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Date of these obituaries: 12-19-2002
Robert Horan, executive, involved in youth sports
Robert Thomas Horan Sr. was an insurance industry executive who coached youth baseball and raised money for the Juvenile Diabetes Association.
He was risk management director for Griffin Industries in Cold Spring and also worked for Snydor-Enos Insurance Co. and Pendery Risk Management, both of Fort Thomas, as well as for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Mr. Horan was a Campbell County Knothole League coach and helped found the Fort Thomas Junior Baseball League. He was active in the Juvenile Diabetes Association, helping to start the local chapter, and was instrumental in its fund-raisers. He also was a member of the Fort Thomas Lions Club.
Mr. Horan, 79, of Cold Spring, died Tuesday at Hospice of Northern Kentucky in Fort Thomas.
"When he coached Knothole baseball, he saw it was highly competitive, and a lot of kids didn't get to play, so he and others set up the Fort Thomas Junior Baseball League, which had a rule that every child got to play in every game, " said Mr. Horan's son, Thomas Horan Jr., of Wilder.
"He got very involved in the Juvenile Diabetes Association because the child of one of his business associates had diabetes. Starting at age 56 and continuing until he was 73, he rode 60 miles every year in a bike-a-thon fund-raiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Association. Over that time, he raised close to $50, 000 for the association."
Mr. Horan also played Santa Claus at Christmas time for church organizations.
As a hobby, he enjoyed being a "gentleman farmer" in Cold Spring, with a big garden and an orchard with lots of fruit trees. He also had a small vineyard and made homemade wine, which he liked to give to friends.
Other survivors include his wife, Marguerite Schuh Horan; a daughter, Kathleen H. Fedders of Edgewood; a son, Daniel C. Horan of Fort Thomas; a sister, Jane Althaus of Sidney, Ohio; and nine grandchildren.
Memorial Mass of Christian burial will be at 6 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church in Cold Spring. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at the church. A reception in the church's Kelly Hall will follow Mass.
Mr. Horan donated his body to the University of Kentucky Medical School.
Memorials are suggested to Juvenile Diabetes Association, 10901 Reed Hartman Highway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242; American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042; or Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
George H. Albrink, 79, of Covington, died Tuesday at his home. He was owner of Decoursey Forwarding Bureau and a member of St. Augustine Church in Covington, Covington Elks Lodge No. 350 and Newport Elks Lodge No. 3700. He was a former exalted ruler of both Elks lodges, and a past president of the Kentucky Elks Association.
Survivors include a brother, John B. Albrink of Ironton, Ohio.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7 p.m. Friday at St. Augustine Church, Covington. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington, with Elks services at 6:15 p.m. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Woodland Cemetery, Ironton. Memorials are suggested to Elks National Foundation, 3700 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring, Ky. 41076.
Rev. William Francis Barnard, 72, of Grants Lick, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He was a Southern Baptist minister and pastor emeritus of Grants Lick Baptist Church. He was pastor of the church from 1971 until his retirement in 1994, then went on to preach and serve as interim pastor at many local churches. Prior to his tenure with Grants Lick Baptist Church, he was pastor of Wilmington Baptist Church in Demossville from 1965-68, Visalia Baptist Church in Covington from 1962-65 and Lenoxburg Baptist Church in Falmouth from 1951-62. He also worked with Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick.
Survivors include his wife, Lola Mae Staggs Barnard; daughters, Mae Frances McKenney of Butler and Sonja Lee Barnard of Alexandria; sons, George William Barnard of California and Dwight David Barnard of West Chester, Ohio; a sister, Betty Schlueter of California; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Grants Lick Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be in Peach Grove Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Pendleton County Gideon Camp, P.O. Box 147, Falmouth, Ky. 41040. Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick, is handling arrangements.
Michael Bearden, 49, of Burlington, died Tuesday at M&D; Drywall Inc. in Burlington. He was owner of the company and also owned race cars, which he drove.
Survivors include his wife, Diane Bearden; a son, Michael Bearden of Burlington; a daughter, Kristina Bearden of Burlington; his mother, Roger Bearden of Burlington; a brother, Roger Bearden of Burlington; and sisters, Patty Crooker, Nancy Carroll and Kim Granschow, all of Burlington, and Dixie Bearden of Winter Park, Fla.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Bessie Mae Busse, 86, of Bellevue, died Wednesday at her home. She was a retired nurse with St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas, and a member of Holy Spirit Church, Newport.
Survivors include her husband, Joseph Busse; a son, Paul Busse of Owensboro; a daughter, Elizabeth "Hope" Schenkel of Fort Wayne, Ind.; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Holy Spirit Church. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to St. Luke Community Foundation, 85 N. Grand Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075, or Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Alexander Cropper, 85, of Mays Lick, died Wednesday at Meadowview Regional Medical Center, Maysville. He was a retired farmer and landowner, a member of St. Rose of Lima Church in Mays Lick and an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. His wife, Pauline Burke Cropper, died in 1987.
Survivors include sons, Wayne Cropper and Tony Cropper, both of Mays Lick, Mike Cropper of Atlanta, Stephen Cropper of Cynthiana, Tom Cropper of Lawrenceburg and Phil Cropper of Georgetown; brothers, William Cropper of Louisville and James Cropper of Maysville; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Rose of Lima Church, Mays Lick. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at Palmer Funeral Home, Mays Lick. Burial will be in St. Patrick Cemetery, Maysville. Memorials are suggested to St. Rose of Lima Church, 5009 Raymond Road, Mays Lick, Ky. 41055.
