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Date of these obituaries: 12-17-1998
Skycap Larry Sullivan, generous, loving
Larry Wayne Sullivan met several celebrities as a skycap at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. But that wasn't what he liked best about his job.
'He liked meeting people,' said his wife, Debbie Burgess Sullivan. 'They had movie stars there, but (he liked) just being nice to all the other people, too.'
Mr. Sullivan died at 11:40 p.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood after a short battle with cancer. The Verona resident was 50.
Mr. Sullivan worked for about 25 years at the airport, checking baggage and giving directions. Before that, he served for two years in the U.S. Army in Germany during the Vietnam War.
A native of Elsmere, Mr. Sullivan went to school at Lloyd Memorial High School.
He had two children with his first wife, and his second marriage in 1985 brought a step-son. He and his family had a 14-acre farm in Verona, where they lived for 13 years.
A generous man, Mr. Sullivan frequently gave money, furniture and other things to friends, family and neighbors in need.
'He was a loving husband, and a great father and a good grandpa, and he was the best man anybody ever knew,' Mrs. Sullivan said. 'He'd give anybody anything he had.'
Mr. Sullivan also was a member of First Baptist Church of Walton and the Transportation Communications Union.
Other survivors include a son, Rusty Wayne Sullivan of Crittenden; a daughter, Bobbi Jean Sullivan of Walton; a stepson, Jason Allen of Verona; his father, Leroy Sullivan of Florida; his mother and stepfather, Dorothy and Bill Kincaid of Elsmere; sisters, Sandy Kanauf of Minneapolis and Sherry Williams of Cincinnati; brothers, David Sullivan of Verona and Ronnie Sullivan of Atlanta; stepbrothers, Kenneth Kincaid of Fort Myers, Fla., Billy Kincaid of Union and Bobby Kincaid of Walton; stepsisters, Linda Henry of Edgewood, Diane Tanner of Elsmere and Connie Emerson of Verona; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church of Walton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Mary Margaret Allen, 74, of Burlington, died at 10:08 p.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. She was a cook with Days Inn in Richwood, Dixon's Restaurant in Walton and Goodridge Elementary School in Hebron, and a member of First Baptist Church, Walton. Her husband, Stanley Allen, died in 1980.
Survivors include sons, James N. Stone of Hebron, Donald L. Allen of Liberty, Ronald Ray Allen of Burlington and Lester Paul Allen of Oklahoma City; a brother, John Fields of Dry Ridge; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Walton Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Walton. Burial will be in New Bethel Cemetery, Verona. Memorials are suggested to First Baptist Church, 47 S. Main St., Walton, Ky. 41094.
Alva M. Arrasmith, 91, of Union, died Tuesday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home, Highland Heights. She was a member of Big Bone Baptist Church, Boone County.
Survivors include brothers, Wayne F. Arrasmith of Union and Robert Arrasmith of Warsaw.
Services will be at noon Friday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Big Bone Baptist Church Cemetery, Boone County.
Mary E. Briscoe Brandt, 84, of Greenhills, Ohio, died Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a cafeteria worker with Greenhills School. Her husband, William F. Brandt, preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, William F. Brandt III of Williamstown and Richard L. Brandt; a sister, Delores Clark; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Cincinnati. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at Paul R. Young Funeral Home, Cincinnati. Burial will be in Arlington Memorial Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.
Emma Combs, 90, of Morning View, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. She was a homemaker and a member of Demossville Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star.
Her husband, Richard Combs; sons, Don Combs, Paul Combs and Charlie Combs; and her daughter, Hazel Townsend, all preceded her in death.
Survivors include 12 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Peoples Funeral Home, Butler. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Butler Cemetery.
Leonard C. Connor, 64, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Edgewood, died Sunday at his home. He was a retired railroad conductor.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Connor; daughters, Erin Mpalanyi of Covington and Kathleen Connor-Coates of Latonia; a son, Len Connor of Erlanger; stepdaughters, Lisa Lewis of Mason, Ohio, and Melissa Echegaray of Alexandria; a sister, Patricia Applegarth of Fort Mitchell; five grandchildren and seven step-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mother of God Church, Covington. A reception will follow services in the church undercroft. Memorials are suggested to Holy Cross High School Scholarship Fund, 3617 Church St., Covington, Ky. 41015. Beachwood Society, Naples, Fla., is handling arrangements.
