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Date of these obituaries: 07-24-1999
Brenda Bezold, fought illness
Brenda Lee Stull Bezold was a fighter.
She fought for her son, who had a life-threatening seizure disorder that doctors could neither explain nor treat. The boy resumed a normal, healthy life after she found a specialist in New York who successfully treated his condition.
She fought for her brother, offering him strength and support when he was diagnosed with cancer more than a year ago.
And she fought for her own survival after she was diagnosed in January with end-stage multiple myeloma, a rare blood disorder. She withstood months of powerful chemotherapy treatments until her death at 1 a.m. Friday at Jewish Hospital in Kenwood. The Grants Lick woman was 40.
"She fought because she believed she had to be here for her kids and for her husband," said her sister, Debbie Hornsby of Cold Spring. "She said they needed her and she needed them and she did not want to give up."
Her oldest son, Ryan Bezold, required constant care beginning at the age of 5 because of a brain disorder that caused him to have frequent, severe seizures.
He did not respond to medication. Doctors in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Louisville could not identify the cause, so Mrs. Bezold turned to a New York neurologist who confirmed that Ryan's seizures were the result of abnormalities in the brain.
In eight hours of surgery in 1997, doctors removed parts of his brain that were dead or malfunctioning.
Today, Ryan is a healthy, 15-year-old sophomore at Campbell County High School.
Mrs. Bezold's struggle to help her son was typical, her sister said.
"She always dropped everything she was doing to help someone else."
When Mrs. Bezold was diagnosed with the blood disorder in January, she vowed to fight it. She never cried, her sister said, because she wanted to be strong for her family.
She found comfort in her faith in God.
Mrs. Bezold was a member of Fairlane Baptist Church in Alexandria, where she served on several committees and was active in the vacation Bible school.
Other survivors include her husband, Neal H. Bezold; sons, Joshua Bezold and Matthew Bezold, of Grants Lick; a daughter, Chelsea Bezold of Grants Lick; her parents, Walker and Irene Stull of Highland Heights; a brother, Gary Stull of Hamilton, Ohio; and sister, Mary Ann Seiter of California.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Fairlane Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the church. Burial will be in Grand View Cemetery, Mentor.
Lottie Belle Beckham, 80, of Carrollton, died Thursday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of Greenup Fork Baptist Church, Owenton.
Her husband, Henry Beckham, died in 1993. Survivors include sons, Jimmy Beckham of New Albany, Ind., Sidney Beckham of Estill Springs, Tenn., Dave Beckham of New Salsbury, Ind.; daughters, Loretta Wainscott of Carrollton, Edna Palmer of Boston; a brother, George Reynolds of Lexington; sisters, Violet Greenup of Stamping Ground, Vivian Reynolds of Lexington, Betty Mink of Harrodsburg; 17 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at McDonald Funeral Home, Main Street, Owenton, with visitation from 4 to 9 tonight. Burial will be in Monterey Masonic Cemetery.
Thomas William Brown Jr., 75, of Hebron, died at 6:52 a.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. He was a retired deputy with the Washtenaw County, Mich., Sheriff's Office, and a Coast Guard veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Thelma Valentine Brown; sons, Thomas W. Brown III of Willis, Mich., and Tim "Yogi" Brown of Fort Thomas; daughters, Karen Wagner of Lynchburg, Va., Elaine Williams of Grand Rapids, Mich., Donna Garner of Ann Arbor, Mich., Janet Smith of Canton, Mich.; a brother, Alfred Brown of Moddock, S.C.; a sister, Mary Martini of Cincinnati; five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence, with visitation 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Larry Murell Carter, 59, of Florence, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence. He was owner of Larry Carter Insurance Agency, Florence, an Army veteran, and a member of Kendall Springs Church of Christ, Owingsville.
Survivors include his wife, Ana Luisa Carter; sons, Michael Keith Carter of Orlando, Fla., and Shawn Carter of Chicago; his father, Espie Carter of Owingsville; a sister, Joan White of Mount Sterling; a brother, Roy Carter of Florence, Ala.; and one granddaughter.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Owingsville First Church of God. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. today at Richie Hunt Funeral Home, Owingsville. Burial will be in Kendall Springs Cemetery, Owingsville.
