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Date of these obituaries: 12-27-2002
Wanda Scanlon, 81, hospital volunteer
Friends and family say Wanda Lee Scanlon had a smile that could light up a room.
Ms. Scanlon spread that light as a volunteer at the St. Elizabeth Medical centers, working about 16 hours a week helping with outpatient registration and various other jobs.
"She really loved helping the people at the hospital, " said Lesley Bishop, a daughter from Covington. "She was graceful and had a real sense of class."
Mrs. Scanlon, 81, of Fort Wright, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington.
She was a former owner of Scanlon Drugs and a member of the American Business Women's Association. Her husband, Joseph Scanlon, preceded her in death. Mrs. Scanlon and her husband for a time owned four drug stores in Northern Kentucky. She usually worked in the cosmetics section.
To cope with the pressures of the business and keeping up with her community activities, Mrs. Scanlon took up running. Even into her 70s, her mother would run an average of five miles six days a week, Bishop said.
A voracious reader, Mrs. Scanlon read the paper each day and was fond of books, especially autobiographies and those about history. It was her studious nature that led her to the business women's association, for which she helped raise money for annual scholarships.
"She was a person with a lot of love to give, " Bishop said. "She had a very positive effect on people."
Other survivors include sons, Geof Scanlon of Fort Wright and Greg Scanlon of Denver, Colo.; daughters, Catherine Preister of Silver Spring, Md., Brigid Anneken of Burlington, and Mary Beth Schneider of Newport; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Agnes Church, Fort Wright. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to St. Charles Care Center, 500 Farrell Drive, Covington, Ky. 41011.
Glenn Allayand, 81, of Fort Thomas, died at 9:05 a.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a retired assistant principal from Bedford (Ohio, )High School, a member of Theodore Breck Lodge No. 714 in Brooksville and Scottish Rite in Steubenville, Ohio, and an Army veteran of World War II. A son, Regis Allayand, died in 1993. A daughter, Denise Allayand, died in 1955.
Survivors include his wife, Juanita Allayand; daughters, Donna Lamborn of South Bend, Ind., and Barbara Bucey of Fort Thomas; a brother, William Allayand of Santa Cruz, Calif.; sisters, Isabelle Oglivee of Connellsville, Pa., and Helen Jane Albacker of Midland, Pa.; and six grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Christ Church United Church of Christ, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 tonight at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Masonic services will be at 7 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Belmont County Cemetery, St. Clairsville, Ohio. Memorials are suggested to Chancel Remodel Fund, Christ Church United Church of Christ, 15 S. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; or American Parkinson's Disease Association, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Fourth Floor, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267.
William J. Ament Sr., 92, of Fort Thomas, died at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday at his home. He was a retired truck driver with Covington Paper Co. His wife, Virginia Ament, died in 1970.
Survivors include daughters, Virginia Herrmann of Fort Thomas and Carol Paden of Highland Heights; sons, William J. Ament Jr. of Erlanger, Andrew R. Ament of Edgewood and Stephen D. Ament of Fort Thomas; 16 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Evergreen cemetery Chapel, Southgate. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Mary Earlene Bergman, 70, of Newport, died Tuesday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Peter and Paul Church in California and the church's Women Who Care group. Her husband, Paul Bergman, died in 1998.
Survivors include daughters, Rosie McMeans of California and April Hammon of Covington; a son, Paul Joseph Bergman Jr. of California; brothers, Russell Brossart and Randy Brossart, both of Butler, Virgil Brossart, Dennis Brossart and William Brossart, all of California, Robert Brossart of Alexandria and Dale Brossart of Newport; sisters, Donna Elliott of Falmouth, Bonnie Martin of Butler, and Jeri Mae Neeley and Robin Burris, both of California; and five grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Peter and Paul Church, California. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick. Burial will be in St. Peter and Paul Cemetery, California.
Albert "Piff" Bohrer, 77, of Wilder, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a former warehouseman at Kraft Foods Co., Cincinnati, and a member of Bellevue Vets, where he coached girls' volleyball for 35 years. He was a member of Henry Barnes Masonic Lodge No. 607, Dayton, and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Marjorie Wright Bohrer, and a daughter, Cynthia Bohrer-Bauer of Miami.
