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Date of these obituaries: 11-24-1999
Lizabeth Lee Wilkins, teacher
When Lizabeth Lee Wilkins was a child she loved to play school - and she was always the teacher.
"If ever there was anybody born to be a teacher, she was," said her mother, Lee Wilkins of Bowling Green.
"From the time she was a little girl and could walk around, she and her daddy would put a blackboard in the garage and set up chairs.
"She would put all her teddy bears in the seats and her two younger sisters - if she could hog tie them to the chairs."
After Miss Wilkins grew up, she spent 26 years in front of blackboards in Boone County classrooms, where the chairs were filled with third-graders.
Miss Wilkins died Tuesday morning at her home in Edgewood. She was 48 years old.
Miss Wilkins was born in Memphis, Tenn., and reared in Louisville, Nashville and Dayton, Ohio.
There was a strong tradition of teaching in both the maternal and paternal branches of her family tree, said Mrs. Wilkins. At least six of her relatives were teachers.
But before Lizabeth Wilkins was a teacher, she was a sterling student.
She earned a bachelor's degree in education from Eastern Kentucky University and a master's degree in education from Northern Kentucky University.
"She was a 4.0 student all through grade school, high school and college," said her mother.
Miss Wilkins taught third-graders, first at Ockerman Elementary School in Florence and then Stephens Elementary School in Burlington.
She retired Oct. 30.
Teaching was not Lizabeth Wilkins' only passion. She was a Reds fan who loved hockey, the symphony and the theater.
Besides her mother, survivors include sisters Suzanne Addington of Gray, Tenn., and Deborah Szczapinski of Bowling Green; nephews and a niece.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the Linnemann Funeral Home in Burlington.
Visitation will begin there at 3 p.m. Friday.
Burial will be in Fairview cemetery in Bowling Green.
Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014; or American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Alfie Bowen, 85, of Williamstown, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge.
Richard A. Brake Sr., 69, of Erlanger, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington. He was a painter and wallpaper hanger with Heckman and Butterfield Co.
Survivors include his wife, Arlene Brake of Erlanger; sons, Richard Brake Jr., Timothy Brake and Steven Brake, all of Erlanger; brothers, William J. Brake of Erlanger and Joseph Brake of Edgewood; sisters, Esther Lageman, Angela Wilmhoff and Marcella Schwartz, all of Erlanger, and Lucille Cummings of Edgewood; and two grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Henry Church, Elsmere. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:45 a.m. Friday at the church. Entombment will be in Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Margaret A. Brownlee, 90, of Fort Thomas, died at 8:16 p.m. Saturday at Carmel Manor Nursing Home in Fort Thomas. She was a registered nurse.
Survivors include sisters, Mary Brandt of Fort Thomas and Genevieve Rosen of Omaha, Neb.; and a brother, Marcus Achermann of St. Paul, Minn.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Carmel Manor Nursing Home. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Porterville, Calif. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Ricky L. Ford, 49, of Williamstown, died Tuesday in Crittenden of injuries suffered in an auto accident. Arrangements are pending at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown.
Orma C. Haunert, 86, of Fort Thomas, died at 10:50 a.m. Monday at Garden Manor Retirement Village in Middletown, Ohio. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Bernard A. Haunert, died July 10.
Survivors include a daughter, Linda Simpson of Cold Spring; a son, William J. Haunert of Middletown, Ohio; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas.
Visitation will begin there at 9:30 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to Alzheimer's Disease Association, 644 Linn St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45203.
Hilda Hutcherson, 86, of Williamstown, died at 4:30 a.m. today at her residence. Arrangements are pending at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown.
Leona Masey Innings, 90, of Covington, died Sunday at her niece's home in Butler. She was a homemaker and a member of Mother of God Church, Covington. Her husband, Ted Innings, died in 1975.
Survivors include nieces, Sharon Daunt of Butler and Juanita Stevenson of Taylor Mill.
Mass of Christian burial was at noon today at Mother of God Church. Burial was in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington, handled arrangements.
Thomas G. Lohre, 75, of Big Pine Key, Fla., formerly of Park Hills, died Tuesday at Fisherman's Hospital, Marathon Key, Fla.
Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington.
Charlotte Moore, 79, of Williamstown, died Monday at her home. She was a retired registered nurse, a member of Dry Ridge Christian Church and an Army veteran of World War II. Her husband, Rae Moore, died in 1995.
Survivors include a brother, Milford Tate of London; a niece and a nephew.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the home of her niece, Linda Wallace, 311 Ky. 36 West in Williamstown. Memorials are suggested to Dry Ridge Christian Church, 13 School St., Dry Ridge, Ky. 41035; or Hospice of Hope, 1 W. McDonald Parkway, Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Spencer Todd Neal, 33, of Georgetown, died Thursday at Georgetown Community Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Kusam Neal; his father, Spencer Neal of Georgetown; a sister, Nikki Neal Ratliff of Edgewood; and a brother, Hamilton Neal of Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Services were Monday in Georgetown. Johnson Funeral Home, Georgetown, handled arrangements.
Nancy Herget Taylor, 67, of Florence, died at 6:20 a.m. Nov. 12 at Florence Park Care Center. She was a food preparation worker with Erlanger School. Her husband, Albert Taylor Jr., died in 1992.
Survivors include a son, Albert W. Taylor III of Costa Mesa, Calif.; daughters, Kimberly Spyridon of Little Rock, Ark., and Debora Brafford of Phoenix; a sister, Holly Cardozo of Fairfield, Conn.; and one grandchild.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Florence Christian Church. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2, Florence, Ky. 41042. Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere, is handling arrangements.
Charles Teegarden, 67, of Butler, died Tuesday at Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cincinnati. Arrangements are pending at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
