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Date of these obituaries: 02-09-2000
Florence's Jimmie Ellen Williams, aided in founding American Diabetes Assn .
Jimmie Ellen Williams was a modest woman who played a key role in the establishment of the American Diabetes Association.
She was an assistant to the late Dr. Cecil Striker, who led efforts to create the American Diabetes Association, which was founded in Ohio in 1941.
Ms. Williams became executive secretary of the association.
"A lot of people aren't aware of the important role Ms. Williams played in the early years of the organization," Tom Kukle, a regional director of the American Diabetes Association, once told Post columnist Omer Johnson.
Ms. Williams, 85, of Florence, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
She was a member of Central Parkway Church of God in Cincinnati, where she was a member of the church's Golden Club.
Ms. Williams was born in Ludlow and graduated from Holmes High School in Covington in the 1930s.
She began work for Dr. Striker in Cincinnati in 1941, and was with him when the American Diabetes Association had its first meeting in Cleveland that year.
Ms. Williams later went to work for General Electric before retiring in the 1960s.
The Northern Kentucky chapter of the American Diabetes Association honored Ms. Williams for her work several years ago.
Ms. Williams' survivors include nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at noon Thursday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Susie Mae Adams, 92, of Carrollton, died at 3:20 a.m. Tuesday at King's Daughters Hospital, Madison, Ind. She was a retired nurse's aide with Carrollton Manor and a member of Cove Hill Baptist Church in Carrollton.
Her husbands, Dennis Earl Ball and Hubert Adams, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, James Howard Ball of Hanover, Ind., and Richard Lee Ball of Round Lake, Ill.; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday and after 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in English Cemetery.
Mildred Leona Ware Frederick Armstrong, 83, of Morning View, died at 8:20 a.m. Tuesday at Rosedale Manor Nursing Home, Latonia. She was a retired secretary with A. B. Dick Co., Cincinnati, and a secretary with Kenton Baptist Church.
She was a member of Oak Ridge Baptist Church in Latonia, Northern Kentucky Republican Women's Club and the Staffordsburg Homemakers, and was a former member of Kenton County Fair Board.
Survivors include her husband, Harry Armstrong; daughters, Joyce Wilson of Amelia, Ohio, Linda Frederick of Morgantown, W.Va., Pat Workman of Independence, Donna Griffin of Fort Mitchell and Judi Rice of Visalia; sisters, Melba Cook and Thelma Davis, both of Piner; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Wilmington Cemetery, Fiskburg.
Memorials are suggested to Oak Ridge Baptist Church, 6056 Taylor Mill Road, Covington, Ky. 41015.
Mary M. Bridges, 79, of Cincinnati, formerly of Ludlow, died at 4:10 a.m. Tuesday at Riverview Nursing Home, Cincinnati. She was a retired seamstress.
Survivors include her husband, Jack K. Bridges; a son, Michael Bridges of Dorr, Mich.; daughters, Theresa Gilland and Patricia Bess, both of Cincinnati, and Jacqueline Kelly of Jefferson, Ohio; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Memorials are suggested to charity of the donor's choice.
Audrey Moran Campbell, 77, of Mays Lick, died at 9:43 a.m. Tuesday at Meadowview Regional Medical Center, Maysville. She was a homemaker. A daughter, Diana Kay Campbell, preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, Cole Campbell; sons, Allen Cole Campbell of Mays Lick and Jackie Lee Campbell of Maysville; a sister, Margaret Marshall of Mason County; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Palmer Funeral Home, Mays Lick. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Shannon Cemetery, Mason County.
Beatrice "Sug" Mae Chumley, 63, of Crescent Springs, died Monday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of Crescent Springs Baptist Church. Mrs. Chumley also operated Sug Day Care in Crescent Springs.
Survivors include her husband, James W. Chumley; daughters, Greta Armstrong of Erlanger and Kathy Vorhees of Independence; a sister, Mary Corbett of Northbrook, Mass.; and six grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Thursday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday. Entombment will be in Highland Mausoleum, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Viola J. Corman, 93, of Nicholasville, formerly of Fort Thomas, died at 9:15 a.m. Monday at Royal Manor Nursing Home, Nicholasville.
She was a deaconess, Sunday school teacher and past president of the Christian Women's Fellowship, and a past president of the Virginia Asher Northern Kentucky Council.
She was a member of the National Federation of Retired Teachers and the Retired Teachers Association of Northern Kentucky, and a past corresponding secretary of the Covington Women's Art Club.
She was a member of Martha Ross Council No. 2 Daughters of American Revolution and Newport International Order of Odd Fellows Rebecca Lodge No. 65, and a past president of both the Business Women's Christian Women's Fellowship of Kentucky and Delta Kappa Gamma's Zeta chapter.
Survivors include a sister, Jessamine Pickering of Victorville, Calif.; and a nephew, Robert Mathews of Nicholasville.
Services will be at 6 p.m. Friday at Madison Avenue Christian Church, Covington. Visitation will be from 4 to 5:45 p.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lexington Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Madison Avenue Christian Church Book of Remembrance, 1530 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky. 41011.
Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Walter Joseph Decker, 91, of Plano, Texas, formerly of Covington, died Monday in Plano. He was a retired employee of the Bank of America and the Turf-Paradise Race Track, both in Phoenix.
He was a member of Knights of Columbus and St. Mark Church in Plano, and a former member of St. Augustine Church, Covington. His wife, Wilma Pickett Decker, died in 1978.
Survivors include a daughter, Lynda Jo Moyer of Plano; a son, William Decker of Garland, Texas; a brother, Paul F. Decker of Flint Ridge, Calif.; sisters, Evelyn Reinke of Fort Wright and Edna Mae Garbon of Cincinnati; and two granddaughters.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 tonight at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington.
