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Date of these obituaries: 05-28-97
Patrick Lindsey, spent life aiding others
His duties were mostly financial at the Center for Chemical Addictions Treatment in Cincinnati.
But Patrick W. Lindsey never forgot why he joined the center: To help others.
"A lot of people there knew him, and he would try to help them out, " said his son, Mark W. Lindsey of Alliance, Ohio. "He was always in human services, in one way or another."
Mr. Lindsey, 54, of Edgewood, died at 5:15 p.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
He was chief financial officer with the Hamilton County Mental Health Board for the past three months. He was former director of administrative services for the Center for Chemical Addictions Treatment, where he worked for about 10 years.
His son remembers Mr. Lindsey working during the day and attending Chase Law School at night. Mr. Lindsey received his law degree, but was never a practicing attorney. Still, he used his legal knowledge in his financial positions.
Mr. Lindsey was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam war, where he served two tours with the Sea Bees, an engineering unit, in the 1960s. He was a current member of the Navy Reserve.
Mr. Lindsey and his son coached a Knothole baseball team, the Latonia Youth Club, for about seven years.
"It was a great joy for him, " Mark Lindsey said.
Other survivors include his wife, Debbie Crowell-Lindsey; daughters, Bridget Lindsey and Briana Lindsey, both of Newport, and Aislinn Lindsey of Edgewood; a stepson, Chad Crowell of Edgewood; his mother, Rose Kathryn Lindsey of Edgewood; sisters, Kathy Lindsey of Edgewood and Sue Rauf of Ft. Mitchell; a brother, Dan Lindsey of Alexandria; and five grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Pius X Church, Edgewood. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati, 1821 Summit, Suite 102, Cincinnati 45237, or New Perceptions, 1 Sperti Drive, Edgewood 41017.
Levonna Bradford, 99, of Butler, died Tuesday at River Valley Nursing Home, Butler.
Arrangements are pending at Peoples Funeral Home, Butler.
Daniel Tyler Dahmer, 1 day, of Dayton, Ohio, died Saturday at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio.
Survivors include his parents, Christopher S. and Traci S. Bartels Dahmer of Dayton, Ohio; and grandparents, Jobie and Brenda Howard, and Shelton and Melonie Dahmer, all of Cynthiana.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Raven Creek Cemetery, Harrison County. Rogers Funeral Home, Corinth, is handling arrangements.
John Darby, 82, of Erlanger, died at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Woodland Hills Care Center in Lawrenceburg. He was an assistant baggage foreman with Cincinnati Union Terminal and a member of Constance Christian Church, Hebron. He was a member of Hebron Masonic Lodge No. 757 F&AM, Indra Consistory Scottish Rite and Brotherhood of American Railway Employees. He also was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Ethel Snow Darby; a son, Gary Nixon of Erlanger; daughters, Janice Morgan and Phyllis Clark, both of Florence; a brother, George Allen Darby of Petersburg; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Hopeful Lutheran Church Cemetery, Florence. Memorials are suggested to Constance Christian Church or Constance Church of Christ, Hebron.
Leroy Ernst, 79, of Ft. Wright, died at 9:15 a.m. Sunday at his home. He was a retired heavy equipment operator for Union Light Heat & Power Co. of Covington, and a member of Mother of God Church, Covington. He was a former school bus driver for St. Agnes School in Ft. Wright, a well-known softball pitcher and member of the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame. He also was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife Helen Winchester Ernst; daughters, Wanda Harvey of Acworth, Ga., and Margaret Hickman of Falmouth; a son, Tom Ernst of Ft. Wright; 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 12:05 p.m. Thursday at Mother of God Church, Covington. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Memorials are suggested to Mother of God Church, Covington. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell.
Mary Filer, 70, of Erlanger, died at 10:05 p.m. Tuesday at Lakeside Place nursing home, Highland Heights. Arrangements are pending at Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Elsmere.
Joseph A. Gabriel, 58, of Villa Hills, died at 12:12 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. He was a salesman with C. W. Wood Co., Cincinnati. He also was a member of Villa Hills Civic Club; St. Joseph Church, Crescent Springs; Glenwood Hall Country Club, Perry Park; Machinery Dealers National Association and a former director of the Crestville Fire Authority.
Survivors include his wife, Patricia Laber Gabriel; a son, Ed Gabriel of Ft. Mitchell; daughters, Amy Losey of Alexandria, Karen Terry of Independence and Diane Sulentich of Denver; his stepmother, Irene Gabriel of Kettering, Ohio; sisters, Ruth Alice Cummins of Augusta, Edna Mae Soete of Ft. Mitchell and Bobbi Lou Vonderschmidt of Florence; a stepsister, Mary Louise Bourgraf of Cincinnati; and five grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Ft. Wright. Memorials are suggested to the church building fund, 2470 Loraine Court, Crescent Springs 41071.
Donald Andrew Giles, 57, of Wilder, died Monday at his home. He was a technical illustrator with Repro Art, Cincinnati.
Survivors include sons, Mark Giles of Alexandria and Christopher Giles of Erlanger; his father, Rodney Giles of Tennessee; his stepfather, Harold Beach of Bellevue; a sister, Kathy Reed of Cincinnati; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Thursday. Entombment will be in Evergreen Mausoleum, Southgate.
Memorials are suggested to Campbell County Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 97, Melbourne 41059.
Donna M. Graham, 44, of Parrish, Fla., formerly of Fiskburg, died Saturday at her home of cancer. She was an assistant manager for Horticulture Systems of Parrish, Fla.
