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Floyd Allen McBurney, 70, of Sanders, died Tuesday at his home. He was a farmer and a member of Dean Memorial United Methodist Church, Carroll County. He was a past master of Carrollton Lodge No. 134 F&AM, and a member of Scottish Rite Valley of Covington Royal Arch Chapter in Carrollton. He was treasurer and a member of Worthville Volunteer Fire Department and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include brothers, Robert McBurney of Carrollton, James Edward McBurney of Tamalis, Calif., and Lawrence Thornton McBurney of Hewitt, Texas ; and a sister, Loreen Lusby of Madison, Ind.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, Carrollton. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Ghent Masonic Cemetery.
Announced on: 05-01-1997
Gerald A. McCall, 55, of Cincinnati, formerly of Erlanger, died Tuesday at his home. He was a retired boiler operator for Cincinnati Water Works.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Jo Herzog McCall; a daughter, Melissa Marie Palmer of Tucson, Ariz.; sons, George Frederick McCall and Jarrard Allen McCall, both of Cincinnati; a brother, James McCall of Cincinnati; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell.
Announced on: 05-01-1997
James S. Med, 90, of Ft. Wright, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He was a retired employee of General Electric, Cincinnati, and a member of New Thought Unity Church, Cincinnati. He was the 1933 Ohio Handball Champion and an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Agnes Nelson Med; daughters, Demeris Moeves of Ft. Wright, Cheryl A. Deglow of Cincinnati and Yvonne Bonnie Binkley of Florence; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the church. A reception will follow services at the church. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice, 401 E. 20th St., Covington 41014, or St. John Social Services, 121 E. 13th St., Cincinnati 45210. Cremation Society of Greater Cincinnati is handling arrangements.
Announced on: 05-01-1997
Arnold Nantz, 64, of Dry Ridge, died at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a retired truck driver with Nutone Inc., Cincinnati, and a member of Shiloh Community Church, Grant County. He was a deacon, song leader and Sunday school teacher with the church. He also was a member of Nantz Family Gospel Singers.
Survivors include his wife, Dora Scott Nantz; sons, Dewyene Nantz, Jeff Nantz, Mitch Nantz and Jason Nantz, all of Dry Ridge; daughters, Darlene Carrig and Deana Wilson, both of Dry Ridge; a brother, Jimmy Nantz of Richwood; a sister, Bessie Martin of Glasgow; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at noon Friday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge. Memorials are suggested to the church, Shiloh Road, Corinth 41010.
Announced on: 05-01-1997
Robin Lillian Reed, 33, of Williamstown, died at 9:35 p.m. Monday in Florence of injuries suffered in an automobile accident. She was a computer operator with ChoiceCare, Cincinnati, and a member of St. William Church, Williamstown.
Survivors include her husband, James Wesley Reed; daughters, Bobbie Jo Reed, Danielle Reed, Casey Reed and Kory Reed, all of Williamstown; her father, John L. Evans of Cape Coral, Fla.; and sisters, Lelou Serenko of South Fork, Pa., Terry Burdett of Twentynine Palms, Calif., and Debbie Brown of Salix, Pa.
Memorial Mass of Christian burial will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the church. Memorials are suggested to the Surviving Reed Children, in care of the church, 8 Church St., Williamstown 41097. Stith Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Announced on: 05-01-1997
Hazel M. Rhodes, 89, of Paducah, died at 7:43 a.m. Monday at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a son, John P. Rhodes Jr. of Paducah; a daughter, Susan Grayson of Crescent Springs; a sister, Doris Carneal Ruffin of Paducah; four grandchildren and one great- grandchild.
Memorial services will be at the convenience of the family. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Medical Center Foundation, 1 Medical Village Dr., Edgewood 41017. Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling local arrangements.
Announced on: 05-01-1997
Virgil "Pappy" Schields, 69, of Independence, died at 10:55 p.m. Wednesday at his home. Arrangements are pending at Chambers & Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence.
Announced on: 05-01-1997
Glee Barber Wells, 71, of Mt. Olivet, died Wednesday at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Cynthiana. She was a homemaker and a member of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, William Alton Wells; a son, William Jennings Wells of Mt. Olivet; daughters, Sandra Myers of Germantown and Sharon Foster of Jupiter; sisters, Keitha Johnson of Dundee, Marcine Blaesdel and Gail Walschon, both of Greenville, Mich.; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Robertson County Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Robertson County Life Squad.
