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These notices are dated: 02-20-2004
Violet Wetherell, had second career as nurse
Violet V. Paul Wetherell spent much of her life helping her husband run two small businesses -- Northern Kentucky Speedway, a dirt track for stock cars in Union, and a Mr. Softee franchise that sold ice cream from more than 100 trucks across Greater Cincinnati.
When they gave up both in the early 1980s, she decided to carve out a new career for herself as a nurse. To do that, she had to go back to school -- first to get her GED, then to earn a bachelor's degree in nursing from Northern Kentucky University.
"We went to college at the same time, " said a son, Chris Wetherell of Taylor Mill. "Some things I helped her with, and some things she helped me with."
Mrs. Wetherell, who died Thursday at the age of 68 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood, worked for 20 years as a registered nurse at Children's Psychiatric Hospital of Northern Kentucky, now North Key, in Fort Wright. Before she retired in 1997, she rose to assistant director of nursing there.
She was well respected enough in her profession that she was elected to the Kentucky Board of Nursing.
Nursing was a natural for his mother, even if she came to it in middle age, Chris Wetherell said.
"She was always trying to help everybody she could, " he said.
She was a member of Holy Cross Church, Latonia.
Surviving in addition to her son are her husband, David K. Wetherell; a daughter, Donna Wetherell of Columbus, Ohio; four other sons, Steven D. Wetherell of Amelia, Ohio, Jim W. Wetherell of Taylor Mill, Joe Wetherell of Falmouth and Judd Wetherell of Fort Mitchell; sisters, Betty Benton of Fort Wright and Nyann Moser of Lexington; a brother, Michael Paul of San Anselmo, Calif.; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Holy Cross Church. Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia. Prayers will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Holy Cross Church, 3612 Church St., Covington, Ky. 41015.
Rhoda Lee Allen, 87, of Cynthiana, died Wednesday at her home. She was a receptionist and nutritionist with Harrison County Senior Citizens Center and member of Macedonia Baptist Church. She was a member of the church Senior Choir and Advisory Board of Aging, and a former cook with Cynthiana Elks Lodge No. 438. Her husbands, John Arthur Jackson Sr. and George L. Allen; sons, John Arthur Jackson Jr. and George Allen Jr.; and a daughter, Georgia Allen, all preceded her in death.
Survivors include daughters, Warlender J. Hughley, Ollie Mae Heard and Patricia Lee Allen, all of Lexington, and Alice K. Allen and Georgetta Allen, both of Cynthiana; a brother, Earl Williams of Richmond, Va.; sisters, Agnes DeJarnette, Rufenia Banks and Jennie B. Middleton, all of Richmond, Va.; 15 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Macedonia Baptist Church, Dry Ridge. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in Cherry Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana. Memorials are suggested to Macedonia Baptist Church, 14460 Jonesville Road, Dry Ridge, Ky. 41035; Hospice of the Bluegrass, 508 E. Pike St., Cynthiana, Ky. 41031; or Harrison County Senior Citizens, 216 Old Lair Road, Cynthiana, Ky. 41031.
Betty Smith Aust, 80, of Fort Thomas, died Thursday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of Highland Hills Baptist Church and the Women's Missionary Union.
Survivors include her husband, Ralph Aust Sr.; sons, Dr. Stephen Aust of Charlottesville, Va., and Ralph Aust Jr. of Cincinnati; a daughter, Rebecca Aust of Georgetown; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Highland Hills Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to Highland Hills Baptist Church, 638 Highland Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Dr. Donald 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.
Bettie J. Berns, 83, of Covington, died Wednesday at St. Charles Care Center, Covington. Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington.
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., Janet Hardy and Delores Hardy, both 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 were Thursday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Burial was 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 Roanoke Christian Church, Falmouth. 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, 1163 Hayes Station Road, Falmouth, Ky. 41040.
Michael James Landwehr, 38, of Menomonie, Wis., formerly of Florence, died Wednesday at his home. He was a student at Stout University and a Navy veteran.
Survivors include his mother, Pattie Dzubal Landwehr of Cincinnati; his father and stepmother, James and Brenda Landwehr of Florence; brothers, Mark Landwehr of Homer, Alaska, and Todd Landwehr of Cincinnati; a stepsister, Lori Abney of Florence; stepbrothers, Scott Lozier and Matt Lozier, both of Florence; and grandfather, James Landwehr of Fort Thomas.
Memorial Mass of Christian burial will be at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Henry Church, Elsmere. Cremation will be at Cremation Society of Wisconsin. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling local arrangements.
Edward J. Lay Jr., 67, of Fort Wayne, Ind., formerly of Northern Kentucky, died Tuesday at Northeast Indiana Hospice Home, Fort Wayne.
He was a work leader and examiner with the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions, and a former employee of CIT Loan Co., Indianapolis and Cincinnati. He was a member of Erlanger First Church of God and Mooresville First Church of God and Tillman Road Church of God in Fort Wayne. He was also a scoutmaster with the Boy Scouts of America.
Survivors include his wife, Dolores Lay; sons, Edward J. Lay III of London and Bryan Scott Lay of Livingston; daughters, Terri Ruth Delf of Livingston, Lisabeth Ann Wilson of Vancouver, Wash., and Marri Sue Sayler of Huntington, Ind.; his mother, Bessie Lay of Florence; sisters, Betty Jean Arnold of Burlington and Lois Ann Merrill of Walton; a brother, Gary Wayne Lay of Crittenden; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Tillman Road Church of God. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. today at Klaehn, Fahl & Melton Funeral Home, Fort Wayne, and from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to Tillman Road Church of God, 3710 E. Tillman Road, Fort Wayne, Ind. 46816; or Visiting Nurse Service and Hospice, 5910 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne, Ind. 46814.
George Sand, 75, of California, died Wednesday at his home.
He was a laborer with Labor Union Local No. 265, Cincinnati, and a farmer. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. His wife, Laura Sand, died in 1989. A son, Larry Sand, died in 1996.
Survivors include daughters, Connie Ahrens of Garden Grove, Calif., Anita Carmony and Diana Carmony, both of California, and Barbara Mygrant of Cincinnati; sisters, Ruth Erb, Clara Hogle and Rita Sand, all of California; a brother, Paul Sand of California; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Charles R. Swope, 40, of Highland Heights, died Wednesday at his home. Arrangements are pending at Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, Highland Heights.
Cloay Lou Swope, 33, of Southgate, died Wednesday at a home on Renshaw Road in Highland Heights. She was a packer with Kahn's Co., Claryville.
Survivors include sons, Terry Ingram Jr. of Fort Thomas and Christipher Swope of Southgate; a daughter, Samantha Swope of Southgate; her mother, Juanita Combs of Newport; brothers, Hacker Combs Jr. of Paulding, Ohio, Richard Combs of Dayton, James Combs of Erlanger, Beckum Combs and Charles Combs, both of Newport; and sisters, Patricia Peel of Latonia, Rosie Mays of Verona and Anita Sabelhaus of Dayton.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Children of Cloay Swope Fund, in care of any Huntington Bank.
George Blaine Tucker, 58, of Florence, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was a technical manager with Krauss-Maffie Corp.
Survivors include his wife, Linda Tucker; a son, Shawn Tucker of Florence; brothers, William Vincent Tucker of Huntsville, Ala., Brett Walter Tucker of Ottawa, Kan., and Brock Peterson of the state of California; sisters, Barbara Brenner and Elizabeth Alford, both of Wichita, Kan.; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Cremation will be at Northern Kentucky Crematory. Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.
