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Date of these obituaries: 03-02-1999
Newport's "Rainey' Cruse, devoted to family, war effort, helping others
Mary Lorraine 'Rainey' Heck Cruse was head inspector of quality control with Alvey and Ferguson Co. in Cincinnati, which made metal casings that were used on fighter planes during World War II.
She took her job very seriously, knowing that explosives were put in the casings, and a defect could be deadly.
'Mom took great pride in the care she put into her job,' said her daughter, Maureen Cruse of Newport.
'My father, who was a decorated veteran of World War II, often remarked that were it not for the war effort back home, their job would have been much tougher.'
Mrs. Cruse, 75, of Newport, died at 3:21 a.m. Sunday at Ivy Woods Care Center in Cincinnati. She had lung disease.
Mrs. Cruse applied as much attention to being a homemaker as she did to the war effort. She raised seven children in a home on Seventh Street in Newport, the same street where she lived almost her entire life.
Her husband, Wade L. Cruse, lived across the street from her when she was in grade school. When he left to fight in the war, Mrs. Cruse worked as a machine operator with Wadsworth Co. in Dayton in addition to her job at Alvey and Ferguson.
Mr. and Mrs. Cruse married
in 1945; he died in 1983.
When they started having children, Mrs. Cruse quit working to raise the family.
'Mom was always the "home effort,' ' her daughter said. 'Not a real glamorous job, but she - and the people like her - sure do make it easier on the lives they touch.'
Maureen Cruse described her mother as intelligent and witty.
'She was very outspoken - about everything,' she said. 'If you asked her something, she would give you an honest opinion, sometimes brutally honest. That was part of her charm.'
She was also very giving, Maureen Cruse said. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was not uncommon for homeless people to panhandle at residents' doorsteps. One time, Mrs. Cruse gave away her husband's last clean shirt and all the money in the house.
'She just enjoyed giving. She was always looking out for other people,' she said.
'You always hear people say, "She was just a mother, she was just a housekeeper.' She made a fine art out of being a mother. She had more respect in her job than many CEOs of corporations.'
Other survivors include daughters, Alma Jean Cruse and Sheila Cruse, both of Newport, Cecilia Ann Owens of Florence and Lorraine Ripberger of Cold Spring; sons, Wade J. Cruse and Harry W. Cruse, both of Newport; sisters, Alvera 'Sis' Hornsby of Fort Thomas and Marilyn Heck of Newport; a brother, Roger Heck of Newport; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Corpus Christi Church, Newport. Visitation will begin there at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Edith Osborne Beatty, 77, of Covington, died at 2:25 a.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a homemaker, and a former employee of Center Lanes Bowling Alley in Newport and the Value City department store in Latonia. Her husband, Everett Beatty, died in 1990.
Survivors include sons, Richard Beatty of Union and Jack Beatty of Covington; sisters, Lula Sneed of Henderson, Nev., and Sylvia Beatty of Columbia, S.C.; a brother, Randall Osborne of Frankfort; and one grandson.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Jonesville, Ky., Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Shriner's Hospitals for Children, 3229 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45229.
Marianne Case, 46, of Covington, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington. She was a waitress with Chef Henry's restaurant in Newport.
Survivors include sons, Jimmy Case, Philip Case and Jerry Russell, all of Covington; sisters, Rose Mofford of Dayton, Diane Cole of Falmouth, Linda Thorne of Newport and Brenda Martin of Naples, Fla.; brothers, Butch Russell of Conroe, Texas, Charles Russell of Newport, Ray Russell of Covington, Joe Russell of Ludlow and Kenny Russell of Covington; three grandchildren and her fiance, Gary Klare of Covington.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. Bernard Church, Dayton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to the Marianne Case Memorial Fund, 241 Fairfield Ave., Bellevue, Ky. 41073.
Gene Daly, 64, of Covington, died Monday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill.
Jack Daly, 85, of Covington, died Monday at his residence.
Arrangments are pending at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence.
Shirlye C. Dunn, 83, of Florence, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence. She was a homemaker and a member of First Church of Christ, Burlington. She was a member of Order of the Eastern Star, Daughters of the American Revolution and Boone County Senior Citizens. Her husband, Raymond E. Dunn, died in 1974.
Survivors include sons, Richard E. Dunn of Florence and Edwin Verne Dunn of Florence, Ariz.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at First Church of Christ, Burlington. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at Stith Funeral Home, with Eastern Star services at 7:30 p.m. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to First Church of Christ, 6080 Camp Ernst Road, Burlington, Ky. 41005.
Charles Eades, 50, of Ludlow, died at 7:17 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Ruby Fahlbush, 90, of Newport, died Sunday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of the Ladies Sewing Circle at St. Paul United Church of Christ, Fort Thomas.
Survivors include daughters, Evelyn Jaeger and Shirley Rice, both of Fort Thomas, Davella 'Sue' Meyer of Newport and Wilma Rauckhorst of Bellevue; 12 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul United Church of Christ, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to St. Paul United Church of Christ, 1 Churchill Drive, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Olivia Gilvin, 58, of Whitley City, formerly of Covington, died Monday at Lake Cumberland Memorial Hospital, Somerset. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Lawrence Gilvin, preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Mark Lykins, Timothy Lykins of Whitley City and Steven Lykins of Erlanger; and a daughter, Jerialyn Lykins-Karmer of Independence.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hickman Strunk Funeral Home, Whitley City. Visitation will be after 6 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Delbert Hacker, 71, of Corinth, died Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a former coal miner, a member of Shiloh Community Baptist Church, and an Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Burnett Hacker; a brother, Kelly Hacker of Milan, Ind.; and sisters, Mabel Denton of Milan and Lois Fleming of Troy, Mich.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rogers Funeral Home, Corinth. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Corinth.
