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Date of these obituaries: 08-20-2003
Franklin Lee Chandler, state highway worker
Franklin Lee Chandler's name may not have been known beyond his family and friends, but the Independence man's 30 years with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet benefited much of Northern Kentucky.
Mr. Chandler was the man at the wheel of the snowplow, clearing the roads during winter blizzards.
He was the man mounting signs on the highway, alerting motorists of blacktop maintenance ahead.
And Monday, he was the man who suffered fatal injuries when he was hit by a car on Ky. 8 just east of Amsterdam Road in Villa Hills, while flagging traffic for a work crew marking drop-off zones caused by erosion of the Ohio River bank.
"I think he took his work seriously, but I can't really say we considered it a hazardous job, " Mr. Chandler's wife, Nancy Chandler, said Tuesday.
"We were aware that whenever he was out with cars on the highway, it had the potential to be dangerous.
"But Frank was just an easygoing guy who liked being outside and working with the guys."
Franklin Chandler died Tuesday morning at University Hospital in Cincinnati. He was 58.
Mr. Chandler grew up in the Newport area and worked for the state Transportation Cabinet virtually his entire adult life, his wife said.
She said she and her husband bought a camper last year and subsequently enjoyed two summers of camping at the Eagle Valley Camping Resort near Sparta.
"He liked the location and the charm of the campground, and the friends that we made over the course of time, " Mrs. Chandler said.
The Chandlers celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in June.
She cried when asked to describe him, but insisted on answering the question.
"He was the most sensitive gentleman I've ever known, " she managed, haltingly.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Chandler is survived by a son, Brian Timmers of Independence; sisters, Elsie Young of Milford, Ohio, Dorothy Christian of Melbourne and Della Hirth of Hebron; and a brother, Roy Becraft of Cold Spring.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home in Erlanger.
Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday.
Burial will be in Forest Lawn cemetery in Erlanger.
Memorials are suggested to the Women's Crisis Center, 240 Main St., Florence, Ky. 41042.
Wayne Franklin Arrasmith, 99, of Union, died Sunday at Ivy Woods Nursing Home, Cincinnati. He was a farmer, a member of Big Bone Baptist Church and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include a brother, Robert Arrasmith of Warsaw, nieces and nephews.
Services were at noon today at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence. Burial was in Big Bone Cemetery, Union. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Annie Lou Baker, 85, of Covington, died Tuesday at Northern Kentucky Care and Rehabilitation Center, Highland Heights. She was a homemaker and a member of Epworth Methodist Church, Covington. Her husband, Oliver, Baker, died in 1973. A son, Ronald Baker, died in 1999.
Survivors include sisters, Rosalie Keller of Chicago and Pauline Thompson of Port Lavaca, Texas; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Lonnie Browning, 65, of Falmouth, died Tuesday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Jack K. Collins Sr., 89, of Fort Thomas, died at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday at Veterans Hospital, Cincinnati. He was a retired auto service manager with Robke Chevrolet, Covington, a past president of River Ridge Park in Rabbit Hash and a member of Northern Kentucky Saddle Club. He was an Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War. His wife, Garnet Zimmerman Collins, died in 1998.
Survivors include a son, Jack Collins Jr. of Alexandria; a stepson, Chuck Daunt of Butler; a stepdaughter, Kay Peterson of El Cajon, Calif.; a brother, Gordon Collins of Wilder; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Abigail Taylor Daugherty, 61, of Park Hills, died Friday at her home. She was a teacher with Mildred Dean, Two Rivers and Fourth and Sixth district schools.
Survivors include her husband, Tom Daugherty; a father, Robert Garland Taylor of Bowling Green; a son, John Thomas Daugherty Jr. of Amelia, Ohio; daughters, Samantha Daugherty Bucher of Fort Thomas, Sally Lindsley of Amelia, Ohio, and Kathryn Taylor Daugherty of Covington; a brother, Robert Garland Taylor Jr. of Louisville; and six grandchildren.
Memorial services will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at 1021 Lawton Road, Park Hills. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014. Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Lizzetta C. Herzog Gutzwiller, 87, of Cincinnati, formerly of Covington, died Aug. 13 at her daughter's home in Cincinnati. She worked at McAlpin's tea room in downtown Cincinnati and a member of St. Lawrence Church, Cincinnati.
Survivors include her husband of 57 years, Robert Gutzwiller; daughters, Joyce Fuller of Cincinnati and Janet Brown of Covington; brothers, Frank "Bud" Herzog of Fort Wright, William Herzog, Richard Herzog and Paul Herzog, all of Covington; sisters, Mary Murphy, Rita Kramer and Jo Ann Hacker, all of Covington; seven grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Services were Saturday at St. Matthias Church, Cincinnati. Burial was in St. Joseph Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 710784, Cincinnati, Ohio 45271. Gilligan-Siefke-Grueter Funeral Home, Cincinnati, handled arrangements.
