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Date of these obituaries: 12-10-97
Carolyn Krechting of Newport, devoted to family, war on cancer
Carolyn Joan Johnson Krechting suffered with colon cancer for 11 years, but she never complained. Instead, Mrs. Krechting's focus was on conquering the disease. She donated her body to the University of Cincinnati.
"She wanted to help other people and possibly help find a cure for cancer, " said a daughter, Sally Hadden of Newport.
"She was a very giving person and very strong and believed in the Lord. She said she was here for a reason. Her body will be studied for three years and then we will bury her."
Mrs. Krechting, 60, a retired employee of the Internal Revenue Service, died Saturday in her Newport home.
Mrs. Krechting liked to sew and enjoyed making crafts.
She loved children. Her grandchildren spent a lot of time with her.
"Her grandchildren were really the light of her life, " Ms. Hadden said. "They were her world."
Mrs. Krechting was preceded in death by two sons, Michael Hadden and Melvin Krechting Jr. and three brothers, Joseph Owens, James Johnson and Albert Johnson and a sister Anna Lee Hamm.
Other survivors include her husband, Melvin John Krechting of Newport; daughter, Lois Krechting both of Newport; stepdaughter, Melody Marshall of Lakeland, Fla; sons, Charles Hadden of Newport and Rev. Dana Hadden of Liberty, Ind.; a stepson, Stephen Krechting of Walker, La.; sisters, Sophia Bowman of Covington and Muriel Johnson, Doris Hettel and Nancy Kelly, all of Newport; a brother, Earl Johnson of Lancaster, Pa.; and five grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at Christian Tabernacle, 325 Washington, Newport.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Ft. Thomas, Ky. 41075; or the American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Barbara Ellen Woods Cooper, 56, of Brooksville, died at 6:50 a.m. Tuesday at Maysville Extended Care Center. She was a waitress with Shepherd's Restaurant and Bracken County Center, and was a member of Oakland Christian Church, Brooksville.
Survivors include sons, William Glenn Cooper of Newport, Jimmy Allen Cooper of Brooksville, Orville Lynn Cooper of West Virginia, Wendell Dale Cooper of Lexington and Michael Anthony Cooper of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; daughters, Margaret Kay Patrick of El Paso, Texas, Susan Ann Dotson of Tennessee, Elizabeth A. Elhard of Ewing, and Glenis Ellen Boone of Maysville; sisters, Christine Tucker, Ruth West, Pauline Jefferson and Ginny Mae Smith, all of Brooksville, and Eva Jean Nickerson and Betty Barnard, both of Augusta; brothers, Hobart Woods and Clinton Woods, both of Maysville, and Gilbert Woods of Brooksville; 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Bracken Memorial Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Hope, 1 West McDonald Parkway, Maysville, Ky. 41056.
George Thomas Crouch Sr., 49, of Covington, died at 11 p.m. Saturday near Cleek Lane and U.S. 42 in Boone County in an auto accident. He was a meat cutter with Castellini Co., Cincinnati, and a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War.
Survivors include sons, George Thomas Crouch Jr. of Maryville, Ten.., and Brenton Chester Crouch Turner of Independence; his parents, Thomas S. and Madeline Crouch of Independence; sisters, Marlene "Sue" Powell of Independence and Cynthia Finn of Cincinnati; brothers, Joe E. Crouch of Union and Jerry L. Crouch of Independence; and one grandchild.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be at 1:15 p.m. Friday at Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Nicholasville. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Nancy Walden Crowley, 93, of Dry Ridge, died at 4:55 p.m. Monday at her home. She was a retired seamstress with Fetchheimer Uniform Co., Cincinnati, and a charter member of Central Church of the Nazarene, Ft. Wright. She was a member of the Jewish Hospital Seniors, and the church's Seniors Adult Ministries group. She was a member of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.
Her husband, William Crowley, died in 1959. Her sons, James Crowley and William Crowley, died in 1975 and 1981, respectively.
Survivors include daughters, Nina Huff of Villa Hills, Rose Brueckner of Dry Ridge and Virgie Lester of Mason, Ohio; 15 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and four great-great- grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Forest Lawn cemetery Chapel, Erlanger. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Mason Church of the Nazarene Building Fund, P. O. Box 16, Mason, Ohio, 45040.
Georgetta M. Gassmann Doll, 70, of Cynthiana, died Monday at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Cynthiana. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Robert L. Doll, died in 1994. A daughter, Marsha Doll, died in 1953.
Survivors include daughters, Sandy Gregory of Tennessee and Terrie Lucas of Cynthiana; stepdaughters, Diana Metzger of Cincinnati and Carol Mootz of Hillsboro, Ohio; sisters, Clara Gilb of Ft. Thomas and Anne Lawson of Cincinnati; five grandchildren, four step-grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Bolton & Lunsford Funeral Home, Cincinnati. Visitation will begin there at noon Friday. Burial will be in Bridgetown Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to St. Edwards Church, 123 S. Walnut St., Cynthiana, Ky. 41031.
