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Date of these obituaries: 10-10-1998
Alexandria's mayor J. Patrick Fanning dies
Alexandria Mayor J. Patrick Fanning, who served on the Alexandria City Council for more than two decades, has died. He was 75.
Mr. Fanning died of leukemia at 4:40 p.m. Friday at St. Luke Hospital East.
Mr. Fanning had served in his present post for five years. He was not seeking re-election.
"As a public official, he was a true gentleman and very professional," said Campbell County Judge-Executive Ken Paul, who had known Mr. Fanning for decades.
"He had the city of Alexandria in his heart. When other people were worried about the twigs, he had the vision to see the whole forest."
Mr. Fanning entered politics in the early 1970s.
"We had six children," said his wife, Joan.
"He was part of the community, and he wanted to help. He wanted to make sure it would be a good place for his kids to be raised."
Mr. Fanning often was a mediator on council.
"He tried to look at both sides and work it out with everyone," said Paul. "You could see the pride he had in being the mayor of the city and in all the growth it had."
Former Alexandria Mayor Ray Hildebrand said Mr. Fanning was tireless in his devotion to the city.
"He saw it develop from a quaint little town into what we have today," Hildebrand said."He was always there, trying to steer it in the right direction."
Mr. Fanning was a traveling salesman for Dayton Supply, a job he held until his death.
"He enjoyed people; he enjoyed meeting people," Mrs. Fanning said.
Hildebrand described him as "typical Irish. He was a great guy to be around. Great sense of humor, all the positive things," he said.
He met his wife in England during World War II, when he was a soldier. They married
and returned to Alexandria to raise their family.
"Whatever he did, he tried to do the very best he could do," Mrs. Fanning said. "That was a maxim we tried to teach our children."
Mr. Fanning had surgery in April and a triple heart by-pass in July.
Doctors later learned he had leukemia.
In addition to his wife, survivors include his sons, Michael Patrick Fanning of Alexandria, Daniel Raymond Fanning of Lexington, Patrick Brian Fanning of Miami Heights, Ohio; daughters, Julia Corinne Fanning, at home; Jennifer Lynn Fanning of Crittendon, and Janine Shively of Alexandria; and 11 grandchildren.
Arrangements are pending at Alexandria Funeral Home.
Robert "Dave" Bowling, 50, of Verona, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence.
He was a disabled Vietnam War veteran and a member of New Bethel Baptist Church, Verona, where he was a Sunday school director.
Survivors include his wife, Rhonda Hollon Bowling; sons, Robert David Bowling II of Dayton, Ohio, David Ray Bowling and Christopher Paul Centers, both at home; a daughter, Tracy Rebecca Bowling Lamb of Murray; his father, Charles Robert Bowling of Florida; brothers, Mike Bowling and James Bowling, both of Florida, Paul Bowling of Taylor Mill and William Bowling and Jerry Bowling, both of Glencoe; sisters, Patty Walker of Verona and Janie Best of Dry Ridge; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at New Bethel Baptist Church, Verona. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. today at Hamilton-Stanley Funeral Home, Verona. Burial will be in New Bethel Cemetery, Verona. Memorials are suggested to Dave Bowling Memorial Fund, c/o Hamilton-Stanley Funeral Home, 14635 Walton-Verona Road, Verona, Ky., 41092.
Glen Eldon Cain Sr., 54, of Newport, died at 2:19 p.m. Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas.
He was a factory worker for Temp Glass Company.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Lemming Cain; a daughter, Reba Cain of Cincinnati; sons, Glen Cain Jr. of Silver Grove and Robert Cain of Newport; sisters, Barbara Seto, Mary Catherine Wilson and Joyce Ferguson, all of California, Margie Shouse and Billie Jean Shouse, both of Erlanger, Bobbie Ann Wolf of Berea and Karen Cain of North Carolina; brothers, Michael Perry, Robert Cain, Ralph Honeycutt and Rickey Cain, all of Cincinnati, Robert Paul Cain of Texas and Charles Fuller of Crittenden; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to Salvation Army, 340 W. 10th St., Newport, Ky. 41071.
