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Date of these obituaries: 01-19-1999
Florence Lowry, "community hero,' served Covington Community Center
At the age of 71, Florence S. Lowry walked into the Covington Community Center's lobby offering to volunteer. Twenty years later, the center renamed its community service award in her honor.
The 91-year-old volunteer died at 2:02 a.m. Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati.
As a greeter and receptionist, Mrs. Lowry was the first person most clients saw as they came to the community center for help.
For 20 years, she volunteered four days a week, walking to the center from her Covington home in rain, sunshine and snow.
Early on, the center provided showers for homeless people. Mrs. Lowry was in charge of the shower program, in addition to greeting clients and managing the waiting room.
The Roots of the Community Award, which Mrs. Lowry won in 1994, was renamed the Flo Lowry Roots of the Community Award for her 20 years of volunteer service.
In 1997, she was honored again with the Northern Kentucky United Way's community hero award for her service to the Covington social service agency.
Her son, James R. Lowry of Cincinnati, said his mother was dedicated to her work at the community center because she knew what it was like to be in need.
'She's been there in her life,' he said. 'We had little means - my father was disabled, and she worked all her life and raised four kids. I think she knew what it was to struggle and not know where the next meal was going to come from.'
'She was a very tough lady, and she had three principles that drove her: She had a love of family, a certain love and fear of God, and she had a certain rugged independence.'
Mrs. Lowry was born in Cincinnati and reared in Covington, where she lived almost all her life. She and her husband, William E. Lowry, were married
from 1927 until his death in 1970.
During World War II, she worked as a laborer at Wright's plant in Evendale, where they built war machinery at the site of what is now General Electric.
She gave blood religiously while the war went on, James Lowry recalled.
For many years, she worked as a bookkeeper and cashier with Schmidt's Parkview Market in Covington. She left the market in 1966 to work as a bookkeeper for a confectioner and wholesaler in Covington.
She then began her work at Covington Community Center.
'I think she had a certain deference for what she called "her guys' - the homeless, people down and out and in need. She genuinely loved them, and they loved her, I think.'
Mrs. Lowry also was a member of Ladies Aid Association and St. John Congregational Church in West Covington.
Other survivors include sons, Dr. Gerald Lowry of Orlando, Fla., and William Carroll Lowry of Phoenix; a daughter, Ruth 'Mickey' Lowry of Elsmere; 19 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Covington Community Center, 1008 Lee St., Covington, Ky. 41011.
Mary Beach, 91, of Covington, died at 9 a.m. Sunday at her home. Her husband, Edward Beach, died in 1972.
Survivors include a brother, James Laughlin of Bethel, Ohio.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Janet Lee Burchfield, 67, of Augusta, died at 8:25 a.m. Sunday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker. A son, William Edward Burchfield Jr., preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, Willie Edward Burchfield; sons, Ronald Burchfield of Silver Grove, and Roy Burchfield and Charles Burchfield, both of Augusta; daughters, Jacqueline Riehel of Melbourne, Janet Holtz of West Chester, Ohio, and Gwendola Smith of Amelia, Ohio; brothers, Charles Spencer of Bethel, Ohio, and Bobby Spencer of Elsmere; sisters, Gail Spencer of Somerset, Peggy Sexton of Cincinnati, Marcella Pangallo of Newport and Gwendola Riley of Williamstown; 17 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Wednesday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Augusta. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Memory Garden Cemetery, Vanceburg. Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 1885 Dixie Highway, Suite 250, Fort Wright, Ky. 41011.
Marjorie Collier, 77, of Lakeside Park, died Monday at Florence Park Care Center in Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington.
James Richard Daunt, 70, of Cold Spring, died at 7:24 a.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a retired letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service and a past president of Postal Workers Union Local No. 374. He was a former member of the Bishop Brossart High School Development Committee and the Holy Name Society at St. Joseph Church in Cold Spring.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Rust Daunt; a daughter, Barbara A. Grainger of Cold Spring; sons, Mark J. Daunt of Sarasota, Fla. and Neal D. Daunt of Taylor Mill; a brother, Jack E. Daunt of Palm Harbor, Fla.; and three granddaughters.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Church, Cold Spring. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, with prayers following. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested to Bishop Brossart High School Building Fund, Grove and N. Jefferson, Alexandria, Ky. 41001.
