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Date of these obituaries: 08-07-2000
Lois Gutman taught for 42 years
There's no telling how many lives Lois Spillman Gutman touched, said her daughter, Becky Crase.
Mrs. Gutman taught school for 42 years and substituted for years after that.
Now, the boxes of cards and letters tell some of the story.
There are notes of thanks with cute misspellings from young students who tell "how much they loved her, and how good she was," said Ms. Crase.
There's also one graduation card "To the best teacher I ever had."
Mrs. Gutman, 91, of Dry Ridge, died Saturday at her home.
She taught with Grant County Board of Education, as well as Walton and Covington school districts.
"She was a very amazing person," said her daughter. "She started (teaching) in a one-room school house without a certificate. She had an emergency certificate because they needed teachers."
She went to college after she started teaching, had three children and took care of her elderly father.
"It took her 25 years to graduate from college," Ms. Crase said.
All the while her school board continued to renew her provisional certificate.
Mrs. Gutman was an elder emeritus with Dry Ridge Christian Church and a member of Christian Women's Fellowship at the church.
She was also a member of the Grant County Retired Teachers Association. Her husband, Roy D. Gutman, died in 1953.
In addition to her daughter of Dry Ridge, survivors include sons Wade Gutman of Williamstown and Dr. Dale Gutman of Cincinnati; a sister, Lorean Snow of Lady Lakes, Fla.; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Dry Ridge Christian Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge, and from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge.
Memorials are suggested to Dry Ridge Christian Church, 13 School St., Dry Ridge, Ky. 41035.
Herbert Brewer, 65, of Williamstown, died Sunday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown.
Rouie Curtis, 91, of Sunbury, Ohio, died Sunday at her daughter's home in Park Hills. She was a homemaker. Her husband, James M. Curtis, died in 1984.
Survivors include a son, Rexford Curtis of Sunbury; daughters, Priscilla Blair of Park Hills and Carolyn Stambaugh of Sunbury; a brother, Luther LeMaster of Paintsville; 11 grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, four step-great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Jones and Preston Funeral Home, Paintsville. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 tonight at Moreland Funeral Home, Westerville, Ohio; and from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Jones and Preston Funeral Home. Burial will be in Curtis Family Cemetery, Flat Gap.
Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014. Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere, is handling arrangements.
Gary Price Frederick, 53, of Charlestown, Ind., died Friday at his home. He was a retired port director with the U.S. Customs Port in Louisville and a member of Masonic Lodge No. 226 in Charlestown, Order of the Eastern Star Chapter No. 597 in Charlestown and Calvary Lutheran Church, Jeffersonville, Ind. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War, and also served in the Air Force.
Survivors include his wife, Darla Krutz Frderick; sons, Darrin Frederick of Alice Springs, Australia, and Michael Frederick of Louisville; Edward "Bodie" and Jo Price Frederick of Ewing; a brother, Billy Dean Frederick of Elizaville; sisters, Bonnie Dwyer and Sara F. Jackson, both of Maysville; and one granddaughter.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Price Brothers Funeral Home, Elizaville. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Elizaville Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice and Pallative Care of Southern Indiana, 624 E. Market St., New Albany, Ind. 47150.
Judith Hahn, 60, of Richwood, died Sunday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas.
Kelly Mathew Hill, 32, of Morning View, died Friday at his home in an accident. She was a maintenance mechanic with Kroger, where he was a union steward. He also restored and repaired cars for Avid Car.
Survivors include his wife, Adrienne Hill; daughters, Megan Hill and Jessica Hill, both at home; his parents, Robert and Mary Lou Hill of Decatur, Ala.; a sister, Pat Hannah of Decatur; and grandmother, Geraldine Hall of Dundee, Mich.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Kelly Hill Memorial Fund, in care of Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, P. O. Box 568, Independence, Ky. 41051.
Ruth H. Keating, 96, of Erlanger, died Saturday at Village Care Center in Erlanger. She was a a member of St. Therese Church Altar Society, Southgate, and was one of the original volunteers at Redwood School and Rehabilitation Center, Fort Mitchell. Her husband, John Joseph Keating, died in 1981.
