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Ona Mae Okvit, 77, of Alexandria, died at 4:50 p.m. Sunday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport. She was a homemaker. Her husband, William Okvit, died in 1976.
Survivors include daughters, Ida Marie Hunt of Covington and Libby Ann Goodridge of Al exandria; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 1 p.m. to day at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will begin there at noon. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery
in Milford, Ohio. Memorials are suggested to Baptist Convalescent Center, 120 Main St., Newport 41071.
Announced on: 07-08-1997
Gerald T. Parker, 62, of Florence, died at 12:01 p.m. Saturday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence. He was a warehouse manager with Dixie Wholesale Co.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Becker Parker; daughter, Teri Ritter of Los Angeles, Patti Jones of Conifer, Colo., and Lorinda Schied of Beulah, Colo.; sons, Chuck Ritter of Bellevue, Kael Parker of Hamburg, Germany, and Scot Parker of Colorado Springs, Colo.; his mother, Jessie Parker of Pueblo, Colo.; sisters, Phyllis McMeekan of Maumee, Ohio, and Mary Quintana of Pueblo; a brother, Bill Parker of Pueblo; and seven grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul Church, Florence. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger.
Announced on: 07-08-1997
Alice V. Riesenberg, 81, of Ft. Thomas, died at 6:35 p.m. Sunday at Highlands of Ft. Thomas nursing home. She was a retired teacher with Toronto, Canada, schools, and a worker with the Kenton County School Board in the Bookmobile Library.
Survivors include a sister, Rosemary Holloran of Indianapolis.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Thomas Church, Ft. Thomas. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Ft. Thomas. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Ft. Thomas. Memorials are suggested to Congregation of Passion of Jesus Christ, 1151 Donaldson Highway, Erlanger 41018.
Announced on: 07-08-1997
Violet Longstreet Roberts, 87, of Omaha, Neb., formerly of Somerset, died Sunday at Montclair Nursing Home in Omaha. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Matt Abbett Roberts Jr., died in 1996.
Survivors include sons, Matt A. Roberts of Omaha and Brian Lindsay Roberts of China; and six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Warsaw Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Alzheimer's Disease Association, 644 Linn St., Cincinnati 45203. Carlton Lowder Funeral Home, Warsaw, is handling arrangements.
Announced on: 07-08-1997
Marilyn Suttles, 42, of Florence, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Hospice, Covington. Arrangements are pending at Jones and Simpson Funeral Home, Covington.
Announced on: 07-08-1997
Byron D. Martin, served Grant as sheriff, judge-executive
Byron D. "B.D." Martin, a former Grant County judge-executive and sheriff, died Tuesday at Columbia Hospital in Lexington.
Mr. Martin, 72, of Dry Ridge, was sheriff from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. He then began a string of election victories as judge-executive that kept him in office through the late 1980s.
And when Mr. Martin won, he often won big.
"I'm confident," Mr. Martin said in a 1981 Kentucky Post interview. "I'll get the silent vote, which is the majority, while they'll get the anti-vote, which always makes 10 times the noise of the silent vote."
In 1988, Mr. Martin was honored by the Senior Community Services Employment Project of Northern Kentucky for his efforts to hire older workers.
The judge-executive was hard-working and innovative.
He once helped workers manage a junk-car cleanup program where the county hauled away junk cars for free and then sold the scrap metal to raise money for the fire department.
And, in 1977, he helped county workers clear snow from the back roads to enable residents to get to work and home.
The judge said he simply wanted "to help wherever possible."
Mr. Martin was proud of his fiscal court's work to improve roads, public transportation and ambulance services.
The judge-executive also obtained federal grants to build a new health building and issued revenue bonds to attract new companies to the county.
Mr. Martin was once criticized by a political opponent for not attracting more businesses to Grant County. But he brushed aside the criticism by saying he didn't want any companies that could harm the environment.
"We want good, clean manufacturing firms," Mr. Martin said years ago.
Mr. Martin also served as a deputy sheriff. He was a member and elder emeritus of Dry Ridge Christian Church and Dry Ridge Lodge No. 849. He was also a member of Shriners, Indra Consistory of Covington, the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, and was a Noble of the Mystic Shrine on Oleika Temple of Lexington.
