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These notices are dated: 11-24-2004
Eugene Bachmann loved family, fixing cars
Love at first sight lasted 46 years for Eugene Albert Bachmann and his wife, Sandra Jean.
Mr. Bachmann was a young Marine returning home to Morning View from service in Panama when a grocery store owner introduced him to his future wife.
The couple married
two weeks later and started a relationship that produced five children, 12 grandchildren and countless good memories.
Mr. Bachmann, 65, of Morning View, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas.
He worked hard to support his family as a crane operator at Mitchell Steel, as a route salesman for Liberty Distributors and as owner of Silver Grove Carryout, said his family.
He loved restoring cars, but his main passion was his family, Mrs. Bachmann said.
"After the kids were married, we still took them on vacations with us with all the grandkids. We just went as a big family on vacations and everything, " she said.
"He loved every one of them."
Mr. Bachmann was a spiritual man who attended Morning View Methodist Church, his wife said.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Shelia Bachmann.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Charles Bachmann of California; daughters Naomi "Sue" Fultz of Morning View, Marcella Martz of Florence and Eugenia Harris of York, Va.; a brother, Herbert Bachmann of Tipton, Ind.; a sister, Gail Leeman of Noblesville, Ind., and 12 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Chambers & Grubb Funeral Home, Independence, followed by interment in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Visitation will from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be sent to Morning View Methodist Church, Rich Road and Ky. 177, Morning View, Ky. 41063.
Rev. Clarence Rivers, Cincinnati's first black priest
The Rev. Clarence Rivers believed that worship ought to entertain people, not bore them.
Rivers dedicated his life to invigorating the worship of the Roman Catholic Church, which he served as a priest.
He was an outsider from the start, the first black man ordained in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, rejected because of his color by the first two parishes where he served.
"He was a free spirit, " said longtime friend Michael DeFrancesco of Clifton. "He was a tiny man, like maybe 5-foot-4, but he had the talent -- and the ego -- to compensate."
Rev. Rivers, 73, died unexpectedly Sunday at his home in Avondale.
Born in Selma, Ala., he graduated from Elder High School after his family moved to Cincinnati. He was the only black student during his years at St. Gregory's Seminary and at the Athenaeum of Ohio/Mount St. Mary's Seminary.
Upon his ordination in 1956, he told a local newspaper that he hoped to do his part to develop Catholic black leadership.
"He expresses the modest wish, too, that his conduct as a representative of the church will be such as to do away with some of the false generalizations that have been made about the Negro race, " the newspaper reported.
Assigned to Purcell High School in Walnut Hills, Rev. Rivers taught drama and founded the Queen's Men, a theater guild still active today.
He didn't hesitate to take credit for launching a revolution in American worship music, especially Catholic music, with the publication of his "An American Mass Program, " a jazz composition.
A jazz Mass he composed, "A Mass Dedicated to the Brotherhood of Man, " premiered at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1967 and was later performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
He led the congregation in singing his own composition, "God is Love, " during the annual meeting of the National Liturgical Conference in 1964.
Also during the '60s, he narrated for ABC-TV the Christmas folk drama "New Born Again, " and a documentary of the pre-1950s civil rights movement, "We Shall Be Heard."
In 1968, Rev. Rivers founded Stimuli Inc. to help synthesize black culture with European American worship
Rev. Rivers also published books on worship, including "Soulful Worship, " "The Spirit in Worship" and "Freeing the Spirit." The African-American Catholic hymnal "Lead Me, Guide Me, " is dedicated to him.
There will be a reception of the body, visitation and prayer service from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in the West End. Visitation will continue at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, with the Mass of Christian burial at noon. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be sent to St. Joseph's Elementary School, 745 Ezzard Charles Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45203.
Rita Ann Boeckman, 83, of Fort Thomas, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
She was a retired assembler with Kenner Toy Co., Cincinnati, and a member of Holy Spirit Church, Newport.
She was a member of the St. Ann Society at the church.
Her husband, Robert Joseph Boeckman, died in 1978.
Survivors include daughters, Joan Craft of Fort Thomas and Julie Campbell of Orange Park, Fla.; a son, Jim Boeckman of Fort Thomas; a sister, Janet Laber of Fort Thomas; four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Fort Thomas.
Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas.
Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested to Alzheimer's Disease Association, 644 Linn St., Suite 1026, Cincinnati, Ohio 45203; or American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.
Marie Brown, 84, of Florence, died at 8:05 a.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
She was a homemaker.
Her husband, Charles E. Brown, died in 1985.
Survivors include a son, Charles Brown Jr. of Florence; daughters, Janet Robinson and Sandra Collins, both of Florence; sisters, Ruby Deatherage of Florence and Maxine Nienaber of Cincinnati; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family.
Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Elsmere, is handling arrangements.
Naomi Jett Chaney, 101, of Fort Mitchell, died at 8:15 p.m. Saturday at her home.
She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Covington.
Her husband, Paul Chaney, died in 1960.
There are no immediate survivors.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville, is handling arrangements.
Rose Sturdivant Coyle, 76, of Verona, died at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at Grant Manor Health Care Center, Williamstown.
