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Date of these obituaries: 11-12-1999
Angelo Bonavita, 95, opened Italian restaurant and grocery
In Italian, 'bonavita" means "the good life."
For Angelo Bonavita, it was a fitting name, his daughter said.
"He loved life and he lived it to the fullest," said daughter Fay Miller.
In 1921 Mr. Bonavita came to America from the tiny village of Fuscaldo in Italy. He was 17, spoke no English and knew only his uncles in Cincinnati.
After teaching himself the language, he opened a small grocery store called Nettuno on Court Street in Cincinnati.
He later opened a restaurant, Mama Francesca, where only one meal was served a day, and patrons lingered for four to five hours, like in Italy, Mrs. Miller said.
"You had your meal like you were in his home," she said. "He never liked to rush."
Mr. Bonavita, 95, died Thursday at Carmel Manor Nursing Home in Fort Thomas, where he had lived for 13 years.
Mr. Bonavita, who became an American citizen in 1926, helped many people from his village immigrate to the United States, then helped them learn English and get jobs.
"I don't think he ever said no to anybody who asked for help," Mrs. Miller said.
He also taught Italian at the Berlitz Foreign language school and Villa Madonna College, which is now Thomas More College.
Mr. Bonavita moved to Newport after marrying his wife, Catherine, who was from there. They were married
57 years before Mrs. Bonavita died of cancer in 1983.
Mrs. Miller said he was a wonderful father and "nonno" - the Italian word for grandfather.
Other survivors include a brother, Ernesto Bonavita of Cincinnati; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Carmel Manor Nursing Home Chapel. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Prayers will be at 8:45 a.m. Monday at Carmel Manor. Memorials are suggested to Carmel Manor Nursing Home, 100 Carmel Manor Road, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
George G. Black, 61, of Newport, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a self-employed small-business consultant.
Survivors include a daughter, Katherine Hollister Black of Manassas, Va.; and a son, William Burr Black of Cincinnati.
Memorial gathering will be at 4 p.m. today at Mansion Hill Tavern, Newport. Cremation will be at Cincinnati Cremation Co. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Mark A. Dixon, 36, of Williamstown, was found dead at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday at his home. He was a self-employed carpenter.
Survivors include a son, Dameon Flege of Williamstown; his mother, Sarah Jane Dixon of Fort Thomas; a brother, Timothy A. Dixon of Verona; and sisters, Theresa Dixon of Demossville and Shannon Mundy of Lexington.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will begin there at noon Saturday. Burial will be in Williamstown Cemetery.
Oliver W. Eades, 75, of Ludlow, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a retired assembly line worker with Cadillac Motor Co. and a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include sons, William Eades and Gilbert Eades, both of Ludlow, Jessie Eades and Stacey Eades, both of Detroit; daughters, Linda Crawford of Ecorse, Mich., Veronia Barks of Covington, Debbie Eades and Kimberly Springer, both of Ludlow, and Alexandra Eades of Detroit; sisters, Etta Merrell, Shirley Ross and Elsie Mahan, all of Ludlow; a brother, Tony Eades of Walton; 22 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow. Visitation will begin there at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Christine Barnes Fralix, 88, of Bracken County, died Thursday at Harrison Memorial Hospital, Cynthiana. She was a homemaker, a member of Milford Christian Church and a teacher of the Cheerful Wigglers group at the church for more than 60 years.
Survivor include her husband, James E. Fralix; a son, James B. Fralix of Bracken County; a daughter, Ermalene Evans of Lexington; sisters, Inez Deane Fields and Lela Brough, both of Bracken County, Mildred Woodward of Clermont, Fla., and Cynthia Moorhead of Maysville; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Bracken Memorial Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to charity.