Survivors include his wife, Helen H. Martin; sons, Dennis Martin of Lexington and Don Martin of Dry Ridge; a brother, Glenn E. Martin of Louisville; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Announced on: 07-09-1997
Rachel Rhodes Brewster, 81, of Nampa, Idaho, formerly of Erlanger, died June 17 at Nampa Care Center in Nampa. She was a seamstress, a member of Elsmere Baptist Church and a Sunday School teacher.
Survivors include a son, Stephen Brewster of Nampa; a daughter, Kaye Garvin of Nampa; sisters, Ruth Lucas of Ft. Wright and Pauline Bingham of Crittenden; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Memorials services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to the church Children's Ministries, 250 Garvey Ave., Elsmere 41018. Alsip Funeral Home, Nampa, is handling arrangements.
Announced on: 07-09-1997
Joseph Leonard Casch, 89, of Ft. Mitchell, died at 3:45 a.m. Monday at Crestview Park Nursing Home, Cincinnati. He was a salesman with Sears Roebuck and Co., and an Army veteran of World War II. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Teresa of Avila Church, Cincinnati. Burial will be in New St. Joseph Cemetery, Cincinnati. Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Walton, is handling arrangements.
Richard Carleton Gronberg, 72, of Carrollton, died Tuesday at King's Daughters Hospital in Carrollton. He was a retired employee of Allis-Chalmer Co., Carrollton, and a member of Carrollton Christian Church. He was a member of American Legion Post No. 9, Carrollton, and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Diana Fuller Gronberg; sons, Robert Gronberg of Batavia, Ohio, and Larry Gronberg of Cold Spring; stepsons, Jessie Brooks of Madison, Ind., and Jay Brooks of Houston; stepdaughters, Sonja Babcock of Cordova, Alaska, Lori Buckles of Madison, Ind., and Julie Spencer of Hanover, Ind.; his stepmother, Martha Gronberg of Cold Spring; a brother, Don Gronberg of Loveland, Ohio; a sister, Evelyn Free man of Cincinnati; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the church. Gra ham-Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton, is handling ar rangements. Memorials are suggested to Boy Scouts of America, the church or Dean Memorial Church in Worthville.
Announced on: 07-09-1997
Rod Gruelle, 37, of Union, died Sunday at St. Eliza beth Medical Center North, Covington. He was a board member of AIDS Volunteers of Northern Kentucky.
Survivors include his mother, Francis Gruelle; a sister, Saundra Riddell; and a brother, Ronald Gruelle.
Services will be at 7 p.m. today at Big Bone Baptist Church, Union. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice. Cre mation Society of Greater Cincinnati is handling ar rangements.
Announced on: 07-09-1997
Pamela Guillen-Khan, 45, of Rising Sun, Ind., formerly of Campbell County, died at 11:10 p.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. She was a homemaker and a mem ber of Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington.
Survivors include a son, Darrell J. Stroud of Coral Gables, Fla.; daughters, Te resa Ann Stroud and Caro lyn Stroud, both of Miami, Kellie M. Stroud of Rising Sun and Christina Faye Stroud of Louisville; her mother and stepfather, An na Black and Jim Tribbey of Rising Sun; a brother, Law rence Russell II of Ludlow; sisters, Carolyn J. Russell of Hollywood, Fla., Helen K. Cole of Elsmere, Sherry A. Rizzo of Ludlow, Elizabeth L. Slay of Flagstaff, Ariz., and Pastora D. Philpot of Elkhart, Ind.; and two grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the church. Visitation will begin there at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Tay lor Mill. Memorials are sug gested to St. Elizabeth Hos pice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington 41014. Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue, is handling arrangements.
Announced on: 07-09-1997
Lafell Hinton, 75, of Flor ence, died at 9:45 p.m. Sunday at Christ Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a homemaker and a member of Florence Baptist Church. She was a member of the church choir and Women's Missionary Union, and a for mer member of Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include her husband, Eugene Hinton; a son, Wayne Hinton of Fair view, Texas ; daughters, Gayle Buie of Eugene, Ore., and Janet Faye Fitzgerald of Edgewood; a brother, Carl D. Dalton of Bowling Green; 10 grandchildren and two great- grandchild ren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at noon. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Me morials are suggested to American Diabetes. Associ ation, 2805 W. McMicken Ave., Cincinnati 45225, or the charity of the donor's choice.
Announced on: 07-09-1997
Bruce Munson, 38, of Flor ence, died at 2 p.m. Tues day at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington.
Arrangements are pend ing with Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Announced on: 07-09-1997