Richard J. Class, 34, of Morning View, died Monday at his home. He was an employee of Rookwood Properties, Cincinnati. Survivors include his wife, Michelle Class, sons, Zachary Class and Ryan Class and a daughter, Alicia Class, all of Alexandria; his mother and stepfather, Judy and Charles Davis of Fort Thomas; his stepmother, Lyda Class of Pennsylvania; brothers, Jarrod Class of Tucson, Ariz., David Porterfield of Newport, Don Class of Crittenden and Shawn Class of Pennsylvania; and a sister, Becky Class of Pennsylvania.
Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Alexandria Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Peoples Funeral Home, Grants Lick.
Eloise Collier, 45, of Covington, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington, after an extended illness. She was an employee of the hospital. Survivors include daughters, Tonya Collier and Lashauna Collier of Cincinnati; a son, William Jamel Collier of Covington; a sister, Linda Collier of Covington; and two grandsons.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Monday at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Covington, with visitation at 6 p.m. Monday. Burial will be at noon Tuesday in Mary Smith Cemetery, Erlanger. Joseph R. Garr Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is in charge.
Anna Buerkley Fardo, 92, of California, died Thursday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home, Highland Heights. She was a homemaker and a member of Flour Creek Christian Church.
Her first husband, Richard Buerkley, died in 1976. Her second husband, Kenneth Fardo, died in 1992. A daughter, Juanita Burns, also preceded her in death. Survivors include a son, Billy G. Buerkley; a daughter, Margaret Turner of California; six grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Peoples Funeral Home, Butler, with visitation from 11 a.m. Burial will be in Lenoxburg Cemetery, Bracken County.
Allison Nicole Hamm, Austin Fredrick Hamm and William Phillip Hamm, children of Phillip and Melinda Walden Hamm of Hebron, died Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati.
Other survivors include grandparents, Emille Walden of Florence, Lewell Hamm of Indianapolis and Wilma and Jack Samuels of Derby, Ind.; and great-grandmother, Delmar Clements of Franklin, Ind.
Private services are today at Highland cemetery Chapel, Fort Mitchell. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow, is handling arrangements.
Vincetta Faye Kavindu, 48, of Covington, died at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit in Covington. She was a housekeeper with Omni Netherland Plaza, Cincinnati.
Survivors include sons, Thomas Reed of Covington, Jay Reed of Henderson County, and daughters, Lenetta Eais of Covington, Shannon Trowbridge of Cincinnati, Sonya Scholler of Latonia.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. C&C Mortuary, Covington, is in handling arrangements.
Daniel Lee Martin Sr., 58, of Elsmere, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was an industrial mechanic with Revlon, Cincinnati, and an Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Bonnie Martin; daughters, Mary Catherine Rice of Ashland, Tracy Lynn Johnson of Florence, Kelly Sue Alford of Dry Ridge and Kayla Martin of Elsmere; sons, Daniel Lee Martin Jr. of Florence, Jonathan David Martin of Jacksonville, N.C., and James Daniel Martin of Arizona; brothers, Howard Redman Martin of Covington, James Robert Martin of Kentucky and Roy Richard Martin and David Edward Martin of Atlanta; 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick, with visitation 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in St. Peter and Paul Church Cemetery, California.
Wendell "Winnie" McIntyre, 41, of Warsaw, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was an employee of Coomer Contractors, Crittenden, and a member of Good Guys Club, Warsaw.
Survivors include his wife, Claudia Mercer McIntyre; a daughter, Rachael Wilson of Ghent; sons, Jonathan McIntyre and Nicholas McIntyre of Warsaw; his mother, Clydie McIntyre of Warsaw; sisters, Lora Sullivan and Sheila Riddle of Warsaw; brothers, Glen McIntyre of Union, Douglas McIntyre, Mike McIntyre and Donald McIntyre of Warsaw; one grandson.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Warsaw. Burial will be in Warsaw Cemetery.
Evelyn Holbrook Nixon, 88, of Owenton, died Friday at Owen County Memorial Hospital in Owenton. She was a homemaker and a member of Owenton First Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school classes.
Her husband, Robert Grant Nixon, preceded her in death. Survivors include a son, Robert Holbrook Nixon of Owenton.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at McDonald Funeral Home, Main Street, Owenton, with visitation from 9 a.m. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton.
Toy Dews Perkins, 84, of Walton, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. She was a former nurse's aide with Dry Ridge Personal Care Home and a member of Williamstown Church of God.
