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Date of these obituaries: 02-14-2000
The Rev. Roger Louis Kriege, diocese vicar general, chancellor
People sought out the Rev. Roger Louis Kriege when they had a problem.
"He could help them work through it. He had that gift," said Margie Schack, an assistant chancellor in the Diocese of Covington.
"He had a practical mind and a compassionate heart, and he kept them together. He came across as very human and people recognized that quality in him."
Father Kriege, 60, of Erlanger, died at 6 a.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He was the vicar general, chancellor for the Diocese of Covington, and a sacramental minister of the St. William Church in Williamstown.
Father Kriege attended Sacred Heart Elementary School in Bellevue and graduated from Newport Catholic High School in 1957. He was ordained in Rome in 1964, then returned to the Diocese of Covington.
His ministry included serving on the faculty of several high schools. He was the assistant director of the Marydale Retreat House in Erlanger from 1967-69, then returned to education as a teacher at St. Henry High School in Elsmere.
In 1979, Father Kriege began a long career in diocesan administration. In that year, he received the appointment of the diocese vocation director, followed by appointment as the chancellor of the Diocese of Covington in 1987. In 1995, he took on the added responsibility of sacramental minister of St. William Church and St. John Mission in Dividing Ridge.
In September 1996, Bishop Robert Muench conferred the additional titles of vicar general and moderator of diocesan offices on Father Kriege. The following year, Father Kriege was named to the Board of Diocesan Consultors.
In his spare time, Father Kriege enjoyed reading and playing golf.
He was diagnosed with colon cancer in early 1999 and, despite a series of painful and tiring treatments, continued to serve the people of the Catholic Center and the Diocese of Covington.
Survivors include his mother, Mary Louise Kriege; brothers, David Kriege of Villa Hills and Gregory Kriege of Alexandria; and sisters, Jane Kriege of Bellevue and Kathleen Hill of Villa Hills.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the cathedral. Burial will be in St. Pius X Seminary Cemetery, Erlanger.
Memorials are suggested to St. William Church Building Fund, 6 Church Drive, Williamstown, Ky. 41097. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Dorothy Pearl "Granny" Bickers, 77, of Carrollton, died Saturday at Jewish Hospital, Louisville. She was a homemaker and a member of Family Worship Center, Carrollton.
Survivors include a son, Jeff Turner of Carrollton; daughters, Ethel Craig, Belle O'Banion and Etta Bickers, all of Carrollton; a brother, Earl Brown of Monticello; sisters, Oley King of Lexington and Mary Dello of Ghent; 16 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at McDonald Funeral Home, Main Street, Owenton. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Ghent Cemetery.
Evelyn Bihl, 83, of Florence, died Friday at Woodspoint Nursing Home, Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Catchen Funeral Home, Covington.
James R. Blau, 49, of Demossville, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a quality assurance engineer with VALEO Inc., Hamilton, Ohio, and a member of St. John's Mission Church, Demossville, and the American Society of Quality Engineers.
Survivors include his wife, Rosemarie Sellins Blau; a daughter, Jennifer Redden of Butler; sons, James R. Blau and Marc E. Blau, both of Demossville; sisters, Rose Ann Dabek of Cincinnati, Mary F. Breiling of Boulder, Colo., Caroline Meier and Ruth Blau, both of Fort Thomas; brothers, Edward Blau of Marshfield, Wis., and Bernard J. Blau and Robert E. Blau, both of Fort Thomas.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to St. Luke Hospital Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center, Falmouth, Ky. 41040; or St. John's Mission Church, in care of St. William Church, 6 Church Drive, Williamstown, Ky. 41097.
James Ronald French, 54, of Edgewood, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger.
Ruth Graziani, 88, of Florence, died at 9:03 a.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. She was a retired resident manager with Madison House, Cincinnati, and a former employee of Gibson Hotel, also in Cincinnati. Her husband, William Lawrence Graziani, died in 1959.
Survivors include a daughter, Ruth Marie Bell of Casselberry; and two grandchildren.
Private services will be at the convenience of the family. Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
John Grebner, 99, of Erlanger, died at 3:20 p.m. Friday at Woodspoint Nursing Home, Florence. He was a retired watchmaker.
Survivors include a daughter, June Baumer of Erlanger; three grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Henry Church, Elsmere. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested in the form of Masses. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Howard Lee Hoffman, 66, of Latonia, died at 11:23 p.m. Friday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport. He was a former foreman with F&F; Koeing Kramer Co. in Ohio, and an Army veteran of the Korean War. A son, Harold Hoffman, died in 1986.
Survivors include his wife, Rose Marie Jones Hoffman; sons, Howard "Bud" Hoffman of Latonia, Jeff Hoffman of Independence and John Hoffman of Taylor Mill; daughters, Debbie Hoffman of Taylor Mill, Martha Hamilton of Dry Ridge, Tina Nelson of Union, Edee Rose of Florence, Betty Whitener of Cincinnati and Amber Bishop of Independence; his father, Harold Hoffman of Latonia; 20 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Reva Landrum, 70, of Florence, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington.
Linda Marie Baughn Loman, 41, of Erlanger, died Jan. 23 in Upland, Calif. A son, Christopher Lee Baughn, died in 1990.
Survivors include sons, James Thomas Loman of Burlington and Aaron Davis Loman of Spring, Texas; her father, James "Buck" Baughn of Erlanger; a brother, David O. Baughn of Florence; and a sister, Cindy Baughn Vaughn of Corbin.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge.
Mary Elizabeth Morgan, 73, of Maysville, died at 5:10 a.m. Sunday at her home. She was a waitress with the former Morgan's Restaurant in Maysville. Her husband, Earl A. Morgan Sr., died in 1990.
