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Date of these obituaries: 08-25-2003
Aloysius B. Van Hagen, 73, labor union official
Aloysius B. Van Hagen was a dedicated labor union official who once spent 10 days in jail for leading Cincinnati city employees on a strike.
He worked 30 years for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in Cincinnati and spent the last 20 years as director of the district that handled union business in Northern Kentucky and Southern Ohio. He retired 11 years ago.
Mr. Van Hagen, 73, of Villa Hills, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
Mr. Van Hagen negotiated contracts for non-uniformed government workers and directed numerous other union activities.
In January and February of 1970, he led a 34-day strike by 1, 500 city of Cincinnati workers over a contract dispute that delayed, among other projects, the completion of Riverfront Stadium.
He was found in contempt of court for violating a court injunction that restricted picketing and was ordered to spend 20 days in the old Cincinnati Workhouse.
"I spent 18 months in Korea during the war, so I think I can stand it, " he said while in jail.
Union members refused to negotiate or go back to work while Mr. Van Hagen was in jail. After 10 days in jail, Mr. Van Hagen was released on bond and helped negotiate an end to the strike.
"He was very dedicated to his career, " said Mr. Van Hagen's wife of 52 years, Virginia Leopold Van Hagen. "He was very much for a fair wage for your work.
"He was very instrumental in public employees getting pay raises. He also was especially interested in helping employees get other benefits."
Mr. Van Hagen referred to himself as a "professional negotiator."
"Negotiations are a taxing experience, " he said in 1976. "You think about it all the time.
"I'll wake up in the middle of the night with an idea about how to work things out. Even though you're sleeping, you're still thinking."
Mr. Van Hagen put himself through night school at Villa Madonna College, now Thomas More College, by driving a Weidemann beer truck. He graduated with a business degree in 1960 and went to work the next year with AFSCME.
"He was a very generous and very gracious person, " said Mrs. Van Hagen. "He helped out on United Way. He always opened his home to people."
As a youngster he played basketball, baseball and softball and, as an adult, his favorite activity was golf.
Mr. Van Hagen was a member of St. Joseph Church in Crescent Springs, belonged to the Knights of Columbus and was a member of Kelly Furnish VFW Post No. 7099 in Covington.
Other survivors include a son, Daniel B. Van Hagen of Ludlow; daughters, Tina Kidwell of Villa Hills, Judy Murdock of Boise, Idaho, Kathy Bunting of Charleston, S.C., and Susan Levermann of Erlanger; a sister, Rene Finger of Farmington Hills, Mich.; and 13 grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Church in Crescent Springs. Visitation will begin at the church at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Mother of God cemetery in Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to Kidney Foundation, 2200 Victory Parkway, Suite 510, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206, or United Way of Greater Cincinnati, 2400 Reading Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.
Hattie Day Blackburn, 96, of Lexington, formerly of Dry Ridge, died Friday at Country Place Nursing Home, Lexington. She was a retired senior extension librarian with the state of Kentucky and a member of Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church, Lexington. She was a member of Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Order of the Eastern Star, the Kentucky Mountain Club, Hazel Green Academy Associates and the University of Kentucky Alumni Association. Her husband, William O. Blackburn, died in 1989.
Survivors include a son, William E. Blackburn of Dry Ridge; daughters, Patricia Deacon of Lexington and Barbara B. Stephenson of Lexington; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Lexington Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Hallie Day Blackburn Scholarship Fund, University of Kentucky, College of Communications, School of Library and Information Science, 106 Grehan Building, Lexington, Ky. 40506; Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Bookmobile Program, Frankfort, Ky. 40601; Dry Ridge Christian Church, 13 School St., Dry Ridge, Ky. 41035; or Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church, 180 Maxwell St., Lexington, Ky. 40506.
Barbara Ann Shadd Blankenship, 81, of Independence, died Friday in Indianapolis. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Hayes Blankenship, and a son, Stanley S. Fryman, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, James R. Fryman of Indianapolis; sisters, Kathleen Franklin and Pearl Shadd Parsley, both of Cynthiana, and Emma Underwood of Georgetown; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana.
Blanch E. Dungan Chandler, 98, of Robbinsville, N.C., formerly of Fort Mitchell, died at 9:17 p.m. Friday at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva, N.C.
