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Date of these obituaries: 06-03-1999
'Vibrant' teacher Cindy Schaub, fought cancer
Cindy L. Schaub, whose need for a bone-marrow transplant became a public controversy last year when the state refused to allow her brother to leave jail to be her donor, died at 10:46 a.m. Tuesday at University Hospital in Cincinnati.
The Crescent Springs resident was 44.
Mrs. Schaub was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer in May 1996. Doctors told her she had three to five years to live, unless she chose to fight the cancer with expensive and painful treatments. She chose to fight.
Chemotherapy, a transfusion of her own stem cells and a bone-marrow transplant with her younger brother Rick Wienecke as the donor did not stop the spread of the cancer.
Late last year, doctors told her she was in need of another bone-marrow transplant to survive. Wienecke was the only match.
But Wienecke has been confined at the Roederer Correctional Complex in LaGrange, where he is serving a 12-year sentence for the robbery of two Covington gas stations.
Kentucky officials said they could not allow Wienecke to leave the state for the procedure at the Cancer Research Center in Arkansas because they would lose jurisdiction over him when he crossed the state line.
Mrs. Schaub's family contacted state legislators, who worked out an arrangement with state corrections officials allowing Wienecke to donate his bone marrow cells at University of Louisville Hospital, then have the cells shipped to Arkansas.
On April 19, Mrs. Schaub received the first transfusion. It was successful, and she was scheduled to have another transfusion Tuesday.
But she tripped on a cord in the darkness of her mother's home early Tuesday morning and died of a brain hemorrhage several hours later, her mother, Gerri Wienecke of Erlanger, said.
"We thought we had whipped it. . . and then this," Mrs. Wienecke said.
"She fought a tough life."
"We were almost there. But God wanted her."
Mrs. Schaub grew up in Covington and graduated from Notre Dame Academy in Park Hills.
She worked at the Internal Revenue Service for 10 years while going to night school at Northern Kentucky University, where she graduated in 1994 with a bachelor's degree in education. She taught special education at Campbell County schools, and then at R.A. Jones Middle School in Florence, until she had to quit in 1996 because of the pain from her cancer.
She was diagnosed with the cancer about a year after she married
her second husband, Robert Schaub Jr.
"She was vibrant, bubbly, and she never, ever held a grudge on anybody," her mother said.
"She was very forgiving. Her main goal in life was to become a teacher, and she did, for about a year."
In addition to her husband and mother, other survivors include her father, Robert Wienecke of Erlanger; a son, Robert J. Schaub III of Fort Thomas; daughters, Renee Schneider of Independence and Christine Schaub of Covington; brothers, Rick W. Wienecke of Erlanger and Randy Wienecke of Covington; and five grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Augustine Church, Covington. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere.
Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
Violet Louise Taylor Allender, 75, of Brooksville, died at 9:44 a.m. Tuesday in Harrison Memorial Hospital, Cynthiana. She was a homemaker and a member of Johnsville United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Clyde Oliver Allender; sons, Dewey Ray Allender of Orient, Ohio, and Jerry Wayne Allender of Wilmore; a daughter, Sheila Kaye Allender of Clarksville, Ind.; sisters, Edna Cox of Falmouth and Mildred Arnold of Cynthiana; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Johnsville United Methodist Church. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville, and from 10:30 a.m. Friday until the time of services at the church. Burial will be in Johnsville Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Alzheimer's Disease Unit, Thomas Hood Veteran Center, 100 Veteran Drive, Wilmore, Ky. 40390.
Paul W. Brinkman Sr., 76, of Erlanger, died at 8:53 a.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was an upholsterer with Artistic Furniture Co., Cincinnati, and a retired custodian with the Erlanger-Elsmere Board of Education. He was a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters and was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Brinkman; sons, Paul W. Brinkman Jr. of Covington, Stephen M. Brinkman, Gregory L. Brinkman and Kevin L. Brinkman, all of Erlanger; brothers, George Brinkman Jr. and Joseph Brinkman, both of Florence; sisters, Sister Catherine Marie Brinkman, OSP, of Buffalo, N.Y., Mary Kramer of Cincinnati and Ruth Scheper of Taylor Mill; and 11 grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7:30 tonight at St. Henry Church, Elsmere. Visitation will be from 3 to 6:30 p.m. today at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Erlanger Fire and Emergency Medical Services, P. O. Box 18818, Erlanger, Ky. 41018; or St. Henry District High School Building Fund, Scheben Drive, Erlanger, Ky. 41018.
Mary Anne Clark, 58, of Elizabethtown, formerly of Highland Heights, died Friday at Jewish Hospital, Louisville. She was an accountant with the Department of Defense and a member of St. Brigid Church, Vine Grove.
