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Date of these obituaries: 04-23-2003
Sable Kitchen, owned upholstery business
Growing up as the children of Sable and Margaret Kitchen in Mays Lick meant growing up in a wonderland of antiques, refinished tables and expertly upholstered chairs.
That's because the 10-room apartment the Kitchens and their six children lived in was packed with the same kind of furniture and antiques sold and refinished one floor below in the family business: Kitchen's Up-holstery Shop.
The apartment and the shop were in a former Odd Fellows Lodge, and the business was a staple on Main Street for more than 30 years. The Kitchens retired in 1994.
"Customers from as far away as Florida who had relatives here would become customers after touring our house, " said daughter Linda Kitchen of Maysville.
Sable Kitchen died Monday morning at his home in Maysville.
He was 86.
Born and reared in Olive Hill, Mr. Kitchen spent about six months in a Paris sanitarium for tuberculosis in 1962 after mistakenly being diagnosed with the disease. But the experience ended happily. During his rehabilitation, he took classes in Lexington in furniture upholstery.
Already a carpenter, he parlayed his new skill into an upholstery business. He also sold antiques and did some woodworking. Among his handiwork were a handmade violin and bass fiddle.
Mr. Kitchen also was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Mills Branch Apostolic Church in Olive Hill.
He and his wife were married
58 years.
Linda Kitchen said her father was part Cherokee Indian and credited that as the reason his jet-black hair remained largely free of gray.
Mr. Kitchen was small, she said, but mighty.
"He was very petite, " she said. "The most he ever weighed was 140 pounds.
"But he was feisty, and he believed in discipline. When he said, 'Go, ' you went. When he said, 'Stop, ' you stopped.
"He was a good man and a good father, and he worked very hard."
Besides his wife and daughter, Mr. Kitchen is survived by daughters, Janice Sue Allen of Maysville, Vicki Polley of Vanceburg and Terri Linville of Ewing; sons, Ricky Kitchen and Paul Kitchen, both of Orangeburg; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Mills Branch Apostolic Church in Olive Hill.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at Palmer Funeral Home in Mays Lick, and after 2 p.m. Thursday at the church.
Burial will be in Garvin Ridge cemetery in Olive Hill.
Memorials are suggested to Hayswood Home Health, 1 W. McDonald Parkway, Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Albert Campbell, 67, of Williamstown, died at 4 p.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. Arrangements are pending at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown.
Clifford Curtis, 77, of Bradenton, Fla., died April 13 in Florida.
He was a retired commercial builder.
Survivors include Betty Curtis; sons, John Curtis of Coming, Ohio, Clifford A. Curtis of Lewis Center, Ohio, and Matthew Curtis of Pittsburgh; daughters, Virginia Littrell of Clayton, N.C., and Melinda Kearns of Lewis Center; 23 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Beaver Baptist Church, Cynthiana. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in Beaver Baptist Church Cemetery, Cynthiana. Drake Whaley McCarthy Funeral Home, Cynthiana, is handling arrangements.
Roberta Smith Custard, 71, of Harrison County, died Sunday at her home.
She was a retired employee of Lexington Bluegrass Army Depot and Harrison Memorial Hospital, Cynthiana. She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church, where she served on the usher and missionary boards, was a member of the choir and a Sunday school teacher.
Survivors include her husband, James Custard; sons, and Billy Custard, James Custard, Michael Custard and David Custard, all of Harrison County, and Dennis Custard of Lancaster; a daughter, Pam Kenney of Harrison County; her stepfather, Clemmon Greene of Mount Sterling; sisters, Rose Higgins of Dayton, Ohio, and Algetha Downing of Lexington; a brother, David Lee Smith of Lexington; 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Macedonia Baptist Church, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the church. Burial will be in Cherry Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana.
Memorials are suggested to Macedonia Baptist Church Building Fund, 103 E. Pearl St., Cynthiana, Ky. 41031.
Betty Jean Story Hamilton, 73, of Temperance, Mich., died Thursday at Meadowview Regional Medical Center, Maysville.
She was an educational consultant.
Survivors include sisters, J.W. Story of Brooksville and Phyllis Yelton Liles of Sun City Center, Fla.
Services were Tuesday at Concord United Methodist Church, Brooksville. Burial was in Concord Cemetery, Brooksville.
Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042 or to Concord United Methodist Church cemetery Fund, 3293 Bladeston Drive, Brooksville, Ky. 41004.
Katherine Eleanor Galloway Hedges, 87, of Brooksville, died at 9:30 p.m. Monday at her home.
She was a foster grandparent and an employee of the Bracken County Board of Education, and a member of Oakland Christian Church, Brooksville. Her husband, Newell Hedges, died in 1977.
