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Date of these obituaries: 10-06-1998
Raymond Rammelsberg Jr., helped others with alcohol problems
Raymond Rammelsberg Jr. was proud of his 25 years of sobriety. As an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous, he dedicated himself to staying sober - and helping others do the same.
"He sponsored a lot of men," said his wife, Barbara Knarr Rammelsberg. "This one man had a hard time getting up in the morning, and my husband would get up in the morning and go pick him up to make sure he got to work.
"It was nothing for him to get a call at 3 in the morning from someone wanting to take a drink."
Mr. Rammelsberg, a lifelong Newport resident, died at 4:15 a.m. Monday at his home after an extended illness. He was 71.
The Newport High School graduate was a retired mail supervisor with the U.S. Postal Service. After spending 33 years with the post office in Newport, he went to work in the mail room at Northern Kentucky University. He helped the university set up a bulk mail center and worked there for 13 years. He finally retired at age 69.
"He loved to work. He loved being around people," Mrs. Rammelsberg said.
Mr. Rammelsberg, an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, married
his wife in 1950. He went to college at Morehead University and graduated with a degree in business.
"It was a bad time for jobs and so he tried a little bit of everything," his wife said. "But then he finally got on at the post office."
The couple had four children. His sons played football for the Newport school district, and Mr. Rammelsberg sometimes announced the games.
In the early 1970s, he recognized he had a problem with alcohol and joined Alcoholics Anonymous. He dedicated himself to getting sober, and he also helped others battle the disease, his wife said.
"AA is a spiritual program," Mrs Rammelsberg said. "You have to turn your life over to God, and you have to be able to give, and the more you give, the more you receive."
He also was a member of Holy Spirit Church in Newport and volunteered at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas.
Other survivors include daughters, Barbara Heck of Bellevue and Beverly Dorgan of Erlanger; sons, Raymond Rammelsberg of Villa Hills and Mark Rammelsberg of Andrews Air Force Base, Md.; and nine grandsons.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Stephen Church, Newport. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Bennie Berman, 81, of Cincinnati, died at 6:30 a.m. Saturday at Cedar Village, Mason, Ohio. He was a clerk with Casino Liquor, Newport.
Survivors include a sister, Dora Morris of Lexington.
Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today at Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Cecilia J. Chinn, 69, of Highland Heights, died at 10:15 a.m. Sunday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker. A daughter, Valorie Gumm, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Sherry Schweitzer of Highland Heights; a son, Gary Chinn of Highland Heights; a stepson, Omer Chinn Jr. of Celina, Ohio; sisters, Gloria Bertsch of Southgate and Jeanie Mercer of Alexandria; a brother, Leroy Stenger of Cincinnati; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Therese Church, Southgate. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Prayers will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Charles E. Hampton, 82, of Covington, died at 9 p.m. Saturday at his home. He was a retired bricklayer and a retired employee of Interlake Steel, Newport. He was a member of Kentucky Bricklayers, Terazzo, Mosaic and Tilelayers Union Local No. 2 and Calvary Baptist Church in Covington. His wife, Dorothy Taylor Hampton, died in 1985.
Survivors include sons, Dave Hampton and Donald E. Hampton, both of Edgewood; a brother, Robert Hampton of Latonia; and sisters, Lucy McDonnell and June Kinzig, both of Dayton, Ohio.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Calvary Christian School, 5955 Taylor Mill Road, Covington, Ky. 41015.
Leland "Lee" E. Jones, 78, of Independence, died at 9:25 p.m. Sunday at Deaconess Hospital, Cincinnati. He was a retired long-distance truck driver with Branch Motor Freight Co., Cincinnati, and was a member of Independence Christian Church and Teamsters Union Local No. 100 in Cincinnati. He was an Army and Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Eveline Cox Jones; a daughter, Carol Holland of Independence; a brother, Kenzie Jones of Gulf Shores, Ala.; and sisters, Mable Reinhardt of Independence, Hazel Zitt of Storm Lake, Iowa, and Helen Broke of Florence.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Luella T. Derrick King, 83, of Latonia, died Sunday at Rosedale Manor Nursing Home in Latonia.
Arrangements are pending at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue.
Maudie Lewis, 65, of Corinth, died Sunday at her home. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include sons, Morris Johnson of Taylor Mill and William J. Lewis of Corinth; daughters, Paula Lewis of Corinth and Pauline Robinson of Brooksville; 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042.
