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These notices are dated: 11-22-2004
Dr. Macel Wheeler, geography professor
Dr. Macel Marteva Wheeler was always doing good deeds for other people.
When a crew installed new windows at her mother's house in Ravenswood, W.Va.., Dr. Wheeler sent the workers thank-you notes and gift certificates to Red Lobster.
Her mom paid for the work, but Dr. Wheeler wanted to show her appreciation to the workers anyway.
"She was always doing something for someone else, " said her mother, Doris Kimble Wheeler.
Dr. Wheeler, 54, of Highland Heights, died at 6:15 p.m. Saturday at her home.
She was an associate professor of geography at Northern Kentucky University.
Her mother said she came from a family of educators, including herself, her father, Clyde Wheeler, who preceded her in death, and sister, Ellen Emmerson, of Tucson, Ariz.
The summer after Dr. Wheeler graduated from high school, she, her mother and sister shared an apartment and attended classes together at Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va.
"We had a wonderful time together, " her mother said of that summer.
Dr. Wheeler received her bachelor's and master's degrees in geography from Marshall and her doctorate in geography from the University of Kentucky.
The fun the mother and daughters had that summer carried on.
Dr. Wheeler's favorite thing to do was eating a picnic lunch with her mother at a park along the Ohio River in West Virginia.
The two did that almost every weekend over the summer, spending the time talking, laughing and watching the boats and birds go by.
"She and I were like sisters, not mother and daughter, " her mother said.
Other survivors include two nephews.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas.
Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Burial will be in Hopewell Baptist Cemetery, Mount Alto, W.Va.
Memorials are suggested to Dr. Macel M. Wheeler Geography Scholarship Fund, NKU History and Geography Department, Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, Ky. 41099, to the attention of Jeffrey Williams.
Audrey Doane, 90, of Taylor Mill, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
He was a clerk with the B&O; Railroad, a member and former trustee of Lakeside Christian Church in Lakeside Park and a member of Covington Lodge No. 109 F&AM;, Indra Consistory of Scottish Rite Valley of Covington and Rosebud Chapter No. 139 Order of the Eastern Star. He was a former employee of Beatrice Foods and a member of Teamsters Local No. 100, Cincinnati, and was a World War II veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Doane; a son, Wayne Doane of Burlington; sisters, Helen Hedger of Florence and Marie Ungru of Erlanger; a brother, Marvin Hedges of Warsaw; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Lakeside Christian Church. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Lakeside Christian Church Memorial Fund, 195 Buttermilk Pike, Lakeside Park, Ky. 41017.
Jean Faulkner, 69, of Newport, died Friday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Robert Turner; sons, Eddie Sargent of Dayton, Ohio, and Daniel Noble of Newport; a daughter, Teresa Noble of Newport; a brother, James Brewer of West Virginia; a sister, JoAnn Perry of Campton; 14 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Butler.
Daniel Raymond Gordon, 8, of Williamstown, died at 10:58 a.m. Saturday at his home. He was a third grader at Williamstown Elementary School and a member of Stewartsville Baptist Church, Williamstown.
Survivors include his parents, Loren W. Gordon and Rachel Furnish Gordon of Williamstown; a brother, Dylan Gordon, at home; a sister, Natashia Gordon, at home; grandparents, Donald S. and Clara Gordon of Williamstown; and great-grandmother, Dorothy Abner of Dry Ridge.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Daniel Gordon Memorial Fund, in care of Williamstown Elementary School, 300 Helton St., Williamstown, Ky. 41097.
Gilbert "Gil" M. Haake, 74, of Peoria, Ariz., formerly of Florence, died Thursday at Sun Health Hospice in Peoria.
He was a former employee of the Iowa Department of Transportation and a deacon with St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Sun City, Ariz. He was a volunteer with the Arizona State Mental Hospital, and personally sponsored 38 immigrant families from Cambodia.
Survivors include sons, Gilberto Haake of Vancouver, B.C., and Saul Haake of Des Moines, Iowa; two brothers, two sisters and two granddaughters.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Dec. 14 at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, Sun City. Memorials are suggested to Arizona State Hospital, 2500 E. Van Buren St., Phoenix, Ariz. 85008. Sunland Mortuary, Sun City, is handling arrangements.
