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James Michael Ford, 43, of Covington, died at 1:35 p.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit in Covington.
Survivors include a son, Casey Ford of Bellevue; a daughter, Tammy Ford of Bellevue; his mother, Rosemary Ford of Covington; a brother, Gary Ford of Villa Hills; and sisters, Debbie Markwell of Dayton and Linda Burns of Florence.
Services were Tuesday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington. Cremation was at Cincinnati Cremation Co.
Announced on: 12-10-1997
Joseph Lorenz, 85, of Ft. Thomas, died at 4:25 a.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East in Ft. Thomas. He was a retired plasterer and custodian for Lodge and Shipley.
Survivors include a sister, Agnes Spinks of Seminole, Fla.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at St. Thomas Church, Ft. Thomas. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Ft. Thomas. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Ft. Thomas. Memorials are suggested in the form of Masses.
Announced on: 12-10-1997
Ernestine Davis Mahoney, 80, of Lexington, formerly of Paris, Ky., died Sunday at Homestead Nursing Home in Lexington. She was a homemaker and a member of Crestwood Christian Church, Lexington.
Survivors include a son, Kenneth Davis Mahoney of Union; a daughter, Phyllis Larimore of Lexington; a sister, Billie Casey of Lexington; five grandchildren and four great- grandchildren.
Services were this morning at Milward Funeral Home, Lexington. Burial was in Flatwoods Cemetery
in Waco, Ky. Memori als are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 2312 Alexandria Drive, Lexington, Ky. 40504; or Crestwood Christian Church, 1882 Bellefonte Drive, Lexington, Ky. 40503.
Announced on: 12-10-1997
Elsie Mershon, 84, of Dry Ridge, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Grant County. Arrangements are pending at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge.
Announced on: 12-10-1997
Mary M. Roetker, 77, of Covington, died at 2:27 p.m. Saturday at her home. She was a retired waitress and a former manager of Holiday Beach Motel in Ft. Pierce, Fla. Her husband, Gordon Thomas Roetker, died in 1988.
Survivors include daughters, Virginia Willoughby of Latonia and Karen Roetker of Holmes Beach, Fla.; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Panorama Apartments, Covington. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Announced on: 12-10-1997
Helen C. Ross, 87, of Maysville, died at 4:15 a.m. Tuesday at Maysville Extended Care Center. She was a nurse at Hayswood Hospital, Maysville, and a member of Bethel Baptist Church, Maysville. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church Choir, and the church Board of Trustees and Church Aid Society. She was a member of Eastern Star Burns Chapel No. 31, and Maysville Homemakers. She and her husband, David, operated the David A. B. Ross Funeral Home, Maysville.
Survivors include a daughter, Elizabeth Porter of Indianapolis; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the church. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Washington Baptist Cemetery, Maysville.
Announced on: 12-10-1997
William E. Scroggin, 67, of Florence, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Announced on: 12-10-1997
Clara E. Jenisch Truman, 82, of Ft. Wright, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a homemaker and a member of Immanuel United Methodist Church in Lakeside Park, where she was a Sunday school teacher. She was a member of United Methodist Women's Association, Hilltoppers Club of Ft. Wright, and the Women's Committee of the Engineering Society of Cincinnati.
Survivors include her husband, Harry G. Truman; sons, Kenneth G.G. Truman of Park Ridge, Ill and William H. Truman of Columbus, Ohio; a daughter, Jane E. Krogman of Crescent Springs; sisters, Edith Barnes of Phoenix and Helen Stenken of Cincinnati; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington, and from 10 a.m. Friday until the time of services at the church. Entombment will be in Highland Mausoleum, Ft. Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to the church, Immanuel United Methodist Church, 2551 Dixie Highway, Lakeside Park, Ky. 41017.
Announced on: 12-10-1997
Elwood "Tink" Tully, 78, of Williamstown, died at 2:25 p.m. Tuesday at Grant Manor Nursing Home in Williamstown. He was a retired engineer with C&O Railroad. His wife, Barbara Jean McKenney Tully, died in 1988.
Survivors include daughters, Betty Milner of Berry and Shirley Etler of Utica, Ohio; a son, Tony Tully of St. Petersburg, Fla.; a sister, Tillie Malone of Flemingsburg; eight grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Ft. Thomas. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Ft. Thomas.
Announced on: 12-10-1997
Robert Pitts, leader in Crestview Hills
Robert Hardin Pitts liked politics, but that's not why he became a Crestview Hills city council member.
The people wanted him. They asked Mr. Pitts to run for a vacant seat on the council in 1990, and he won the most votes of any write-in candidate in Crestview Hills, said his daughter, Susan Berns of Crestview Hills.
"People in the neighborhood really respected him," she said. "My father had integrity, principle, honor. That's how he was, and that's how he raised his kids."
Mr. Pitts, 72, died at 10:45 a.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood. The Crestview Hills man had lung cancer. His son, Joseph Matthew Pitts, died in 1989.
