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Date of these obituaries: 04-08-2000
Edith C. Lydon was family nurturer
Edith C. Lydon's life spanned the century, and she spent it nurturing family w ith a strength that overcame obstacles.
During the Great Depression, her husband, Joseph Lydon Sr., went to California hunting for work and died there in 1933, leaving her a young widow.
She went to work at Crown Overalls to support their young son, Joseph. Within months, Mrs. Lydon's older sister died, leaving three young children.
"My mother moved in with my uncle and raised her nieces and nephews and me," said Joseph Lydon, of Alexandria.
When her brother-in-law fell ill to tuberculosis, she nursed him and eventually became the breadwinner for the blended family, going to work as a clerk-typist at Procter & Gamble Company in the 1940s.
"My mother was quite a gal," Lydon said. "She was always ready to help anybody she could help."
As a boy, he remembers his mother fixing plates of food for out-of-work men who would knock on the kitchen door.
She was active in Sacred Heart Church in Bellevue, where she led the Ladies Sodality. She went to Mass daily. She also enjoyed playing cards.
Mrs. Lydon retired from P&G; around 1963. Through the 1960s and 1970s she cared for her grandson, who is retarded, while her daughter-in-law went to work.
Mrs. Lydon had a quiet competence and a generous spirit, her son said. She never sought recognition, but she was loved by everyone, he said.
In recent years, her health failed, and she moved to Carmel Manor Nursing Home in Fort Thomas, where she died at 3:45 p.m. Thursday at age 101.
Other survivors include two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Carmel Manor Chapel, Fort Thomas. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to The Point, 104 Pike St., Covington, Ky. 41011.
Alexandria Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Eleanora E. Halenkamp Arey, 92, of Harrison, Ohio, formerly of Covington, died at 6:40 p.m. Thursday at Harrison Nursing Home, Cincinnati. She was a retired seamstress with Rauze Shirt Co., Cincinnati. Her husband, Raymond A. Arey, died in 1991.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday in St. John Church, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Ishmael Gibson Sr., 89, of Owenton, died Friday at Frankfort Regional Medical Center. He was a wallpaper hanger and a member of Owenton Baptist Church. A son, Ishmael Gibson Jr., preceded him in death.
Survivors include sons, Bobby Gibson of Worthville, Orville Gibson of Owenton and William Gibson of Glencoe; stepsons, Jamie Jacobs and Danny Joe Jacobs, both of Owenton, Dennis Jacobs of Jonesville, Eddie Jacobs of Williamstown and Oscar Jacobs of Worthville; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at McDonald Funeral Home, Main Street, Owenton. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton. Memorials are suggested to Owenton Manor Joy Room, Owenton, Ky. 40359.
Bertha Gilene, 85, of Cincinnati, died at 7 a.m. Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati. She was a housekeeper with Carmel Manor Nursing Home, Fort Thomas.
Survivors include a son, Nickolas Gilene of Cincinnati; daughters, Ann Sinclair and Pauline Milford, both of Cincinnati; nine grandchildren and 11 great-
grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Catchen Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Monday. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati.
Rilda "Mae" Horn, 76, of Crittenden, died at 5:56 p.m. Thursday in St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, John E. Horn; a foster daughter, Jean Collier of Dry Ridge; a stepdaughter, Judy McDaniel of Florence; a stepson, Jim Horn of Union; a sister, Ida Sloan of Fort Wayne, Ind.; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Crittenden. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Bridgetown Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Crittenden Baptist Church, Russell Street, Crittenden, Ky. 41030.
James A. Jones, 70, of Newport, died Wednesday in St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He was a retired loading dock supervisor with Wiedemann Brewery, a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters in Newport, and an Air Force veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Christine Ovell Jones; a daughter, Carmen Neiser of Newport News, Va.; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Stephen-Holy Spirit Church, Newport. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday in Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Richard A. Ledonne, 64, of Newport, died at 12:44 p.m. Thursday in University Medical Center, Cincinnati. He was a supervisor at Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co., and a member of the Holy Name Society at St. Vincent DePaul Church, Newport. His wife, Patricia A. Ledonne, died in 1999.
Survivors include sons, Dave Ledonne and Jim Ledonne, both of Alexandria, Raymond Ledonne of Independence and Jay Ledonne of Newport; daughter, Linda Hofstetter of Alexandria; brothers, Joseph Ledonne of Newport, Dennis Ledonne of Independence, Roger Ledonne of Cincinnati and Jack Ledonne of Cold Spring; sister, Mary Ann Feucht of Alexandria; and 11 grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in St. Stephen Church, Newport. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday in Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to Holy Spirit Church, 825 Washington Ave., Newport, Ky. 41071.
John Jack Mann, 78, of Ludlow, died Thursday in St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. He was a machinist.
Survivors include a sister, Mary Pinky Konersman of Fort Wright.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Redwood School and Rehabilitation Center, 71 Orphanage Road, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017.
James Norton, 69, of Covington, died at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday in St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
There are no immediate survivors.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. C&C; Mortuary, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Georgia E. Reinmuth, 73, of Cincinnati, formerly of Burlington, died Friday in HCR Manor
Care, Cincinnati. She was a retired key punch operator with Clopay Corp., Cincinnati. Her husband, Edward Johns Reinmuth, died in 1984.
Survivors include a son, Danny R. Reinmuth of Sinking Springs, Ohio; a daughter, Margie Smith of Burlington; sisters, Mary Smith of Haldane, Ill., and Maxine Evans of Bronson City; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 8 p.m. Monday in Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Visitation will begin there at 4 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Manor, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.
Nell Jarman Surgener Sellmeyer, 84, of San Diego, formerly of Fort Wright, died Tuesday in San Diego. She was a homemaker and a member of Mother of God Church, Covington. She was a member of the the church Altar Society, a former member of Kentucky Rovers of Fort Wright and a past president of Covington BPOE Ladies Auxiliary. Her husband, Alvin W. "Buss" Sellmeyer, died in 1986. A son, Willard L. Jarman, died in 1997.
Survivors include granddaughters, Jennifer Jarman of San Diego and Janina McFarland of Alpine, Calif.; a grandson, Gregory Jarman of Murrieta, Calif.; and two great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 12:05 p.m. Tuesday in Mother of God Church. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Entombment will be in Mother of God Mausoleum, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Margaret C. Adler Worst, 91, of Fort Thomas, died at 7:05 a.m. Friday in Baptist Convalescent Center in Newport. She was an employee of Grosser Accounting Co. Her husband, Elsworth Worst, died in 1986.
A daughter, Marjorie Witsken, died in 1994, and a son, Larry Worst, died in 1954.
Survivors include daughters, Mary Ann Schulz of Cincinnati and Christine Smith of Fort Thomas; a son, Michael Worst of Cincinnati; 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 1 p.m. Monday in St. Catherine of Siena Church, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday in Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2, Florence, Ky. 41042; or St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Terry L. Young, 53, of Wilder, died Thursday in St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a welding supervisor.
Survivors include his wife, Lois Young; sons, Ray Johnson of Alexandria and Steve Young of Baltimore, Md.; daughters, Andra Bemmes of Cincinnati and Gina Lawrence of Phoenix; a brother, Thomas Young of Crittenden; a sister, Linda Kidd of Cincinnati; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at noon Monday in Full Gospel Assembly Church, Newport.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the church.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Radel Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