Survivors include a daughter, Ruth Durstock of Erlanger; a son, John Keating of Alexandria; a sister, Ann Knoll of Cincinnati; 14 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Cecilia Church, Independence. Visitation will begin there at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in St. Joseph New Cemetery, Cincinnati.
Memorials are suggested to Redwood Rehabilitation Center, 71 Orphanage Road, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017; Village Care Center Activity Department, 3000 Riggs Ave., Erlanger, Ky. 41018; or in the form of Masses. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Robert Lodge, 57, of Falmouth, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was a retired employee of Gedge Workshop, Falmouth, and a member of Southside Church of Christ, Falmouth.
Survivors include a sister, Anna Mae Newkirk of Falmouth; nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will begin there at noon Tuesday. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth.
Larry E. Lord, 50, of Cincinnati, formerly of Latonia, died Saturday at Hospice of Cincinnati. He was a utility worker with Clovernook Center for the Blind, Cincinnati, and a member of the Cincinnati Blind Bowling League, the Cincinnati Fyre beeper baseball team and the American Council of the Blind.
Survivors include his wife, Kathleen Taney Lord; sisters, Helen DeSautel of Miami, Fla., Joyce Cliff of Villa Hills and Pat Lockhart of Piner; nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Neidhard-Hensley Funeral Home, Cincinnati. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to Leukemia Society of America, 100 Merchant St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45246; or Clovernook Center for the Blind, 7000 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45231.
Orville Elliott Menefee, 91, of Morning View, died Saturday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport. He was a retired farmer and a member of Piner Baptist Church and National Farmers Organization. He was also a founding member of Piner-Fiskburg Fire Department and Kenton County 4-H Fair.
Survivors include his wife, Christine Menefee; daughters, JoAnn Chambers, Donna Williams and Carolyn Jenkins, all of Morning View; a son, Elbert Ray "Bud" Menefee of Morning View; sisters, Margaret King of Florence, Naomi Phillips of Covington and Ruth Caldwell of Demossville; brothers, Kenneth Menefee of Tulsa, Okla., Lloyd Menefee of Louisville, Tilford "Pete" Menefee of Demossville, Kline Menefee of Crittenden and Marvin Menefee of Covington; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Gardnersville Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Piner Baptist Church, 15044 Madison Pike, Morning View, Ky. 41063; or John 3:16 Baptist Church, Cincinnati.
Charles E. Riehl, 79, of Bellevue, died Sunday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a technician with Peter Paul Office Equipment, Cincinnati, a member of St. Vincent DePaul Society and Bellevue Lions Club, and a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Anna Hils Riehl; sons, David Riehl of Edgewood and Ed- ward Riehl of Bellevue; daughters, Gloria Riehl of Cincinnati, Marianne Riehl fo Louisa, Rosemary Riehl and Theresa Riehl, both of Bellevue, and Virginia Riehl of Washington, D.C.; a sister, Jane Gasper of Whitehall, N.Y.; and five grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church, Bellevue. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested to St. Vincent DePaul Society, Sacred Heart Church, 318 Division St., Bellevue, Ky. 41073.
Anna Ruth, 94, of Dry Ridge, died Sunday at Village Care Center in Erlanger.
Arrangements are pending at Eckler Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge.
Euel Sexton, 63, of Cincinnati, died Saturday at Hilltop Nursing Home in Cincinnati. He was a laborer and a Navy veteran.
Survivors include sisters, Loretta Evans and Wanda Bryant, both of St. Petersburg, Fla.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hamilton-Stanley Funeral Home, Verona. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in New Bethel Cemetery, Verona.
Mary Evelyn Strinko, 44, of Newport, died Friday at her home after an extended illness.
Arrangements are pending at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue.
Henry Earl Vereen, 63, of Cynthiana, died Saturday at Edgemont Manor Nursing Home in Cynthiana. He was a carpenter and a Navy veteran.
Survivors include a brother, Jimmy Vereen of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; and a sister, Pauline Anderson of Myrtle Beach.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Harrison County Cemetery, Cynthiana. Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana, is handling arrangements.
