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Date of these obituaries: 11-22-1999
David Swecker, helped make Edgewood run
The term "civic-minded citizen" very much fit David B. Swecker.
From serving on the auxiliary police force to helping with the physical work of building a park, Mr. Swecker was involved in the Edgewood community.
Mr. Swecker, 68, of Edgewood, died Saturday in St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He retired six years ago as an electrician with St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
"He was very much interested in our community," said Mr. Swecker's wife, Norma Abbott Swecker.
Edgewood Mayor John Link recalled Mr. Swecker's involvement with the city's recreation program, dating back to the 1970s. "I remember him being with me at Freedom Park cooking hot dogs when we were fighting annexation," said Link.
Lou Noll, former Edgewood mayor and city administrator, said Mr. Swecker helped with the public works committee and more recently was on the Edgewood Board of Appeals.
Aug. 29, 1999, was declared David Swecker Day in Edgewood, to call attention to Mr. Swecker's commitment to the city.
Her husband's involvement ranged from putting a new roof on a building at Freedom Park to grading ball fields, said Mrs. Swecker. "If there was a parade or an election he was always active," she said.
Mr. Swecker also was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War.
Other survivors include a son, Brad Swecker of Villa Hills; a daughter, Diana Mayleben of Edgewood; and three grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. Pius X Church, Edgewood. Visitation will begin there at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014; St. Elizabeth Medical Center South Cancer Care Unit, 1 Medical Village Drive, Edgewood, Ky. 41017; or to charity. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Nelson E. Boyd Sr., doctor for 51 years in Independence
Dr. Nelson E. Boyd Sr. was a family practitioner in every sense of the word.
"He delivered babies and set broken bones. He made house calls, and sometimes went out when the snow was knee deep," said Dr. Boyd's wife, Virginia Kruse Hampton Boyd.
Dr. Boyd, 91, of Independence, died Saturday at his home.
He had a family medical practice in Independence for 51 years and remarked upon retiring in November 1989 that his retirement day was the saddest day of his life.
"He loved being a doctor. That was his life," said Mrs. Boyd.
Dr. Boyd became a doctor in 1938 and interned at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. After his internship, he practiced in Williamstown for a year and then in Freedlandville, Ind., before joining the Army Air Corps during World War II.
During the war he served in the China-Burma-India theater and flew over "the Hump," the military's term for the treacherous Himalaya Mountains, his wife said.
After the war, Dr. Boyd returned to Northern Kentucky and opened his practice in his home on McMilian Drive in Independence. Later he moved the office next door, recalled longtime Independence resident Randall Wagner. "He had a lot of friends out here. At times he was the only doctor in town," Wagner said.
In his later years Dr. Boyd enjoyed traveling at random throughout Kentucky, Mrs. Boyd said. "We would get out to the 3L Highway and he'd tell me to turn right. Then we'd drive wherever the road took us, to the Red River Gorge and even to Tennessee a few times," she said.
Mrs. Boyd, who is a baby-sitter, said her husband took great delight in interacting with the small children, teaching them to shake hands and the like.
A daughter, Julie Boyd, died in 1978. A stepson, Adam Hampton, died in 1977.
Other survivors include sons, Nelson E. Boyd Jr. and Archie Boyd, both of Independence; daughters, Dorothy Dixon of Crescent Springs, Mary Styles of Paducah and Melissa Turner of Independence; a stepson, Alan Charles Hampton of Independence; sisters, Mary E. Boyd and Rebecca Bugg, both of Paducah, and Ruth Ann Thomas of Memphis, Tenn.; seven grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Memorials are suggested to Independence Christian Church, 5221 Madison Pike, Independence, Ky. 41051.
Roberta J. "Bertie" Ralenkotter Baker, 66, of Ludlow, died at 7:10 p.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Henry Church, Elsmere. She also attended Bromley Christian Church.
