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Date of these obituaries: 05-30-2003
William O. Noel, 91, WWII vet and farmer
Just into his seventh decade, William Oakley Noel found he had a lot more living to do.
His first wife had died about a year before. At the Ten Mile Baptist Church, where he was a member, the Glencoe resident met Mae Simpson, whose husband had also died.
They started to date and were married
in October 1982.
"I needed help financially. He needed someone to cook and have a home for him. I think we grew to love each other after we were married, " said Mrs. Noel. "I think we had more of an admiration for each other (at first), because we were both up in years."
They stayed married
until Mr. Noel died Wednesday in St. Luke West Hospital in Florence. He was 91.
He farmed most of his life, until he could no longer do the work. Then he passed the farm on to his son, Merle Noel of Verona.
The World War II Army veteran served for 31 years on the board of directors of the Owen County RECC, missing only one meeting, and that because he was in the hospital.
"He was a very quiet man. He just kind of enjoyed life. He enjoyed his farming and taking trips for training (for the RECC), " his widow said.
"Sometimes we would just sit on the porch and enjoy the day, " she said. "He would mow the lawn, and I would work in my flowers."
Surviving, in addition to his wife and son, are James E. Beach of Florida, Michael E. Beach of Lexington, David R. Beach of Mosby Creek and Robert H. Beach of Glencoe; a brother, J.C. "Jake" Noel of Glencoe; a sister, Lorraine Webster of Burlington; three grandchildren, 10 step-grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ten Mile Baptist Church, Warsaw. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Warsaw. Burial will be in Paint Lick Cemetery, Warsaw.
Betty L. Adams, 65, of Alexandria, died at 6 a.m. Thursday at her home.
She was a retired bookkeeper with Ohio Valley AFM, Cold Spring, and a former Sunday school teacher with Rosedale Baptist Church and a member of First Baptist Church of Cold Spring.
She was also a former Girl Scout leader.
Survivors include her husband, Emil V. Adams; daughters, Kathy Adams and Janet Hartig, both of Alexandria; a sister, Wanda M. Kirkpatrick of Panama City Beach, Fla.; and two grandsons.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Daisy Reed Arthur, 93, of Fort Thomas, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
She was a homemaker.
Her husband, Robert D. Arthur, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, William R. Arthur of Pinehurst, N.C.; a sister, Jeanette Nickel of Lexington; two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to First Christian Church, 1031 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075. Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Lois M. Ashley, 84, of Florence, died at 2:10 p.m. Wednesday at her home.
She was a retired textile mill worker with Blair Mills Inc. in Belton, S.C., and a member of Outreach Baptist Church, Belton.
Her husband, Howard Ashley, died in 1977.
Survivors include a son, William Gurley of Belton; daughters, Gayle Cole of Florence, Diane Diaz and Marsha McAbee, both of Anderson, S.C., and Janice Beck of Belton; sisters, Willie Brock, Viloa Gurley and Elise Haynie, all of Belton; 12 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Cox Funeral Home, Belton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Kento-Boo Baptist Church, Florence, and from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Cox Funeral Home. Burial will be in Garden of Memories, Belton. Memorials are suggested to Kento-Boo Baptist Church Building Fund, 634 Kentoboo Ave., Florence, Ky. 41042. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Margaret E. Sahnger Bockelman, 78, of Erlanger, died at 3:40 p.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
She was a homemaker and hairdresser.
Survivors include her husband, Robert Bockelman; a son, Gay Bockelman of Fort Mitchell; a daughter, Amy Curley of Walton; sisters, Jeanne Hoersting of Oxford, Ohio, Shirley Pitts of Crestview Hills, Mary Jo Heeb of Lakeside Park and Nancy Huser of Edgewood; brothers, Jack Sahnger of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and James Sahnger of Alpharetta, Ga.; and four grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Henry Church, Elsmere.
Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger.
Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Memorials are suggested to Passionist Nuns, 1151 Donaldson Highway, Erlanger, Ky. 41018; or the charity of the donor's choice.
Howard W. Bonhajo, 98, of Newport, died Thursday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport.
