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Date of these obituaries: 09-24-2003
Doris Hunt Wallace, nurse, spent life helping take care of children
Doris Hunt Wallace was all about kids.
Her own, a brood of five sons and a daughter who all went on to earn college degrees -- three of them with doctorates -- and her 13 grandchildren.
The babies she helped to deliver as an obstetrics nurse at the old Booth Hospital in Covington.
The mentally handicapped youngsters she worked with as a longtime volunteer at the Redwood School and Rehabilitation Center in Fort Mitchell.
"Kids were her big thing, " said a son, Jim Wallace of Fort Wright. "We had a baby in our house for nearly 20 years, and she admitted she planned her family that way because she liked babies."
Mrs. Wallace, of Park Hills, died at 3 a.m. Saturday at O'Fallon Health Care Center, O'Fallon, Ill. She was 74.
His mother was first and foremost a caregiver, Jim Wallace said.
That's what steered her into nursing school, from which she graduated as valedictorian.
That's what connected her to Redwood, where she worked with groups and prepared meals and whatever else needed to be done, and to Community of Faith Presbyterian Church in Covington, for which she visited the sick and shut-in.
That's what caused her one day when her children were still young to pick up a baby squirrel that had fallen out of a tree in the Wallace's backyard and nurse it back to health.
"She was always happy, always smiling, and that was because she was able to do what she loved most, helping others, " Jim Wallace said. "She was motivated never for herself, always for someone else. Or something else. Dogs, cats, birds. She was very much a caregiver."
Mrs. Wallace and her husband, Calvin, who died in 1996, were active members of the Tandem Square Dance Team at the Promenade Palace in Latonia for more than 25 years. "We kids would have a babysitter once a week for their square-dancing night, " her son said. "When we got older, they would go on week-long square dance retreats, "
She was a member of the Women's Auxiliary and Women's Circle at Community of Faith Presbyterian Church.
Surviving in addition to her son are four other sons, John Wallace of Carmichael, Calif., Kent Wallace of Gorton, N.Y., Chris Wallace of Berlington, Wis., and Brad Wallace of Florence; a daughter, Joy Zimmer of Fairview Heights, Ill.; and 13 grandchildren.
Services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at Community of Faith Presbyterian Church. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill, and from 8 to 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Redwood School and Rehabilitation Center, 71 Orphanage Road, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017; or Community of Faith Presbyterian Church, 1400 Highland Pike, Covington, Ky. 41011.
Edith Workman Brown, 89, of Brooksville, died at 9:15 p.m. Saturday at Masonic Home, Louisville. She was a homemaker and a member of Powersville Baptist Church. A daughter, Kay Brown Chasteen, died in 1986.
Survivors include a daughter, Carolyn Gilbert Boston of Brooksville; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Powersville Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Powersville Baptist Church, Brooksville, Ky. 41004; or Masonic Home, 230 Masonic Home Drive, Louisville, Ky. 40041.
Mary Lou Stubbeman Finn, 66, of Crescent Springs, died at 2 p.m. Monday at her home. She was a member of St. Joseph Church, Crescent Springs, and a tutor with Literacy in Northern Kentucky.
She was a retired secretary with Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati, and the Kenton County commonwealth attorney's office.
Her husband, Dennis Patrick Finn, died in 1994.
Survivors include a son, Dan Finn of Cincinnati; daughters, Shelly Voet of Crescent Springs and Amy Finn of Charlotte, N.C.; and five grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 6:30 p.m. today at St. Joseph Church, Crescent Springs.
Visitation will begin there at 4:30 p.m. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to St. Joseph Church, 2470 Lorraine Court, Crescent Springs, Ky. 41017.
Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Rosemary J. Hoffman, 85, of Fort Wright, died at 11:02 a.m. Tuesday at Highlands of Fort Thomas nursing home.
She was a secretary with Mosler Safe Co.
Survivors include a sister, Virginia Hoffman of Park Hills, nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at St. Agnes Church, Fort Wright.
Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to Diocesan Catholic Children's Home, 75 Orphanage Road, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017.
Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Mary Lue Pearce Hopper, 98, of Burlington, died Monday at her home.
Her husband, Albert Hopper, died in 1987.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
Services will be at noon Friday at Lakewood Mortuary and Memorial Park, Hughson, Calif.
Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday.
Burial will be in Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson.
Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Edward L. Kinstler, 74, of Highland Heights, died at 5:10 a.m. Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
He retired from the military and was a former taxi driver in Washington, D.C.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Alexandria Funeral Home.
Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday.
Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Alexandria.
Paul Dennis LaBare Sr., 70, of Erlanger, died Saturday at his home.
He was a former employee of the Erlanger Police Department, and an Erlanger police court judge from 1970-77.
He also was a retired engineer with CSX Railroad, a member of Erlanger United Methodist Church and a Korean War veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Wilma Robinson LaBare; sons, Paul Dennis LaBare Jr. of Union and Jack LaBare of Dry Ridge; a daughter, Tonia Rhodes of Walton; a brother, Robert E. LaBare of Marion, Ind.; sisters, Norma Crosthwaite of Crescent Springs and Mary Egan of Crittenden; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Erlanger United Methodist Church.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger.
Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Memorials are suggested to Erlanger United Methodist Church, 31 Commonwealth Ave., Erlanger, Ky. 41018; or St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Justin Allan Saccone, 15, of Cold Spring, died Sunday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
He was a sophomore at Campbell County High School, and a member of Future Farmers of America and the Newport Elks baseball team in the Campbell County Knothole League.
Survivors include his parents, Rocke and Tammy Ingram Saccone; brothers, Jeremy Saccone and Anthony Saccone, both of Cold Spring; grandparents, Rocke and Ruth Saccone of Crestview, and Georgia Ingram of Alexandria; and great-grandmother, Bertha Braun of Fort Thomas.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church, Cold Spring.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Campbell County High School gymnasium, Alexandria.
Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested to Justin Allan Saccone Fund, in care of Megan McCloskey, Fifth Third Bank, 70 Martha Lane Collins Drive, Cold Spring, Ky. 41076. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Joyce Etta Smith Mains Scott, 74, of Erlanger, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
She was a retired teacher with Great Oaks and Job Corps, Cincinnati, and a member of Greenview Baptist Church in Burlington and Ralph Fulton VFW Post No. 6423 Ladies Auxiliary, Elsmere.
Her husband, Ralph Scott, died in 1982.
A son, Gregory Mains, died in 2001.
Survivors include sons, Steven Mains and Keith Mains, both of Florence; daughters, LeEtta Jasper of Cincinnati, Kathy Mains and Melody Mains, both of Florence, and Piper Turner of Jacksonville, Fla.; sisters, Donna Kirk of Florence and Darla Potter of Erlanger; a brother, Albert Smith Jr. of Jenkins; 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family.
Mrs. Scott donated his body to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Memorials are suggested to Ralph Fulton VFW Post No. 6423 Ladies Auxiliary, 4435 Dixie Highway, Elsmere, Ky. 41018.
Thomas A. Steenken, 55, of Covington, died Sunday at his home.
He was an employee of the Internal Revenue Service and a member of the Veterans Administration.
Survivors include his parents, Kathleen and John Steenken of Florence; and brothers, Jerry Steenken and Jack Steenken, both of Chicago, and Michael Steenken of Austin, Texas.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Charles Care Center, Covington.
Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Thursday.
Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to St. Charles Care Center, 500 Farrell Drive, Covington, Ky. 41011.
