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Date of these obituaries: 05-12-2000
Gladys Hinel, touched hundreds of lives as teacher
In all she did, Gladys Whitaker Hinel left a lasting impression.
Mrs. Hinel was a teacher at St. Agnes and Ninth District Elementary schools in the mid-1960s and early 1970s, touching hundreds of children's lives. After retirement, she was part of mall-walking clubs where talking with friends was as much of the attraction as ambling through local shopping malls. Through it all, she always had a special way with people.
"She was an inspiration. I can't tell you how many people have come up to me and told me how great she was," said Mrs. Hinel's daughter, former Crestview Hills Councilwoman Beverly Draud.
"And they all used the same word. They all said she was sweet."
Mrs. Hinel, 89, formerly of Fort Mitchell and more recently of Highland Crossing Assisted Living Center in Fort Wright, died Thursday at Village Care Center, Erlanger.
Mrs. Hinel taught at schools in Middlesboro and Harlan before she and her husband, James Joseph Hinel, started their family.
After taking time off to raise her children, and after the family moved to Northern Kentucky, she resumed teaching. She retired nine years later.
After her husband died in 1978, Mrs. Hinel took to walking, first through malls and later around Highland Crossing. When it rained, she walked the halls at the nursing home.
"She loved walking. It was a chance for her to get out and talk to people," Mrs. Draud said.
Other survivors include a son, Jim Hinel of Amelia Island, Fla.; daughters, Judy Biedenharn of Grove City, Ohio, and Mary Lou Tyirin of Cincinnati; 12 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Private mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Julian Church, Middlesboro. Memorials are suggested to Blessed Sacrament School, 2407 Dixie Highway, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017; or the charity of the donor's choice. Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Clark Saunders Custard, 36, of Cynthiana, died Wednesday at Harrison Memorial Hospital, Cynthiana. He was an employee of 3M Co., and a member of Macedonia Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Granette Watson-Custard; a son, Brandon Scott Allen Custard; his mother, Rose Moore Custard of Cynthiana; brothers, Marcellus Custard Jr. and Walter Custard, both of Cynthiana; and sisters, Marie Fogle and Edna Burden, both of Cynthiana, and Mary Mosley of Nashville, Tenn.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Macedonia Baptist Church, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana, and from 9 a.m. until the time of services Saturday at the church. Burial will be in Cherry Grove Cemetery, Harrison County.
Wavalon Nightingale Clark, 79, of Cincinnati, formerly of Covington, died Wednesday at Deaconess Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include daughters, Deborah Rocke and Nikki Kirstein, both of Cincinnati; a son, Phillip Clark of Long Beach, Calif.; and five grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at noon Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Fort Mitchell. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Vitas of Cincinnati, 1132 W. Kemper Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45240; or American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Mary Margaret Schmidt Fedders, 80, of Fort Wright, died of cancer Wednesday at her daughter's home in Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker and was active in Catholic charity programs and various other Northern Kentucky charities.
Survivors include her husband, Aloysius H. Fedders of St. Charles Care Center, Fort Wright; a son, John M. Fedders of Washington, D.C.; a daughter, Rosemary Stein of Fort Thomas; six grandsons and one great-granddaughter.
Memorial Mass will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Agnes Church, Fort Wright. Visitation will follow in the church rectory. Mrs. Fedders bequeathed her body to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Wilford J. "Buck" Hamilton, 91, of Carrollton, died Wednesday at his home. He was a retired farmer and a member of Whites Run Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Beatrice Oak Hamilton.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, Carrollton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Carrollton.
Helen L. Jones, 72, of Covington, died at 6 p.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Roy Jones, died in 1992.
Survivors include daughters, Barbara Burden of Covington, Linda Klein of Edgewood and Patty Burden of Walton; sisters, Florence Brown and Reva Durham, both of Williamsburg; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services were at noon today at Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere. Burial was in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Mary Frances Gaines Kingkade, 80, of Owenton, died Thursday at Owen County Memorial Hospital in Owenton. She was a retired employee with the Kentucky Department of Transportation and a member of Cedar Hill Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, George W. Kingkade; a son, George Gaines Kingkade of Georgetown; daughters, Sandra Neal and Ava Jo Gibson, both of Owenton; 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at McDonald Funeral Home, Main Street, Owenton. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton. Memorials are suggested to Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Highway 127 South, Owenton, Ky. 40359; or Gideons International, P. O. Box 222, Williamstown, Ky. 41097.
Myrtle McCain, 83, of Dayton, died Thursday at Franciscan Hospital, Dayton, Ohio. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include daughters, Glenna Hughes and Virginia Lois Huff, both of Dayton, Ohio; sisters, Justine Neal and Velma Mason, both of Owenton, Mary True of Corinth and Nellie Jenkins of Georgetown; eight grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and one great- great-grandchild.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge.
Charles Edward Meece Sr., 62, of Dry Ridge, died Wednesday in Hamilton, Ohio. He was a truck driver and shipping clerk with Adam Wholesale, Cincinnati, and a member of Teamsters Local No. 100, Cincinnati. A son, Guy Matthew Meece, died in 1967.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Bowen Meece; his mother, Lena Meece of Stanford; sons, Charles Robin Meece Jr. of Crittenden, Gary Robin Meece and James Dale Meece, both of Dry Ridge, Justin Daniel Meece of Williamstown and Robert Eugene Meece of Florence; a daughter, Lena Mae Skinner of Williamstown; brothers, David Meece of Harrison, Ohio, and Arthur Meece of Stanford; sisters, Jewel Dean Pinkston of Lexington and Anna Murphy of Lancaster; and 18 grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, Demossville. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery, Demossville.
Maneriva Million, 75, of Berry, died Wednesday at Harrison Memorial Hospital, Cynthiana. She was a homemaker and a member of Riverview Baptist Church, Berry. Her husband, Marvin Million, died in 1995.
Survivors include a son, Eddie Million of Berry; a brother, Thomas "Buddy" Moore of Paris; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Berry. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Pythian Grove Cemetery, Berry.
Emma B. Peeks, 84, of Cincinnati, died Monday at University Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include sisters, Mary Frye of Danville and Mattie Young of Covington; nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Jones and Simpson Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at noon Saturday. Burial will be in Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington.
Gardner Reed, 83, of Florence, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence. He was a retired attorney. His wife, Doris Jean Herald Reed, died in 1978.
Survivors include a son, Doug Reed of Florence; a stepson, Rodger Jerome Wamsley of Florence; his stepmother, Lutie Reed of Salyersville; brothers, James Reed of Salyersville, Goebel Reed of Lexington and Cash Reed of Morehead; sisters, May Vanderpool of Centerville, Ohio, and Eva Lee Hampton of Salyersville; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Roy James Yoakley, 78, of Covington, died at 10:08 a.m. Thursday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit in Covington. He was a retired union carpenter and a member of Southwest Ohio District Council Carpenters, Cincinnati.
Survivors include a daughter, Ann Heckle of Loveland, Ohio; a sister, Mary Deuring of Mount Washington; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington.
