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MARJETTA "MARGIE" WOODS, 75, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Friday. She was a line worker with Seagrams Distillery. Services: 2 p.m. today at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: Noon at the funeral home. Memorials: Tanner Valley Bell Tower or Miller York Fire Department.
Date of announcement: 12-23-2002
MARGIE LEE DYE, 76, of Avondale, died Saturday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at True Church of Christ, Over-the-Rhine. Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, in charge..
Date of announcement: 12-24-2002
MARY ELIZABETH (BANKS) ELLIS, 84, of Evanston, died Dec. 19. She was a homemaker. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at New Christian Life Baptist Church, Evanston. Visitation: 6 p.m. Thursday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-24-2002
EUGENE WILLIAM FELLER, 51, of St. Leon, Ind., died Monday. He was a self-employed handyman. Services: 1 p.m. Thursday at Cook Funeral Home, Sunman, Ind. Visitation: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials: To the family.
Date of announcement: 12-24-2002
BETTY GARRISON, 57, of Dillsboro, Ind., formerly of Aurora, Ind., died Sunday. She was a homemaker. Services: 8 p.m. Friday at Rullman Hunger Denney Funeral Home, Aurora. Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials: To the family.
Date of announcement: 12-24-2002
CALEB JOE KIRCHOFF, 11 days old, of Greendale, Ind., died Wednesday. Caleb was the son of Timothy and Anissa Kirchoff. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Ludlow Hill Baptist Church, Lawrenceburg, Ind. Visitation: 10:30 a.m. Friday at the church. Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg, Ind., is handling the arrangements. Memorials: Children's Miracle Network.
Date of announcement: 12-24-2002
Geneva Butts, president of guild
Geneva Butts circulated petitions, buttonholed legislators and campaigned through the media during the late 1990s in her quest to get group homes for retarded adults in Northern Kentucky.
When that effort finally bore fruit and the first group home opened in Northern Kentucky, she passed on an opportunity to get her own daughter -- Mary Ann, who has Down Syndrome -- a slot there, saying it should be given to someone who needed it more.
It was vintage Geneva Butts.
"She was real involved with her seven children, but to get involved with us she had to get involved in the community," said daughter Pamela S. Tullis of Fort Thomas.
When Mrs. Butts lived in Las Vegas in the 1960s, she started the St. Robert Bellarmine Guild -- equivalent to the PTA -- at the school her children attended. She headed it for about five years as president, and by the time she stepped down, it had about 250 member families.
"She was really dedicated to us, she gave up her whole life for her kids," said Tullis. "She took care of my sister all these years, and she never complained about it."
Mrs. Butts, of Covington, died Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was 74.
Her daughter Mary Ann finally went to live in one of the group homes in June when her mother became too ill to care for her.
Mrs. Butts was a retired switchboard operator with CSX Railroad.
Surviving in addition to her two daughters are her husband, Robert P. Butts Sr.; sons, Robert P. Butts Jr. of Erlanger, Ky., William Butts and Raymond G. Butts, both of Newport, and Joseph E. Butts of Alexandria, Ky.; another daughter, Phyllis L. Nelson of Mason, Ohio; a brother, Winfred Green of Highland Heights; a sister, Joyce Gangloff of Melbourne; 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at St. Therese Church, Southgate. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport.
Memorials are suggested to Northern Kentucky Association of Retarded Children, 104 Pike St., Covington, Ky. 41011; or American Diabetes. Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., West Chester, Ohio 45069.
Date of announcement: 12-25-2002
FRANCES MARIE LAY, 83, of Bethel, died Sunday. Services: 1 p.m. Friday at Corbin Funeral Home, Corbin. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Corbin Funeral Home. Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-25-2002
REBECCA SPIVEY, 78, of Cincinnati, died Saturday. She was a factory worker. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Allen Temple Worship Center, Bond Hill. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-25-2002
JAMES OSCAR WESTMORELAND SR., 80, of College Hill, died Saturday. He was a carpenter and a World War II veteran. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Peace Baptist Church, Avondale. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Renfro & Piper Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is handling arrangements. Memorials: Harry F. Grote Disabled American Veterans Chapter No. 103, in care of Andrew J. Offutt, 4672 Rapid Run, Apt. 8, Cincinnati, Ohio 45238.
Date of announcement: 12-25-2002
Doug Van Meter, fisherman
Doug Van Meter always said he wanted to go with a fishing pole in his hand, and his wife will make that wish come true by burying the 41-year-old fisherman and father of four with his favorite rod and reel.
