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Cecil Stookey, banker, civic leader
Cecil W. Stookey, retired vice president of Newport National Bank and a longtime supporter of Campbell Lodge for Boys, died Monday at his home.
The Ft. Thomas resident was 89.
Mr. Stookey was born in Dayton, Ohio, and moved to Ft. Thomas in the early 1960s. He and his wife, Marcella, dived into their new community's life with zest.
"He and my mother got very involved with boards and groups. My dad had been a Boy Scout, and he became active in the Scouts," said a daughter, Betsy Chase of Matthews, N.C.
Mr. Stookey was a member of the executive board of the Boy Scouts of America, Dan Beard Council in Cincinnati and received the Silver Beaver Award, scouting's highest volunteer honor.
When Campbell Lodge for Boys was getting off the ground, Mr. Stookey was on the board of directors.
"He was especially valuable as a financial counselor in those early days of trying to develop a program with very little financial backing," said Rev. Ralph Hartman, former director of Campbell Lodge.
Mr. Stookey was chairman of development for Campbell Lodge for 20 years.
He was a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Ft. Thomas.
Mr. Stookey was a member of the Bellevue Vets, and was a past president of the Kiwanis Club of Campbell County and the former Ft. Thomas Business and Professional Club. He also was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
Mrs. Stookey died in 1988.
Other survivors include three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. Memorials are suggested to St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 3 Chalfant Place, Ft. Thomas, Ky. 41075, or Campbell Lodge Boys Home, 150 Skyline Drive, Cold Spring, Ky., 41076.
Dobbling Funeral Home, Ft. Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Announced on: 10-08-1997
David Adams, 45, of Corinth, died Tuesday at University Medical Center, Lexington, after an extended illness.
He was a former welder with Somerset Refinery, and a member of the Mason Baptist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Brandi LeAnn Adams; his mother, Frances Light Adams; brothers, Frank Adams of Clearwater, Fla., James Adams of Fayetteville, N.C. and Larry Adams of Corinth; sisters, Mable Eilerman of Cincinnati, Mary Elizabeth Eminhizer of Longboat Key, Fla., and JoAnn Martin of Corinth.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Somerset Undertaking Co. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Rock Lick Cemetery, Somerset.
Announced on: 10-08-1997
Marti Adkins, 53, of Covington, died Sunday at her home.
She was a customer-service representative with Huntleigh International at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, and a member of Holy Cross Church, Latonia.
Survivors include a daughter, Theresa Lynn Kessler of Taylor Mill; a brother, Donald Schneider of Columbus, Ohio; and one grandchild.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Mother of God Cemetery, Ft. Wright. Memorials are suggested to the American Diabetes. Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., West Chester, Ohio, 45103. Connley Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Announced on: 10-08-1997
Robert Alcorn, 73, of Dry Ridge, died Monday at University Medical Center, Lexington.
Arrangements are pending at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Augusta.
Announced on: 10-08-1997
Wanda Edith Brownfield, 60, of Butler, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington.
She was a homemaker. Her husband, Lloyd Brownfield, died in 1955. A daughter, Shannon Brownfield, died in 1977.
Survivors include sons, Chris Brownfield and Craig Brownfield, both of Falmouth; daughters, Cheryl Pfirrman of Edgewood and Thresa Brownfield of Independence; a brother, Denver O'Neil of Berea; sisters, Gene King and Fannie O'Neil, both of Cincinnati, Margaret Patterson and Dorothy Silvey, both of Dayton, Ohio, and Pauline Sparks of Berea; and one grandchild.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Peoples Funeral Home, Butler. Visitation will begin there at noon Thursday. Burial will be in Butler Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Kidney Foundation, 2330 Victory Parkway East, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45206.
Announced on: 10-08-1997
Minnie Elizabeth Cotton Cummins, 86, of Cynthiana, died Tuesday at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington.
She was a retired office worker and a member of Cynthiana Christian Church.
Survivors include a half-sister, Wilma Knight of Hamilton, Ohio; and a nephew, Paul Gerald Sanders of Washington .
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana.
Announced on: 10-08-1997
Wilson Cushman Cummins, 84, of Morgan, died Sunday at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington.
He was a farmer and a member of Oakland Christian Church, Pendleton County.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia Field Cummins; and sons, Kenneth Ray Cummins of Falmouth and James Allen Cummins of Williamstown; a sister, Clarice Auilck of Cynthiana; 11 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery, Pendleton County.
Announced on: 10-08-1997
Billy Ducker, 54, of Demossville, died Monday in an auto accident.
He was a farm worker.
Survivors include sisters, Linda Coffey of Florence and Dorothy Morrison of Cincinnati.
Services will be at 6 p.m. Friday at Peoples Funeral Home, Butler. Visitation will begin there at 3 p.m. Burial will be in Butler Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, 3801 Hauck Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45241.
Announced on: 10-08-1997
Glynn William Dwyer II, 51, of Germantown, died Tuesday at Columbia Hospital, Maysville.
Arrangements are pending at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville.
Announced on: 10-08-1997
Leslie Allen Kidd, 68, of Florence, died at 7:30 p.m. Monday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence.
