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Date of these obituaries: 11-20-1998
Esther Raines, strong-willed, loving mom
Esther Robinson Raines of Cold Spring was a strong woman who held her family together.
"She was a wonderful mother," said her daughter, Margie Raines. "When our father died in 1971, she was just devastated. She had some younger children and had to go on and raise them. She went on with her life and raised eight wonderful, decent children."
Mrs. Raines, 86, of Cold Spring, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a member of St. John Baptist Church, Cold Spring, and an active member of the Democratic Party.
She was a family oriented person who loved spending time with her grandchildren. Mrs. Raines also enjoyed plying the slot machines, card games, bowling and throwing darts.
"She was 86, but her heart was young," her daughter said. "She was a strong-willed woman, thank God, because it's made us strong and will help us get through these times. Our hearts are just broken. This will probably be the hardest thing any of us will have to get over, losing our wonderful mother."
Her husband, James Raines, died in 1971. Sons, James Raines Jr. and Donald Raines Sr., died in 1988 and 1997, respectively. Daughters, Goldie Raines and Esther Raines, died in 1929 and 1940, respectively.
Other survivors include sons, David Raines of Richwood and Kenneth Raines Sr. of Florence; daughter, Mary Whalen of Bellevue; 24 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Audrey Byrd Clift, 87, of California, died at 1:41 p.m. Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Aubrey Clift; a son, Kenneth Clift of Newport; a daughter, Karen Ashcraft of Jackson; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Melbourne United Methodist Church. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at Alexandria Funeral Home. Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery, Mentor. Memorials are suggested to Melbourne United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 71, Melbourne, Ky. 41059.
Jeanette Collett, 52, of Florence, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Beulah Dahinden, 88, formerly of Fort Thomas, died at 4 a.m. Friday at St. Charles Care Center, Covington.
She was a member of Sacred Heart Church in Bellevue.
Survivors include a son, Nicholas Dahinden Jr. of Napierville, Ill.; a daughter, Elaine Smith of Crestview Hills; 5 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Charles Care Center Chapel, Covington. Mass of Christian burial will be 10 a.m. Saturday in the Chapel. Burial will be at St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorial contributions may be made to Big Brothers Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, 2400 Reading Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.
Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow, is in charge of arrangements.
Patricia Lynn Duncan, 45, of Milton, died Wednesday at ExtendaCare, Bedford, after an extended illness. She was a homemaker and a member of Hopewell United Methodist Church.
Survivors include sons, John Duncan of Vevay, Ind., and Todd Duncan of Milton; her mother, Norma Duncan of Milton; a sister, Linda Skirvin of Madison, Ind.; and brother, Lloyd Duncan and Paul Duncan, both of Milton.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, Carrollton. Burial will be in Moffett Cemetery, Milton.
Eleanor K. Fowler, 84, of Newport, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas.
Marjorie Louise "Boots" Fulmer, 67, of Covington, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill.
Norval J. Jones, 69, of Corinth, died Thursday at Grant Manor Nursing Home, Williamstown. He was a retired truck driver with Dance and Consolidated Truck Lines, a member of Teamsters Local No. 651, Lexington, and a deacon with Corinth Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Edna Teegarden Jones; sons, Jim Jones of Dry Ridge and Tom Jones of Nicholasville; brothers, Tobert Jones of Cincinnati, Elmo Jones of Okeechobee, Fla., Jewel Jones of Centerburg, Ohio, and Lawrence Jones of Dry Ridge; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Sat urday at Corinth Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at Rogers Funeral Home, Corinth. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Corinth. Memorials are suggested to Corinth Baptist Church, 235 Church St., Corinth, Ky. 41010.
William G. Luther, 72, of Newport, died at 5:02 p.m. Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a retired coal miner and carpenter, and a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Henrietta Luther; sons, John Luther of Waveland, Miss., and Clifford Luther of Newport; daughters, Mona Luther, Carman Luther and Elaine Henry, all of Newport, Glinda Wardia of Covington, Billie Shulman and Lycreica Herthbel, both of Akron, Ohio, Barb Luther of Cincinnati and Judy Liedel of Gulfport, Miss.; a brother, Carl Luther of West Palm Beach, Fla.; sisters, Joann Best and Sally Stone, both of Cincinnati, Cathleen Metzer of California, and Coreen Lipp of South Carolina; 18 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Mr. Luther donated his body to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Norbert H. Stroer, 81, of Taylor Mill, died at 4:10 p.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He was a retired printer with Western-Southern Life Insurance Co. He was an Army veteran of World War II. His wife, Mary Lois Ostendorf Stroer, died in 1964.
Survivors include sons, Norbert A. Stroer of Union and Robert T. Stroer of Fort Wright; a daughter, Mary Lois Geiman of Alexandria; a sister, Mildred Warndorf of Newport; and seven grandchildren.
Private services will be Friday at St. Anthony Church, Taylor Mill. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Martha Theissen-Sanford, 78, of Loma Linda, Calif., formerly of Covington, died Nov. 9 in Loma Linda. She was a retail sales manager and buyer for Shillito's department store in Cincinnati, Bullock department store and Robinson's department store, both in Pasadena, Calif., and Woman's World Shops in Arcadia, Calif.
Survivors include sons, John Sanford of Sierra Madre, Calif., Jim Sanford and Joe Sanford, both of Reno, Nev., and Louis Sanford of Riverside, Calif.; brothers, Jim Theissen of Edgewood and Paul Theissen of Fort Wright; sisters, Norma Broering and Eleanor Dietz, both of Fort Wright, and Ruth Rolf of Erlanger; and nine grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary cemetery Chapel, Fort Mitchell. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Celeste Vallandingham, 81, of Burlington, died at 8:33 p.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Hos pice Unit, Covington. She was a retired waitress with Holiday Inn, Fort Mitchell, and a member of St. Henry Church, Elsmere.
Survivors include a daughter, Jody Conley of Burlington; a brother, James VanMeter of Jacksonville, Fla.; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial will be at noon Tuesday at St. Henry Church. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Ellen L. Weir, 74, of Covington, died at 1 a.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit in Covington. She was a retired private nurse.
Survivors include a son, Daniel L. Brown of Verona; a brother, Bob Schumaker of Newport; a sister, Ruth Beck of Fort Thomas; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 6 p.m. Saturday at Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Covington. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati. Donations can be made to The St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, 41014.
Flossie Hogle White, 91, of California, died Tuesday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of Grants Lick Baptist Church. A son, Bud Hafer, died in 1985.
Survivors include her husband, James White; a son, Julius "Dude" Hogle; daughters, Hazel Estes and Millie Eckert, both of Alexandria, and Shirley Bray and Alice Young, both of California; a stepdaughter, Janice Rielly of Butler; 25 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Services were this morning at Grants Lick Baptist Church. Burial will be in Persimmon Grove Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Grants Lick Baptist Church, 175 Clay Ridge Road, Grants Lick, Ky. 41001; or Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075. Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick, handled arrangements.
