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Ralph Holtz, 71, of Newport, died at 6:35 a.m. Wednesday at Baptist Convalescent Center in Newport. He was a retired employee of Fischer Special Manufacturing Co., Cold Spring. His wife, Virginia Faye Ecton Holtz, died in 1963.
Survivors include sons, Mike Holtz of Cincinnati, Tim Holtz and Kevin Holtz, both of Newport; sisters, Florine Flora and Patricia Wallace, both of Cold Spring, Dorothy Flora of Benton, Mary Lauer of Campbell County and Mildred Bowman of Tipp City, Ohio; a brother, Joseph Holtz of Cold Spring; and four grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Stephen Church, Newport. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Cold Spring. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Announced on: 03-11-1999
Dorothy Vivian Hutton, 84, of Virginia Beach, Va., formerly of Covington, died Wednesday at Virginia Beach Rehabilitation Center.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia.
Announced on: 03-11-1999
Dorothy Hafner Koester, 73, of Erlanger, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger.
Announced on: 03-11-1999
Paul A. Leland, 83, of Latonia, died at 2:50 a.m. Wednesday at his daughter's home in Taylor Mill. He was a retired Kenton County deputy clerk and deputy property evaluation administrator, a former owner of Terrace Food Shop, Latonia, and a member of St. Anthony Church in Taylor Mill. He was a member of the church Fun Club, a past president of the Covington Rotary Club, and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Louise Thome Leland; a son, David Paul Leland of Covington; daughters, Carol Jean Wagner of Taylor Mill and Barbara Ann Chamberlain of Covington; 15 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Entombment will be in Mother of God Mausoleum, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to St. Anthony Church Building Fund, 485 Grand Ave., Taylor Mill, Ky. 41015.
Announced on: 03-11-1999
Billy Ray Napier, 44, of Maytown, formerly of Falmouth, died Tuesday at his home. He was a logger with the Kentucky State Highway Department.
Survivors include his mother, Nancy Napier of Butler; brothers, Robert E. Napier, David Napier and Leroy Napier, all of Falmouth, and James Napier of Erlanger; and sisters, Brenda Roe of Mount Sterling and Patricia Courts of Falmouth.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth.
Announced on: 03-11-1999
Hazel Irene Reed, 93, of Claryville, died Wednesday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home, Highland Heights. She was a housekeeper.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
Services will be at noon Friday at Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, 5147 Lees Road, Alexandria, Ky. 41001.
Announced on: 03-11-1999
Edgar 'Jake' Snyder, 84, of Petersburg, died at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Dearborn County Hospital, Lawrenceburg, Ind. He was a retired farmer and a member of Petersburg Baptist Church, where he was a deacon.
Survivors include his wife, Deliliah Dolwick Snyder; a daughter, Verna Keitz of Petersburg; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Petersburg Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Petersburg Baptist Church Building Fund, Petersburg, Ky. 41080.
Announced on: 03-11-1999
Flora Alice Sturdivant, 63, of Elsmere, died at 1:24 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a housekeeper with Holiday Inn and the Omni Netherland Plaza, Cincinnati.
Survivors include her husband, Joe Sturdivant; daughters, Faye Coffman and Sue Mercer, both of Erlanger, Chip Fuller of Elsmere and Holly Fann of Florence; a stepson, Jeffrey Sturdivant of Corbin; a sister, Mary Miller of Verona; and nine grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to the Scleroderma Foundation, 1468 Hilltop Road, Xenia, Ohio 45385.
Announced on: 03-11-1999
Dorothy Sullivan, 88, of Fort Wright, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a retired market research supervisor with Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, and was a member of St. Agnes Church in Fort Wright. She was also a member of St. Antoninus Church in Covedale, Ohio, and Sonna Maria Charity in Cincinnati. Her husband, Harold 'Sully' Sullivan, and a son, Charles Martin, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Donald Martin of Fort Wright, John 'Jack' Martin of Forest Park, Ohio, and Robert Sullivan of Rocton, Ill.; a brother, Fred Konersman of Findlay, Ohio; a sister, Maxine Kaufman of Jacksonville, Fla.; 17 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Agnes Church. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow. Entombment will be in St. Joseph New Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Catholic Social Services, 3629 Church St., Covington, Ky. 41015.
Announced on: 03-11-1999
Francis H. Wood, 75, of Erlanger, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was the retired owner of F. H. Wood Plumbing Co., and a member of Master Plumbers of Northern Kentucky and the World War II Veterans Association.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Holy Name Society, Catholic Order of Foresters, and Prime Time Seniors. He was an Army veteran of World War II, and a member of the 871st Airborne Engineering Battalion Reunion Organization.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Arens Wood; sons, Frank Wood Jr. of Elsmere, Gregory Wood of Wheaton, Ill., Ronald Wood of Lehigh, Fla., and Thomas Wood of Peoria, Ill.; daughters, Jean Dames of High Point, N.C., Mary Jo Stiene of Richwood and Ruth Weiss of Florence; brothers, George Wood of Indianapolis and Ray Wood of Brookfield, Ill.; and 24 grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Henry Church, Elsmere. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to St. Henry District High School, 3755 Scheben Drive, Erlanger, Ky. 41018.
Announced on: 03-11-1999
Wilbur Winebrenner Jr., good with hands, heart
Wilbur E. Winebrenner Jr. of Burlington was a a mechanic, youth sports coach and Vietnam veteran with a knack for making friends and fixing things.