Survivors include her husband, Larry Clark; a son, Larry Clark II of Elizabethtown; a daughter, Tonya Embrey of Knoxville, Tenn.; brothers, John L. Fry of Fort Thomas and William C. Fry of Bellevue; sisters, Elaine LaWarre of Highland Heights and Janet Bobbie Schuster of Southgate; and one grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial was at noon today at St. Joseph Church, Cold Spring. Burial was in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati. Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, handled arrangements.
Charlotte W. Englert, 59, of Candler, N.C., died Wednesday at her home. She was a registered nurse and a member of New Morgan Hill Baptist Church, Asheville, N.C. Her husband, John Patrick Englert, died in 1995.
Survivors include daughters, Faye Craig and Sharlene McIntosh, both of Candler; sons, Charles Taylor of Asheville, N.C., Floyd Taylor of Marion, N.C., Wesley Taylor of Crittenden and Lewis Englert of Erlanger; sisters, Walterine Wilson of Brevard, N.C., Patricia Childs of Greenville, S.C., Mildred Coren of Hendersonville, N.C., and Virginia Ward of Asheville, N.C.; brothers, Grady Ward of Canton, N.C., and Robert Ward of Brevard, N.C.; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at New Morgan Hill Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 tonight at Groce Funeral Home, Asheville. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Asheville.
Fern E. Heaton, 78, of Dayton, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a former owner of Avenue Beauty Salon in Dayton and Bellevue, and a member of Order of the Easter Star Dora Chapter and VFW Ladies Auxiliary, both in Dayton.
Survivors include a son, Murrell Spencer "Bud" Heaton of Dayton; daughters, Carol Sue Burke and Cathie Jo Heaton, both of Dayton; brothers, Harry Newman of Jeffersonville, Ind., and William Newman of Cincinnati; a sister, Helen Ferguson of Dayton; and six grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation will begin there at noon Friday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Muir Gene Howser, 64, of Punta Gorda, Fla., died May 26 in Punta Gorda. He was a self-employed manufacturer and a member of Shelbyville First Christian Church. He was a board member of Kings Way Country Club and an Army veteran.
Survivors include daughters, Margaret Howser of Fort Thomas and Martha Pass of Cincinnati; his parents, "Son" Howser and Mona Howser of Shelbyville; a brother, Benjamin C. Howser of Newport News, Va.; and two grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville. Memorials are suggested to Transylvania University, 300 N. Broadway No. 1, Lexington, Ky. 40508. Shannon Funeral Home, Shelbyville, is handling arrangements.
Fred Jackson, 61, of Covington, died Tuesday at University Hospital, Cincinnati, following an extended illness. He was a retired employee of Norfolk Southern Railroad and a member of St. James AME Church, Covington.
Survivors include his wife, Willa Jackson; a son, Kendrick Jackson of Covington; daughters, Valarie Jackson of Highland Heights and Anita Jackson of Cincinnati; brothers, James Huddleston of Petersburg, Va., and Tommy Jackson of Covington; sisters, Barbara Phipps of Covington, Elizabeth Brooks of Oklahoma City, Laroma Fowler of Wilder and Earlene Stone of Cincinnati; and one granddaughter.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Friday at St. James AME Church. Visitation will begin there at 5:30 p.m. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to St. James AME Church, 120 E. Lynn St., Covington, Ky. 41011; or Barnes Temple AME Church, 437 Fox St., Elsmere, Ky. 41018. Jones & Simpson Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Emerson A. Klinger, 65, of Florence, died at 12:40 a.m. Tuesday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport. He was a retired minister and elementary school teacher. He was a member of Golden Rule Lodge No. 345 F&AM.
Survivors include his wife, Sara Klinger; daughters, Susan Klinger of Florence and Lisa Neltner of Covington; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Lakeside Christian Church, Lakeside Park. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday at Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere, with Masonic services at 7:30 p.m. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
Memorials are suggested to Lakeside Christian Church Building Fund, 195 Buttermilk Pike, Lakeside Park, Ky. 41017.
Glenn Knight, 39, of Falmouth, died early today at his residence.
Arrangements are pending at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Louise Kennedy Vanlandingham, 75, of Falmouth, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. She was a homemaker, a former employee of Lakeside Place Nursing Home in Highland Heights, and attended Falmouth United Methodist Church.
Her husband, Larry M. Vanlandingham, died in 1976. A daughter, Barbara Hughes, died in 1975.
Survivors include daughters, Geneva Booth and Kathy Jenkins, both of Falmouth; sons, Larry A. Vanlandingham of Falmouth, Ed Vanlandingham and Bill Vanlandingham, both of Claryville, and Richard Vanlandingham of Las Vegas; a sister, Doris Ernst of Falmouth; 14 grandchildren; seven great- grandchildren; and two great- great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth.
Memorials are suggested to Falmouth United Methodist Church, Shelby Street, Falmouth, Ky. 41040; or Kidney Foundation of Central Kentucky, 2417-B Regency Road, Lexington, Ky. 40503.
