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Date of these obituaries: 05-18-1999
Hebron's Nannie Lee Siekman, lifelong teacher, devoted mother
Nannie Lee Siekman, who taught school in Boone County for more than 30 years, died Monday at her Hebron home. She was 84.
The daughter of a Methodist minister, Ms. Seikman was born in California, Ky. She knew well before she graduated from Walton High School that she wanted to become a teacher.
In the 1930s, at a time when few women had the opportunity to go to college, Ms. Seikman received her teaching certificate from Eastern Kentucky University. She started teaching high school students in Hebron.
In 1939, she married
Wilfred Allen Siekman, and three children soon followed.
She quit teaching to raise her children, but when her husband died in 1959, she was left with a family to support and raise on her own.
Ms. Siekman took over her husband's mail route and held together the family farm. In the mid-1950s, at the height of a teacher shortage in Kentucky, she returned to teaching for Boone County Schools. She taught at Hebron Elementary School for many years.
Ms. Seikman returned to EKU to finish her teaching degree, and graduated in 1965. Around the same time, her daughter, Selma Ann Siekman, was getting certification to teach physical education.
"We went back and forth on Saturdays," Selma Siekman, of Hebron, said. "I worked on my master's degree while she finished up her (bachelor's degree)."
Ms. Seikman graduated in 1965.
"She was a real leader," her daughter said. "My sister was mentally challenged, and mother pushed the school system to meet the needs of mentally challenged students."
Boone County eventually implemented a program for students with special needs.
Ms. Seikman also was an elder emeritus of Bullittsville Christian Church in Burlington and a lifetime member of the Boone County PTA.
In her retirement, Ms. Seikman enjoyed sewing, quilting and gardening.
"If you came to see her in the summer time, you never left without an armload of vegetables," her daughter said. "She raised them to give them away."
Other survivors include a son, John Allen Siekman of Beavercreek, Ohio; daughter, Mary Dell Siekman of Hebron; two granddaughters; and one great-grandson.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Bullittsville Christian Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron. Burial will be in Sand Run Cemetery, Hebron. Memorials are suggested to Boone Adult Work Activity Center, 7970 Kentucky Drive, Florence, Ky. 41042; or Bullittsville Christian Church, 3094 Petersburg Road, Burlington, Ky. 41005.
Peggy Alig, 51, of Crestview Hills, died Monday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Grace Kathryn Appel, 88, of Florence, died Sunday at Florence Park Care Center. She was a retired buyer with McAlpin's department store, a licensed practical nurse and member of Erlanger United Methodist Church. She was a member of Boone County Senior Citizens, Kenton Chapter No. 9 Daughters of America and the Kentucky Licensed Practical Nurse Association.
Survivors include a son, Gerald Lunsford of Florence.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Bee Cox, 85, of Cynthiana, died at 2:50 a.m. Monday at Edgemont Manor Nursing Home, Cynthiana. He was a retired farmer and a member of Central Christian Church, Cynthiana.
Survivors include his wife, Maggie Adams Cox; brothers, Volney Cox and Hager Cox, both of Brooksville; and sisters, Wanda Brooks of Brooksville and Daisy Huntwork of Union City, Ind.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Bracken Memorial Cemetery, Brooksville.
Thomas Allan Heidelberg, 49, of Cold Spring, died Sunday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a laborer and a member of Laborer's Union Local No. 265, Cincinnati, and First Christian Church, Maysville.
Survivors include his wife, Diana B. Heidelberg; sons, Thomas A. Heidelberg II of Cold Spring and Chad J. Heidelberg of Wapakoneta, Ohio; his mother, Virginia Heidelberg of Maysville; brothers, William Randy Heidelberg of Toledo, Ohio, and Charles Otis Heidelberg of Bella Vista, Ark.; and a sister, Janice Kay Mitchell of Maysville.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Mays Lick Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to New Hope Christian Church, Parry Lane, Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Father Francis X. Hoffer, O.F.M., 81, of Cincinnati, died May 11 at Bayley Place Nursing Home in Cincinnati.