He was a retired clerk with the New York Central Railroad, and founder and director of Security Savings and Loan Co. He was a member of the board of directors of Kentucky Enterprise Savings and Loan Co., and a member of St. John United Church of Christ, Newport.
Survivors include several cousins.
Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to St. John United Church of Christ, Park Ave. and Nelson Place, Newport, Ky. 41071.
Lillian E. Collett, 67, of North Vernon, Ind., died Tuesday at her home.
She was an employee of Thompson Industries and Community Care Nursing Home, North Vernon, and a homemaker.
A daughter, Connie Collett, preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, William J. Collett; a son, James H. Collett of North Vernon; a daughter, Geneva Graham of Florence; sisters, Emma Jean Fugate of Hebron, Julia Lambert of North Vernon and Rosemary Wilder of Walton; brothers, Alfred Russ of Williamstown, Rob Russ of North Vernon and Harold Russ of Elizabethtown, Ohio; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were this morning at Petersburg Cemetery.
Pickett Funeral Home, North Vernon, handled arrangements.
Ralph Dietz, 61, of Dry Ridge, died Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Grant County, Williamstown.
He was a chief district engineer with the Kentucky Highway Department, a professional engineer and land surveyor, and owner of Deitz County Line Liquors and North Keefer Apartments in Crittenden.
He was also a former employee of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
He was a member of Antioch Church of Christ in Corinth, the Williamstown American Legion, Kentucky Cattlemen and Simmental Breeders associations.
Survivors include his wife, Marie Thomas Deitz; sons, Jason V. Dietz and Joshua Tyler Dietz, both of Crittenden; brothers, Ronnie Deitz of Sanders, Ricky Deitz and Randy Dietz, both of Corinth; and a grandchild.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Mattie Tolle Dotson, 65, of Maysville, died at 7:41 p.m. Wednesday at Meadowview Regional Medical Center, Maysville.
She was the former owner of Iron Kettle in Mount Olivet and a member of Piqua United Methodist Church.
Her husband, Shirley A. Dotson, died in 1992.
Survivors include sons, Kenny Handy of Aberdeen, Ohio, John W. Thomas of Maysville, and Jeffrey Thomas of Sardis; daughters, Sue Gifford of Flemingsburg and Ann Haggard of Maysville; sisters, Kathryn Dryden of Aberdeen, Kate Richardson of Cincinnati, Margaret Dotson of Mount Olivet, Mildred Jolly of Georgetown, Ohio, and Gladys Green of Maysville; a brother, Darrell Tolle of San Antonio; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Palmer Funeral Home, Mays Lick.
Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Shannon Cemetery, Mays Lick.
Memorials are suggested to Shannon cemetery Fund, 5782 U.S. Highway 62, Mays Lick, Ky. 41055.
Charlotte "Maxine" Ernst, 67, of Covington, died at 3:10 a.m. Thursday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington.
She was a homemaker and a member of Covington Turner Society.
Her husband, Neal Ernst, died in 1995.
Survivors include a daughter, Peggy Behrens of Florence; sons, Michael Ernst of Union, Mark Ernst of Hebron and Dale Ernst of Covington; brothers, Earl Jordan of Ludlow and Frank Rider of Covington; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Elsmere. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Big Steff Inc., P.O. Box 1844, Newport, Ky. 41071; or St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Kenneth M. Hamm, 48, of Crittenden, died at 10 p.m. Tuesday at Northern Kentucky Care and Rehabilitation Center, Highland Heights. He was disabled.
Survivors include a son, Kenneth Hamm of Union; daughters, Amanda Hamm and Shawna Hamm, both of Covington; his mother, Kathryn Hamm of Crittenden; and a brother, Butch Hamm of Union.
Services were this morning at New Hope Church of God, Independence. Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Independence, handled arrangements.
Wyetta Langenbrunner, 86, of Florence, died Wednesday at Florence Park Care Center. She was a retired accounts receivable supervisor with DuBois Chemical Co., Cincinnati. Her husband, Harold Langenbrunner, died in 1969.
Survivors include a sister, Freida Poynter of Elsmere, nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 6 p.m. Saturday at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in New Vine Run Cemetery, Dry Ridge.
