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These notices are dated: 03-08-2005
Roger Kathman, loved family, church and cars
Roger Kathman Sr. loved his family, his church and his cars.
Mr. Kathman, 90, of Lakeside Park, died Sunday at the Baptist Village Care Center in Erlanger.
Mr. Kathman was a member of Blessed Sacrament Church in Lakeside Park for 53 years.
"He and my mother brought all six of us kids to church every Sunday and sat us in the front row, " said his daughter, Barb Riley of Hebron. "After our mother died we used to say that he was married
to the church now."
Riley said Mr. Kathman was so active recruiting people into the church and helping out as an usher and Eucharistic minister people began calling him Fr. Roger.
Mr. Kathman also loved cars and bought a new one every three years.
"He loved Cadillacs and had several of them, " said Riley. "He took great care of them, shining them up with his linen handkerchief, and they always looked and smelled brand new. When he was ready for a new one, people would line up to buy his old car."
Mr. Kathman was a salesman at several companies in the area, including RIS Paper Co. (formerly Diem and Wing Paper co.), from which he retired in 1985. Riley said he told her he hated to retire and would have worked until he was 100 if they let him.
His wife, Ethel Herbert Kathman, died in 1988.
Other survivors include sons, Roger Kathman Jr. of Sarasota, Fla., and Bob Kathman of Boynton Beach, Fla.; daughters Peggy King of Zellwood, Fla., Linda Emmett of Edgewood and Nancy Cahill of Erlanger; brothers, William Kathman of Crestview Hills, Philip Kathman, John Kathman and Donald Kathman, all of Edgewood; sisters, Elaine Manilla of Huntington, W.Va., and Blanche Huber of Harrison, Ohio; 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Fort Mitchell. Visitation will begin there at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Alzheimer's Disease Association, 644 Linn St., Suite 1026, Cincinnati, Ohio 45203; or Parish Kitchen, 141 Pike St., Covington, Ky. 41011. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Marietta Conrad Brooks, 95, of Cincinnati, died Sunday at Mercy Anderson Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a homemaker, a member of Madisonville Baptist Church, and a former member of Dry Ridge Baptist Church. Her husband, Charles J. Brooks, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Charles Conrad Brooks of Cincinnati; a brother, Harmon B. Conrad of Clearwater, Fla.; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will begin there at noon Wednesday. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge. Memorials are suggested to Dry Ridge Baptist Church, 19 Broadway, Dry Ridge, Ky. 41035.
Mildred L. Beschman Burton, 96, of Florence, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger.
Charles Lawrence Case, 71, of Alexandria, died at 6 a.m. Sunday at his home. He was a retired yard conductor with CSX Railroad.
Survivors include his wife, Bonnie Case; daughters, Debbie Bullock, Terri Sheffel and Diana Weber, all of Alexandria; a sister, Dorothy Arwood of Russell Springs; a sister, Zelma Reeder of Florence; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Thursday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Silver Grove Christian Church, P.O. Box 430, Silver Grove, Ky. 41085.
Ruby Garnet Hartley Chadderton, 86, of Erlanger, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Thirl Chadderton; a daughter, Cheryl Neff of Rabbit Hash; a sister, Carole Griffith of Ashland; 1 granddaughter and a great-granddaughter.
No services are planned. Cremation will be at Northern Kentucky Cremation Services. Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Albert Lee Chipman, 48, of Independence, died Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was an employee of New Perceptions Inc., Edgewood.
Survivors include sisters, Pat Shelton of Florence, Libby Goodridge of Hebron and Kathy Marsh of Independence; brothers, Bill Chipman of Walton, Dutch Chipman of Wayne, Wayne Chipman of Independence and Bobby Chipman of Crescent Springs.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Gaugh Cemetery, Williamstown. Memorials are suggested to New Perceptions, 1 Sperti Drive, Edgewood, Ky. 41017; or Supported Living, 8172 Mall Road, Suite 231, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Ward Leo Clark, 70, of Mount Olivet, died Sunday at Robertson County Health Care Center, Mount Olivet. He was a retired employee of the Ladish Co., formerly of Kawneer Co.
Survivors include a brother, James F. Clark of Woodruff, S.C.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Robertson County Funeral Home, Mount Olivet. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Bracken Memorial Cemetery, Brooksville. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Hope, 909 Kenton Station Drive, Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Mattie Dezarn, 93, of Dry Ridge, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge.
Doris J. Gastright, 68, of Villa Hills, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
She was a front-end manager with the Kroger's grocery store in Fort Mitchell, a member of St. Joseph Church in Crescent Springs and a volunteer with the Crescent Springs Fire Department Life Squad. Her husband, Frank Gastright, died in 1999.
