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Bennie Merrill, athlete, proud veteran
Bennie Merrill of Robertson County, a former supervisor of Dubois Chemical and a lifelong sports enthusiast, died Sunday at the Maysville Extended Care Facility. He was 86.
Mr. Merrill lettered in four sports at Deming High School in the 1930s - basketball, football, baseball and track. Decades later he was winning statewide recognition in the Senior Olympics, where he received several Governor's awards as a pace-setter. One year he was honored for walking more than 1,000 miles in a year, said his niece, Kathryn Jane Merrill of Maysville.
Mr. Merrill was a World War II Army veteran who served in Europe and later in the Philippine Islands.
"He was a very proud veteran. He was a patriot," said his great-nephew, Ryan White of Robertson County. "I spent the summer staying with him a year and a half ago," said Ryan, 14. "He was very considerate of people. He would do anything to help somebody out."
Miss Merrill said her uncle had a strong love for his country. "Not too long ago he told me 'If anything happened, I'd go back (in the Army),' " she said. He met her double-take with his customary wit: "I could peel potatoes," he said.
"He was a really super guy," Miss Merrill said. "He was fun-loving and sweet and kind. I don't think there was a person that he didn't like."
He had been a member of the Masonic Lodge 291 since 1940 and attended lodge functions in 18 states and two foreign countries. He was a member of the Eastern Star Lodge 333, a member of New Hope Christian Church and had been named a Kentucky Colonel.
After he retired from Dubois in 1978, he and his wife, Rosalie, spent winters in Texas and later in Florida. She died more than a decade ago.
Mr. Merrill lived most of his life in Robertson County and was often seen out walking for miles at a time. He moved to the Maysville Extended Care Facility a little more than a year ago.
Survivors include eight nieces and nephews, and step-daughters, Pat Coppage, Fort Worth, Texas ; Mary Northcutt, of Union; Jamie Ball of Royal, Ark., and Joyce Doss, of Columbia, Ky.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Robertson County Funeral Home, Mount Olivet, Ky. Visitation will be there from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in the Mount Olivet Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the New Hope Christian Church in Robertson County.
Publication date: 06-01-1999
Elizabeth R. Bergman, 90, of Fort Mitchell, died Saturday at the Highlands Health Care Center, Fort Thomas. She was a retired sales clerk for the H. & S. Pogue Co., Cincinnati.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Cecilia Church, Independence. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Chambers & Grubbs Funeal Home, Independence. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Covington. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Ft. Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Publication date: 06-01-1999
Sonra Bishop, 55, of Falmouth, died Sunday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include sons, David Allen Bishop and Timothy Wayne Bishop, both of Falmouth; a daughter, Donna Faye Bishop of Falmouth; brothers, A.C. Holland of Bracken County, Rufus Holland, Hershel Holland, Everett Holland, Paul Holland, Donnie Holland and William Holland, all of Cynthiana; sisters, Ruth Arnold and Margie Vaughn, both of Cynthiana; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Publication date: 06-01-1999
Norma Marie Scheiner Candler, 88, of Wheaton, Md., formerly of Newport and Southgate, died at 6:05 p.m. Saturday at Silver Spring, Md. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Frank Candler, died in 1976.
Survivors include a daughter, Joyce Kathryn Amatucci of Olney, Md.; and two grandsons. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Evergreen Cemetery
Chapel, Southgate. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Publication date: 06-01-1999
Maxine B. Clem, 84, of Covington, died at 8:50 p.m. Sunday at Mount Washington Care Center, Cincinnati.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia.
Publication date: 06-01-1999
Golda K. Kennedy, 85, of Falmouth, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a homemaker and a member of Southside Christian Church, Falmouth. Her husband, Raymond Kennedy, died in 1943.
Survivors include sons, Allan Kennedy of Edgewood and Norman Kennedy of Tampa, Fla.; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Gardnersville Cemetery, Pendleton County. Memorials are suggested to Southside Christian Church, U.S. 27, Falmouth, Ky. 41040.
Publication date: 06-01-1999
Alice R. Munich, 79, of Covington, died at 6:10 p.m. Saturday at the Terrace View Gardens, Hamilton, Ohio.
Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home.
Publication date: 06-01-1999
Mae Frances Price, 81, of Florence, formerly of Ludlow, died at 2:15 a.m. Monday at Mount Healthy Christian Home, Mount Healthy, Ohio. She was retired from the maintenance department of R.L. Polk Co., Cincinnati. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Ludlow, where she was a member of the Ladies Missionary Society and the Mispah Society. Her husband, Lonzo Price, and a son, Robert Lee Price, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Lawrence Price of Dicterville, Calif., and Ronald Price of Edgewood; daughters, Florence Klosterman of Cincinnati and Barbara Sue O'Dell of Carollton, Va; a brother, Edward Fitwater, of Armagh, Pa.; 12 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Ronald Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to First Baptist Church, 400 Linden St., Ludlow, Ky. 41016.
Publication date: 06-01-1999
Ruth Norris Robertson, 106, of Georgetown, S.C., died at 8:37 a.m. Monday at Prince George Nursing Home, Georgetown. She was a retired teacher and a member of Minerva Methodist Church. Her husband, Allen C. Robertson, died in 1983.
Survivors include a son, Henry C. Robertson of Peebles, Ohio; daughters, Jane Roberts, of Charleston, S.C., and Bette Lachocotte of Pawley's Island, S.C.; 11 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Palmer Funeral Home, Germantown. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Germantown. Memorials are suggested to Camp Baskerville Youth Ministry, P.O. Box 1740, Pawley's Island, S.C. 29585.
