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Date of these obituaries: 10-16-1999
Carl Krebs, built Highland Heights' parks
Anyone who has ever been on a picnic or taken in a ball game at a Highland Heights park has Carl Krebs to thank.
Mr. Krebs, a Highland Heights native, was part of a grass-roots organization committed to raising money for local parks before he helped found the city's parks and recreation commission.
Without him, the baseball, volleyball and soccer fields at Reuscher Park would never have been built, Mayor Charles Roettger said.
They required more than 1,000 cubic feet of dirt to fill a ravine where the fields were to be built. Mr. Krebs got people to donate money but also offered his time and construction equipment for the project.
Mr. Krebs, 70. died Thursday at University Hospital in Cincinnati.
"The community has lost a friend, that's for sure," Roettger said.
Mr. Krebs was a true asset to Highland Heights, Roettger said. He spent more than a decade on the planning and zoning commission, was a founder of the Highland Heights Businessmen's Association and an honorary member of the Highland Heights Volunteer Fire Department.
"He loved his city desperately," said his wife of 20 years, Judith Ann Krebs, a Highland Heights City Council member.
The city would call him at anytime no matter the weather conditions if there was a water main or sewer break, said his son, Joseph Krebs of Highland Heights.
"In 1986, the water mains in most of the cities froze and broke. He and his men worked all Christmas Eve and Christmas Day so people wouldn't be without water," his son said.
Mr. Krebs, an independent contractor, started hauling cinder blocks in 1947, then progressed to hauling sand and gravel and doing excavation work.
He founded Krebs Construction 52 years ago. During the Korean War, his mother ran the business for him.
Mr. Krebs also served as treasurer of the St. Vincent DePaul Society, St. Joseph Council, in Cold Spring.
Other survivors include daughters, Kathleen Maria Copelin of Cincinnati, Lynda Tucker of Highland Heights and Debra Ledermeier of Bellevue; a stepdaughter, Kim Kroger of Ludlow; a stepson, John Brenning of Covington; his mother, Josephine Krebs of Highland Heights; brothers, Paul Krebs of Crestview and Jerome Krebs of Fort Thomas; sisters, Rita Loos and Rose Beckerich, both of Highland Heights, and Mary Buschle of Fort Thomas; four grandchildren; and 10 step-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Church, Cold Spring. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Radel Funeral Home, Highland Heights. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested to St. Vincent DePaul Society, St. Joseph Council, 4011 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring, Ky. 41076.
Floyd W. Adams, 83, of Mason, died at 8:55 p.m. Thursday at Grant Manor Health Care Center, Williamstown.
He was a retired truck driver with Royce Adams Oil Co. in Williamstown and the Grant County Road Department and a former school bus driver with Grant County schools. He was a member of Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Pendleton County and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Rachel Collier Adams; and sisters, Rena Kramer and Alma Heis, both of Erlanger.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown, with visitation from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Williamstown Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Lillian Mae Dawson, 77, of Bellevue, died Friday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
She was a clerk with the Ameristop convenience store in Dayton and a member of Senior Citizens of Bellevue and of St. Anthony Church in Bellevue, where she was in a member of the Altar Society.
Her husband, Max Dawson, preceded her in death. Survivors include sons, Dennis Dawson of Naples, Fla., Gary Dawson and Steve Dawson of Florence, Max Dawson of Crestview and Ronald Dawson of Reno, Nev.; sisters, Margaret Dorgen of Ashland, Ohio, and Rose Lennon of Bellevue; brothers, Joe Simms of Jacksonville, Fla., and Nick Simms of Newport; 17 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony Church. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to Bellevue Senior Center, 300 Washington St., Bellevue, Ky. 41073.
Edward Lee Laytart, 65, of Cynthiana, died Friday at his home. He was a retired employee of Bundy Corp. and a Marine Corps veteran.
A son, Edward Ross Laytart, and a daughter, Norma Jean Parsley, preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife, Martha J. Laytart; sons, Harry Joseph Laytart of Warner Robins, Ga., and Steven Tyler Laytart of Harrison County; a daughter, Sheila Marie Wiglesworth of Covington; brothers, Raymond Laytart of Paris and Howard Lewis Laytart of Hazard; sisters, Mary Fowler and Dorothy Purcell of Harrison County, Martha Sue Welch of Greenfield, Ohio, Ethel Barnes of Paris, Roberta Laytart of Shelbyville and Daisy Williams of Eminence; five grandchildren, four step-grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana, with visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 508 E. Pike St., Cynthiana, Ky. 41031.