He was a chaplain at the nursing home.
Survivors include brothers, Father Charles J. Hoffer, J.C.D., of Covington and Ralph Hoffer of Fort Mitchell; and a sister, Frances Hoffer of Fort Mitchell.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7:30 tonight at St. Clement Church, Cincinnati. Visitation will begin there at 6 p.m. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Franciscan Missionary Union, 1615 Vine St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45210.
James M. Mitchell, 79, of Taylor Mill, died at 8:15 a.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a retired switchman with Conrail Railroad, Cincinnati. He was a member of VFW Post No. 4369, Cincinnati, Covington Moose Lodge No. 1469, Newport Elks Lodge No. 273 and American Legion Post No. 110, Port Charlotte, Fla. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Mitchell; a daughter, Rose Marie Polk of San Ramon, Calif.; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Floral Hills cemetery Chapel, Taylor Mill. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice. Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Shirley Rose, 58, of Kenton County, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence.
Lizzie Bell Skirvin, 79, of Carrollton, died Sunday at Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton. She was a homemaker and a member of Bramlet Baptist Church, Carrollton.
Her husband, Robert H. Skirvin, and sons, Beverly Wright and Hubert Wright, all preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Bernice Lansdale of Carrollton; a son, Herbert Wright of Dry Ridge; a stepson, Rev. Robert Skirvin of Hamilton, Ohio; a sister, Virginia Perry of Carrollton; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, Carrollton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Carrollton.
Emily Grace Stegman, 3-day-old daughter of Matthew and Angela Stegman of Florence, died Saturday at her home.
Other survivors include sisters, Danielle Stegman and Lauren Stegman, at home; and grandparents, Ron and Donna Bresser of Ludlow and Jerome and Johanna Stegman of Fort Mitchell.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Burlington. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington, is handling arrangements.
Harold Gene Whitton, 64, of Dry Ridge, died Sunday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was an employee of Grant County Farm Supply, a farmer and a delivery driver with Brock's Furniture, Covington. He was a member of Dry Ridge Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Clara Hisel Whitton; a son, Larry Gene Whitton of Crittenden; daughters, Debbie Ward of Crittenden and Jeanne Flick of Cincinnati; brothers, George Whitton of Crittenden and Walter Whitton of St. Petersburg, Fla.; a sister, Dorothy Johnson of St. Petersburg, Fla.; and nine grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Broadridge Cemetery, Dry Ridge. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 tonight at Mr. Whitton's home, 2190 Knoxville Road, Dry Ridge. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; or Dry Ridge Baptist Church, 19 Broadway, Dry Ridge, Ky. 41035.
Everett "Eric" Wright, 54, of Fort Mitchell, died at 5 a.m. Friday at his home.
Survivors include a son, Lance Wright of Fort Mitchell; a brother, Roy Schaefer of Cincinnati; and sisters, Barbara Jones of Alexandria, Sandy Lucas of Cincinnati and Joy Smith of Dayton.
Memorial services will be at St. Paul Christian Church, Fort Wright. Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere, is handling arrangements.
Paul B. Young, 63, of Dry Ridge, died Friday at his home. He was a retired employee of Watterau Corp., East Butler, Pa., and an Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Young; a son, Paul Young of Donora, Pa.; a daughter, Laurie Hall of Marianna, Pa.; a stepson, Michael Noonan of Dry Ridge; a stepdaughter, Michele Godina of Bethlehem, Ga.; brothers, Daniel Young of Charleroi, Pa., and Richard Young of Bentleyville, Pa.; sisters, Connie Uhutch, Mary Bakitis and Sharon Harper, all of Charleroi, and Katherin McCurry of California, Pa.; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mount Chestnut, Pa., Presbyterian Church. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Edward L. Raisley Funeral Home, Prospect, Pa. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Mount Chestnut.
