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Date of these obituaries: 08-19-1999
George Due Sr., truck driver POW, devoted to family, church
George Joseph Due Sr. was a soft-spoken man who let his actions speak for him.
A talented baseball player during the 1930s, Mr. Due believed in serving his family, his country and his employers.
As a father, Mr. Due always tucked his children in and wished them a good night. As an Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Due was a prisoner of war in Germany for about six months before being liberated by his comrades.
And Mr. Due spent many years as a truck driver with the Bavarian Brewery and Veterans Administration Hospital in Cincinnati.
"He was very soft-spoken but had a great sense of humor," said a daughter, Nancy A. Bloemer of Fort Wright.
Mr. Due, 82, of Covington, died Tuesday at St. Charles Care Center, Fort Wright. He was a trustee of St. John Church in Covington.
Mr. Due was born and raised in Covington. One of his sons, Martin G. Due of Elk Grove, Calif., was part of a reform-minded city commission that helped change Newport during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Mrs. Bloemer said her father enjoyed singing big-band songs and sounded a great deal like Bing Crosby. "Most of his friends called him 'Bing' rather than George," Mrs. Bloemer said.
Mr. Due and his wife, Estelle Ketteler Due, celebrated their 60th anniversary last Tuesday.
"He was determined to make to it to his anniversary," Mrs. Bloemer said.
Other survivors include his sons, George J. Due Jr. of Amelia, Ohio, and Phillip J. Due of Independence; a sister, Mary Catherine Borchers of Fort Wright; 13 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A brother, William Due, died earlier this year.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Charles Care Center. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to St. Charles Care Center, 500 Farrell Drive, Fort Wright, Ky. 41011; or Passionist Nuns, 8514 Crisp Road, Whitesville, Ky. 42378. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Angela Carolina Ballinger, 81, of Silver Grove, died Tuesday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home, Highland Heights. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Kenzie Lowe Ballinger, died in 1971.
Survivors include a daughter, Patricia Griffith of Cold Spring; sons, Dennis Ballinger of Alexandria and William Ballinger of Fort Thomas; five grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Morgan Cemetery, Pendleton County.
Louis D. Cooper, 74, of Fort Mitchell, died at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Deer Parke Care Center, Cincinnati. He was a retired maintenance worker with Kenton County Housing Authority and a member of First Church of the Nazarene, Park Hills. He was a Navy and Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Betty J. Richardson Cooper; sons, Gary Cooper and Danny Cooper, both of Covington, and Michael Cooper of Fort Mitchell; daughters, Deborah Ray and Joyce Potter, both of Covington; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Donald Lee Dunn, 53, of Owenton, died Tuesday at his home. He was a retired farmer.
Survivors include Rose Dunn, who lived with him; a son, Charles Dunn of Owen County; stepdaughters, Glenna Stivers and Debbie Sutton, both of Owen County, Nancy Wagoner of Cynthiana and Patricia Broughton of Bethlehem; stepsons, Gene Taylor of Georgetown and Wayne Dunn of Owen County; sisters, Fannie Miller and Peggy Halfhill, both of Owen County, and Katherine West of Harrodsburg; a brother, Bennie Dunn of Owen County; two granddaughters, 15 step-grandchildren; and five great-granddaughters.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Rogers Funeral Home, Owenton. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Corinth Cemetery.
David Mills, 89, of Latonia, died at 11:20 p.m. Wednesday at Rosedale Manor in Latonia.
Arrangements are pending at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia.
Mary Nixon, 70, of Rising Sun, Ind., formerly of Petersburg, died Tuesday at Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a member of Petersburg Baptist Church. She was Red Cross director for Ohio and Dearborn counties in Indiana, was a life-squad volunteer and served as the Ohio County, Ind., Blood Bank chairwoman. She also worked at the Rising Sun Church of Christ Day Care Center, Rising Sun.
Survivors include her husband, Paul Nixon; daughters, Barbara Christerson and Betty Cosby, both of Rising Sun, Judy Neff of Aurora, Ind., Cheryl Walton of North Bend, Ohio, and Janet Donnellon of Lawrenceburg, Ind.; a son, David Nixon of Rising Sun; brothers, Donald McGuire of Petersburg and David McGuire of Florence; a sister, Alberta Peters of Harrison, Ohio; 12 grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. EDT Friday at Rising Sun Church of Christ. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 EDT tonight at Humphrey-Taylor-Detmer Funeral Home, Rising Sun. Burial will be in Rising Sun New Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Rising Sun Church of Christ, 430 Fifth St., Rising Sun, Ind. 47040; Rising Sun Volunteer Fire Department, Rising Sun, Ind. 47040; or the charity of the donor's choice.
Chester V. Nunnelley, 94, of Covington, died at 12:25 a.m. Wednesday at Deaconess Hospital, Cincinnati. He was a retired employee of Fifth-Third Bank and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Berniece Nunnelley.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Catchen Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
James Michael O'Connor, 77, of Hebron, died Tuesday at his home. He was a retired cargo loading and unloading supervisor with American Airlines, and a security guard for Delta Air Lines. He was a member of Mary Queen of Heaven Church, Erlanger.
Survivors include his wife, Georgine O'Connor; daughters, Barbara Paetow of Chambersburg, Pa., and Trina Ryan of Hebron; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Jo Ann "Butchie" Hicks Reinecke, 45, of Latonia, died at 9:25 a.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. She was a homemaker and a member of Holy Cross Church, Latonia. She was a past president of the Fourth District School PTA, and was the school's 1988-89 Parent Volunteer of the Year. She was past president of the Covington City Council PTA and vice president of the Holmes High School PTSA.
Survivors include her husband, Herman John Reinecke III; a son, Herman John Reinecke IV of Latonia; her parents, Jack and Joan Hicks of Covington; and a sister, Peggy Rowland of Covington.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 9 a.m. Friday at Holy Cross Church. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia. Prayers will be at 8:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to National Kidney Foundation, 30 E. 33rd St., New York, N.Y. 10016; or American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2, Florence, Ky. 41042.
William L. Wells, 61, of Williamstown, died at 9:15 p.m. Wednesday at his residence.
Arrangements are pending at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown.
