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These notices are dated: 02-19-2004
Bruce Brownfield Sr., band leader for 'Paul Dixon Show'
From the 1950s through the 1970s, Bruce O. Brownfield Sr. was one of the most recognizable figures in the Midwest.
"We would walk down the sidewalk and people would say, 'Oh, there's Bruce from the Paul Dixon Show, '" said his wife of 59 years, Millie Brownfield.
"It seemed like everybody knew him."
Mr. Brownfield was so well known because, from 1955 through 1972, he was the band leader and musical director on the popular "Paul Dixon Show, " which originated at the WLWT television studios in Cincinnati and was carried on several Midwest stations.
Mr. Brownfield, 82, of Fort Wright, died Tuesday at Brighton Gardens Care Center in Edgewood.
He was a former public relations director for the Covington Independent Board of Education and a former member of the Northern Kentucky University faculty.
He also was a member of Col. Clay Lodge No. 159 F&AM;, Musicians Union Local No. 1 AFM, and a Navy veteran of World War II.
In addition to his stint on Dixon's show, Mr. Brownfield played piano and the accordion throughout Greater Cincinnati. He was a winner on the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts television program playing the accordion.
"Bruce was an all-around good fellow, " said Mrs. Brownfield. "He had a good disposition and got along with everybody."
Other survivors include a daughter, Dinah Martin of Lakeside Park; sons, Bruce O. Brownfield Jr. of Symmes Township, Ohio, and Steve A. Brownfield of Crescent Springs; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Agnes Church, Fort Wright. Visitation will begin there at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
Entombment will be in Highland Mausoleum, Fort Mitchell.
Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Robert P. "Ace" Adams, 73, of Cincinnati, died Tuesday at Christ Hospital, Cincinnati.
He was a letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service and a Korean War veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Evelyn L. Niemeyer Adams; sons, Robert L. Adams, Patrick G. Adams, James T. Adams and Michael T. Adams, all of Cincinnati, and John P. Adams of Taylor Mill; daughters, Mary E. Adams, Rosemarie A. Goodrich and Pamela S. Strack, all of Cincinnati; a brother, George E. Adams of Cincinnati; 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Lawrence Church, Cincinnati.
Burial will be in St. Joseph New Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Holy Family School, 814 Hawthorne Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45205.
Ralph Meyer and Deters Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is handling arrangements.
Juanita Robinson Ashcraft, 77, of Verona, died Tuesday at her home.
She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church of Walton.
Her husband, Charles Gilbert Ashcraft, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Tammy Lynn Lonaker of Crittenden; sons, Garry D. Ashcraft and Daniel Lee Ashcraft, both of Verona, and Ronnie Ashcraft of Corinth; sisters, Geneva Speagle of Taylor Mill, Comellia Cook of Dry Ridge and Leona Biddle of Verona; a brother, Ray Robinson of Walton; and 15 grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown.
Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the funeral home.
Burial will be in New Bethel Cemetery, Verona.
Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Home Health Hospice, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Mary Elston Baker, 89, of Louisville, formerly of Carroll County, died Monday at Baptist East Hospital, Louisville.
She was a retired director of pupil personnel with Carroll County Schools and a member of Ghent Baptist Church.
She was a member of Caby M. Froman Literary Society, Carrollton Women's Club, Polly Hawkins Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Carroll County Retired Teachers Association.
Her husband, Roger N. Baker, died in 1981.
Survivors include a daughter, Melanie Ann baker of Louisville, nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, Carrollton.
Visitation will begin there at noon Saturday.
Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Carrollton. Mrs. Baker bequeathed her body to the University of Louisville Medical School.
Memorials are suggested to Ghent Baptist Church Building Fund, 405 Liberty St., Ghent, Ky. 41045.
Dr. Norbert Berning, 83, of Park Hills, died at 1:40 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla.
He was a retired orthopedic surgeon on staff of hospitals in Cincinnati and Margaret Mary Hospital in Batesville, Ind.
He was a professor with the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, was a past president of the Cincinnati Society of Orthopedic Surgery and a member of Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, Ohio State Medical Association, American Medical Association, American Fracture Association and Tri-State Orthopedic Association.
He was a member of the Cincinnati Club and the Metropolitan Club.
Survivors include his wife, Jane Looney Berning; a brother, Richard J. Berning of Cincinnati; sisters, Margaret Wais and Mary Patricia Wood, both of Cincinnati.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mother of God Church, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Tambra "Tammy" Carpenter, 44, of Taylor Mill, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill.
Edna Marie Cooper, 94, of Alexandria, died at 3:05 a.m. Friday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
She was a homemaker.
A daughter, Lorraine Bryant, died in 1954.
Survivors include her husband, Oris Cooper; daughters, Karen Jones of Ludlow and Shirley Thompson of Englewood, Fla.; a sister, Margaret West of Alexandria; 16 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Stephen Mausoleum, Fort Thomas.
Entombment will be in St. Stephen Mausoleum.
Alexandria Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Delysia G. Crowell, 82, of Erlanger, died Friday at her daughter's home in Burlington.
