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Date of these obituaries: 10-14-2000
Virginia 'Bootsie' Root, came from Newport founders
Virginia Bliss "Bootsie" Root, a descendant of the founding families of Newport, died at 2:45 p.m. Thursday at the Highlands of Fort Thomas, where she had lived for a year and a half. She was 86.
Miss Root was a great-granddaughter of Richard Southgate on her father's side and a descendant of Gen. James Taylor on her mother's side.
But it was her modern day family that claimed her heart and her energy.
"She was the oldest girl and like a second mother to us, " said her sister, Bettie Root Rice Hesch of Fort Thomas. 'Her family was her life."
As was the custom in the 1920s, she quit high school to help her mother care for her brothers and sister.
She lived with her parents on Fourth Street in Newport, and worked at Gibson Greeting Cards and later at Hyde Park Clothes.
"She was engaged, but the war came along and things changed, " her sister said. "She never married."
But she maintained a lively family life through her brothers, sister, nieces and nephews. She enjoyed family vacations and she was the one everyone called with family news or travel plans.
In the 1980s, she volunteered at St. Luke Hospital.
She worked in the laundry and her sister-in-law, also named Virginia Root, volunteered in the surgical waiting room.
Miss Root was a regular at the Campbell County senior picnics, and once won the jitterbug contest.
In addition to her sister, survivors include a brother, Jack H. Root Sr. of Fort Thomas.
Brothers who preceded her in death were Albert H. Root Jr., James D. Root, Bailey S. Root and Richard I. Root.
Visitation will be 9:30 a.m. Monday at Evergreen cemetery chapel in Southgate, followed by services at 10 a.m.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport, in charge of arrangements.
James S. Beckett, 95, of Butler, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Helen Louise Dienstel, 89, of Florence, died Thursday at Mercy Hospital, Anderson Township, Ohio.
She was a homemaker and the widow of Paul Dienstel.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
There will be no visitation.
Stith Funeral Home, Florence is handling the arrangements.
Mary C. Hartley, 80, of Dayton, died Oct. 7 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
She was a homemaker and a member of the VFW Post in Bellevue.
Her husband, Edwin Hartley, died in 1979.
Survivors include her son, Edward Hartley of Pamato, Fla.; brother, Albert Runge of Cleveland, Ohio; three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony Church, Bellevue.
There will be no visitation.
Burial will be in VA National Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue is handling the arrangements.
Gabriella Anna Blau Hergott, 90, of Edgewood, died at 9:40 p.m. Thursday at Bayley Place Nursing Home, Cincinnati.
She was a homemaker and a member of St. Pius X Church, Edgewood. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Raymond Blau, in 1948; second husband, H. Stanley Hergott, in 1991; and son, James Blau, in 1979.
Survivors include her son, Jack Blau of Lakeside Park; daughters, Ruth Ann McGoron of West Harrison, Ind., Sister Helen Hergott of Villa Hills, Marian Morgan of Sarasota, Fla. and Judith Wood of Lakeland, Fla.; 17 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Pius X Church.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger.
Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
Memorials are suggested to Alzheimer's Disease Association, 644 Linn St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45203; or Bayley Place Nursing Home, 990 Bayley Place Dr., Cincinnati, Ohio 45233.
Artie Miller Hubbard, 98, of Cynthiana, died Thursday at Edgemont Manor Nursing Home, Cynthiana.
She was a retired nurses aide, a member of Wagoners' Chapel United Methodist Church, Cynthian, a and had attended First United Methodist Church, Cynthiana.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Hubbard.
Survivors include her sons, William Earl Hubbard of Dayton, Ohio and Bobby M. Hubbard of Memphis, Tenn.; daughter, Nancy Berry of Dayton, Ohio; brothers, William Richard Miller of Paris and Johnson Miller of Boyd; sister, Ethel Lail of Alabama; six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Whaley-McCarty Funeral, Cynthiana.
Visitation will be from 1:30 p.m. today until the time of services.
Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana.
Memorials are suggested to Methodist Children's Home, P.O. Box 749, Versailles, Ky. 40383.
Raymond Paul "Murphy" Lyle, 76, of Falmouth, died Friday at River Valley Nursing Home, Butler.
He was a farmer and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his sister, Odella Schanding of Falmouth.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the time of services Sunday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Bracken Memorial Cemetery, Brooksville.
Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Robert Riddle, 65, of Hebron, died at 9 p.m. Friday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Brothers Funeral Home in Latonia.
Lilly M. Taylor, 94, of Butler, died Friday at the Lakeside Place Health Care Center, Highland Heights.
Arrangements are pending at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Kenneth Thomas, 72, of Florence, died Friday at the Florence Park Care Center, Florence.
He was a bookkeeper for Thomas Tax Masters of Hamilton, Ohio, and a member of Fort Mitchell Baptist Church and Gideons International.
Survivors include his wife, Anne Thomas of Florence; sons, Stephen Thomas of Flemingsburg and Paul Thomas of Lexington; daughter, Rebecca Atkinson of Burlington; sisters, Ethel Harper of Winchester and Opal Dupin of Florence; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the time of services Monday.
Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