Survivors include her husband, Robert L. Baker; sons, Robert L. Baker Jr. of Villa Hills, Craig A. Baker of Bromley and Charles E. Baker of Petersburg; sisters, Dorothy Reid of Bowie, Md., and Emma Louise Miles of Lakeland, Fla.; and six grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Ludlow. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Robert Barkley, 87, of Latonia, died at 2:35 p.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He was a retired carpenter and a member of Holy Cross Church in Latonia, American Legion Post No. 203 in Latonia and Teamsters Union Local No. 100 in Cincinnati. He was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II. His wife, Catherine Barkley, died in 1973.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Anthony Church, Taylor Mill. Visitation will begin there at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to American Legion Post No. 203, 38th and Winston Ave., Covington, Ky. 41015. Connley Bros. Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Junior Boyer, 65, of Covington, died at 6:40 a.m. Saturday at Batavia Nursing Home in Batavia, Ohio. He was a professional steel guitar player with Landon Williams and the Hard Times Band. He played the guitar since he was 17. He was an Army veteran.
Survivors include daughters, Arlene Linning of Mount Orab, Ohio, and Delia R. Olson of Georgetown, Ohio; brothers, Paul Boyer of Sparta and Leon Boyer of Morning View; a stepson, Roy W. Shadoan of Peebles, Ohio; sisters, Virginia Huning of Covington, Vivian Still of Bowling Green, Carolyn Fugate of Coldiron and Lilliam Gosney of Miami, Fla.; three grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and his fiancee, Wanda Martineck of Cincinnati.
Services will be at noon Tuesday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery, Mentor.
Arthur Gene Cochran, 71, of Indianapolis, died Sunday in Indianapolis. He was a retired truck driver with Capitol Paper Co. and an Air Force veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Pearl Adams Cochran, formerly of Williamstown; sons, Terry A. Cochran of Indianapolis and Michael L. Cochran of St. Louis; a brother, Marshall Cochran of Virginia; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Wednesday at Shirley Bros. Washington Memorial Chapel, Indianapolis. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Oaklawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Indianapolis. Memorials are suggested to Community Hospital Hospice, P. O. Box 19805, Indianapolis, Ind. 46209.
Joseph Ross Denny, 10 days, of Taylor Mill, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Survivors include his parents, Charley Denny and Angela Claypool of Taylor Mill; a sister, Alexis Denny, at home; grandparents, Ross and Nancy Claypool, and Vicki and Rodney Gould, all of Erlanger, Janet Denny, Charley Denny, Wanda Denny and Joe Holbrook, all of Covington.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Eldora Hardin Harding, 74, of West Union, Ohio, died Saturday at Eagle Creek Nursing Home in West Union. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, James Ernest Harding; sons, Scotty Russell Harding of Maysville, Bennie Harding of Mason County, Allen Harding of West Union, Eddie Harding of Sardis and Jerry Harding of Lewisburg; daughters, Dallas Fay Stephens of Pine Knot, Connie P. Jennings of Maysville, Virginia Cunningham of Dover, Reva Alfrie of Ashland, Ohio, and Jane Nichols of Redkey, Ind.; brothers, Earl Hardin, Bill Hardin, Donnie Hardin, Larry Hardin and Jimmy Hardin; sisters, Gladys Hardin, Betty Planck and Beulah Allen; and 44 grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Palmer Funeral Home, Germantown. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Germantown. Memorials are suggested to American Diabetes Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., West Chester, Ohio 45069.
David Wayne Hewitt, 32, of Harrison County, died Saturday in Harrison County. He was a house contractor.
Survivors include sons, Trent Hewitt and Tyler Hewitt, both of Detroit; his father, Kenneth J. Hewitt of Cynthiana; brothers, Kenneth Lee Hewitt of Lexington and Larry Dale Hewitt of Corbin; sisters, Norma Jean Stidham of Cincinnati, Susan Irene Stidham of Lakeland, Fla., Mary Lou Hunt of Lexington and Nancy Jill Stidham of Cynthiana; and his grandmother, Viola Reed Hewitt of Syracuse, N.Y.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Sunrise Cemetery, Harrison County.
Margaret A. Huesman, 71, of Latonia, died Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Bros. Funeral Home, Latonia.
Leona Massey Innings, 90, of Covington, died Sunday at her niece's home in Butler.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington.
