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Date of these obituaries: 02-07-2003
Helen Heekin, 85, never drove a car
Helen Louise Heekin never drove a day in her life, but she was always ready to go out to dinner with any relative or friend who would take her.
"She would say, 'I'll be ready in 10 minutes, '" said her daughter, Patricia Cassini of Erlanger.
Mrs. Heekin, who died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East at age 85, shied away from driving because she saw how hard it was for Cassini to learn. Cassini said she learned from her father, Howard M. Heekin, who was not the best teacher.
After her husband died of cancer, Mrs. Heekin met Rita McGovern at a ceramics class. Both recently widowed, they learned that they shared the same birthday and struck up a friendship.
For the next 25 years, until Mrs. Heekin's death, Cassini said, the two did everything together. McGovern always did the driving.
Mrs. Heekin was born in Cincinnati and grew up there, graduating with honors from Woodward High School.
She met her husband while going to night school. He sold his car to buy her an engagement ring, Cassini said.
They married
in 1939 and moved to Bellevue, where he lived, then to Fort Mitchell, where they lived until his death of cancer 36 years later.
Her mother was a sweet person who never had a nasty word to say about anyone and never judged anyone, Cassini said, and that made her popular.
She was retired as a secretary from Dixie Wholesale in Covington and was a member of Fort Mitchell Seniors, Over Fifty Club and the Lamplighters Club of Immanuel United Methodist Church.
Other survivors include a son, Mike Heekin of Fort Mitchell; a sister, Pat Gerdon of Gainesville, Fla.; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to Immanuel United Methodist Church, 2551 Dixie Highway, Lakeside Park, Ky. 41017.
Nancy Mary Bennett, 94, of Lakeland, Fla., formerly of Florence, died Wednesday at Lakeland Regional Medical Center.
She was a former saleswoman at Bennett's Department Store in Williamstown and a member of Crest View Baptist Church in Lakeland. Her husband, Ottie Clay Bennett, died in 1988.
Survivors include a stepson, Ronald Bennett of Lakeland; and stepdaughters, Helen Crabbe of Lake City, Fla., and Doris Pierce of West End, N.C.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge.
Memorials are suggested to Crest View Baptist Church, 5849 Macaw Place, Lakeland, Fla. 33809.
Stanley Ray "Pete" Brierly, 84, of Maysville, died Wednesday at Thomson-Hood Veterans Center in Wilmore.
He was a retired heavy equipment operator and farmer, a member of Sardis Christian Church and an Army veteran of World War II. His wife, Marcella Schlitz Brierly, died in 1976.
Survivors include a sister, Sudie Paynter of Mount Olivet; and several half-brothers and half-sisters.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Maple Grove Cemetery, Germantown. Visitation will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Palmer Funeral Home, Mays Lick.
Kenneth E. Cain, 66, of Covington, died at 8:35 p.m. Jan. 31 at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington.
He was a retired employee of Newport Steel and an Air Force veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Cain; sons, Kenneth E. Cain II of Covington, Kevin A. Cain of Walton and Rick S. Kirvin of Taylor Mill; daughters, Karen Cain Kirvin of Taylor Mill, Pamula Jansen of Erlanger and Teresa Kirvin of Covington; brothers, Don Cain of Florence and Jack Cain of Fort Mitchell; and nine grandchildren.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at New Hope Christian Church, Newport.
Mr. Cain bequeathed his body to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Catchen Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Karoly Gyula "Charles" Gurdon, 75, of Madison, Ind., formerly of Owenton, died Tuesday at King's Daughters Hospital in Madison.
He was a retired industrial engineer with Mac Tools and Sprague Textron. His wife, Agnes Maria Josephina Schute Gurdon, and a son, George Ferene Gurdon, both preceded him in death.
Survivors include a son, Istvan "Peter" Mario Gurdon of Brooksville, Fla.; a daughter, Rose Marie Juliska Gurdon of Virginia Beach, Va.; and a grandchild.
Services will be at 8 tonight at McDonald Funeral Home, Seminary Street location, Owenton. Visitation will begin there at 4 p.m.
Alverta Hampton, 90, of Hebron died Wednesday at her home.
She outlived her three daughters, Bessie Moscoe, Thelma Riddle and Norma Jean Stone-Spradlin.
She worked as a cashier for the former Rink's Department Store in Florence.
She also was active in many organizations. She fixed meals for firefighters as a member of the Hebron Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. She played a kazoo in the Jack & Jill Kazoo Band with other senior citizens from the Senior Citizens of Northern Kentucky. And she volunteered with the Sand Run Baptist Church and with Booth Hospital and worked with the Daughters of America and the Erlanger Lions and Lionesses.
Survivors include her husband, Edgar Hampton; sons, Emerson Moscoe and Richard Moscoe, both of Hebron, and Ernest Moscoe of Elsmere; 10 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 25 great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Sand Run Baptist Church in Hebron. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075 or Sand Run Baptist Church, 1327 North Bend Road, Hebron, Ky. 41048.
Geneva Poe McGrath, 65, of Maysville, died at 9:25 a.m. Wednesday at her home.
She was a homemaker and a member of St. Patrick Church, Maysville.
Survivors include daughters, Kim Sellers, Patricia Reed and Eden Hankins, all of Maysville; sons, Bill Hamilton and Tom Hamilton, both of Maysville, and Michael Hamilton of Ripley, Ohio; a sister, Betty Branham of Maysville; brothers, Edward Poe of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Dickie Poe of Maysville; 17 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick Church, Maysville. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. today at Brell Funeral Home, Maysville. Burial will be in Washington Baptist Cemetery, Maysville.
Magnola Shotton, 84, of Newport, died Wednesday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport.
She was a homemaker, a member of Golden Age Club in Bartow, Fla., and a volunteer with Meals on Wheels and the Volunteer Diner in Bartow.
Survivors include a daughter, Betty Jo Haas of Fort Thomas; a son, James D. Shotton of Social Circle, Ga.; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Saturday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery.
Helen V. Theele, 81, of Louisville, died Thursday at St. Matthew's Manor, Louisville.
She was a retired cafeteria worker with Boone County schools.
Survivors include a son, Donald Gullion of Louisville; a daughter, Brenda Thompson of Hodgenville; eight grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Warsaw. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Warsaw Cemetery.
