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Date of these obituaries: 12-26-97
Louie Fann, 93, depended on self, land to build a life
Louie Fann was an outdoorsman who learned to hunt at an early age to help feed his family.
Mr. Fann, 93, of Ft. Thomas, used to live in a log cabin in southern Illinois.
He learned to hunt squirrels and rabbits as a youngster and remained an avid hunter, said a nephew, Noel Trout of Pendleton County.
"He was an ardent fisher and hunter.
He was quite good at it. He ate everything that he caught, " Mr. Trout said. "When I was a youngster, I used to go hunting with him."
Mr. Fann died at 9:25 p.m. Dec. 20 in the Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport.
He was a retired maintenance worker with Johnson Elementary School in Ft. Thomas and a member of First Christian Church in Ft. Thomas.
His wife, Maime Frances Fann, died in 1984.
Mr. Fann grew up in an era where families had to fend for themselves and didn't have the modern conveniences of a grocery store on every block.
His nephew said Mr. Fann had a pioneering spirit that allowed him to remain independent for most of his life.
"He fished in all the ponds and lakes in southern Illinois and Kentucky, " Mr. Trout said. "And he was an ardent Reds fan. He was sort of quiet by nature. He usually had one or two friends at a time."
He also leaves several nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 12:15 p.m. Sunday in First Christian Church, Ft. Thomas.
Burial will be in Digby Hill Cemetery, Dale, Ill.
Memorials are suggested to the church, 1031 Alexandria Pike, Ft. Thomas, Ky., 41075.
Arrangements are in care of Dobbling Funeral Home, Ft. Thomas.
Charles Ball, 56, of Covington, died Thursday morning at his home.
Services are pending with Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence.
Lucille Benton, 92, of Walton, died at 6 p.m. Wednesday at her home.
She was a member of the Walton Baptist Church.
Survivors include a son, Robert L. Benton of Walton; daughters, Dorothy Cornelison of Richmond, Edith Gabbard of Glencoe, Betty Stambaugh of Blue Ash, Ohio.; a sister, Margarette Long of Orion, Ill.; brothers, C.C. Moore, Ruben T. Moore and Raymond Moore, all of Richmond; nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Turpin Funeral Home, Richmond.
Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday and after 11 a.m. Monday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Walton.
Burial will be at Richmond Cemetery.
Ruby Jean Jacobs Foerderer Godman King, 86, of Falmouth, died Tuesday in River Valley Nursing Home, Butler.
She was an author who won the Golden Poet Award for her book, "Sunrise Sunset, " a founder of the Pendleton County Senior Citizens club, a member of the Falmouth Baptist Church, a former Sunday School teacher, a member of the choir and a member of Eastern Star.
Survivors include two stepdaughters, Brenda Smith of Falmouth and Kathy Breeze of Independence; seven grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Visitation will be there Saturday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service.
Order of Eastern Star services will be there at 10:45 a.m.
Memorials can be made to the Falmouth Baptist Church.
Internment will be at Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth.
Allene B. Moreland, 84, of Butler, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East, Ft. Thomas.
Arrangements are pending at Peoples Funeral Home, Butler.
Stella May Ogg, 73, of Florence, died at 10:20 p.m. Tuesday at Woodspoint Nursing Home, Florence.
She was a retired clock assembler at Cincinnati Time Clock Co. and a member of the Violet Ridge Church of Christ, Crittenden.
Her husband, Carl Ogg, died in 1985.
A son, Edgar Wayne Dugger, died in 1996.
Survivors include a daughter, Sandra Glenn of Florence; sons, Steven Kells and Jeffrey Ogg, both of Dry Ridge; a brother, Edgar Logan Colston of Bellevue; a sister, Lee Franklin Bell of Falmouth; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Walton.
Visitation will be there after 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
Burial will be in the Highland Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell.
Memorials may be made to Violet Ridge Church of Christ.
Hampton Rider, 79, of Glencoe, died Tuesday.
He was a retired custom stonemason.
Survivors include his wife, Edna Lee Rider of Glencoe; a son, Donald Rider of Crittenden; sisters, Nell Wallace of Warsaw and Louise Grant of Independence; a brother, Jack Rider of Erlanger, and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Warsaw.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorials can be made to the Oakland Baptist Church.
Internment will be in Oakland Cemetery.
Stella Ann Stumpf, 97, of Highland Heights, died 5:10 a.m. Tuesday in Clermont Nursing and Convalescent Center, Clermont County, Ohio.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors include sons, Gerald Stumpf of Bethany, Ohio, and George Stumpf of Batavia, Ohio; a daughter, Erma Hosking of Cold Spring; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Alexandria.
Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. Saturday until services at the funeral home.
Internment will be in Alexandria Cemetery.
Ronald G. Weaver Jr., 48, of Ft. Mitchell, died at 5 p.m. Tuesday at his home.
He was a self-employed electronics repairman, a Marine Corp veteran of the Vietnam War, a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled Veterans of American, the American Legion and the National Rifle Association.
Survivors include his wife, Marsha Foust Weaver of Ft. Mitchell; a daughter, Miranda Weaver of Ft. Mitchell; and his mother, Wilda Foreman of Killen, Ala.
Graveside services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday at the Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow, in charge of arrangements.
Velma Wilson, 79, of Covington, died at 5:55 p.m. Wednesday in Rosedale Manor, Covington.
She was a member of Latonia Baptist Church.
Survivors include a brother, Edgar "Bud" Wilson Jr. of Glencoe.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Covington.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. Saturday until the time of the service at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Highland Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell.
