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Date of these obituaries: 12-16-97
J. Russ Crockett, served Boone, Covington as finance director
J. Russ Crockett served God, his family, his community and his country.
"He was a very strong leader, a strong organizer and a strong family man, " said his son, Kenton County Prosecutor Bill Crockett of Ft. Wright.
"He had a heavy belief in the church. He believed in being involved in the community and giving back for the good the community gives to you."
Mr. Crockett, former finance director for the city of Covington and Boone County, died at 11:13 a.m. Monday at his home in Florence. He was 81.
He grew up in Frankfort and took a job with Greyhound Bus Lines before enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1941. He was stationed in the Pacific Islands and was in several battles, including Okinawa.
When he returned from the war in 1945, he married
Florence Finneran in Lexington, where he was working for Greyhound. Shortly after, they transferred to Covington, where Mr. Crockett became district manager.
When the couple started having children, Mr. Crockett switched jobs to become license inspector for the city of Covington. Around 1970, he became finance director for the city.
At the same time, he headed a state association of finance directors and also worked part-time as executive director for the Northern Kentucky Electric Authority, a group that organized the state's electrical code. He worked for the authority for more than 30 years.
"He was hard-working, a typical "father knows best' of the 50s, always there, making sure we had family values, family meals every night, " Bill Crockett said. "He always made sure we had the best of everything. He was very self-sacrificing."
Mr. Crockett retired as Covington's finance director to become the first full-time finance director for Boone County in 1978, Bill Crockett said. When he retired in 1980, he became the state director for the American Association of Retired Person's tax aid service in 1982.
He also was the state master for the Knights of Columbus.
In addition to his wife and son, other survivors include a daughter, Betty Pitman of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; sons, Joe Crockett of Covington and Ed Crockett of Frankfort; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the church. Entombment will be in St. Mary Mausoleum, Ft. Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Mother Angelica, 5817 Old Leeds Road, Ironside, Ala. 35120; or American Heart Association, 1885 Dixie Highway, Suite 250, Ft. Wright, Ky. 41011.
Nettie Mae Ashby, 36, of Berry, died Sunday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of Boyd United Methodist Church, Harrison County.
Survivors include sons, Rocky Ashby, Shane Baumagen and Jon Baumagen, all of Berry; her mother, Ruby Ashby of Berry; brothers, Ronnie Ashby of Falmouth, Jeff Ashby and Ray Ashby, both of Lexington, and Jack Ashby of Georgetown; sisters, Rita Meyers of Falmouth, Barbara Blackburn and Loretta Lakes, both of Cynthiana, Brenda Wampler of Mayking and Betty Packwood of Huntley, Ill. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Berry. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Pythian Grove Cemetery, Berry. Memorials are suggested to the church.
Stephen P. Bagnall, 46, of Covington, died Friday at the Cleveland Clinic. He was a self-employed videographer.
Survivors include his wife, Beverly A. Merrill; a son, Sean Michael Bagnall, at home; brothers, Jay Scott Bagnall of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Robert R. Bagnall of Anchorage, Alaska.
Services will be at 9 a.m. Thursday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Wilder. Memorials are suggested to Welcome House, 205 Pike St., Covington, Ky. 41011; or Arts and Humanities Resource Center, 700 Walnut St., Room 310, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.
Mina Bates, 85, of Cincinnati, formerly of Elsmere, died Monday at Bailey Place Nursing Home, Cincinnati.
Arrangements are pending at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger.
Ruth M. Beuttel, 93, of Covington, died at 8:55 a.m. Sunday at Florence Park Care Center in Florence. She was a co-owner of Beuttel Plumbing Co., Covington. Her husband, William Beuttel Jr., a former Covington mayor, died in 1973.
Survivors include a niece, Nancy Kuchle of Park Hills; and nephews, David Black of Washington, D. C., and Rod Morris of Newport.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Friday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Ft. Wright. Memorials are suggested to the cathedral, 1140 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky. 41011.
Walter Bernard Bohlinger, 87, of Erlanger, died Saturday at Florence Park Care Center in Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger.
John "Jack" Clark, 69, of Edgewood, died at 3:25 p.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington. He was a regional sales manager with Soo Line-Canadian Pacific Railroad, and a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Latonia. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Boyd Clark; and a brother, Earl W. Clark Jr. of Cincinnati.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to the church building fund, West Southern and Tibbatts, Latonia, Ky. 41015.
