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Date of these obituaries: 10-27-1998
Marl McMath, invented rechargeable flash
Fort Thomas resident Marl McMath had a wonderfully creative mind.
He used his gift to make people in perilous situations safer, life a little easier for the common man and to bring smiles to his children's faces.
Mr. McMath, 85, of Fort Thomas, died at 8 p.m. Saturday at St. Luke Hospital in Fort Thomas. He was a retired engineer with Litton Co., Florence, and a nationally known inventor.
During World War II, Mr. McMath worked for the military on a variety of projects. At Dayton Acme Co., he developed the first hand-held generator equipped for downed Air Corps pilots. At Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, he developed an air-sea rescue radio for pilots shot down over water that was later featured in Popular Mechanics magazine.
After the war, Mr. McMath worked as a civil engineer and later founded his own engineering consulting firm. He invented a long list of unique convenience and safety items, including the flashbulb shatter guard and rechargeable flashbulbs for cameras, and the "keylite."
His inventions also made life at home a wonder, his daughter, Kelly McMath, said.
"He made us our own gasoline-engine mini-jeep to motor around town in the 1950s," she said. "We had a total intercom system he put in throughout the house. We had an electric garage-door opener before they were on the market. Dad spent months working on technological thrills, screams and howls for Halloween - (it was) a special time of fun for us."
Other survivors include his wife, Louise McMath; a son, Jack McMath of Fort Thomas; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to Animal Welfare of Northern Kentucky, P. O. Box 330, Independence, Ky. 41051. "Gevie' Shonert "was interested in everything in this community'
Genevieve Shonert, a civic leader, Democratic Party official and founding member of the Pendleton County Public Library and the Kincaid Regional Theater in Pendleton County, died Sunday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit in Covington.
The Falmouth resident was 82.
Born Bertha Genevieve Hancock in Cincinnati, Mrs. Shonert, affectionately known by many as "Gevie," was the daughter of grocery store owners from Lenoxburg, where she grew up.
She graduated from Bracken County High School and Cincinnati Bible Seminary and studied voice, music theory and keyboard at the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.
During World War II, she helped her father run his food warehouse, which supplied the Hancock chain of stores. It was during this time that she was a member of a pioneering Cincinnati community theater, which later became Playhouse in the Park.
Mrs. Shonert married
Warren Jeffrey Shonert Jr., publisher of the Falmouth Outlook newspaper, in Lenoxburg in 1946. She had twins in 1950.
After the family moved to Falmouth, she became active in civic affairs and was co-publisher of the Falmouth Outlook until it was sold in 1985. Despite their political differences - Mr. Shonert was a Republican until later in life and Mrs. Shonert was an active Democrat - the couple "got along fine," Mr. Shonert said.
She sometimes wrote stories for the paper, he said. "She was interested in everything in this community. She was honest, and everybody loved her."
Besides helping found the public library and Kincaid theater, Mrs. Shonert was a member and choir director of the Falmouth Christian Church, served 14 years as a Pendleton County school board member and was a director on the board of First National Bank in Falmouth and Fifth Third Bank of Northern Kentucky.
Mrs. Shonert was a charter member of the Pendleton County Democratic Woman's Club, Falmouth Woman's Club and Pendleton County Democratic Executive Committee.
She helped organize Martha Layne Collins' campaign for governor and Brereton Jones' campaign for lieutenant governor.
She was a delegate to the national Democratic Party Convention and to the state Democratic Party Officers Election Convention.
She was a member of the Pendleton County Planning and Zoning Board and served on the Northern Kentucky Mental Health-Retardation Organizational Board and on the Pendleton County Grass Roots Committee, an organization to convince state legislators to allot more funding for use in education.
Mrs. Shonert also was a member of Rebecca Bryan Boone Daughters of the American Revolution, Pendleton County Homemakers and the Falmouth Rotary Club.
She was a recipient of the Pendleton County Outstanding Woman Award presented by the county chamber of commerce.
Other survivors include a son, Jeffrey Hancock Shonert of New York City; daughter, Genevieve Grace Shonert of Falmouth; and a sister, Mrs. George W. Booher of Lexington.
Her brother, John Hancock, who owned 140 of the Hancock grocery stores, was killed in an automobile accident several years ago.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Falmouth Christian Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth. Memorials are suggested to Falmouth Christian Church, Falmouth Rotary Scholarship Fund, or Pendleton County Library.
James W. Cahill, 79, of Butler, died Monday at Veterans Administration Nursing Home, Fort Thomas. He was a retired employee of Liberty Cherry Fruit Co., Latonia, and Peoples Funeral Home, Butler, and was a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Ethelene Parks Cahill; sons, Bill Cahill of Falmouth, Jerry Cahill and Ronnie Cahill, both of Butler, and Mike Cahill of Cincinnati; daughters, Diane LaFallotte of Falmouth and Brenda Meyer of Butler; sisters, Jane Green of Cincinnati and Patricia Smith of Dry Ridge; 10 grandchildren, seven step-grandchildren, one great-grandson and six step-great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Francis Xavier Church, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Peoples Funeral Home, Butler. Burial will be in St. Francis Church Cemetery, Butler.
Memorials are suggested to St. Francis Xavier Church Building Fund, 202 Second St., Falmouth, Ky. 41040; or in the form of masses.
Paul Thomas Colvin II, 36, of Glencoe, died Saturday when his automobile was hit by a train, off of U. S. 25 south of Walton. He was a construction worker.
