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Date of these obituaries: 06-03-1998
Ronald D. Scalf, helped senior citizens
There wasn't anything Ronald D. Scalf couldn't do if he tried.
The Erlanger man taught himself how to renovate houses and fix plumbing, then he helped friends, neighbors and family fix up their homes. He taught himself how to cut hair, and then he gave free haircuts to the residents of a local nursing home.
He did odd jobs for his older neighbors, always making sure they were comfortable.
"My husband was a jack-of-all-trades," said his wife, Judith R. Baker Scalf. "He could cut hair, he could build a house, he could do anything.
"Ronnie never felt like there wasn't something he could do if he tried. That's the way he lived his life."
Mr. Scalf, 62, died at 12:20 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
He grew up in Barbersville and, as a teen-ager, moved to Cincinnati to find a job. He lived with his brother and worked various places, including a bakery and a foundry. He soon moved back to Kentucky, and he and his first wife had a son.
He married
Judith Baker in 1983.
For 30 years, Mr. Scalf worked as a trucker. His last 11 years before retirement were spent with Overnite Transportation in Cincinnati.
When he wasn't working, Mr. Scalf volunteered. On Thursdays, he delivered meals to seniors in Florence, and on Mondays, he drove senior citizens in Ludlow to doctor appointments or any other place they needed to go.
As a member of the Erlanger Lions, Mr. Scalf helped run bingos and the group's annual eyesight drive for students at Erlanger and Elsmere schools. He cut residents' hair at Woodspoint Nursing Home in Florence.
In the winter, he frequently checked on his older neighbors, making sure they had food and heat. And at Christmas, he always bought something for one of his most needy neighbors - usually a gadget or hardware to fix something in the home.
"He was always upbeat, he was always happy, he was always working. He was never bored; he always had something to do," Mrs. Scalf said.
"He knew God had been good to him, and he tried to give back what he could.
"He was just one of a kind."
Other survivors include his son, David Scalf, of Florence, and one grandson.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Senior Services of Northern Kentucky, 1032 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky. 41011.
Mildred Jeanette Adams, 82, of Williamstown, died Sunday in Hudson, Fla. She was a homemaker. A son, Dawson Dean Adams, and a daughter, Geraldine Manning, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, Elmo Adams; sons, Donald J. Adams of Williamstown, Ray Adams of Brooksville and Gerald Adams of Falmouth; a daughter, Janet Adams of Ft. Lauderdale; a sister, Geneva Landrum of Ft. Thomas; and numerous grandchildren, great- grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Landrum Cemetery, Grant County.
Frances Hutton Beach, 66, of Latonia, died at 1:08 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. She was a homemaker and a member of Rosedale Baptist Church, Latonia, and Women's Auxiliary of Marshall-Schildmeyer VFW Post No. 6095, Covington.
Survivors include her husband, Randolph A. Beach; daughters, Robin D. Fulmer of Latonia and Michelle L. Beach of Covington; a brother, James K. Hutton of Glencoe; and one granddaughter.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with VFW services at 7:30 p.m. Burial will be in New Vine Run Cemetery, Dry Ridge. Memorials are suggested to Marshall-Schildmeyer VFW Post No. 6095, 343 E. 47th St., Covington, Ky. 41015.
Mallory Borne, 3 days, the daughter of Jeff and Javelyn Borne of Bellevue, died Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati.
Other survivors include a twin brother, Mason Borne, at home; a sister, Madison Caldwell, at home; and grandparents, Jeff and Darlene Borne of Walton.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Linnemann Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Juanita "Doris" Cammack, 66, of Dry Ridge, died Monday at Owen County Memorial Hospital in Owenton. She was a homemaker and a former dietician and nurses' aide with Owenton Manor. She also was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church, Jonesville.
Survivors include her husband, Enlow Cammack; sons, James E. Cammack of Jones ville, Lawrence Cammack of Warsaw, Dennis Cammack of Frankfort and Eddie Cammack of Crittenden; daughters, Anna Laura Garrett of Louisville, Beverly Hearn of Jonesville and Tammy Scroggins of Dry Ridge; 16 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at McDonald Funeral Home, Main Street, Owenton. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Jonesville Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Macedonia Baptist Church, Jonesville, Ky. 41043.
Melville M. Dickerson, 81, of Florence, died Monday at Green Valley Health Care Center, Carrollton. He was a retired maintenance worker with Boone County Schools and a former park ranger with Kentucky State Parks. He also was an Army veteran. His wife, Emogene Dickerson, died in 1988. A son, Marshall Dickerson, died in 1969.
Survivors include daughters, Karen Lyles of Benton and Patty Antrobus of Verona; a son, Don Dickerson of Texarkana, Texas; sisters, Lila Gardner of Lexington and Fay Stafford of Warsaw; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Walton. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Ollie Droganes, 74, of Florence, died Tuesday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence.