Her husband, Roy Perkins, died in 1988. Survivors include sons, Kenneth Ray Perkins of Warsaw, Russell Lee Perkins of Florence and Delmore Perkins of London; daughters, Helen Marie Gibbons of Tustin, Calif., and Norma Lou Perkins of Fullerton, Calif.; 16 grandchildren, and sev eral great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown, with visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in Williamstown Cemetery.
William R. Sparks, 65, Maysville, died Thursday at Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington. He was a salesman with Inter state Brands, Manchester, Ohio, and an Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Ju lia Frances Sparks; sons, Army Staff Sgt. William R. Sparks II of Frankfurt, Germany, Troy Raymond Sparks of Maysville; a daughter, Paula Parker Sparks of Maysville; three grandchildren and two step grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Brell and Son Funeral Home, Maysville, with visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday and burial in Hillcrest Cemetery, Maysville.
Delmar R. Sonny Spencer, 68, of Walton, died Tuesday at his home. He was a retired employee of the B&O; Railroad and a Korean War veteran. His wife, Naomi Spencer, died in 1988.
Survivors include daughters, Debra Spencer of Louisville, Brenda Spencer Tarvin of Hebron, Annette Spencer Sandberg of Florence and Sandra Spencer Hamilton of Winston-Salem, N.C.; a son, Tommy Ray Spencer of Council Bluffs, Iowa; his mother, Viola Ritchie of Fort Wayne, Ind.; and a sister, Loretta Landrum of Fort Wayne.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Walton, with visitation from 11 a.m. Burial will be in New Bethel Cemetery, Ve rona.
Emma Turner, 80, of Covington, died at 1:05 p.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit in Covington. She was a retired nurse with the hospital and a member of Northern Kentucky Baptist Church, Lakeside Park.
Her husband, Ulys "Red" Turner, died in 1995. Survivors include a son, James E. "Buddy" Turner of Ryland Heights; a daughter, Alleen Martin of Independence; six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia, with visitation 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Catherine Ann Uhlman, 56, of Burlington, died Friday at University Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a homemaker and a member of Woodhaven Baptist Church, Burlington.
Survivors include her hus band, Russell L. Uhlman; a son, Richard Uhlman, at home; a daughter, Ruby Pierce of Burlington; brothers, Earl Rider of Hebron, Charles Rider of Goose Creek, S.C., Merle Rider of Williamsburg, Ohio, Omer Rider of Erlanger; sisters, Betty Richardson of Florence, Helen Rider of Covington, and Dorothy Corn well and Mary Rose Bresch of Erlanger; two grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron, with visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Monday and burial in Hebron Lutheran Cem etery.
Rose Marie Wambsganz, 37, of Erlanger, died Tuesday at Mercy Fairfield Hospital, Cincin nati. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her hus band, George R. Wambsganz; sons, Edward Mitchell Jr., Sean Mitchell, Dillion Wambsganz and Nathan Wambsganz of Erlanger; a daughter, Deanna Wambsganz of Erlanger; a step daughter, Debbie Freed of Latonia; her mother and stepfather, Lorine K. and Forest Haddix of Independence; a brother, Joseph B. Reinhart of Highland Heights; sisters, Sandra Kremer of Fort Thomas, Lana Long of Cincinnati, Wanda Upchurch of Hebron and Brenda Cain of Florence.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at TLC Cremation and Funeral Services, 40 W. Sixth St., Covington, with visitation from noon. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery.
Charles Werrmann, 86, of Alexandria, died Thursday at his home. He was a teacher in Cincinnati and a member of Fort Thomas Masonic Lodge No. 808 and the Cincinnati Civic Orchestra.
Survivors include his wife, Viola Werrmann; a daughter, Yvonne Steffen of Alexandria; sons, Roger Werrmann of the state of California, Warren Werrmann of Falmouth and Wayne Werrmann of Alexandria; 15 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, with visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Catherine J. Zembrodt, 90, of Park Hills, died at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Deaconess Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a telephone operator with Shillito's and a member of the Ladies Altar Society, Fort Wright. A son, David Zembrodt, died in 1984.
Survivors include her husband, Cyril "Bud" Zembrodt; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial will be in 10 a.m. Monday at St. Agnes Church. Entombment will be in St. Mary Mausoleum, Fort Mitchell. Arrangements: Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home.
