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Date of these obituaries: 08-31-1999
Rosemary Kiefer, legal secretary shared with church and charities
Rosemary Kiefer had two traits that endeared her to friends and family: she was hard- working and generous.
For many years, Miss Kiefer, a native of Northern Kentucky, was a legal secretary for attorney Ted Romer of Cincinnati. She retired about three years ago.
Miss Kiefer enjoyed sharing her benefits with her church and charitable organizations, said her younger sister, Jane Wischer of Covington.
"She was a very good person; she had lots of friends," Mrs. Wischer said. "We were close before I got married
and we were closer after my husband died a few years ago."
Miss Kiefer, 78, of Fort Thomas, died at 4:50 p.m. Saturday at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas.
She was a member of Daughters of Isabella, Little Sisters of the Poor, the St. Gemma Guild and Siena Seniors.
Miss Kiefer attended elementary school in Southgate and high school at the former LaSallette Academy in Covington.
She believed in helping poor people and enjoyed playing cards when she wasn't working, her sister said.
"She was very giving. She was soft-spoken," Mrs. Wischer said.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, followed by prayers. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested to charity.
Mabel Branom, 85, of Louisville, formerly of Owen County, died Saturday at Caritas Medical Center in Louisville. She was a homemaker and a member of Park Ridge Baptist Church, Tri-County Missionary Choral Union and the Pine Ridge Homemakers.
Survivors include her husband, Gilbert Branom; a daughter, Cynthia Mullen of Louisville; a son, Larry Allen Branom of Taylorsville, Ind.; sisters, Grace Singleton of Louisville and Hazel Ware of New Liberty; brothers, James Frank Sanders of Warsaw and Lester Sanders of Columbus, Ind.; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Park Ridge Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. today at Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Main St., Warsaw, Ky. 41095. Burial will be in Park Ridge Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Park Ridge Baptist Church, in care of the funeral home.
Alvy Grant Curtis, 57, of Dayton, died Sunday at his home. He was an employee of ITT Automotive in Florence and a member of Zion Baptist Church, Dry Ridge.
Survivors include his wife, Judy Baumbach Curtis; his mother, Ella Frances West Curtis of Newport; a son, Larry Grant Curtis of Dayton; a daughter, Melissa Ann Dilillo of Burlington; a brother, Larry Curtis of Covington; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Lenoxburg Cemetery, Bracken County. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; or Zion Baptist Church, Dry Ridge, Ky. 41035.
Thelma Dew, 85, of Batesville, Ind., formerly of Newport, died Saturday at Dreyerhaus Health Care Center in Batesville. She was a retired employee of the former Speers Hospital, Dayton, and was a member of Batesville United Methodist Church. Her husband, William W. Dew, died in 1974.
Survivors include sons, Joseph Dew of Springfield, Tenn., and William W. Dew Jr. of Scottsdale, Ariz.; a daughter, Naomi Melia of Batesville; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. EST Thursday at Batesville United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Batesville United Methodist Church, 106 S. Park Ave., Batesville, Ind. 47006; or Dreyerhaus Chapel Fund, 958 State Road 46 East, Batesville, Ind. 47006. Meyers Funeral Home, Batesville, is handling arrangements.
Jack W. Feagan, 64, of Nashville, Tenn., formerly of Brooksville, died Friday at his home. He was vice president of membership and education with the Tennessee Restaurant Association.
Survivors include his wife, Gerlinda Feagan; daughters, Diane Parker and Laura Frantz; sons, Scott Owens and Chris Irvin; his father, John Feagan; sisters, Jill Stephanson, Judith O'Mara, Joy Mulligan, Janelle Thompson, Emily Owen and Janice Himmelsbach; brothers, Jerry Feagan and J. R. Feagan; and seven grandchildren.
Services were Monday at Harpeth Hills Funeral Home, Nashville. Burial was in Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens, Nashville. Memorials are suggested to Leukemia Society of America, 100 Merchant St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45246.
Paul E. Ford, 76, of Delaware, Ohio, formerly of Covington, died Saturday at Grady Memorial Hospital, Delaware. He was a retired tool and die maker and an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of St. Mary Church, Delaware; Knights of Columbus, Delaware; and Order of Eagles Post No. 376. Infant daughters, Patricia Ford and Rita Ford, both preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Loretta Ehlman Ford; sons, Michael Ford and John Ford, both of Delaware, and Patrick Ford of Ostrander, Ohio; daughters, Deborah Berger of Iberia, Ohio, Kathleen Basiger of Richwood, Ohio, and Colleen Kenney, Nora Hardin, Maureen Mathews and Carol Ford, all of Delaware; and seven grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary Church, Delaware, Ohio. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at DeVore-Snyder Funeral Home, Delaware, with prayers at 8 p.m. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to St. Mary School, 66 E. William St., Delaware, Ohio 34105; American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2, Florence, Ky. 41042; American Heart Association, 1885 Dixie Highway, Suite 250, Fort Wright, Ky. 41011; or Grady Memorial Hospital, 561 W. Central Ave., Delaware, Ohio 43015.