Survivors include his wife, Joe Ann Wood Colvin; a stepdaughter, Stephanie Newton of Mount Sterling; stepsons, Duke Wheeler of Mount Sterling and David Paul Wheeler II of Bath County, Ky.; his mother, Nancy Williams Colvin of Dry Ridge; sisters, Sonya Carver of Sparta and Carla Buring of Florence; a brother, Jason "Stubby" Colvin of Mount Sterling; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Slate Creek Church of God, Means, Ky. Burial will be in Lovely Cemetery, Jeffersonville.
Herald & Stewart Funeral Home, Mount Sterling, is handling arrangements.
Bertha Epperson, of Covington, died at 12:35 p.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington.
She was a retired waitress with Netherland Hilton Hotel, and a member of Fiskburg Chapter No. 334 Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include a brother, O. L. Hampton of Cincinnati; three grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Thursday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday.
Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Charles E. "Buddy" Granneman Jr., 65, of Galveston, Texas, formerly of Covington, died Friday at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston. He was a retired security and communications department worker with St. Mary's Hospital in Galveston, and was an Air Force veteran. A sons, Richard Glenn Hall, preceded him in death.
Survivors include wife, Shirley Granneman; daughters, Kimberly Granneman of Galveston, Theresa Shacklock of Middleseck, Pa., Sandra Wolford of Santa Fe, N.M., and Livia Flanary of Alvin, Texas; sons, Michael T. Granneman and Tommy Granneman, both of Galveston, David Granneman of Burlington; his mother, Edna Granneman of Covington; sisters, Florence McFarland of Covington, Betty Marksberry of Fort Wright, Lida Wilson of Union and Evelyn Mathes of Elsmere; a brother, Louis Granneman of Hebron; and 14 grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. CST Wednesday at Carnes Brothers Funeral Home, Galveston. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Mr. Granneman's body will be cremated.
Lawrence F. "Barney" Graue, 88, of Covington, died at 6:15 a.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington. He was a retired secretary to several Covington mayors and a member of the board of directors of Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
He was a member of Knights of Columbus Monsignor Ahman Council, a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Augustine Church in Covington, and a former member of Pathfinders senior citizens group at the church.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth E. Budde Graue; and a daughter, Marsha Graue of Covington.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Augustine Church. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to St. Augustine Church Restoration Fund, 338E. 17th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Alline Kramer, 74, of Latonia, died at 5:30 a.m. Monday at her home. She was a retired bookkeeper with Easy Pack Co., Cincinnati. Her husband, William Kramer, died in 1975.
Survivors include daughters, Jean Plummer of Edgewood and Diane Prewitt of Cincinnati; a brother, Virgil Elmo Cox of Tulsa, Okla.; a sister, Pauline Johnson of London, Ky.; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Bettye J. Stinnett Kruse, 70, of Dayton, died at 7:15 a.m. Sunday at her home. She was a homemaker and a past secretary of the Dayton Civic League and the Dayton City Parks Board.
Survivors include her husband, Gerald L. Kruse; a son, Mike Kruse of Cincinnati; daughters, Mary Baird and Linda Busch, both of Cincinnati; a brother, Charles Bennett of Fort Thomas; a sister, Pat Bennett of Union; and five grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Christ Church United Church of Christ, Fort Thomas. Mrs. Kruse donated her body to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Dayton, is handling arrangements.
Vicky L. Short Kuntz, 45, of Newport, died Sunday at her home. She was a technical support specialist with ADP, Cincinnati, and a member of Highland Avenue Baptist Tabernacle, Fort Thomas.
Survivors include her husband, Leonard Kuntz; sons, Leonard Kuntz II and Michael Kuntz, both of Newport; her mother, Alma Short of Newport; sisters, Brenda Turner of Cincinnati and Belinda Hatfield of Alexandria;
Services will be at 7:30 tonight at Highland Avenue Baptist Tabernacle. Visitation will begin there at 4:30. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Highland Avenue Baptist Tabernacle, 1080 Highland Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; or Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075. Radel Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Betty Lambert, 78, of Florence, died at 10 p.m. Monday at her residence.
Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Robert B. Love, 81, of Latonia, died at 8:42 p.m. Saturday at Union Hospital, Dover, Ohio. He was a retired valve grinder with Lunkenheimer Valve Co., Cincinnati, and a member of Rosedale Baptist Church in Latonia and Latonia McDonald's Morning Club. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Lanham Love; sons, Bobby W. Love of West Chester, Ohio, and Ronald L. Love of Florence; daughters, Carol E. Cotton of Covington and Judy L. Haun of Florence; 11 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
Memorials are suggested to Rosedale Baptist Church, 45th and Glenn Ave., Covington, Ky. 41015.
Robert P. Schafer, 84, of Bellevue, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was the retired president of Peoples Federal Reserve Savings and Loan, and a member of the advisory board of Provident Bank.
Survivors include loved ones, Christina Kiser and Wayne Kiser, both of Maineville, Ohio, who took care of Mr. Schafer. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Robert W. Toennis, 63, of Newport, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. He was a retired Sears salesman.
Survivors include sons, Mark Toennis of Covington, Rick Toennis of Alexandria and Dean Toennis of Piqua, Ohio; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Cremation was at Cremation Society of Greater Cincinnati.
Blanche Catherine Wehrle, 78, of Fort Thomas, died at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at her home. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Richard L. Wehrle, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Beverly Ossege of Fort Thomas; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Thomas Church, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Prayers will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