"He's taking one last fishing trip," Michelle Van Meter said.
Mr. Van Meter, a printer with Activity Publications in North College Hill for 22 years, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence, Ky., after a massive heart attack.
The Florence resident was a "real outdoorsman," his wife said.
"He loved camping, boating and hiking, but fishing most of all. He loved to fish, all kinds of fish on all kinds of lakes."
His favorite spot was Dale Hollow Lake on the Tennessee-Kentucky border, she said.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Alexandria Funeral Home, Alexandria. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati.
Date of announcement: 12-26-2002
ALICE C. ELLINGHAUSEN, 87, of Manchester, Ind., died Monday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church, Manchester, Ind. Visitation: 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Cook Funeral Home, Sunman, Ind., is handling the arrangements. Memorials: Zion Lutheran Church.
Date of announcement: 12-26-2002
SONJA M. (GIRT) TURNER, 64, of Vevay, Ind., died Tuesday. She was a retired assembly operator for the Western Electric (known now as ATT Technologies). Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials: Hospice of Kings Daughters' Hospital.
Date of announcement: 12-26-2002
RUTH E. CREECH, 69, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Wednesday. She was a bank teller with Peoples Bank. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials: Steve Blackwell Scholarship Fund or Hospice of Dearborn County.
Date of announcement: 12-27-2002
PAULINE L. WARE LUCAS, 65, of Avondale, died Tuesday. She was a retired computer technician with R.L. Polk Co. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church of Covington. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Monday at the church. Jones and Simpson Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-27-2002
THOMAS BURWELL RUSSELL, 69, of Kennedy Heights, died Wednesday. He was an auto store owner. Memorial services: 7 p.m. Saturday at 3819 Zinsle Ave., Cincinnati. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Silverton, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-27-2002
RAYMOND SETTLES, 43, of Clifton, died Sunday. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Pilgrim Baptist Church, Avondale. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Silverton, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-27-2002
DAMIEN D. WISSEL, 43, of Bloomington, Ind., died Wednesday. He was a mechanic and owner of The Frugal Mechanic in Bloomington. Mass: Noon Saturday at St. Anthony Church, Batesville. Visitation: 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Weigel Funeral Home, Batesville.
Date of announcement: 12-27-2002
Michael Lee Bess, 49, of Florence, Ind., died Friday. He operated and was a barber at Michael's Barber and Styling Shop, Rising Sun, Ind., worked in medical records at Jewish Hospital and Christ Hospital, both in Cincinnati, was a former firefighter and EMT in Wakeman, Ohio. Graveside services: 1 p.m. Monday in Historic Marion Cemetery, Marion, Ohio.
Date of announcement: 12-28-2002
Lloyd 'Rudy' Wells, civic-minded
Lloyd Allan "Rudy" Wells was a civic-minded man in a community that no longer exists.
Mr. Wells, who died Thursday at his home in Taylor Mill, Ky., was a founding member and assistant fire chief for the Winston Park Volunteer Fire Department. He was 80.
He helped mix the mortar and lay the block for the fire station on Winston Avenue, which is now part of Taylor Mill, said his son, Richard A. Wells of Latonia.
Something the Winston Park City Council did made Mr. Wells so angry that he decided to run for the council and change it -- and he did, said his son.
Mr. Wells served on the council and also on the Taylor Mill City Council, after Winston Park became part of Taylor Mill in the early 1970s.
When he wasn't working as a conductor/switchman for ConRail, where he retired after 43 years, he was involved with children, as an assistant scoutmaster or a Little League baseball coach, his son said.
He had a special pair of pliers that he used to pull out loose teeth for neighborhood children, his son said.
He also enjoyed owning and racing horses. His best horse, named Boiling Over, did better the colder the weather.
Mr. Wells was a Coast Guard veteran of World War II.
Other survivors include his wife, Betty Marie Mattson Wells; a daughter, Penny Hayes of Dayton, Ky.; sons, Robert L. Wells of Aurora, Ind., and D. Michael Wells of Taylor Mill; a sister, Bonnie Aker of Melbourne, Fla.; a brother, John R. Wells of Taylor Mill; 13 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014..
Date of announcement: 12-30-2002
LYDIA ELIZABETH HUDSON WILLIAMS, 106, of Hillsboro, died Saturday. She was a member of Brush Creek Baptist Church. Services: 2 p.m. Thursday at Beam-Fender Funeral Home, Sardinia. Visitation: Noon Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-30-2002
IRENE HARRIS BROCK, 91, of Paddock Hills, died Saturday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-31-2002
