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Date of these obituaries: 06-25-2003
Shirley Green, loved family, church, song
Shirley Ann Banning Green combined the three loves of her life -- family, church and song.
Mrs. Green was the lead singer of the Green Family Gospel Quartet, which performed throughout the Midwest in the 1970s.
"After the Lord, her family came first, " said her husband, Lynne J. Green. "Music was a big part of her life. Her singing was a tremendous blessing."
Mrs. Green, 67, of Independence, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Center in Covington.
From 1970 through 1976, Mrs. Green was joined by her husband and their daughter, Cheryl, and son, Michael, in comprising the quartet that sang southern gospel songs at churches and other religious gatherings in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin.
"We did a lot of traveling on weekends, " said Lynne Green. "Somebody would hear about us singing at one church and want us to come sing at another church."
The Greens never charged for their performances, but churches often took up collections to help the family out with their traveling expenses.
"We had a terrific time, " said Green. "The Lord blessed us and we were doing what we loved. Stopping singing was the most difficult thing we ever had to do."
The quartet broke up when the children grew up and left home "and it became more difficult to arrange practices, " said Green.
Mrs. Green was a former secretary for Union Presbyterian Church and a former treasurer of Morning View United Methodist Church.
"She was a very loving woman, outgoing and set a great example, " said her husband.
A daughter, Janet E. Green, preceded Mrs. Green in death.
Other survivors include her daughter, Cheryl D. Eschenbach of Newport; sons, Michael A. Green and Neil W. Green, both of Independence, and Jonathan L. Green of Bremerton, Wash.; a sister, Janet Bricker of Findlay, Ill.; and five grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Immanuel United Methodist Church in Lakeside Park.
Mrs. Green bequeathed her body to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Memorials are suggested to Morning View United Methodist Church Building Fund, Morning View, Ky. 41063.
Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence, is handling arrangements.
Mary Andras Bishop, 90, of Newport, died Friday at her home. She was a secretary with CSX Railroad and a member of Charity Tabernacle in Newport. Her husband, Rev. Jack Bishop, died in 1991.
Survivors include a daughter, Nicki Bishop of Newport, and a brother, Ted Andras of Michigan.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Christian Tabernacle, Newport. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Muehlehkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to Christian Tabernacle, 325 Washington Ave., Newport, Ky. 41071.
James Christopher Cline, 49, of Highland Heights, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a retired nurse with Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati.
Survivors include a brother, William H. Cline Jr. of Satellite Beach, Fla.; and sisters, Shirley Cobb of Cold Spring, Sue Jump of Butler and Janet Fornash of Dry Ridge.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, Highland Heights. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to ISQCCBE Inc., P.O. Box 141152, Cincinnati, Ohio 45250.
James T. Dean, 70, of Butler, died Saturday at his home. He was a Navy veteran.
Survivors include a sister, Dorothy Day of Akron, Ind.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Peoples Funeral Home, Butler. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Butler Cemetery.
Mark H. Eberhard, 51, of Fort Thomas, died at 7:54 p.m. Monday at University Hospital, Cincinnati. He was a merchant marine with the Marine Engineer Benevolent Association and a member of St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Fort Thomas.
Survivors include his wife, Peggy Eberhard; a daughter, Jennifer Eberhard of Lexington; a son, Chris Eberhard of Zephyrhills, Fla.; his mother, Evelyn Eberhard of Easton, Md.; and a sister, Marilyn Heinneman of North Carolina.
Services will be at 8 p.m. Thursday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Memorials are suggested to Nature Conservancy, 4245 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 100, Arlington, Va. 22203.
Elenora Felthaus Exterkamp, 86, of Homestead, Fla., formerly of Park Hills, died April 22 in Homestead. She was a sales clerk with Luria and Sons Department Store in Florida. Her husband, Walter Exterkamp, died in 1990.
Survivors include sons, David Exterkamp of Seminole, Fla., Josh Barret Exterkamp of Homestead and Donald Exterkamp of Canoga Park, Calif.; brothers, Robert Felthaus of Fort Mitchell and Lawrence Felthaus of Erlanger; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Memorial Mass of Christian burial will be at 4:30 p.m. Friday at St. Agnes Church, Fort Wright. Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow, is handling arrangements.
Robert G. Fields, 66, of Erlanger, died June 17 at his home. He was an extruder operator with Duro Bag Co.
Survivors include a son, James R. Fields of Wayne, Mich.; a sister, Gwyndolin Webb of Shallotte, N.C.; a brother, Thomas Fields of Elizabeth City, N.C.; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 8 tonight at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at 6 p.m. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Jewell Christine Fooks, 81, of Mount Olivet, died Monday at Maysville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a son, Bobbie N. Curtis of Robertson County; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Robertson County Funeral Home, Mount Olivet. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Hope, 1 W. McDonald Parkway, Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Betty Lou Harvey, 69, of Dayton, died Monday at her home. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Bruce Harvey; daughters, Diane Cope of Dayton, Vickie Harvey of Newport, Debbie Lucas of Hebron and Barbara Rogers of Dayton; sons, Jeff Harvey of Dayton and James Helton of Covington; a sister, Lucevia Fetters of Winchester, Ohio; a brother, James Reed of Cincinnati; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Bellevue.
Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Thursday.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; or National Emphysema Association, 2425 Ridgecrest Drive Southeast, Albuquerque, N.M. 87108.
Alma Jones McDarment, 82, of Carrollton, died Monday at Carroll County Memorial Hospital, Carrollton.
She was a retired factory worker with Reliance Electric Co. and a former operator with Bell Telephone.
She was a member of First Baptist Church of Carrollton. Her husband, Clifford Byron McDarment, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Peggy Wiley of Carrollton; a sister, Fannie Courtney of Carrollton; a brother, Woodrow Jones of Charleston, S.C.; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, Carrollton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Carrollton.
Betty Jane Moats, 83, of Fort Thomas, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
She was a retired teacher with Woodfill Elementary School, Fort Thomas, and a member of First Presbyterian Church, Fort Thomas.
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Retired Teachers Association, Highland High School Alumni Association and Virginia Asher Association.
Survivors include a niece, Leslie Moats of Heartland, Wis., and her caretaker, John Rouse of Fort Thomas.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Evergreen cemetery Chapel, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; or First Presbyterian Church, 220 S. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Marcella M. Schrage, 83, of Fort Wright, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Cora Ellen Adams Clark Stallmeyer, 83, of Independence, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington.
She was a homemaker and waitress, and was a member of Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Independence.
She was a former member of Kenton County Homemakers and Walton Senior Citizens.
Her first husband, Dewey Clark, died in 1970. Her second husband, Richard Stallmeyer, died in 1993.
Survivors include a daughter, Sandra Timmerding of Independence; sisters, Ann McKinney of Richmond, Ind., Nina Faye Rolph of Monroe, Ohio, Betty Collier of Trenton, Ohio, and Carolyn Sue Brock of Hope Mills, N.C.; brothers, Donald Adams of Maineville, Ohio, and Lawrence Adams of Covington; three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence.
Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to Baptist Convalescent Center, 120 Main St., Newport, Ky. 41071.
Roy Tomlinson, 87, of Ghent, died Tuesday at Green Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center, Carrollton.
He was a retired captain with the Kentucky Department of Corrections at the Kentucky State Reformatory in LaGrange.
A stepson, Lonnie Pearson, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Lydia Pearson Tomlinson; a stepson, Wayne Pearson of Carrollton; brothers, Ed Tomlinson of St. Petersburg, Fla., and David Tomlinson of Union City, Tenn.; two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, Carrollton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Ghent Masonic Cemetery.
