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Date of these obituaries: 09-24-1999
Edward 'Irv' Ziegler, tool and die maker, N. Ky. Sports Hall of Fame
Edward "Irv" Irwin Ziegler of Bellevue jammed his 96 years full of life.
He played baseball for the minor leagues, founded a conservation club, wrote poetry and was a camera buff who developed his own pictures.
"He loved to do everything," said a daughter, Alice Heath of Bellevue.
Mr. Ziegler died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas.
The retired tool and die maker worked 57 years for the Wadsworth Watch Case Co. in Dayton. He made tiny parts for a variety of uses, including the hood ornaments and horn but tons for Pontiac that featured the company's Indian head logo. He also made secret parts for weapons during World War II, said his daughter.
A short stint in his youth as a baseball player in the minor leagues won Mr. Ziegler a place in the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame.
He was a founding member of the Bob White Club, a conservation club founded in 1938 that sponsors trap shoots and has fishing lakes at its camp in Claryville. He remained in charge of the grill tent for festivals at the club's camp through his late 80s.
Mr. Ziegler also founded the Bluegrass Camera Club in the 1940s.
He was a member and past grand master of the Masonic Lodge No. 916 in Silver Grove and a member of the Junior Order of the Garfield Council of Bellevue.
He did wood-working and liked to write poems - most of them humorous.
Mr. Ziegler's wife, Irene L. Ziegler, died in 1982.
Besides Mrs. Heath, survivors include a daughter, Helen Faecher of Bellevue; a sister, Dora Cummins of Melbourne; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Dobbling Funeral Home in Bellevue.
Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Monday.
Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery in Southgate.
Memorials are suggested to the Bob White Club, 4787 Licking Pike, Claryville, Ky., 41001, or the charity of the donor's choice.
Velma Inez Daniel Bowling, 84, of Berry, died Thursday at her home. She was a retired teacher, a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Cynthiana, and a member of Order of the Eastern Star Oneida Chapter No. 482.
Survivors include her husband, Hamblin Bowling; sons, Dorsey Daniel of Trenton, Ohio, Ron Daniel of Camargo, and Gary Daniel of Harrison County; daughters, Jean Daniel of Sunbury, Ohio, Bess Biason of Newbury Park, Calif., and Belinda Trumbo of Prescott, Ariz.; brothers, Glen Wilson of Winchester, Elmo Wilson of Springfield, Mass., Dorsey Wilson of Chicago and Wendell Wilson of Hamilton, Ohio; sisters, Lee Horst of Ojai, Calif., and Laura Grace Gay of Booneville; 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Butler County Memorial Park, Trenton, Ohio. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Butler County Memorial Park. Burial will be in Butler County Memorial Park.
Zona J. Hough, 95, of Covington, died at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday at Garrard Street Nursing Home in Covington. Graveside services were at noon today at Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. C&C; Mortuary, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Jeri Jodine Karsner, 54, of Owenton, died Wednesday in Georgetown. She was an employee of Toyota Logistics and an emergency medical technician with the Owen County Life Squad. She was a volunteer with the Grand Paws Search Dog Association and the Owenton and Monterey fire departments.
Survivors include her husband, Larry Karsner; sons, Matthew Greenlee of Warsaw and Mark Greenlee of Folsom, Calif.; daughters, Mary Wilhoite of Monterey and Melissa Willoughby of Williamstown; brothers, Kip Prenkert of Elkhart, Ind., and Kirby Prenkert of Niles, Mich.; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at McDonald Funeral Home, Main St., Owenton. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton. Memorials are suggested to Grand Paws Search Dog Association.
Lyda Kesse, 82, of Covington, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. Husbands, Robert Wallace and John Ball, and a daughter, Jessie Louise Wallace, all preceded her in death.
Survivors include her hus band, Louis B. Kesse; daughters, Kleda Owens of Elsmere, Martina Denham of Erlanger and Cathy Clemons of Latonia; a son, Berry Wallace of Indianapolis; 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence, is handling arrangements.
Joseph F. Minor, 56, of Covington, died at 3:02 p.m. Tuesday at his home. Graveside services were this morning at Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. C&C; Mortuary, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Lois Ann Parece, 61, of Florence, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Manuel V. Parece; sons, Kevin Parece of Orlando, Fla., Martin Parece of Lynchburg, Va., Anthony Parece of Yorkville, Ill., Andrew Parece of Florence, Lawrence Parece of Covington and Paul Parece of Hebron; daughters, Stacy Olson and Julie Tackett, both of Florence, and Dorothy Parece of Hebron; a brother, Gerald Pritchard of South Padre Island, Texas; sisters, Norma Ansbach and Teddy Smith, both of Fort Wayne, Ind.; and 17 grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Betty James Rubin, 77, of Independence, died Thursday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Catchen Funeral Home, Covington.
Michael Alan Smith, 34, of Independence, died Wednesday at University Hospital, Cincinnati, of injuries suffered in a mo torcycle accident. He was a self-employed truck driver.
Survivors include his wife, Vicki Smith; his parents, Kenneth and Maureen Smith of Black Stone, Mass.; a stepson, Brian Zorb of Independence; a stepdaughter, Erin Zorb of Independence; a sister, Shelley Gloriosio of North Bridge, Mass.; a brother, Lee Smith of Black Stone, Mass.; and one step-granddaughter.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Trinity Episcopal Church, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Monday. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati. Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Arnold Spicer, 71, of Cynthiana, died Thursday at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Cynthiana.
Arrangements are pending at Woodhead Funeral Home, Berry.
