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Date of these obituaries: 08-26-1999
Wanda Poore Atha, teacher, won Golden Apple Award
Wanda Poore Atha excelled at nearly every endeavor she undertook.
A Pendleton County native, Mrs. Atha and her husband of 51 years, William Atha, raised sheep, cattle and tobacco for many years in Grant County.
She was honored as Kentucky Master Farm Homemaker.
Then in 1968, the family left the farm for Florence. Atha, after the age of 40, enrolled at Northern Kentucky University and received her bachelor's and master's degrees in education. She went on to win a prestigious Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching.
She taught for more than 18 years in the Boone County School District, mostly at Florence Elementary School.
Mrs. Atha, 69, died of cancer at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at her home.
Mrs. Atha was the older sister of Dr. Floyd G. Poore of Florence, a former Kentucky transportation secretary and Democratic gubernatorial candidate.
Like her brother, Mrs. Atha was a people person who made friends wherever she went, said her daughter, Cheryl Caldwell of Georgetown.
"She was rather quiet, but she was always hard-working," Ms. Caldwell said. "That was her greatest strength."
She said her mother was an excellent role model.
"She was always there for me," Ms. Caldwell said.
"She always made sure I got my projects done. She taught me to be persistent and consistent. She was a great mom. She couldn't have been better."
Mrs. Atha was a member of Florence Baptist Church.
Other survivors include her husband, William A. Atha Sr.; a son, William Allen Atha Jr. of Monterey; her stepmother, Pearl Poore of Williamstown; a brother, Ralph Poore of Florence; a sister, Jewell Martin of Williamstown; four grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Entombment will be in Highland Mausoleum, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Arthur W. Averbeck, 68, of Fort Wright, died Wednesday at University Hospital, Cincinnati. He was a machine repairman with the Ford Motor Co., Cincinnati, and owner of Averbeck Photography. He was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II.
His wife, Anna H. Averbeck, died in 1994. A son, Dennis Anthony Averbeck, died in 1979.
Survivors include a son, Lawrence J. Averbeck of Walton; a sister, Evelyn Patton of Covington; and three grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Timothy Church, Union. Visitation will be from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to University Hospital Congestive Heart Failure Clinic, 234 Goodman St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45267.
Catherine E. Rekers Behler, 76, of Fort Wright, died at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Agnes Church, Fort Wright. Her husband, Walter F. Behler, and a son, Joseph Behler, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Mark A. Behler of Fort Wright, Mike Behler of Decatur, Ga., and Jerry Behler of Fort Thomas; a daughter, Mary Pat Behler of Independence; a brother, William Rekers of Taylor Mill; and three grandchildren.
Memorial Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Agnes Church. Mrs. Behler bequeathed her body to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Memorials are suggested to Cancer Family Care, 7162 Reading Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45237; or St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Alice L. Childers, 78, of Cincinnati, formerly of Latonia, died Saturday at Vista Care Hospice, Cincinnati. She was a credit officer with Shillito's Department Store.
Survivors include her husband, George J. Childers; a daughter, Barbara J. Rendler of Newtown, Ohio; and two grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Veronica Church, Cincinnati. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Saturday. T. P. White and Sons Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is handling arrangements.
Hayes Coleman Jr., 62, of Sparta, died Saturday at Carroll County Memorial Hospital, Carrollton. He was a member of Sparta Christian Church. A son, Gregory Allen Coleman, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Lewis Coleman; daughters, Cathy Armstrong and Pam Coleman, both of Sparta; sisters, Judy Snodgrass of Maysville and Phyllis Runion of Kentucky; and two grandchildren.
Services were this morning at Sparta Christian Church. Rogers Funeral Home, Owenton, handled arrangements.
Marjorie M. Heim Donovan, 77, of Crestview, died Aug. 18 at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a retired commercial artist with Gibson Perin Lithographers, Cincinnati.
Survivors include her husband, Charles M. Donovan.
Memorial Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 4 at St. Joseph Church, Cold Spring. Ohio Cremation and Memorial Society, Cincinnati, is handling arrangements.
Judy Ann Dyas, 52, of Highland Heights, died Tuesday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home in Highland Heights. She was a retired nurse's aide with Baptist Convalescent Center in Newport and a member of First Baptist Church, Newport.
Survivors include sons, Mike Slone of Newport, Denny Slone of Edgewood, Robert Dyas of Florence and Tim Dyas of Elsmere; daughters, Judy Dyas of Newport and Karen Spurlock of Atlanta; a sister, Carol Wells of Newport; and 11 grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will begin there at noon Friday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Kathleen Key Farrah, 86, of Florence, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence. She was a former teacher. Her husband, Emerson Farrah, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Jack Farrah of Cincinnati; and one granddaughter.
No services are planned. Fares J. Radel Funeral Home and Crematory, Cincinnati, is handling arrangements.
Louis M. Henderson, 55, of DeLand, Fla., formerly of Morning View, died at 10:45 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Hospital West Volusia in DeLand. He was a retired mechanical technician with Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, and a member of Corpus Christian Church, Cincinnati. He was a member of the COPS law enforcement program in DeLand.
