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Date of these obituaries: 09-27-97
Edna Torline, ran taverns
Edna Schweitzer Torline knew tough times.
She worked 18 hours a day, tending bar in the family's tavern while raising three children.
She opened her home for months to family and friends in need of a place to stay.
This year, she was a victim of the devastating spring flooding of the Licking River that washed out her home near Grants Lick.
But Mrs. Torline, 85, overcame struggles by working hard, laughing and caring for others.
She died at 2:40 p.m. Thursday at her home in Butler.
Mrs. Torline was born in John's Hill in Campbell County.
She and her late husband owned and operated seven Bud Torline's taverns in different areas of the county for almost 40 years.
They raised three children in an apartment above one of the taverns, where she worked as a bartender until she retired at the age of 65.
"She put in 18 hours a day working and raised the kids, " said her daughter, Henrietta Trappe of Butler. "She lived in the same place the bar was in. She never got away from work."
Mrs. Torline loved to help others.
She volunteered for the Alexandria Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, offering fire victims a place to stay and other necessities to get them on their feet again.
"She was interested in the welfare of the area, " Ms. Trappe said. "And this was something where, it made no difference who you were, you still got help. That's what she liked - anybody who needed help, she would do anything she could."
Mrs. Torline died of cancer, just months after she and Ms. Trappe, who were washed out of the home they were living in near Grants Lick, found a new home in Butler.
Other survivors include sons, Teddy Torline of Butler and Clifford Torline of California, Ky.; a sister, Myrtle Lukings of Cincinnati; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Peoples Funeral Home, Grants Lick.
Visitation will be there from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Burial will be in Johns Hill Cemetery, Cold Spring.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Hope, 1 W. McDonald Parkway, Maysville 41056.
Mary Joy Barker, 68, of Hebron, died Thursday morning at her home.
She was a homemaker and a member of Hebron Baptist Church.
Her husband, Robert Barker, died in 1988.
Survivors include daughters, Sheri Davies and Pam McCane, both of Florence, Kim Barker of Hebron and Patricia Leeds of Erlanger; sisters, Zophee Bagby of Florence, Lillian Burns of Petersburg and June Stamper of Burlington; a brother, Bob Stephens of Burlington; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron.
Visitation will be there from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Burial will be in Belleview Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice, 401 E. 20th St., Covington 41014 or the church, 1488 Petersburg Road, Hebron 41048.
Jeanne D. Fry, 78, of Ft. Wright, died at 10:05 a.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
She was a homemaker and a greeter at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington.
She was a member of the Sacred Heart Mothers Club.
Survivors include her husband, Cornelius Neil Fry; sons, Neil J. Fry of Crestview Hills, Mark J. Fry of Crescent Springs and Lawrence Fry of Lexington; daughters, Mary Jo Haffendorfer of Elizabethtown, Constance J. Fry of Erlanger and Jennfier Topmiller of Florence; a sister, Marina Rechtin of Ft. Thomas; and eight grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. today at the cathedral.
Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. today.
Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, 1140 Madison Ave., Covington 41011.
Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Elsmere, is handling arrangements.
Garnett Harold Menefee, 72, of Lakeside Park died Thursday in an accident at his nephew's farm in Piner.
He was a retired accountant and a Merchant Marine veteran of World War II.
He was a member of Latonia Baptist Church.
He was a Master Mason at Covington Masonic Lodge No. 109 and a member of Walton Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Martha T. Menefee; a daughter, Darleen Sanders of Richmond, Ind.; brothers, Marvin Menefee of Latonia, Lloyd Menefee of Louisville, Kline Menefee of Crittenden, Tilford Menefee of Demossville, Kenneth Menefee of Tulsa, Okla., and Orville Menefee of Morning View; sisters, Elizabeth White of Blacksburg, Va., Naomi Phillips of Latonia, Ruth Caldwell of Demossville and Margaret King of Florence; five grandchildren and two great-great grandsons.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia.
Visitation will be there from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Memorials are suggested to Shriners Burns Institute, 3229 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati 45229 or Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati 45229.
Alice L. "Pat" Wilshire Parker, 83, of Highland Heights, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Ft. Thomas.
She was a homemaker.
Her husband, Marion Parker, died in 1975.
Survivors include sons, Thomas Bridewell of Covington and Ronald Grady and Tim Parker, both of Bellevue; a daughter, Vicki Buschard of Dayton; a brother, Harry Wilshire of Highland Heights; sisters, Jean Redmond of Bromley, Tevis Sorrel of Alexandria, Wanda Black of Newport, Georgia May Brumfield of Bellevue and Laura Reenan of Covington; 16 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport.
Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery, Independence.
