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Date of these obituaries: 07-23-1998
Gary Debruler, devoted dad, volunteer
Gary Lee Debruler, a former emergency medical technician and member of the Dayton Volunteer Fire Department, died at 12:41 p.m. Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas. He was 46.
Mr. Debruler, who had juvenile diabetes, supported his wife and three children as an employee at Bearing Distributors in Cincinnati for more than 25 years.
The Dayton resident became a volunteer with the community fire department, operating the fire engines and working as an EMT, in the 1980s. He remained an active member for about 10 years, said his wife, JoAnn Lovelace Debruler.
"A lot of friends of ours were members, too. It was kind of like a little family when you're members," Mrs. Debruler said.
"He just really liked helping people. . .He'd probably have been active a lot longer than he was if it weren't for his illness."
Mr. Debruler grew up in Dayton and graduated from Dayton High School in 1969. He met his wife in high school and they married
in 1971.
He took a job at Bearing Distributors and did everything from driving trucks to selling and managing the office for the company.
Mr. Debruler enjoyed fishing, camping and sports. When the couple's three sons were young, the family camped nearly every weekend in the summer. He also coached his sons' youth football and baseball teams.
"He was very involved with our kids, as far as their activities," Mrs. Debruler said. "I have a lot of nieces and nephews, and he was really good with them, too. He was a cut-up, trying to make jokes and stuff all the time."
Mr. Debruler was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at age 7. He remained in relatively good health until 1992, when he had kidney failure and had to go on a dialysis machine.
In 1993, he received kidney and pancreas transplants at University Hospital in Cincinnati. For about three years, the transplants seemed to do the trick. But then he began having circulation problems and organ failure.
Other survivors include sons, Gary Brandon Debruler, Jason Debruler and Aaron Debruler, all of Dayton; his parents, Ann and Roy Debruler of Dayton; and brothers, Pat Debruler of Bellevue, Roger Debruler of Grants Lick, Dennis Debruler of Clarksville, Ind., and James Debruler of Dayton.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Bernard Church, Dayton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Dayton. Prayers will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested to University Internal Medicine Association Kidney Transplant Aid Fund, 231 Bethesda Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0585; or American Diabetes Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., West Chester, Ohio 45069.
Arnold "Ray" Chatt, 53, of Covington, died at 3:07 p.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit in Covington. He was a machine operator with Lingo Manufacturing Co., Florence, and a member of Loyal Order of Moose Lodge No. 1469, Covington. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Parks Chatt; a son, Kelly Chatt, at home; a daughter, Julie Fangmeyer of Covington; a sister, Jackie Jarrell of Clarksville, Tenn.; and one grandchild.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home, with a Moose service at 7:30 p.m. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Grace Chumley, 90, of Florence, died at 4:30 a.m. today at Florence Christian Senior Center.
Arrangements are pending at Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Elsmere-Erlanger.
Lucian Donald Combs, 61, of Fort Thomas, died at 11:50 a.m. Tuesday at Christ Hospital, Cincinnati. He was a tax examiner with the Internal Revenue Service, a member of St. Thomas Church in Fort Thomas, and a Marine Corps veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Blau Combs; daughters, Christine Clark of Cincinnati, Suzanne Kocher of Greenville, N.C., and Kathleen Combs of Fort Thomas; sons, Steven Combs of Lexington and Daniel Combs of Fort Thomas; a sister, Joan Okura of Cincinnati; brothers, Casa Marlin Combs of Franklin, N.C., Douglas Neyman Jr. of Newport and Peter Neyman of Clarksville, Tenn.; and one grandchild.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Thomas Church. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042; American Diabetes Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., West Chester, Ohio 45069; or in the form of Masses.
William P. Couch Sr., 63, of Cincinnati, died Monday at his home. He was an employee of C. J. Krehbiel Printing Co., Cincinnati, and a Korean War veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Thelma Louise Wood Couch; sons, William Paul Couch and Mark Edward Couch, both of Ohio, and Jackie Lee Poland of Kentucky; daughters, Stephanie Walz and Beverly J. Walz, both of Ohio, and Debbie Brewer of Grant County; a brother, Edward Couch of Ohio; 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Newnam Funeral Home, Beattyville. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Couch Family cemetery in Beattyville. Charles A. Miller Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is handling local arrangements.
