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Date of these obituaries: 08-22-2003
'Herb' Ellington, businessman, UK basketball fan
Herbert W. "Herb" Ellington always ended phone calls to his children with the words, "I love you."
The Edgewood resident was a wonderful father to his children and stepchildren, said his widow, Anne Griebeling Ford Ellington.
"He was always very supportive of his children, " she said. "A sudden death like that, it breaks all of our hearts."
Mr. Ellington died Sunday at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati from complications following knee surgery. He was 73.
He grew up in a coal company town in the Hazard area, where his father worked as a supervisor in a mine. Mr. Ellington worked in the mines during the summer and for a while after he graduated from high school.
He had been a standout basketball player at Vicco High School in Jeff, Ky.
After he had two serious accidents in the mine, including ramming a spike through his foot, his father told him he couldn't keep him on if he was going to be so careless, his widow said.
That turned out to be a good thing. Mr. Ellington joined the Navy, and served on an aircraft carrier during the Korean War, making sure planes were balanced before takeoff.
He went to the University of Kentucky on the GI Bill and graduated in 1956. He retained a lifelong love for UK basketball. "He would not miss a game, " his widow said, even if he could only watch it on TV.
Mr. Ellington made a career of the insurance business. He settled in Louisville, where he worked as a regional director for a life insurance company.
After he married
Mrs. Ellington in 1985, he moved to Northern Kentucky, where she has owned and operated the Flower Basket florist in Ludlow for 27 years. Mr. Ellington started his own business, Ellington and Associates Insurance Agency in Florence. He was very dedicated to his customers, Mrs. Ellington said.
He was a talkative man who never met a stranger, but he also was mechanically inclined. "He had a very rational mind that would pick things apart and try to make them better, " his widow said.
Other survivors include daughters, Lisa Morgan of Mahomet, Ill., Tracy Huber of Nashville and Jennifer Geoghegan of Lexington; sons, Jeffery Ellington of Nashville and David Ellington of Lancaster; a stepdaughter, Yvonne Tobergte of Burlington; stepsons, Kevin Ford of Cincinnati and Robin Ford of Sylvania, Ohio; sisters, Vivian Clark of Burlington, N.C., and Judy Insko of Florence; brothers, Clarence Ellington Jr. of Holly Hill, S.C., and Paul Ellington of Louisville; 13 grandchildren, four step-grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Crestview Hills. Cremation will be at Southwest Ohio Cremation Co., Milford, Ohio.
Memorials are suggested to Gloria Dei Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 2718 Dixie Highway, Crestview Hills, Ky. 41017.
Edward Bernard Barnes, 80, of Charles Town, W.Va., died of cancer Thursday in Charles Town. He was a retired nuclear physicist with the U.S. Department of Energy and a retired chairman and professor of the West Virginia State College physics department. He was a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Mader Barnes; daughters, Mary Carol Mellen of Yorktown, Ind., Mary Ann Barnes of Cold Spring, Mary Teresa Estes of Stephens Point, Wis., Mary Helen Barnes of Southgate and Mary Kathleen Wheeler of Gerrardstown, W.Va.; sons, Edward Jude Barnes of Southgate, Lawrence Joseph Barnes of Kettering, Ohio, Anthony Greg Barnes of Frankfort and Daniel Bernard Barnes of Bridgetown, Ohio; a sister, Helen Gausepohl of Elsmere; and 21 grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. James Church, Charles Town, W.Va. Local services will be at the convenience of the family. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice. Melvin T. Strider Colonial Funeral Home, Charles Town, is handling arrangements.
Newton S. Current, 63, of Crescent Springs, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington.
Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington.
Lois Illeen Sanders Goad, 73, of Alexandria, died Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a teacher with Campbell County Schools and a member of Main Street Baptist Church, Alexandria, and the Happy 100 Senior Club.
