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Date of these obituaries: 10-02-2000
Falmouth's Lena Whalen, helped deliver 56 babies
Lena Whalen helped bring a lot of babies into this world.
In fact, if a woman was giving birth, or a child was hurt in Falmouth in the 1930s, '40s and '50s, Mrs. Whalen was there.
"Whenever a family was expecting, they would say, "Go get Lena. She'll help, " recalls her son, Marvin Whalen of Cincinnati. She helped deliver 56 babies, he said.
Her grandmother, Sallie Ann McClanahan, was a midwife and delivered 500 to 600 babies in the area, and it was almost as if helping deliver children was in his mother's blood, Whalen said.
The neighbors also depended on Mrs. Whalen when children got hurt or sick.
"She really didn't have any formal medical training, but she could stand the sight of blood, and she was willing to help, " Whalen said.
She was also available for people when they had deaths in their families, always taking food to the bereaved family members.
Mrs. Whalen, 92, of Falmouth, died Saturday at Johnson Matthews Health Care Center, Carlisle.
She was a member of Falmouth Baptist Church and a member of the church Ladies Aid group.
She was quite devoted to her church, Whalen said.
Her husband, George Thomas Whalen, and daughter, Ann Whalen Haley, both preceded her in death.
Survivors also include a son Larry Whalen of Falmouth; a sister, Helen Hamilton of Butler; eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth. Memorials are suggested to Falmouth Baptist Church, Fourth St., Falmouth, Ky. 41040.
Darlene Patricia Green Adams, 42, of Covington, was shot and killed Thursday at Prestige Display & Packaging distribution center in Fairfield, Ohio. She was an Army veteran.
Survivors include a son, Yashmeer M. Adams of Cynthiana; a daughter, Azure Dee Maya Adams of Cynthiana; mother, Jeanette Page of Covington; and brothers, Steven Green and Maurice Green, both of Covington, and Daniel Green of Temple, Texas.
Services will be at noon Tuesday at the Lane Chapel CME, Covington. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Burial will be in Linden Grove Cemetery, Elsmere.
Jones and Simpson Funeral Home, Covington is handling the arrangements.
William Fleetwood Beamon, 45, of Indianapolis, formerly of Pendleton and Harrison counties, died Wednesday in Indianapolis. He was a self-employed welder and an Army veteran.
Survivors include sons, William Beamon Jr. of Louisville and James R. Beamon of Indianapolis; a daughter, Mandy Walters of Elsmere; sisters, Eleanor Draper of Cincinnati, Virginia Jones of Cincinnati, Phyliss Witaker of Chesapeake, Va., Patricia Newton of Louisville, Connie Cornillie of Indianapolis and Vivia Carroll of Yelm, Wash.; brothers, Richard Beamon of Waynesville, Ohio, Frankie Beamon of Garland, Texas, and John Paul Beamon and Allen Ray Beamon, both of Indianapolis; and four grandchildren.
Services were Sunday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth. Burial was in Pythian Grove Cemetery, Berry.
Victor D. Borchers, of Lakeside Park, died Saturday at his home. He was a retired mechanical supervisor with Green Line Busing Co.
Survivors include nephews, George Borchers of Fort Wright, William Borchers of Alexandria, Darryl Bauman and Dale Bauman, both of Brown County, Ohio; and nieces, Barbara Taulbee and Carolyn Forbeck, both of Alexandria.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Fort Mitchell. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to Diocesan Catholic Children's Home, 75 Orphanage Road, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Ralph "Monk" Davis, 77, of Sanders, died Saturday at Carroll County Memorial Hospital, Carrollton. He was a farmer and a member of Bramlette Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Isabelle Davis of Sanders; a son, Charlie Davis of Sanders; daughters, Brenda Alexander and Linda Edmondson, both of Warsaw; sisters, Susie Bishop and Minnie Brown, both of Warsaw, and Jeanette Davis of Sparta; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Carolton-Lowder Funeral Home, Warsaw. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Warsaw Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Gallatin County Life Squad, Warsaw, Ky. 41095.
Hazel Frances Kabler Frederick, 73, of Maysville, died at 8:45 a.m. Sunday at her home. She was owner and operator of Hazel's Knotty Pine Restaurant in Maysville and a member of New Life Assembly of God church, Orangeburg. She was preceded in death by two husbands, William Nelson Kabler and Bill Frederick, daughters, Donna Jane Ruggles and Shirley Kabler, and sons, William Nelson Kabler Jr. and Freddie Kabler.