Mary Owens, 87, of Butler, died today at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Charles "Pick" Pickelman, 75, of Cold Spring, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a retired mechanical engineer with Apple Computers Inc., Cupertino, Calif. His wife, Charlotte Pickelman, died in 1995. A son, Bruce Pickelman, died in 2001.
Survivors include a son, Steven Pickelman of Alamo, Calif.; a daughter, Sheryl Robitaille of Olympia, Wash.; a sister, Shirley Abraham of Bellevue; and three grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Bellevue. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Steven Shelton, 47, of Florence, died at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was a retired postal worker and an Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Judy Shelton; daughters, Sherri Shelton and Sara Walton, both of Lawrenceville, Ga.; a stepdaughter, Savannah Glancy of Florence; stepsons, Chad Glancy of Lawrenceville, Nathan Glancy of Middletown, Ohio, and Teddy Glancy of Fairfield, Ohio; his father and stepmother, Clarence and Ina Shelton of Covington; his mother and stepfather, Nancy and Maurice Vogel of Taylor Mill; a brother, Darrell Shelton of Ludlow; stepbrothers, Michael Bailer of Newport, Ben Bailer of Covington and Kelly Bailer of Alexandria; sisters, Theresa Morgan of Falmouth, Pamela Dance and Katherine Slaughter, both of Covington; stepsisters, Teresa Monroe of Kings Mill, Ohio, Tina Tabler of Dry Ridge, Victoria Dryer of Chester, Va., and Robin Meade of Covington; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Elsie Webb Strausbaugh, 85, of Park Hills, died at 9:15 a.m. Saturday at Florence Park Care Center. She was a retired sales clerk with Coppin's Department Store in Covington. Her husbands, James N. Webb Sr. and Andrew Strausbaugh, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, James N. Webb Jr. of Taylor Mill and Dana A. Webb of Park Hills; sisters, Madeline Hughes of Lakeside Park, Ruth Budke of Park Hills and Erna McCall of Covington; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services were private. Entombment was in Mother of God Mausoleum, Fort Wright. Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill, handled arrangements.
Joe West, 45, of Covington, died at 8:30 a.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He was a construction worker with FKG Construction Co. His wife, Virginia West, died Jan. 15.
Survivors include sons, Joseph West and Jesse West, both of Covington; daughters, Alex West, Renee West and Samantha West, all of Covington; his mother, Betty Napier of Covington; a brother, Jerry West of Covington and a sister, Barbara Jackson of Bright, Ind.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 9 a.m. Monday at St. Augustine Church, Covington. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Richard V. Wheeler, 24, of Erlanger, died at 6:25 p.m. Sunday at University Hospital, Cincinnati.
He was a student at Northern Kentucky University and an employee of Microtel Inc., Florence.
He was a musician and also coached hockey.
Survivors include his father, Samuel L. Wheeler of Crescent Springs; his mother and stepfather, Kathleen M. and Donald Vickers of Alexandria; a sister, Renee Scott of Alexandria; a brother, Robert Wheeler of Walton; a stepbrother, Jason Vickers of Independence; grandmother, May Hoare of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and fiance', Terrie Taylor.
Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. today at Alexandria Funeral Home. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Humane Society of Kentucky, 22 Commonwealth Ave., Erlanger, Ky. 41018.
Jack L. Woerner, 73, of Cincinnati, died at 8:50 a.m. Sunday at St. Margaret Hall Care Center, Cincinnati. He was a retired accountant with General Motors Corp., Norwood, Ohio, a member of Madisonville Christian Church and an Army veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include a brother, Carl Woerner of Cincinnati; and sisters, Charlotte Mounce of Pinehurst, N.C., and Doris Grimwood of Galion, Ohio.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill. Visitation will begin there at 2 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Marion, Ohio Cemetery.
Harriet Sue Younger, 82, of Crittenden, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
She was a buffet coordinator with Flying J., Walton, and a member of Sherman Baptist Church, Dry Ridge.
Her husband, Don Younger, died in 1990.
Survivors include sons, Buddy Rice of Burlington and Thomas Rice of Taylor Mill; daughters, Barbara Twehues of Verona and Patricia Coldiron of Crittenden; 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Eckler-Hudson 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.
