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FLOSSIE (SWANSON) BARKER, 79, of Avondale, died Monday. Ms. Barker was a cook for Pogues. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Bibleway Church of God in Christ, 3231 Woodburn Ave. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Renfro & Piper Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 08-10-2001
May O'Donnell was a nurse for 52 years
May O'Donnell made other people her life's priority.
After raising her five children, the outspoken, take-charge mother simply would not buckle under pressure worked as a nurse for the next 52 years.
For several years, Mrs. O'Donnell supervised the emergency room at the old Booth Memorial Hospital.
Family members say an incredible sense of humor made Mrs. O'Donnell the best medicine for patients.
Mrs. O'Donnell, 81, of Ludlow, Ky., died Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington, Ky.
She was also a retired nurse for Interlake Steel, St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. Her husband, Frank O'Donnell, died in 1999.
Survivors include daughters, Stephanie Susan Baker of Union, Ky., and Nancy Lauterwasser of Ludlow; sons, Charles O'Donnell of Los Angeles, James O'Donnell of Omaha, Neb., and Thoma s O'Donnell of Erlanger, Ky.; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Ludlow. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. until the time of services Monday at the funeral home. Entombment will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
Date of announcement: 08-11-2001
MARY ALICE ALEXANDER, 50, of Lockland, died Thursday at Bethesda North Hospital. She was a homemaker. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 11400 Winton Road, Forest Park. Visitation: 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 08-11-2001
EVELYN BERRY, 72, of College Hill, died Thursday at Mercy Hospital. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 11400 Winton Road, Forest Park. Visitation: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 08-11-2001
John 'Jack' Neuhaus,
devoted to St. Benedict Church
John "Jack" Neuhaus was a former clerk in the Kenton County Circuit Clerk's Office who devoted hi s last years to his beloved St. Benedict Church in Covington.
A Covington resident, Mr. Neuhaus died Friday. He was 70.
A member of St. Benedict for more than 53 years, Mr. Neuhaus helped serve Mass daily.
"He loved to spend time with his friends at St. Benedict, volunteering for their bingos, working at their festivals and singing in the choir," said a son, David Neuhaus of Edgewood.
"That was where he went to grade school and where his mom and dad went to church."
Mr. Neuhaus was a native of Covington and an Air Force veteran of the 
Korean War.
He was a trucking supervisor at Bavarian Brewery in Covington, where he worked 20 years, and an inside salesman for Johnson Electric in Cincinnati, where he worked 15 years, before he took the job at the circuit clerk's office and worked there for 10 years.
Mr. Neuhaus visited his wife, Rosemary C. Mueller Neuhaus, who has Alzheimer's disease, daily at Rosedale Manor Nursing Home in Latonia. The couple was married nearly 45 years.
Other survivors include sons, Jerry Neuhaus of Covington and Jack Neuhaus of Amelia; daughters, Mary Anne Neuhaus and Theresa Neuhaus, both of Erlanger; brothers, Chuck Neuhaus of Cincinnati and Rich Neuhaus of Covington; and six grandchildren.
Services will be at 8 p.m. Tuesday at St. Benedict Church in Covington.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home in Covington.
Memorials are suggested to St. Benedict Church, 338 E. 17th St., Covington, Ky. 41014; or Alzheimer's Disease Association, 644 Linn St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45203.
Date of announcement: 08-13-2001
Joshua Ellis Blair, 14 days, son of Jerry and Lori Anne Pfirrman Blair of Elsmere, Ky., died July 27. Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Antoninus Church, Covedale. Visitation: 9 a.m. Tuesda y at the church. Egbert Funeral Home, Mount Orab, is handling arrangements. Memorials: March of Dimes or Good Samaritan NICU.
Date of announcement: 08-13-2001
Vounlee Campbell, 71, of Sycamore Township, died Thursday. He was a laborer with Laborer's Union Local No.. 265. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church of Hazelwood. Visitation: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, i s handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 08-13-2001
Edward Ford Hagar, 82, of Long Beach, Calif., formerly of Rising Sun, Ind., died Aug. 3. He was a mechanical engineer with TRW in Inglewood, Calif., and a Navy veteran of World War II. Graveside services: 10 a.m. EDT Wednesday at Rising Sun New Cemetery. Markland Funeral Home, Rising Sun, is handling arrangements. Memorials: Alzheimer's Association.
