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Date of these obituaries: 08-14-2002
Joy Anna Moore, 82, enjoyed life and people
Joy Anna Moore of Covington and her husband, Virgil, were on their way to his hometown in central Minnesota to attend the dedication of a veterans war memorial bearing his name when she was killed in a car crash outside Indianapolis.
After his 82-year-old wife died Friday at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Mr. Moore had to scrap plans for the dedication ceremony in Long Prairie, Minn., to make funeral arrangements for her.
Mrs. Moore was born and reared in San Francisco and earned a degree in home economics at the University of California at Berkley.
Virgil Moore, who was in the National Guard before being called to active duty in the Army during World War II, was stationed in San Francisco when he met his future wife on a blind date. The couple married
in 1943.
They moved to Northern Kentucky in 1963, when Virgil Moore, who was working for the Internal Revenue Service in Ogden, Utah, was transferred to the IRS service center in Covington.
The Moores were longtime residents of Lookout Heights and Fort Wright.
Mrs. Moore was a homemaker and a member of several social groups, including The Busy Hands Homemakers, Barrington Woods Homemakers and the Hilltoppers Senior Citizens Club.
"She was really outgoing and really enjoyed life and meeting people, " said a son, Michael Moore of Plano, Texas.
Mrs. Moore volunteered at St. Charles Care Center in Covington, where she helped residents knit and crochet handicrafts. She donated things she knitted and crocheted to the care center's gift shop.
Mrs. Moore also donated caps and gloves she knitted to marine workers.
Mrs. Moore enjoyed water and loved to travel extensively.
She was able to indulge both passions when she and her husband took a seven-month-long world tour in 1985 on an ocean-going freighter.
The Moores' last trip was in May, when they rode a barge from Budapest to Amsterdam.
"This was her way to get out and experience life and meet people, " her son said.
Other survivors include a daughter, Melanie Hamilton of Mansfield, Ohio; a brother, William S. Mack of Winlock, Wash.; and four grandchildren.
Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at the St. Charles Care Center Chapel in Covington. A reception at the center will follow.
Memorials are suggested to St. Charles Care Center, 500 Farrell Drive, Covington, Ky., 41011.
Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow, is handling arrangements.
Terry Dale Blades, 39, of Independence, died Sunday on Fowler Creek Road, just north of Pelly Road in Kenton County, of injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident. He was a computer technician with PC On Call and volunteered with the Children's Law Center in Covington. A son, Detrek Allen Andrew Michael David Blades, died in 1988. His mother, Marilyn Blades, died in 2001.
Survivors include his wife, Sue Evelyn Rich Blades; daughters, Kristina Blades of Independence, Kathy Rich of Frankfort and Doral Clark of Florence; a son, Gerald Brookover of Latonia; a sister, Debbie Bow of Cincinnati; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Walton. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in New Bethel Cemetery, Verona. Memorials are suggested to Children's Law Center, 104 E. Seventh St., Covington, Ky. 41011.
Helen Gerhard Coughlin, 89, of Augusta, died Monday at her home. She was a homemaker and an employee of the U.S. Postal Service, and a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Augusta and the Chatham Homemakers. Her husband, Thomas E. Coughlin, died in 2001.
Survivors include a son, Gary Coughlin of Lexington; a daughter, Carolyn Smiley of Versailles; a brother, Paul Gerhard Jr. of Brooksville; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Augusta. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Augusta. Burial will be in Brooksville Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to St. Paul Lutheran Church, 180 Augusta Chatham Road, Augusta, Ky. 41002.
Dorothy Pearl Sallee Dunn, 53, of Florence, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. She was a homemaker and a member of First Church of Christ, Burlington.
Survivors include her husband, Richard Elton Dunn; a son, Shawn Anderson of Union; a sister, Joyce Plunkett of Florence; a brother, William Sallee of Walton; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at noon. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to First Church of Christ, 6080 Camp Ernst Road, Burlington, Ky. 41005.
Mary Lou Elgrim, 59, of Robbinsville, N.J., formerly of Covington, died Tuesday at her home. She was a teacher and coach with Villa Madonna Academy from 1965 to 1976, and was more recently a math teacher and coach for the Washington Township Board of Education in New Jersey.
Survivors include sisters, Helen Searing of Easton, Md., Peg DeSandre of Cranbury, N.J., and Carole Sincoskie of Jacobstown, N.J.; and brothers, Fred Elgrim of Robbinsville and Dennis Elgrim of Plainfield, N.J.
Services will be at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Saul Colonial Funeral Home, Hamilton Square, N.J. Mass of Christian burial will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Gregory Church, Hamilton Square. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Princeton Memorial Park, Robbinsville. Memorials are suggested to St. Gregory Education Fund, 4690 Nottingham Way, Hamilton Square, N.J. 08690; Benedictine Sisters, St. Walburg Monastery, 2500 Amsterdam Road, Villa Hills, Ky. 41017; or Villa Madonna Academy Endowment Fund, 2500 Amsterdam Road, Villa Hills, Ky. 41017.