Survivors include a son, Earl A. Morgan Jr. of Umatilla, Fla.; daughters, Paula Spencer of Umatilla and Sharon M. Horner of Maysville; brothers, William H. Jones Jr. of Prattville, Ala., Ray L. Jones of Maysville and Jerry L. Jones Sr. of Sullivan, Mo.; a sister, Patricia Gregory of Covington; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Brell and Son Funeral Home, Maysville. Visitation will begin there at noon Tuesday. Burial will be in Washington Baptist Cemetery, Maysville. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Hope, 1 W. McDonald Parkway, Maysville, Ky. 41056.
M. C. Ogden, 65, of Ruddles Mill, died Friday at St. Joseph Hospice Care Center, Lexington. He was a retired farmer and attended Ruddles Mill United Methodist Church, Bourbon County.
Survivors include his wife, Connie Jett Ogden; sons, Montana Ogden of Bourbon County and Rodney Ogden of Harrison County; brothers, Forest Glen Ogden of Dayton, Ohio, and Gary Ogden of Frankfort; sisters, Linda Joann "Sally" Poe of Nicholasville, Brenda Redmond and Judy Ogden, both of Frankfort; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 508 E. Pike St., Cynthiana, Ky. 41031.
Gwendolyn Frances Page, 44, of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Cynthiana, died Wednesday in Tucson. She was a former employee of Edgemont Manor Nursing Home, and a member of St. James A.M.E. Church, Cynthiana.
Survivors include her mother, Cecile Lynem Page of Cynthiana; brothers, Kenneth Wayne Page of Hampton, Va., Lavon Stanley Page and Gary Lee Page, both of Tucson; and a sister, Annetta Harshaw of Tucson.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at St. James A.M.E. Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the church. Burial will be in Cherry Grove Cemetery, Harrison County. Memorials are suggested to St. James A.M.E. Church Building Fund, P. O. Box 776, Cynthiana, Ky. 41031.
Emily Miller Reeves, 75, of Florence, died at 3:20 p.m. Saturday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of the Stringtown Woman's Club and the Hospitality Homemaker's Club. She was also instrumental in establishing the Boone County Library and served on its board of directors for many years.
Survivors include her husband, Hatton H. Reeves; daughters, Connie Reeves Schulte of Holden Beach, N.C., and Mary Jane Reeves Wood of Florence; a son, Robert Hatton Reeves of Georgetown, Texas; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Boone County Public Library, 7425 U.S. 42, Florence, Ky. 41042; or Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Shawnta L. Sanders, 24, of Covington, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington. She was a homemaker and a child-care provider.
Survivors include daughters, Daniesha Shaw and Gertyra Shaw; her parents, Benora Sanders and James Palmer; brothers, Eric Sanders, Kevin Battle, Jim Palmer and Christopher Palmer; sisters, Pamela Sanders and Lisa Palmer; grandmothers, Alice Turner and Dorothy Walton; and great-grandmother, Mittie Walton.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Everybody's Tabernacle, 2622 Gilbert Ave., Latonia. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Mary Smith Cemetery, Elsmere. Jones and Simpson Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Anne N. Kusso Saunders, 82, Pensacola, Fla., formerly of Newport, died Friday in Pensacola. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Paul Saunders; and sons, Ricky Saunders and Randy Saunders, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Shirley Dickmeyer of Pensacola; sons, Paul T. Saunders Jr. of Macon, Ga., and Ralph Saunders of Killen, Ala., Greg Saunders of Pensacola, Steve Saunders of Bellevue and Doug Saunders of Sunvalley; 20 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will begin there at noon Tuesday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Charles L. Stanley Sr., 70, of Elsmere, died at 11:25 p.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He was an employee of the city of Covington Recreation Department and an Air Force veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include sons, Charles Phelps and Charles Stanley Jr., both of Elsmere; daughters, Wanda Rogg of Newport, Shirley Gent of Erlanger, Judy Andrews, Margie Stanley and Geri Fields, all of Covington, Sandy Bohart of Alexandria, Charlene Stanley of Grants Lick, Cheryl Abney of Taylor Mill and Patty Strickland of Latonia; sisters, Evelyn Block of Mississippi and Carolyn Krebs of Bromley; 38 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Catchen Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
Rosemary Tallarigo, 70, of Ludlow, died Friday at her home. She was a security guard with Cincinnati Art Museum.
Survivors include her husband, Albert Tallarigo; sons, Albert Tallarigo of Highland Heights and Michael Tallarigo of Los Angeles; daughters, Christine Mayer of Newport, Sharon Rose Krivos of Boynton Beach, Fla., Karen Tallarigo and Kathryn Tallarigo, both of Florence, and Tina Marie Rust of Columbia, Md.; 10 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. Benedict Church, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2, Florence, Ky. 41042; or Lemonade Society, Covington. Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow, is handling arrangements.
Glenn Utz, 68, of Bellevue, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a rate clerk with Consolidated Freightways and a member of Lawler-Hanlon VFW Post No. 5662, Newport.
Survivors include his wife, Hazel Utz; a daughter, Sherry Booth of Southgate; stepdaughters, Carolyn Chapman of Middletown, Ohio, and Cathy Jones of Morrow, Ohio; sons, Joseph Utz of Burlington and Steve Utz of Fort Mitchell; stepsons, Charles Maynard of Silver Grove and Leon Maynard of Mount Olivet; a brother, Ron Utz of Dayton; six grandchildren; and three step-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery.
Jean Clark Wetzel, 85, of Covington, died at 3:36 a.m. Saturday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was an executive secretary with Thomas E. Wood Insurance Co.
Survivors include a son, Dan Wetzel of Strongsville, Ohio; a brother, Robert W. Clark of Orlando; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Tuesday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