James P. Duncan, 65, of Elsmere, died at 7:12 p.m. Monday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was a retired truck driver and a member of St. Henry Church, Elsmere.
Survivors include his wife, Patricia Wubbolding Duncan; daughters, Kathy Wolff of Edgewood and Karen Sturgeon of Erlanger; sons, David Duncan of Williamstown, Mike Duncan of Erlanger, Kevin Duncan of Els mere and Rob Duncan of Florence; a brother, Mick Duncan of Versailles; a stepsister, Marilyn Rovito of Villa Hills; and 13 grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Henry Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Ft. Wright. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice, or in the form of Masses.
Carl J. Harrison, 71, of St. Petersburg, Fla., formerly of Alexandria, died May 17 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Bay Pines, Fla. He was a truck driver and a member of VFW Post No. 9272, American Legion Post No. 273, Disabled American Veterans Chapter No. 13 and AMVETS Post No. 8 in Florida. He also was a former member of Masonic Lodge No. 916, Silver Grove, and the Scottish Rite of Covington, and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Bonnie Harrison; daughters, Pamela Jean Garrett of White Salmon, Wash., Cathy J. Lush of Hallowell, Maine, and Ramona Kay Schweitzer of Atlanta; brothers, Frankie Harrison of Alexandria, Ralph Harrison of Lebanon, Ohio, Raymond Harrison of Newport and Junior Harrison of Butler; sisters, Helen Kaffenberger of Alexandria and Hilda Mattingly of Morgan; and five grandchildren.
Services were May 22 in Florida. Burial was in National Cemetery, Bay Pines. E. James Reese Funeral Home, Seminole, Fla., handled arrangements.
Pearl Hudson, 68, of Covington, died at 4:06 a.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington. She was a homemaker and a member of Corinthian Baptist Church, Newport. Her husband, Clarence Hudson, died in 1997.
Survivors include a daughter, Sarah Hill of Covington; a stepson, Luther Hudson of Birmingham, Ala.; her mother, Sarah Harper of Cincinnati; a sister, Flora Mae Lowe of Newport; a brother, Terrell Burton of Ann Arbor, Mich.; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Corinthian Baptist Church. Visitation will begin there at 6 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell. Jones & Simpson Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Donald McClure, 62, of Verona, died Sunday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was a maintenance worker with R. A. Jones Co., Crescent Springs, a member of New Bethel Baptist Church in Verona, and a Navy veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Goldsberry McClure; daughters, Carol Wehrman of Walton and Tonya Emmons of Verona; sons, Tim McClure of Independence, Rodney McClure of Florence and Donnie McClure of Erlanger; his parents, Bill and Sallie Tinch McClure of Walton; sisters, Jean Mullins of Somerset, Mattie Baumgardner of Crittenden, and Rita Leek of Buckhorn; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services were this morning at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery.
Margaret Mae Meyer, 97, of Ft. Thomas, died Tuesday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport. She was a retired bookkeeper with National Underwriter Co., Cincinnati, and a member of First Presbyterian Church, Ft. Thomas. Her husband, Joseph Meyer, died in 1967. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Ft. Thom as. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Odella Teegarden Meyer, 58, of Brooksville, died at 12:14 p.m. Monday at Meadowview Regional Hospital, Maysville. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Hugh "Butch" Columbia Meyer Jr., died in 1981.
Survivors include brothers, Leroy Teegarden of Mt. Olivet and John Wayne Teegarden of Niceville, Fla.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Johnsville Cemetery.
Louise Harvey Osborne, 69, of Cincinnati, formerly of Harlan, died Monday at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati. She was an insurance company supervisor.
Survivors include a son, Gary Osborne of Cincinnati; a brother, Ernest Harvey of Cincinnati; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Vorhis Funeral Home, Cincinnati. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Arthritis Foundation, 7811 Laurel Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45243.
Colvin "Corky" Points, 65, of Erlanger, died June 1 at his home. He was a bricklayer, a member of International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craft- workers Local No. 2, Newport, and a member of Erlanger Baptist Church and Simon Kenton American Legion Post No. 20. He was a past commander with Ralph Fulton VFW Post No. 6423, Elsmere, and was a Navy veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Carol Pancake Points; a daughter, Michelle L. Fredrick of Elsmere; a son, Stephen M. Points of Elsmere; a stepson, Douglas Faulkner of Southern Pines, N.C.; stepdaughters, Jodi Faulkner of Bennington, Vt., Tricia Faulkner and Peggy Mulligan, both of Elsmere, and Lisa Wilde of Villa Hills; a brother, Richard Points of Columbus, N.C.; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Herman Ransdell, 97, of Fairfield, Ohio, died at 5 a.m. today at Lillian Houston Nursing Home, Fairfield, Ohio.
Arrangements are pending at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown.
John E. Wessling, 68, of Ft. Mitchell, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger.
