter, Debbie Pope of North Carolina; sons, Perry Hines of Erlanger and Byron Hines of Independence; stepsons, Tim Jones, Crit Jones Jr. and Michael Jones, all of London; sisters, Ina Long of Pine Village, Ind., Ona Vaughn of New Castle, Ind., Bertha Rasner of Hamilton, Ohio, Mary Stigall of Somerset and Lela Bays of Lapel, Ind.; brothers, Marcellus Muse of Eubank, Leonard Muse of Lafayette, Ind., and Otha Muse of Nashville, Tenn.; 12 grandchildren and 11 step-grandchildren.
Services were at noon today at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Burial was in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Renita Jane Hisel Kirk, 41, of Williamstown, died Monday at her home. She was a teaching assistant with Grant County Middle School, Dry Ridge, and a member of Lawrenceville Baptist Church, Corinth.
Survivors include her husband, Phillip Kirk; her mother, Geneva Dawalt Hisel of Dry Ridge; a brother, Robert R. Hisel Jr. of Williamstown; and sisters, Carol Musgrave and Belinda True, both of Dry Ridge.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Knoxville Baptist Church, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge. Memorials are suggested to Lawrenceville Baptist Church Youth Group, 3650 Lawrenceville Road, Corinth, Ky. 41010; or Knoxville Baptist Church Youth Group, 110 Fairview Road, Williamstown, Ky. 41097.
Elizabeth Ann Martin, 54, of Covington, died at 11:30 a.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North Hospice Unit, Covington.
She was a homemaker. Her daughter, Judy C. Martin, died in 1981.
Survivors include her brothers, James Martin of Newport and Ray Martin, Clifford Martin, Perry Martin, Bill Martin, Lonnie Martin and Harvey Martin, all of Covington; and sisters, Marie Blaut, Carlene Humphrey and Thelma Petrey, all of Covington.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Catchen Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will be from noon until the time of services Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Vivian L. Martin, 65, of Burlington, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a manager with AT&T;, a member of First Church of Christ in Florence, the Kentucky PTA, AT&T; Pioneers and the Joy Club at First Church of Christ. Her husband, Darrell John Martin, died in 1987.
Survivors include a sister, Wilma Reynolds of Newport; nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 8 p.m. Friday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence, and 3 p.m. Sunday at Hart Funeral Home, Corbin. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Stith Funeral Home and from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at Hart Funeral Home. Burial will be in Locust Grove Cemetery, Keavy. Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, P. O. Box 182039, Dept. 13, Columbus, Ohio 43218; or American Parkinson's Disease Association, P. O. Box 15044, Cincinnati, Ohio 45215.
Everett "Red" McCane Jr., 64, of Florence, died Monday at his home.
He was a retired quality control worker with Aristech Acrylics, Florence, and a Navy veteran.
Survivors include a son, Richard McCane of Florence; daughters, Rebecca Zembrodt of Crittenden and Robin Lynn McCane of Florence; sisters, Sara Sue O'Rourke of Virginia, Judy Tull of Walton and Patty Jackson of Augusta; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Crittenden. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery, Augusta.
Amy Lynn Prather, 26, of Latonia, died Sunday in Covington after an auto accident.
She was self-employed in a cleaning service.
Survivors include her daughters, Brittany Hopper and Kelsey Hopper, both at home; mother, Linda Barker and stepfather, William Barker, both of Covington; brother Billy Barker of Latonia; sisters, Tina Barker, Tracey Barker, Regina Barker, Melissa Barker and Kim Barker, all of Latonia; and grandparents, Henry and Betty Vaughn, both of Norwood, Ohio.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Catchen Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until the time of services Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Ohio.
Chester Patrick Ray, 82, of Louisville, formerly of Gallatin County, died Monday at Caritas Medical Center in Louisville. He was a maintenance mechanic and an Army veteran of World War II. His wife, Catherine Ray, died in 1996.
Survivors include sons, Jerry Ray and James Ray; a brother, James Ray of Warsaw; a sister, Alene Fothergill; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Warsaw. Visitation will began there at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Warsaw Cemetery.
Noah Howard Scudder, son of Kenneth and Juanita Scudder of Union, was stillborn Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
Other survivors include brothers, Damon Scudder and Kendrick Scudder, both at home; a sister, Nina Scudder, at home; and grandparents, Eddie and Sherry Johnson of Union.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Rice Cemetery, Union. Stith Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Irene Meyers Whaley, 87, of Florence, died at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. She was a homemaker and a member of Kento-Boo Baptist Church, Florence, where she was a Sunday school teacher. Her first husband, Melvin Meyers, died in 1974.
Survivors include her husband, William Glenn Whaley Sr.; sons, Melvin L. Meyers of Elsmere, Dale A. Meyers of Florence and Kenneth L. Meyers of Burlington; a brother, Dale A. Barr of Tampa, Fla.; a sister, Irma June Ballman of Lexington; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Kento-Boo Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the church. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Kento-Boo Baptist Church Building Fund, 634 Kentoboo Ave., Florence, Ky. 41042. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Rev. Charles D. Williams, 70, of Butler, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was the minister at Tabernacle Church of God, Grants Lick, and an Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Corena Williams of Butler; sons, Michael Williams, Ronald Williams, Clark Williams and Luke Williams, all of Butler; daughters, Diana Kiskaden of Norwalk, Ohio, Carla Blevins of Falmouth and Konnie Kells of Butler; brothers, Ralph Williams and Earl Williams, both of Middletown, Ohio; sisters, Ruth Smith of Cold Spring and Vonnie Walker of Richwood; 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Tabernacle Church of God. Visitation will be from noon until the time of services Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Peach Grove Cemetery, Peach Grove.
Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick, is handling the arrangements.
Rhoda Wilson, 90, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., formerly of Erlanger, died Monday at Woodland Hills Care Center in Lawrenceburg.
She was a homemaker and a member of Elsmere Baptist Church and the Erlanger Homemakers and Garden Club. Her husband, Roscoe Wilson, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Carlene Wilson Moritz of Florence; six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Visitation will begin there at 4 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Memorials are suggested to Erlanger Baptist Church Building Fund, 116 Commonwealth Ave., Erlanger, Ky. 41018.
