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Date of these obituaries: 01-21-1999
Agriculture agent Joseph Claxon Jr., led fairs, farm bureau, "loved people'
While puffing on a pipe, Joseph Lucas Claxon Jr. would make his talks on the past and future practices of agriculture more lively by sprinkling in jokes.
'He could capture anyone's attention,' said his son, Joseph Claxon III of Florence. 'He would tell stories that people could relate to and understand and make them kind of feel like they were part of it, or there. He also showed the humor in some situations. He was a talker.'
Mr. Claxon, 80, of Florence, died at 7:30 p.m. Monday at St. Luke Hospital in Florence. He was a Boone County agriculture agent for 28 years and was an agriculture adviser for the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
Mr. Claxon was a member of the Boone County Fair Board and was a former director of the Kentucky County Fair Board. He was the only person to ever serve as president and chairman of the state fair board. He was a state Farm Bureau director and Boone County's Farm Bureau director for 10 years.
He was always willing to lend a helping hand. For instance, he donated the land for a Florence fire station, which now bears his name, the Claxon Florence Fire and Emergency Medical Services Station.
'He would go out of his way and try to do whatever he could for people and never ask for any payment or anything in return,' his son said.
Mr. Claxon just loved people, his son said.
'People were his hobby,' Claxon's son said. 'He was a very people-oriented individual. He would try to help people in whatever situation they were in.'
Mr. Claxon was a member of the University of Kentucky Alumni Association and an avid UK basketball fall. He was honored with the Paul Harris Rotary Foundation and Citizen of the Year awards by the Florence Rotary Club. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Mr. Claxon developed the Colonial Estates subdivision in Florence. He was a member of Florence Baptist Church, a past president of the Florence Rotary Club and a member of the Boone County Chamber of Commerce.
In addition to his son, survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Cox Claxon; and daughter, Ann Taylor of Mount Washington.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Florence Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be in Hebron Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Joe Claxon College of Agriculture Scholarship Fund at the University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture Development Office, L-104 Ag. Science North, Lexington, Ky. 40546-0091. Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Ethel Louise Colson, 71, of Corinth, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. She was a homemaker and a member of Shiloh Community Baptist Church, Corinth.
Survivors include her husband, Marvin R. Colson; a daughter, Kathy Brinkman of Norwood, Ohio; brothers, George Woodyard of Springfield, Ohio, Russell Woodyard of Owenton, Bobby Woodyard and Kenneth Woodyard, both of Corinth; a sister, Bessie West of Columbus, Ohio; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in New Columbus Cemetery, Corinth.
Margie Dixon, 69, of Carrollton, died Tuesday at Norton's Hospital in Louisville. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include sons, Robert Dixon of Smithfield, John Wayne Dixon of Carrollton and Donnie Dixon of Lockport; daughters, Betty Jean Kicks and Frances Ann Smithers, both of Carrollton, and Minnie Moore of New Castle; sisters, Mary Pyles, Ella Hicks and Minnie Kelley, all of Carrollton; a brother, Goble Moore Jr.; 10 grandchildren and two grandchildren.
Services will be private. Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton, is handling arrangements.
Frank J. Durkin, 79, of Edgewood, died at 3:33 p.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood. He was a retired clothing salesman with Burkhardt's men's store, Cincinnati, and a member of St. Pius X Church Holy Name Society and the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Survivors include his wife, Jean Durkin; a daughter, Terri Durkin of Crestview Hills; and a sister, Mary Kroger of Fort Thomas. Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Pius X Church. Visitation will begin there at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to Diocesan Catholic Children's Home, 75 Orphanage Road, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017.; Parish Kitchen, P. O. Box 1234, Covington, Ky. 41012; or Be Concerned, 714 Washington St., Covington, Ky. 41011. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Lee Gallenstein, of Erlanger, died Tuesday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
William Henry Kirk, 87, of Falmouth, died Thursday at V.A. Medical Center in Cincinnati.
Arrangements are pending at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Robert W. Lane, 46, of Lakeside Park, died at 9 a.m. Monday at his home. He was a salesman with Amera-Craft Co., Cincinnati, and a member of Immanuel United Church of Christ, Bromley.
Survivors include his wife, Donna Lane; sons, Robert Lane Jr. and Nicholas Lane, both at home, and Benjamin Lane of Covington; a brother, Terry Lane of Park Hills; and sisters, Sherry Hall of Erlanger and Tera Clark of Florence; and his grandmother, Nettie Lane of Erlanger.
Services were this morning at Immanuel United Church of Christ. Burial was in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice. Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow, handled arrangements.
Marvin Earl Long, 74, of Burlington, died at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at his home. He was a farmer, a former Boone County Schools bus driver and a former Boone County tobacco surveyor. He was a member of Boone County 4-H and Utopia Fair clubs.
Survivors include a sister, Norma Marie Long of Burlington.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Hopeful Lutheran Cemetery.
Alexeyeev Marcus Persley, 22, of Elsmere, died Sunday at University Hospital, Cincinnati. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Elsmere.
Survivors include his parents, Sophronia Persley and Peter Cross of Elsmere; brothers, Demetrius Persley, Brian Persley, Dominick Persley and Deontay Persley, all of Elsmere; sisters, Latisha Hale, Orianna Offutt and Yvonne Persley, all of Elsmere; and grandparents, Elmore and Harlene Hopkins of Elsmere.
Services will be at noon Saturday at First Baptist Church of Elsmere. Visitation will begin there at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Mary Smith Memorial Cemetery, Elsmere. Jones & Simpson Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Earl F. Ransom, 75, of Bromley, died at 6 a.m. Tuesday at St. Charles Care Center, Fort Wright. He was a retired foreman with Cincinnati Bell Telephone, an elder emeritus of Lakeside Christian Church in Lakeside Park and a past master of Unity Lodge No. 478 F&AM, Ludlow.
Mr. Ransom was a former mayor, police judge and city councilman with the city of Bromley and was a member of the Bromley Volunteer Fire Department. He was a member of the board of directors of Home Federal Savings Bank in Ludlow, a member of Florence Star Chapter Order of the Eastern Star No. 559 and Scottish Rite Indra Consistory Valley of Covington and a past patron of Vashti Chapter No. 22 in Ludlow. He was a volunteer, driving senior citizens to appointments, an Army veteran of World War II and a member of Bromley Vets. A daughter, Rebecca Jean Ransom, died in 1952.
Survivors include his wife, Pauline Surber Ransom; a son, Randall Ransom of Taylor Mill; a daughter, Paula Ransom of Union; and one grandchild.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Lakeside Christian Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, with Bromley Volunteer Fire Department services at 6:30 p.m., Bromley Vets services at 7 p.m. and Masonic services at 7:30 p.m. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to Lakeside Christian Church, 195 Buttermilk Pike, Lakeside Park, Ky. 41017; or the charity of the donor's choice.
Clara Louise Sauter, 79, of Dry Ridge, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Grant County, Williamstown. She was a homemaker and a member of Corpus Christi Church, Newport.
Survivors include a daughter, Laverne Billings of Dry Ridge; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Williams Church, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Colledge S. Sipple, 89, of Glencoe, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown.
