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Date of these obituaries: 12-03-1999
Bobby Farmer, police chief even criminals respected
Bobby Farmer was the cop that everybody knew and trusted in the small town of Fairview.
As a police officer and chief of police for 18 years, Mr. Farmer must have issued traffic tickets to almost everyone in Fairview - including the mayor, said one of Mr. Farmer's sons, James L. Farmer of Fairfield, Ohio.
Still, Mr. Farmer was so well-liked and respected that when other police departments had warrants for potentially dangerous people, they would ask him to go pick the suspect up.
Mr. Farmer let the suspects finish their coffee before he took them to jail and let them ride in the front seat with him, his son said.
"Everybody liked him because he was fair. He wouldn't handcuff people. They'd say 'I'll let you pick me up, but I won't let those other people arrest me,' " Farmer said.
"And that's just the way Dad was."
Mr. Farmer, 71, of Covington, died at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington.
Mr. Farmer was also a Kenton County Knothole baseball coach and surrogate father to the players for 20 years, his son said.
"He's got 'kids' scattered all over Northern Kentucky," Farmer said. Mr. Farmer started out coaching while his two sons played in the league but didn't want to stop when they got too old for it.
"He just loved the kids," Farmer said.
Mr. Farmer also loved to work and spent time in several different industries, including trucking, Farmer said. At 68, when he finally retired, he was a machine operator at ADVO Inc., an advertising mailing company in Florence.
"He didn't want to stop working," his son said.
Other survivors include a son, Michael Farmer of Lacie; a daughter, Linda Egan of Covington; brothers, Jack Farmer, J.C. Farmer and W.D. Farmer, all of Crab Orchard; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. His wife, Nancy Farmer, died in 1992.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Betty L. Carter, 67, of Alexandria, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include sons, David Groh of Alexandria, Jeffrey Groh of Demossville, Michael Groh of Cincinnati and Steven Groh of Falmouth; daughters, Louise Schwarber of Bellevue, Jacqueline Schultz and Carolyn Vogel, both of Alexandria; and sisters, Helen Groh of Alexandria and Katherine Kiger of Lancaster, Ohio.
Services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to Animal Rescue Fund, 85 Lucy Run Road, Amelia, Ohio 45102.
Irvin Scott Davis, 73, of Owenton, died Thursday at Owen County Memorial Hospital, Owenton. He was a farmer and a member of Park Ridge Baptist Church, Gallatin County.
Survivors include sisters, Lillian Garnett of Peru, Ind., Allie Arso of Cincinnati, Evon Samuels of Owenton and another sister, Esetta.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at McDonald Funeral Home, Seminary Street, Owenton. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in New Liberty Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to National Kidney Foundation, 250 E. Liberty St., Suite 710, Louisville, Ky. 40202.
Virginia Catherine Folmer, 79, of Independence, died Tuesday at Grant Manor Nursing Home, Williamstown. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Independence. Her husband, Howard P. Folmer, died in 1981.
Survivors include a daughter, Laura Huffaker of Covington; sisters, Kave Evelyn Gibson of Oklahoma City, Okla., Hattie Stevens of Wilder, Geneva Schadler of Walton and Nancy Jackson of Seymour, Tenn.; four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1043 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; or First Baptist Church of Independence, 11659 Madison Pike, Independence, Ky. 41051.
Willa May Johnson, 67, of Elsmere, died at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was an employee of Duro Bag Co.
Survivors include a son, Elmer Whitmore of Covington; daughters, Phyllis Gregory of Elsmere, Larna Foster of Ludlow and April Klein of Covington; a brother, Eugene Sellers of Cincinnati; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington. Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere, is handling arrangements.
Owen A. Kennedy, 88, of Fort Mitchell, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a mechanical engineer with McColey's Architects.
Survivors include sisters, Catherine Bain of Erlanger, Mary Kreutzkamp, Ellen "Nell" Meihaus and Ruth Kennedy, all of Fort Mitchell; and brothers, James Kennedy of Erlanger and Thomas Kennedy of Fort Mitchell.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Fort Mitchell. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to charity.
Verne Stikeleather Parry, 84, of Villa Hills, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger.
Dorothy M. Plapp, 88, of Loves Park, Ill., died at 1:55 a.m. Sunday in Swedish American Hospital, Rockford, Ill. She was a member of Forest Hill Evangelical Free Church in Loves Park, where she served as president of the Women's Missionary Society, taught Sunday School and sang in the choir.
She is survived by her husband, Samuel Plapp; sons, David Plapp of San Diego, Samuel Duane Plapp or Erlanger and Steven Plapp of Lisle, Ill.; daughters, Patricia Nelson of Loves Park and Dorothy Clinton of Rockford; sisters, Genevieve Sanderson and Erma Carrigan, both of Florida; 14 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
Services were Wednesday at Forest Hills Evangelical Free Church. Burial was in Willwood Burial Park, Rockford. Delehanty Funeral Home, Loves Park, Ill., handled arrangements.
Mary Theresa Gross Reckers, 71, of Bellevue, died Wednesday at her home. She was a cafeteria worker with Grandview School in Bellevue and Kentucky Fried Chicken and was a member of Sacred Heart Church, Bellevue. Her husband, Raymond Reckers, died in 1994.
Survivors include daughter, Judith Ann Bourque of Cincinnati and Joan Marie Reckers of Florence; sons, William Reckers of Bellevue and Raymond Reckers Jr. of Alexandria; brothers, Frank Gross of Fort Thomas and Joseph Gross of Houston; a sister, Joan Paschen of Bellevue; and two grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Church. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Monday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Ethan Lee Riddle, 4 months, of Florence, died Tuesday at Children's Hospital, Cincinnati.
Survivors include his parents, Deanna and Michael David Riddle of Florence; brothers, Noah Riddle and Liam Riddle, both of Florence; grandparents, Jack and Sandy Whittle of Cincinnati, and Bryant and Carol Riddle of Florence; and great-grandparents, Charles and Colores Greer of Cincinnati, Curtis Whittle of Russell Springs, Ruth Hartman of Wilmington, Ohio, and Pal and Charlotte Riddle of Burgettstown, Pa.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul Church, Florence. Memorials are suggested to St. Paul Church, 7301 Dixie Highway, Florence, Ky. 41042. Stith Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Paul Simpson, 68, of Williamstown, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Hospital/Grant County.
Arrangements are pending at Eckler Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge.
Lloyd E. Wilson, 77, of Williamstown, died Wednesday at his home. He was a retired farmer.
Survivors include his wife, Eunice Felty Wilson; sons, William Charles Wilson of Burlington, David Lloyd Wilson of London and James Edward Wilson of San Bernardino, Calif.; a daughter, Donna J. Wilgand of Philadelphia; his mother, Stella Turner Wilson of Madeira, Ohio; sisters, Catherine Wilson of Hamilton, Ohio, and Mary Louise McCreary of Madeira; nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Williamstown Cemetery.
