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Date of these obituaries: 07-20-1999
Erlanger's William Gentry, loving dad, softball coach
William J. Gentry believed that life is too short not to enjoy every minute of it.
The Erlanger man lived his own life to the fullest before succumbing to cancer at 46.
"His big thing was he just wanted everybody to be happy and get along," said his wife, Laura Nortrand Gentry.
"He just wanted everybody to forget their differences. He told me many a time that life's too short not to enjoy it and get the most out of it."
Mr. Gentry died at 12:35 p.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood after a two-year battle with cancer.
He worked for 16 years as a maintenance technician for the Erlanger-Elsmere School Board, serving as an electrician, plumber and inspector at the various schools.
He also was a long-time volunteer for the Erlanger Fire Department.
His coworkers, like his family and friends, loved him for his dedication, compassion and outgoing personality.
"He was loved by the entire school system," his wife said. "He was just very sensitive, very giving and fun-loving. He would help anybody."
Mr. Gentry grew up in Ludlow and went to Ludlow High School. He played softball and football for league teams. Also a talented musician, he played trumpet in the school band, and he sang in the chorus of Ludlow Baptist Church.
After graduating from high school in 1971, Mr. Gentry married
Sandra Morgan, in 1972. They had two daughters.
In 1985 he married
again, and he and his second wife, Nortrand Gentry, had a daughter.
For 11 years beginning in 1988, he served as an assistant coach for the Lloyd High School girls' softball team, on which his two oldest daughters played. He also headed summer recreation programs for softball players.
Mr. Gentry was himself a talented softball player, playing five to seven nights a week for many years. In 1987, his team, sponsored by Round Paper Packaging (RPP), qualified for a world softball tournament in Minnesota. His favorite positions were shortstop and pitcher.
Mr. Gentry was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus in 1997. It eventually spread to his spine. He fought bravely, his wife said, and continued to work until the end.
"He fought, and he fought, and he beat the odds," Mrs. Gentry said.
Other survivors include his daughters, Stacye Gentry, Amanda Gentry and Nancy Gentry, all of Erlanger; his father, John L. Gentry; his mother and stepfather, Joyce and Edwin Scudder of Ludlow; sisters, Bonnie G. Cole of California, Nancy Moore of West Harrison, ind., and Tammy Russell of Ludlow; brothers, Thomas Gentry of Newport and Edwin Scudder Jr. of Cincinnati; and two grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Henry Church, Elsmere. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Entombment will be in Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Erlanger.
Memorials are suggested to the Bill Gentry Girls' Athletic Scholarship Fund, in care of the Erlanger-Elsmere Board of Education, 500 Graves Ave., Erlanger, Ky. 41018.
Jodi Rene Bellerson, 25, of Latonia, died Friday in Cincinnati.
Survivors include a daughter, Christina Bellerson, at home; her father and stepmother, Leonard and LaDonna Bellerson of Hamilton, Ohio; her mother and stepfather, Janis and Bill Jaynes of Alexandria; brothers, Luther Bellerson of Morning View, and Christopher Bellerson, Benjamin Bellerson and James Moscoe, all of Alexandria; a stepbrother, Steve McQueen of Alexandria; and grandparents, Gladys Moscoe of Latonia and Evelyn Bellerson of Manchester.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Britton Funeral Home, Manchester. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester. Local memorial services will be at the convenience of the family. Memorials are suggested to First Christian Church, 14 W. Fifth St., Covington, Ky. 41011.
Calvin Phillip Boone, 48, of Maysville, died at 1:30 a.m. Monday at his home. He was a service technician with Cable Tire in Maysville.
Survivors include his wife, Bonnie Sue Boone; a daughter, Bonnie Christine Boone, at home; a son, Jonathon Boone, at home; brothers, Robert Allen Boone and Roy Boone, both of Hillsboro; and sisters, Aline Perry of Flemingsburg, Louise Boone of Maysville and Angelia Cord of Lewisburg.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Brell Funeral Home, Maysville. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Beasley Cemetery, Maysville.
Edna M. Cox, 71, of Falmouth, died Monday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Edgar "Skeeter" Green, 75, of Latonia, died at 12:15 a.m. Monday at his home. He was a retired mechanic with the Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky, a member of Amalgamated Transit Union and the Community Pentecostal Church of God in Latonia, and a Navy veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Louise Cunningham Green; sons, Steve Green of Crescent Springs, Kevin Green of Virginia Beach, Va., and Brian Green of Union; daughters, Kellie Mergard of Covington and Donna Brindley of Florence; a brother, Bill Green of Florence; daughters, Barbara Wilson of Edgewood and Boneda Lepper of Erlanger; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to Community Pentecostal Church Family Center, 11875 Taylor Mill Road, Covington, Ky. 41015.
Robert Waram Hacker, 76, of Burlington, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was the former owner of Hacker Oldsmobile-Cadillac in Moline, Ill.
Survivors include a son, Theodore Trevellyan Hacker of Minneapolis; daughters, Christine Pierce Courtland of Nogales, Ariz., Ellen Rogers Hacker of Minneapolis and Elizabeth Anne Anderson of Florence; a brother, John Pierce Hacker Jr. of Sarasota, Fla.; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Cremation will be in Baxter Cremation Co., Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to American Lung Association, 11113 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242.
Paul Andrew Hunt, 50, of Highlands Heights, died Sunday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
Arrangements are pending at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas.
Allan H. Judge, 71, of Burlington, died Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington.
Lucille Ryan Martin, 91, of Erlanger, died at 9:35 am. Sunday at Rosedale Manor, Latonia. She was a retired seamstress with Palm Beach Co., Erlanger, and a member of First Christian Church, Covington. She was a former member of the church board. Her husband, Tom Martin, died in 1985.
