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Date of these obituaries: 10-15-97
William McKinley, rail worker
When William R. McKinley Jr. wasn't working in the yard office of the B&O; Railroad, he was enjoying friends and family, traveling overseas, raising funds for the American Legion - or playing golf.
"That was his pastime, " said his wife, Loretta Dusing McKinley. "He loved it."
Mr. McKinley died Monday at St. Luke Hospital West. The Ludlow resident was 74.
He grew up in Cincinnati and went into the Army in 1943. He was stationed overseas and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, the last major counter-offensive by the Germans in World War II.
When he returned to the United States, he went to work for the B&O; Railroad as a clerk in the yard office. His job was to trace rail cars and find lost freight, said Mrs. McKinley.
In his spare time, he loved to go on golf outings with friends and fellow members of the American Legion Guth Brothers Post No. 111 in Cincinnati.
It was while he was working that he met his wife, who was a railroad yard clerk for the C&O; Railroad. They talked to each other frequently by telephone, coordinating freight and rail cars, she said.
"I talked to him for about two years on the telephone, but it was strictly business, " she said. "We never met. Then, his friends kind of fixed us up."
They married
in 1974, when Mr. McKinley was 51. He moved to Ft. Mitchell, where Mrs. McKinley lived, and they stayed there for seven years. They moved to Ludlow in 1981.
After McKinley retired from the railroad in 1983, after 42 years, he and his wife began traveling. They took trips overseas to Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom and spent a couple of months each year with his sister, Alice Cravens of St. Petersburg, Fla.
"We were pretty lucky, " Mrs. McKinley said. "We had 23 wonderful years."
Mr. McKinley also was a member of St. Boniface and James Church in Ludlow.
Besides his wife and sister, survivors include several nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Ludlow. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested in the form of Masses, or to charity.
Ralph M. Brashear, 81, of Florence, died Tuesday at Salem Nursing Home, Cincinnati.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill.
Carrie Ann Davis, 50, of Cincinnati, formerly of Pendleton County, died Sunday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of College Hill United Methodist Church and College Hill PTA in Cincinnati.
Survivors include sons, William Davis III and Terry Lewis Davis, both of Cincinnati; a daughter, JoAnna Hicks of Youngstown, Ohio; her parents, Paul and Rosey Crozier of Cincinnati; brothers, Ralph Taylor and Gary Allen, both of Falmouth, and Ronald Allen of Cincinnati; sisters, Mary Katherine Miles of North Dakota, Patsey Lee Taylor and Mary Francis Allen, both of Cincinnati, and Vickie Ridley of Falmouth; and 10 grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Crest Hill Cemetery, Falmouth.
Susan Garland, 71, of Florence, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Sister Bernardine Haar, O.S.B., 79, of Villa Hills, died at 5:35 a.m. Tuesday at St. Walburg Monastery infirmary in Villa Hills. She was an elementary school teacher in Louisiana and Texas.
Survivors include sisters, Sister Immaculata Haar, O.S.B. of Villa Hills, Mary Amdeo and Dorothy McCormick, both of New Orleans; and a brother, William E. Haar Sr. of New Orleans.
A vigil service will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the monastery. Memorial services will be there at 8 p.m. Friday. Memorials are suggested to St. Walburg Monas tery, 2500 Amsterdam Road, Villa Hills, Ky. 41017. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Jesse L. Hall, 85, of Falmouth, died at 10:11 p.m. Tuesday at Harrison Memorial Hospital, Cynthiana.
Arrangements are pending at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Terry Joe Hammonds, 19, of Owenton, died Sunday at his home. He was a farmer.
Survivors include his parents, Harold and May Lou Goodrich of Owenton; a half-brother, James Goodrich of Gratz; and a sister, Tammy Lou Goodrich of Owenton.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at McDonald Funeral Home, Owenton. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Monterey Cemetery, Owen County. Memorials are suggested to the family, in care of the funeral home, 202 N. Main St., Owenton, Ky., 40359.
John Johnson, 57, of Florence, died Tuesday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Elsmere.
George Martz, 88, of Alexandria, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Ft. Thomas. He was a farmer and a member of St. Joseph Church, Camp Springs.
Survivors include his wife, Rose Martz; a stepdaughter, Rose Warner of Cold Spring; stepsons, Walter Daniel of Tennessee, James Daniel of California, Ky., and Charles Daniel of Bracken County; sisters, Rose Messmer of Cold Spring and Dora Martz of Melbourne; 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Camp Springs.
Margaret "Peggy" Pryor, 83, of Latonia, died at 8:05 a.m. Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Ft. Thomas. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Richard William Pryor, died in 1990. A daughter, Lucille Wetterer, died in 1987.
Survivors include sons, George Flick of Cincinnati and Richard L. Pryor of Erlanger; a daughter, Margaret Weaver of Cincinnati; 17 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Services were this morning at Dobbling Funeral Home, Ft. Thomas. Burial will be in Crittenden Christian Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Parish Kitchen, P. O. Box 1234, Covington, Ky. 41012-1234.
Billy Lee Ray, 61, of Covington, died Tuesday at Christ Hospital, Cincinnati.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington.
Elizabeth "Betty" Haley Reynolds, 75, of Augusta, died at 4:45 p.m. Monday at Extenda Care, Augusta. She was a home maker and a member of St. Augustine Church, Augusta. She also was a member of the church's Mary Martha Society. Her husband, Frederick Neider Reynolds, died in 1974.
Survivors include a daughter, Byrd R. Jelf of Erlanger; sons, Neider Reynolds of Augusta and Ike Reynolds of Florence; sisters, Norma Quinlin of Augusta and Ramona Reinert of Melbourne; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the church. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Augusta. Burial will be in Sharon Cemetery, Augusta.
Martha Roberts, 86, of Newport, died Tuesday at St. Luke East.
Arrangements are pending at Dobbling Funeral Home, Ft. Thomas.
Gary Scroggins, 53, of Florence, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Arrangements are pending with Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Lester Lee "Ike" Sheldon, 74, of Nicholasville, died Monday at his home. He was a disabled Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Maisie Ashley Sheldon; a son, Dwight Lee Sheldon of Cincinnati; a daughter, Debbie Catherine Adams of Hamersville, Ohio; a brother, Glen Sheldon of New River, Ariz.; sisters, Mildred Lawrence of Leesburg, Fla., Jeanetta Sowder, Rosalie McNees, Flossie Gasser and Carol Smiley, all of Cynthiana; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Whaley-McCarty Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Pythian Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 2312 Alexandria Drive, Lexington, Ky. 40504.
Howard Stewart, 70, of Leesburg, Fla., formerly of Independence, died Monday at Leesburg Regional Medical Center in Florida.
Arrangements are pending at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence.
