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Date of these obituaries: 03-11-1999
James Moore Jr., union steward at GM
James Moore Jr. was a lifelong patriot.
He joined the Navy during World War II at age 17.
When he was older, he was a union shop steward, encouraging people to 'buy American.'
Mr. Moore, a former Independence resident living in Williamsburg, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Corbin. He was 76.
Mr. Moore was a native of Wheeling, W.Va., where his father was a coal miner.
He served four years with the Navy's military police in Hawaii, where his duties included chauffeuring generals, said his daughter, Peggy Moore Huston of Independence.
While Mr. Moore was in the service, his father decided he wanted to be a farmer and moved the family to a 60-acre spread in Pine Knot, Ky., near the Tennessee line. Mr. Moore moved to the new homestead after he got out of the Navy.
'Dad spent about six weeks there, and then he looked at my grandfather and said this life wasn't for him,' said Mrs. Huston.
He worked first with Chrysler Corp. in Detroit, then 22 years with the General Motors Fisher Body plant in Norwood, Ohio, as an assembler. In between, he worked for an upholstery firm in Cincinnati, where he upholstered the hearse that carried President John F. Kennedy, Mrs. Huston said.
Mr. Moore was a shop steward for a United Auto Workers local at the Norwood plant.
'He was definitely a bona fide union man,' said Mrs. Huston. 'You did not buy anything unless it was American-made.'
Mr. Moore retired in 1988, but soon grew bored and took jobs as a security officer.
Mrs. Huston said he 'had an opinion about everything.'
'One man told me, "Your father was a very, very emphatic man, and you either liked him or you didn't, but you always knew where you stood.' '
Mr. Moore's first wife, Beatrice Stephens Moore, died in 1994. A son, Victor Evan Moore, died in 1947. A daughter, Patricia Lynn Moore, died in 1993.
Other survivors include his wife, Ruth Caddell Moore; sons, Larry Moore of Independence and David Moore of Amelia, Ohio; sisters, Elsie Stewart of Fairborn, Ohio, and Phyllis Neal of Round Lake, Ill.; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 5 p.m. Friday at the New Hope Tabernacle Church of God in Independence. Burial will be in Floral Hills cemetery in Taylor Mill. Ellison Funeral Home in Williamsburg is handling arrangements.
Mary Elizabeth Aulick, 86, of Covington, died at 4:25 p.m. Tuesday in St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a retired day-care worker with South Side Baptist Day Care, Covington. Her husband, Paul Aulick, died in 1953.
Survivors include daughters, Beverly Schmitz and Joyce Hildreth, both of Edgewood, and Joan Angell of Falmouth; eight grandchildren; and nine great- grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Larry A. Campbell, 50, of Burlington, died Wednesday at his home. He was an employee of Rockwell International Corp., Florence.
Survivors include a daughter, Katrina Campbell of Cincinnati; a son, Larry A. Campbell Jr. of Florida; his father, James Campbell of Hazard; brothers, Thomas Campbell of Georgetown and Michael Campbell of Latonia; and a sister, Judy Wells of Madisonville, Tenn.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Pendleton County.
Kathryn Fitzgerald, 78, of Covington, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a retired typesetter with Korb Lithography, Cincinnati, and a member of Community Church of Wilder. She was the church organist and a member of Daughters of the American Revolution. Her husband, Joseph Fitzgerald, died in 1963.
Survivors include daughters, Joellyn Toren of Milford, Mich., and Patricia Clark of Walton; a son, Bill Fitzgerald of Edgewood; her stepmother, Nellie Dekker of Palos Heights, Ill.; sisters, Anna Meeter of Lansing, Ill., Henrietta Bronkema of Palos Heights, Ill., Joan Hendrix of South Holland, Ill., and Gloria Holman of Lynwood, Ill.; brothers, Cornelius Dekker Jr. of Cedar Lake, Ind., and Arnold Dekker of Lansing, Ill.; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Radel Funeral Home, Highland Heights. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
John William Frazier, 90, of Covington, died Friday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home in Highland Heights. He was a retired farmer.
Survivors include sons, Jeffrey Johnson of Hopkinsville and Harry R. Frazier of Cincinnati; a daughter, Shirley Thompson of Covington; a brother, Leonard Frazier of Cincinnati; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Ninth Street Baptist Church, Covington. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be in Mary Smith Memorial Cemetery, Elsmere. Jones and Simpson Funeral Home, Covington, and Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Cincinnati, are handling arrangements.
Mary Lou Greely, 69, of Highland Heights, died at 11:53 a.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South,Edgewood. She was a homemaker and a retired secretary with St. Joseph Church, Cold Spring. She was a member of the church and of the St. Joseph Senior Group.
Survivors include her husband, Donald P. Greely; sons, Paul A. Greely of Cold Spring and Pat J. Greely of Elsmere; daughters, Cathy A. Schild of Erlanger and Jan A. Jennings of Edgewood; and six grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church, Cold Spring. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Prayers will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested to Foundation Fighting Blindness, Executive Plaza 1, Suite 800, 11350 McCormick Road, Hunt Valley, Md. 21031; or American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Joey Lee Griffin, 37, of Cold Spring, died at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday at Summit Nursing Home in Cincinnati. He was a self-employed carpenter and an Army veteran.
Survivors include a son, Joey L. Griffin of La Fargeville, N.Y.; daughters, Marie Griffin of La Fargeville and Alissa Griffin of Augusta, Ga.; his mother, Nancy Carolyn Griffin of Latonia; his father and stepmother, Howard Thomas and Alice Faye Griffin of Cold Spring; a brother, Tom Griffin of Demossville; a sister, Dwana Griffin of Latonia; and a grandmother, Christine Morgan of Fort Thomas.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Vivian Grace Reed Hacker, 67, of Newport, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker. Her husband, James Hacker, and a son, Steve Hacker, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Jay Hacker of Newport; a daughter, Carol Lung of Taylor Mill; brothers, David Reed and Donald Reed, both of Brooksville; a sister, Helen Evertsen of Silver Springs, Fla.; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Bracken County Memorial Cemetery, Brooksville.