Vera A. Goodridge Dol wick, 90, of Hebron, died Monday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of Hebron Lutheran Church. Her husband, Gilbert L. Dolwick, died in 1973.
Survivors include a daughter, Elva A. Malott of Hebron; a son, Gary L. Dolwick of Florence; five grandchildren and two great- grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron. Burial will be in Hebron Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the church, 3140 Limaburg Road, Hebron, Ky. 41048, or Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Ft. Thomas, Ky. 41075.
James Michael Ford, 43, of Covington, died at 1:35 p.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit in Covington.
Survivors include a son, Casey Ford of Bellevue; a daughter, Tammy Ford of Bellevue; his mother, Rosemary Ford of Covington; a brother, Gary Ford of Villa Hills; and sisters, Debbie Markwell of Dayton and Linda Burns of Florence.
Services were Tuesday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington. Cremation was at Cincinnati Cremation Co.
Joseph Lorenz, 85, of Ft. Thomas, died at 4:25 a.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East in Ft. Thomas. He was a retired plasterer and custodian for Lodge and Shipley.
Survivors include a sister, Agnes Spinks of Seminole, Fla.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at St. Thomas Church, Ft. Thomas. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Ft. Thomas. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Ft. Thomas. Memorials are suggested in the form of Masses.
Ernestine Davis Mahoney, 80, of Lexington, formerly of Paris, Ky., died Sunday at Homestead Nursing Home in Lexington. She was a homemaker and a member of Crestwood Christian Church, Lexington.
Survivors include a son, Kenneth Davis Mahoney of Union; a daughter, Phyllis Larimore of Lexington; a sister, Billie Casey of Lexington; five grandchildren and four great- grandchildren.
Services were this morning at Milward Funeral Home, Lexington. Burial was in Flatwoods cemetery in Waco, Ky. Memori als are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 2312 Alexandria Drive, Lexington, Ky. 40504; or Crestwood Christian Church, 1882 Bellefonte Drive, Lexington, Ky. 40503.
Elsie Mershon, 84, of Dry Ridge, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Grant County. Arrangements are pending at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge.
Mary M. Roetker, 77, of Covington, died at 2:27 p.m. Saturday at her home. She was a retired waitress and a former manager of Holiday Beach Motel in Ft. Pierce, Fla. Her husband, Gordon Thomas Roetker, died in 1988.
Survivors include daughters, Virginia Willoughby of Latonia and Karen Roetker of Holmes Beach, Fla.; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Panorama Apartments, Covington. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Helen C. Ross, 87, of Maysville, died at 4:15 a.m. Tuesday at Maysville Extended Care Center. She was a nurse at Hayswood Hospital, Maysville, and a member of Bethel Baptist Church, Maysville. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church Choir, and the church Board of Trustees and Church Aid Society. She was a member of Eastern Star Burns Chapel No. 31, and Maysville Homemakers. She and her husband, David, operated the David A. B. Ross Funeral Home, Maysville.
Survivors include a daughter, Elizabeth Porter of Indianapolis; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the church. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Washington Baptist Cemetery, Maysville.
William E. Scroggin, 67, of Florence, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Clara E. Jenisch Truman, 82, of Ft. Wright, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a homemaker and a member of Immanuel United Methodist Church in Lakeside Park, where she was a Sunday school teacher. She was a member of United Methodist Women's Association, Hilltoppers Club of Ft. Wright, and the Women's Committee of the Engineering Society of Cincinnati.
Survivors include her husband, Harry G. Truman; sons, Kenneth G.G. Truman of Park Ridge, Ill and William H. Truman of Columbus, Ohio; a daughter, Jane E. Krogman of Crescent Springs; sisters, Edith Barnes of Phoenix and Helen Stenken of Cincinnati; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington, and from 10 a.m. Friday until the time of services at the church. Entombment will be in Highland Mausoleum, Ft. Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to the church, Immanuel United Methodist Church, 2551 Dixie Highway, Lakeside Park, Ky. 41017.
Elwood "Tink" Tully, 78, of Williamstown, died at 2:25 p.m. Tuesday at Grant Manor Nursing Home in Williamstown. He was a retired engineer with C&O; Railroad. His wife, Barbara Jean McKenney Tully, died in 1988.
Survivors include daughters, Betty Milner of Berry and Shirley Etler of Utica, Ohio; a son, Tony Tully of St. Petersburg, Fla.; a sister, Tillie Malone of Flemingsburg; eight grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Ft. Thomas. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Ft. Thomas.