Charles Bill Iseral, 73, of Covington, died at 3:15 p.m. Friday at Florence Park Care Center, Florence. He was a self-employed truck driver and an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Phyllis Arlene Iseral; and sisters, Dorothy Flaig and Mary L. Klump, both of Fort Thomas.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Catchen Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at noon Tuesday. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Carlos Johnson, 72, of Florence, died at 3:45 p.m. Friday at his home. He was a retired painter with Continental Electric Co. and caretaker with Summit Hills Country Club in Crestview Hills. His wife, Betty Beil Johnson, died in 1983.
Survivors include a son, Tom Johnson of Florence; and daughters, Carlotta Ruth Holsclaw and Janet Clark, both of Florence, and Dorothy Huddleston of Covington.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Florence Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Senior Services of Northern Kentucky, 7330 Woodspoint Drive, Florence, Ky. 41042.
M. Elizabeth "Betty" Kenney, 77, of Cincinnati, died Saturday at Deupree Health Center in Cincinnati. She was a secretary. There are no immediate survivors.
Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Beulah Keys, 77, of Florence, died Sunday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence.
Elizabeth Ann "Sue" Maddox, 83, of Fort Thomas, died Saturday at her home. She was a retired secretary with Highlands High School and a member of First Baptist Church of Fort Thomas. She was a past president of the Woodfill School PTA, Highlands High School PTSA and the Fort Thomas PTA Council in Fort Thomas.
Survivors include her husband, Lloyd Maddox; daughters, Susan Lundberg of Fort Irwin, Calif., and E. Jeanne Muhlberger of Alpharetta, Ga.; a son, Lonnie Maddox of Castleberry, Fla.; a brother, Charles Pommerding of Fort Thomas; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to First Baptist Church, 600 N. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; or Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Elvis P. May, 29, of Harrison County, died Saturday of injuries suffered in an auto accident on U.S. 62 in Scott County. He was a Union Millwright worker.
Survivors include his wife, Lisa Dennis May; a son, Tyler Wayne Florence of Harrison County; a stepdaughter, Virginia Lee Richardson of Harrison County; his parents, J. C. and Mary Ann Florence May of Harrison County; brothers, J. C. May Jr. and Grover Scott May, both of Harrison County; a sister, Kristi Anne May of Harrison County; and a step-grandson.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2, Florence, Ky. 41042
Clyde Hubert "Hubie" McCane, 73, of Berlin, died Friday at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Cincinnati. He was a farmer and a member of Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church and the Augusta VFW post. He was World War II veteran. A son, Gary McCane, died in 1984.
Survivors include daughters, Sheila Ann Bowman of Warfield and Neesia R. Hannah of Anchorage, Alaska; sisters, Alberta Staggs of Brooksville, Ann Mary Hitch of Milford, Ohio, and Gladys Hitch of Foster; a brother, Ray McCane of Butler; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Johnsville Cemetery, Foster. Memorials are suggested to Kidney Foundation of Central Kentucky, 2417-B Regency Road, Lexington, Ky. 40503.
Kathryn L. Raisor, 89, of Sanders, died Saturday at Kings Daughters' Hospital in Madison, Ind. She was a homemaker, farmer and former postmaster at the Sanders post office. She was a past president of the Carroll County Homemakers and a member of Whites Run Baptist Church, Daughters of the American Revolution and Whites Run Missionary Society.
She played piano at Whites Run Christian Church for more than 60 years and was a Sunday school teacher at the church for 50 years. She also taught school with Easterday Grade School. Her husband, Luther Raisor, died in 1977.
Survivors include a daughter, Julia Mae Stewart of Prospect; a son, Billy Joe Raisor of Sanders; brothers, Edwin Lewis of Sanders, Toby Lewis of Tucson, Ariz., and Buddy Lewis of Delevan, Wis.; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, Carrollton. Burial will be in Ghent Masonic Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Christian Academy of Carrollton, in care of the funeral home, 809 Highland Ave., Carrollton, Ky. 41008.
Bonnie Lou Reed, 71, of Latonia, died Sunday at Rosedale Manor in Latonia.
Arrangements are pending at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia.
Dorothy Rump, 74, of Taylor Mill, died at 3:41 a.m. Sunday at Vencor Hospital, Louisville. She was a member of St. Anthony Church, Taylor Mill.
