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Date of these obituaries: 07-31-2002
Robert L. Graves, 90, farmed his entire life
Robert L. Graves lived a life deeply rooted in Boone County.
Mr. Graves was born on a farm his family had owned since 1798, and he died there, at 8:50 a.m. Monday, in the 124-year-old house where he was born.
The 90-year-old Hebron resident farmed his entire life, raising corn, tobacco, hay, chickens, turkeys, sheep and hogs, said his son, James Graves of Hebron.
Mr. Graves loved the soil and loved to watch things grow, said his daughter, Linda Bryant of Burlington. It was a life of continual field work, with only a brief respite in late July and early August, about the time of the Boone County Fair, whose executive committee Mr. Graves served on.
Looking back, James Graves wondered how his father found time for so many other things, such as serving as a council member for the Hebron Lutheran Church and as secretary of the Hebron Lions Club.
All the field work gave him lon gevity, and helped make up for his years of smoking Camel cigarettes, his son said.
More than four years ago, Mr. Graves entered a hospice program. Doctors expected him to live only a few weeks.
But the tough old farmer made a miraculous recovery. His family took him home and nursed him back to health.
His wife of 65 years, Mildred Dell Eubanks Graves, took care of him with help from their children.
"We didn't think of it as a bur den, " James said. "It was hard at times, but he was worth every min ute of it."
In May 2000, Mr. Graves and three other members of the He bron High School class of 1930 had their first class reunion.
They talked about their two teachers, their long hikes to school, the old wooden floors covered with oil and the scarlet fever epidemic that shut down classes.
Mr. Graves didn't rejoin the hospice program until a few weeks before his death, from a mass in his lungs partly caused by smok ing-induced emphysema.
His son, who still works on and lives on the family farm, said he will especially miss telling his father what he has done every day.
"We should all be so lucky to have a father like him, " Ms. Bry ant said. "He was a good Christian man who practiced what he preached."
Other survivors include five grandchildren and five great- grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Hebron Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Hebron Lutheran Church, 3140 Limaburg Road, Hebron, Ky. 41048; or St. Elizabeth Home Health Hospice, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Jeffery T. Blanton, 40, of Covington, died Tuesday at Garrard Street Convalescent Home, Covington. He was disabled.
Survivors include his mother, Shirley Blanton of Louisville; and a sister, Rebecca Hughes of Louisville.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Danny Case, 48, of Burlington, died Sunday at his home.
He was a welder with Applied Mechanical Systems and a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War.
Survivors include his wife, Linda Steffes Case; sons, Thomas Baker of Whitefish, Montana, Anthony Case of Dry Ridge and Keith Case of Morning View; daughters, Tina Baker and Amy Case, both of Burlington; his mother, Nina Case of Falmouth; a brother, Ernest Case of Cynthiana; sisters, Violet Colemire of Augusta, Melody Reed of Brooksville and Jeniffer Highlander of Port St. Lucie, Fla.; and a granddaughter.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Lenoxburg Cemetery.
Harvey B. Chandler, 56, of Warsaw, died Monday at his home. He was a fork lift operator with Ilsco, Cincinnati.
Survivors include a daughter, Sherry Mefford of Worthville; sisters, Polly McIntosh of Newport, Marie Smith of Booneville and Rose Moore of Goshen, Ohio; a brother, Jeff Chandler of Cincinnati; and a grandson.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Chandler Family Cemetery, Booneville. Memorials are suggested to American Lung Association, P. O. Box 9067, Louisville, Ky. 45209.
Dolores Ann Farris, 70, of Cincinnati, formerly of Covington, died at 1:18 a.m. Tuesday at Deaconess Hospital, Cincinnati. She was an administrative worker with the hospital. Her husband, Paul R. Farris, died in 1962.
Survivors include daughters, Karen Lucas of Burlington and Mary Jo Levishi of Riverview, Fla.; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Forest Lawn cemetery Chapel, Erlanger. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere, is handling arrangements.
Alice Shirley Thacker Hainline, 85, of Florence, died at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday at Florence Park Care Center. She was a retired teacher and a member of Owingsville Christian Church, the Kentucky Retired Teachers Association and Owingsville Women's Club. Her husband, Kenneth Hain line, died in 1983.