Mr. Pitts grew up in Covington and went to Holmes High School. After he graduated, he went into the Army during World War II and served as a paratrooper.
"People used to ask if he was scared when he jumped out of the airplane," his daughter said. "He said he was scared every time he jumped out of the airplane."
Mr. Pitts fought at the Battle of the Bulge, and earned a purple heart, Ms. Berns said. When he returned from the war, he went to the University of Cincinnati and graduated from the College of Engineering.
He married his wife, Shirley Sahnger Pitts, in 1955 and eventually got a job as an electrical engineer at General Electric in Cincinnati. He worked there for 34 years.
The couple moved to Crestview Hills, where they raised their family. In his spare time,
Mr. Pitts enjoyed golfing and wood-working.
"He was into fixing things, working on projects for the kids or somebody in the family," Ms. Berns said. "There wasn't anything he couldn't do."
After he retired, Mr. Pitts became a council member and headed committees on public works and police.
"He was like a walking encyclopedia," Ms. Berns said. "He read everything in the paper, so he was very well-versed in politics as well as other things.
"He never bragged about anything," she said. "He believed you just did it because it was the right thing to do."
In addition to his wife and daughter, other survivors include daughter Mary Beth Flaherty of Erlanger; sons, Robert A. Pitts of Fairfax, Ohio, and Thomas B. Pitts of Erlanger; a brother, David Pitts of Lexington; and seven grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Henry Church, Elsmere. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Memorials are suggested to Joseph Pitts Memorial Scholarship Fund, Auburn University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn, Ala. 36849, or St. Henry High School, 3837 Dixie Highway, Elsmere, Ky. 41018.
Announced on: 12-11-1997
James Edward Butler, 65, of Katy, Texas , formerly of Highland Heights, died at 7:54 a.m. Sunday at Herman Hospital in Houston. He was a fire inspector at General Electric and was a member of Sacred Heart Church in Fairfield, Ohio. He was a member of the Highland Heights Volunteer Fire Department, International Association of Machinists Local No. 162, and Knights of Columbus No. 8115 Father Roettele Chapter.
Survivors include his wife, Marilyn L. Butler; daughters, Janet Middleton of Edgewood, Linda Kile of Parker, Colo. and Nancy Butler of Katy, Texas ; sons, Kenneth Butler of Brandon, Fla., Donald Butler of Katy, Texas , and Thomas Butler of Hamilton, Ohio; a sister, Patricia Burton of Norcross, Ga.; and four grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the Paul R. Young Funeral Home in Hamilton, Ohio. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Christian Appalachian Project, 322 Crab Orchard St., Lancaster, Ky. 40446.
Announced on: 12-11-1997
Vera A. Goodridge Dolwick, 80, of Hebron, died Monday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of Hebron Lutheran Church. Her husband, Gilbert L. Dolwick, died in 1973.
Survivors include a daughter, Elva A. Malott of Hebron; a son, Gary L. Dolwick of Florence; five grandchildren and two great- grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron. Burial will be in Hebron Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the church, 3140 Limaburg Road, Hebron, Ky. 41048, or Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Ft. Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Announced on: 12-11-1997
Roxie Hornsby, 86, of Highland Heights, died at 1:50 a.m. Wednesday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home in Highland Heights. She was a retired nurse for Allegheny Hospital.
Survivors include a son, Alfred Gene Combs; a brother, Garland Miller of Tennessee; and sisters, Mattie Sprague of Highland Heights and Martha Lewis of Jacksonville, Fla.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Dobbling Funeral Home, Ft. Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Announced on: 12-11-1997
Alma Niewahner Kammerer, 89, of Covington, died Wednesday at St. Charles Care Center in Covington. She was a homemaker and a member of Blessed Sacrament Church, Ft. Mitchell. She was a member of the church Altar Society and St. Henry Senior Citizens. Her husband, Albert A. Kammerer, died in 1972.
Survivors include a daughter, Rosemary Shea of Edgewood; a son, Richard Kammerer of Xenia, Ohio; a brother, Charles Niewahner of Elsmere; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Charles Care Center Chapel. Visitation will be from 9 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the chapel. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to the nursing home, 500 Farrell Drive, Covington, Ky. 41011. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Announced on: 12-11-1997
Margaret Elizabeth Leinmiller, 88, of Dayton, died at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Ft. Thomas. She was a retired telephone operator for Cincinnati Bell, a member of the Pioneers Club and the Senior Citizens of Northern Kentucky.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Bernard Church, Dayton. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Dayton. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Ft. Wright.
Announced on: 12-11-1997
Elsie Mershon, 84, of Dry Ridge, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Grant County in Williamstown. She was a homemaker and a member of Vine Run Baptist Church, Dry Ridge.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge. Visitation will begin there at noon Saturday. Burial will be in Jonesville Cemetery.
Announced on: 12-11-1997