She was a homemaker, worked at several local restaurants and was a member of New Bethel Baptist Church, Verona.
A daughter, Mary Rose Coyle, died in 1952.
Survivors include her husband, Jean Coyle; sons, Eddie Coyle, Donnie Coyle and Bobby Coyle, all of Verona; daughters, Evelyn Matthews of Warsaw and Barbara Grote of Petersburg; a stepson, Junior Coyle of Ghent; 12 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at New Bethel Baptist Church.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Hamilton-Stanley Funeral Home, Verona, and from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church.
Burial will be in New Bethel Cemetery, Verona.
Frank L. Distler, 89, of Wilder, died Sunday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport.
He was a retired tool and die maker with Cincinnati Time Recorder and employee of National Band and Tag Co., Newport.
Survivors include his wife, Annabelle Schumann Distler.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Fort Thomas.
Visitation will begin there at 11:30 a.m. Friday.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
James Edward Foutty, 78, of Rising Sun, Ind., died at 8:30 a.m. Sunday at his home.
He was a retired truck driver with Schenley's Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Ind., and an Air Force veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Fraizer Foutty; a son, James W. Foutty of Carrollton; daughters, Sharon L. Foutty of Aurora, Ind., and Terry L. Foutty Bailey of Rising Sun; a sister, Jean Caplinger of Rising Sun; seven grandchildren and three step-grandchildren.
Services were this morning at Markland Funeral Home, Rising Sun, Ind.
Memorials are suggested to Dearborn County Hospice, 370 Bielby Road, Lawrenceburg, Ind. 47025; American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042; or Rising Sun Church of Christ, 430 Fifth St., Rising Sun, Ind. 47040.
William F. Haas, 72, of Scottsdale, Ariz., formerly of Fort Thomas, died Nov. 17 at his home.
He was a business owner and patron of Embrey Riddle Aeronautical University and the Castle Foundation.
Survivors include daughters, Tamra Shadoan of Camp Verde, Ariz., and Lisa Spencer of Scottsdale, Ariz.; brothers, Joe Haas of Cold Spring, Don Haas of Longboat Key, Fla., and Fred Haas of Fort Thomas; and a sister, Marilyn Thoeny of Cold Spring.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John United Church of Christ, Newport.
Memorials are suggested to St. John United Church of Christ, 415 Park Ave., Newport, Ky. 41071.
A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Alicia Iles, 40, of Latonia, died Monday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia.
Billy J. Jaynes, 51, of Alexandria, died Sunday at Mercy Hospital Clermont, Batavia, Ohio.
He was disabled.
His wife, Janis Jaynes, died July 4.
Survivors include sons, Jamie Jaynes, Ben Jaynes and Chris Jaynes, all of Alexandria; and sisters, Dorothy Kemper and Geneva Reynolds, both of Hamilton, Ohio, and Kay Sirk of Milford, Ohio.
No services are planned. Memorials are suggested to Alexandria Funeral Home, 325 Washington St., Alexandria, Ky. 41001.
Jean Neiser, 72, of Alexandria, died at 4:06 p.m. Monday at her home.
She was a self-employed upholsterer and seamstress, a past president of the Alexandria Fair Board and Campbell County Homemakers.
She was a member of the Campbell County Historical Society, Ladies Auxiliary of Campbell County VFW Post No. 3025, Alexandria, and St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Fort Thomas.
She was a member of the church choir and was vestry clerk at the church, a former crossing guard with Alexandria Elementary School and a costume designer with Tall Stacks.
Her husband, Roy Neiser, died in 2001.
A son, Dennis Neiser, died in 1973.
Survivors include a daughter, Pamela Bohn of Hamilton, Ohio; a son, Mitchell Neiser of Alexandria; a sister, Veda Undeen of Sylva, N.C.; seven grandchildren and four 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 Johns Hopkins NRPTR, Ross Building Room 632, 720 Rutland Ave., Baltimore, Md. 21205, to the attention of Miriam Tillery.
Quincy Everett "Bill" Pugh Jr., 78, of Pendleton County, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington.
He was a member of Mount Gilead Christian Church, Harrison County.
Survivors include brothers, Fred Pugh of Edgewood, Adrian Pugh and Wallace Pugh, both of Pendleton County, and Orie Linus Pugh of Butler; sisters, Betty P. Wolfe of Cincinnati, Marguerite "Margie" Brown of Ridge Manor, Fla., and Carolyn Walthers of Pendleton County.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Friday.
Burial will be in Sunrise Cemetery, Pendleton County.
Shirley Mae Beck Wientjes, 78, of Fort Thomas, died at 10:47 p.m. Monday at the Highlands of Fort Thomas nursing home.
She was a homemaker.
Her husband, William J. Wientjes, died in 1985.
Survivors include daughters, Karen Vennefron of Newport, Paula Williams of Taylor Mill, Vicky Allen of Independence, Shelly Ginn of Alexandria and Ronnie Ratliff of Edgewood; a son, John Wientjes of Newport; 14 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial was this morning at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Fort Thomas.
Burial was in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
