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These notices are dated: 04-15-2004
Anne Quinn O'Brien, 93, 'unshakable faith'
Anne Quinn O'Brien single-handedly stopped an electric company from constructing a tower on her Fort Mitchell farm.
First, she locked the gates and refused to let the bulldozers on her 80-acre property. Then, she took her case to court -- and won.
"She stuck to her guns, " daughter Tessie Suetholz said.
Mrs. O'Brien, 93, of Fort Mitchell, died at 8:50 p.m. Tuesday at her home.
The fight against the electric company was a demonstration of the strength the Irish Catholic mother of 13 possessed, Suetholz said.
Mrs. O'Brien's husband, Dr. John W. O'Brien, died in 1961 when Suetholz, the youngest child, was only 7. With her faith in God guiding her, Mrs. O'Brien raised her children, ran the farm and worked as a nurse.
"She was a woman who confronted every adversity with unshakable faith, " Suetholz said.
And while Mrs. O'Brien may have been strong, she was also gentle and kind, especially when she worked as a nurse.
"She loved nursing because, once again, mother was a very charismatic, caring person, " Suetholz said.
Mrs. O'Brien was a former director of nursing for the old Northern Kentucky Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Fort Wright.
Sons, Patrick O'Brien and Dennis O'Brien also preceded her in death.
In addition to her daughter, survivors include sons, James O'Brien of Erlanger, John O'Brien of St. Petersburg Beach, Fla., Terry O'Brien of Covington, Kevin O'Brien of Cincinnati and Matthew O'Brien of Crestview Hills; daughters, Bea Zeis of Florence, Ellen Whitman of Oakland, Calif., Anne Beck of Erlanger, Sheila Stacy of Crestview Hills and Mary White of St. Petersburg, Fla.; a sister, Josephine Quinn of Hopkins, Minn.; 34 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Mary Queen of Heaven Church, Erlanger. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Fairhaven Rescue Mission, 260 W. Pike St., Covington, Ky. 41011. Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Martha M. Anderson, 84, of Fort Thomas, died Sunday at Highlands of Fort Thomas.
Arrangements are pending at A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Fort Thomas.
John Benzinger, 58, of Dayton, died Friday at his home. He was disabled.
Survivors include his mother, Bessie Banzinger of Newport, and a half-sister, Jo Anne Schloss of Newport.
Private services will be at the convenience of the family. Memorials are suggested to the Epilepsy Foundation, 4351 Garden City Drive, Landover, Md. 20785. A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Bellevue, is handling arrangements.
Wanda Lee Hacker Botkin, 67, of Florence, died at 9:05 a.m. Monday at her home. She was a retired corresponding tax technician with the Internal Revenue Service, Covington.
Survivors include a daughter, Cheryl Hussey of Crestview Hills; sons, Danny Botkin of Taylor Mill, Gary Botkin of Villa Hills and Darren Botkin of Crescent Springs; brothers, Carl Hacker of Milan, Italy, and Larry Hacker of Covington; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Mildred E. Carr, 94, of Bromley, died Tuesday at Orchard Ridge Nursing Home, Port Richey, Fla.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Betty L. Centers, 60, of Covington, died at 5:10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. She was a tax examiner with the Internal Revenue Service.
Survivors include her husband, Charles Centers; a daughter, Deborah Schwierjohann of Cincinnati; a son, Terry Strickland of Covington; brothers, Renie Blankenship of Newtown, Ohio, James "Bud" Blankenship of Mount Carmel, Ohio, Adrian Blankenship of Bethel, Ohio, and Robert Blankenship of Goshen, Ohio; and a grandson.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Delilah Ruth Chrisman, 87, of Highland Heights, died Tuesday at Highlands of Fort Thomas nursing home. She was a factory worker with Jung Co., Cincinnati, and a member of First Christian Church, Fort Thomas.
Survivors include daughters, Ann Studer and Jonnie Parton, both of Fort Thomas, and Jeannean Reed of Walton; sons, William Chrisman of Foster and Phillip Chrisman of Boulder City, Nev.; a sister, Edith Toy of Millersburg; 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Carlisle Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to First Christian Church, 1031 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075. A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Jacqueline Ann Cox, 69, of Union, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. She was an owner of Limited Motors, Florence, and a retired director of occupational and recreational therapy with St. Charles Nursing Home, Fort Wright. A daughter, Barbara Ann "Babs" Conley, died in 2002.
Survivors include her husband, Robert Cox; sons, Darrell A. Cox of Villa Hills and Douglas R. Cox of Union; a sister, Joyce Reed Quinn of Fort Wright; and five grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Lakeside Christian Church, Lakeside Park. Entombment will be in Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to Lakeside Christian Church, 195 Buttermilk Pike, Lakeside Park, Ky. 41017; or American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Betty Jean Earls, 65, of Butler, died Wednesday at Highland Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Eastside Park Christ Church, Butler. Her husband, Eugene Earls, died in 1998.
Survivors include daughters, Donna Nichols of Florence, Diane Hendrix of Butler and Denise Wilson of Fort Mitchell; sisters, Ruby Winningham of Newport, Lois Wachter of Cincinnati, Janet Earls of Butler, Carol Carter of Lexington and Debbie Baker of Blanchester, Ohio; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pendleton County.
Michael Anthony Hughes, 26, of Covington, died Sunday of injuries suffered in an auto accident and fall onto a parking lot on Pete Rose Way, downtown Cincinnati. He was a member of St. Martha Church, Sarasota, Fla.
