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Date of these obituaries: 07-25-2003
Paul E. Meadows, 76, newspaper publisher
Paul E. Meadows helped keep the people of Carroll County informed about their community for 39 years.
Mr. Meadows, 76, who died Thursday at his home in Carrollton, was the retired publisher of the News Democrat newspaper.
He loved the newspaper business, said his wife, Jean Meadows.
The only reason he retired early was because of bad health.
Cancer kept him off work for nine months starting in 1984.
He went back to work until 1988, when he retired at age 62.
Mr. Meadows was one of eight small-town publishers who pooled their resources in 1966 and built a printing press in Shelbyville. That venture eventually became Landmark Community Newspapers, Inc., which now owns the News-Democrat and many other small Kentucky weekly and semi-weekly newspapers.
He was an avid jogger, and even when his health began to fail he still walked 3 1/2 miles every day, except for Sunday.
He spent Sundays at the United Methodist Church of Carrollton, where he served as a lay leader, a Sunday school superintendent and on the administrative board.
The Meadows started dancing with the General Butler Square Dance Club in 1975, and remained members until a few years ago, when the membership became too old to continue.
Mr. Meadows loved his community, his wife said.
He chaired a get-out-the-vote drive for a bond issue for the local hospital, she said, as well as working for a bond issue for local schools.
He was a past president of the Carrollton Rotary Club and was active in the Red Cross and Relay for Life.
He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Other survivors include a daughter, Alice Ruth England of Wheatley; sons, Paul David Meadows of Carrollton and Steve Meadows of Wichita, Kan.; sisters, Nancy Lewellyn of Madison, Ind., Dorothy Halmess and Mary Stangle, both of Carrollton, and Thelma "Dolly" Ray of Owingsville; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at United Methodist Church, Carrollton.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, Carrollton.
Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Carrollton.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; Relay for Life, Florence, Ky. 41042; or United Methodist Church, 310 Highland Ave., Carrollton, Ky. 41008.
Anna Mae Botkin, 73, of Florence, died Wednesday at her home.
She was a homemaker. Her husband, William "Doc" Abdon, died in 1978.
Survivors include daughters, Helen Trapp of Texas, Harriet Deck of Walton, Millie Goodfriend of Warsaw, Debbie Akin and Beverly Gibson, both of Florence; sons, Jim Hudson and Don Abdon, both of Burlington, Charlie Trapp and Lee Trapp, both of Union; 24 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 7 tonight at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Visitation will begin there at 4 p.m.
Cremation will be at Baxter Cremation Co., Cincinnati.
Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Gladys Ethyl McClain Dills, 88, of Kettering, Ohio, formerly of Latonia, died Wednesday at Kettering Hospital. S
he was a homemaker and a member of Hilltop Church of Christ, Taylor Mill, where she was the church organist.
She also played organ for Swindler and Currin Funeral Home.
Her husband, George Dills, died in 2002.
Survivors include a son, Robert E. Dills of Ypsilanti, Mich.; a daughter, Sandra Kay Thomas of Kettering; brothers, John McClain and Beryl McClain, both of Mason; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia.
Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Joyce M. Kroeger, 71, of Warsaw, died Tuesday at Gallatin County Health Care Center, Warsaw.
She was a homemaker and a member of New Life Fellowship Church, Vevay, Ind., and Women's Auxiliary of VFW Post No. 4015, Cincinnati.
Her husband, Henry Kroeger, died in 1989.
Survivors include daughters, Margaret Boyajian of Verona, Kathy Stewart of Warsaw and Diane Moore of Cincinnati; and sons, Roland Kroeger of Nevada, and Henry Kroeger Jr. of Verona.
No services are planned.
Burial will be in Dayton, Ohio, National Cemetery.
Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Warsaw, is handling arrangements.
