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Date of these obituaries: 06-03-2000
Phil Short, 'consummate journalist'
As a newspaper reporter and editor, Edgar "Phil" Short had a reverence for the truth and believed that as a journalist he held a public trust.
"He was the consummate journalist," said his daughter, Shirl Short of Erlanger, a former Editorial Page editor of The Kentucky Post.
"He was very particular about getting the facts," Ms. Short said. "He was a very good mentor to other people. He was very patient."
Mr. Short, 79, died at 5:10 p.m. Thursday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit in Covington.
Mr. Short moved to Erlanger with his wife, Eunice, about six years ago.
He was a member of the American Legion Post No. 203 in Latonia and a member of New Thought Unity Center in Cincinnati.
His professional career was centered in Bridgewater, N.J., where he moved from reporter to assistant suburban editor, assistant city editor and makeup editor at the Courier News.
He retired in 1982 after 23 years.
Mr. Short had a quick wit and an exuberant sense of humor that he used to rally his troops through hectic deadlines. At home, he brought an enthusiasm to everything he did.
He enjoyed sports and big-band music, old movies and discussing the latest issues.
As a teen-ager, he wanted to be a reporter so badly that he did gardening for the editor of his hometown paper in Huntingdon, Pa., in exchange for the chance to write stories.
"And he hated gardening," Ms. Short said.
His family sent him to trade school to become a tinsmith, but he ended up in the school's public-relations department writing press re leases. In the late 1940s and 1950s he covered sports in newspapers and on radio before moving to New Jersey and the news desk of the Courier News.
Mr. Short was an Army veteran.
His wife died in 1997. Mr. Short had suffered from heart problems in recent months, and he moved to his daughter's house. There are no other immediate survivors.
Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at New Thought Unity Center Chapel in Cincinnati. Burial will be in Huntingdon, Pa., Memorial Gardens.
Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219; St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014; or New Thought Unity Center, 1401 E. McMillan Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45206.
Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia, is in charge.
Max E. Gray, Fort Mitchell, worked at Husman
Max E. Gray made people smile when he walked into a room.
Whether he was telling a joke or offering garden anecdotes, he knew how to brighten up someone's day, said his daughter, Pam Fairbanks of Fort Mitchell.
Mr. Gray, 78, of Fort Mitchell, died at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
Mrs. Fairbanks remembers him as a good father and grandfather who took special interest in his family.
Along with spending a great deal of time with his family, Mr. Gray also enjoyed spending time in his garden.
"He liked to have a little bit of a garden in the yard with some tomatoes. He grew up on a farm," Mrs. Fairbanks said.
Mr. Gray was a retired vice president and general manager for Husman Snack Foods Co. He worked with the company for more than 50 years. He was a member of Bishop Mulloy Council No. 1301 Knights of Columbus and a former member of the Fort Mitchell Country Club. He was a Navy veteran of World War II.
Other survivors include his wife, Loraine Daron Gray; sons, Thomas Gray of Chicago and Richard Gray of Arlington Heights, Ill.; a brother, Logan Gray of Seattle; a sister, Dale Cordie of Cincinnati; and three grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Fort Mitchell. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Monday at Middendorf-Bullock Fu neral Home, Covington.
Entombment will be in St. Mary Mausoleum, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to the Beechwood High School Education Foundation, Beechwood Road, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017.
Edward C. Adams, 61, of Florence, died Wednesday at Jewish Hospital, Kenwood campus, in Cincinnati. He was a retired pipefitter with Pipe Fitters Union Local No. 392 in Cincinnati and a member of Masonic Lodge No. 358, Scottish Rite of Freemasonry and the Syrian Temple.
Survivors include his wife, Lois Adams; a son, Ed Adams of Houston; a daughter, Kathy Adams of Florence; and a brother, Ralph Adams of Venice, Fla.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington, with visitation from 2 p.m. and burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2, Florence, Ky. 41042; American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219; Shriners Burns Institute, 3229 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45229. Ruth Elvira Brueggeman, 86, of Fort Thomas, died Thursday at Highlands of Fort Thomas Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and a member of Mary Queen of Heaven Church, Erlanger. Her husband, Larry Joseph Brueggeman, died in 1977. Survivors include daughters, Donna Hahn of Hebron and Jo Anne Perkins of Nicholasville; sisters, Thelma Hehman of Fort Thomas, Anna Lee Steidle of Edgewood, Ursula Lancaster of Fort Mitchell, Mary Connor of Wilder, Vera Lonnemann of Erlanger and Juanita Grome of Covington; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Mary Queen of Heaven Church. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:45 a.m. Monday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence, and burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
John Catalano, 70, of Fort Mitchell, died at 1 a.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He was a retired quality control inspector and assembly line worker with General Motors in Norwood, Ohio, and a member of Club Italia.
Survivors include his wife, Loretta Basti Catalano; sons, John V. Catalano of Crescent Springs and Vincent P. Catalano of Fort Mitchell; a daughter, Marianne Kellerman of Fort Mitchell; mother, Maria De Lorenzo Catalano of Crescent Springs; brother, Ralph Catalano of Fort Wright; sister, Filomena DiLonardo of Crescent Springs; five grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Fort Mitchell. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Entombment will be in St. Mary Mausoleum, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Blessed Sacrament Church, 2415 Dixie Highway, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017.