Visitation from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue, with Bellevue Vets services at 11:30 a.m. and Masonic services at 11:45 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. A service at Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, will follow the visitation. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Delia Rose Bolin, 59, of Newport, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Tucker of Reading, Ohio; sons, Karl Bolin Jr. and William Bolin, both of Newport; her mother, Martha Venters of Amelia, Ohio; sisters, Wilma Bolin of Winter Haven, Fla., Susan Vaught of Newport, Virginia Hensky and Vicky Partin, both of Amelia, Ohio, Elizabeth Stewart of Dayton and Martha Riley of Silver Grove; and brothers, Harold Venters of Miami Beach, Fla., Bob Venters of Sterling Heights, Mich., and Christopher Venters of Amelia.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at TLC Funeral and Cremation Service, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Monday. Cremation will be at Southwest Ohio Crematory, Milford, Ohio.
Tamye Lynn Brewer, 51, of Melbourne, died Sunday at her home. She was a former employee of CSX Transportation, Cincinnati.
Survivors include a daughter, Tara Pennington of Melbourne; her mother, Ruby Dailey of Cold Spring; and sisters, Rose Dailey of Burkeville and Barbara Egan of Jacksonville, Fla.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Church, Camp Springs. Visitation will begin there at noon Saturday. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Alexandria. Alexandria Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Jenny Ann Stewart Coats, 40, of Burlington, died at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday at her home. She was an x-ray technician.
Survivors include her husband, Melvin Bryan Coats; a son, Christopher Sean Jones of Hebron; a daughter, Alyssa Rose Jones of Burlington; her parents, Ann Stewart of San Diego and James Stewart Sr. of Florida; brothers, Richard Stewart of Union and James Stewart Jr. of Erlanger; and sisters, Beth Stewart of Huntsville, Ala., and Diana Stewart Sanderbeck of San Diego.
Memorial Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Timothy Church, Union. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Parish Kitchen, 141 Pike St., Covington, Ky. 41011.
Terrie L. Diesman, 50, of Highland Heights, died at 5:42 a.m. Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker and a member of Gabbard Tabernacle Pentecostal Church, Butler.
Survivors include her husband, William Diesman; a daughter, Jennifer Diesman of Highland Heights; sons, Gilbert Diesman of Highland Heights, Bill Diesman of Fort Thomas and Rodney Glass of Illinois; her stepfather, Pete Casterline of Independence; sisters, Anita Mangladnum and Edie Casterline, both of Erlanger, and Denise Hammond of Bellevue; brothers, Frank Casterline and Pete Casterline, both of Indiana, and Steve Glass of Sarasota, Fla.; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Florence, Ky. 41042. Radel Funeral Home, Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Eleanor L. Ferguson, 83, of Seymour, Conn., died Wednesday at Norton's Audubon Hospital in Louisville. She was a homemaker and a member of Seymour United Methodist Church. Her husband, Robert L. Ferguson, died in 2001.
Survivors include daughters, Joan Carroll of Carrollton and Doris Meisner of Leesburg, Fla.; a sister, Helen Haverly of Boynton Beach, Fla.; three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Trinity Cemetery, Seymour. Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton, is handling arrangements.
Novello Hull, 85, of Newport, died at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Northern Kentucky Care and Rehabilitation Center, Highland Heights. She was a retired employee of the Internal Revenue Service and a retired medical clerk with Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Dayton.
Survivors include a brother, Warren Hull of Punta Gorda, Fla.; and sisters, Marjorie Cordrey of Newport and Mary Lou Cobb of Alexandria.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Carol Lynn Smith Kasselmann, 64, of Florence died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. She was a disabled childcare worker and a former chef. She was a member of Heritage Fellowship Assembly of God in Florence.
Survivors include her husband, Ted Kasselmann of Florence; daughters, Micki Spivey of Erlanger, Lynn Carol Haley of Independence; sons, Timothy Clayton Shepherd of Williamsport, Pa., Steven Michael Kasselmann of Florence; brother, Roy Clifford Smith of California; eight grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Heritage Fellowship Assembly of God. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be in Floral Hills.
