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These notices are dated: 05-29-2004
Paul Douglas Dunaway, a 20-year Air Force veteran
As part of his 20 years of service in the U.S. Air Force, Paul Douglas Dunaway served as a crew chief for the Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team.
One morning in the 1950s he called in sick. That was the day a plane crashed, killing the entire flight crew.
Mr. Dunaway had decades more to live. He died Thursday at age 69 at his home in Crittenden.
The Irvine native joined the Air Force in 1952. He served during the Korean and Vietnam wars, and lived in Japan, England and bases all over the country.
While on leave in 1956, he visited his sister, Christine Starnes of Newport, and met one of her friends, Wanda Noel. After a one-month engagement, they were married
June 2 of that year.
In 1964, he became one of the country's first kidney transplant patients, donating a kidney to his brother, the late Claude Dunaway.
After he retired from the Air Force, Mr. Dunaway became an officer with the Bellevue Police Department, the Florence Police Department and then the Elsmere Police Department.
While a police officer, he owned two gas stations, one in Erlanger at Commonwealth Avenue and Dixie Highway, and one at Industrial Road and U.S. 25 in Florence, now a car lot.
"He was a big car enthusiast, " said his son, Terry Dunaway of Burlington. "There was not a car he couldn't work on."
He ended his law enforcement career as chief of police for the Independence Police Department.
Near the end of his life, he worked at the Auto Zone store in Erlanger. He also sold vegetables and fruit at a roadside stand in Crittenden.
He gave lots of the produce away, his son said. "If he made a dollar out of the whole thing, he thought he was a millionaire, " he said.
Because of his gas stations and his law enforcement career, Mr. Dunaway became very widely known in Northern Kentucky, his son said.
"There was nowhere we could go that he didn't run into someone who knew him, " he said.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Dunaway; sons, Paul Dunaway of Williamstown and Terry Dunaway of Burlington; a brother, Charles Dunaway of Tucson, Ariz.; a sister, Christine Starnes of Newport; a stepbrother, Linville Dunaway of Irvine; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to In Memory of Paul Douglas Dunaway, 355 North Fork Drive, Crittenden, Ky. 41030.
John "Jack" Ackermann, 68, of Taylor Mill, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a retired pressman for Dynagraphics, Cincinnati. He was also a member of Knights of Columbus Elder Council, Cincinnati.
Survivors include his wife, Peg Lang Ackermann; a son, Thomas J. Ackermann of Covington; daughters, Peggy Fleisch and Amy Marie Ackermann, both of Cincinnati, and Jill Kathleen Perriman of Independence; a brother, Donald Ackermann of Milford, Ohio; a sister, Joan Pohlman Bedinghaus of Deer Park, Ohio; and four grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:45 a.m. today at St. Anthony Church, Taylor Mill. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. today. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to St. Anthony Church, 485 Grand Avenue, Taylor Mill, Ky. 41015. Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Anna Elizabeth Chadwell, 97, of Williamstown, died Thursday at Grant Manor Health Care Center, Williamstown. She was a homemaker. Her husband, William Chadwell, and her son, Melvin Chadwell, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include two grandchildren.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge. Visitation will begin there at 2 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge. Memorials are suggested to Grant Manor Health Care Center, 201 Kimberly Lane, Williamstown, Ky. 41097.
Betty Cropenbaker, 69, of California, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Hospital South, Edgewood. She was a homemaker. Her daughter, Paula Reed, preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, Edwin P. Cropenbaker; a son, Dusty Cropenbaker; a daughter, Pam Strasinger; brothers, Charles Gaskins of Sayler Park, Ohio, Fred Gaskins of Clermont County, Ohio, and Robert Gaskins of California; sisters, Mary Young, Lola Parker, Lela Buckler, and Rose Buckler, all of California, and Hazel Smith of Fort Thomas; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery, Mentor. Memorials are suggested to The Cropenbaker Family, 9597 Washington Trace Road, California, Ky. 41007.
Effie Daniel, 81, of Fort Mitchell, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Grant County. She was a homemaker and a member of Pinellas Baptist Church, Clearwater, Fla. Her husband, Virgil Paul Daniel; a son, Harry Hatton; and a daughter, Virgilene Arns, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, George Daniel of Villa Hills; a daughter, Shirley "Debbie" Lanham of Baltimore, Md.; seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 6 p.m. Sunday at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow. Visitation will begin there at 2 p.m. Sunday. A graveside service will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Hillcrest Cemetery, Dry Ridge.
