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Date of these obituaries: 07-31-2003
Catherine Laske, earned respect of her students
Her students at Notre Dame Academy called Catherine "Kay" Laske "Mac" behind her back.
The nickname came from the name she used at the time -- Sister Mary Immacula. Although she always pretended she didn't know about it, secretly she enjoyed being known as "Mac, " said her friend, Anna Marie Evans of Erlanger.
Ms. Laske, who died Wednesday at age 87, served as the principal of the school from 1950 to 1965 and from 1970 to 1971. She also taught math and physics there.
"She was one of the principals that people respected, but not feared, " Evans said. She often said that she wanted every one of her graduates "to be able to stand up in public and speak and hold her own as a Christian woman, " she said. She didn't accept "the idea of young ladies sitting back and being second-rate citizens, " Evans said.
Ms. Laske also taught at Bishop Brossart High School from 1965 to 1970, also serving as assistant principal from 1968 to 1970.
She left the Sisters of Notre Dame in 1971 and became a clerk for the Brotherhood of Railroad and Airline Clerks, now the Transportation Communications International Union. After retiring from the union in 1984, she volunteered for charities, including Habitat for Humanity and Be Concerned in Covington.
Ms. Laske was a very calm person with a wry sense of humor. "She enjoyed a good joke, but instead of a belly laugh, she would smile sweetly, " Evans said. "Once in a while, she could come out with a good zinger. She could knock you for a loop."
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Charles Care Center Chapel, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to Notre Dame Academy, 1699 Hilton Drive, Park Hills, Ky. 41011; St. Charles Care Center, 500 Farrell Drive, Covington, Ky. 41011; or Be Concerned, 714 Washington St., Covington, Ky. 41011.
Michael A. Amon, 53, of Covington, died Monday at Woodspoint Nursing Home, Florence. He was a disabled security guard, a volunteer with the American Red Cross disaster unit and a member of Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington.
Survivors include a brother, Bob Amon of Edgewood.
Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to American Red Cross, 59 Carothers Road, Newport, Ky. 41071; or United Ministries, 525 Graves Ave., Erlanger, Ky. 41018.
Nadine Bennett, 70, of Burlington, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Wilson Bennett; a son, Darrell Bennett of Erlanger; daughters, Beverly Craddock of Bridgeport, W.Va., Brenda McMillian of Florence, Elaine Vogt of Burlington, Lisa Depenbrock of Walton and Renee Bechtold of Elsmere; a sister, Dorothy Crouch of Beckley, W.Va.; and 10 grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Norma Jean Bryant, 62, of Waxahachie, Texas, formerly of Alexandria, died Sunday at Life Care of Dallas. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Matthew Bryant, died in 1997.
Survivors include sons, Doug Bryant of Brooksville and Greg Bryant of Texas; daughters, Sheila Tyler and Natasha Bryant, both of Texas; sisters, Wilma Bernard of Mason, Ohio, and Glenna King of Kentucky; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery.
Dwight M. "Connie" Coldiron, 70, of Edgewood, died Monday at Villaspring Care Center, Erlanger. He was a sales manager with Pfizer Corp.
Survivors include his wife, Pearl Coldiron; sons, Greg Coldiron of Marathon, Fla., and Brett Coldiron of Covington; a daughter, Connie Jo Klette of Edgewood; his mother, Exie Coldiron of Oklahoma City; brothers, Don Coldiron of Houston, Arnold Coldiron of Cleveland, Phil Coldiron of Wellston, Okla., Mark Coldiron of Edmond, Okla., and Brent Coldiron of Oklahoma City; a sister, Ladona Sheets of Edmond, Okla.; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Sunday at Forest Lawn cemetery Chapel, Erlanger. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Entombment will be in Forest Lawn Mausoleum. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014; or Alzheimer's Disease Association, 644 Linn St., Suite 106, Cincinnati, Ohio 45203.
Alvin Deaton, 70, of Taylor Mill, died at 3:45 p.m. Monday in an automobile accident on Decoursey Pike in Ryland Heights. He was a maintenance worker with Kenton County Schools and an Air Force veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Louise Banks Robinson Deaton; a son, Shane Deaton of Dayton, Ohio; a stepson, Doug Robinson of Georgetown; sisters, Wilma Williams of Elsmere, Thelma Johnson of California, Ohio, Joyce Bales of Fayetteville, N.C., Cathy Deaton of Latonia and Sheila Hale of Tennessee; brothers, Eugene Deaton of Corinth, Loren Deaton, Dwayne Deaton and Douglas Deaton, all of Hyden, Vernon Deaton of Walton and Willis Deaton of Bellevue; and three step-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Wilma Jean Jones, 62, of Independence, died at 12:45 a.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a former deputy jailer with the Kenton County Jail and a member of St. Patrick Church, Independence.