Geneva Haaseth, 81, of Georgetown, died Sunday at Dover Manor Nursing Home, Georgetown.
Arrangements are pending at McDaniel Funeral Home, Corinth.
Shaelyn Alivia Holeman, the daughter of Charles Albert Holeman Jr. and Jeannie Gaynale Meade of Dry Ridge, was stillborn Friday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Other survivors include grandparents, Wallace and Jean Meade of Wilsondale, W.Va., Charles and Debbie Holeman of Corinth and Dreema and Keith Barrett of Dacula, Ga.; and great-grandparents, Albert and Karen Konlee of Winter Garden, Fla.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Mount Moriah United Baptist Church. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Wallace-Meade Cemetery, Wilsondale.
Betty Gayle Kenney, 83, of Owen County, died Friday at New Horizons Medical Center, Owenton. She was a bank teller and a member of First Christian Church, Owenton. There are no immediate survivors.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at McDonald and New Funeral Home, Seminary Street location, Owenton. Burial will be in Owenton Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to First Christian Church, N. Main St., Owenton, Ky. 40359.
Brian Scroggins, 35, of Latonia, died in an auto accident Tuesday in Newport.
He was a backhoe operator with Asplundh.
Survivors include his wife, Sandra Scroggins; a daughter, Stacey Scroggins of Dayton; a son, Zachory Scroggins of Dayton; stepsons, Joseph Welbers III of Ludlow and Stephen Welbers of Gainesville, Fla.; a stepdaughter, Elizabeth Rubright of Latonia; brothers, Roger Brandenburg of Hebron, Chester Brandenburg of Florence and Billy Cole Jr. of Alexandria; sisters, Teresa Bleser of Taylor Mill and Belinda Scroggins of Maineville, Ohio; a stepbrother, Mike Brandenburg of Newport; a stepsister, Penny Brandenburg of Newport; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at noon today at Linnemann Funeral Home, Covington.
Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m.
Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
William Bernard Simon, 79, of Buford, Ga., formerly of Newport, died Thursday in Buford.
He was a regional sales manager with Yardley of London, an employee of ITT Continental Banking Co. and a scout with the Chicago Cubs.
He was a member of St. Monica Church in Duluth, Ga., the National Food Brokers Association, and National Arbor Day Foundation.
He was a past commander of Lawler Hanlon VFW Post No. 5662, Newport.
Survivors include his wife, Bernadine Simon; daughters, Katherine Genovese and Toni Ippolito, both of Alpharetta, Ga.; a stepson, Timothy McNichols of Woodstock, Ga.; a stepdaughter, Kimberly Daino of Dacula, Ga.; brothers, Jack Simon of Cold Spring and Robert Simon of Lawrenceburg; 11 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Memorial services were this morning at St. Monica Church, Duluth.
A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Thelma Irene Meadows Stamper, 87, of Erlanger, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington.
Her husband, Millard Stamper, preceded her in death.
A son, Donald Stamper, preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Ronald Stamper of Tollesboro, Forrest Stamper of Edgewood and Harold Stamper of Union; seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Barbour and Son Funeral Home, Tollesboro.
Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Thomas J. Waters, 83, of Ludlow, died Sunday at Thomas Hood Veterans Center, Wilmore.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Kathryn Kunkel Zalla, 96, of Covington, died Friday at her home.
Her husband, Andrew M. Zalla, died in 1983.
Survivors include sons, Marty Zalla of Edgewood, Tom Zalla of Fort Wright and Dan Zalla of Lakeside Park; daughters, Jane Harmeling of Perry Park, Carol Hayes of Fort Mitchell, Nancy McCracken of Carolina Beach, N.C., and Lynn Rice of Lakeside Park; a brother, William Kunkel of Cincinnati; 32 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Augustine Church, Covington. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
Memorials are suggested to The Point, 104 W. Pike St., Covington, Ky. 41014; or St. Elizabeth Home Health Hospice, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Midddendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