Survivors include daughters, Doris "Fields" Spencer, Julia Williams and Thelma Prater, all of Maysville; son, Freddie Kabler of Maysville; brothers, Whitey Highfield of Maine and Bruce Highfield and Webb Highfield, both of Tollesboro; sisters, Ruthie Shelton and Margie Palmer, both of Manchester, Ohio; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Brell and Son Funeral Home, Maysville. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Maysville Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Hope, 909 Kenton Station Dr., Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Barbara K. Giannini, 82, of Highland Heights, died at 9:20 a.m. Sunday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Paul United Church of Christ, Cincinnati.
Survivors include a son, Gerry Giannini of Newport Beach, Calif.; a sister, Patricia Butts of Alexandria; nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Hope, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Walter Joseph Glindmeyer, 87, of Covington, died at 10:30 p.m. Saturday at his home. He was a retired postal supervisor and a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Augustine Church, Covington. A son, John W. Glindmeyer, died in 1988.
Survivors include his wife, Lorena K. Folz Glindmeyer; daughters, Janice Claire Neltner of Edgewood, Judy A. Glindmeyer of Park Hills and Joan G. Fox of Cincinnati; 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Augustine Church. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042.
James Ernest Harding, 75, of West Union, Ohio, died Saturday at Eagle Creek Nursing Home in West Union. He was a farmer. His wife, Eldora Hardin Harding, died in 1999.
Survivors include sons, Scotty Russell Harding of Maysville, Bennie Harding of Mason County, Allen Harding of West Union, Eddie Harding of Sardis and Jerry Harding of Lewisburg; daughters, Dallas Fay Stephens of Pine Knot, Connie P. Jennings of Maysville, Virginia Cunningham of Dover, Reva Alfrie of Ashland, Ohio, and James Nichols of Redkey, Ind.; sisters, Martha Craft, Geneva Harding, Darlene Muse, Wilma Harding and Mary Hazel Wiseman; brothers, Samson Harding, Claude Harding, Jesse Harding, Thomas Harding and Paul Harding; 45 grandchildren and 52 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Palmer Funeral Home, Germantown. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Germantown. Memorials are suggested to American Diabetes Association, 721 W. Main St., Louisville, Ky. 40202; or Hospice of Hope, 1 W. McDonald Parkway, Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Phyllis Hinant, 69, of Florence, died at 5:50 a.m. Friday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a retired self-employed hairdresser and a former member of Cold Spring Baptist Church. A daughter, Marcia Hinant, died in 1998.
Survivors include sons, Robert L. Hinant of Florence and James T. Hinant of Huron, Ohio; and daughters, Susan Hinant of Highland Heights and Judy Hayden of Georgetown.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Radel Funeral Home, Highland Heights. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Cold Spring Baptist Church Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Clifton Hopkins, 79, of Dover, died Saturday at University Hospital, Cincinnati, of injuries suffered in an accident. He was a park maintenance worker with the City of Maysville. and an Army veteran of World War II. A stepson, Larry Phillips, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Myrtle Nash Hopkins; a son, Jerry Philips of Maysville; daughters, Linda Flemming of Columbus, Ohio, and Connie Phillips of Maysville; a stepdaughter, Barbara Dale of Aberdeen, Ohio; sisters, Margaret Maynard and Mable Thompson, both of Maysville; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Brell and Son Funeral Home, Maysville. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Beulah D. Joslin, 89, of Owenton, died Saturday at Owenton Manor, Owen. She was a retired dietary supervisor with Longview Hospital, Cincinnati, and a member of Dallasburg Baptist Church. Her husband, Allie Joslin, preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Harley Joslin of Owenton, Edward Joslin and Billy Joslin, both of Cincinnati, Ronald Joslin of Russell Springs and Richard Joslin of Freemont, Ohio; a daughter, Phyllis Seay Pate of Cincinnati; sisters, Flossie Lilly of Carrollton and Zelma King of Taylor Mill; three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and one step-great-grandchild.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at McDonald Funeral Home, Seminary Street, Owenton. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Wheatley Masonic Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Together We Build Program, First Baptist Church, 213 N. Main St., Owenton, Ky. 40359.
Charles L. Kinman, 67, of Dry Ridge, died at 10:15 p.m. Friday at his home. He was a building contractor and the retired owner of Kinman Construction Co., Dry Ridge. He was a member of Knoxville Baptist Church in Williamstown, and played fiddle with bluegrass groups.
Survivors include his wife, Caroleen Caldwell Kinman; sons, Nelson Kinman and Danny Kinman, both of Florence; daughters, Karen Kinman of Louisville and Kathy Mullins of Crittenden; brothers, Harold W. Kinman of Florence, Herman A. Kinman of Jonesville and William J. Kinman of Independence; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Williamstown Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Knoxville Baptist Church, Fairview Road, Williamstown, Ky. 41097; or Concord Baptist Church, Gold Valley Road, Dry Ridge, Ky. 41035.