Robert D. Earls, 75, of Covington, died at 8:31 a.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington. He was a retired plant manager with Renton Concrete Products Co. in Seattle, and a Marine Corps veteran of World War II.
Survivors include daughters, Judith Thorpe of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Bonnie Strouse of Brighton, Mich., Karen Houlehan of Villa Hills and Virginia Earls of Seattle; a sister, Vivian Carr of Park Hills; and seven grandchildren.
Graveside services were this morning at Gum Lick Cemetery, Pendleton County.
Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown, is handling arrangements.
Anna Lea Garrison, of Hot Springs Village, Ark., formerly of Burlington, died July 17 in Arkansas.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Howard L. Garrison; a son, Howard W. Garrison of Hot Springs Village; a daughter, Donna Henson of Dongola, Ill.; sisters, Hazel Alge of Florence, Elizabeth Ramey of Florence and Ona Shotwell of Sun City, Fla.; and four grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Forest Lawn Mausoleum Chapel, Erlanger.
Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Stith Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Geraldine Wagers Griffin, 47, of Dry Ridge, died at 1:15 p.m. Monday in Dry Ridge in an automobile accident.
She was a machine operator with Hillshire Farm and Kahn's Co., Cincinnati, a former truck driver with J. B. Hunt Trucking Co., and a member of Stewartsville Baptist Church, Grant County.
Survivors include her husband, Garry W. Griffin; a daughter, Lisa Case of Dry Ridge; a stepdaughter, Jessica Griffin of Dry Ridge; stepsons, Christopher W. Griffin of Louisville, Rodney D. Griffin of Campbellsburg and Garry W. Griffin Jr. of Dry Ridge; sisters, Mary A. Jones of Berry, Nora Suisse of Honduras, Betty Lewis Fields of Crittenden and Gloria Mae Grim of Dry Ridge; two grandchildren and five step-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown.
Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Griffin Family Cemetery, Dry Ridge.
Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Paul W. Gunsaulye, 67, of Demossville, died at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas, after suffering a heart attack earlier in the day.
He was retired from American Laundry and Machine Co., Norwood, Ohio.
Survivors include his wife, Anna Mae Lawson Gunsaulye; a daughter, Lynn Peters of Demossville; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Pendleton County.
Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Irvin Estill Harney, 80, of Cynthiana, died Tuesday in Cynthiana of injuries suffered in a tractor accident.
He was a farmer and a member of Republican Christian Church, Harrison County.
His wife, Edna Garrison Harney, died in 1975.
Survivors include sons, Marvin Harney and Larry Harney; daughters, Janet Burtram and Linda Ammerman; 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Whaley-McCarty Funeral Home, Cynthiana.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 2312 Alexandria Drive, Lexington, Ky. 40504.
Everett Ledford Jr., 62, of Newport, died at 5:52 p.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington.
He was a parking attendant with Sagamore Parking, Covington.
Survivors include his wife, Nola Stacey Ledford; a daughter, Kathy Ledford of Newport; and a son, Bobbie Ledford of Louisville.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport.
Visitation will begin there at noon Friday.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Eleanor Beatrice North, 84, of Fort Thomas, died at 11:25 a.m. Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas.
She was a homemaker and a member of St. Therese Church, Southgate.
She was a member of the church Altar Society and Southgate Seniors.
Her husband, James I. North, died in 1994.
Survivors include a daughter, Sharon Anderson of Lake Wales, Fla.; sisters, Mabel Higgins of Southgate and Evelyn Luther of Fort Thomas; and five grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Therese Church, Southgate.
Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, followed by prayers.
Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested to St. Therese Children's Fund, 11 Temple Place, Southgate, Ky. 41071; or Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Randy Lee Rich, 37, of Covington, was found dead July 12 in the back yard of a Banklick Street residence in Covington. He was a roofer with Mel Roofing Co. Survivors include his parents, Harry Rich of Elsmere and Lorraine Rich of Hebron; a son, Dustin Rich of Hazard; daughters, Shannon Brown of Ludlow and Penelope Mason of Covington; brothers, Robert Rich of Taylor Mill and James Rich of Fort Mitchell; sisters, Connie Haywood of Independence, Brenda Bell of Hilton Head, S.C., and Phyllis Dixon of Elsmere; and one grandchild.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Independence Cemetery.
Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