Announced on: 05-01-1997
Ronald W. Whitford, 64, of Highland Heights, died at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday at his home. He was a retired maintenance supervisor with Newport Steel and a member of Dayton Bellevue Christian Church in Dayton.
Survivors include his wife, Pat McCoy Whitford of Highland Heights; a daughter, Vicky West of Bellevue; sons, Jeff Whitford of Latonia, Mark Whitford of Dayton and Scott Whitford of Florence; sisters, Donna Lee Pelle of Raleigh, N.C., Mary Ann Combs of Cold Spring, Shirley Jones of Alexandria, Kay Barth of Wilder, Sue Rayney of Cincinnati and Paula Sandfoss of Silver Grove; brothers, Jack Whitford of Heisperia, Calif., Donald Whitford and Jerry Whitford, both of Cold Spring, Gene Paul Whitford of Bedford, Ind., Daniel Whitford of Hendersonville, N.C., Russell Whitford of Mt. Washington , Ohio, David Whitford of Alexandria, Joseph Whitford of Ft. Mitchell, Robert Whitford of Cold Spring and Tony Whitford of Raleigh, N.C.; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Ft. Thomas. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Ft. Thomas. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 7730 U.S. 42, Suite C6, Florence 41042, or Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1419 Alexandria Pike, Ft. Thomas 41075.
Announced on: 05-01-1997
Tom Wilson, 49, of Butler, died at St. Luke Hospital East, Ft. Thomas. Arrangements are pending at Peoples Funeral Home, Butler.
Announced on: 05-01-1997
Elizabeth Stark Ratermann filled 102 years with energy
If growing old means growing cranky, then Elizabeth Stark Ratermann lived a youthful life.
Even at 102, Mrs. Ratermann was difficult for her children to track down in Madonna Manor Nursing Home, Villa Hills.
"She was always around talking to 'the old people,' visiting them in the lounge," said her son, Robert Ratermann of Kenton Hills.
"When people get old sometimes, they complain a lot, but she always had a smile and she was very kind," he said.
Mrs. Ratermann, of Ft. Wright, died Thursday at Madonna Manor.
Mrs. Ratermann was a busy woman, starting out her adult life as cook for farmhands at Latonia Springs Dairy in Latonia. The dairy has long since closed.
Before she married Joseph B. Ratermann, who died in 1974, she worked at Mullane Taffy Co. in Cincinnati.
The thread that wove through her whole life, though, was her affinity for painting porcelain.
Every family member, from her siblings to her grandchildren, was treated to china of all kinds, from Christmas sets to cups commemorating births.
Nancy Ratermann, a daughter-in-law, credits two things for Mrs. Ratermann's longevity: a strong faith, and a hot toddy every night before bed.
"She was a wonderful mother-in-law."
Other survivors include a son, Walter Ratermann of Taylor Mill; a brother, Henry Stark of Crestview Hills; sisters, Dorothy Nagelisen of Latonia, and Ruth Hunter of Erlanger; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Ft. Wright. Memorials are suggested to Madonna Manor, 2344 Amsterdam Road, Villa Hills, Ky., 41017.
Announced on: 05-02-1997
Robert Lee Cave, 76, of Hebron, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was a retired foreman with General Electric, Cincinnati, and a member of Hebron Baptist Church, where he was a deacon emeritus. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Jane Cave; a son, Arlie G. Cave of Bloomington, Ind.; a sister, Ella Mae Mahorney of Burlington; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to the church building fund, 1488 Petersburg Road, Hebron 41048.
Announced on: 05-02-1997
Helen J. Gagle, 73, of Ludlow, died at 7:50 p.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. She was a retired assistant vice president of Trust Department of Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati.
Survivors include a sister, Marjorie Houp of Ludlow.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow. Ms. Gagle's body was donated to University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Memorials are suggested to Wood Hudson Cancer Research Center, 139 Isabella St., Newport, Ky., 41071.
Announced on: 05-02-1997
Florence Gehrich, 86, of Ft. Thomas, died at 12:15 a.m. Thursday at Highlands of Ft. Thomas nursing home. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a son, John Gehrich of Laguna Beach, Calif.; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Ft. Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 8 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery
in Dayton, Ohio.
Announced on: 05-02-1997