Joseph J. Klingenberg, 80, of Villa Hills, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. He was a professor emeritus of chemistry at Xavier University in Cincinnati, and co-authored "Quantitative Analysis, " a chemistry textbook. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, and was a prisoner of war for 16 months. His POW war log is part of the National POW Museum in Andersonville, Ga. He was a member of the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame for his baseball playing days. After retirement, he was a volunteers with the Cincinnati Park Board and the Krohn Conservatory.
Survivors include daughters, Mary Evelyn Klingenberg of Crescent Springs, Jean Walsh of Fairfield, Ohio, Ginny Akin of Carmel, Ind., and Rosemary Schmidt of Lehigh Acres, Fla.; a son, Joe W. Klingenberg of Florence; a brother, Dr. Paul Klingenberg of Annandale, Va.; a sister, Sister Joseph M. Klingenberg of Villa Hills; 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Fort Mitchell. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to Xavier University, 3800 Victory Parkway, No. 1, Cincinnati, Ohio 45207; or Madonna Manor, 2344 Amsterdam Road, Villa Hills, Ky. 41017. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Kenneth Lovins, 64, of Hebron, died Friday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was a pipefitter with Jefferson Smurfitt Co. and an Army veteran. A daughter, Jacqueline Lovins, and a son, John Lovins, both died in 1966.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Jo Lovins; a son, Kenneth "Duke" Lovins of Lawrenceburg, Ind.; his mother, Mae Lovins of Dwarf; brothers, Dan Lovins, Oakie Lovins Jr. and David Lovins, all of Dwarf; sisters, Violet Lovins Bradshaw and Marie Movins Stidham, both of Dwarf, and Connie Lovins Clibern of Campton; and two grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Miller Lovins Cemetery, Dwarf. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to National Arthritis Foundation, Arthritis Foundation, 1330 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga. 30309.
Helen Lundy, 93, of Latonia, died at 1:05 a.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Center North, Covington.
Arrangements are pending at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia.
Robert F. Otte Sr., 71, of West Covington, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington.
Sue Noe Perkins, 72, of Carrollton, died Saturday at Baptist Hospital East, Louisville. She was a retired teacher with the Carroll County Board of Education, a member of the Retired Teachers Association and a member of First Baptist Church, Carrollton. Her husband, Elliott Jay Perkins, died in 1987.
Survivors include sisters, Nellie Frances Bichler of Orlando, Fla., and Velma Cooper of Russell Springs; nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Carrollton.
Albert William Reedy Jr., 81, of Crestview Hills, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a dentist in Covington and Erlanger, a past president of Northern Kentucky Dental Society and a member of the board of directors of Supported Living of Northern Kentucky.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Reedy; sons, Albert Reedy III of Edgewood, John Reedy of Lakeside Park and Michael Reedy of Fort Mitchell; daughters, Catherine Reedy of Lakeside Park, Deborah Morris of Van Wert, Ohio, Paula Lea of Edgewood, Patricia Reedy of Washington, D.C., and Maureen Reedy of Florence; sisters, Sister Celeste Reedy, S.C.N. of Nazareth and Mary Brockschmidt of Indianapolis; and 12 grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Fort Mitchell. Visitation will begin there at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. Entombment will be in Mother of God Mausoleum, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to Supported Living of Northern Kentucky, 16 Pike St., Covington, Ky. 41011; or the charity of the donor's choice. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Virginia Pugh Robinson, 80, of Fort Thomas, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Carl E. Robinson, died on 1996.
Survivors include daughters, Elaine Bass of Lewisville, Texas, and Linda Wiedemann of Fort Thomas; a son, Tom Pugh of Silver Grove; sisters, Ruth Parcell of West Virginia and Maxine Gross of Florida; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Cova Viola Rusk, 89, of Latonia, died at 5:05 a.m. Saturday at St. Charles Care Center, Covington. She was a retired traffic supervisor with AT&T; and a member of Fort Mitchell Baptist Church and Telephone Pioneers of America.
Survivors include a niece, Cova Lee Freeman of Cincinnati.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Fort Mitchell Baptist Church, 2323 Dixie Highway, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017.
Larry Stanley, 40, of Union, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Dixie Abram Viox, 83, of Erlanger, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was the treasurer of Viox & Viox Inc. for 50 years, and was a charter member of Erlanger Historical Society. She was a member, historian and librarian for Erlanger Christian Church, and was the first president of the Delta Zeta sorority at the University of Kentucky. Her husband, James H. Viox Jr., preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, James H. Viox III of Erlanger and William R. Viox of Florence; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to Erlanger Christian Church, Graves Ave. and Home, Erlanger, Ky. 41018.
