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These notices are dated: 06-14-2004
Raymond Crawford, tireless Reds usher
Cincinnati Reds fans lost a true baseball follower and fans this week may be at a loss to find their seats at the ballpark.
Longtime Reds and Bengals usher Raymond Allen Crawford Sr., 92, of Highland Heights died at 7:55 a.m. Saturday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
He was an usher for the Reds and Bengals for 22 years, working the 50-yard line seats at Paul Brown Stadium.
Crawford ushered the Reds game before Easter, then had some tough innings. He had a heart attack on Easter Sunday, his family said, and underwent open-heart surgery with five bypasses on April 15. Then on April 25, his wife Evelyn Crawford, passed away of a stroke.
An extraordinarily athletic man, Mr. Crawford stayed super-fit and was active until the last days of his life.
"Last year on his 91st birthday, Fox News featured him running up and down the steps, seating people, " his daughter-in-law, Cheryl Crawford, of Fort Thomas said.
"He worked hard at playing. He was very active, " she said, noting that he was "like a 60 year old" physically.
He still enjoyed inner-tubing and jet skiing at the family's house in Lake Cumberland, Mrs. Crawford said. He also attended water aerobics at the Campbell County YMCA in Fort Thomas three times a week.
"Every year he won all the Senior Olympics at the Y because, as he said, 'There's no one to compete against in my age group, '" she said.
During his illness, some of the Reds fans who sat regularly in his section visited him in the hospital and at home, Mrs. Crawford said.
He was a retired maintenance supervisor with Professional Maintenance Co., Cincinnati, and owner of Crawford's Grocery Store in Newport.
He was a member of Usher's Union Local No. 375.
Mr. Crawford was a World War II Navy veteran, serving on the USS Gallup and receiving three Bronze Stars.
His first wife, Ann Crawford, died in 1970.
Survivors include sons, Raymond A. Crawford Jr. of Fort Thomas and William E. Crawford of Highland Heights; daughters, Judy Wieland of Highland Heights and Jerrie Johnson of North Carolina; seven grandchildren and 10 and great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to First Baptist Church, Eighth and York streets, Newport, Ky. 41071.
Rita A. Kloentrup Barth, 76, of Florence, died Saturday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Burlington. She was a member of St. Joseph Happy Timers and New Friends of Kentucky, and a volunteer with St. Elizabeth Medical Centers and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Her husband, J. Patrick Barth, died in 2000.
Survivors include a son, Joseph Barth of Nashville, Tenn.; daughters, Carol Polly of Dry Ridge, Jody Rapp of Fort Wright, Debbie Cahill of Waycross, Ga., Mary Barth-Lundrigan of Cincinnati and Diane Ryan of Denver; 19 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the church. A reception in the church hall will follow Mass. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 4460 Lake Forest Drive, Suite 236, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242; or Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 5876 Veterans Way, Burlington, Ky. 41005.
Truman Eugene Bryant, 69, of Latonia, died Friday at his home. He was a retired cook and a Navy veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Vivian Taylor Bryant; a son, Marvin Eugene Bryant of Latonia; a daughter, Valissa Ford of Ryland Heights; brothers, Jesse Bryant Jr. of Hamilton, Ohio, and Don Bryant of Cattlesburg; sisters, Alma Combs of Fort Myers, Fla., Wanda Benton, Betty Gabbard and Louise Baker, all of Lexington, and Leona Watts of Hazard; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Janice Kathleen Fossett, 45, of Foster, died Wednesday at her residence. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Pete Fossett; sons, Rocky Fossett of Ellenton, Fla., Pete Fossett and Dustin Fossett, both of Foster; his mother, Marie Wiefering of Southgate; a brother, Bill Wiefering of Southgate; sisters, Terry Stuttler of Foster, Edna Walters of Bellevue and Marie Stein of Erlanger; and one grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 12:30 p.m. today at St. Therese Church, Southgate. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to Jasmine K'Lea Fossett Scholarship Fund, in care of Fifth Third Bank, 240 Fairfield Ave., Bellevue, Ky. 41073. A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Bellevue, handled arrangements.
Marietta Haywood, 82, of Mays Lick, died at 8:10 a.m. Saturday at her home. She was a farmer and a former employee of January and Wood Co., Maysville. Her husband, Ray Haywood, died in 1963. Sons, Tommy Haywood, Elmer Haywood, James Haywood and Michael Ray Haywood, also preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Benny Haywood of Sardis, Donnie Haywood of Winchester, Ohio, and Carl Haywood of Mays Lick; 12 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Brell and Son Funeral Home, Maysville. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Wedonia Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Hope, 909 Kenton Station Drive, Maysville, Ky. 41056.