Her husband, John L. "Jack" Crowell, died in 1993.
Survivors include daughters, Nancy Macknight of Florence, Cindy Brown of Erlanger and Amy Schwab of Burlington; two granddaughters and three great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial was Monday at St. Henry Church, Elsmere.
Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014 or St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Esther Marie Hatton Cancer Care Center, 1 Medical Village Drive, Edgewood, Ky. 41017.
Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, handled arrangements.
Charles Edward Fetters, 65, of Alexandria, died at 12:15 p.m. Sunday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
He was a plant manager with Circle International and a member of Newport Eagles Airie No. 280.
Survivors include his wife, Donna Sebastian Fetters; daughters, Karen Ratliff of Erlanger and Kathy Deaton of Newport; a son, Tim Fetters of Newport; a stepson, Michael Turner of Newport; stepdaughters, Vera Fryman of Fort Mitchell and Tina Turner of Florence; 13 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Donald "Pete" Eugene Haynes, 58, of Walton, died Villasprings Care Center, Erlanger.
He was a former warehouseman with the Kroger Co., a member of Rivercity Classics Car Club.
Survivors include his wife, Earleen Haynes; daughters, Deana Hayes Foltz of Walton and Michelle Bennett of Independence; his parents, Roy and Thelma Haynes of Independence; sisters, Linda Darlene Haynes of Florence and Vicki Smock of Dry Ridge; brothers, Gary D. Haynes of Burlington and David L. Haynes of Burlington; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Selma Louise Fossitt Hardy Holleran, 73, of Germantown, died at 12:40 a.m. Wednesday at her home.
She was a homemaker.
Her husband, George William Hardy, died in 1978.
A son, Wayne Edward Hardy, and a daughter, Charlotte Ann Earns, also preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Ernest Hardy of Berlin, Ronald Hardy of Glencoe, Donald Hardy of Columbia, S.C., and Jerry Hardy of Prestonsburg; daughters, Mildred Hardy of Tampa, Fla., Delores Hardy of Bellevue, Donna Caterson of Fayetteville, Ga., Rachel Stewart of Germantown, Darlene Flowers of Chocowinity, N.C., and Robin Earns of Berlin; a brother, James Maddox of Maysville; 35 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 7 tonight at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville.
Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m.
Burial will be in Lenoxburg Cemetery, Foster.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Hope, 1 W. McDonald Parkway, Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Raymond M. Jenkins, 85, of Falmouth, died Wednesday at Grant Manor Nursing Home, Williamstown.
He was a farmer, an elder of Roanoke Christian Church and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, June Poor Jenkins; and a son, Steven Jenkins of Williamstown.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown.
Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Gumlick Cemetery, Pendleton County.
Memorials are suggested to Roanoke Christian Church, in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 130, Williamstown, Ky. 41097; or Gumlick Cemetery, in care of Jerry Galloway, Route 1, Box 409, Falmouth, Ky. 41040.
Raymond Klebahn, 77, of Fort Thomas, died Wednesday at his home.
He was a retired accounting department manager with Cincinnati Bell Telephone, a member of Telephone Pioneers of America and a Navy veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Klebahn; a son, Paul Klebahn of Cold Spring; and a sister, Dorothy Wanstrath of Cincinnati.
Memorial Mass of Christian burial will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Thomas Church, Fort Thomas.
Burial will be in Walnut Hills Cemetery, Cincinnati.
Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042; or St. Thomas Church, 26 E. Villa Place, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
June A. Korth, 72, of Alexandria, died at 12:05 a.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
She was a homemaker.
Her husband, Norman Korth, died in 1989.
A son, Joseph Korth, died in 1987.
Survivors include sons, David Korth and Norman Korth Jr., both of Alexandria; a daughter, Carolyn Nerl of Alexandria; a brother, John Hoffman of Alexandria; a sister, Barbara Lammers of Cincinnati; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Alexandria Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Main Street Baptist Church, 306 W. Main St., Alexandria, Ky. 41001; or Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Charles Littelmann, 91, of Erlanger, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
He was a probation officer with Hamilton County, Ohio, Juvenile Court and athletic director of Boys' and Men's Athletics (CYO) in Cincinnati.
He was a member of St. Henry Church in Elsmere, was executive secretary of St. Vincent DePaul Society, and president of the Cincinnati Curia Legion of Mary.
He was a member of Particular Council of Cincinnati and the Legion of Mary.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Mary Coleman Littelmann; daughters, Veronica Schmidt of Independence, Mary Ellen Joyce and Beverly Carpenter, both of Cincinnati, and Anne Stiff of Edgewood; a sister, Dorothy Briede of Fairfield, Ohio; 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 1 p.m. Friday at St. Henry Church, Elsmere. Visitation will begin there at noon Friday. Burial will be in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Falmouth.
Memorials are suggested in the form of Masses. Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth, is handling arrangements.
Avonell McGaha, 73, of Newport, died at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport.
She was a retired teacher with Newport Schools and a member of First Baptist Church, Bellevue.
