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Date of these obituaries: 12-16-1998
Steelworker Golden Mills, "wonderful' dad
Golden Woodrow Mills grew up in West Virginia but found work and a wife in Northern Kentucky.
He joined the Army's 101st Airborne Division, based in Fort Campbell, and was discharged at a military base in Indiana after the war ended. Work was scarce, but he found a job at Interlake Steel - now Newport Steel - in Wilder.
Mr. Mills, 84, of Dry Ridge, died at 3:15 p.m. Monday at University Hospital, Cincinnati.
He worked in the steel mill for 30 years, pouring steel over the open hearth.
'It was hot,' but it was a job, said his son, William D. Mills of Elsmere.
The elder Mr. Mills lived in Covington at the time. He met his wife, Edna, in Northern Kentucky. After he retired, they moved to Grant County.
Mrs. Mills died in 1993.
In retirement, Mr. Mills tended his yard. He was a 'wonderful' dad, his son said.
'He was kind of quiet,' his son said. 'He wasn't too outgoing.'
Mr. Mills was a member of Pohlmann-Linnemann VFW Post No. 1484, Park Hills, and the Kentucky Sheriffs Association, although he was never a sheriff or deputy sheriff.
Other survivors include a brother, Harry Mills of Huntington, W.Va.; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.
John G. Bales, 51, of Covington, died at 2:15 p.m. Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati. He was a roofer with Zero Breese Roofing Co., Cincinnati.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Bales; daughters, Sarah Bales of War, W.Va., Joanie Bales of Cincinnati; a brother, David Bales of Cincinnati; a sister, Rose Bales of Cincinnati; and one grandchild.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel. Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Evelyn J. Koester Benson, 88, of Cincinnati, formerly of Covington, died Monday at her daughter's home in Hillsboro, Ohio. She was a retired bookkeeper with United Department Stores. Her husband, Gilbert Benson, and a daughter, Peggy Feldmann, preceded her in death.
Survivors include daughters, Gloria Fahey of Cincinnati, Janet Sowders of Hillsboro, Ohio, and Betty Burk and Carol Benson, both of Edgewood; sons, Gilbert Benson of Perry Park, Roger Benson of Covington, Richard Benson of Edgewood and Robert Benson; brothers, Stanley Koester of Florence and Clifford Koester of Independence; sisters, Dorothy Koester of Erlanger and Jane Koester of Fort Mitchell; 38 grandchildren and 69 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Catharine Church, Cincinnati. Burial will be in Baltimore Pike Cemetery, Cincinnati.
Memorials are suggested to Right to Life, 419 Seventh St., Suite 500, Washington, D.C. 20004; Notre Dame Academy, 1699 Hilton Drive, Park Hills, Ky. 41011; or the charity of the donor's choice. Neidhard-Minges Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is handling arrangements.
Leonard C. Connor, 64, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Edgewood, died Sunday at his home. He was a retired railroad conductor.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Connor; daughters, Erin Mpalanyi of Covington and Kathleen Connor-Coates of Latonia; a son, Len Connor of Erlanger; stepdaughters, Lisa Lewis of Mason, Ohio, and Melissa Echegaray and Alexandria; five grandchildren and seven step- grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mother of God Church, Covington. A reception will follow services in the church undercroft. Memorials are suggested to Holy Cross High School Scholarship Fund, 3617 Church St., Covington, Ky. 41015. Beachwood Society, Naples, Fla., is handling arrangements.
John L. Gray, 48, of Alexandria, died at 12:07 a.m. Tuesday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home, Highland Heights. He was a former employee of the Campbell County Fiscal Court.
Survivors include brothers, Allen Gray of Alexandria and William Gray of South Haven, Miss.; sisters, Dorothy Seiter of Dunedin, Fla., and Linda Uthe of California.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery.
Mary Alyce Heiert, 83, of Fort Thomas, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Clarence Heiert, died in 1975.
Survivors include daughters, Mary Jo Boeh of Bellevue and Maureen Emory of Weaverville, N.C.; sons, John Heiert of Conway, S.C., and Ralph Heiert of Goshen, Ohio; 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Church, Bellevue. Visitation will begin there at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Holly Hill Children's Home, Summer Hill Road, California, Ky. 41007.
Doris T. Landen, 77, of Covington, died at 6:40 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit in Covington. Her husband, Joseph Leonard Landen, died in 1977.
Survivors include a son, Joseph Jeffrey Landen of Edgewood; his stepmother, Florence Bradley of Cincinnati; a half-sister, Pat Mueller of Cincinnati; and a half-brother, William Bradley of Denver.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Agnes Church, Fort Wright. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Christian Appalachian Project, 322 Crab Orchard St., Lancaster, Ky. 40446; or National Right to Life, 419 Seventh St., Suite 500, Washington, D.C. 20004. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Robert Miller, 94, of Owenton, died Monday at Owenton Manor Nursing Home. He was a farmer and a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Owenton. His wife, Katherine Long Miller, preceded him in death.
Survivors include sons, Charlie Miller of Eminence, Tommy Miller and Danny Miller, both of Owenton; daughters, Thelma Baumgartner of Falmouth, Cora Stivers of Owenton, Pauline Cox of Shepherdsville and Anna Dews of Lusby Mill; a brother, J. D. Miller of Lexington; 31 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at McDonald Funeral Home, Seminary Street, Owenton. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton.
Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Natisha Hardy Roberts, the daughter of Darrin William Hardy of Foster and Pamela Lynn Roberts of Brooksville, was stillborn Monday at Meadowview Regional Medical Center, Maysville.
Other survivors include her grandparents, Roszella Lucille Teegarden Whaley of Brooksville, Marion Allen Roberts of Flemingsburg, and Durinda Teague of Falmouth.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Bracken Memorial Cemetery, Bracken County. Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville, is handling arrangements.
Anna Schweitzer, 100, of Kenton County, died Monday at her son's home in Iowa City, Iowa.
Arrangements are pending at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia.
Jack William Stratman, 77, of Louisville, formerly of Newport, died Monday at Baptist Hospital East in Louisville.
He was a retired instrumentation engineer with Bechtel Corp., and a member of Instrument Society of America, Electrical Engineers and Mother of Good Counsel Church in Louisville.
He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Charlotte McElfresh Stratman; a son, William J. Stratman of Louisville; a brother, Dr. E. J. Stratman of Fort Thomas; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Mother of Good Counsel Church. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Ratterman's Funeral Home, Louisville.
Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Louisville.
Memorials are suggested to St. John Center, 700 E. Muhammad Ali Drive, Louisville, Ky. 40202; or St. Vincent DePaul Society, P. O. Box 17126, Louisville, Ky. 40217.
Kay Wooten, 47, of Cincinnati, died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital Anderson, Cincinnati.
Arrangements are pending at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence.
