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James Corbin Morris Jr., 32, of Sanders, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. He was disabled.
Survivors include his parents, Carolyn M. and James Corbin Morris Sr. of Sanders; a brother, Robert E. Morris of Verona; and sisters, Wanda L. Childs of Napoleon, Lana D. Giles of Warsaw, and Jamie A. Brooks and Peggy S. Morris, both of Sanders.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Warsaw. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Napoleon Cemetery, Napoleon.
Announced on: 01-26-1998
Johnnie Neltner, 8, of Covington, died Saturday at his residence. He was a second-grade pupil at St. Anthony School, Latonia. He was a member of Cub Scouts Den No. 2, Pack 733; Mudcats baseball team; Independence Raiders soccer team; and Sharks basketball team for the Taylor Mill Boosters.
Survivors include his parents, Martin and Marjorie Neltner of Covington; brothers, Jeff Neltner and Shaun Neltner, both at home; a sister, Jackie Neltner at home; and grandparents, Clara Burkhardt of Highland Heights and Anthony and Stella Neltner of Newport.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Patrick Church, Taylor Mill. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Ft. Thomas. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Cold Spring. Memorials are suggested to Children's Hospital, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229.
Announced on: 01-26-1998
Virginia Ogden, 61, of Union, died at 9:45 p.m. Sunday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Announced on: 01-26-1998
Virginia L. Richards, 85, of Erlanger, died Saturday at Lakeside Place in Highland Heights. She had worked for Davis Catering, Cincinnati. She was a member of Erlanger Christian Church. Her husband, Criss Boston Richards, died in 1996.
Survivors include daughters, Donna Sue Eickhoff, Carole Jayne Lewis and Betty Lou Wert, all of Erlanger; a son, Ronald Chris Richards of Elsmere; 18 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Erlanger Christian Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Erlanger Christian Church General Fund, Graves Avenue and Home, Erlanger, 41018.
Announced on: 01-26-1998
Mattie Bell Wagoner, 82, of Harrison County, died Sunday at Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Garnett G. Wagoner; sons, William Andy Wagoner of Cynthiana and John Garnett Wagoner of Harrison County; a daughter, Judy Williams of Harrison County; a sister, Anna Mae White of Cynthiana; and six grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Wagoners Chapel Cemetery, Harrison County.
Announced on: 01-26-1998
Paul Young, 88, of Latonia, died at 4:05 p.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North Hospice, Covington.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia.
Announced on: 01-26-1998
Teen singer Harold Fightmaster, bacteriologist at National Distillers
Harold Lee Fightmaster never became a star, but people across Greater Cincinnati loved to listen to him croon on the radio.
Fightmaster was a regularly featured singer on the old WSAI radio station and others when he was a teen-ager.
"He wasn't a star, but he had a nice voice," said a brother, Jack Fightmaster of Dry Ridge.
"He sang a lot back when they had people live on the radio, singing. He did a lot of religious singing."
Mr. Fightmaster, of Dry Ridge, died at 9:25 p.m. Sunday at Grant Manor nursing home in Williamstown. He was 76.
He grew up in Covington and graduated from Holmes High School, where he was a member of the glee club and a choir.
"People would tune in when they knew he would be on the radio," Jack Fightmaster said.
Mr. Fightmaster fought in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was in an anti-aircraft battalion in the Battle of the Bulge.
When he returned from the war, he went to college at the University of Kentucky, where he studied biology.
He suffered an accident while in school that left him paralyzed for about six months. He was diagnosed with a type of sclerosis that affected his motor and language skills for the rest of his life.
"He never sang again, because it seemed to affect his voice, the paralysis," Jack Fightmaster said. "It somehow affected his lung capacity."
Mr. Fightmaster eventually graduated from UK and took a job with National Distilleries in Cincinnati in the early 1950s. He retired as chief bacteriologist after 30 years.
While he was working at National Distilleries, he also held other jobs, including doing medical technology work for Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati.
He lived much of his life in Park Hills and Edgewood.
Other survivors include two nephews.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with masonic services at 7:30 p.m. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Announced on: 01-27-1998
Virginia Mae Albert, 77, of Ft. Mitchell, died at 6:50 a.m. Saturday at Washington Hospital Center, Washington , D.C. She was a retired switchboard operator with St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington, and Covington Women's Home. She also was a member of First United Methodist Church, Covington. Her husband, John C. Albert, died in 1975.
Survivors include a son, Sgt. Major James Keck with the U.S. Army in Germany; daughters, Arlene Keck of Ft. Mitchell and Marcella Kinser of Independence; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church, Covington. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell.Raymond Brewster, 86, of Walton, died at 2:35 a.m. today at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Grant County.
Arrangements are pending at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Walton.
Announced on: 01-27-1998
Charles Callen, 56, of Florence, died Monday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Announced on: 01-27-1998
Vivian Mason DeZarn, 84, of Lawrenceville, died at 9:40 p.m. Sunday at Grant Manor Health Care Center, Williamstown. She was a former grocery store owner in Lawrenceville, and a member of Lawrenceville Baptist Church, where she was a pianist. Her husband, Alex DeZarn, died in 1983.
Survivors include a sister, Edna Mason of South Bend, Ind.; and a niece, Clara Marie Mason Vice of Walton.
Services will be at 8 p.m. Thursday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Mason Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Lawrenceville Baptist Church, 3650 Lawrenceville Road, Corinth, Ky. 41010.
Announced on: 01-27-1998
Rev. Robert Hoffer, 78, of Cincinnati, died Friday at Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, of cancer. He was a Franciscan friar, a former teacher and church pastor. He also assisted at Mother of God Church in Covington, St. Mary Church in Alexandria, and Holy Cross Church, Latonia. A sister, Sister Mary Felician, S.N.D., died in 1996.
Survivors include brothers, Rev. Charles Hoffer of Covington, Rev. Francis X. Hoffer, O.F.M., of Cincinnati and Ralph Hoffer of Lakeside Park; and a sister, Frances Hoffer of Lakeside Park.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Clement Church, Cincinnati. Visitation will begin there at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in St. Mary Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Franciscan Missionary Union, 1615 Vine St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45210. Imwalle Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is handling arrangements.
Announced on: 01-27-1998
Ellen Holland, 80, of Cynthiana, died Sunday at Robertson County Health Care Center, Mt. Olivet. She was a homemaker and a member of Central Christian Church, Cynthiana. Her husband, Everett Holland, preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Paul Holland, Donald Holland, Williams Holland, Hershel Holland, A. C. Holland, Everett Holland Jr. and Rufus Holland, all of Cynthiana; daughters, Laura Bishop of Falmouth, Margie Arnold and Ruth Ann Arnold, both of Cynthiana; a brother, Wes Combs of Breathitt County; sisters, Lizzie Creveston of Austin, Ind., Effie Redding of Jackson, Tenn.; 15 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, five step-grandchildren, and 11 step-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana.
Announced on: 01-27-1998
Evangeline A. Kruetzkamp, 90, of Ft. Wright, died at 2:15 a.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a homemaker and a member of Sunnymede Women's Club and Ft. Mitchell Senior Citizens clubs.
Survivors include her husband, John L. Kruetzkamp; a son, John W. Kruetzkamp of Liberty, Ind.; a daughter, Marilyn A. Cahill of Crestview Hills; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at noon Wednesday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Ft. Mitchell. Visitation will be there at 11 a.m. Wednesday, and follow services in the church undercroft. Entombment will be in St. Mary Mausoleum, Ft. Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Resurrection Catholic Missions, P.O. Box 8800, Montgomery, Ala. 36177. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Announced on: 01-27-1998