Survivors include a sister, Micky Borchers of Taylor Mill; nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Anthony Church, Taylor Mill. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to Donna Halpin Memorial Scholarship Fund, in care of Holy Cross High School, 3617 Church St., Covington, Ky. 41015; or in the form of Masses. Connley Bros. Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Mary L. Scheben, 75, of Cold Spring, died Saturday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Luke Lutheran Church in Cold Spring and the Campbell County Homemakers.
Survivors include her husband, Joseph A. Scheben; a son, Denny Scheben of Covington; sisters, Particia Bianco of Villa Hills and Bonnie Gray of Alexandria; and brothers, Richard Knock of Union and William Knock of Florence.
Services will be at noon Tuesday at St. Luke Lutheran Church. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to St. Luke Lutheran Church, 3917 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring, Ky. 41076. Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Ruth E. Kirby Stokes, 81, of Highland Heights, died Friday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home in Highland Heights. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Grover McMullin Hebert Stokes, preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Paul McMullin of Demossville and Larry McMullin of Park Hills; a sister, Mary Halcomb of Somerset; 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services were this morning at Dowell and Martin Funeral Home, Mount Vernon. Burial was in Pine Hill Cemetery. Peoples Funeral Home, Butler, handled arrangements.
Chester Tabor, 82, of Dover, died Saturday at Meadowview Regional Medical Center, Maysville. He was a retired truck driver. A daughter, Arlie Louise Tabor, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Mattie Adams Tabor; sons, Paul Tabor of Dover and David Tabor of Augusta; daughters, Joyce McGowan and Sue Tucker, both of Brooksville, and Alice Barker of Germantown; sisters, Marie Fox of Mississippi, Rachel Braggs of Michigan, Sarah Meade of Indiana, and Hazel Tabor of Ohio; brothers, Glenn Tabor and John Tabor, both of West Virginia; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Tabor Cemetery, Olive Hill. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Hope, 1 W. McDonald Parkway, Maysville, Ky. 41056.
James A. Wade Sr., 57, of Warsaw, died Saturday at Norton Hospital, Louisville. He was a self-employed floor sander.
Survivors include sons, James A. Wade Jr. and Michael Todd Wade, both of South Carolina, Roy Allen Wade of Latonia and Mark Daniel Wade of Erlanger; sisters, Kathleen Redman of Columbus, Ohio, Irene Purnell of Highland Heights, Margaret Purnell of Warsaw and Nellie Prinzvalli of Erlanger; brothers, Leroy Wade of Carrollton, John Wade of Jackson, George Edward Jordan of Burlington and Thomas Jordan of Burlington; and two grandsons.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Johnsville Cemetery, Foster.
Memorials are suggested to charity.
Margaret O'Bryan Walsh, 90, of Newport, died at 2:13 a.m. Sunday at St. Charles Care Center, Fort Wright. She was a retired secretary with Field Richards & Co. in Cincinnati and a member of St. Francis DeSales Church, Newport.
Survivors include a daughter, Carol Jansen of Crestview Hills; eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Fort Mitchell. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger. Burial will be in Holy Guardian Angels Cemetery, Cincinnati.
Memorials are suggested to Campbell Lodge Boys Home, 150 Skyline Drive, Cold Spring, Ky. 41076.
Paul Williamson, 79, of Warsaw, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. He was a retired farmer.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Williamson; sons, Sonny Williamson of Victoria, Texas, Jerry Williamson of Crittenden and Paul Wayne Williamson of Warsaw; daughters, Shirley Morris and Lisa Williamson, both of Warsaw, and Marylou Spencer of Owenton; a brother, James Williamson of Tacoma, Wash.; a sister, Hallie Ervin of Warsaw; 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Warsaw. Burial will be in Warsaw Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Paint Lick Church Building Fund, Warsaw, Ky. 41095; or St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Joyce True Willoughby, 60, of Williamstown, died at 1:30 a.m. Saturday at her home. She was a member of Williamstown Baptist Church and a member of the church's Super Seniors group.
Survivors include her husband, R. E. "Gene" Willoughby; a son, Randy Willoughby of Florence; a daughter, Sandy Willoughby Lawrence of Williamstown; a stepmother, Nora Ritchie True of Corinth; a brother, Donald E. True of Lexington; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Williamstown Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Williamstown Baptist Church, P. O. Box 214, Williamstown, Ky. 41097.