William Hendren, 60, of Warsaw, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was a maintenance worker at Heritage Oaks Golf Course, Sarasota, Fla.
Survivors include a brother, Forrest Hendren of Warsaw, and a sister, Almedia Hendren of Warsaw.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Hamilton-Stanley Funeral Home, Verona. Visitation will begin there at 6 p.m. Friday. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 208 Steele St., Frankfort, Ky. 40601.
Peggy Martin, 77, of Edgewood, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Pius X Church, Edgewood. Her husband, A.L. "Tuffy" Martin, died in 1984.
Survivors include sons, Timothy Martin of Edgewood and Anthony Martin of Walton; daughters, Cynthia Sim of St. Louis and Becky Millay of Edgewood; brothers, Edward Joyce of El Paso, Calif., James Joyce of Lake Forest, Calif., and Michael Joyce of Fort Wright; sisters, Betty Vance of Vandalia, Ohio, and Karin Jung of Cincinnati; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Pius X Church, Edgewood. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Cremation will be at Southwest Ohio Cremation Co., Milford, Ohio. Memorials are suggested to National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 4460 Lake Forest Drive, Suite 326, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242.
Martha Morehead, 88, of Demossville, died Monday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of St. John Church, Covington. Her husband, Wilbur Morehead, died in 1991. A son, Wilbur L. Morehead, died in 1990.
Survivors include sons, Richard Morehead of Demossville and Robert C. Morehead of Rifle, Colo.; daughter, Nina Sellmeyer of Edgewood and Martha F. Bailey of Seattle; a brother, Charles Pope of Erlanger; 21 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
No services are planned. Mrs. Morehead bequeathed her body to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth, is handling arrangements.
Sister Rosemary Raap, R.G.S., 76, of Fort Thomas, died at 10:35 p.m. Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a teacher and cook with Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Fort Thomas.
Survivors include a sister, Betty Schoeborn of Coopersville, Mich.; and brothers, George Rapp of Kent City, Mich., John Rapp, Bernard Rapp and William Raap, all of Grand Rapids, Mich., and James Raap of Grandville, Mich.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Pelletier Hall Chapel, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the convent. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to Sisters of the Good Shepherd, 930 Highland Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41059.
Nancy L. Thompson, 68, of Bath Township, Ohio, formerly of Erlanger, died Saturday at Hospice of Dayton, Ohio. She was a retired teacher with Fairborn City Schools in Ohio and was a member of Bethel Christian Assembly of God, Dayton, Ohio.
Survivors include her husband, George E. Thompson; a son, Mark H. Thompson of Fairborn; a daughter, Suzanne Meredith of Champaign County, Ohio; a sister, Mary Caroline Harris of Kentucky; and two grandchildren.
Services were this morning at Bethel Assembly of God. Burial was in Byron Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Dayton, Ohio 45420. Belton Funeral Home, Dayton, Ohio, is handling arrangements.
Lloyd "Wayne" Vance, 59, of Bellevue, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a forklift operator at Dennert Distributing Co., Cincinnati.
Survivors include daughters, Kim Hill and Lillian Vance, both of Dayton; sons, Roger Vance and Tony Vance, both of Cincinnati; sisters, Shirley Heck of Alexandria, Margaret Jump of Williamstown, Joanie Roberts of Taylor Mill, Joyce Toedt and Carol Vance, both of Escondido, Calif., and Donna Vance of Falmouth; a brother, Bobby Vance of Covington; and three grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church, Bellevue. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Bonnie Lou Mosley Welch, 49, of Harrington, Del., formerly of California, died Wednesday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of First Twelve Mile Baptist Church, California. Her mother, Minnie Taylor, died in 2001.
Survivors include her husband, Michael E. Welch; a daughter, Michelle V. Welch, at home; sons, Thomas F. H. Bush, at home, and Kelly L. Bush of Ellendale, Del.; her father, George Taylor; sisters, Minnie Styer of California and Phyllis Rooney of Dayton; brothers, George Mosley of California and William Mosley of Kentucky; and two grandsons.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Carthage United Methodist Church, California. Memorials are suggested to First Twelve Mile Baptist Church, Rural Route 1, Box 131, California, Ky. 41007.
Lawrence F. Whitehead, 50, of Fort Thomas, died at 5:25 p.m. Saturday at Cape Coral, Fla., Hospital. He was a disabled maintenance man at St. Catherine of Siena Church and School, Fort Thomas.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Battershell Whitehead; a daughter, Meg Whitehead of Fort Thomas; a son, Matt Whitehead of Fort Thomas; his mother, Margaret Whitehead of Fort Wright; sisters, Peggy Pelstring of Edgewood, Mary Ellen Enzweiler of Alexandria, Va., and Veronica Pfaehler of Alexandria, Ky.; brothers, Dennis Whitehead of Covington, Michael Whitehead and Charles Whitehead, both of Newport, and Timothy Whitehead of St. Louis.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Prayers will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to St. Catherine of Siena Church, 1803 N. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; or Jewish Hospital Bone Marrow Program, 4777 E. Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45236.
