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Date of these obituaries: 08-22-1998
Mary Virginia Chipps, Florence floral shop owner
Mary Virginia Chipps and her husband shared a long and successful marriage.
After his retirement from the Army, they shared a successful florist shop, Chippers Flowers in Florence.
Mrs. Chipps followed her husband, Gilbert Glen Chipps, to various parts of the country during his military career. She often worked at Sears, Roebuck and Co. in Cincinnati, but she dreamed of opening a floral shop.
In the mid-1980s, Mrs. Chipps achieved her dream, and her husband helped wherever he could.
"She was an angel, and I was her gofer guy," her husband said.
Mrs. Chipps, 67, of Edgewood, died at 4:10 p.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North Hospice, Covington. She was a member of Pleasant Valley Methodist Church in Doddridge County, W.Va.
The Chipps are from West Virginia but spent most of the past 30 years in Northern Kentucky.
"She was a very happy person. She had a lot of great friends," Mr. Chipps said.
Other survivors include a son, David A. Chipps of Cleveland; daughters, Sue Iha of Austin, Texas, and Carol Willson of Florence; brothers, Forrest Welch, Jimmy Welch and Robert Welch, all of West Virginia, and Dwayne Welch and Johnny Welch, both of North Carolina; a sister, Debbie Gaskins of West Virginia; and six grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Harbert Funeral Home, Salem, W.Va. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. today at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia, and from 11 a.m. until time of services Sunday at the funeral home in West Virginia. Burial will be in Mount Olive Cemetery, Salem, W.Va.
Sherry Smith Ashby, 50, of Tempe, Ariz., formerly of Northern Kentucky, died Wednesday at University Hospital, Tucson, Ariz. She was a homemaker.
Her husband, Bob Ashby, died in 1995. Survivors include a daughter, Sommer Ashby of Phoenix; brothers, Steve Smith of Fort Wright, Scott Smith of Atlanta and Spencer Smith of Oviedo, Fla.; sisters, Saundra Strunk of Fort Mitchell, Sheila Vogelsang of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Sheena Reamer of Kansas City, Kan.
Graveside services and burial will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Elsmere-Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Ava Louellen Losey Bradford, 82, of Butler, died Thursday at River Valley Nursing Home in Butler. She was a retired nurse's aide for the nursing home and a member of Butler Baptist Church.
Survivors include a son, Garry Losey of Butler; daughters, Donna McLaren of Grants Lick and Gloria Brown of Reading, Ohio; a sister, Grace Dells of North Carolina; six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Peoples Funeral Home, Grants Lick, with visitation 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery, Grants Lick.
Fred Brown, 77, of California, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas. He was retired from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
Survivors include his wife, Cora Brown; sons, Fred G. Brown of Demossville and John A. Brown of Burlington; daughters, Donna Sue Stiens of Independence, Patricia Morris of California, Pamela Ely of Bennington, Ind., and Debora Holliday of Burlington; sisters, Catherine Redman of Morning View, Mardella Perry of San Diego; six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Monday at Peoples Funeral Home, Grants Lick, with visitation from 10 a.m. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
James R. Buckner, 57, of Port Richey, Fla., formerly of Falmouth, died Saturday at his home. He was a meat cutter for Sam's Club, Tampa, Fla.
Survivors include his wife, Beverly Sue Buckner; a daughter, Laurie Blevins of Independence; a stepdaughter, Lisa Lyon of Falmouth; a stepson, Roger Hammond of Falmouth; a brother, Joseph Buckner of Butler; a sister, Clara Grant of Cincinnati; three grandchildren and three stepgrandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. Aug. 30 at Flour Creek Christian Church, Butler. Meadowlawn Funeral Home, New Port Richey, Fla., is handling arrangements.
Helen M. Talbert Cline of Villa Hills died Thursday at Highlands of Fort Thomas nursing home. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Charles Cline; sisters, Rita Pope of Crescent Springs, Vera Weber of Florence and Rose Siemer of Fort Mitchell; a brother, Paul Talbert of Fort Wright.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Church, Crescent Springs. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to St. Joseph School, 2470 Lorraine Court, Crescent Springs, Ky. 41017-1406.
Mary Litha Craddock, 67, of Williamstown, died Wednesday at Grant Manor Health Care Center in Williamstown. She was a homemaker and a member of Grassy Creek Christian Church, Demossville. Her husband, Robert Craddock, died in 1992.