Catherine Eggleston Crouch, 87, of Warsaw, died Sunday at Gallatin County Health Care Center in Warsaw. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a son, William Crouch of Florence; a daughter, Carolyn Bledsoe of Warsaw; a sister, Agnes Ferne of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be private. Cremation will be at Baxter's Crematory, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Warsaw Women's Club Scholarship Fund, P. O. Box 575, Warsaw, Ky. 41095.
William Paul Cullum, 59, of Covington, died Sunday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Covington.
Alberta Ellis, 70, of Latonia, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington.
Arrangements are pending at Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Covington.
William Fisse, 75, of Bellevue, died at 11:10 a.m. Saturday at his home. He was a sheet metal worker with Cincinnati Ventilating Co., Florence, and a member of Sacred Heart Church, Bellevue. He was a World War II Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Audrey Moerlein Fisse; a son, David Fisse of Latonia; daughters, Gayle Arnold of Highland Heights and Lisa Stephens of Brandon, Fla.; brothers, Robert Fisse, Donald Fisse and August "Bud" Fisse, all of Cincinnati, and Norbert Fisse of Independence; sisters, Mary Jean Valerius and Marilyn Haussler, both of Cincinnati; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial was this morning at Sacred Heart Church. Burial was in St. Stephen Cemetery, Ft. Thomas. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Ft. Thomas, Ky. 41075. Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue, handled arrangements.
Roscoe Gray, 97, of Beattyville, died Sunday at Lee County Constant Care Center in Beattyville. He was a retired employee of Globe Warneke Co., Cincinnati.
Survivors include a son, William Edward Gray of Palisade, Colo.; daughters, Gladys Seales of Texas and Evelyn Burch of Colorado; a brother, Robert Gray of Florence; sisters, Demia Mays, Gracie Reece and Eva Cunagin, all of Beattyville, and Ruby Fletcher of Cincinnati; 11 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and six great-great- grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Newnam Funeral Home, Beattyville. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight, and from 9 a.m. Wednesday until the time of services at the funeral home. Burial will be in Gray Family Cemetery, Beattyville.
Louis A. Guidi, 83, of Crestview Hills, died Saturday at Mercy Hospital in Fairfield, Ohio. He was a retired letter carrier, union president and supervisor with the U. S. Postal Service.
Survivors include sons, John Guidi of Florence and Richard Guidi of Crestview Hills; daughters, Elaine Ignatius and Mary Lou Isaac, both of Cincinnati; brothers, Joseph Guidi of Cincinnati and John Greenlee of Conneaut, Ohio; a sister, Catherine Zimmer of Cincinnati; and seven grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul Church, Florence. Visitation will be from 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Entombment will be in St. Mary Mausoleum, Ft. Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer's Disease Association, 644 Linn St., Cincinnati 45203.
Dorothy Hampton, 90, of Ryland Heights, died at 11:37 p.m. Sunday at Woodspoint Nursing Home, Florence. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Ed Hampton, died in 1955.
Survivors include sons, Robert Hampton of Ryland Heights and William Hampton of Covington; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill, is handling arrangements.
Lucretia Henderson, 76, of Florence, died at 7:45 p.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. She was a homemaker and a member of Southside Baptist Church, Covington. She was a member of Northern Kentucky and Elsmere Senior Citizens clubs, Northern Kentucky Senior Olympics, and Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a member of Center Stage Players of Boone County, and Cincinnati's Beechmont Players theater groups. Her husband, Marlin Henderson, died in 1984.
Survivors include a daughter, Jo Anne Henry of Florence; brothers, Scott McCoy of Belmar, N.J., and Thomas McCoy of Highland Heights; and one grandson.
Services will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. Memorials are suggested to Elsmere Senior Citizens.
Leroy Jackson, 77, of Covington, died at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lakeside Place Nursing Home, Highland Heights. He was a retired foreman for the City of Covington's public works department. He was a World War II Army veteran and a deacon of the Ninth Street Baptist Church, Covington.
Survivors include his wife, Gracie Jackson; daughters, Kathleen Humphries, Vera Jackson and Denise Jackson, all of Covington, Judy Barnett and Wanda Wilkinson, both of Cincinnati; sons, Leroy Jackson Jr. and Alfonso Jackson, both of Covington; a sister, Annie L. Jackson of Birmingham, Ala.; 13 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Ninth Street Baptist Church, Covington. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. until the time of service Thursday at the church. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell. Jones and Simpson Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Sonja V. Kinduell, 69, of Villa Hills, died at 1:30 a.m. Sunday at her home. She was a homemaker and a former volunteer with Redwood School and Rehabilitation Center, Ft. Mitchell. She was also a volunteer with Children's Home in Devou Park.
