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Date of these obituaries: 01-03-2000
Raymond B. Mersch, butcher
Raymond B. Mersch passed along a lesson in cordiality to his son, Mike.
"I walked about three blocks with him, and we must have passed 10 or 15 people. He said 'hello' to all of them. He told me it was a gesture which cost nothing and meant a great dea l to people," said the younger Mersch, of Bradenton, Fla.
Raymond Mersch, 84, of Covington, died Saturday morning in St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington.
Mr. Mersch was a retired butcher who worked in Covington groceries and later with Fedders Meat Market in Crescent Springs. He had left school to help his family and began working as a butcher, said his son, Mike, and daughter, Jo Cannon. Over the years Mr. Mersch worked for several stores, including Norb and Willard's, which was connected with his wife's family, at 21st and Howell streets and another at 12th Street and Scott Boulevard. Both were in Covington.
"He loved people," said Mrs. Cannon, of Edgewood.
Mr. Mersch was also well known through church organizations and his duties as an usher at Blessed Sacrament Church in Fort Mitchell. He regularly served as an usher and took up the collection at the 4 p.m. Mass on Saturday, Mrs. Cannon said.
In his earlier years, Mr. Mersch was president of the Holy Name Society and a member of the Path Finders organization at St. Augustine Church in his native Peaselburg neighborhood. More recently he was a member of Fort Mitchell Seniors and a past president of the Tri-City Seniors.
Mr. Mersch liked to travel and often went to Michigan. Just over a year ago he visited Oregon with his son, Mike, and daughter-in-law. At age 83, he climbed a sand dune on the coast, and called it "the highlight of my life," Mrs. Cannon said.
Mr. Mersch's wife, Dorothy E. Menkhaus Mersch, died in 1991.
Other survivors include a daughter, Linda Hugenberg of Covington; brothers, Norbert Mersch of Covington and Jerome "Bud" Mersch of Florence; sisters, Esther Clark of Rising Sun, Ind., and Marian Nienaber of Florence; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Blessed Sacrament Church. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014; or American Diabetes Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., West Chester, Ohio 45069. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Shirley Brockley Adamson, 46, of Moorefield, died Saturday at Nicholas County Hospital, Carlisle. She was a former Jockey International employee.
Survivors include her parents, Howard and Louise Ashcraft Brockley of Cynthiana; and sisters, Carolyn Moran of Maysville, Linda Fralix of Bracken County, Connie Joseph of Saylersville and Anita Forsythe of Harrison County.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Bracken Memorial Cemetery, Brooksville.
Aileen Roddy Box, 76, of Greeneville, Tenn., died Saturday at her home. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Frank Box, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Arthur Box of Cheyenne, Wyo.; a daughter, Mary Ann Box Bridges of Greeneville; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana.
Carlton Watts Bradford, 83, of Erlanger, died at 2:45 p.m. Thursday at Woodspoint Nursing Home, Florence. He was a retired mechanic with Bode-Finn in Cincinnati and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Mabel Antrobus Bradford; and sisters, Ruth Thompson of Cincinnati and Marcella Bradford of Ft. Mitchell.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to First Baptist Church, 14 Brent Spence Square, Covington, Ky. 41011; or Cornerstone of Faith Assembly of God, P. O. Box 255, Dry Ridge, Ky. 41035.
Pauline Crowe Brown, 75, of Demossville, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a retired file clerk and homemaker, and a member of the Estill County Genealogical and the Red River historical societies.
Survivors include her husband, William Brown; a son, Joel Wesley Brown of Piner; daughters, Sharon Sue Gibson of Elsmere, Janet Kimberly Rust of Piner, Vicki Lea Webb of Oxford, Ohio, Patricia Ann Mullins of Demossville, Judith Gayle Peebles of Dry Ridge and Deanna Rae Slivey of Erlanger; brothers, Donald Crowe of Costa Rica, Uyles Clay Crowe of Trenton, Ga., and Thomas Crowe of Titusville, Fla.; a sister, Janet Morgan of Warsaw; 14 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge. Memorials are suggested to Lighthouse Church, Sparta Road, Owenton, Ky. 40359.
Helen Cooper, 65, of Covington, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere.
Edward Cryer, 51, of Fort Thomas, died Thursday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport. He was a retired group leader for Williamson Heat and Air Conditioning in Cincinnati and a member of First Baptist Church, Newport.
Survivors include his wife, Janet Cryer; and a son, Brett Cryer of Fort Thomas.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will in Alexandria Cemetery.
