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Date of these obituaries: 05-26-1999
Hazel Mae Coleman Wright, was midwife, seamstress and farmer
There was virtually nothing Hazel Mae Coleman Wright couldn't do.
She was a midwife who delivered many children in the Crescent Springs area, and she worked for about 25 years as a seamstress for the former Crane and Breeding Casket Co. in Newport.
She tended her family's 47-acre farm in Indiana, and she was proficient at doing electrical work, chopping timber and other "manly" duties.
"She was very resourceful," said a son, Brack Tucker of Butler. "She liked to sew, garden and can, and she was a better electrician than many men. She also was better than many men on the other end of a cross-cut saw."
Ms. Wright died Monday at her Butler residence. She was 81.
She grew up in a large family in Eastern Kentucky and moved with her father to Cincinnati during the Depression while he worked for Cincinnati Gas and Electric.
She married
her first husband, Brack Tucker, in 1933. He had children by a previous marriage, so she helped raise them in Crescent Springs, where he owned a home and operated a small grocery store.
There, she worked as a midwife, something she learned as a child growing up in the mountains of rural Kentucky.
"Back then, kids grew up in a hurry - they had to learn to do everything," her son said.
"I don't know how many kids she brought into the world, but it's a lot."
Ms. Wright had three children. The family remained in Crescent Springs until 1946, when her husband bought a small farm in Indiana. They raised tobacco, cattle and chickens, her son said.
In 1955, Ms. Wright returned to Crescent Springs and, shortly after, she started working as a seamstress. Her first husband, from whom she was separated, died in 1963.
At Crane and Breeding Casket, Ms. Wright hand embroidered the linings of caskets, including the casket of President John F. Kennedy.
She also was a charter member of Church of God in Crescent Springs, where she was treasurer, clerk and Sunday school teacher.
Other survivors include her husband, Lewis Wright, whom she married
in 1960; sons, Charles Tucker of Kelat and Ronald Tucker of Chiefland, Fla.; stepsons, Paul Tucker of Eufalah, Okla., and Bernie Tucker of Cleveland; stepdaughters, Terri Ann James and Marsha Louise Pike, both of Jacksonville, Fla.; a sister, Mildred Gayhoff of Columbus, Ohio; a brother, Ray Coleman of Loveland, Ohio; 48 grandchildren; and 32 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Church of God, Crescent Springs. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church.
Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to Church of God, 2500 High St., Crescent Springs, Ky. 41017. Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Daniel Cantan, 77, of Covington, died at 11:25 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit in Covington. He was a retired employee of Equitable Bag Co., Florence, and a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include sons, Lance Cantan of Covington and Darrell Cantan of New Jersey; stepsons, Kenneth Slade of Newport, Richard Slade of Florence and Dennis Jones of Independence; a stepdaughter, Judith Brady of St. Petersburg, Fla.; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere. Visitation will begin there at noon Thursday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Walter A. Elix Jr., 77, of Covington, died May 19 at Rosedale Manor in Latonia. He was a retired gauge assembler for Bendix Corp., Dayton, Ohio, and an Army veteran. He was a former member of St. Mary's Church, Springfield, Ohio. His wife, Patricia O'Brien Elix, died in 1988.
Survivors include a son, Dennis A. Elix of Highland Heights; daughters, Diane Henkes of Cincinnati and Terry Isley of Seattle, Wash.; sisters, Jean Benning and Maxine Hudson, both of Springfield, Ohio; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Conroy Funeral Home, Springfield, Ohio. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Bernard's Cemetery, Springfield. Memorials are suggested to TAC Industries, 110 W. Leffel Lane, Springfield, Ohio 45506. Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling local arrangements.
Liddie Jane Brooks Grigson, 89, of Maysville, died at 2:02 a.m. Tuesday at Maysville Extended Care Facility. She was a homemaker and a member of Minerva Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her first husband, James Benjamin Brooks; second husband, Harold Grigson; a son, Charles Brooks; and a stepson, Jim Brooks.