Survivors include a son, Rick Craddock of Demossville; a brother, Ed Jones Jr. of Florence; a sister, Frances McManama of Florence; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at noon today at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge, with visitation from 10 a.m. Burial will be in Gardnersville Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Grassy Creek Christian Church, Highway 17, Demossville, Ky. 41033.
Anna Ruth Daniels, 75, of Latonia, died at 3:35 p.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. Arrangements are pending at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia.
James A. Foust, 46, of Covington, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. Survivors include his mother, Margaret Foust of Fort Mitchell; a brother, Brian Foust of Lexington; and sisters, Marsha Weaver and Francis Carlin, both of Fort Mitchell, Judy Johnson of Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y., and Marjie Ratliff of Vinton, Va.
Private services will be held at the convenience of the family. Memorials are suggested to Vanderbilt University Rehabilitation Center, 1702 Vanderbilt Center, Nashville, Tenn. 37232. Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow, is handling arrangements.
N.S. "Nick" Furnish, 79, of Hebron, died at 1:46 p.m. Thursday at his home. He was a retired supervisor for American Airlines and a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of Bullittsville Christian Church, Burlington, where he was an elder emeritus, deacon and controller. He was treasurer of Hebron Fire District and Hebron Fire Department and a member of Hebron Lions Club and American Airlines Vanguard Society.
Survivors include his wife, Emily Winchester Furnish of Hebron; daughters, Barbara Sanders of Austin, Texas, and Bev Furnish Humphrey of Park Hills; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Bullittsville Christian Church, Burlington. Visitation will be 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron. Burial will be in Warsaw Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Bullittsville Christian Church, 3094 Petersburg Road, Burlington, Ky. 41005.
Diane R. Grady, 52, of Florence, died Friday at Hospice of Cincinnati in Blue Ash, Ohio. She was a retired deputy sheriff for the Richland County, Ohio, Sheriff's Department. She was a member of First Church of Christ, Burlington.
Survivors include her husband, William Grady; a son, Shawn Grady of Florence; a stepmother, Pauline Eichelberger of Bucyrus, Ohio; a sister, Marcia Baker of Bucyrus, Ohio; a brother, Larry Eichelberger of Bucyrus, Ohio; a half-sister, Kathleen Dishon of Bucyrus, Ohio.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at First Church of Christ, Burlington, with visitation from 3 p.m. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042; or Hospice of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 19221, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219. Stith Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Edith Lillian Hammons, 59, of Taylor Mill, died Friday at Bethesda North Hospital, Montgomery, Ohio. She was a finisher for Contemporary Cabinets, Cincinnati, and a member of Faith Baptist Church, Latonia.
Survivors include her husband, George D. Hammons; a daughter, Sandra Wagner of Taylor Mill; her mother, Dora Alcorn of Bedford, Ind.; brothers, Buford Alcorn of Bedford, Ind., Darrell Alcorn of Sweetwater, Tenn., and Steve McQueen of Ringo, Ga.; sisters, Helen Gay of Bedford, Ind., Arnold Mae Pearson of Berea and Mary Woodson of Lebanon, Tenn.; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill, with visitation at 10 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Bertha Uhl Higdon, 91, of Fort Mitchell, died Thursday at Highlands of Fort Thomas nursing home. She was a homemaker.
Her husband, George Higdon, died in 1972. A son, David Higdon, died in 1955. Survivors include daughters, Carol Roberto, Judy Egan, Melanie Boylan and Nancy Stautberg of Cincinnati, and Joan Hegge of Fort Mitchell; 23 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7 p.m. Monday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Fort Mitchell, with visitation from 5 p.m. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to George and Bertha Higdon Music Fund, Blessed Sacrament Church, 2415 Dixie Highway, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Kimberly Lynn Nunlist, 28, of Bakersfield, Calif., formerly of Northern Kentucky, died Aug. 13 at her home from complications of asthma. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include daughters, Jessica and Karissa Rodman, both of Bakersfield; her father and stepmother, David and Millie Nunlist of Bakersfield; her mother and stepfather, Hazel and Dale Stechow of Burlington; a sister, Debbie Nunlist of Bakersfield; a brother, David Nunlist Jr. of Bakersfield; stepsisters, Jean Robinson of Kentucky and Jan Fleet of California; a stepbrother, Jerry Broach of Alabama; and grandparents, Jack Wood of Highland Heights, Mollie Nunlist of Bakersfield, and Sarah Van Meter of Kentucky.