Vincent James Dawson, 27, of Covington, died Tuesday at his residence. He was an artist.
Survivors include a daughter, Haley Dawson of Newport; his parents, James and Myrtle Dawson of Covington; a brother, James Dawson, II, of Newport; sisters, Nichole Dawson and Tammy Fancher, both of Covington, and Debbie Dawson of Owenton.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Covington.
Todd Raymond Dezell, 44, of Ludlow, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was an assistant store manager for Wal-Mart in Alexandria and Florence.
Survivors include his companion, Sherry Wheelis; a daughter, Heather Nicole Dezell of Huber Heights, Ohio; his parents, Glenn and Carol Rathai Dezell of Mankato, Minn.; his maternal grandmother, Elnora Evan of Mankato, Minn.; a brother, Tom Dezell of Plymouth, Minn.; sisters, Teri Thompson Hobart of Lake Crystal, Minn., and Tami Galema Liebl of North Mankato, Minn.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. John the Baptist Church, Mankato, Minn. Local services will be at a later date. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Mankato Mortuary, Mankato, Minn. He will be cremated at Glenwood Crematory, Mankato, Minn. Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219-9932. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Ludlow, is handling arrangements.
Sherman Lutes, 85, of Independence, died Thursday at his residence. He was retired from Newport Steel and a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include brothers, Hobert Lutes and James Lutes, both of Taylor Mill, Gordon Lutes of Latonia, Dalton Lutes, George Lutes, and Luther Lutes, all of Independence; and a sister, Della Fugate of Louisville.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Swindler & Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will begin there at noon Tuesday. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Rex E. Marquette, Sr., 76, of Ocala, Fla., formerly of Walton and Pendleton County, died May 16 at his residence.
Survivors include his wife, Alta Marquette; a son, Rex Marquette, Jr., a brother, Ralph Marquette; and three grandchildren.
Services were held on May 17 at Hospice of Marion County's Legacy House, Ocala. He was cremated at the Florida Cremation Society, Ocala. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Marion County, 9505 S.W. 110th St., Ocala, Fla. 94481.
Martha Kathryn Molina, 54, of Tombstone, Ariz., died Tuesday. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Robert Molina; a son, Michael Jones of Independence; a daughter, Judy Lynn Gilvin of Independence; her mother, Stella Myrick of Fruitland, Fla., and brothers, Paul Myrick of Fruitland, Fla., and Danny Myrick of Wilder.
Services will be at noon Tuesday at Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Lucille E. Murrell, 85, of Covington, died Thursday at her residence.
Arrangements are pending at Allison & Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill.
Daisy M. Polanski, 70, of Falmouth, died Thursday at her residence. She was retired from CG&E; in the building services department.
Survivors include a son, Alan Polanski of New Jersey; daughters, Mindy Miller of Mason, Ohio, Jeannie Tate of Falmouth, Sheila Polanski and Cindy Mejias, both of New Jersey; sisters, Joby Noble of Florence, Martha Holiday of Bromley, and Rosalee Hall of Middlesboro; seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will begin there at noon Tuesday. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Hope, 909 Kenton Station Drive, Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Helen Marie Rouse, 86, of Edgewood, died Friday at Brighton Gardens, Edgewood. She was a retired waitress, having worked at Stringtown Restaurant, Florence. She was also a member of St. Henry Catholic Church in Elsmere and volunteered at Madonna Manor, Villa Hills. Her son, Jack Rouse, preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Thomas Rouse of Greensboro, Ga., and Brent Rouse of Hebron, five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. Henry Catholic Church, Elsmere. Visitation will begin there at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to St. Henry District High School, 3755 Scheben Drive, Erlanger, Ky. 41018. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Homer Lee Short, 62, of Newport, died Friday at his residence. He was a retired printer for Multi-Color and an Army veteran of the Vietnam War.
Survivors include his wife, Mattie Short; a son, Greg Short of Newport; a daughter, Melissa Short of Newport; and three grandsons.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery, Grants Lick. Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.
