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Date of these obituaries: 02-27-1999
Steven Work, battled leukemia
Steven Douglas Work of Falmouth was a boy when he learned he had leukemia.
Through six years of treatments, hopes and relapses, he became a man to be proud of, said his mother, Delores Shelton Work.
He died Thursday at 19 at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati.
'I know what being brave is like now,' said Mrs. Work.
Steven was in the eighth grade, a sports-loving kid, when he started getting headaches.
It was 1993. Tests showed leukemia, and he started a series of treatments that would leave him too fragile to go to high school.
By his junior year he had improved enough to rejoin his classmates.
'We thought we had it beat,' Mrs. Work said.
He graduated with his class, married
Sara Elizabeth Whitehead and started college at Maysville Community College.
'He loved to write. He wanted to be an English teacher,' his mother said.
Last year his daughter, Alexis Danielle Work, was born.
But Steven's health started to fail again.
He had a bone marrow transplant last year.
In January, he relapsed.
In addition to his wife, daughter and mother, survivors include his father, Steven Joe Work; a brother, Allen Joseph Work of Falmouth; a sister, Amber Dawn Work; and grandparents, James and Georgia Work, all of Falmouth.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth, with visitation from 11 a.m.
Burial will be in New Vine Run Cemetery, Grant County.
William Harrison, 83, of Butler, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Peoples Funeral Home, Butler.
Vernon E. Jenkins, 84, of Covington, died at 2:50 p.m. Friday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington.
Ruth M. Kaffenberger, 86, of Independence, died Thursday at her residence.
She was a homemaker.
Her husband, Harry Kaffenberger, died in 1993.
Survivors include daughters, Elaine Kohler of Crittenden, and Joyce Wells and Nancy Garner of Independence; a sister, Anna Clark of Erlanger; seven grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Cecilia Church, Independence, with visitation from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence.
Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Norman L. Porter, 55, of Minerva, died Friday at his residence.
He was a self-employed machinist and formerly worked for Browning Manufacturing, Maysville.
He was an Army veteran.
Survivors include a daughter, Cristal Porter of Maysville; a son, Douglas Lee Porter of Columbus; brothers, Woodrow Porters of Amelia, Ohio, Wilburn Porter of Blountsville, Ala., and Carl Porter of Maysville; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Palmer Funeral Home, Mays Lick, with visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Monday.
Burial will be in Garvin Ridge Cemetery, Olive Hill.
Louise A. Ross, 87, of Cincinnati, formerly of Bellevue, died Thursday at Harmony Court Nursing Home in Cincinnati.
Arrangements are pending at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue.