Survivors include daughters, Edith Mallory and Virginia Webb, both of Mansfield, Ohio, Nancy Johnson of Cincinnati, Shirley Burton and Nowanna Bisotti, both of Maysville, and Ann Gray of Lewisburg; sons, Amos Brooks of Augusta, William Brooks of Cleveland, George Vernon Brooks of Manchester, Ohio, Rev. Wendell Brooks of Pleasureville and Rev. Harry Brooks of Lewisburg; 36 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; and 17 great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Brell and Son Funeral Home, Maysville. Visitation will be after 6 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Maysville Cemetery.
Gertrude Leppert Howard, 89, of Covington, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington.
Wilda Lach, 89, of Cincinnati, died at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday at Wesley Hall in Cincinnati.
Arrangements are pending at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Mary Helen Lentz, 77, of Latonia, died Tuesday at Rosedale Manor in Latonia. She was a retired supervisor for Harte-Hanks Advertising. Her husband, William P. Lentz, died in 1993.
Survivors include sons, Bill Lentz of Millersville, Md., Mike Lentz of Covington and Patrick Lentz and Dennis Lentz, both of Hebron; daughters, Carol Soward of Erlanger and Mary Ann Huelsman of Florence; brothers, Pete Smith, Paul Smith and Albert Smith, all of Cincinnati; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Forest Lawn cemetery chapel, Erlanger. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Elsmere-Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Kimberly Sue Lung, 39, of Harrodsburg, formerly of Covington, died Monday at her residence. She was a stock room worker for Dollar Store, Harrodsburg.
Survivors include daughters, Stephanie Sue Sullivan and Shelly Nicole Jackson, both of Harrodsburg; her mother, Maxine Marcum Sullivan of Covington; brothers, Jimmy Kennedy and Tommy Sullivan, both of Covington; a sister, Pauline Helton of Taylor Mill; and a grandfather, Ray Bunch of Covington.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati.
Bessie McClure, 89, of Erlanger, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Hamilton-Stanley Funeral Home, Verona.
Evelyn O'Connell, 90, of Covington, died at 12:10 a.m. today at St. Charles Care Center in Covington.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Bros. Funeral Home, Latonia.
Brent F. Peacher, 74, of Sarasota, Fla., formerly of Fort Thomas, died Saturday at his residence. He was retired general contractor, Air Force veteran of World War II, and a former member of Fort Thomas City Council. He was a member of First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, Sarasota.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Peacher; a daughter, Debbie Dodson of Holmes Beach, Fla.; a son, Bob Peacher of Lexington; sisters, Natalie Lahner of Dry Ridge, Rhea Finneseth of Alexandria and Sonia Roberts of Fort Thomas; and five grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Friday at First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, Sarasota. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Southwest Florida, 5955 Rand Blvd., Sarasota, Fla. 34238; or First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, 7601 Clark Road, Sarasota, Fla. 34241.
Gary Roger Shelton, 51, of Fort Mitchell, died at 3:10 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North Hospice in Covington. He was disabled and a retired security manager for NSG, Inc., Cincinnati. He was a member of Covington First Church of the Nazarene, Park Hills.
Survivors include his mother, Evelyn Lee Hurtt Shelton of Latonia; a sister, Virginia Elliott of Taylor Mill; and a halfbrother, Jon Green of Campbellsburg, Ind.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Entombment will be in Floral Hills cemetery Mausoleum, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth North Hospice, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Mickey Waite, 67, of Ludlow, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North Hospice in Covington.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Joann Harmon Young, 63, of Carrollton, died Monday at Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include daughters, Mae Courtney and Debbie Clifton, both of Carrollton, and Pam Harmon of Louisville; a sister, Mary Ruth Smith of Carrollton; a brother, Harold "Buck" Harmon of Bedford; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, Carrollton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Bedford.