Catherine Cleo Dermon, 87, of Ludlow, died Sunday at Woodspoint Nursing Home, Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Maurice Otto Dickman, 85, of Covington, died at 5:37 a.m. Saturday at St. Charles Care Center in Fort Wright.
He was a retired personnel director with the H. & S. Pogue Co. Department Store in Cincinnati and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Narcissus Dickman.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Angela Duke, 66, of Dayton, died Sunday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Jack Duke Sr.; sons, David Duke, Greg Duke, Robby Duke and Jack Duke Jr., all of Dayton; daughters, Sherri Gulley of Dayton and Pam Schuetz of Fort Thomas; a sister, Rosella Griess of Dayton; 14 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Bernard Church, Dayton. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 1885 Dixie Highway, Suite 250, Fort Wright, Ky. 41011.
Ancle Dupuy, 63, of Crittenden, died at 1:25 a.m. today at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Crittenden.
James 'Pete' Frederick, 89, of Germantown, died Sunday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a farmer. His wife, Nellie Adamson Jefferson Frederick, died in 1996.
Survivors include a daughter, Juanita Alice Litzinger of Maysville; sons, James Henry Frederick of Florida, Richard Frederick of Augusta and Rodney Frederick of Covington; a sister, Ruth Teegarden of Robertson County; a brother, Junior Frederick of Robertson County; 11 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Palmer Funeral Home, Germantown. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Germantown.
Dora A. Fugazzi, 87, of Crescent Springs, died Monday at Gallatin County Health Care Center, Warsaw.
Arrangements are pending at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger.
Jeanna Ann Hensley, 35, of Hamilton, Ohio, formerly of Covington, died at 1:40 a.m. Sunday at Hospice of Cincinnati at Mercy Hospital of Hamilton. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her mother, Shirley Hensley Blevins of Hamilton, Ohio; brothers, Kelly Hensley Jr. of Verona, Dennis Hensley of Hamilton, Kenneth Hensley of Covington, and Ronald Hensley and Donald Hensley, both of Elsmere; and a sister, Linda Dawalt of Elsmere.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Colligan Funeral Home, Hamilton. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in College Corner Cemetery, College Corner, Ind.
Emma Kirk, 88, of Kenton County, died Monday at Florence Park Care Center in Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Robert W. Lane, 46, of Lakeside Park, died at 9 a.m. Monday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Melvin Gene Mastin, 60, of Panama City, Fla., formerly of Robertson County, died Sunday in Panama City. He was a retired Air Force sergeant.
Survivors include his wife, Wilma Mastin; sons, Mark Allen Mastin and Michael Dewayne Mastin, both of Mount Olivet; brothers, Caryl Mastin of Cynthiana and Daryl Mastin of London; sisters, Diana Burden and Patsy McBride, both of Mount Olivet; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Robertson County Funeral Home, Mount Olivet. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
John E. 'Buzzy' McCarter, 62, of Grants Lick, died Saturday at his home. He was a retired machinist with Tipco Punch Co., Cincinnati, and a member of Flagg Springs Baptist Church.
Survivors include sons, Scott McCarter of Silver Grove and Todd Bitter of California; daughters, Tami Beatty of California, Connie Schinaman of Cincinnati and Cathy Riggs of Burlington; a sister, Garnet Heitemeier of Butler; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Grand View Cemetery, Mentor.
Nadine McDaniel, 53, of Florence, died Monday at her home.