Survivors include sons, Glenn Robert Kinduell of Ft. Wayne, Ind., and Timothy Ross Kinduell of Crittenden; a daughter, Jill P. Kinduell, at home; and two grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 3 p.m. Thursday. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Ft. Thomas, Ky. 41075.
William T. McAllister, 47, of Lexington, formerly of Florence, died Monday at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington after a brief illness. He was a retired Lexington police officer, and a National Guard veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Cynthia King McAllister; sons, Brian McAllister of Lexington; a daughter, Becky McAllister of Lexington; and a brother, Bob McAllister of Murray.
Services will be at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday at Milward Funeral Home, Lexington. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 1885 Dixie Highway, Suite 250, Ft. Wright, Ky. 41011.
Alberta Meyerratken, 97, of Villa Hills, died at 11:35 p.m. Sunday at Madonna Manor nursing home in Villa Hills. She was a homemaker and a former member of St. Mary Ladies Society of Blessed Sacrament Church, Ft. Mitchell. She was a member of Dixie Optimist Club and sewed clothing for the Diocesan Catholic Children's Home. Her husband, George H. Meyerratken, died in 1981.
Survivors include a son, George C. Meyerratken of Crest view Hills; and a daughter, Jeanne Schulte of Chapel Hill, N.C.; eight grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the church. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Madonna Manor, 2344 Amsterdam Road, Villa Hills, Ky. 41017. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Evelyn Louise Smothers, 63, of Covington, died Sunday at her home. She was a homemaker. Her husband, John Smothers Jr., died in 1989.
Survivors include sons, John Smothers III of Kansas City, Kan., Ernest Martin Smothers of Vienna, Va., and Harry Edgar Smothers of Covington; daughters, Inge Breeden of Bedford and Hazel Stamm of Florence; sisters, Alice Miller of Dublin, Va., and Myrle Soarberry of Jacksonville, Fla.; 16 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Thursday at Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield, W.Va. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington, and from 10 a.m. Thursday until the time of services at Mercer Funeral Home. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial cemetery in Bluefield. Memorials are suggested to Meals on Wheels, Senior Services of Northern Kentucky, 1032 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky. 41011.
Howard R. Sutter, 88, of Bellevue, died Monday at his home. He was a retired machinist with Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, and a former member of Bellevue-Dayton Rotary Club.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia Ebert Sutter; a son; Ronald Sutter of Crofton, Md.; a daughter, Barbara Culp of Cold Spring; a sister, Dorothy Miller of Sarasota, Fla.; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 306 Center St., Bellevue, Ky. 41073.
Frank Toebbe, 54, of Villa Hills, died Saturday near Eaton, Ohio, of a heart attack. He was a manager with Cinergy, Cincinnati.
Survivors include his wife, Janet Kordenbrock Toebbe; sons, Frank Andrew Toebbe and Peter William Toebbe; a daughter, Kimberly Dailey; a brother, Mark J. Toebbe; a sister, Mary Jo Niehausel; and six grandchildren. Mass of Christian burial will be at 8 tonight at St. Mary Church in Camden, Ohio. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at R. C. Nein & Sons-Limber Funeral Home in Camden. Memorials are suggested to St. Jude Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105, or the American Heart Association, P. O. Box 406, Eaton, Ohio 45320.
Hilda J. Vogt, 90, of Ft. Mitchell, died at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Charles Health Care Center, Ft. Wright. She was a homemaker and a member of Blessed Sacrament Church, Ft. Mitchell. She was a member of the St. Mary Ladies Society, Opta-Mrs. Club and Ft. Mitchell Senior Citizens. She was a former volunteer with Madonna Manor, Villa Hills, and a former member of Summit Hills Country Club. Her husband, Stanley Vogt, died in 1990.
Survivors include a son, James Vogt of Latonia; a daughter, Mary Louise Kern of Ft. Wright; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Blessed Sacrament Church. Visitation will begin there at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to St. Charles Care Center, 500 Farrell Drive, Ft. Wright, Ky. 41011, or Families Against Violence Project, 4144 Lindell Blvd., Suite 408, St. Louis, Mo. 63108. Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow, is handling arrangements.