Survivors include daughters, Nancy Bartz of Cincinnati, Allesanne Meihaus of Fort Wright and Barbara Fritz of Burlington; sons, Frank H. Gastright of Florence, Armin Gastright of Pine Island, Fla., and Michael D. Gastright of Covington; brothers, Ed Lutz of Cincinnati and Bob Lutz of Oakley, Ohio; a sister, Mary Lutz of Norwood, Ohio; 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Church, Crescent Springs. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Bellevue. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to American Parkinson's Disease Association, 165 W. Galbraith Road, Suite 218B, Cincinnati, Ohio 45216.
Alberta Fay "Wiggins" Hedgecock, 78, of Union, died Sunday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, James Hedgecock; a daughter, Linda Gruner of Louisville; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Evergreen cemetery Chapel, Southgate. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Alvin J. Miller, 87, of Covington, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington.
James A. Sorrell, 82, of Edgewood, died at 5:35 p.m. Friday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was a retired tool and die maker with Powell Electric Co. in Houston, and a manufacturer of fly-fishing equipment. He was a member of St. Pius X Church in Edgewood, where he was an usher, a former grand knight of the Knights of Columbus and an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Mattie Matthews Sorrell; sons, Robert Sorrell of Edgewood and Michael Sorrell of Cleveland; a half-brother, Tom Sorrell of Bellevue; and half-sisters, Judy McGovern and Linda Alerding, both of Bellevue.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Pius X Church. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Entombment will be in Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to St. Pius X Church, 348 Dudley Road, Edgewood, Ky. 41018. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Justin Robert Terbrueggen, 25, of Cincinnati, formerly of Fort Thomas, died Sunday at VanWert County Hospital, VanWert, Ohio, of injuries suffered while riding a bull.
He was a service technician with Ohmart-Vega of Cincinnati and a Navy veteran.
Survivors include his parents, Joel and Carol Terbrueggen of Madeira, Ohio; a sister, Renee Terbrueggen of Maineville, Ohio; and grandparents, Robert and Ruth Terbrueggen of Mason, Ohio, and John Juengst of Madeira.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Cedars of Lebanon Chapel, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati. Visitation will begin there at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Spring Grove Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Kids Helping Kids, 6070 Branch Hill Guinea Pike, Milford, Ohio 45150. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Gordon H. Thompson, 75, of California, died at 10:40 p.m. Sunday at his home.
He was a retired Air Force veteran and former maintenance department worker with St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a deacon of Persimmon Grove Baptist Church, a trustee of Sun Valley Senior Citizens and a member of Sun Valley Breakfast Club and the United States Air Force Sergeants Association. His first wife, Betty Lou Thompson, died in 1970.
Survivors include his wife, Doris Yvonne Thompson; daughters, Karen Bell of California, Mary Class of Latonia, Janet Rickels of Alexandria and Louann Thompson of Florence; a sister, Mary Frances Johnson of Winchester; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Persimmon Grove Baptist Church, Alexandria. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Burial will be in Persimmon Grove Cemetery, Alexandria. Memorials are suggested to Persimmon Grove Baptist Church, Relay for Life Team or Memorial Fund, 10471 Persimmon Grove Pike, P.O. Box 148, Alexandria, Ky. 41001. Alexandria Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Edna M. Welch, 80, of Ashland, formerly of Bellevue, died Sunday at Kings Daughters Medical Center, Ashland. She was a retired bookkeeper with Welch Contractors, Bellevue. Her husband, William Welch, died in 1993.
Survivors include sons, William Welch of Ashland, Terry Welch of Cold Spring and Ronald Welch of Fort Thomas; a sister, Lottie Cooley of Cincinnati; a brother, Vernon Jett of Villa Hills; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer's Disease Association, 644 Linn St., Suite 1026, Cincinnati, Ohio 45203.
Bradly Ray Williamson, 28, of Sanders, died Sunday near Carrollton. He was an employee of North American Steel.
Survivors include a son, Brad Alan Williamson of Sanders, and a daughter, Brandy Diana Williamson of Sanders.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Warsaw. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Memorials are suggested to the Bradly Ray Memorial Fund, in care of Integra Bank, 400 E. Main St., Warsaw, Ky. 41095.
Betty Lee Wilson, 68, of Corinth, died Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Grant County, Williamstown. She was a retired employee of Fruit of the Loom and a member of Beechwood Assembly of God.
Her husband, Estill Wilson, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Danny Wilson of Dry Ridge; a sister, Patsy Spurlock of Georgetown; a brother, Herbert C. Taylor; two grandchildren and two great-granddaughters.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Beechwood Assembly of God, Owenton. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at McDonald and New Funeral Home, Main Street location, Owenton, and from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the church. Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Beechwood Assembly of God, 10710 Georgetown Road, Owenton, Ky. 40359.