He was a mechanic with Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co., and a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He also was a member of the Ludlow Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Marlene Farrell Kidd; a daughter, Christine Kidd of Florence; a son, Ronald Kidd of Ludlow; sisters, Sylvia Bauer of Goshen, Ohio, and Colleen Trader of Princeton; and one grandchild.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Forest Lawn Cemetery
Chapel, Erlanger. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday. Entombment will be in Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Announced on: 10-08-1997
Florence I. Norton, 78, of Southgate, died at 11:34 a.m. Tuesday at Christ Hospital, Cincinnati.
She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church, Dayton; One Two Three Club, Dayton, and Dayton Civic League. Her husband, Sherman Norton, died in 1977.
Survivors include a daughter, Ruth Mader of Southgate; a sister, Elleanore Evans of Milford, Ohio; four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Dayton. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Announced on: 10-08-1997
Brian W. Pillman, 35, of Walton, died at 1:09 p.m. Sunday in Minneapolis.
He was a professional wrestler with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling, and a former professional football player with the Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills of the National Football League, and the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. He was a member of Walton Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife, Melanie Lawrence Pillman; a son, Brian Zachary Pillman of Walton; daughters, Danielle Pillman of Cincinnati and Brittany Pillman of Walton; his mother, Mary Pillman of Norwood, Ohio; a brother, Philip Pillman of Norwood; and sis ters, Linda Pillman of Norwood, Angie Chamberlain of Bethel, Ohio, and Susan Wermes of Mason, Ohio.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church, Walton. Cremation will be at Baxter Cremation Co., Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Shriners Burns Institute, 3229 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229. Stith Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Announced on: 10-08-1997
Michelle Lynn Ratliff, 25, of Newport, died at 3 a.m. Saturday in Newport at the home of a friend.
Survivors include her husband, Gary Ratliff; sons, Gary Ratliff Jr. and Brandon Ratliff, both at home; a daughter, Summer Ratliff, at home; brothers, Tim Eversole, Troy Eversole, Billy Joe Eversole, Joey Eversole, Bo Eversole and Mike Eversole, all of Covington; and sisters, Gladys Eversole, Lisa Eversole, Tina Eversole and Tonya Eversole, all of Covington.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington.
Announced on: 10-08-1997
Bonnie Perkins Snapp, 62, of Cynthiana, died Tuesday at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Cynthiana.
She was a homemaker and a retired employee of McKnight's Boarding House, Cynthiana. A son, James Thomas Snapp, and a daughter, Julie Ann Snapp, preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, Ben Thomas Snapp; a daughter, Linda Sue Sexton of Cynthiana; her parents, Wilbur and Zella Jones Perkins of Cynthiana; brothers, Darrell Perkins, Richard Perkins, Donnie Perkins, Lewis Perkins, all of Cynthiana, Paul Perkins and David Perkins, both of Independence; a sister, Virginia Coy of Cynthiana; and one grandchild.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Carlisle Cemetery.
Announced on: 10-08-1997
Lige Delaney put his heart into family, young athletes
Through good seasons and bad, warm August evenings and rainy October nights, Lige Delaney was on the sidelines of every Bellevue High School football game from 1961 to 1996 to root for his boys.
"He loved it. That was his life. That's what he did. He ate and breathed football," said Carol J. Rich of Bellevue, a daughter.
Mr. Delaney grew up poor, spending much of his childhood in a Hamilton County orphanage. Though his fortunes changed, he never forgot what it meant to be needy.
Mr. Delaney rose every Saturday morning for years to run the clothes and food closet at Trinity Baptist Church in Newport.
Likewise, he bought shoes for football players at Bellevue High who couldn't afford them.
"He was a real community volunteer," Mrs. Rich said.
Mr. Delaney, 80, of Newport, died Wednesday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport. He was a retired meat cutter with Kroger and a member of Trinity Baptist Church, Newport. He was an assistant coach with little league football and Bellevue High School teams.
Mr. Delaney found time for his own children, too, investing it in his sons' sports activities and finding something good to say about about all his five children. "He was always real proud of all his children's accomplishments. Anything we did he was always real proud, and he'd like to brag about it," Mrs. Rich said.
Mr. Delaney received a hero's welcome this fall when he managed to attend a Bellevue football practice.
Survivors include daughters Jo Ann Papp of Indianapolis; sons, Rev. Jerry W. Delaney of Alexandria, Pat S. Delaney of Dayton and Rick L. Delaney of Bellevue; sisters, Lillian Oldham of Falmouth and Margaret Ginn of Cincinnati; brothers, Leonard Delaney of Newport and Leslie Delaney of Milford; 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Bellevue High School Football, Center and Lafayette, Bellevue, Ky., 41073.
Robert Alcorn, 73, of Dry Ridge, died at 5 p.m. Monday at University Medical Center, Lexington. Survivors include a brother, James T. Alcorn of Augusta.
Services are 1:30 p.m. today at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Augusta. Visitation is at 12:30 p.m. today. Burial will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Augusta.
Announced on: 10-09-1997