June Crowe Hemmerle, 78, of Bellevue, died Saturday at her daughter's home in Alexandria. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Anthony Church, Bellevue. She was a member of Bellevue Homemakers, St. Mary Altar Society and the Northern Kentucky Guild for the Retarded, and a past president of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of St. John. Her husband, Robert C. Hemmerle, died in 1986.
Survivors include a daughter, Peggy Hemmerle Zion of Alexandria; a son, Robert C. Hemmerle II of Gainesville, Ga.; a sister, Pat Bommer of Cincinnati; four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Church, Cold Spring. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Bellevue. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to Northern Kentucky Guild for the Retarded, 104 W. Pike St., Covington, Ky. 41011.
Bette Jehn Klein, 84, of Southgate, died Friday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Jack W. Klein; sons, David Klein of Key West, Fla., and Dale Klein of Edgewood; daughters, Dorinda Giles of Cold Spring, Deborah Hanessian of Cincinnati and Diane Wilburn of Independence; brothers, James Jehn of Taylor Mill and Robert Jehn of Miami; sisters, Virginia Schindler of Cincinnati, Florence Domhoff of Louisville, Sister Marcia Jehn, C.D.P., of Lexington, Shirley Fessler of Bellevue and Marsha Jehn of Lexington; 11 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Bernard Church, Dayton. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Wednesday. A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Bellevue, is handling arrangements.
Memorials are suggested to Holy Trinity School at either 10 Chesapeake Ave., Newport, Ky. 41071 or 235 Division St, Bellevue, Ky. 41073.
Marilyn Crowe Kolkmeier, 70, of Cincinnati, formerly of Covington and Fort Thomas, died Friday at her home. She was a member of Legion and Mary and Mary Rose Missions.
Survivors include her husband, Raymond J. Kolkmeier; sons, Thomas Kolkmeier of Miami Heights, Ohio, and Kenneth Kolkmeier of Pleasant Plain, Ohio; daughters, Marianne Mertz of Westwood, Ohio, Rebecca Rosing of Milford, Ohio, and Kathleen Sias of Mack, Ohio; brothers, Jack Crowe and David "Joe" Crowe; sisters, Beverly Sahnger and Patti Lee; 17 grandchildren and a great-grandson.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Cincinnati. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Meyer & Geiser Funeral Home, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Mary Rose Mission, 1543 Russell St., Covington, Ky. 41011.
Lawrence Everett Lipker, 80, of Covington, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. He was a foreman with the Kentucky Department of Transportation and an Army veteran. A son, Mike Lipker, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Jean Schifflett Lipker; a daughter, Debbie Turner of Dry Ridge; sons, Ronnie Lipker and Robert Lipker, both of Covington, a sister, Harriet Luther of Wortland; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Cremation will be at Northern Kentucky Mortuary Service, Walton.
Dora Martz, 92, of Melbourne, died Sunday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Fort Thomas.
Robert A. Rosteck, 84, of Fort Thomas, died Saturday at his home. He was an electrical supplies salesman with Graybar Electric Co. and a lay minister with St. John United Church of Christ, Newport. He was a former director of Holly Hill, and a member of Newport Masonic Lodge No. 358, Scottish Rite of Covington and the Syrian Shrine of Cincinnati.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Engle Rosteck; a son, Robert Rosteck of Palm Desert, Calif.; and a daughter, Lori Peterson of Shelbyville.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. John United Church of Christ, Newport.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to St. John United Church of Christ, 415 Park Ave., Newport, Ky. 41071; St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014; or the charity of the donor's choice.
Miguel Segundo, 34, of Covington, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia.
David Lee Slayback, 26, of Verona, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was an employee of Emerson Power Transmission, Florence.
Survivors include his parents, David Lee Slayback Sr. and Robin Jane Slayback, both of Verona; grandparents, Virgil Slayback of Burlington and Ruth Duvall of Independence; and fianc�, Emily Sewell of Verona.
Memorial services will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington.
Cremation will be at Northern Kentucky Crematory, Walton.
Memorials are suggested to Neediest Kids of All, P.O. Box 636666, Cincinnati, Ohio 45263.
Ada Marie Williams, 83, of Cincinnati, died Saturday at the Residence at Greystone, Cincinnati. She was an employee of Gibson Greeting Card Co. A daughter, Peggy Ann Moore, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a sister, Rita Glassford of Florence, nieces and nephews.
Services will be private. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