Survivors include her husband, Oval M. Goad; a son, Darrel L. Goad of Alexandria; sisters, Wanda Buuck of Fort Wayne, Ind., Wilma Greco of New Port Richey, Fla., and Mary Smoley of Norton, Ohio; a brother, Pat Sanders of Stanford; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at Main Street Baptist Church, Alexandria. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Sunday. Entombment will be in St. Stephen Mausoleum, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to Main Street Baptist Church Building Fund, 306 W. Main St., Alexandria, Ky. 41001; or Community Faith Fellowship, 900 W. Hickpochee, La Belle, Fla. 33935. Alexandria Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Anna Mae Antrobus Hasank, 64, of Williamstown, died Wednesday when her car was struck by a train in Dry Ridge. She was a cook with E-Z Step, Williamstown, a former assembly inspector with Dynamec Inc., Walton, and a member of Oak Ridge Baptist Church, Williamstown.
Survivors include her husband, Leon E. Hasank of Williamstown; a brother, Clarence Antrobus of Williamstown; sisters, Lillian Prince of Falmouth and Minnie Harper of Covington.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Morgan Cemetery, Pendleton County. Memorials are suggested to the church or charity of the donor's choice.
Georgene Daws Reed, 80, of Burlington, died Wednesday at Woodcrest Manor, Elsmere. She was a homemaker and a past matron of White Shrine of Jerusalem No. 10 and Emera Chapter of Order of the Eastern Star No. 392, Covington. Her husband, Preston Reed, died in 1985.
Survivors include sons, James D. Reed of Hattiesburg, Miss., and Preston Alan Reed of Burlington; sisters, Elizabeth St. Jacques of Gainesville, Fla., Jane Bennett of Memphis, Tenn., and Nell McDiffett of Derby, Kan.; and a brother, Charles McElwee of Collierville, Tenn.; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Griffith Cline Funeral Home, Bradenton, Fla. Burial will be in Manasota Memorial Park, Bradenton. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Britney Elizabeth Richardson, 19 months, of Walton, daughter of Elizabeth Carol and Shannon Richardson of Walton, died Tuesday at Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati.
Other survivors include a brother, Clayton Richardson of Walton; grandparents, Jerry and Carolyn Spegal of Falmouth, Utha Grubb of Crittenden and Russell Richardson of Grassy Creek; and great-grandparents, Richard Spegal of Falmouth, Paul and Shirley Clark, both of Richmond.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will begin there at noon Saturday. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Jeff Allan Rodgers, 43, of Warsaw, died Wednesday in an automobile accident in Owen County. He was a security guard with Hertz Rent-a-Car at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, a member of American Legion Post No. 20 in Elsmere, an Army veteran of the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and a Marine Corps veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Dianna Rodgers; daughters, Alisha Breiner of Crittenden and Brittney Rodgers of Warsaw; his father, John A. Rodgers of Florence; a brother, John R. Rodgers of Glencoe; and a sister, Stacey L. Rodgers of Tampa, Fla.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219; or American Diabetes Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., West Chester, Ohio 45069.
Gladys G. Watkins, 76, of Covington, died Monday at Garrard Street Convalescent Center, Covington. She was a power machine operator with a sewing factory.
Survivors include sisters, Charlena Fox of Covington and Minerva Brogden of Cincinnati; brothers, Rev. Charles Watkins Jr. of Cincinnati, James Watkins of Covington, Benjamin Watkins of Bronx, N.Y., and Lowe Watkins of Newport.
Services were Thursday at Jones and Simpson and Gee Funeral Home, Covington. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mary E. Smith Memorial Cemetery, Elsmere.
Charles Woeste, 58, of Villa Hills, died Wednesday in an accident in Petersburg. He was a lineman with Cincinnati Bell.
Survivors include his wife, Jane Arlinghaus Woeste; a daughter, Beth Warren of Louisville; sons, Bryan Woeste and Jeff Woeste, both of Villa Hills; sisters, Janet Schmitz of Cincinnati, Regina Dasch of Deerfield Beach, Fla., and Claire Merman of Newport; and three grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at noon Monday at Mother of God Church, Covington. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Mother of God Church, 119 W. Sixth St., Covington, Ky. 41011.