She was a member of Kentucky Retired Teachers Association and a former member of Highland Baptist Tabernacle, Fort Thomas.
Survivors include a brother, James H. McGaha of Taylor Mill, nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Bellevue.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Patricia Ann Meinking, 57, of Dayton, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
She was a customer service representative with the Internal Revenue Service.
Survivors include a son, Bryan Sharp of Milford; daughters, Susan Petrie of Clearwater, Fla., and Christina Meinking of Dayton; sisters, Thelma Tolle of Williamstown, Donna Grayson of Alexandria, Winona Nicholas and Wanda Miller, both of Newport; brothers, Ronald Miller and David Miller, both of Newport, and Larry Miller of Phoenix; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 6 p.m. Friday at Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, Newport.
Visitation will begin there at 3 p.m. Friday.
Cremation will be at Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, Cincinnati.
Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Lonnie Morris Ogden, 55, of California, died at 6:16 p.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
He worked for New Perceptions.
Survivors include sisters, Cheri Oliver of Erlanger and Linda Snider of Villa Hills; his stepfather, Bill Carpenter of Erlanger; and a brother, Terry Ogden of Crescent Springs.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Forest Lawn cemetery Chapel, Erlanger.
Visitation will begin there at 2 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to New Perceptions, 1 Sperti Drive, Edgewood, Ky. 41017.
Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
O.C. Reed, 80, of Maysville, died at 12:37 a.m. Wednesday at his home.
He was a retired warehouse manager with Brock McVey Co., Maysville, and a member of Orangeburg Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Irene Reed; a daughter, Diane Boone of Aberdeen, Ohio; a son, Jeffery Reed of Florence; sisters, Betty Jean Roberts of Tampa, Fla., and Mattie Morrison of Maysville; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Brell and Son Funeral Home, Maysville. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Friday.
Burial will be in Olivet Church Cemetery, Maysville.
Darlene Michaels Reynolds, 54, of Villa Hills, died at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington.
She was social director for Madonna Manor, Villa Hills.
Survivors include her husband, Edward D. Reynolds Jr.; daughters, Carley Reynolds Jamie of Park Hills and Lindsay Reynolds of Villa Hills; a son, Patrick Reynolds of Villa Hills; her parents, Donald and June Michaels of Fort Thomas; and a granddaughter.
Memorial Mass of Christian burial will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mother of God Church, Covington. Visitation will be from 10 to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Memorials are suggested to Parish Kitchen, P.{sbquo}O. Box 1234, Covington, Ky. 41012.
Doris G. Robinson, 81, of Covington, died at 2:45 a.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington.
She was a homemaker and a member of Lakeside Christian Church and the Order of the Eastern Star.
Her husband, George E. Robinson, died in 1978.
Survivors include sons, David E. Robinson of Lawrenceburg, Ind., Donn G. Robinson of Lexington and Bradley D. Robinson of Covington; daughters, Georgia L. Washko of Milford, Ohio, Nancy C. Claypool of Florence and Kimberly L. Baker of Erlanger; a brother, Donald Deatherage of Frankfort; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Paul Schwartz, 86, of Ludlow, died Tuesday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport.
He was the retired owner of Sparrow Trucking Co., a former Boy Scouts leader and a member of Big Brothers.
He was a former manager of the Newport Shopping Center and an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
A son, Michael McDaniel, died in 1992.
Survivors include his wife, Judy Parrott Schwartz; sons, Kevin McDaniel of Bellevue and Marc Schwartz of Valrico, Fla.; daughters, Marna Mandarino of Ludlow, Karen McDaniel of Elsmere and Lisa Dove of Hopkinsville; eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Graveside services will be at the convenience of the family.
Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to Bridge for Peace, P.O. Box 33145, Tulsa, Okla. 74153.
Elbern Sprague, 87, of Highland Heights, died Tuesday at Northern Kentucky Care and Rehabilitation Center, Highland Heights.
He was an employee of Micro Finishing Co., Cincinnati, and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Ella Luck Sprague; a son, David Sprague of Highland Heights; daughters, Mary Sprague and Carolyn Sprague, both of Highland Heights, Judith Roll and Rosalee Hendricks, both of Cincinnati; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Friday at Peoples Funeral Home, Grants Lick.
Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday.
Burial will be in Plum Creek Cemetery, Grants Lick.
Georgia Wood, 86, of Cincinnati, formerly of Northern Kentucky, died at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday at Christ Hospital, Cincinnati.
She was a homemaker and a member of Taylor Mill Pentecostal Church.
Her husband, William B. Wood, died in 1986.
Survivors include sons, Paul Wood and William Wood, both of Cincinnati; a daughter, Carla Sherrick of Highlands Ranch, Colo.; a brother, Jack Runion of Las Vegas; sisters, Eula Powell and Novella Hatfield, both of Taylor Mill, Helen Hatfield of Johnson City, Tenn., Wilma Green of Denver and Alice Mooneyham of Barbourville; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Taylor Mill Pentecostal Church.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill, and from 9:30 a.m. Saturday until the time of services at the church.
Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to Alzheimer's Disease Association, 1117 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45203.
