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Date of these obituaries: 08-24-2002
Rev. Michael Kinman, Faith Christian Center co-founder
A banner in the church that the Rev. Michael Wayne Kinman co-founded in 1976 and pastored for the last 15 years summed up his mission in life.
"To know God and make Him known, " it says.
"That's pretty much what he was all about, " said a son, Mark Wesley Kinman, of Fort Mitchell.
The Rev. Kinman died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was 56.
His father was in real estate in the mid-'70s when he began to feel the calling to another vocation, said Mark Kinman.
He co-founded Faith Christian Center in Newport in 1976 and gave up his business interests as he became more deeply involved with that congregation, first serving as Sunday school superintendent, then music director, and finally as pastor.
His efforts to spread the Gospel took him on numerous trips across the globe and his flock helped to support mission work in Central and South America, Africa and Europe.
On one trip to England, he met a minister of a British church in a local McDonald's and the two struck up a friendship.
That blossomed into ties between the two men's families and their two churches.
"His wisdom is what stuck out about him, " Mark Kinman said.
"He had input into so many people's lives. They would come back and tell him the words he said to them when they were young they were now using on their own children."
The Rev. Kinman was adviser to Aglow Fellowship, a women's organization, and a board member of Mark Roser Ministries, a mission group in Zimbabwe.
Other survivors include his wife, Debbie Carpenter Kinman; daughters, Jennifer Kinman McVay of Erlanger and Wendy Kinman Reyes of Guadalajara, Mexico; brothers, Gary Kinman of Walton and Greg Kinman of Pleasant View, Tenn.; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Faith Christian Center, Park Hills.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to Faith Christian Center or Mexico Missions, 1101 Amsterdam Road, Park Hills, Ky. 41011.
Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill, is handling arrangements.
Blanche E. Albers, 94, of Florence, formerly of Erlanger, died Thursday at Florence Park Care Center, Florence.
She was a homemaker and a member of Erlanger Baptist Church. Her husband, Harvey F. Albers, died in 1995.
Survivors include several cousins.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. until the time of services Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Brookville, Ind.
Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society NCICFUL, P.O. Box 102454, Atlanta, Ga. 30368-2454.
John William Blau, 79, of Covington, died at 4:05 a.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington.
He was a printer with C.J. Krebeil, a member of St. Henry Church, Elsmere and a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Blau; sons, Dick Blau and Phillip Blau, both of Florida; and brothers, Charles Blau of Fort Thomas and Rose Sander of College Hill, Ohio.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Augustine Church, Covington. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Frank Thomas Brown, 79, of Covington, died Thursday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington.
William Ray Chandler Sr., 82, of Ocala, Fla., formerly of Cincinnati, died Wednesday at Timber Ridge Rehabilitation Center, Ocala.
He was retired from Carlton Machine and Tool Co., Cincinnati.
Survivors include his sons, Don Edwin Chandler of Silver Grove and William Ray Chandler Jr. of Summerfield, Fla.; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hart Funeral Home, Corbin.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the time of services Sunday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Bingham Cemetery, Corbin.
Ella Henson Courtney, 80 of Ewing, died at 1:35 p.m. Friday at Meadowview Regional Medical Center, Maysville. She was a member of Ewing Baptist Church.
Her husband, M.P. "Bus" Courtney, died February 15, and a son, Garrett Courtney, also preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Linda Pugh of Mount Olivet; sons, Jerry Courtney of Maysville and Larry Courtney and Bill Courtney, both of Ewing; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1. p.m. Monday at Palmer Funeral Home, May's Lick. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Elizaville Cemetery.
Lorena F. Mains Hamlin, formerly of Taylor Mill, died at 6:23 a.m. Friday at Village Care Center, Erlanger.
She was a retired assembly line worker for Wadsworth Electrical Manufacturing, Covington, a member of Sunny Acres United Methodist Church, Taylor Mill, Rosebud Chapter No. 39 OES, Covington and Cincinnati, and an instructor for YWCA's swimming/life guard department.
Her husband, Charles E. Hamlin Sr., died in 1997.
Survivors include her son, Charles E. Hamlin Jr. of Lexington; a daughter, Sandra Hamlin Hurley of Edgewood; a brother, Everett Mains of Florence; a sister, Mabel Mains Bruin of Falmouth; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to Shriners Burns Institute, 3229 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45229.
Sandra Lee Moses, 32, of Cincinnati, formerly of Covington, died Thursday at Deaconess Hospital/Vitas Hospice, Cincinnati.
Survivors include her daughter, Destiny Lee Moses of Orlando, Fla.; a son, Cody Lee Moses of Orlando, Fla.; father, Ralph Moss of Covington; and sisters, Melissa Gail Moses of Williamstown, Debbie Domaschko of Hebron, Shonda Cox of Crittenden and Leslie Marvin of Cincinnati.
Services will be at the convenience of the family.
Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington, is handling arrangements.
Florence Reinhardt, 75, of Lexington, formerly of Dayton, died Thursday at Pimlico Manor, Lexington.
Survivors include a niece, Tayann Grimm of Dayton.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Evergreen Cemetery, Chapel, Southgate.
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until the time of services in the cemetery chapel.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Nelson F. Thomas, 83, of Alexandria, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas.
He was a retired meat cutter for Smith's Parkview Market in Fort Thomas and White's Market in Dayton.
He was a World War II Navy veteran.
His wife, Mildred Thomas, preceded him in death.
Survivors include a son, Tom Thomas of California; daughters, Joyce Thomas of Alexandria and Debbie Martin of California; sisters, Ruth Slaline of Crestview and Virginia Smoot of Philadelphia; 10 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. September 8 at Flagg Springs Baptist Church, California.
There will be no visitation.
Memorials are suggested to the Flagg Springs Baptist Church, 314C, California, Ky. 41007.
Alexandria Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