Eva Dell Barker Droege, 102, of Fort Thomas, died at 7:06 p.m. Wednesday at Baptist Convalescent Center in Newport. She was a homemaker and formerly worked as a school teacher in Hickory Grove, and also served as a nurse for several doctors in Fort Thomas. Her husband, Leon Droege, died in 1952, and a son, Art Droege, died in 1980.
Survivors include a daughter, Mildred Barto of Fort Thomas; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Visitation will begin at noon Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mount Gilead Cemetery, California. Memorials are suggested to Baptist Convalescent Center, 120 Main St., Newport, Ky. 41071; or charity of donor's choice.
Jacob William Goecke Jr., 59, of Augusta, died at 12:35 a.m. Wednesday at Meadowview Regional Medical Center, Maysville. He was a retired Air Force master sergeant and a member of the Air Force Sergeants Association.
Survivors include sons, Michael Thomas Goecke of Arkansas, Jacob William Goecke III of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Eduard Talton Goecke of Memphis, Mich.; daughters, Chandra Mar Wachter of Augusta and Deanna Denice Goecke of Tucson, Ariz.; a sister, Betty McClanahan of Augusta; a brother, Edward Allen Goecke of Augusta; seven grandchildren and two step- grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Augustine Church, Augusta. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Augusta. Burial will be in St. Augustine Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Airmen's Memorial Foundation, 5211 Auth Road, Suitland, Md. 20746.
Mary Evolyn Cracraft Mains, 86, of Maysville, died at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday at Maysville Extended Care Center. She was a homemaker. Her husband, John L. Mains, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Evolyn Allen of Owensboro; a son, John L. Mains Jr. of Maysville; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at First Christian Church, Maysville. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Brell and Son Funeral Home, Maysville, and from 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be in Mays Lick Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Lexington Theological Seminary, 631 S. Limestone St., Lexington, Ky. 40502; or First Christian Church Christian Women's Fellowship, 18 E. Third St., Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Sophia A. McCurdy, 98, of Southgate, died at 10:20 p.m. Tuesday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport. She was a retired registered nurse with Bethesda Hospital, Cincinnati. Her husbands, Herbert Fuldner and Charles McCurdy, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Herbert M. Fuldner of Southgate; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Saturday. Entombment will be in Evergreen Mausoleum, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to Bethesda Alumni Association for Scholarships, Bethesda Hospital, 619 Oak St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45206.
Lecta Prather, 77, of Bellevue, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
Arrangements are pending at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue.
Kay L. Ramundo-Wooten, 47, of Cincinnati, died at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Anderson Mercy Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a registered nurse with Veterans Medical Hospital, and a member of Rock Springs Baptist Church in Kingsport, Tenn., the Kentucky Nurses Association and the Combined Federal Fund.
Survivors include her husband, Jay Wooten; her parents, Frank P. and June Wilson Ramundo of Cincinnati; a daughter, Michelle Lynn Montgomery of Green Township, Ohio; a stepdaughter, Alicia M. Wooten of Hinesville, Ga.; and brothers, Walter Lynn Brown Jr. of Merryville, Tenn., Jeff Brown of Leyland, Ill., and Marty Brown of Illinois.
Services will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Kingsport Presbyterian Cemetery, Kingsport, Tenn.
Anna Schweitzer, 100, of Iowa City, Iowa, formerly of Kenton County, died Monday at her son's home in Iowa City.
She was a former employee of H&S Pogue Co., Cincinnati, and a member of St. Anthony Church, Taylor Mill.
She was a member of the St. Anthony Dramatic Circle, and participated in many plays at the Covington Library Auditorium for the benefit of the church.
Her husband, Frank Schweitzer, died in 1970.
Survivors include sons, John Schweitzer of Iowa City and Frank Schweitzer of San Antonio; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church. Visitation will be from 9 to 9:45 a.m. Saturday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
Corinne Shay, 96, of Florence, died at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Woodspoint Nursing Home in Florence.
She was a homemaker and a member of Florence Baptist Church and Boone County Senior Citizens.
Her husband, John W. Shay, died in 1963.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Friday.
Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