Survivors include her husband, Jimmy Lee Graham of Parrish, Fla.; a daughter, Shonna Lopez of Bradenton, Fla.; sisters, Vernie Almas of Florence, Mona Gail Dance and Mary Jane Thompson, both of Paducah; brothers, Clyde S. Fisk and Jerry L. Fisk of Demossville; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Wilmington Cemetery, Fiskburg. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Southwest Florida, 430 Eighth Ave., West Palmetto, Fla., 34221.
Bessie A. Highley, 93, of Highland Heights, died Sunday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home in Highland Heights. She was a homemaker and a member of First Church of the Nazarene, Newport. Robert F. Highley, died in 1994.
Survivors include sons, Russell Smith of Highland Heights and Robert G. Highley of South Carolina; brothers, Ed Watson of Central Lake, Mich., and Tom Watson of Cobb Hill; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Thursday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Flour Creek Cemetery, Butler.
George Houston, 69, of Florence, died at 1:40 a.m. today at his daughter's home in Villa Hills.
Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Mabel Jennings Jones, 97, of Ft. Thomas, died at 6:10 a.m. Monday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport. She was a retired teacher with Newport Board of Education and in California, Ky. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Ft. Thomas. Her husband, Lyle M. Jones, died in 1982. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Ft. Thomas. Visitation will begin there at noon Thurs day. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to the church, 220 S. Ft. Thomas Ave., Ft. Thomas 41075.
Kathryn Jurgens, 84, of Ft. Thomas, died Tuesday at her home. Arrangements are pending at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Homes.
April B. Maggard, 23, of Walton, died at 4 p.m. Saturday at her home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Highland Ceme tery, Ft. Mitchell. C&C; Mortuary, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Lelia R. Markwell, 94, of Florence, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence. Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger.
Lawrence E. McCartt, 96, of Florence, died Tuesday at Colonial Heights Nursing Home in Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington.
James F. McConnell, 72, of Hebron, died at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was a retired supervisor with G. A. Gray/Allied Signal Co., Cincinnati, and a deacon at Hebron Baptist Church. He was a member of Hebron Ma sonic Lodge No. 757 F&AM.
Survivors include his wife, Ellen Frances Osborn McConnell; daughters, Sandra Baker and Donna Bussard, both of Florence, and Marilyn Sutton of Hebron; a brother, Raymond McConnell of Cynthiana; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the church. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron. Burial will be in Burlington Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the church, 1488 Petersburg Road, Hebron 41048.
Nancy Melching, 90, of Newport, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Ft. Thomas. She was retired from Wadsworth Watch Co., Dayton.
Survivors include six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cem etery, Southgate.
Alma Spriggs Moffett, 86, of Lexington, formerly of Northern Kentucky, died at 9:20 p.m. Monday at Columbia Hospital in Frankfort. She was a homemaker and a member of Erlanger Baptist Church. Her husband, Samuel J. Moffett, died in 1989. A son, Samuel J. Moffett Jr., died in 1994.
Survivors include a daughter, Lynne Cone of Frankfort; sons, Reginald Moffett of Live Oaks, Calif., and Gordon Moffett of Louisville; a sister, Ethel Durbin of Vanceburg; 13 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Walton.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery.
Eunice G. Stiles, 85, of Florence, died at 12:03 p.m. Sunday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a son, Curtis Stiles of Union; a sister, Jean Saye of Dallas; one grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati. Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Elsmere, is handling arrangements.
Josephine Carol Swinson, 71, of Villa Hills, died Saturday at her home. She was an office manager and partner in The Swinson Agency in Warwick, N.Y.
Survivors include her husband, Erwin Swinson; a daughter, Cheryl Sanders of Harrodsburg; and a sister, Amelia Wisneski of Crescent Springs.
Memorials services will be at June 14 in Warwick, N.Y. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington 41014. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Anna Thompson, 87, of Kettering, Ohio, formerly of Harrison County, died Tuesday at Hospice of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.
Arrangements are pending at Woodhead Funeral Home, Berry.
Clara Thornton, 55, of Covington, died Sunday at her sister's home in Covington.
Arrangements are pending at Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Covington.
Eleanor Ware Wagner, 84, of Lakeside Park, died 9 a.m. Sunday at her home. She was a former teacher in the Covington Public Schools and a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church, Covington. She was a member of Rebecca Bryan Boone Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, Ft. Mitchell Country Club, and a former member of the Junior Board of Covington Children's Home.
Her first husband, William Ware, died in 1961. Her second husband, Lee Hoefinghoff, died in 1969. Her third husband, Berz Wagner, died in 1991.
Survivors include daughters, Katherine Terwort of Lakeside Park, Patricia Rothwell of Lexington and Ann Jurkowitz of Mt. Vernon, Ohio; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Highlands cemetery Chapel, Ft. Mitchell. Visitation will begin there at 1:30 p.m. today.
Memorials are suggested to Adopt a Family Outreach Program in care of the church, Covington Children's Home or to the Kenton County Animal Shelter. Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Eleanor Marie Riechel Wolfe, 78, of Huber Heights, Ohio, died Tuesday at Spring Creek Nursing Center in Huber Heights. She was a former caregiver. Her husband, Elmon H. Wolfe, died in 1977.
Survivors include daughters, Elaine Slack and Karen Masden, both of Dayton, Ohio, and Esther Grimm of Beavercreek, Ohio; brothers, Jack Riechel of Redwood Falls, Minn., and Charles Riechel of Indianapolis; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Memorials are suggested to Ohio's Integrated Hospice, 2365 Lakeview Drive, Suite B, Beavercreek, Ohio 45431. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
