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Date of these obituaries: 04-06-2000
Richard 'Nub' Hardin, Highlands booster
The Highlands High School soccer team called him "Grandpa."
Other friends and loved ones called him "Nub."
And no matter where Richard "Nub" Clarence Hardin was, he connected with people, said his son, Rob Hardin.
The elder Hardin, 70, of Bellevue, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington.
He was a ceramic tile setter by trade, loved youth sports, and was always "in contact with people," said his son, also of Bellevue.
When Rob Hardin and his brother Rick, now of Fort Thomas, were growing up, their father coached peewee football.
"And when grandkids came along, you couldn't keep him away from a soccer or basketball game," Rob Hardin said.
He used to drive members of the Highlands High soccer team around and pick them up if they needed a ride. Kids used to pile into his pickup truck, Rob Hardin said.
Then, when illness prevented him from going to the district championship game this past fall - the first game of the season that Mr. Hardin missed - the team signed the game ball after the contest and gave it to one of Mr. Hardin's grandsons to present on the team's behalf.
Mr. Hardin was a member of First Baptist Church of Fort Thomas, Bellevue Vets, and Henry Barnes Masonic Lodge No. 607, Dayton. He was a member of the Scottish Rite Lodge of Covington, and a Navy veteran.
He got the nickname "Nub" as a baby because he weighed only a few pounds and was "no bigger than a nub of corn," said his wife, Carol Bricking Hardin. With eight brothers and sisters, the nickname stuck, she said.
In addition to his wife and sons, he is survived by a brother, Bill Hardin of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; a sister, Peggy Olinger of Cincinnati; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Friday, with Masonic services at 10:40 a.m. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to First Baptist Church of Fort Thomas, 600 N. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; or St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Cornelia Ballou, 81, of Florence, died Tuesday at her home. She was a school bus driver with West Clermont School District in Ohio. Her husband, William C. Ballou, died in 1973.
Survivors include a son, Douglas Ballou of Hebron; a sister, Ina Gilbert of Cincinnati; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Batavia Union Cemetery, Batavia, Ohio. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Jennifer Caddell, 51, of Burlington, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Genevieve Rice Carbery, 86, of Durham, N.C., formerly of Latonia, died at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at Brian Center, Durham. She was a retired secretary with Youngstown Steel Co. Her husband, William Carbery, died in 1941.
Survivors include nieces, Mary Ann Carbery of Durham and Susan Lehn of Hillsboro, Ohio.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Fort Mitchell. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Joseph and Kathleen Brian Alzheimer's Research Center, Duke University Medical Center, Trent Drive, Durham, N.C. 27710.
James B. Grefer, 69, of Burlington, died at 12:10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Charles Care Center, Fort Wright. He was a sales representative with Terminix International, where he was active with Kentucky Homebuilders, and a manager of Richman Brothers Clothing stores in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Silver Springs, Md. He was a member of the Northern Kentucky Theater Guild and the Richwood Cotton Follies, and was a member of the Mount Washington Disabled American Veterans chapter in Cincinnati. He was a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Joan Altvater Grefer; daughters, Jan Grefer of Wilder and Judi Grefer of Cold Spring; brothers, Jack Grefer of Fort Wright, Ralph Grefer of New York and Joe Grefer of Idaho; and a sister, Martha Gordon of Florida.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Charles Care Center, Fort Wright. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to St. Charles Care Center, 500 Farrell Drive, Fort Wright, Ky. 41011; or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, in care of ESA International, Drake Office Center, 363 W. Drake Road, Fort Collins, Colo. 80526. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
George A. Lilly Sr., 64, of Dry Ridge, died at 1:35 p.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He was a farm worker and a former restaurant worker. He was a member of Zion Baptist Church, Dry Ridge. A son, Allen Lee Lilly, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Doris Lilly; a son, George A. Lilly Jr. of Crittenden; daughters, Becky Matthews of Williamstown, Melissa Miller of Florida and Kim Lilly of Dry Ridge; a brother, William T. Lilly of Elgin, Tenn.; sisters, Hazel Garrett of Elgin, Roberta Cotton and Helen Hurd, both of Lexington, and Betty Leroy of Texas; and 13 grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will begin there at noon Friday. Burial will be in Williamstown Cemetery.