Memorials are suggested to Heritage Fellowship Assembly of God U.S. 42, Florence, Ky. 41042
Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
John A. "Jack" Kerley Jr., 73, of Fort Thomas, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He worked in advertising and was an Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Kerley; a daughter, April Kerley of Cincinnati; sons, John "Jack" Kerley Jr. of Newport and Mark Kerley of Bromley; and two grandchildren.
No services are scheduled. Memorials are suggested to Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45229. Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Leonard Mitchell "Mike" Lawson, 66, of Burlington, died Thursday at Northern Kentucky Care and Rehab. An Army veteran of the Korean War, he was a member of Oakland Avenue Baptist Church in Covington and Bradford Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Marian Esther Mason Lawson of Burlington; daughters, Karen Baldwin of Demossville, Donna Roberson of Edgewood, Lori Lawson of Walton; stepson, Jeff Lawson of Springboro, Ohio; stepdaughters, Cyndi Hansel of Covington, Susan Johnson of Edgewood, Kathy Lawson of Covington; sisters, Marilynn Sullivan of Verona and Emileeta Johnson of Carrollton; 17 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home in Florence. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Masonic service will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Napolean Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to a charity of the donor's choice.
Lacey Ledford, 62, of Hebron, died Wednesday at Village Care Center, Erlanger. He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 757 in Hebron and Hebron Gospel Fellowship. A son, Rodney Ledford, died in 1981.
Survivors include his wife, Jo Ann Wright Ledford; a daughter, Mary Luann Ledford of Hebron; sons, Lonnie Ledford of Erlanger and Craig Ledford of Burlington; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Masonic service will be at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Hebron Lutheran Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Hebron Gospel Fellowship, 1915 Petersburg Road, Hebron, Ky. 41048; or Children's Hospital Medical Center, Oncology Group, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45229.
Pauline L. Ware Lucas, 65, of Cincinnati, died Tuesday at Glencare Nursing Home, Cincinnati. She was a retired computer technician with R.L. Polk Co.
Survivors include daughters, Monique Mincy and Monsita Lucas, both of Cincinnati; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church of Covington. Visitation will begin there at 9:30 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in Mary Smith Cemetery, Elsmere. Jones and Simpson Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Ruth Mill, 95, of Indianapolis, formerly of Park Hills, died Thursday at Zionville Meadows Center in Indianapolis.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Dortha "Dot" Ryan, 72, of Southgate, died at 9 a.m. Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was the former owner of Southern Lanes in Alexandria. Her husband, Harold Ryan, died in 1991.
Survivors include a daughter, Brenda Ryan of Newport; sons, Brent Ryan of Cold Spring, Carl L. Ryan of Southgate, Donald Ryan of Covington, Richard Ryan and Wally Ryan, both of Alexandria; a sister, Joan Hooper of Portland, Ore.; and six grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Visitation will begin there at 8 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to ASSEOAPA, P.O. Box 222, Alexandria, Ky. 41001.
Wanda Lee Scanlon, 81, of Fort Wright, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington. She co-owned Scanlon Drugs. She was a member of the American Business Women's Association and a volunteer at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Her husband, Joseph Scanlon, preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Geof Scanlon of Fort Wright and Greg Scanlon of Denver, Colo.; daughters, Catherine Preister of Silver Spring, Md., Brigid Anneken of Burlington, Mary Beth Schneider of Newport and Lesley Bishop of Covington; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Agnes Church in Fort Wright. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. today at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Burial will be in St. Mary's, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to the St. Charles Care Center 500 Farrell Dr. Covington, Ky. 41011.
Robert Shambaugh, 79, of Bromley, died Thursday at Village Care Center in Erlanger.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Charlene Slayback, 75, of Elsmere died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Lloyd A. Wells, 80, of Taylor Mill, died Thursday at his residence.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia.
David Herbert Williams, 84, of Walton, died at 7:45 a.m. Monday at his home. He was a carpenter. His wife, Marjorie Williams, died in 1998.
Survivors include sons, Herb Williams Jr. of Union, Joe Williams of Cincinnati and Jack Williams of Florida; brothers, Ray Williams of Kentucky, Jessie Williams of California and Bobby Williams of Texas; sisters, Babe Van Dyke of California, Cora Lee Evans of Texas and Elizabeth Wilson of Oklahoma; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garden of Memorial Funeral Home, Tampa, Fla. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Burial will be in Garden of Memorial Cemetery, Tampa.