Survivors include his parents, Mary O. and William E. Hughes Sr. of Bradenton; a sister, Kimberly Thomas of Sarasota, Fla.; a brother, William E. Hughes Jr. of Sarasota; a grandparent, Ruth Hughes of Bradenton.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Martha Church, Sarasota. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at Brown and Sons Funeral Home, Bradenton. Burial will be in Palmetto, Fla. Memorials are suggested to the Children's Home of Northern Kentucky, 200 Home Road, Covington, Ky. 41011; or the charity of the donor's choice.
Diane Frances Jones, 60, of Florence, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Alfred Lee Jones; sons, Alfred Lee Jr. and Michael Todd Jones, both of Richwood; a daughter, Connie Ann Jones of Burlington; a sister, Carol Kahn of Edgewood; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
James Binder Jones Jr., 56, of Newport, died Sunday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He worked at BAWAC and was a member of Madison Avenue Christian Church, Covington.
Survivors include his parents, James Binder Jones and Mary Chipley Jones of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; and a brother, Michael L. Jones of Wimberle, Texas.
Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today at Hebron Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hebron. Memorials are suggested to BAWAC, 7970 Kentucky Drive, Florence, Ky. 41042; or Redwood School and Rehabilitation Center, 71 Orphanage Road, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017.
Mary Louise Boyer Krogman, 82, of Lakeside Park, died Monday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of Lakeside Christian Church, Lakeside Park. She was a member of the 55+ Club of Blessed Sacrament Church in Fort Mitchell and Lakeside Seniors. Her husband, Robert W. Krogman, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Glenn Krogman of Crescent Springs; a daughter, Margaret Ann Krogman Scripps of Boulder, Colo.; a sister, Jean Boyer of Silver Grove; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Alexandria.
James M. Lee, 91, of Fort Thomas, died April 5 at his home. He was a retired electrical maintenance superintendent with Newport Steel, a member of Lawler-Hanlon VFW Post No. 5662 in Newport and an Army veteran of World War II. Sons, Lawrence Lee and Mike Lee, both preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Bertha Lee; sons, George Lee of Fort Thomas, Jim Lee of Houghton Lake, Mich., and Louis Lee of Castle Rock, Colo.; a daughter, Patty Lee of Fort Thomas; brothers, John Lee of Cincinnati and R.D. Lee of Alabama; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Saturday. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 1 Medical Village Drive, Edgewood, Ky. 41017.
Lawrence J. Lee, 62, of Fort Thomas, died March 1 at Brooksville, Fla., Health Care Center. He was a retired master electrician and a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War.
Survivors include a daughter, Amy Lee of Aurora, Colo.; his parents, Bertha and Jim and Lee of Fort Thomas; a sister, Patty Lee of Fort Thomas; and brothers, George Lee of Fort Thomas, Jim Lee of Hougton Lake, Mich., and Louie Lee of Castle Rock, Colo.
Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Mary Ellen Mertz, 69, of Warsaw, died Monday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of Carrollton American Legion Post No. 41.
Survivors include daughters, Debbie Ann Johnson, Barbara Joe Simpkins and Brenda Lee Roberts, all of Warsaw, and Alberta Seniours of Ghent; sons, Eddie Ray Mertz of Warsaw, Bobby Ellis Mertz of Dayton, Ohio, and Mark Mertz of Ghent; a stepdaughter, Verna Lee Moore of Warsaw; stepsons, Tommy Ellis and Richard Ellis, both of Warsaw; sisters, Mattie Jernigan of Lubbock, Texas, and Dorothy Taylor of Virginia; 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, Carrollton.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Eminence Cemetery.
Peggy Ann Rahe, 58, of Cincinnati, died Tuesday at her home. She was a project coordinator with Alliance Display.
Survivors include a son, Greg Rahe of Norwood, Ohio; daughters, Nacole Rahe and Kimberly Willen, both of Norwood; brothers, Kenneth Diedenhofer of Greenville, Ohio, and Harry Diedenhofer Jr. of Fort Thomas; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 10:30 a.m. Friday. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Cincinnati, 4310 Cooper Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242.
Norma Blanche Kays Sanning, 80, of Covington, died at 3:45 p.m. Monday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport. She was a retired waitress with McAlpin's department store Tea Room, and a member of St. John Church of Covington and the Grandmother's Club. Her first husband, Charles William Kays, and second husband, Clifford B. Sanning, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Lea Maxfield of Georgetown, Ohio; sons, Charles Kays and Jeffrey Sanning, both of Covington, and Roger Kays of West Chester, Ohio; a stepdaughter, Roberta Powell of Cincinnati; 12 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. John Church, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 9:30 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Earl Winston Schenk, 72, of Bellevue, died Tuesday at Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cincinnati. He was a self-employed construction worker and an Army veteran of the Korean War. His wife, Betty Lou Martin Schenk, preceded him in death.
Survivors include daughters, Jackie Clark of Bellevue; a son, Gary Lee Robinson of Union; a stepson, Rob Robinson of Wilder; a sister, Dora Nell Inglehart of Scottsdale, Ariz.; three grandchildren, five step-grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to First Baptist Church, 254 Washington Ave., Bellevue, Ky. 41073.
Jessica Dorothy Warman, 19, of Demossville, died Tuesday in an automobile accident on U.S. 25 near Walton. She was a sales associate with the Avenue, Florence Mall, and a student at Beckfield College.
Survivors include her parents, Bruce and Tammy Colson Warman of Demossville; and a brother, John Warman of Demossville.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Dry Ridge.