Date of announcement: 08-13-2001
Wilma Stahl, 84, of Rising Sun, Ind., died Sunday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday at Markland Funeral Home, Rising Sun. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials: Pleasant Ridge Church of Christ Building Fund.
Date of announcement: 08-13-2001
Rodna Kostoski, Lazarus seamstress
Rodna Kostoski, who came to the U.S. from Macedonia when she was 23 years old and worked 28 years as a seamstress at Lazarus department stores, died Sunday. She was 55.
"She was an excellent seamstress," said Mrs. Kostoski's daughter, Vase Kostoski of Erlanger, Ky. "Back in Europe, she had made clothes for her family."
In the U.S., Mrs. Kostoski quickly found work at Lazarus in the men's clothing alterations department.
"She loved it there," said her daughter. "Lazarus employed a lot of former Europeans to do that kind of work. When my mother started, there were 40 people there doing alterations.
"When she retired, there were only two."
In Erlanger, Mrs. Kostoski no longer made clothes for her family because she discovered it was cheaper to buy them than to make them, said her daughter.
However, Mrs. Kostoski did a lot of knitting and crocheting. "She was very fast," said Vase Kostoski. "She could make a whole blanket in just a few days."
Mrs. Kostoski especially enjoyed living in America, said her daughter.
"It was kind of rough in Macedonia," she said. "She did farm work there and it was very hard work."
Mrs. Kostoski followed her older brother to America. Later, other relatives also came.
Mrs. Kostoski was a member of St. Ilija Macedonian Orthodox Church in Cincinnati.
Other survivors include her brothers, Branko Keitofski and Blaze Keitofski, both of Erlanger, and a sister, Nada Kanzanov of Sturtevant, Wis.
Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Ilija Macedonian Orthodox Church.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to St. Ilija Macedonian Orthodox Church, 8465 Wuest Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45247.
Date of announcement: 08-14-2001
GEORGE CLEMENT LUKEN, 82, of Nashville, Tenn., formerly of Cincinnati, died Sunday. Mass: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Christ the King Catholic Church, Nashville. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. today at Marshall-Donnelly-Combs Funeral Home, 201 25th Ave. North, Nashville. Memorials may be made to Alive Hospice, 1710 Patterson St., Nashville, Tenn. 37212.
Date of announcement: 08-14-2001
BRIAN C. KREMER, 30, of Fort Thomas, Ky., died Saturday of injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident. He was a manager of Morgan Tire Co., Fort Thomas. Mass: 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church. Visitation: 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Vitt, Stermer & Anderson Funer al Home, Cheviot.
Date of announcement: 08-14-2001
PHILIP R. ROTHENBUSCH, 68, of Bright, Ind., died Friday. He was a
Korean War veteran. Services: 2 p.m. today at Jackman-Kercheval-Meyers Funeral Home, Harrison. Visitation: Noon at t he funeral home. Memorials: Providence Church, Bright.
Date of announcement: 08-14-2001
BRANDON KEITH Washington, 2 months, of Silverton, died Friday. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Silverton. Visitation: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funer al home.
Date of announcement: 08-14-2001
'Margie' Smith, popular with children
Margaret "Margie" Smith, 62, of Burlington, Ky., who made a spirited fight against cancer, died Monday.
"She always had a smile on her face even though she had cancer 11 years," said Phyllis Knarr, Mrs. Smith's sister-in- law. "She was a very happy, very lovable person.
"Everybody looked up to her because of her spirit. She kept up her spirit through prayer."
Mrs. Smith was extremely popular with children in the community.
"There were six or seven kids in the neighborhood who looked on her as their second mother," said Mrs. Knarr. "She was great with children.
"Kids always made her home their second home. One girl said that if it hadn't been for Mar garet's home to come to, she wouldn't be here today."
Survivors include her husband, Larry Smith; a daughter, Debbie Smith of Erlanger; a son, Richard Smith of Warsaw; and a sister, Donna Baker of Florence.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Stith Funeral Home in Florence.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 08-15-2001
CHARLES E. BERRY, 48, of Westwood, died Monday. He was a machinist. Services: 10 :30 a.m. Saturday at James Temple Church of God in Christ, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jo rdan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 08-15-2001
CARL EDWARD ODUM, 65, of Clifton, died Sunday. He was a retired maintenance worker with the University of Cincinnati. Services: 1 p.m. Friday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: noo n Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 08-15-2001