But to Mr. Winebrenner's family, he was first and foremost a family man.
'He was a good husband and a good father and we're going to miss him,' said his wife, Marie Winebrenner.
Mr. Winebrenner died Thursday morning at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit in Covington. He was 52.
Mr. Winebrenner grew up in Florence and served in the U.S. Army from 1966 through 1968.
He lost his left leg in a motorcycle accident in 1974.
But he kept on going, said Mrs. Winebrenner. 'He never let anything get him down.'
Mr. Winebrenner was a senior mechanic and 30-year employee of the Cinergy Co. in Cincinnati. He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union Local 1347.
Mr. Winebrenner also was a Boone County knothole baseball coach in the mid-1990s. One year his team won a district tournament championship and advanced to a city tournament for Kenton County.
A 'jack of all trades,' according to his wife, Mr. Winebrenner made a motorized pitching machine to teach his players to bat.
When practice fields were scarce, he made his own on the 33-acre former dairy farm where his family lived in a house he built after the motorcycle accident. 'He could fix anything,' said Mrs. Winebrenner. 'He would do anything for anybody.
'He was a good friend, and well-liked. He liked people.'
Mr. Winebrenner loved to fish in an acre-size lake he dug on his property and stocked with channel catfish, blue gill, crappies and bass.
He also grew vegetables, planted fruit trees and built and flew model airplanes.
Mr. and Mrs. Winebrenner celebrated 32 years of marriage Feb. 25.
Besides his wife, Mr. Winebrenner leaves his sons, Jamey Winebrenner, Joshua Winebrenner and Justin Winebrenner, all of Burlington; daughters, Jacqueline Thompson of Chicago and Jeanetta Winebrenner of Burlington; his mother, Mildred Winebrenner of Florence; sisters, Janet Scott of Covington and Judy Barlow of Union; brothers, Jack Winebrenner of Richmond, Va., James Winebrenner of Independence, Jeff Winebrenner of Burlington and Jon Winebrenner of Florence; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Linnemann Funeral Home in Burlington.
Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Saturday.
Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery
in Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society, 7330 U.S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky., 41042; or St. Elizabeth Hospice, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky., 41014.
Announced on: 03-12-1999
Robert Adams, 57, of Park Hills, died Wednesday at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington.
Announced on: 03-12-1999
Ann Bodie, 82, of Union, died Thursday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Announced on: 03-12-1999
Willard Eugene Browning Sr., 77, of Cynthiana, died Wednesday at his home. He was a retired employee of Ford Motor Co., a former restaurant owner and attended First Church of God, Cynthiana. He was a member of the United Auto Workers and an Army veteran of World War II. His wife, Martha Lee Browning, and a son, Joe M. Withers, both preceded him in death.
Survivors include a son, Willard E. Browning Jr. of Calvert City; daughters, Janice Withers and Judy Gasser, both of Cynthiana; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana. Memorials are suggested to the Humane Society of Marshall County, 303 W. Fifth St., Benton, Ky., 42025; or St. Edward Catholic School, N. Main St., Cynthiana, Ky., 41031.
Announced on: 03-12-1999
Mary Josephine McCormick Draper, 88, of Payson, Utah, formerly of Grant County, died Wednesday in Payson. She was a retired teacher, having taught in the Grant, Kenton and Fayette county school systems. Her husband, C. H. Draper, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Johanna Flynn of Spanish Fork, Utah; and four grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge. Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge, is handling arrangements.
Announced on: 03-12-1999
Richard Lee Gadker Sr., 62, of Punta Gorda, Fla., formerly of Independence, died at 12:15 a.m. Monday at his home. He was a retired customer engineer with IBM and owner of Lucky JoDi Charters Inc. in Punta Gorda. He was a member of Holy Cross Church in Latonia, and was a Navy veteran of the Korean War. A son, Richard Lee Gadker Jr., died in 1990.
Survivors include his wife, Jo Ann Wedderstrand Gadker; a son, Bob Gadker of Independence; daughters, Cindy Marsh of Beckley, W.Va., Peggy Lutes of Independence and Jenny Roth of Okeana, Ohio; a sister, Marilyn Verst of Taylor Mill; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
Announced on: 03-12-1999
Elizabeth Henry, 92, of Dayton, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a sales clerk in the drapery department of the former Pogue's department store, and a member of First Baptist Church of Dayton where she was a Sunday school teacher. She was also a member of the Christian Senior Fellowship of Dayton.
Survivors include a son, Paul F. Henry of Fort Thomas.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Vine Street Hill Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to First Baptist Church of Dayton, P. O. Box 76, Dayton, Ky., 41074.
Announced on: 03-12-1999
Anna K. Hill, 92, of Independence, died Thursday at Grant Manor Nursing Home, Williamstown. She was a retired Kmart sales clerk. Her husband, Thomas Hill, died in 1963. A son, Ray T. Hill, also preceded her in death.
Survivors include as son, Melvin Hill of Tennessee; daughters, Barbara Redmon of Independence, Mary Slusser of Independence, Katherine Wiglesworth of Cynthiana and Frances Cox of Covington; half-brothers, Charles Tolle of Cynthiana and William T. Tolle of Maryland; a sister, Rose Wiglesworth of Cynthiana; 28 grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Whaley-McCarty Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana.
Announced on: 03-12-1999