Wendell Thomas Haley, 62, of Covington, died Saturday at his home.
Survivors include his wife, Agnes Chamblin Haley; daughters, Vicky Hamilton and Tamra Haley, both of Covington, and Diana Gregory of Taylor Mill; a sister, Norma Stanfield of Elloree, S.C.; brothers, Jack Haley of Bellevue and Charles Haley of Columbus, Ohio; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Beam Funeral Home, West Union, Ohio. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Moore's Chapel Cemetery, Blue Creek, Ohio.
Ralph Holtz, 71, of Newport, died at 6:35 a.m. Wednesday at Baptist Convalescent Center in Newport. He was a retired employee of Fischer Special Manufacturing Co., Cold Spring. His wife, Virginia Faye Ecton Holtz, died in 1963.
Survivors include sons, Mike Holtz of Cincinnati, Tim Holtz and Kevin Holtz, both of Newport; sisters, Florine Flora and Patricia Wallace, both of Cold Spring, Dorothy Flora of Benton, Mary Lauer of Campbell County and Mildred Bowman of Tipp City, Ohio; a brother, Joseph Holtz of Cold Spring; and four grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Stephen Church, Newport. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Cold Spring. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Dorothy Vivian Hutton, 84, of Virginia Beach, Va., formerly of Covington, died Wednesday at Virginia Beach Rehabilitation Center.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia.
Dorothy Hafner Koester, 73, of Erlanger, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger.
Paul A. Leland, 83, of Latonia, died at 2:50 a.m. Wednesday at his daughter's home in Taylor Mill. He was a retired Kenton County deputy clerk and deputy property evaluation administrator, a former owner of Terrace Food Shop, Latonia, and a member of St. Anthony Church in Taylor Mill. He was a member of the church Fun Club, a past president of the Covington Rotary Club, and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Louise Thome Leland; a son, David Paul Leland of Covington; daughters, Carol Jean Wagner of Taylor Mill and Barbara Ann Chamberlain of Covington; 15 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Entombment will be in Mother of God Mausoleum, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to St. Anthony Church Building Fund, 485 Grand Ave., Taylor Mill, Ky. 41015.
Billy Ray Napier, 44, of Maytown, formerly of Falmouth, died Tuesday at his home. He was a logger with the Kentucky State Highway Department.
Survivors include his mother, Nancy Napier of Butler; brothers, Robert E. Napier, David Napier and Leroy Napier, all of Falmouth, and James Napier of Erlanger; and sisters, Brenda Roe of Mount Sterling and Patricia Courts of Falmouth.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth.
Hazel Irene Reed, 93, of Claryville, died Wednesday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home, Highland Heights. She was a housekeeper.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
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 Alexandria Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, 5147 Lees Road, Alexandria, Ky. 41001.
Edgar 'Jake' Snyder, 84, of Petersburg, died at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Dearborn County Hospital, Lawrenceburg, Ind. He was a retired farmer and a member of Petersburg Baptist Church, where he was a deacon.
Survivors include his wife, Deliliah Dolwick Snyder; a daughter, Verna Keitz of Petersburg; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Petersburg Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Petersburg Baptist Church Building Fund, Petersburg, Ky. 41080.
Flora Alice Sturdivant, 63, of Elsmere, died at 1:24 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a housekeeper with Holiday Inn and the Omni Netherland Plaza, Cincinnati.
Survivors include her husband, Joe Sturdivant; daughters, Faye Coffman and Sue Mercer, both of Erlanger, Chip Fuller of Elsmere and Holly Fann of Florence; a stepson, Jeffrey Sturdivant of Corbin; a sister, Mary Miller of Verona; and nine grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to the Scleroderma Foundation, 1468 Hilltop Road, Xenia, Ohio 45385.
Dorothy Sullivan, 88, of Fort Wright, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a retired market research supervisor with Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, and was a member of St. Agnes Church in Fort Wright. She was also a member of St. Antoninus Church in Covedale, Ohio, and Sonna Maria Charity in Cincinnati. Her husband, Harold 'Sully' Sullivan, and a son, Charles Martin, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Donald Martin of Fort Wright, John 'Jack' Martin of Forest Park, Ohio, and Robert Sullivan of Rocton, Ill.; a brother, Fred Konersman of Findlay, Ohio; a sister, Maxine Kaufman of Jacksonville, Fla.; 17 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Agnes Church. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow. Entombment will be in St. Joseph New Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Catholic Social Services, 3629 Church St., Covington, Ky. 41015.
Francis H. Wood, 75, of Erlanger, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was the retired owner of F. H. Wood Plumbing Co., and a member of Master Plumbers of Northern Kentucky and the World War II Veterans Association.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Holy Name Society, Catholic Order of Foresters, and Prime Time Seniors. He was an Army veteran of World War II, and a member of the 871st Airborne Engineering Battalion Reunion Organization.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Arens Wood; sons, Frank Wood Jr. of Elsmere, Gregory Wood of Wheaton, Ill., Ronald Wood of Lehigh, Fla., and Thomas Wood of Peoria, Ill.; daughters, Jean Dames of High Point, N.C., Mary Jo Stiene of Richwood and Ruth Weiss of Florence; brothers, George Wood of Indianapolis and Ray Wood of Brookfield, Ill.; and 24 grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Henry Church, Elsmere. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to St. Henry District High School, 3755 Scheben Drive, Erlanger, Ky. 41018.
