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Date of these obituaries: 12-02-1998
Carl R. Osborn, devoted father
Carl Russell Osborn Sr. spent a lot of time in Northern Kentucky visiting his son, Post photographer James W. "Jim" Osborn of Florence.
The younger Osborn, who has won many professional awards during a 20-year career at The Post, attributes his work ethic to his father, who quit school in the ninth grade during the Great Depression to work on the family farm in Ashley, Ohio.
"He gave me my sense of values as far as what's right and what's wrong," Jim Osborn said.
"He always told me, "If you are going to do something, do it right the first time. Don't do it halfway.' I try to pass that on to my own kids."
Mr. Osborn, 79, of Houcktown, Ohio, died Monday at Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy, Ohio.
Mr. Osborn was retired from National Lime & Stone Co. He also worked for Findlay & Mt. Blanchard Landmark and was a member of the Houcktown United Methodist Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife Patricia Jean Shaffer, two brothers and four sisters.
Jim Osborn was the first of Mr. Osborn's children to attend college and the elder Osborn was a proud father on graduation day, his son said.
"I remember him grinning from ear-to-ear. He said, "You know I love you, don't you?" Jim Osborn said.
Mr. Osborn was a quiet man who was slow to anger. However, he wasn't afraid to express his opinions and taught his children to do the same.
"The biggest thing is, my dad never quit. He was extremely competitive," Jim Osborn said.
"I owe an awful lot to him. The older he got, the closer we grew. I was holding his hand when he died. I'm glad I was there with him."
Other survivors include sons, Michael A. Osborn of Piqua, Ohio and Carl R. Osborn of Findlay, Ohio; daughters, Virginia Irene Osborn and Sarah J. Osborn of Findlay; sisters, Minnie Redden of Columbus, Ohio, Grace Cramer, Vera Osborn and Daisy Osborn, all of Ashley, Ohio; and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Crates Funeral Home, 620 North Main St., Arlington, Ohio. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. today and 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at the funeral home. Memorials are to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Northwest Ohio Chapter, 2421 Edgehill Road, Toledo, Ohio 43615; or Houcktown United Methodist Church, 15931 County Road 8, Findlay, Ohio 45840.
Catherine Puccini Adams, 76, of Augusta, died Monday at Rosewood Manor Nursing Home, Bowling Green. She was a former employee of Ripley Shoe Factory and Clopay Corp., and a member of St. Augustine Church, Augusta. She was a member of Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post No. 9535, Augusta. Her first husband, Carlie Puccini, died in 1971. Her second husband, Eugene Adams, died in 1996.
Survivors include a daughter, Margie Ann Mattingly of Huff; sisters, Betty Puccini, Mary Swanger and Edna Lippert, all of Augusta; one grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Augustine Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at Metcalfe-Hennessey Funeral Home, Augusta. Burial will be in St. Augustine Cemetery, Augusta.
Suzanne Marie Baucum, 72, of Covington, died at 2:45 p.m. Monday at St. Charles Care Center, Fort Wright. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a son, Richard Baucum of Covington; daughters, Lorraine Hutchinson and Diana Williams, both of Verona, and Shirley Hutchinson of Dry Ridge; 16 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Charles Care Center Chapel. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Mildred Viola Baumgartner, 86, of Milford, Ohio, formerly of Florence, died Monday at Franciscan Hospital Western Hills Campus, Cincinnati. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a sister, Alberta B. Keen 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.
Charles Clifford B'Hymer, 68, of Covington, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
Arrangements are pending at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Independence.
Charles Evan Chance, 72, of Crittenden, died 6:56 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Grant County, Williamstown. He was a retired fleet service clerk with American Airlines and a tobacco and cattle farmer. He was a member of Dry Ridge Masonic Lodge, Transport Workers Union and Dry Ridge Christian Church, and was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Ardith Northcutt Chance; sons, Mark Chance of Williamstown and Brian Evan Chance of Crittenden; daughters, Melinda Chance of Villa Hills, Kathryn Chance of Crittenden, Mary Lee Chance Smith of Fort Mitchell and Carla Chance of Cold Spring; a sister, Mary C. Snow of Toccoa, Ga.; and five grandsons.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge. Memorials are suggested to Arthritis Foundation, 7811 Laurel Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45243.
Arnold Coleman, 78, of Butler, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a coal miner.
Survivors include his wife, Bernice Coleman; sons, Keith Coleman of Butler, Bob Dempsey of Amelia, Ohio, and Timmy Dempsey of Highland Heights; daughters, Darlene Howard of Amelia, Ohio, Debbie Blankenship of Phelps, Vickie Harris of Highland Heights, Gladys Poe and Sherry Sampson, both of Butler, and Sharon Partin of Lexington; sisters, Maedell Lee of Mentor and Alice Stump of Phelps; 20 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Peoples Funeral Home, Grants Lick. Visitation will begin there at noon Friday. Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery, Mentor.