Publication date: 06-01-1999
Patricia Trott Swango, 64, of Fort Thomas, died Sunday at her home. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Donald Swango; sons, John Swango and Gary Swango ; a daughter, Collette Merkt; four grandchildren; and one great- grandchild.
Memorial services will be at 8 p.m. Wednesday at First Christian Church, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075. Radel Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Publication date: 06-01-1999
Hubert Moore, researcher, foreman served Campbell schools, church
Hubert L. Moore of Mentor worked more than 40 years for Allis Chalmers.
But the former teacher continued to take an interest in education, serving on the Campbell County Board of Education and teaching Sunday school.
"He was very outgoing, a good talker, and he loved to teach," said his wife, Iola Moore.
"He loved children."
Mr. Moore, 73, died Tuesday morning at University Hospital in Cincinnati. It was the Moores' 53th wedding anniversary.
Mr. Moore was a native of Pendleton County.
He taught elementary school in Campbell County for several years.
When Mr. Moore retired a dozen years ago from Allis Chalmers' Cincinnati plant, he was a researcher in a laboratory. Earlier, he'd served years as foreman in the pump department.
Mr. Moore served two terms on Campbell County's school board during the 1970s.
Mrs. Moore said her husband was a man of great faith. He was a member of Mentor Baptist Church, where he served as a Sunday school teacher and deacon.
He also was a member of the Gideons and the Aspen Grove Masonic Lodge No. 397 F&AM.
"He loved yard work," Mrs. Moore said. "He was a pretty good carpenter, and he was very active with the Gideons."
Besides his wife, Mr. Moore is survived by daughters, Cheryl Nelson of Foster, Kathy Cann of Fort Thomas and Dale Greene of Loveland, Ohio; sisters, Margie Pribble and Alta Buerkley, both of Butler, and Alma Wolfe of Falmouth; 13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Mentor Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the Alexandria Funeral Home, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the church. Burial will be in Peach Grove Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Mentor Baptist Church, Route 8 and Main Street, Mentor, Ky. 41007; or Gideons International, P. O. Box 252, Highland Heights, Ky. 41076.
Publication date: 06-02-1999
Belinda Gail Bruin Anderson, 47, of Latonia, died at 10:27 p.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington, after being struck by a car at 33rd Street and Decoursey Avenue in Covington. She was a homemaker and a member of Oakland Avenue Baptist Church, Covington. Her husband, Gary "Butch" Anderson, died in 1990.
Survivors include sons, Danny Heras of Cincinnati and Anthony Heras of Latonia; her father and stepmother, Ervin Lee and Iona Bruin of Edgewood; brothers, Steven Bruin of Erin, Tenn., and Barry Hall of Covington; sisters, Pamela Robertson of Fort Wright, Stacey Melher of Lebanon, Pa., Lisa Yates of Taylor Mill and Jana Blackfield of Hebron; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at noon Thursday. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Publication date: 06-02-1999
Chester C. Andrews, 64, of Cincinnati, formerly of Covington, died Tuesday at Glencare, Cincinnati. He was a cook.
Survivors include sons, William Andrews and Robert Andrews, both of Ludlow; a daughter, Tina Day of Covington; and two grandchildren.
No services are planned. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Ludlow, is handling arrangements.
Publication date: 06-02-1999
Paul W. Brinkman Sr., 76, of Erlanger, died at 8:53 a.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was an upholsterer with Artistic Furniture Co., Cincinnati, and a retired custodian with the Erlanger-Elsmere Board of Education. He was a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters and was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Brinkman; sons, Paul W. Brinkman Jr. of Covington, Stephen M. Brinkman, Gregory L. Brinkman and Kevin L. Brinkman, all of Erlanger; brothers, George Brinkman Jr. and Joseph Brinkman, both of Florence; sisters, Sister Catherine Marie Brinkman, O.S.P., of Buffalo, N.Y., Mary Kramer of Cincinnati and Ruth Scheper of Taylor Mill; and 11 grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Henry Church, Elsmere. Visitation will be from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to Erlanger Fire and Emergency Medical Services, P. O. Box 18818, Erlanger, Ky. 41018; or St. Henry District High School Building Fund, Scheben Drive, Erlanger, Ky. 41018.
Publication date: 06-02-1999
Charles Christy, 75, of Covington, died at 11 a.m. Tuesday at his home. He was a retired store manager with Richman Brothers Clothing Co., Florence, and an usher with the Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati Bengals.
He was a member of St. Ann Church in West Covington and the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame; a former member of Ludlow Vets; and a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include nieces, Alberta Piercefield of Edgewood and Roberta Lunsford of Erlanger; and a nephew, Greg Adams of Cincinnati.
Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow, is handling arrangements.
Publication date: 06-02-1999
Maxine B. Clem, 84, of Covington, died at 8:50 p.m. Sunday at Mount Washington Care Center, Cincinnati. She was a retired supervisor of housekeeping with Stouffer's Inn, Cincinnati, and a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Crescent Springs.
Her husband, Delbert F. Clem, died in 1987. A son, Charles Rae Clem, died in 1974.
Survivors include a son, George W. Clem of Latonia; a stepson, Frank Clem of Alabama; daughters, Patricia A. Adkins, Judy R. Hitchcock and Nancy L. Moore, all of Covington; a stepdaughter, Lorraine Cushinado of Cincinnati; a brother, Everett Helton of Hamilton, Ohio; 18 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Vista Care, 8135 Beechmont Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45245; or Northern Kentucky United Way, 11 Shelby St., Florence, Ky. 41042.
Publication date: 06-02-1999