Thomas Jude Hart, 74, of Erlanger, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a retired employee of Northern Air Freight in Hebron, a member of St. Henry Church in Elsmere and an Army veteran. His wife, Mary Louise Hart, died in 2000.
Survivors include a son, Dr. Thomas K. Hart of Louisville; a daughter, Coleen Hart Spaulding of Florence; sisters, Patricia Kennedy of Lawrenceburg, Ind. and Peggy Hoffer of Lakeside Park; and six grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Henry Church, Elsmere. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Friday. Entombment will be in St. Mary Mausoleum, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Arthritis Foundation, 7811 Laurel Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45243. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Ethel J. Hoffman, of Cincinnati, formerly of Covington, died Sunday at Mercy Franciscan Hospital, Western Hills campus, Cincinnati. She was a clerk with Elder Beerman department stores.
Survivors include her husband, Malvon Hoffman.
Services will be private. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Dalbert, Woodruff and Isenogle Funeral Home, Cincinnati.
Thelma Louise Kennedy, 81, of Bellevue, died Monday at her home. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Edward F. Kenney; sons, Edward L. Kenney of Red River Valley, Mo., and Joseph Kenney of Dayton; a daughter, Jane Wallace of Florence; a brother, Joseph Kennedy of Missouri; a sister, Betty Ramsey of Hudson, Fla.; seven grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at the convenience of the family. Cremation will be at Southwest Ohio Crematory, Milford, Ohio. A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Bellevue, is handling arrangements.
William Howard Lloyd, 84, of Warsaw, died Tuesday at Norton Audubon Hospital, Louisville. He was a mechanic and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include a son, Darrell C. Lloyd of Sanders; daughters, Lynn Skirvin of Warsaw and Mary Lou Robinson of Sanders; a sister, Margaret Kirkpatrick of Burlington; six grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at McDonald & New Funeral Home, Main Street location, Owenton. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton.
Isaiah Lovitt, 15 months, of Taylor Mill, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia.
Evelyn Martha McElfresh, 87, of Erlanger, died Monday at Village Care Center, Erlanger. She was a homemaker and a member of Erlanger Baptist Church. Her husband, Charles A. McElfresh Sr., died in 1995.
Survivors include daughters, Erlene Tate Barndt of Florence, June Wainscott of Indiana, Lynda Anderson of Edgewood, Marita Spencer of Fort Dodge, Iowa, Sheffi Shafer of Plantation, Fla., and Kimberly Mullins of Villa Hills; sons, Tony McElfresh of Florence, Roger McElfresh of Covington, Mack McElfresh and Danny McElfresh, both of Independence, and David McElfresh of Dry Ridge; a sister, Lucille Playforth of Florence; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Florence Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Erlanger Baptist Church, 116 Commonwealth Ave., Erlanger, Ky. 41018.
John W. Overwine, 76, of Latonia, died at 11:25 p.m. Monday at Rosedale Manor, Latonia.
He was a retired warehouse supervisor with Cincinnati Economy Drug Co., a member of Mother of God Church in Covington and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Eleanor Wagner Overwine; a son, John Overwine of Cincinnati; a daughter, Jean Ann Overwine Buring of Hebron; a sister, Mary "Boots" Ryan of Covington; and nine grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Mother of God Church, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to ALS Association, P.O. Box 910130, Lexington, Ky. 40591. Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Francis M. Stambaugh Jr., 88, of Marietta, Ga., formerly of Lakeside Park, died at 5:35 p.m. Sunday at Heritage of Sandy Plains Care Center in Marietta. He was a retired commercial kitchen designer with General Electric Corp., an elder of Lakeside Christian Church in Lakeside Park and an Army Air Force veteran of World War II. His wife, Virginia M. "Ginny" Weiss Stambaugh, died in 1982.
Survivors include sons, Harry C. Stambaugh of Marietta and Mark T. Stambaugh of Lakeside Park; a brother, Paul Stambaugh of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Lakeside Christian Church, Lakeside Park. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to Lakeside Christian Church, 195 Buttermilk Pike, Lakeside Park, Ky. 41017.
Charles Truesdell, 69, of Deer Park, died Sunday at his home. He was a restaurant manager.
Survivors include sons, Mark Truesdell, Jon Truesdell and Dave Martin, all of Cincinnati; daughters, Teresa Truesdell, Robin Corcoran and Ronane Hoffman, all of Cincinnati, Susan Ulhorn of South Carolina and Rhonda Brunston of Kentucky; sisters, Marilyn Schnelle of Northern Kentucky and Joan Cashwell of Cincinnati; and 11 grandchildren.
Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Staley-Crowe Funeral Home, Cincinnati. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Oak Hills Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to American Lung Association, 11113 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242.