Mildred M. Harper, 78, of Falmouth, died Wednesday at her home. She was a homemaker and attended Oakland Christian Church, Falmouth. Her husband, Cleva Harper, died in 1993. A son, Danny C. Harper, also preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, David Harper of Falmouth; a daughter, Velda Lynn of Fort Myers, Fla.; brothers, Raymond Moreland of Jonesville and Melvin Moreland of Cedar Grove, Ind.; sisters, Jane Beadle of Galesburg, Ill., Doris Miles of Trenton, Ohio, Joyce Stewart of Summerville, Texas and Judy McGee of Cynthiana; four grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will begin there at noon Saturday. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery, Falmouth. Memorials are suggested to Oakland cemetery Fund, Falmouth, Ky. 41040.
Mabel Catherine Hensley, 73, of Florence, died Thursday at Woodspoint Nursing Home in
Florence. She was a homemaker and a member of East Bend Baptist Church, Boone County. Her husband, Earl Hensley, died in 1984.
Survivors include a sister, Mary Lou Howe of Walton; nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Rominger Funeral Home, Manchester. Visitation will be from 5 to 7:30 tonight at Stith Funeral Home, Florence, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Rominger Funeral Home. Burial will be in Hounchell Bend Cemetery, Manchester.
Ralph D. Moreno, 80, of Erlanger, died at 6:25 p.m. Tuesday at Hospice of Cincinnati. He was a retired accountant with O.K. Trucking Co in Cincinnati and taught conversational Spanish to adults with the Greater Cincinnati Public Schools.
Mr. Moreno was a philanthropist for Boys Town Orphanage in his hometown of Oaxaca, Mexico. He raised money and secured donations of clothing and food for Boys Town. He was a member of the Pan American Society of Cincinnati.
Survivors include a son, Thomas David Moreno of Cincinnati; daughters, Elizabeth M. Maile of Erlanger and Andrea Alicia Moreno of Cincinnati; a brother, Pepe Moreno of Oaxaca; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mary Queen of Heaven Church, Erlanger. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Entombment will be in St. Joseph Old Mausoleum, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Cincinnati, 4310 Cooper Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242.
Kenneth M. Neale, 47, of Covington, died at 7:25 p.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit in Covington. He was a warehouse worker with Retail Delivery Service of Cincinnati.
Survivors include a son, Travis Neale of Erlanger; daughters, Tasha Hanna and Stephanie Neale, both of Erlanger; sisters, Patricia Gullett of Florence and Cheryl Maier of Cincinnati; a grandmother, Ellen Neale of Covington; and six grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Lakeside Christian Church, Lakeside Park. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 tonight at Catchen Funeral Home, Covington. Entombment will be in Highland Mausoleum, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to Lakeside Christian Church, 195 Buttermilk Pike, Lakeside Park, Ky. 41017.
Anthony D. Thomas, 35, of Independence, died of cancer at 2:16 a.m. Thursday at his home. He was a warehouse specialist with AIMCO Inc. in Florence and was an accomplished guitarist.
Survivors include his wife of seven months, Brenda Paterson Thomas; a stepson, Johnny Goodwin of Independence; stepdaughters, Jayme Biddle and Amanda Biddle, both of Independence; his parents, Clifford and Geneva Thomas of Glencoe; sisters, Monica Smith of Walton and Munyaka Tucker of Strunk; a brother, Clinton Thomas of Glencoe; a half-brother, Clifford Thomas of Falmouth; and a half-sister, Gail Thomas of Florence.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Jones Cemetery, Climax. Memorials are suggested to the Anthony D. Thomas Memorial Fund, in care of Bank of Kentucky, 1065 Burlington Pike, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Nellie Tolliver, 72, of Covington, died Sunday at her home. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include brothers, Harrison Tolliver and Charles Tolliver, both of Cincinnati; and sisters, Clotta Jackson and Ada Mitchell, both of Cincinnati.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Our Savior Church, Covington. Joseph R. Garr Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is handling arrangements.
Mary Louise Tabben Wahle, 85, of California, died at 9:15 a.m. Thursday at her home. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Earl W. J. Wahle, died in 1989.
Survivors include a daughter, Mary Earlene Pelgen of California; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, California. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested to Alzheimer's Association, 644 Linn St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45203; or Sts. Peter and Paul Church Building Fund, Route 2, Box 134, California, Ky. 41007. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