Bernard Wilson Lightner, 80, of Edgewood, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
He was a retired ticket agent with Greyhound Bus Co. in Cincinnati; a member of Masonic Lodge No. 849 F&AM in Dry Ridge and American Legion Post No. 20 in Elsmere; and a past state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Kentucky as well as a state Voice of Democracy chairman with the VFW and past commander of Ralph Fulton VFW Post No. 6423 in Elsmere.
He was a former singer with WCKY in Cincinnati and an Army veteran of World War II.
A son, Ronald Lightner, preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife, Gayle Harris Lightner; sons, Gary Lee Lightner of Crittenden, Robert J. Lightner and John P. Lightner of Union, Daniel E. Lightner of Florence and Brian B. Lightner of Edgewood; daughters, Kellie S. Lightner of Edgewood and Kimberly D. Lightner of Cold Spring; 19 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow, with visitation from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to Veterans Administration Nursing Home, 1000 S. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Jenny Crabtree Perkins, 40, of Corinth, died at 3:35 p.m. Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood, after an extended illness.
She was a former office manager with Epperson's Waste Disposal, Williamstown.
Survivors include her husband, Steven N. Perkins; a son, Nathan James Perkins of Corinth; her parents, Leonard Dale Crabtree of Hamilton, Ohio, and Helen Brown Crabtree of Corinth; sisters, Linda Perkins of Dry Ridge and Dawn O'Hara of Corinth; and brothers, Cliff Crabtree of Corinth and Steve Crabtree of Hamilton, Ohio.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown, with visitation from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Williamstown Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 7730 U.S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Woodrow Wilson Ratliff, 73, of Dayton, died at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at University Hospital in Cincinnati. He was a retired employee of Cookwell Screen Co., Cincinnati, an Army veteran of World War II and a former prisoner of war.
Survivors include his wife, Geneva Stephens Kid Ratliff; daughters, Patricia Ann McCulley of Cold Spring, Carolyn Sue Pollitt of Dayton, Sandra Kaye Sanford of Newport and Linda Gail Styer of Grants Lick; a son, Lawrence Stephens of Dayton; sisters, Cora Lee Day and Martha Fields, both of North Vernon, Ind.; a brother, Charlie Ratliff of Whitesburg; 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport, with visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Arleen R. Knoechel Russell, 76, of Alexandria, died at 8:30 a.m. Friday at her home. She was a retired cook with University Hospital, Cincinnati.
Survivors include her husband, John Russell; sons, Daniel Russell of Winter Park, Fla., Michael Russell of Foster and Ronald Russell of Crittenden; a daughter, Jeanette Russell of Alexandria; a brother, Edward Knoechel Jr. of New Richmond, Ohio; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Alexandria Funeral Home, with visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
James-Allen Smith Jr., 74, of Park Hills, died at 7 p.m. Thursday at his home. He was a music instructor, a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and a Coast Guard veteran.
Survivors include his mother, Helen Jacobs Smith of Park Hills; and a sister, Barbara Weichhand of Crestview Hills.
Private services will be at the convenience of the family. Memorials are suggested to the charity of choice. Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Raymon Wayne Smith, 64, of Burlington, died Thursday at Southeast Colorado Hospital in Springfield, Colo. He was a grocery-store owner and a Boone County judge pro-tem from 1964 to 1966. He was a member of the Burlington Volunteer Fire Department and Fire District Board of Trustees, a former president of the Kentucky Grocer's Association and a member of the Boone County Businessmen's Association and Boone County Jaycees.
Survivors include his wife, Kathleen "Tootie" A. Smith; a son, Raymon Wayne Smith II of Burlington; daughters, Pamela Markesbery of Hebron, Kimberly Ann Bankemper of Seminole, Fla., and Renee Smith of Burlington; a brother, William L. Smith of Allen; a sister, Mary Frances Barnes of Edgewood; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence, with visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Burlington Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Burlington Baptist Church, 3031 Washington, P. O. Box 48, Burlington, Ky. 41005, or Florence Lions Club, 29 Lacresta Drive, Florence, Ky. 41042.