Survivors include a sister, Georgia Lesniak of Erlanger.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at First Christian Church, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Pythian Grove Cemetery, Berry. Memorials are suggested to First Christian Church, 14 W. Fifth St., Covington, Ky. 41011. Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown, is handling arrangements.
Hildreth Taylor Anderson McCauley, 87, of Cynthiana, died Sunday at Grand Haven Nursing Home in Cynthiana. She was a homemaker, a quality control inspector with Jockey International, and a member of Cynthiana Christian Church. She was the first president of the Harrison County Band Boosters and was active in 4-H. Her husband, Harold McCauley, preceded her in death.
Survivors include daughters, Sue McCauley Claypool of Falmouth and Kaye McCauley of Cynthiana; two grandsons; and two great-grandsons.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Whaley-McCarty Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 508 E. Pike St., Cynthiana, Ky. 41031.
Lawrence E. "Red" Millay, 64, of Covington, died at 1:10 a.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit in Covington. He was a sheet-metal foreman with Master Craft Metals, Bellevue, and a former captain of the Ryland Heights Fire Department. He was a former manager for Campbell County Rural League Knothole Baseball, and a member of St. Mary Church in Alexandria and the Knights of Columbus.
Survivors include sons, Larry Millay of Batavia, Ohio, Keith Millay of Lakeside Park and Chad Millay of Burlington; brothers, Robert Millay of Florence, Donald Millay of Florida, and Marvin Millay and Chester Millay Jr., both of Independence; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Fort Mitchell. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Covington. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to Erlanger Lions Club, P. O. Box 18486, Erlanger, Ky. 41018; or St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Mike G. Miller, 37, of Covington, died Sunday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a counter-top maker with Kitchens by Rutenschroer, Cincinnati.
Survivors include his wife, Tina Britton Miller; sons, Michael Glenn Miller Jr. and Brandon Miller, both of Covington; his parents, Henry and Jacqueline Miller of Latonia; brothers, Henry Miller Jr. and Bobby Lee Miller, both of Latonia; and sisters, Sandy Fraley of Taylor Mill and Deborah Lantham of Covington.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will begin there at 4 p.m. Thursday.
William Howard Moore, 44, of Newport, died Sunday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a laborer.
Survivors include his wife, Kimberly Moore; a stepson, Eric McHenry of Cincinnati; his mother, Irene Cornell of Harrison, Ohio; brothers, Jerry Cornell of Sunman, Ind., and Ron Moore of Cincinnati; sisters, Karen Moore, Diana Moore and Darlene Carstens, all of Cincinnati; and one step-grandchild.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Jackman-Kercheval-Meyers Funeral Home, Harrison, Ohio. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Thursday. Memorials are suggested to the family.
Leona Poynter, 89, of Ludlow, died at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at St. Charles Care Center, Fort Wright. She was a homemaker and a member of McKinney Christian Church. Her husband, James Poynter, died in 1980.
Survivors include daughters, Irene Dickey of Ludlow and Wanda Kittle of Crossfield, Tenn.; six grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Buffalo Springs Cemetery, Stanford. Memorials are suggested to St. Charles Care Center, 500 Farrell Drive, Fort Wright, Ky. 41011. Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow, is handling arrangements.
Edith Redman, 84, of Morning View, died at 6:30 a.m. Monday at Woodspoint Nursing Home, Florence. She was a retired farmer and homemaker, and a member of Fiskburg Baptist Church. Her husband, Walter Redman, died in 1974.
Survivors include daughters, Ellen Kay Roberts of Taylor and Laura Ann Bishop of Florence; a son, Walter Douglas Redman of Morning View; brothers, Adrian Fisk of Oswego, Ore., R. C. Fisk of Dry Ridge and John Fisk of Cincinnati; sisters, Eula Durr of Demossville, Beulah Pelley of Taylor Mill and Nina Hopperton of Dry Ridge; a niece and nephew, Joan Redman Pieper of Hebron and David Redman of Cold Spring, whom she helped raise; nine grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Alzheimer's Disease Association, 644 Linn St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45203; or American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Kelly R. Taylor, 30, of Falmouth, died Saturday at her home. She was a waitress with Frisch's Restaurant in Erlanger. A son, T. J. Ruschman, died in 1993.
Survivors include her mother and stepfather, Joyce and Ed Brock of Mount Auburn; her father, Donald Mathews of Morristown, Tenn.; sons, Tommy Ruschman of Sardinia, Ohio, and Darin Taylor, at home; daughters, Ashley Mathews, Angel Borgman and Shawna Taylor, all at home; sisters, Dianna Lamb of Centerville, Ohio, and Becky Gilbert of Butler; and grandmothers, Nora Brock and Pauline Mathews, both of Middletown, Ohio.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Pendleton County. Memorials are suggested to Kelly Taylor Burial Fund, 407 Shelby St., Falmouth, Ky. 41040.
Ivan E. Wingate, 61, of Burlington, died Saturday at his home. He was a shop foreman for Boone County Road Department and an Army veteran.
Survivors include a son, Kevin Wingate of Burlington; a daughter, Karen Schehr of Hebron; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Burlington Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to American Diabetes Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., West Chester, Ohio 45069.
Dennis L. Yelton, 43, of Newport, died Sunday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was an Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, M. Lavon Yelton; a son, Dustin Yelton, serving in the Marine Corps; a stepson, Brian D. Turner of California; a daughter, Darra Yelton of Hamilton, Ohio; a stepdaughter, Tonya Turner of Newport; his mother, Betty Yelton of Florence; brothers, Roy Yelton of Hamilton and Chris Yelton of Iowa; a sister, Marsha Poole of Christmas, Fla.; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery.
