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Date of these obituaries: 07-25-2002
Charles Mile, 80, cafe owner
Charles "Duke" Mile always took pride in being one of Northern Kentucky's old -time gamblers.
Mr. Mile, 80, of Bellevue, who died Sunday, liked the notoriety of hanging around with the likes of nightclub owner and racketeer Frank "Screw" Andrews, said his son, Chuck Mile.
He knew the old-time nightclub owners, such as Dick Schilling at the old Beverly Hills Supper Club, through his ownership of the Avenue Cafe in Bellevue.
Mr. Mile took over the cafe from his father, Cliff Mile, in the early 1950s and ran it until 1978.
The cafe took bets on horses and hosted crap games, Chuck Mile said.
Even after illegal gambling was forced out of the area, his father ran an after-hours gambling club out of the basement of the restaurant, he said.
Much of the money spent on gambling went to needy children in the neighborhood, Chuck Mile said, through means like the Good SAM raffle, which raised money to buy shoes and milk for children in Newport, Bellevue and Dayton.
"He felt like he was doing good, even though it was illegal, " Chuck Mile said.
A few years before he sold it, Mr. Mile gutted the cafe in an unsuccessful attempt to convert it into an upscale nightclub.
The building, at 179 Fairfield Ave., is now the home to the Crawford Insurance Co.
Mr. Mile hated retirement, his son said, and soon went to work in the cafeteria at Northern Kentucky University, continuing until a few weeks before his death.
His greatest joy was being a grandfather to Chuck's children, Shawn and Lacy, Chuck said.
His father loved people, the younger Mile said.
"I must have had at least 50 or 60 calls from people telling me how much he had affected their lives, " he said.
Mr. Mile was a World War II veteran.
His wife, Gloria Mile, died in 2001.
Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. Anthony Church, Bellevue.
Mr. Mile bequeathed his body to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue, is handling arrangements.
Dorothy Eloise Rich Fisher Anderson, of Erlanger, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington.
Her husband, Wilbur Logan Anderson, died in 1987. A daughter, Beverly Fisher, died in 1953.
Survivors include sons, Charles Fisher of Covington and Rodney Fisher of Florence; daughters, Donna Runion of Erlanger, Patricia Rogers of Covington and Tonya Hartke of Burlington; a sister, Sarah Sampson of Fort Thomas; brothers, Warren Rich of Verona, Harold Rich of Covington and Eugene Rich of Crescent Springs; 10 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Walton.
Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Big Bone Cemetery, Union.
Memorials are suggested to Alzheimer's Disease Association, 644 Linn St., Suite 1026, Cincinnati, Ohio 45203.
Barry Hamilton, 38, of Bracken County, died Wednesday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Joseph Charles Kroth Jr., 67, of Fort Thomas, died at 2:42 a.m. Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
He was a retired assembler with General Electric.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Kroth; daughters, Valerie Gilb of Fort Thomas and Sharon Bosse of Loveland, Ohio; sisters, Sandra Gates of Erlanger and Mary Sharp of Newport; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Michael Joseph Leonard, 42, of Cincinnati, formerly of Covington, died Saturday at his home.
Survivors include brothers, Alexander "Pete" Leonard of Newport and Gregory A. Leonard Sr. of Deer Park, Ohio; sisters, Linda "Penny" Smith of Moscow, Ohio, and Marilyn Leonard McVey of Cincinnati; foster sisters, Brenda Schaffer and Lutie Buchanan, both of Norwood, Ohio; and a foster brother, Cliff Foster of Norwood.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in St. Patrick Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ohio.
Memorials are suggested to AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati, 220 Findlay St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45210.
William R. Long, 57, of Jacksonville, Fla., formerly of Northern Kentucky, died Wednesday in Jacksonville.
He was an entrepreneur.
A daughter, Paula Long Taylor, died in 1995.
Survivors include his wife, Judy Petoski Long; his mother, Mayme Long of Butler; sisters, Doris Peck of Long Beach, Calif., Betty Betuel of Lynchburg, Ohio, Helen Richter of Fort Thomas, Barbara Rodarnel of Falmouth, Patty Harris of Dayton and Bonnie Westall of Lebanon, Ohio; brothers, Charlie Long and David Long, both of Cincinnati, and Larry Long of Newport; a stepbrother, John Leslie Estes of Stanford; and three grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, Newport.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Jacksonville, 8130 Bay Meadows Way West, Suite 101, Jacksonville, Fla. 32256.
Edward N. Marksberry, 89, of Erlanger, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
He was a retired machinist with Crusse & Hinz and a member of Masonic Lodge of Ludlow.
His wife, Margie M. Marksberry, died in 1994.
Survivors include a sister, Nettie Miller of Perry, Fla.
Services will be at noon Friday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday.
Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Margaret Helen Sage, 85, of Covington, died at 5:05 a.m. Wednesday at West Chester Care Center, Cincinnati.
She was a retired clerk with Ken's Drug Store in Cincinnati and a member of Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington.
Survivors include a niece, Jennifer Sorrels of West Chester, Ohio, and a nephew, Bill James of Lakeside Park.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption.
Visitation will begin there at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Ricky Sharpe, 44, of Erlanger, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill.
Helen Gibbs Swafford, 78, of Newport, died at 7:29 p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
She was a homemaker and a member of Hilltoppers Club, Newport.
She was a former member of Salem Methodist Church, Newport. Her husband, James Wilburn Swafford, died in 1996.
Survivors include a daughter, Janice Kennedy of Edgewood; a son, James Swafford of Cincinnati; a brother, Dawson Copeland of Tallahassee, Fla.; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 8:30 p.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas.
Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Friday.
Burial will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Fairmont Cemetery, Madison, Ind.
Nellie Maxwell Webster, 83, of Verona, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
She was a homemaker and a member of New Bethel Baptist Church, Verona.
Her husband, Ezra Nelson Webster, preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, James "Buddy" Webster and Nelson Ray Webster, both of Walton; daughters, Clara Anna "Sissy" Wingate of Walton, Peggy Lou Tinch and Wanda Mae Perry, both of Verona, Sally Jean Goeler of Richwood and Evelyn Dyer of Heyworth, Ill.; 20 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and 17 great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hamilton-Stanley Funeral Home, Verona.
Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in New Bethel Cemetery, Verona.
Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.
