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Date of these obituaries: 10-17-1998
Martha E. Pennington: Her priority was family
Martha E. Pennington helped run a grocery store, cooked in a school cafeteria and cleaned equipment at a pie factory.
But her first priority was her family, said a daughter, Mary Lou Cox of Burlington.
Mrs. Pennington and her husband, James, often worked together.
"She helped him all through their life," said Ms. Cox. "They were side by side on most of the jobs they had."
And Ms. Cox said her mother delighted in her seven daughters, 30 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
"She loved to go visit her children. She loved to have the children around her."
Mrs. Pennington, 84, of Crescent Springs, died Wednesday afternoon at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Mrs. Pennington was a native of Jackson County.
While rearing her children, Mrs. Pennington and her husband cleaned equipment at a pie factory called Tasty Foods in Burlington.
After 13 years with Tasty Foods, she took a job cooking and washing dishes at Conner Middle School in Hebron. Meanwhile, her husband was selling vegetables at a small roadside stand.
The couple subsequently opened Pennington's Market in Hebron - first on North Bend Road, then on what is now Petersburg Road.
The market closed after James Pennington died in 1981. The Penningtons had been married
47 years.
"It takes two people to stay together," Ms. Cox said of her parents' successful marriage.
"Mom was very religious. She never drank; she never smoked. She was just a good person. She treated everybody well."
Other survivors include daughters, Diana Mullins of Burlington, Betty Buckler of Elsmere, Geri Harden and Fay Brann, both of Crescent Springs, Sylvia Bell of Commiskey, Ind., and Lois York of Covington.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Burlington Cemetery.
Mary Emily Brown, 85, of Covington, died at 9:57 a.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth North Hospice in Covington.
She was a homemaker and a member of Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary and Dora No. 2 Order of Eastern, Dayton. Her husband, Okla Brown, died in 1974, and a son, Russell E. Brown, also preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Thomas M. Brown of Somerset, James M. Brown of Fairfield, Ohio, Garry D. Brown of Cold Spring and Darrell W. Brown of Covington; daughters, Delores J. Franklin of Foster and Carolyn F. Holbrook of Covington; nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Garrard Street Church of Christ, Covington. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at Garrard Street Church of Christ and from noon to 2 p.m. Monday at Rich Hill Christian Church, Liberty. Burial will be in Poplar Hill Cemetery, Liberty.
Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Estelle McGrath Cetrulo, 97, of Fort Wright, died Friday at St. Charles Care Center in Covington.
She was a homemaker and a member of Fort Wright Leisure Timers, Daughters of Isabella, Highland Circle Homemakers, St. Charles Nursing Home Auxiliary and St. Agnes Church Ladies' Altar Society. She was also formerly active in senior citizens' organizations.
Her husband, Camillo D. "Cet" Cetrulo, died in 1982.
Survivors include a daughter, Joan Cetrulo Andrews of Tampa, Fla.; a son, Robert C. Cetrulo of Covington; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Charles Care Center, Covington. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday at St. Charles Care Center. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to Northern Kentucky Right to Life Committee, 509 Scott St., Covington, Ky. 41011.
Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Rondal T. Lynch, 48, of Florence, died at 8:04 p.m. Thursday at St. Elizabeth North Hospice in Covington.
He was a shipping clerk for Cincinnati Time Recorder and an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a member of of International Union of Electrical Workers Local No. 776.
Survivors include his wife, Judy Powell Lynch; daughters, Tina Topicz, Vicki Brown and Natasha Wehrman, all of Florence; sons, Rodney Lynch and Travis Lynch, both of Florence; his mother, Mae Noe of Corbin; sisters, Margie Hall and Smiley Boyd, both of Corbin; a half- brother, John Jones of Cincinnati; and six grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Mabel Francis Kinman Mason, 86, of Erlanger, died Friday at St. Elizabeth North Hospice in Covington.
She was a retired housekeeper and a member of Immanuel Baptist Church, Covington.
Her husband, Herman Horace Mason, died in 1962. Two sons, James Johnson and Van Darrell Johnson, also preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Herman Mason of Orange County, Calif., Paul Mason of Taylor Mill, Charles E. Mason of Harrogate, Tenn., and Martin Van Mason of Bellevue; daughters, Marian Lawson of Burlington, Marilyn Wiedemann of Fairborn, Ohio, and Judy Carty of Erlanger; 29 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will be at noon Monday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence, with visitation from 10 a.m. Burial will be in Owenton IOOF Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Karen Lynn Merrill, 38, of Alexandria, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas.
She was a child-care provider and owner of Karen for Kids, Alexandria. She was a member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Taylor Mill.