George "Wally" Connett, 73, of Sardinia, Ohio, formerly of Dayton, died Wednesday at his home. He was the retired owner of Southern Foods Catering in Dayton, a member of St. Bernard Church in Dayton and a volunteer firefighter with the Dayton Fire Department. A former employee of French Bauer Ice Cream, he was an Army veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Kathleen Connett; sons, Michael Connett of Covington, Frank Connett of Miamitown, Ohio, and Chuck Connett of Sardinia; daughters, Marcie Abbatiello and Kathy Windburn of Dayton and Mary Church of Sardinia; a brother, Ronald Connett of Florida; a sister, Eleanor Connett Menges of Dallas, Pa.; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Memorial Mass will be at 7 p.m. Monday at St. Bernard Church. His body was bequeathed to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Henry Frances Donahue, of Covington, died Thursday at University Hospital, Cincinnati. He was an accountant and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Virgin ia Donahue; daughters, Christine Krumpelbeck and Phyllis Throckmorton, both of Cincinnati; a son, Gerry Donahue of Cincinnati; brothers, Edward Donahue and Rich ard Donahue; a sister, Kathleen Cook; and eight grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Holy Cross-Im maculata Church, Cincinnati, with visitation from 6 p.m. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Holy Cross-Immaculata Church Building Fund, Pavilon and Guido, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. Scahefer and Busby Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is in charge.
Melvin L. Gay, 71, of Holbrook, died Friday at Veterans Medical Center, Cincinnati. He was a retired licensed tree surgeon and former owner of Re liable Tree Service. He was a farmer, a school bus driver for Grant County Schools, a deacon with Bethany Baptist Church in Grant County, and an Army veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Green Gay; sons, Melvin Lee Gay of Anderson, Ind., Daryl Boyd Gay of Holbrook and Daniel Charles Gay of Dry Ridge; daughters, Sally Ann Wolfe of Frankfort, Mary Catherine Carr of Owenton, Betty Jane Collier of Williamstown; a brother, Max Eu gene Gay of Circleville, Ohio; a sister, Bette Jo Hertline of Arizona; 12 grandchildren; a great-grandson.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Holbrook Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Bethany Baptist Church, Holbrook Road, Williamstown, Ky. 41097; or American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2, Florence, Ky. 41042.
William L. Hay, 87, of Fort Thomas, died Wednesday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport. He was a retired developer with W. L. Hay Co.
Survivors include his wife, Vivian Gleeson Hay; a daughter, Janet Fassler of Fort Thomas; a son, Gary S. Hay of Covington; sisters, Marcella Avery of Cincinnati, Virginia Schiller and Mary Haunert, both of Fort Thomas; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at noon today at St. Thomas Church, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be at 11 a.m. at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to Baptist Convalescent Center, 120 Main St., Newport, Ky. 41071.
Bobby Jett, 45, of Covington, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington. He was a disabled painter and a member of Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington.
Survivors include a daughter, Mary June Pence of Covington; sons, Michael Pence and Matthew Pence of Crescent Springs; sisters, Terry Webster of Independence, Nancy Turner and Becky Jett of Covington and Cathy Moore of Florence; and brothers, Mike Jett of Florence, Tim Jett of Independence and Tom Jett and Pat Jett of Taylor Mill.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, with visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington.
Memorials are suggested to Bobby Jett Memorial Fund, 917 Main St., Covington, Ky. 41011.
Virgil Lee Kendall, 77, of Bedford, died Thursday at Green Valley Nursing Home, Carrollton. He was a retired self-employed grocer and owner of Kendall's Grocery in Prestonville.
Survivors include his wife, Dora Elizabeth "Dodie" Kendall; sons, Marshall Glen Kendall of Milton, Robert G. Kendall of English, Alfred Earl Pusey of Valrico, Fla., and Paul Thomas Pusey of Trimble County; daughters, Delania Lee Kendall of Trimble County and Carmeita Pollock of Bedford; a brother, Douglas Kendall of Milton; sisters, Sue Wentworth of Florida and Irma Lou Stamper of Independence; 11 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton, with visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Bedford.
Loretta Manuel Moberly, 81, of Florence, died Thursday at Florence Park Care Center. She was an assistant postmistress of the Red House Post Office and a substitute rural mail carrier in Richmond. She also served as office deputy of the Madison County Sheriff's Department for years while her husband was sheriff.
Her husband, Kenton W. Moberly, and a son, Kenton D. Moberly, preceded her in death. Survivors include a daughter, Sue Spurlock of Villa Hills; brothers, Earl F. Manuel of Lexington and Doug Manuel of Fort Meyers, Fla.; a sister, Mary Manuel Featherston of Lexington; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Turpin Funeral Home, Richmond, with visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens, Madison County.
Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 1885 Dixie Highway, Suite 250, Fort Wright, Ky. 41011; or the charity of the donor's choice.
Patricia Trautman Moeller, 71, of Fort Thomas, died Thursday at Christ Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Rose Church in Cincinnati.
Survivors include daughters, Amy Farrell and Julie Hinkel, both of Fort Thomas, and Ellen Grimme of Fort Mitchell; and nine grandchildren.
Memorial Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Rose Church.
Memorials are suggested to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation or the Brent Bertke Fund, in care of Tom Arnold, Fifth-Third Bank, 6801 Alexandria Pike, Alexandria, Ky. 41001. Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
James Paice, 55, of Falmouth, died Friday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
Arrangements are pending at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