T. J. Link, 81, of Wilmore, formerly of Corinth, died at 12:55 p.m. Sunday at Kentucky Veterans Center in Wilmore. He was a truck driver with Consolidated Freightways and a member of Williamstown Baptist Church and Dry Ridge Masonic Lodge No. 849 F&AM. He was a former member of Grant Lodge No., 85 F&AM Williamstown Order of the Eastern Star Chapter No. 301; Teamsters Union Local No. 100, Cincinnati; Oleika Shrine Temple, Lexington; and Indra Consistory Scottish Rite, Covington. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include sons, Donald Gene Link, Tom Link and Jeff Link, all of Williamstown, Daniel Link of Dry Ridge and Darrell Link of Crittenden; a daughter, Marlene Switzer of Ocala, Fla.; sisters, Irene Prather of Dry Ridge, Sue Wood of Williamstown, Blanche Klinglesmith of Lexington and Garnett Mattingly of Indianapolis; 15 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with Masonic services at 7:30 p.m. Burial will be in Antioch Church of Christ Cemetery, Corinth. Memorials are suggested to Grant Lodge No. 85 F&AM, 112 S. Main St., Williamstown, Ky. 41097.
Jule Miller, 80, of Cincinnati, formerly of Newport, died Sept. 28 at Karrington of Kenwood nursing home in Cincinnati. He was a retired salesman with U.S. Playing Card Co. in Cincinnati and a Navy veteran of World War II. His wife, Eileen Miller, preceded him in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Skillings of Cincinnati; a sister, Helen Sexton of Fort Thomas; and one granddaughter.
Services were Monday at Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church, Cincinnati. Cremation was at Cincinnati Cremation Co. Schaefer & Busby Funeral Home, Cincinnati, handled arrangements.
Frank S. Neiheisel, 82, of Highland Heights, died Monday at Highlands of Fort Thomas nursing home in Fort Thomas. He was a retired employee of Wiedemann Brewery, Newport, a member of the Cold Spring VFW post and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Ina C. Neiheisel; a daughter, Darlene Hornsby of Flemingsburg; sisters, Mildred Blase, Luella Neiheisel and Rosella Young, all of Cincinnati, and Marie Great of Chicago; brothers, Arthur Neiheisel of Burlington, N.J., and Lawrence Neiheisel of Cincinnati; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church of Cold Spring. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in First Baptist Church of Cold Spring Cemetery, Cold Spring. Memorials are suggested to First Baptist Church of Cold Spring Building Fund, 4410 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring, Ky. 41076; or Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075. Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Aden L. Noakes, 88, of Latonia, died at 1:45 a.m. today at Woodspoint Nursing Home in Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Bros. Funeral Home, Latonia.
Regina Ann Bradford Powell, 44, of Florence died Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a mail clerk with the Kroger Co., Cincinnati, and a member of Barnes Chapel A.M.E. Church, Elsmere.
Survivors include sons, Jermaine Powell and Joshua Craddock, both of Erlanger, and Trey Powell of Elsmere; a daughter, Termaine Powell of Covington; her parents, John Richard and Sara Alice Bradford of Elsmere; sisters, Anita Bradford of Elsmere and Sharon Ross of Independence; brothers, Christopher Bradford of Cincinnati, Paul Bradford, Rodney Bradford and Mark Bradford, all of Elsmere; grandparents, Thomas and Naomi Bradford of Elsmere; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Barnes Chapel A.M.E. Church. Visitation will begin there at 6 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Jones & Simpson Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Beatrice C. Wolff, 77, of Elsmere, died at 7:05 p.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Henry Church, Elsmere, and the church's Legion of Mary organization. Her husband, William R. Wolff, died Sept. 6 .
Survivors include daughters, Martha J. Justice of Elsmere and Annette Cooley of Crescent Springs; sons, Guy F. Frazier III of Dry Ridge, William G. Wolff, Edward "Butch" Wolff and R. Geoffrey Wolff, all of Elsmere; a sister, Norma Graven of Lexington; 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Henry Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Rosedale Manor, 4250 Glenn Ave., Covington, Ky. 41015; or Susan Wolff Scholarship Fund, St. Henry High School, 3755 Scheben Drive, Erlanger, Ky. 41018.
