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Harold O. Simonton, loved painting
Harold O. 'Si' Simonton showed his art at summer art shows all over Northern Kentucky, in Louisville and in Ohio.
He particularly enjoyed painting rural scenes but wasn't picky about his subjects, said his wife, Trudie Simonton.
'Whatever there was to paint, he liked it,' she said.
'It was just a hobby. He has always liked to work with his hands.'
Mr. Simonton died at 6:48 a.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood. The Erlanger resident was 89.
He was born and reared in Covington and graduated from Holmes High School. He and his wife of 63 years reared two children.
During the Depression years, Mr. Simonton worked as a paper salesman. Later he took a job in the railway post office. Postal work took him to St. Louis briefly, but he was transferred back to Northern Kentucky, where he remained for the rest of his life.
The last 50 years, Mr. Simonton lived in Erlanger.
He was an active member of First Christian Church in Covington, where he was a Sunday school teacher and a member of the church board. He was active in the former Covington YMCA.
In his free time, he enjoyed painting and working with his miniature railroad sets.
'He was just a good man,' his wife said. 'He loved people and he loved his work.'
Other survivors include a daughter, Sally Knight of Frankfort; a son, David Simonton of Newport; and two grandsons.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at First Christian Church, Covington.
Visitation will begin there at noon Monday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials: To First Christian Church, 14 W. Fifth St., Covington, Ky. 41011.
Announced on: 01-01-1999
George Brock, 87, of Covington, died at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was self-employed.
Survivors include a stepson, Neil Hansen of Lexington, and a brother, James Brock of Parkersburg, W.Va.
Services and burial will be in Parkersburg. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Announced on: 01-01-1999
Everett W. Buddenberg, 58, of Falmouth, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Announced on: 01-01-1999
Grace Geraldine Helton, 68, of Sparta, died Thursday at her home. She was a homemaker.
Her husband, Gilbert Helton, preceded her in death. Survivors include 17 children, including Wendford Helton of Owen County, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at McDonald Funeral Home, Main Street, Owenton. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Poplar Grove Cemetery, Owen County.
Announced on: 01-01-1999
Harry Hitch, 87, of Warsaw, died Thursday at Gallatin Health Care Center in Warsaw.
Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger.
Announced on: 01-01-1999
Chad Everett Humphries, 18, of Glencoe, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital West of injuries suffered in a single-car accident on Ky. 16 in Gallatin County.
He was a student at Northern Kentucky University and a member of Sparta Baptist Church and the Glencoe Volunteer Fire Department.
Survivors include his father and stepmother, Daniel and Denise Humphries of Glencoe; his mother and stepfather, Donna and John McGinn of Florence; a sister, Vanessa Lynn Humphries of Glencoe; and grandparents, Harold and Clara Chipman of Glencoe and Pete and Barb Humphries of Warsaw.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Warsaw. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Napoleon Cemetery, Gallatin County.
Memorials are suggested to Sparta Baptist Church Building Fund, Sparta-Sanders Road, Sparta, Ky. 41086.
Announced on: 01-01-1999
Elizabeth Edna Oldham, 89, of Lexington, formerly of Fort Mitchell, died at 3:16 p.m. Monday at St. Joseph East Hospital, Lexington. She was a homemaker, a founding member of Fort Mitchell Baptist Church and a member of Dixie Optimist Club and Covington Woman's Club.
Her husband, James Clarence Oldham, died in 1975. Survivors include a son, John 'Jack' Oldham of Lexington; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Fort Mitchell Baptist Church, Fort Mitchell. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger, and from noon Monday until the time of services at the church. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to Fort Mitchell Baptist Church, 2323 Dixie Highway, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017.
Announced on: 01-01-1999
Lulu Record, 89, of Butler, died Thursday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Peoples Funeral Home, Butler.
Announced on: 01-01-1999
Mary H. Shumate, 69, of Somerset, formerly of Maysville, died at 12:05 a.m. Wednesday at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include sons, George Shumate and Gary Shumate, both of Maysville, and Johnny Shumate of Florida; daughters, Ann Doppelheuer of Somerset, Mary Pitman of Lexington, Linda Moore and Sue Shumate of Maysville and Sally K. Lindsay of Nicholasville; brothers, David Helphenstine and Neal Helphenstine, both of Maysville; a sister, Margaret Newsome of Maysville; 20 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Brell and Son Funeral Home, Maysville. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Maysville Cemetery.
Announced on: 01-01-1999
George H. Van Pelt, 70, of Fort Wright, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Announced on: 01-01-1999
Chad W. Weatherford, 16, of Leander, Texas , died Dec. 19 at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas . He was a freshman at Leander High School and a volunteer at the animal shelter in Leander.
His mother, Penny Weatherford, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his father and stepmother, Dan and Sandy Weatherford of Leander; brothers, Tom Weatherford of Fort Worth, Texas , and Matthew Weatherford and Ryan Weatherford, both of Leander; sisters, Rachel Weatherford, Bethany Weatherford and Lauren Blazic, all of Leander; and his grandparents, George and Lucille Weatherford of Covington.