Margurite Elizabeth Shea Davis, 89, of Latonia, died 4:32 p.m. Thursday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. Her husband, Roger Davis, died in 1966. A son, Jim Davis, died in 1990.
Survivors include daughters, Beverly I. Lynch and Carol Sue Waibel, both of Newport; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Highland cemetery Chapel, Fort Mitchell. Burial will be in the Highland Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014. Connley Bros. Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Graham Grigson Galloway, 78, of Berlin, died Thursday at his home. He was a retired milk truck driver, a dairy and tobacco farmer and an elder at cemetery Chapel Christian Church in Lenoxburg. He was a member of Foster Masonic Lodge No. 274, Augusta VFW Post No. 9535 and the Bracken County ASCS Board. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Marilyn Insko Galloway; daughters, Ginger Kaye Galloway of Tucson, Ariz., Jennifer Dawn Robbins of Great Falls, Montana, and Jacquelyn Joy Galloway of Moss Beach, Calif.; a son, Regan Allen Galloway of Brooksville; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at cemetery Chapel Christian Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Burial will be in Lenoxburg Cemetery, Foster. Memorials are suggested to cemetery Chapel Christian Church, Lenoxburg, Ky. 41040; or to charity.
Albert Hall, 91, of Alexandria, died Sunday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home, Highland Heights. He was a retired security guard with Palm Beach Co., Newport. His wife, Fannie Hamblin Hall, died in 1977. Children Burt Hall, Virgil Hall and an infant, also preceded him in death.
Survivors include a son, Bobby Hall of Alexandria; a sister, Rosie Murphy of Hamilton, Ohio; brothers, Kelly Hall and Sam Hall, both of Hamilton; eight grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will begin there at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Joanne Teresa Hinkle, 61, of Burlington, died at 8:26 a.m. Saturday at Milan Health Care Center in Milan, Ind. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, M. William Hinkle; a son, Jeffery Hinkle of Cincinnati; daughters, Kimberly Peterson of Houston and Megan Hinkle, at home; and a brother, Robert Pattison of Covington.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Burlington. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 5876 Veterans Way, Burlington, Ky. 41005.
Dorothy A. McDole Holland, 70, of Carrollton, died Sunday at Norton's Hospital, Louisville. She was a homemaker. A daughter, Linda Pendygraft, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Bobby May of West Carrollton, Ohio; daughters, Priscilla Taylor and Jo Carolyn Callahan, both of Irvin, Barbara Jo Webster of Sparta and Lee Robbins of Carrollton; brothers, Bobby Gene McDole of Carrollton and Ernest William McDole of Attleboro, Mass.; sisters, Ida Whitaker of Dayton, Ohio, and Oudia Johnson of Hamilton, Ohio; 13 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, and after 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Bedford.
David C. Lamb Jr., 74, of Fort Mitchell, died 2:20 a.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a security guard at Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Airport and a retired stationary engineer for the Cognis Corp. in Cincinnati. He was a member of the Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Lakeside Park, the Kissimee Grotto, Scottish Rites, Latonia Masonic Lodge No. 746 F&AM and Toast Masters. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Carol Burns Lamb of Fort Mitchell; brothers, Charles Lamb of Cincinnati, James Lamb of Taylor Mill and Bill Lamb of Richwood; sisters, Rena Kennedy of Taylor Mill, Elizabeth Brannon and Ruth Petrik, both of Cincinnati, and Jean Scalf of Maineville, Ohio.
Memorial services will be at 7 tonight at Lakeside Presbyterian Church. Memorials are suggested to American Red Cross, 59 Carothers Road, Newport, Ky. 41071. Connley Bros. Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Clara D. Dorger Martin, 100, of Villa Hills, died at 11:45 p.m. Friday at Madonna Manor Nursing Home in Villa Hills. She was a retired nurse and secretary in the offices of Drs. Phillip H. Dorger and John A. Dorger. Her husband, George Martin, preceded her in death.
Survivors include nephews, Dr. Richard Dorger of San Francisco, Samuel Dorger of Florence and Thomas Dorger of Lakeside Park.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Madonna Manor. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Jesse McCreary, 68, of Carrollton, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a retired employee of Carrollton Utilities.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Danner McCreary; a stepdaughter, Marguerite Berry of Carrollton; daughters, Wilma Robertson, Lynn Robertson and Marsha Robertson, all of Carrollton; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Carrollton.