Survivors include her husband, David Merrill; daughters, Rachel Merrill and Tammy Merrill, both of Alexandria, and Melody Sullender of Melbourne, Fla.; a son, Troy Merrill of Covington; her father, Donald Snell of Garrison; her mother, Gloria McDaniel of California; brothers, Gary Snell of Dayton and Donnie Snell of Garrison; sisters, Dea Flinchum and Tammy McDaniel, both of California, and Julie Snell of Garrison; grandparents, Bob and Gloria Nutter of Fort Thomas, and "Grandma" Snell of Dayton; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Entombment will be in Evergreen cemetery Mausoleum, Southgate.
Catherine Marie Brewster Schuerman, 80, of Morning View, died Friday at Rosedale Manor in Latonia.
She was a retired custodian for Kenton County Schools and a member of Berean Baptist Church, Kenton County.
Her first husband, Roscoe Brewster, died in 1972. Her second husband, Charles Schuerman, died in 1994. A son, Harold Paul Brewster, died in 1989. Survivors include sons, Wilford W. Brewster and Roy Brewster, both of Morning View, and Lonnie Brewster of Independence; a brother, Donald Frakes of Florence; 16 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer's Association, 644 Linn St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45203.
Marian O. Sousa, 89, of Fort Thomas, died at 11:59 p.m. Thursday at her residence.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a son, J. Philip Sousa III of Fort Thomas; and one grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday at St. Stephen Church, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Monday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, with prayers at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042; or Leukemia Society of America, 100 Merchant St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45246.
Shirley Rose South, 75, of Fort Thomas, died Friday at Carmel Manor Nursing Home in Fort Thomas.
She was a retired nurse for Southern Ohio Registry and a member of Sacred Heart Church, Bellevue, and Bellevue Senior Citizens.
Her husband, Wilbur South, died in 1979.
Survivors include daughters, Barbara Randolf of Cincinnati, Janet Weber of Montgomery, Ohio, and Nancy Wehr of Fort Thomas; a brother, Vernon Messer of Clearwater, Fla.; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Carmel Manor, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Carmel Manor. Burial will be in Rest Haven Cemetery, Cincinnati.
Memorials are suggested to Carmel Manor Activity Fund, 100 Carmel Manor Drive, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Daniel M. Sullivan, 62, of Erlanger, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
He was an accountant for the Cincinnati Zoo and operated his own business, Sullivan Accounting and Tax. He was an Air Force veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Arlene Bergfeld Sullivan; sons, Tim Sullivan and Scott Sullivan, both of Erlanger, Danny Sullivan of Burlington and Gary Sullivan of Covington; a daughter, Sharon Faehr of Burlington; brothers, Jim Sullivan of Denver, John Sullivan of Ludlow and Joe Sullivan of Edgewood; sisters, Sister Theresa Catherine Sullivan, S.C.N., and Sister Rose Sullivan, S.C.N., both of Louisville, Sister Dominic Sullivan, O.S.B., of Villa Hills, Elizabeth Mills of Cincinnati and Terry Helton of Ludlow; and five grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Henry Church, Erlanger. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Michael Curtis Turner, 38, of Dallas, formerly of Taylor Mill, died Tuesday at Arlington Memorial Hospital, Arlington, Texas.
He was a project manager for Perot Systems, Dallas, and an Air Force veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Emily Legg Turner; his parents, Daniel and Naomi Turner of Taylor Mill; and brothers, Kenneth Turner of Akron, Ohio, and Leslie Turner of Taylor Mill.
Graveside services and burial will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Memorials are suggested to Arlington Cancer Center, attention Donna Wilson, 906 W. Randel Mill Road, Arlington, Texas 76012.
Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill, is handling arrangements.
Ruth Welch, 83, of Bedford, formerly of Warsaw, died Thursday at Tri-County Hospital in La Grange.
She was a homemaker and a member of Warsaw Baptist Church.
Her husband, Edward Allen Welch, died in 1976. A daughter, Earnestine Emmick, died in 1994. Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Carlton of Ghent; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Warsaw. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Warsaw Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Ghent Baptist Church, c/o Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Main Street, Warsaw, Ky. 41095.
Flotillie Buckler Young, 51, of Bellevue, died Thursday at her home.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Michael Young; daughters, Connie Byrne of Crestview, Christine Kerns of Burlington, Mary Anne Reenan of Ludlow, and Penny Kerns and Becky Ravenscraft, both of Bellevue; sons, Richard Buckler of Bellevue, Charles Buckler Jr. of Bellevue and Ralph Joseph Young of Florence; sisters, Marie Goad of Newport and Irene Bishop of Fort Mitchell; brothers, Brack Gabbard of Booneville, Dan Fultz of Morning View, Raymond Fultz of Hebron and Stanley Fultz of Bellevue; and 22 grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