Kenneth Loos, 43, of Cairo, Egypt, formerly of Cincinnati, died March 27 in Cairo, after collapsing while playing softball. His wife, Jennifer Theis Loos, is formerly of Fort Thomas. He was a petroleum geologist for BP Amoco in Cairo. He was a native of Washington, D.C., and received his master's degree in geology at the University of Cincinnati in 1985. He married
in 1987 and worked for Amoco in Houston, Texas, and Norway before being transferred to Cairo in 1997.
Survivors include his wife, Jennifer; a son, Jonathan Loos of Cairo; daughters, Katherine Loos and Claire Loos, both of Cairo; his parents, Dickson and Beatrice Loos of Bethesda, Md.; four sisters and a brother.
Services were Saturday in Maryland.
Mildred Holt Lunsford, 78, of Covington, died at 7:15 a.m. Wednesday at Grant Manor Care Center, Williamstown. She was a homemaker. Her husband, James F. Lunsford, died in 1963.
Survivors include sons, James Lunsford of Covington, Ronald Lunsford of Florence, Dennis Lunsford of Milan, Ind., and Ricky Lunsford of Williamstown; daughters, Joyce Wicklund of Independence and Deborah Liebelt of Covington; brothers, James Holt of Erlanger and George Holt of Covington; a half-brother, Ted Mineer of Casa Grande, Ariz.; 18 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Friday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Sue Ann McClellan, 78, of Latonia, died at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport. She was a retired cafeteria baker with Latonia Elementary School for 20 years, a member of Latonia Christian Church, and a past matron of Rosebud Chapter No. 39 Order of the Eastern Star. She was a past high priestess of White Shrine of Jerusalem Covington Council No. 10 and a past chaplain of the Order of Amaranth Queen Esther's Court. Her husband, Joseph H. McClellan, died in 1983.
Survivors include a sister, Georgia May McIlvoy of Sulfur.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at the funeral home, with Eastern Star services at 7 p.m. and White Shrine services at 7:30 p.m. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Latonia Christian Church, 3900 Decoursey Ave., Covington, Ky. 41015.
Andre James McIntosh, 77, of Daytona Beach, Fla., formerly of Fort Mitchell, died Aug. 22, 1998, in Daytona Beach. He was a retired chemist with Kahn's Meats and a retired switchman with the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Survivors include daughters, Tammy Stempfley of Hamilton, Ohio, and Michele McKee of Fort Mitchell; a son, Guy McIntosh of Cincinnati; a brother, Robert McIntosh of Fairfield, Ohio; six grandchildren and one great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2, Florence, Ky. 41042. Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Sandra "Sandy" McNay Roberts, 59, of Florence, was found dead Tuesday in Gallatin County. She was a retired employee of Sabatossa Foods Inc., Florence, and a member of Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Williamstown.
Survivors include daughters, Allison Steele of Taylor Mill and Michelle Roberts of Louisville; her mother, Lorena Martin McNay of Hebron; brothers, Walter Lee McNay of Elizabethtown, Charles K. McNay of Independence and David A. McNay of Burlington; sisters, Judy Lynn McNay, Sharon McNay, Diana McNay and Betty Davidson, all of Hebron, Phyllis Ross of Ra leigh-Durham, N.C., Jean Dibowski of Cincinnati and Carolyn Edds of Columbus, Ohio; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge.
Nell Jarman Sellmeyer, 84, of San Diego, formerly of Fort Wright, died Tuesday in San Diego.
Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington.
Howard A. Stephens, 85, of Walton, died Monday at Methodist Hospital, San Antonio. He was a retired store keeper with H&G; Stephens Grocery Store, Independence.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Butler Stephens; daughters, Myra Jeanne Stephens Scott of Lutz, Fla., Mona Gail Stephens McDonald of San Antonio and Sandra Lee Stephens Murphy of Franklin, Tenn.; sisters, Mary Margaret Stephens and Genevieve Stephens Galloway, both of Independence; eight grandchildren and two great- grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Friday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery.
George L. Stith, 93, of Fort Thomas, died Wednesday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport. He was a retired lawyer with the Veterans Administration and a Sunday school teacher at First Baptist Church of Fort Thomas. He was a member of the Campbell County Kiwanis Club, the Fort Thomas American Legion and Disabled American Veterans, Cold Spring. He was a Navy veteran. His son, Rev. George William "Bill" Stith, preceded him in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Ramona Welch of Blacklick, Ohio; sisters, Blanche D. Gailbreath of Louisville and Cornelia Johnson of Austin, Texas; a brother, Thomas J. Stith of Guston; and six grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to Leukemia Society of America, 4150 Crossgate Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45236.
