Search Archived Marriage Records
Date of these obituaries: 04-12-2000
NKU staffer Mary Ann Quitter, devoted mom, began career in 50s
With five children and a disabled husband, Mary Ann Quitter, had a right to feel hopeless at times. But, her children say she never did.
Throughout her life, money and time were always in short supply. But she was both courageous and resourceful about finding ways to make money and find time with her family.
Mary Ann Haigis Quitter, 63, of Silver Grove, died of cancer at 8:50 p.m. Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
Ms. Quitter retired one year ago as an administrator at Northern Kentucky University, a position she began about the time most people are thinking of retiring.
"When she was 52, she went through the Homemaker Reentry Program at NKU," said her daughter Mary Morsher of Alexandria.
"First she took her GED and got her high school diploma. Then she did the training for about six months and they (NKU) liked her so much they hired her right away to do their bookkeeping. She even taught a class about how to use a calculator. She really touched a lot of lives."
Before she began her late-life career, Ms. Quitter took on a variety of jobs to help meet the costs of raising five children and caring for her disabled husband.
She worked as an alterations seamstress for Highland Cleaners in Cold Spring, delivered The Kentucky Post, and sold garden vegetables.
"She had a very strong faith - something she and I shared - and that got her through so much," said Ms. Morsher of her mother, who was a member of St. Philip Church in Melbourne.
"She was the kind that just kept right on going. And she loved her kids dearly and just enjoyed being with them."
Survivors also include her husband, Frank A. Quitter II; daughter, Barbara Crowley of Seattle; sons, Frank A. Quitter III of Silver Grove, Ken Quitter of California and John Quitter of Sacramento, Calif.; a sister, Betty Ruschman of Cold Spring; brothers, Mel Haigis, Ron Haigis and Gary Haigis, all of Cold Spring, and Norb Haigis of Alexandria; and eight grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Philip Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas.
Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested in the form of Masses at St. Philip Church, or to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2, Florence, Ky. 41042.
James Blackburn, 80, of Florence, died at 11:10 p.m. Tuesday at Woodspoint Care Center in Florence. Arrangements pending at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Dewitt Hamm, 81, of Covington, died at 2:40 p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was a production specialist for General Electric and a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of Ashland Avenue Baptist Church, Covington, where he was past chairman of the deacons. He was past master of Latonia Lodge No. 746 F&AM.
Survivors include his wife, Lorraine Fitzwater Hamm; sons, Dee Hamm Jr. of Erlanger and Bill Hamm of Florence; a daughter, Dee Anna Kleine of Walton; six grandchildren and five great- grandchildren.
Services: noon Friday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation begins there at 9 a.m. Friday. Entombment: Highland cemetery Mausoleum, Fort Mitchell. Memorials: Ashland Avenue Baptist Church, 2735 Ashland Ave., Covington, Ky. 41015; or Hickory Grove Baptist Church, 11969 Taylor Mill Road, Independence, 41052.
Pat Anderson Hillenbrand, 60, of Dry Ridge, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Grant County, Williamstown. She was a homemaker and a member of Burlington Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Eddie Hillenbrand; sons, Keith Hillenbrand of Dry Ridge and Kevin Hillenbrand of Warsaw; a daughter, Kim Hillenbrand Rempel of Dry Ridge; her father, Atlee Anderson of Florence; brothers, David Anderson of Petersburg, Donald Anderson of Walton, Gary Anderson of Burlington and Atlee Anderson Jr. of Jonesville; sisters, Florine Bethel of Erlanger, Bonnie Centers of Burlington, Mary Louise Kahmann of Petersburg, Betty Moore of Crittenden and Brenda Shears of Union; and five grandchildren.
Services were Tuesday. Memorials: American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219; or American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Debbie Lee Markwell, 43, of Dayton, died at 9:57 p.m. Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a bartender and a member of Bilz Away Club, Dayton.
Survivors include her husband, Sid Markwell; her mother, Rose Mary Ford of Warsaw; a sister, Linda Burns of Florence; and a brother, Gary Ford of Villa Hills.
Services: 1 p.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Dayton. Visitation begins at 11 a.m. Cremation: Hillside Chapel.
Homer Mosley, 84, of Aurora, Ind., died Tuesday at Dearborn County Hospital, Lawrenceburg, Ind., He worked for Florida state, and was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include a son, Homer Mosley Jr. of Bromley; daughters, Jean Westendorf of Cincinnati and Sandra L. Barcol of Glencoe; brothers, Wheeler Mosley of Dillsboro, Ind., and Miller Mosley of Aurora; sisters, Dixie Van Winkle of Aurora, Goldia Bolin of Harrison, Ohio, and Helen Tomlinson of Ludlow; seven grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. EDT Thursday at Sibbett-Moore Funeral Home, Moores Hill, Ind. Visitation begins there at noon; Burial: Mount Sinai Cemetery, Moores Hills.
Charles E. Raisbeck, 78, of Fort Thomas, died Saturday in Bradenton, Fla. He was an engineer with General Electric and a member of Fort Thomas Masonic Lodge No. 808, Fort Thomas Eastern Star, Scottish Rite of Covington, Syrian Shrine Temple, Cincinnati and Fort Thomas Lions. Survivors include daughters, Kimberly Daunt of Bradenton, Fla., and Cherry Hornbach of Fort Thomas; a son, Tom Raisbeck of Taylor Mill; a sister, Clara Bachmeier of Fort Thomas; and seven grandchildren.
Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation: 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials: Hospice of Southwest Florida, 5955 Rand Blvd., Sarasota, Fla. 34238.
Leonard W. Soward, 74, of San Jose, Calif., formerly of Covington, died at 7 p.m. Sunday in Los Gatos, Calif. He was an inspector with federal space programs, a quality-control engineer with the U.S. Army, and a Marine Corps veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Florence Gertrude Soward; a son, William A. Soward of Los Altos, Calif.; a daughter, Carole A. Haensel of Saratoga, Calif.; brothers, Walter Soward of Covington and John Soward of Fort Thomas; sisters, Margaret McDermott and Dorothy Collins, both of Latonia, Hazel Kinkel of Crescent Springs, Norma Jean Schneider of Fort Thomas and Olwen Jump of Tennessee; and six grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation: there, 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Burial: Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials: Parkinson's Disease Association, 231 Bethesda Ave., Suite 4005, Cincinnati, 45229.
Harold Charles Stubbers, 81, of Cincinnati, died Monday at Vista Care Hospice, Cincinnati. He was vice president of sales for Ilsco Corp., Cincinnati, and a World War II veteran. Survivors include his wife, Shirley Stubbers; sons, Michael Stubbers of Ankeny, Iowa, and Timothy Stubbers of Cincinnati; daughters, Phyllis Taylor and Celeste Young, both of Cincinnati, and Jenifer Goerl of Marino Valley, Calif.; a sister, Audrey Fewell of Elsmere; a brother, Paul Stubbers of Cincinnati; and 11 grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial: 11 a.m. Thursday at Guardian Angels Church, Cincinnati. Visitation begins there at 10 a.m. Burial: Guardian Angels Cemetery. Memorials: Guardian Angels Church, 6531 Beechmont Ave., Cincinnati, 45230. Arrangements: T. P. White & Sons, Cincinnati.