Ruth E. Whinghter Myers, 87, of Florence, died Saturday at Dearborn County Hospital in Lawrenceburg, Ind. She was a retired clerk with the Cincinnatian Hotel. Her husband, Elmer Myers, died in 1986. A daughter, Suzanne Clark, also preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Robert Myers of Cincinnati and Greg Myers of Florence; a brother, George Whinghter of Cincinnati; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Arlington Memorial Gardens, Cincinnati.
Oscar H. Owens, 83, of Newport, died Friday at his home. He was a self-employed mechanic, a past master of Henry Barnes Masonic Lodge No. 607, and Order of the Eastern Star, Dayton. His wife, Kathryn Owens, died in 1965.
Survivors include daughters, Vickie Gaskins of Harrison, Ohio, and Jean Tischner of Erlanger; sons, Louis C. Owens of Cincinnati and Oscar E. Owens of Alexandria; 12 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Mary Egbring Parks, 91, of Newport, died at 7:55 a.m. Saturday at Woodspoint Nursing Home, Florence. She was a retired machine operator with Delmar Box Co. in Cincinnati and a member of Adult Day Care at the Salvation Army in Newport. Her husband, Joseph Parks, and a daughter, Jean Fowee, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Shirley Clay of Florence; a son, Joseph Parks of Radcliff; two granddaughters she raised, Vicki Williams of Newport and Debbie Wilson of Alexandria; 14 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; and 17 great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Salvation Army, 340 W. 10th St., Newport, Ky. 41071.
Mary Perkins, 84, of Independence, died Saturday at Gallatin Health Care Center, Warsaw. She was a former punch press operator with Heekin Can Co. and a member of Hickory Baptist Church in Kenton County. Her husband, Ernest Perkins, died in 1985. Sons William Benjamin Perkins (1941), Frederick Perkins (1963) and Donald Perkins (1991), also preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Hilda Lawson of Independence; a son, Ernest M. Perkins of Warsaw; a sister, Lena Rieman of New Richmond, Ohio; 10 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will begin there at noon Tuesday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Faye Weaver Rapp, 55, of Morning View, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a button maker with Red River Hat Co. in Florence. A son, Kenneth Rapp, preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Jeff K. Razor of Morning View and Wayne Razor of Falmouth; a brother, Darryl Weaver of Independence; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the family.
Alvera Rosenfield, 74, of Fort Thomas, died Thursday at Highlands of Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker and a self-employed bookkeeper.
Survivors include a daughter, Marilyn McGinley of Camp Springs; sisters, Marian Cropper of Highland Heights, Helen Johnson of Bellevue and Ann Weller of California; a brother, Harold Stadtmiller of Lexington; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial will be held at 6 p.m. today at Mother of God Church, Co vington. Visitation will begin there at 4 p.m. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Alzheimer's Association, 644 Linn St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45203. Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, handled arrangements.
William "Sparky" Sparks, 74, of Erlanger, died at 12:55 p.m. Thursday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home, Highland Heights. He was a bus driver with Alamo Car Rental. His wife, Ruby Sparks, died in 1998.
Survivors include a son, Bill Sparks of Florence; daughters, Shirley Hopper of Latonia, Connie Perkins of Warsaw and Debra Patterson of Grants Lick; a brother, Robert Sparks of Bethel, Ohio; sisters, Peggy Brown of Bethel, Brenda Harvey of Ohio, Niece Sparks of Texas and Ollie Ellenberd of Tennessee; 11 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Janet Nina Steger, 74, of Florence, died Saturday at her home. She was a homemaker and a retired receptionist with Dr. Dale Evans in Covington. She also was a retired employee of The Gap and a member of Florence Baptist Church. Her husband, Donald J. Steger, died in 1970.
Survivors include daughters, Susan Mosier of Indianapolis, Nancy Buchanan of Florence and Jill LeMaster of Frankfort; a sister, Jean Mills of Sagamore Hills, Ohio; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Florence Baptist Church, 283 Main St., Florence, Ky. 41042.
Lillie Mae Davies Wischer, 75, of Taylor Mill, died at 4:05 a.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Anthony Church in Taylor Mill. She was a member of the church Fun Club and the Catholic Ladies of Columbia at the church.
Survivors include her husband, Wilfred Henry "Pete" Wischer; a son, John A. Wischer of Fort Mitchell; a brother, Carl Davies of Newport; and two grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Anthony Church, Taylor Mill. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Connley Bros. Funeral Home, Latonia. Prayers will be at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to St. Anthony Church, 485 Grand Ave., Taylor Mill, Ky. 41015.