Linda Sue Earls, 42, of Covington, died at 11 p.m. Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
She was a host coordinator and receptionist with St. Elizabeth Medical Center North dietary department, and was a member of Covington First Church of the Nazarene, Park Hills.
Survivors include a son, Aaron Earls of Covington; daughters, Crystal Earls, Heather Earls and Belinda Earls, all of Covington; her mother and stepfather, Betty Jane and Jack Miles of Carrollton; sisters, Karen McIntyre and Lisa McIntyre, both of Crescent Springs; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Charles Gravens, 92, of Villa Hills, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Mary Helker, 83, of Villa Hills, died at 12:15 a.m. today at her residence.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia.
Helen Frances Hewitt, 86, of Carrollton, died at 11:47 p.m. Monday at Green Valley Health Care Center, Carrollton. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Henry Hewitt, died in 1955.
Survivors include a sister, Rebecca Pelston of Worthville.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight, and after 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Carrollton.
Carole Ann Matisak Iavasile, 54, of Newport, died at 2:55 p.m. Monday at her home. She was an owner of World Wide Health, a foster parent and vice president of the Northern Kentucky Foster Parent Association.
Survivors include her husband, Frank Iavasile; daughters, Victoria Koors of Independence and Audra Amos of Greenville, Pa.; a son, Richard Moore of Cincinnati; stepdaughters, Robin Harms of Florence and Heidi Leek of Toledo, Ohio; a stepson, David Iavasile of Hebron; sisters, Marilin Stull of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Wyne Gilmore of New York; brothers, Alan Matisak and Philip Matisak, both of Fort Thomas, and James Matisak of Cleveland; and nine grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Holy Spirit Church, Newport. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport. Prayers will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Georgia Kelly, 89, of Covington, died Friday at Ivy Woods Nursing Care C enter, Cincinnati. She was a domestic worker and a member of Macedonia Baptist Church in Covington, where she sang in the choir, taught Sunday school and was in the church missionary group.
Survivors include a niece, Ann B. Walker of Columbus, Ohio.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Macedonia Baptist Church. Visitation will begin there at 6 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Burlington Cemetery. Garr Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is handling arrangements.
Marian Louise Landrum, 76, of Daytona Beach, Fla., died Sunday at Atlantic Medical Center, Daytona Beach. She was a homemaker and a member of Daytona Christian Church.
Survivors include sons, Kenny Landrum and Jimmie Landrum, both of Daytona Beach, and Larry Landrum of Glenwood, Fla.; a sister, Ethel Ishmael of Covington; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Daytona Christian Church, 1135 Sixth St., Daytona Beach, Fla. 32174. Ormond Funeral Home, Ormond Beach, Fla., is handling arrangements.
Charles T. Lawson, 64, of Independence, died at 11:54 p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence.
Arrangements for services are pending at Hamilton-Stanley Funeral Home, Verona.
Lillian Beach Reed, 90, of Bloomington, Ind., formerly of Crittenden, died Tuesday at Bloomington Convalescent Center.
Arrangements are pending at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge.
Fred Reffitt, 61, of Verona, died at 10 p.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Hamilton-Stanley Funeral Home, Verona.
Janet A. Rohan, 66, of Ludlow, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a retired supervisor with the Internal Revenue Service, and a member of Ludlow City Council.
She was a member of the American Legion Post No. 333 Auxiliary, Sun Prairie, Wis., and Federally Employed Women's organization.
Survivors include her husband, James Rohan; sons, Steve Rohan of Edgewood, Michael Rohan of Sun Prairie, Patrick Rohan of Hamilton, Ohio, Mark Rohan of Lexington, Timothy Rohan, Kelly Rohan and Sean Rohan, all of Ludlow; a daughter, Susan Wiethorn of Cincinnati; a brother, Bobby George of Erlanger; 18 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Sts. Boniface and James Church, Ludlow. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Pauline Noel Scroggins, 74, of Dry Ridge, died Tuesday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge.
Eileen L. Soto, 72, of Cincinnati, formerly of Fort Thomas, died Tuesday at Beechknoll Retirement Center, Cincinnati. She was a legal secretary with the Katz, Greenberger and Norton law firm.
Survivors include a daughter, Marquita Adkins of Cincinnati; sons, Baron Soto of Cincinnati and Manuel Soto of Columbus, Ohio; and one grandchild.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Robert H. Venard, 70, of Fort Thomas, died at 9:25 a.m. Tuesday at his home. He was a retired strategic long-range planner with Dubois Chemical Co., and a member of the St. Catherine of Siena Church, Fort Thomas.
He was a member of the church Holy Name Society and was president of Siena Seniors. He was a member of the board of Birthrite, and was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council No. 1301.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Prayers will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; or St. Catherine of Siena Church, 1803 N. Fort Thomas, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Tiffany Paige Wells, 15 months, died at 10:39 a.m. Monday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Survivors include her parents, Amanda Lynn Kessen of Walton and Tommy Dean Wells Jr. of Morning View; grandparents, Jody O'Banion Wells and Tommy Dean Wells Sr. of Morning View, and Martin and Kathy Kessen of Deltona, Fla.; and great-grandparents, Delbert and Dallie Wells of McKee, Ethel Jean O'Banion of Morning View and Ruth Kessen of Erlanger.
Services will be at noon Thursday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to the family, in care of Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, P. O. Box 55, Walton, Ky. 41094.
Randall Wright, 74, of Falmouth, died Tuesday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth.