Clayton P. Dreihaus, 67, of Fort Thomas, died Tuesday at Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati. He was a printer with the Cincinnati Enquirer, a past commander of Shorts-Steinhauser VFW Post in Wilder, a member of Communications Workers of America, and a Navy veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce Lipscomb Dreihaus; a son, David Dreihaus of Burlington; and three grandsons.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Charlotte J. Hungler Rader Durbin, 43, of Tuscon, Ariz., formerly of Northern Kentucky, died Friday at her home. She was a reservation agent with American Airlines.
Survivors include her husband, Gary Durbin; a son, Micha Rader of Tuscon; siblings, Rev. Timothy Hungler of Indianapolis, Chris Hungler of Southgate and Heidi Hungler, Ted Hungler and Sharon Alarcon, all of Las Vegas; and one grandchild.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Calvary Cemetery, Cincinnati. Witt, Good and Kelsch Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is handling arrangements.
Doris Hinson, 83, of Maysville, died at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday at Maysville Extended Care Center. She was a retired self-employed seamstress and a former employee of Modern Laundry, Maysville.
Survivors include a brother, Peyton Hinson of Brooksville.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Maysville cemetery Chapel. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Maysville Cemetery. Brell and Son Funeral Home, Maysville, is handling arrangements.
Melvin L. Huning, 71, of Newport, died at 5 p.m. Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
Survivors include a sister, Margaret Abner of Newport.
Services will be at 6 p.m. Thursday at Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 4 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
Jess W. Mefford, 76, of Maysville, died at 10:10 a.m. Tuesday at his home. He was a textile worker with January and Wood Co., Maysville, and an Army veteran of World War II. His wife, Ella P. Mefford, died in 1997.
Survivors include sons, James R. Mefford and Gene Mefford, both of Maysville; a daughter, Cathy Dillon of Maysville; a sister, Ada McDoniel of Maysville; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Brell and Son Funeral Home, Maysville, is handling arrangements.
John A. "Nick" Nicholas, 85, of Covington, died Sunday at Terrace View Gardens Retirement Community, Cincinnati. He was a retired tavern owner and jukebox operator.
Survivors include a son, John P. Nicholas of Fort Wright; a daughter, Nancy Dresmann of Cincinnati; a brother, Lucas K. Nicholas of Cincinnati; sisters, Eleanor Hage of Waterford, Conn., Julie Nicholas and Catherine Nicholas, both of Cincinnati, and Toni N. Reilly; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Anthony of Padua Church, Cincinnati. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in St. Joseph New Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Education Fund in memory of Nassim Nicholas, St. Anthony of Padua Church, 2524 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206. Radel Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is handling arrangements.
Robert Patrick Reuss, 46, of Fort Wright, died at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday at University Hospital, Cincinnati. He was a pipe fitter with Pipe Fitters Union U.A. Local No. 392, Cincinnati, and a former football player with Covington Catholic and Eastern Kentucky University.
Survivors include a daughter, Jennifer Reuss of Fort Wright; sons, Christopher Reuss and Kyle Reuss, both of Fort Wright; his mother, Betty Reuss of Fort Wright; sisters, Barbara Cotter of Villa Hills, Renee Knapke, Shelly Sandfoss and Becky Salchli, all of Fort Wright; and his fiancee, Dee Randolph of Cincinnati.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Agnes Church, Fort Wright. Visitation will begin there at 4 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Covington Catholic High School, 1600 Dixie Highway, Covington, Ky. 41011. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Virginia "Ann" Haitz Skaggs, 75, of Newport, died at 9:35 p.m. Monday at Baptist Convalescent Center in Newport. She was a retired librarian with Corpus Christi School, Newport, and with Newport Schools.
She was a member of St. Ann's Auxiliary Knights of St. John; St. Mary's Altar Society at St. Francis DeSales Church, Newport; Hilltoppers Club; Ladies Auxiliary of Lawler-Hanlon VFW Post No. 5662 in Newport; and Traveling Seniors Club. Her husband, H. Fred Skaggs, died in 1962.
Survivors include a son, Barry J. Skaggs of Bellevue; a daughter, Kathy J. Barrow of Cold Spring; sisters, Ruth Ward of Hillsboro, Ohio, Rita Spiller of Ripley, Ohio, Catherine Neu of Dayton, Ohio, and Emma Griffith of Greenfield, Ohio; a brother, Albert Haitz of Ripley, Ohio; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church, Cold Spring. Burial will be in Maysville Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Evelyn Louise Valz, 87, of Dayton, died at 12:45 a.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker.
Her husband, John D. Valz, died in 1966. A daughter, Bonnie Berendsen, also preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Edward Valz of Hebron; a daughter, Helen Caldwell of Fort Thomas; eight grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Bernard Church, Dayton. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Thursday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Dayton. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to St. Bernard Church, Fifth and Berry Sts., Dayton, Ky. 41074; or Catholic Social Services, 3629 Church St., Covington, Ky. 41015.