Charles Bill Fowee, 76, of Highland Heights, died Sunday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a retired millwright and an Army veteran of World War II. Sons, Edward Fowee and Mark Fowee, died in 1953 and 1986, respectively. A daughter, Peggy Fowee, died in 1976.
Survivors include his wife, Cora Fowee; sons, Bill Fowee of Florence, John Fowee of Boynton Beach, Fla., Daniel Fowee of Loveland, Ohio, Thomas Fowee of Edgewood, Joseph Fowee of Taylor Mill, Gregory Fowee of California and Scott Fowee of Sparta; daughters, Carol Schafer of San Diego, Mary Fowee of Daytona Beach, Fla., and Sharon Fowee of Covington; brothers, Ralph Fowee of Troy, Ala., and Andy Fowee of Pikeville.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Radel Funeral Home, Highland Heights. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to charity.
Dorothy Hyatt Goetz, 76, of New York, formerly of Highland Heights, died Sunday at Cornell Hospital in New York. She was a homemaker and a member of Legion of Mary at St. Therese Church, Southgate. Her first husband, Joseph W. Hyatt, died in 1983.
Survivors include her husband, Edwin Goetz; a daughter, Emma JoAnn Combs of Highland Heights; sisters, Rosemary Smith of Moscow, Ohio, and Peggy Wahl of Newtown, Ohio; brothers, Joseph Jansen of Covington and Harry Janseon of Naples, Fla.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at noon Wednesday at St. Joseph Church, Cold Spring. Visitation will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, followed by prayers. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Henrietta C. Kaltwasser, 102, of Fort Thomas, died Monday at Carmel Manor Nursing Home in Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker and a member of Christ Church United Church of Christ, Fort Thomas. Her husband, Gustave Kaltwasser, and son, Paul Kaltwasser, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include a sister, Virginia Hiser of Shelbyville, Ind.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Christ Church United Church of Christ, 15 S. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Helen Louise Arand Koenig, 95, of Covington, died Sunday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit in Covington. She was an employee of Thomas E. Wood Insurance Co. and a member of St. Mark Lutheran Church, Newport. Her husband, George W. Koenig, died in 1965.
Survivors include a daughter, Sharon Hitt of Covington; a stepdaughter, Helen Thompson, of Lewiston, Calif.; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Immanuel United Methodist Church, Lakeside Park. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to St. Mark Lutheran Church, Eighth and Monroe streets, Newport, Ky. 41071.
Kelsey Lee Jones Lawrence, son of Michael Lawrence of Gallatin County and Kristie Jones of Verona, was stillborn Sunday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Other survivors include grandparents, Jerry and Lana Jiles of Warsaw, Gary and Sandy Jones of Elsmere, and Rodney and Virginia Lawrence of Covington; great-grandparents, Charles and Dora Jones of Verona, and Carol and Jim Morris of Carrollton; and great-great-grandmother, Fannie Jones of Verona.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Rice Cemetery, Union. Stith Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Roy W. Webster, 77, of Dry Ridge, died at 6:20 p.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He was a retired machine operator with William Powell Valve Co., Cincinnati, and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Virgie Inman Webster; a son, Russell Charles Webster of Dry Ridge; a stepson, Kenneth Worley of Cincinnati; daughters, Louise Charlene Koeppe of Cincinnati, Patti Lynn Durban of Florence and Cathy Marie Webster of Corinth; a sister, Mae Kramer of Elsmere; and 10 grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Hamilton-Stanley Funeral Home, Verona. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in New Bethel Cemetery, Verona. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Michael Steven Wheeler, 19, of Milton, died Sunday at University Hospital, Louisville, of injuries suffered in an accident on a four-wheel terrain vehicle Saturday. He was an employee of Negent Sand & Gravel Co., Milton.
Survivors include his parents, Bonnie and Steve Wheeler of Carrollton; and grandparents, Harold Easton of Warsaw and Anna Wheeler of Ghent.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Family Worship Center, Carrollton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the center. Burial will be in Ghent Masonic Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Family Worship Center Youth Group, 2520 Highway 227, Carrollton, Ky. 41008. Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton, is handling arrangements.