Services were Dec. 21 at Amey Funeral Home in Austin.
Announced on: 01-01-1999
Cathy Voges Wilson, 48, of Sparta, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood after a brief illness. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Joseph Church, Warsaw.
Survivors include her husband, Kenneth Darrell Wilson; daughters, Paula Crone of Florence, Barbara Gross of Butler and Shawn Wilson of Sparta; a son, Kenneth Dwayne Wilson of Ghent; her mother, Mary Catherine Voges of Florence; sisters, Barbara Voges of Crescent Springs and Karen Barrett of Florence; brothers, William Voges of Welling, Ill., David Voges of Erlanger; and 11 grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Warsaw. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Warsaw Cemetery.
Announced on: 01-01-1999
Edgar L. Elmore, ran sawmill, grew crops in Boone County
Edgar L. Elmore had a simple philosophy of life: 'I pay my bills and treat the other fellow the way I want to be treated,' he once said.
It served the Boone County farmer and sawmill operator well. Mr. Elmore of Walton, died Thursday afternoon in Woodspoint Nursing Home, Florence, at the age of 97.
Mr. Elmore worked until he was past 90, making tobacco sticks, barn timbers and other specialty items at his saw mill on Salem Road. He cut enough tobacco sticks, Mr. Elmore claimed, to build a picket fence all the way around Boone County.
His sawmill didn't have a name, and he didn't solicit business. Farmers throughout Boone and Kenton counties sought him out when they needed tobacco sticks or other timber cut to order. 'I know everybody in Boone County, and everybody knows me,' he related.
Mr. Elmore once broke both arms in a fall but said that having his arms in casts barely slowed his pace of farm work. 'I cut and baled 1,700 pounds of hay with both arms in casts. When it was time to take the casts off, one was already about worn off,' he had said.
A native of Casey County, Mr. Elmore came to this area to work in a Cincinnati can factory. He returned to farming in the 1940s and soon added the sawmill because he needed wood for repairs to his own barn. A fire shut him down at one point, but he was soon back in business.
Mr. Elmore was reluctant to give up his enterprise. 'I've been working 16, 18 hours a day most of my life. I ain't going to retire,' he said. 'I don't accomplish as much as I used to. I'm getting too old. But I keep busy. I know my time is about over, but I ain't going to sit down and hurry it up either.'
Mr. Elmore was a member of Walton Christian Church. His wife, Bessie Elmore, died in 1971. A son, Charles Elmore, died in 1998.
Survivors include daughters, Agnes Pruitt of Florence, Imogene Pennington of Walton, and Pauline Anderson and Maureen Vaughn, both of Union; sons, Eugene Elmore of Union and Russell Elmore of Elkhart, Texas ; 17 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Walton. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Announced on: 01-02-1999
Elizabeth Jacobs Bannister, 88, of Covington, died at 12:05 p.m. Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a former salesperson for Pogue's Department Store, Cincinnati. Her husbands, Frank Metros and Clarence Bannister, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include a stepson, Jim Bannister of Westerville, Ohio; and a brother, Frank Jacobs of Erlanger.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Benedict Church, Covington. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, Aurora, Ind.
Announced on: 01-02-1999
Martha Lee Browning, 83, of Cynthiana, died Thursday at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington. She was a homemaker, attended Cynthiana Baptist Church and was a former member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Her first husband, Willoughby Withers, and a son, Dr. Joe M. Withers, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, Willard E. Browning Sr.; a son, Willard E. Browning Jr. of Calvert City; daughters, Janice Withers and Judy Gasser, both of Cynthiana; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana. Memorials are suggested to Cynthiana Baptist Church, E. Pleasant, Cynthiana, Ky. 41031; or St. Edward Catholic School, North Main Street, Cynthiana, Ky. 41031. Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana, is handling arrangements.
Announced on: 01-02-1999
Jack F. Case, 70, of Cincinnati, formerly of Latonia, died Friday at Hospice of Cincinnati.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia.
Announced on: 01-02-1999
Gregory Dean Frodge, 27, of Maysville, died at 5:07 p.m. Thursday at Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville of injuries suffered in a one-car accident on Ky. 3056 near Germantown. He was a dock worker with United Parcel Service, Maysville, operated the family auto body business, and raced in the Super Street division at Mudlick Raceway. He attended Minerva Methodist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, MaKayla Lynn Frodge of Maysville; his parents, Morris Lee and Linda Sue Frodge of Maysville; brothers, Rodney Steven Frodge and Richard Anthony Frodge, both of Maysville; his grandparents, Henry and Frances Frodge of Maysville and Donald and Virginia Bauer of Maysville; and his fiancee, Lisa Moore of Mays Lick.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Palmer Funeral Home, Germantown. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Germantown. Memorials are suggested to Greg Frodge Children Fund, in care of Bank of Maysville, 20 W. Second St., Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Announced on: 01-02-1999