Survivors include brothers, Albert McDaniel, Charlie McDaniel, Richard McDaniel and Clarence McDaniel, all of London, and Jack McDaniel of Springfield, Ohio; and sisters, Eva McFadden of London, Ann Morgan of Cincinnati, and Millie Hill and Clara McDaniel, both of Florence.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Opal Irene McFarland, 81, of Williamstown, died Sunday at Grant Manor Health Care Center in Williamstown. She was a homemaker, a member of Florence Methodist Church and the Kenton County Homemakers Club, and was past president of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Gallatin County Fish and Game Club. Her husband, Carrell McFarland, died in 1996.
Survivors include daughters, Kay Gosney of Mount Jackson, Va., Bonnie Gentile of Cincinnati and Brenda Joyce Smith of Williamstown; brothers, George King Jr. of Lexington, Donald Ray King of Cynthiana and Joseph L. King of Georgetown; sisters, Viola Robertson of Tampa, Fla., Frances Rook of Corinth and Janet Wagner of Georgetown; eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Rogers Funeral Home, Corinth. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in New Columbus Cemetery, Corinth.
Earl Ransom, 75, of Bromley, died at 6 a.m. today at St. Charles Care Center in Fort Wright.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
LaVeda Marie Rhoten, 84, of Independence, died at 3:20 a.m. Sunday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home, Highland Heights. She was a homemaker. Her first husband, Lynne J. Green Sr., died in 1932. Her second husband, Edison Rhoten, died in 1988.
Survivors include a son, Lynne J. Green of Independence; a brother, Howard Hockman of Yuma, Ariz.; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at United Methodist Church in Morning View. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati. Memorials ae suggested to Gideons of Northern Kentucky, 24 Commonwealth Ave., Erlanger, Ky. 41018. Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence, is handling arrangements.
Raymond J. Rymarquis, 83, of Erlanger, died at 3:27 a.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He was a retired printing pressman with J. W. Ford Co., Cincinnati, and a Merchant Marine veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Anna M. Rymarquis; stepdaughters, Kathleen Hardin of Harrison, Ohio, and Mary M. Baker of Erlanger; and stepsons, David Burnett of Mount Orab, Ohio, and Dennis Burnett of Ludlow.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Mary Queen of Heaven Church, Erlanger. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Oraine Workman Strausbaugh, 78, of Dittmer, Mo., formerly of Bracken County, died at 8:56 a.m. Sunday at Cedar Hills Pavilion, House Springs, Mo. She was a homemaker and a member of Hillsboro Christian Church, Hillsboro, Mo. Her husband, Cecil Strausbaugh, died in 1966.
Survivors include a daughter, Linda Jones of Dittmer, Mo.; sons, Danny Strausbaugh of Georgetown, Ohio, and Rick Strausbaugh of Pacific, Mo.; sisters, Helen Free and Jean Crawford, both of Brooksville; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Brooksville Cemetery.
Margaret Weil, 89, of Cincinnati, died Sunday at Western Hills Retirement Village in Cincinnati.
Survivors include brothers, Robert Weil of Fort Wright and Fred Weil of Cincinnati.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Cincinnati. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Harry Meyer & Geiser Funeral Home, Cincinnati. Burial will be in St. Joseph Old Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to American Diabetes Association, 8899 Brookside Drive, West Chester, Ohio 45069.
Louise S. Samples Wiedeman, 67, of Camp Springs, died at 5:15 a.m. Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker, and former president and chief executive officer of Associations Inc., Cincinnati. She was a member of Cincinnati Chapter of the American Institute of Architects; the Tri State Advertising Association; the Cincinnati Ad Club; Kiwanis Club of Cincinnati; Building Officials and Managers Association of Cincinnati. She was secretary of the Home Builders Association of Northern Kentucky and a board member of the Friends of Campbell County Library.
Survivors include her husband, Donald W. Wiedeman; a daughter, Dena Crain of Lake Beringo, Kenya; sisters, Dorothy Westfall of Winchester, Ohio, Phyllis Taylor of Gallipolis, Ohio, and Mabel LeDesmas of Fullerton, Calif.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to Friends of Campbell County Library, Cold Spring Branch, 3920 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring, Ky. 41076.