Survivors include his wife, Judy Brown Webster Henderson; a son, William Roy Henderson of Chicago; daughters, Regina M. Brownfield of Erlanger and Tracy Clayton of Chicago; stepsons, Charles Allen Webster and John Thomas Webster, both of Walton; his mother, Mary Theresa Henderson of Cincinnati; brothers, John Robert Henderson of Seven Hills, Ohio, and Richard Henderson of Cincinnati; sisters, Toni Hurst of Mason, Ohio, and Doris Reuthe of Cincinnati; and eight grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to American Diabetes Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., West Chester, Ohio 45069.
Ouida A. Hensley, 82, of Ludlow, died at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth South, Edgewood. She was a retired tax examiner with the Internal Revenue Service in Covington and a member of First Presbyterian Church, Ludlow. Her husband, Richard C. Hensley, died in 1986.
Survivors include a son, Richard L. Hensley of Ludlow; a brother, Tom Rose of Lexington; six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Friday at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to First Presbyterian Church, 429 Oak St., Ludlow, Ky. 41016.
Lorinda F. Hopper, 57, of Covington, died Tuesday at her home. She was retired from Cooper Hewitt Electric Co., Erlanger. Her husband, Gerald Hopper Sr., died in 1998.
Survivors include sons, Gerald Hopper Jr. and Harold Hopper, both of Covington; daughters, Tonia Hopper and Torinda Mister, both of Covington; a brother, Earl Powell Jr. of Covington; a sister, Dolores Albers of Union; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Loretta Stumpf Jones, 94, of Fort Thomas, died Monday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Anne Auxiliary. Her husband, Alfred Jones, died in 1996.
Survivors include a son, James Jones of Newport; a sister, Mae Brown of Las Vegas; a brother, Raymond Stumpf of Newport; one grandchild; four great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Therese Church, Southgate. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Eleanor McNay, 69, of Butler, died Tuesday at University Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a homemaker and a former Campbell County High School bus driver. She was a former treasurer with the Pendleton Youth Football League and organized fund-raising bingo games for the league. Her husband, William McNay, died in 1984.
Survivors include daughters, Anna Stakelin and Tina McNay, both of Cynthiana, and Rose Lindsey of Butler; sons, William McNay of Melbourne, Gary McNay of Berry and Wayne McNay of Butler; sisters, Ethel Smith of Crescent Springs and Stella Rehmet of Louisville; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Friday at Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington.
Janice Messer, 53, of Jonesville, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Grant County in Williamstown.
Arrangements are pending at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge.
Patricia Anne Moreland, 61, of Frankfort, died Monday at Vencor Hospital, Louisville. She was retired from the State of Kentucky Natural Resources Department and was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Frankfort.
Survivors include a son, David Moreland of Louisville.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at McDonald Funeral Home, Main Street, Owenton. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton. Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.
Lyle Peter Pribble, 75, of Demossville, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. He was a retired maintenance supervisor with Interstate Bakery, a member of Pleasant Hill Christian Church in Pendleton County and a Marine Corps veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Trudy Pribble; sons, Lyle H. Pribble of Taylor Mill, Steve Pribble of Florence and Mark Pribble of Peach Grove; a daughter, Tracey Pribble of Taylor Mill; brothers, Tom Pribble of Butler and David Pribble of Falmouth; a sister, Ruby Owen of Butler; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Peoples Funeral Home, Butler. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Butler Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Betty Shop Schroder, 72, of Cynthiana, died Tuesday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Edward Church, Cynthiana.
Survivors include her husband, Robert A. Schroder; sons, Charlie J. Schroder and Bobby A. Schroder, both of Harrison County; daughters, Mary Lee Stephens of Louisville, Linda Twehuse of Williamstown and Diana Lukins of Harrison County; a sister, Thelma Murphy of Beech Grove, Ind.; and nine grandchildren.
Memorial Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Edward Church. Memorials are suggested to St. Edward Church, Cynthiana, Ky. 41031; or American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2, Florence, Ky. 41042. Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana, is handling arrangements.
Mary E. Waddell, 82, of Yorktown, Ind., formerly of Covington, died Tuesday at Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Ind. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a daughter, Kathleen Carter of Muncie; and three grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to American Diabetes Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., West Chester, Ohio 45069. Meeks Mortuary, Muncie, is handling arrangements.
Mary Wieloch, 64, of Taylor Mill, died at 3 a.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. She was a retired elementary school teacher and a former golfer. A son, Bernard Wieloch Jr., died in 1989.
Survivors include daughters, Susan Flischel of Taylor Mill, Jane Zee Zoufaly of Centerville, Mass., and Anne Morley of Buford, Ga.; brothers, Charles Tabaka, Richard Tabaka and Peter Tabaka, all of New Carlisle, Ind.; sisters, Donna Bremner of Escondido, Calif., and Carol Covelli of New Berlin, Wis.; and three grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. C.D.T. Friday at St. John Kanty Church, Rolling Prairie, Ind. Memorials are suggested to Northern Kentucky Adult Reading Program, P. O. Box 1206, Covington, Ky. 41012. Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Ransom M. Williams, 85, of Hebron, died Tuesday at Colonial Heights, Florence. He was an inspector with Ford Motor Co. His wife, Dorothy B. Williams, and a son, Terry Williams, preceded him in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Carol Adkisson; a son, Dale Williams; a sister, Ruby Kimmons; a brother, Tommie Byrd; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul Christian Community Church, Fort Wright. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at T. P. White & Sons Funeral Home, Cincinnati. Entombment will be in Rest Haven Mausoleum, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to the American Parkinson's Disease Association, 222 Piedmont Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.