Stanley Paul Kacaba, 79, of Walton, died at 11:40 p.m. Friday at Veterans Hospital, Cincinnati. He was an Army veteran and member of First Baptist Church of Walton.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia Howard Kacaba; a son, Michael R. Kacaba of Cupertino, Calif.; sisters, Eva Kacaba and Lena Dorgan, both of Manassas, Va., and Jean White of Maryland; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services were this morning at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Walton. Burial was in Camp Nelson Cemetery, Nicholasville.
Helen Knox, 87, of Florence, died Monday at her residence.
Arrangements are pending at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia.
Floie Minor, 70, of Latonia, died at 1:55 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. She was a homemaker and a member of Hilltop Church of Christ, Taylor Mill.
Survivors include her husband, Howard Ted Minor; sons, Greg Whitlock of Fort Wright and Jerry Minor of Cincinnati; daughters, Stephanie Waldon and Karen Wright, both of Alto, Ga.; brothers, Frank Dill and and Ralph Dill, both of Mount Airy, Ga.; a sister, Lucille Black of Valparaiso, Ind.; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to the American Lung Association, 1636 Nicholasville Road, Suite 1, Lexington, Ky. 40503. Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Richard Earl Poe, 85, of Brooksville, died at 1:13 p.m. Sunday at Meadowview Regional Medical Center, Maysville. He was a retired farmer and a member of Dover Baptist Church. A son, Johnny J. Poe, died in 1998.
Survivors include his wife, Josie Woodruff Poe; sons, Richard Allen Poe of Frankfort and William Earl Poe of Brooksville; a daughter, Margarett Sharp of Brooksville; a stepson, Albert Bruce of Augusta; brothers, Fred Poe of Wayne County and Robert Poe of Mount Olivet; sisters, Mildred Hook of Augusta and Marie Claypoole of Alexandria; nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Brooksville Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.
Dr. William A. Redman Jr., 76, of Florence, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence. He was a general medical practitioner and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Bobbie Redman; daughters, Jill Caddell and Paula Redman, both of Florence; and one grandchild.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice. Stith Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Pauline Rudd, 81, of Knoxville, Tenn., formerly of Covington, died of cancer Sunday at Hillcrest Nursing Home in Knoxville. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Louie Rudd, died in 1996.
Survivors include daughters, Betty Swann of Knoxville and Charlotte Cleveland of Independence; a son, Ernest Jennings of Knoxville; a brother, Lloyd Cannon of Knoxville; nine grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 tonight at Berry Funeral Home, Knoxville.
Sadie W. Scott, 93, of Butler, died Monday at Mount Washington Care Center, Cincinnati.
Arrangements are pending at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Robert D. Siebenthaler, 80, of Bellevue, died Sunday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home, Highland Heights. He was a retired manager with Cincinnati Bell Telephone and a member of the Telephone Pioneers.
A daughter, Winona Siebenthaler, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Maxine Siebenthaler; daughters, Kathy Schmits of Cincinnati and Jean Siebenthaler of Southgate; sisters, Elizabeth Cordes of Cincinnati and Roberta Reker of Fort Thomas; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation will be from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to American Diabetes Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., West Chester, Ohio 45069; or Fairhaven Rescue Mission, P. O. Box 761, Covington, Ky. 41012-0761.
Judith Marie Carr Stegner, of Covington, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence.
Arrangments are pending at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence.
Robert Louis Steidle, 69, of Edgewood, died Friday at Mercy Anderson Hospital, Cincinnati. He was a Korean War veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Steidle; and a brother, Joseph Steidle of Edgewood.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 6 p.m. today at Mary Queen of Heaven Church, Erlanger. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Mary F. Williams, 68, of Olive Hill, died Sunday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of Olive Hill Wesleyan Church. Her husband, Floyd Williams, preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, James Franklin Williams of Milwaukee and Ron E. Williams of Owingsville; daughters, Diana K. In gram of Stanton and Ann Marie Shannon of Lexington; brothers, Frank 'Butch' Flannery of Hebron, Gary Flannery of Fort Wright and Tommy Flannery of Northern Kentucky; sisters, Barbara Barhost and Kaye Brefele, both of Fort Mitchell, Faye Flannery and Donna Flannery, both of Northern Kentucky; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Oney-Henderson Funeral Home, Olive Hill. Burial will be in Junior OUAM Cemetery, Olive Hill.
Kay Justes Snider Woodward, 79, of Cincinnati, died at 5:15 a.m. Saturday at University Hospital in Cincinnati. She was a practical nurse in the Cincinnati office of Dr. J. R. Meek.
Survivors include brothers, Arthur Snider of Orlando, Fla., Jessie Snider of Bradenton, Fla., Newton Snider of Oklahoma City, Earl Snider of New York, Lawrence Snider of Holley, N.Y., and Floyd Snider of Great Valley, N.Y.; and sisters, Isabella Wagner of Black Creek, N.Y., and Fanny Alfson of Oakhurst, Calif.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Norman Chapel of Spring Grove cemetery in Cincinnati. Visitation will be from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Wednesday at the chapel. Entombment will be in Spring Grove Mausoleum, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Shriners Burns Institute, 3229 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45229. Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