Graveside services were held Aug. 17 at Greenlawn Cemetery, Bakersfield. Memorials are suggested to the Jessica and Karissa Rodman Trust Fund, c/o Kern Federal Credit Union, 1717 Truxton Ave., Bakersfield, Calif. 93301. Greenlawn Mortuary, Bakersfield, handled arrangements.
Bonnetta Fay Piner, 83, of Cincinnati, died Thursday at Hospice of Cincinnati in Blue Ash, Ohio. She was a homemaker and a member of Grassy Creek Christian Church, Demossville.
Survivors include her husband, Bradford H. Piner; daughters, Jo Ann Shiveley of Williamsburg, Ohio, and Betty Owen of Alexandria; a son, Bradford L. Piner of Missouri City, Texas; 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence, with visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Gardnersville Cemetery, Demossville. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Cincinnati, 4310 Cooper Road, Blue Ash, Ohio 45242.
Loraine L. Rhein, 78, of Bellevue, died at 12:40 p.m. Thursday at her home. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Robert Rhein, died in 1992. A son, James Rhein, died in 1997.
Survivors include a daughter, Patricia Barger of Bellevue; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue, with visitation 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Lawrence John Rohling, 85, of Alexandria, died Thursday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home, Highland Heights. He was a retired jeweler for Gordon B. Miller Co., Cincinnati, a member of Corpus Christi Church, Newport, and also attended St. Joseph Church, Cold Spring. He was a charter member of Kenton Fish and Game Club.
Survivors include his wife, Florence Hall Rohling; sons, James Rohling of Morning View and Richard Rohling of Fort Wright; daughters, Barbara Sayers of Covington and Kathy Cioffi of Crescent Springs; stepsons, James Hull and Daniel Hull of Alexandria and Nicholas Hull of Tennessee; a sister, Ruth Marshall of Taylor Mill; 27 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Cross Church, Latonia. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until prayers at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested in the form of Masses.
Glenmore Stewart, 68, of Warsaw, died Friday at his home. He was a retired regional sales manager for Gehl Company, a dealer for Jim Barna Log Homes and Dixon Mowers and an Army veteran. He was of the Baptist faith and a member of Gallatin County Fish and Game Club and Kentucky Walking Horse Association.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Webster Stewart, sisters, Virginia Snodgrass of Independence and Berdena Collins of Elliston. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Warsaw, with visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. today. Burial will be in Jonesville Cemetery, Grant County. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Medical Center North Hospice, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014; or Jonesville Fire Department, Jonesville, Ky. 41052.
Philip Stewart Stoker, 51, of Falmouth, died Friday at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington. He was a welder for General Motors, Indianapolis, and a veteran of the Vietnam War.
Survivors include a daughter, Amber Denise Stoker of Fleming County; and his mother and stepfather, Dorothy Stoker Thacker and Adrian T. Thacker of Nicholasville.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Robertson County Funeral Home, Mount Olivet, with visitation 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Piqua Cemetery, Robertson County.
Arthur Thomas Stuckey, 87, of Dayton, died at 5:10 a.m. Thursday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home in Highland Heights. He was former caretaker of Anchor Haven Boat Harbor, Dayton; an Army veteran of World War II; and a member of James T. Costigan American Legion Post No. 11, Newport. Survivors include several nieces.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Dayton, with visitation from 9 a.m. Burial will be in Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
Jack M. Wood, 78, of Brownstown, Ind., formerly of Covington, died Thursday at Memorial Hospital, Seymour, Ind. He was a retired machinist for Panasote Co., Seymour, and worked as a machinist for American Can Co., Cincinnati. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Seymour.
Survivors include his wife, Nellie McDavid Wood; a son, Stephen A. Wood of Newark, Del.; a daughter, Melanie Peters of Brownstown, Ind.; brothers, Billy G. Wood of Spring City, Tenn., Lewis A. Wood of Erlanger and Paul V. Wood of Warner Robins, Ga.; nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Myers Funeral Service, Burkholder Chapel, Seymour, Ind., with visitation from 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday and from 9:30 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Seymour, Ind. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donors choice.