H. Wilbur Denniston, 86, of Fort Thomas, died at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday at Masonic Eastern Star Home, Cincinnati. He was a meat cutter.
Survivors include daughters, Jody Laake of Fort Thomas, Bonnie Barlett of Edgewood and Debbie Sprague of Cincinnati; a brother, Ray Denniston of Higginsport, Ohio; a sister, Kathryn Ogden of Florence; and 10 grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Ludlow. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with Masonic services at 4:30 p.m. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Jack Fightmaster, 77, of Dry Ridge, died Wednesday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington.
Omer Leo Hamilton, 80, of Foster, died at 8:28 a.m. Wednesday at Meadowview Regional Medical Center, Maysville. He was a farmer and a member of New Zion Baptist Church.
Survivors include a brother, Cecil Hamilton of Berlin.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Powersville Cemetery.
Marjorie Ann Gantenburg Kordenbrock, 81, of Fort Thomas, died at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday at Highlands of Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker and an office manager with Jet Machine Inc., Cincinnati. She was a volunteer with Welcome House in Covington, a former member of St. Augustine Church in Covington and a member of St. Agnes Church, Fort Wright. Her husband, Walter John Kordenbrock, died in 1974. Survivors include daughters, Barbara Exterkamp of Villa Hills and Kathleen Wulfeck of Crestview Hills; sons, Thomas Kordenbrock of Lakeside Park and Jeff Kordenbrock of Crescent Springs; a sister, Mary Jo Wisher of Fort Wright; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at St. Agnes Church, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday. A reception in the church undercroft will follow Mass. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Welcome House, 205 Pike St., Covington, Ky. 41011, or Alzheimer's Disease Association, 644 Linn St., Suite 1026, Cincinnati, Ohio 45203. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Dominick Marino, 76, of Union, died Sunday at his home. He was a welding supervisor with CSX Transportation, a member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Florence and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Malittie "Peggy" Marino; daughters, Donna Hauselman of Erlanger and Cheryl Knox of Florence; sons, Philip Marino of Union and Dominick Marino Jr. of Nashville, Tenn.; and six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Florence. Memorials are suggested to Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 7106 Hopeful Church Road, Florence, Ky. 41042. Stith Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Raymond Louis Riley, 60, of Warsaw, died at 8 p.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He was a construction worker and a member of Shout Assembly Church, Warsaw. His first wife, Linda Odgen Riley, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce Riley; sons, Nick Riley of Sanders and Bryan Gordy of Warsaw; daughters, Samantha Osborne and Heather McIntyre, both of Sanders; his mother, Jennie Riley of Warsaw; sisters, Rita Hicks of Warsaw and Joyce Riley Webster of Madison, Ind.; and 11 grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Shout Assembly Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Warsaw. Burial will be in Warsaw Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Bernadine "Mimi" Busald Schaefer, 91, of Florence, died at 5:15 p.m. Saturday at Florence Park Care Center, Florence. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Gemma Guild and Blessed Sacrament Church in Fort Mitchell, and was a former member of Summit Hills Country Club, Crestview Hills. Her husband, Leo "Lefty" Schaefer, died May 17.
Survivors include a son, E. Andre Busald of Covington; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Memorials are suggested to Passionist Nuns, 1151 Donaldson Highway, Erlanger, Ky. 41018. Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Hattie Moore Strasinger, 91, of Mentor, died at 11:40 p.m. Tuesday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport. She was a homemaker and a member of Mentor Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Arnold Strasinger; sons, Carl Lee Strasinger and Ronald "Bud" Strasinger, both of California; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mount Gilead Cemetery, Carthage. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Roger Sullivan, 62, of Edgewood, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a car salesman with Robke Chevrolet, Edgewood.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce Sullivan; a son, Sean Sullivan of Edgewood; daughters, Katie Schultz of Elsmere, Sheila Sullivan and Brigid Sullivan, both of Edgewood, and Colleen Belew of Park Hills; sisters, Loretta Sullivan of Fort Mitchell, Catherine Sullivan of Louisville and Eileen McCormick of Lexington; and four grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Pius X Church, Edgewood. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Be Concerned, 714 Washington St., Covington, Ky. 41015.
Clara Elizabeth Maddox Taylor, 93, of Frankfort, formerly of Independence, died Sunday at her home. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Frankfort, Franklin County Homemakers and Franklin County Homemakers Garden Club. Her husband, Claude A. Taylor Sr., died in 1987.
Survivors include a son, Claude A. Taylor Jr. of Madison, Wis.; a daughter, Betty T. Allen of Frankfort; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will begin there at noon Friday. Memorial services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, Frankfort. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to First Presbyterian Church, 416 W. Main St., Frankfort, Ky. 40601.
Richard B. Terlau, 71, of Fort Mitchell, died at 11:50 p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was a retired meter installer with Kenton County Water Department, a member of Blessed Sacrament Church in Fort Mitchell, and an Army veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include a brother, Joseph H. Terlau of Fort Mitchell.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Church. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Diocesan Catholic Children's Home, 75 Orphanage Road, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017.
James Wilson, 83, of Erlanger, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