Survivors include daughters, Alice A. Herron of Florence and Jane H. Burdine of Lexington; sisters, Elsie Martin of Stanton and Edith Short of Lexington; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Stanton Christian Church. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Stanton Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; or Florence United Methodist Church, 8585 Old Toll Road, Florence, Ky. 41042. Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Dorothy M. Howell, 67, of Cincinnati, died Monday at her home.
Survivors include sons, Donald Sears of New Carlisle, Ohio, Eddie Sears of Ross, Ohio, David Sears of Moores Hill, Ind., and Joe Cook of Cincinnati; a daughter, Teresa Milligan of Cincinnati; a brother, Orville Bryant Jr. of Villa Hills; a sister, Mary Ann Bryant of Newport; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Crown Hill Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Cincinnati, 4310 Cooper Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242. Paul R. Young Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is handling arrangements.
James Ingram Jr., 80, of London, formerly of Williamstown, died Tuesday at Corbin Nursing Home. He was an a bartender, and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Conn Ingram of London; sons, Dennis Ingram of Hebron, Doug Ingram of Mansfield, Ohio, Mike Moore of Williamstown; daughter, Debbie Ingram of Covington; sister, Marlie Ingram of Jackson County; brother Troy Ingram of London; nine grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Services will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home in Williamstown. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Williamstown Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society.
Edith Elizabeth Kemplin, 88, of Fort Thomas, died Friday at Northern Kentucky Care and Rehabilitation Center, Highland Heights. She was a nurse's aide with Speers Hospital and a member of First Baptist Church of Newport and Order of the Eastern Star. Her husband, Charles Kemplin, died in 1999.
Survivors include sons, Charlie Kemplin and Lonnie Kemplin, both of Fort Thomas, and Earl Kemplin of Highland Heights; a daughter, Flo McGill of Alexandria; 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to Syrin Shrine Temple, 217 William Howard Taft Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229.
Edith A. Oder, 73, of Newport, died Monday at her home. She was a retired label processor with Palm Beach Co., Erlanger.
Survivors include a daughter, Rose Ann Fenton of Dayton; a brother, Elmer P. Leist of Fort Thomas; six grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; or St. Luke Cancer Center, 85 N. Grand Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Alice Lee Green Prather, 80, of Owenton, died Monday at Owenton Manor. She was a retired employee of Fruit of the Loom and a member of Hesler Assembly of God Church, Owenton, where she taught Sunday school. Her husband, Wilton Prather, preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Don Prather and Arvin Prather, both of Beechwood; daughters, Loretta Mason of Beechwood and Charlene Hanschy of Danville; a brother, Jack Green of Beechwood; a sister, Lola Traylor of Georgetown; seven grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Hesler Assembly of God Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at McDonald Funeral Home, Main Street, Owenton. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton. Memorials are suggested to Alzheimer's Disease Association, 644 Linn St., Suite 1026, Cincinnati, Ohio 45203.
Cynthia Schwachter, 38, of Latonia, died at 5:47 a.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her parents, Shirley and Wavelene Tipton of Covington; a daughter, Jessica R. Schwachter of Latonia; and brothers, Jeff Tipton of Covington and Dwight Tipton of Taylor Mill.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati. Catchen Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
John L. Tytko, 72, of Covington, died at 6:45 p.m. Monday at his home.
He was a roofer with Roofers Union Local No. 42 and an Army veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Tytko; and sisters, Mary Cooper of Toledo, Ohio, and Mildred Finer of Crestview Hills.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Catchen Funeral Home, Covington. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati.
"Butch" Woodruff, 60, of Cincinnati, formerly of Covington, died at 1:25 a.m. Sunday at Christ Hospital, Cincinnati. He was a retired truck driver.
Survivors include daughters, Tiffany Woodruff Codington of Williamstown and Terry Woodruff of Cincinnati; a brother, Mickey Woodruff of Virginia; a sister, Jane Ledbetter of Ludlow; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Mary Ann Woodyard, 60, of Corinth, died at 11:40 p.m. Monday at her home. She was a retired server with Freeway Restaurant in Corinth. A son, Bobby Wayne Woodyard, died in 1996.
Survivors include daughters, Teresa Parish, Lisa Williams and Karen Pugh, all of Corinth; a son, Mike Woodyard of Corinth; a sister, Sue Hillman of Cordova; brothers, Danny Parr of Corinth and John William Parr of Dry Ridge; 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Rogers-McDaniel Funeral Home, Corinth. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Corinth Cemetery.