Survivors include grandchildren, Mike Hedges of Maysville and Sandy Adamson of Georgetown; two great-grandsons and a great-great-grandson.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery, Brooksville.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Hope, 1 W. McDonald Parkway, Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Amy Nicole Hunt, 23, of Ludlow, died at 3 a.m. Sunday in a Bromley auto accident. She was a waitress with Jillian's in Covington and a member of Sts. Boniface and James Church, Ludlow.
Survivors include her parents, Cynthia Hunt of Dry Ridge and John Hunt of Ludlow; brothers, Shawn Hunt of Ludlow and John Hunt of Elsmere; and a sister, Shannon Hunt of Ludlow.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Ludlow. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to Amy Nichole Hunt Memorial Fund, in care of Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, 461 Elm St., Ludlow, Ky. 41016.
Paul Lindsay, 31, of Latonia, died Monday at a construction site in Fairfax, Ohio.
He was a pipefitter with Total Excavating Co., Cincinnati, and a former driver with Jess & Son Towing, Covington.
Survivors include his wife, Carri Lindsay; sons, Bryce Lindsay and Tyler Lindsay, both of Latonia; daughters, Jazzmen Lindsay and Samantha Lindsay, both of Latonia; his parents, Larry D. Lindsay and Billie "Windy" J. Lindsay of Melbourne; and a sister, Tricia Myers of Latonia.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Henry Christopher Lutes, 87, of Mount Olivet, died Monday at Robertson County Health Care Center in Mount Olivet.
He was a retired truck driver with Citizens Lumber Co., Lexington, and an Army veteran of World War II. His wife, Edea Estes Lutes, and a son, Lester Lutes, both preceded him in death.
Survivors include sons, Mitchell Lutes and Eddie Lee Lutes, both of Cynthiana; daughters, Sandra Lutes Lawson of Burke, Va., and Venita Lutes Driscoll of Spring Valley, Calif.; a brother, Hisle Lutes of Mount Sterling; a sister, Bonnie Webb of Paris; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be at West Irvine Cemetery, Irvine.
Rose Virginia McVay, 80, of Falmouth, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. Her husband, Doc McVay, and a daughter, Grace Byrum, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include daughters, Phyllis Edwards of Falmouth and Peggy Charles of Orlando, Fla.; sisters, Ruth Surgener of Indiana and Nellie Farris of Cincin-nati; 10 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Johnsville Cemetery, Bracken County.
Fr. William H. Mertes, 82, of Covington, died Tuesday at St. Charles Care Center, Covington. Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington.
Edward L. Olbert, 73, of Crescent Springs, died Saturday at University Hospital, Cincinnati.
He was an employee of A&H; Trucking Co. and a Navy veteran.
Survivors include a son, James Olbert of Erlanger; daughters, Sharon Cooper of Florence, Kathy Byrne of Walton and Terry Olbert of Elsmere; sisters, Mary Jane Sabelhouse of Elsmere, Betty Jo Wallace of Fayetteville, Tenn., and Debra Sullivan of Walton; 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Church, Crescent Springs. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 333 Guthrie St., Suite 207, Louisville, Ky. 40202.
Opal Osborne, 91, of Glencoe, died Sunday at Gallatin Health Care Center, Warsaw. He was a retired farmer and a member of Jonesville United Methodist Church. A son, Richard Thomas Osborne, died in 1983.
Survivors include his wife, Catherine Chipman Osborne; sons, David Bruce Osborne and Roy Malcolm Osborne, both of Jonesville; daughters, Marilyn James of Dry Ridge and Martha Jean Fleek of Glencoe; a sister, Elizabeth Boubas of Dry Ridge; 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge. Burial will be in Jonesville Cemetery.
James David Rose, 52, of Cynthiana, died Sunday at his home. He was a teacher with Harrison County Schools.
Survivors include his wife, Amber Thompson Rose; a son, Michael Austin Rose of Cynthiana; his parents, Rev. James Wurth and JoAnn Holbrook Rose; a sister, Debra Hudson of Cynthiana.
Services were this morning at Drake Whaley McCarty Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 508 E. Pike St., Cynthiana, Ky. 41031.
Marie Sund, 92, of Burlington, died Tuesday at Village Care Center, Erlanger. Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington.
Virginia Lee Tharp Tandy, 87, of Carrollton, died Monday at her home.
She was a retired secretary and office manager with Tandy Insurance Agency in Carrollton and a member of Carrollton Christian Church. Her husband, C.S. Tandy Jr., and a daughter, Jane K. Abbott, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Joy K. Hackett of Carrollton; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, Carrollton. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Carrollton.
Memorials are suggested to Carrollton Christian Church, 310 Fifth St., Carrollton, Ky. 41008.