She was a retired cashier and hostess with Union Central Life of Cincinnati, a former employee of Kroger Food Foundation of Cincinnati and a member of Elsmere Senior Citizens, First Church of Newport and Suburban Homemakers Club. She attended the Covington Art Club. Her husband, Amos Chandler, preceded her in death.
Survivors include daughters, Diane Armontrout of Robbinsville and Janet Sutherland of Union; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to Elsmere Senior Center, 179 Dell Ave., Elsmere, Ky. 41018.
John Joseph Drahmann, 59, of Cold Spring, died at 8:32 a.m. St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. He was a custodial engineer with EMD Co., Dayton, Ohio.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Drahmann; and sisters, JoAnn Goebel of Bellevue and Elaine Schroder of Cold Spring.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to Campbell County Animal Shelter, 200 Poplar Ridge Road, Alexandria, Ky. 41001.
Loring Wiley Lee, 73, of Cincinnati, formerly of Latonia, died Friday of injuries suffered in an automobile accident on River Road in Cincinnati. He was a retired employee of the Internal Revenue Service, a member of Grace Lutheran Church, Cincinnati, and an Army veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Betty A. Uffman Lee; a son, Scott Lee of North Bend, Ohio; a sister, Lois D. Madsen of New Canaan, Conn.; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Tuesday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Grace Lutheran School, 3628 Boudinot Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45211.
Wilma Jean Lindeman, 73, of Covington, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North Hospice, Covington. She was a daycare provider at St. Ann's Church Daycare in Covington, a member of St. Ann's Church, Covington, and a former nurse's aide at Booth Hospital, Covington. Her husband, William Lindeman, and a son, Daniel Lindeman, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Robert Lindeman of Cincinnati, Mark Lindeman of Covington, and William and Mike Lindeman of Ludlow; daughters, Linda Exeler of Florence, Maureen Bell of Ludlow, and Rita Henson and Alice Stratton, both of Covington; brothers, Lloyd Seal of Cincinnati and Hugh Seal Jr., of Ludlow; sisters, Rita Hollasak and Pearl Roland, both of Cincinnati, and Mary Helman of Kentucky; 18 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Ann's Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow. Burial will at Mother of God cemetery in Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to the Children's Hospital Hematology and Oncology departments, in care of Mary Emily Lindeman, 3333 Burnett Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.
Juanita Marie Long, 81, of Newport, died Sunday at Highlands of Fort Thomas nursing home. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Alonzo Long; sons, James Long of Independence and Lonnie Long of Dayton; a daughter, Brenda Williams of St. Louis; a sister, Evelyn Grause of Newport; a brother, Roy Pierce of Dayton; 12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery, Mentor.
Louise Ludwig, 78, of Cincinnati, formerly of Covington, died at 2:45 a.m. Friday at Wesley Hall, Cincinnati. She was a retired confectionary worker with Dolly Madison Bakery, Cincinnati, and a member of Southside Baptist Church, Covington.
Survivors include a son, Al Ludwig of Latonia; a sister, Lorraine Bryant of Taylor Mill; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services were this morning at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Burial was in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to Fairhaven Rescue Mission, 260 W. Pike St., Covington, Ky. 41011; or Southside Baptist Church, 1501 Holman Ave., Covington, Ky. 41011.
Stella Record, 95, of Butler, died Sunday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Peoples Funeral Home, Butler.
Charles W. Renaker, 84, of Taylor Mill, died Saturday at Woodspoint Nursing Home, Florence. He was a truck driver with Kahn's.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Renaker, and a son, Steven Renaker of Fort Wright.
No services are planned. Stith Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Betty Ryan, 80, of Walton, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Grant County, Williamstown.
Arrangements are pending at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Walton.
Philip "Porkey" Sellers, 68, of Fort Wright, died at 3 p.m. Friday at his home. He was a self-employed painter and a Marine Corps veteran.
Survivors include daughters, Tammy Ryan of Fort Wright, Cindy Glaza of Florence and Debbie Leblang of Crescent Springs; sisters, Agnes Oldham of Covington and Ruth Silvey of Taylor Mill; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were this morning at Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