Survivors include sons, Kevin D. Jones of Taylor Mill and John P. Jones; her mother, Annie Mae O'Neill of Independence; brothers, Melvin O'Neill of Covington, William O'Neill of Worths, S.C., and Herbert O'Neill of Las Vegas; a sister, Myrna Hornbeck of Covington; and two grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick Church, Independence. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Covington. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
John William Kaiser, 68, of Florence, died Wednesday at his home. He was owner of Lowe-Mar Manufacturing Co. and a former employee of Enerfab, Cincinnati. A son, John William Kaiser Jr., died in 1997.
Survivors include his wife, Rose Barker Kaiser; sons, Rick Kaiser of Goshen, Ohio, Jeff Kaiser of Warsaw, Ronald Kaiser and Dwayne Kaiser, both of Covington, and James Kaiser of Cincinnati; daughters, Bonnie Kaiser and Stacey Scott, both of Elsmere, and Jill Kilby of Florence; 25 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to First Baptist Church Mission Fund, 11659 Madison Pike, Independence, Ky. 41051.
Megan Leigh Lanter, 11, of Mays Lick, died of cancer Wednesday at Meadowview Regional Medical Center, Maysville. She was a sixth-grader at Mason County Middle School.
Survivors include her mother and stepfather, Karen Lanter and Craig Burros of Mays Lick; sisters, Mistie Lanter and Christy Lanter, both of Mays Lick; brothers, Joshua Lanter, Michael Lanter, James Lanter and John Thomas Lanter, all of Mays Lick; and grandparents, Naomi Lanter of Mays Lick and Paul Lanter of Mount Orab, Ohio.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Mays Lick Baptist Church. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. today at Brell and Son Funeral Home, Maysville. Burial will be in Plumville Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Hope, 1 W. McDonald Parkway, Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Charles "Skip" Masten, 49, of Villa Hills, died Wednesday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Danny New, 55, of Owenton, died Tuesday on a farm in Owen County. He was owner of New Bulldozer Service, a deacon of Camp Pleasant Baptist Church, Owenton, and an Army veteran.
Survivors include a sister, Gwendolyn Behen of Wilmington, N.C.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at McDonald and New Funeral Home, Seminary Street location, Owenton. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Monterey Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to New Horizons Medical Foundation, 330 Roland Ave., Owenton, Ky. 40359; or Owen County Search and Rescue, 100 N. Thomas St., Owenton, Ky. 40359.
Thomas P. Potter, 54, of Bellevue, died at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was the associate athletic director with Newport Central Catholic High School, a member of the National Football Foundation and Northern Kentucky Football Coaches Association, the Kentucky Athletic Directors Association and St. Therese Church, Southgate. He was an active supporter of Special Olympics.
Survivors include his wife, Susan Catherine Ryan Potter; a daughter, Kelly Willis of Southgate; a son, Christopher Ryan Potter of Villa Hills; sisters, Jeanne Able of Latonia, Carolyn Termuhlen of Alexandria and Julie Miller of Broomfield, Colo.; brothers, Jack Potter of North Port, Fla., Larry Potter of Engelwood, Fla., and Jerry Potter of Edgewood; and three grandchildren.
Memorial Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Therese Church. Mr. Potter donated his body to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Memorials are suggested to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105. Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Wendell H. Rone Sr., 89, of Livermore, formerly of Newport, died Tuesday at Owensboro Mercy Health Systems Center. He was a past president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, and former pastor of First Baptist Church, Newport. He was a member of Livermore Missionary Baptist Church, Robert Moseley Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, West Central Kentucky Family Research Association and Society of Kentucky Pioneers. He was also a member of Old Hebron-Hunt Family, McLean County Historical and Genealogical Society and the Kentucky and Southern historical societies. He was author of several histories of Kentucky Baptist churches and other church-related publications, and "Kentucky and Her Counties."
Survivors include his wife, Beulah Rone; sons, Wendell H. Rone Jr. of Lake Quivira, Kan., and Kyle Yates Rone of Nassau Bay, Texas; a daughter, Ila Faye Rone Miller of Las Vegas; a sister, Edith L. Bennett of Owensboro; eight grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Livermore Missionary Baptist Church. Visitation will begin there at 2 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Livermore. Memorials are suggested to Mid Continent College Church History Chair, 99 E. Powell Road, Mayfield, Ky. 42066; or Camp Schafer, in care of Daviess-McLean Baptist Association, 1003 Scherm Road, Owensboro, Ky. 42301. Muster Funeral Home, Livermore, is handling arrangements.
Vernon Ray Walker, 38, of Owenton, died Monday in Daytona Beach, Fla. He was a supervisor with the Kentucky Department of Mechanical Maintenance, chief of the Monterey Volunteer Fire Department and a licensed auctioneer. He was a member of Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Owenton.
Survivors include a brother, Gayle Walker of Owenton, nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at McDonald and New Funeral Home, Main Street location, Owenton. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton. Memorials are suggested to Monterey Volunteer Fire Department, Sawbridge Creek Road, Owenton, Ky. 40359.