Ella Louise Davis, 75, of Cincinnati, formerly of Falmouth, died Thursday at her home.
She formerly worked as a cashier for Kroger, Cincinnati.
A daughter, Sally Sharon Slater, and a son, Rick Davis, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Roger Slater of Madison, Ind.; daughters, Shirley Hunley and Eva Mahon, both of Cincinnati; brothers, Ray Cummins of Ashland and Paul Cummins of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a sister, Kathleen Kennedy of Poplar Bluff, Mo.; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Neave Cemetery, Bracken County.
Jennifer Elizabeth Harber, 17, of Fort Thomas, died Tuesday in Covington. She was a junior at Highlands High School where she was a member of the chorus. She formerly worked for Graeter's Ice Cream in Newport and played soccer in the Northern Kentucky Recreational League.
Survivors include her parents, Edward and Beverly Harber of Fort Thomas; a sister, Emily A. Harber of Fort Thomas; and grandparents, Louis and Aileene Achzehner of Fort Thomas.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Highland United Methodist Church, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the church. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to Jennifer Harber Memorial Fund, c/o Citizens Bank of Campbell County, 103 Churchill Drive, Newport, Ky. 41071, or Highland United Methodist Church, 314 N. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075. Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Michael Allen Newman, 48, of St. Cloud, Fla., formerly of Union, died Friday at his residence.
He was a welder for Newport Steel Company, an Army veteran of the Vietnam War and attended Holopaw Baptist Church, Holopaw, Fla.
Survivors include his mother, Inez Jones of St. Cloud, Fla.; and a sister, Kelley Shomaker of Jefferson, N.C.
Services will be at noon Tuesday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Rice Cemetery, Union.
Earl E. Powell, 88, of Williamstown, died Friday at Grant Manor Nursing Home in Williamstown.
He was a retired employee for Marmack Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati. His wife, Irene Pugh Powell, died in 1993.
Survivors include sons, Robert Powell, Roger Powell and Eddie Powell, all of Williamstown, and Earl Powell Jr. of Covington; daughters, Delores Alder of Union, Lorinda Hopper of Covington, Sherry Courtney and Betty Powell, both of Danville, and Marilyn Powell of Crescent Springs; a brother, Roy Powell of Taylor Mill; a sister, Emma Scott of Williamstown; 20 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth.
Lucy Agnes Smith, 75, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday at her residence.
Survivors include her husband, Clayton E. Smith; a daughter, Kathleen McGuire of Ghent; sons, Eugene Smith of New Jersey and Ronald Smith of Warsaw; sisters, Agnes Andreoli and Martha Longo, both of Philadelphia; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Carrollton IOOF Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Worthville Baptist Church, P.O. Box, Worthville, Ky. 41098; or Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Ft. Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Lorraine Winifred Soard, 79, of Latonia, died at 7:08 a.m. Friday in the emergency room of St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia.
Mary Witten Stambaugh, 75, of Crescent Springs, died at 9:42 p.m. Thursday at the Highland of Fort Thomas nursing home.
She was a retired administrative clerk for C&O Railroad Yard, Silver Grove; a member of Lakeside Christian Church in Lakeside Park, where she was on the church's mission committee; and the Brotherhood of Railway, Steamship and Airline Clerks.
Survivors include brothers, Troy Stambaugh of Defiance, Ohio; Frank M. "F.M." Stambaugh Jr. of Crescent Springs; and Paul R. Stambaugh of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Lakeside Christian Church, Lakeside Park. Visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington, and after 10 a.m. Monday at the church. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to Lakeside Christian Church Mission Committee, 195 Buttermilk Pike, Lakeside Park, Ky. 41017.
George B. Steffen, 81, of Florence, died at 3:10 p.m. Thursday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence.
He was a retired inspector for Trailmobile and Kentucky Trailer Company and a former mayor of Minor Lane Heights, now a suburb of Louisville.
Survivors include his wife, Maggie Steffen; daughters, Carolyn Keener of Carrollton, Jean Abernathy of Florence and Theresa Schopmeyer of Tampa, Fla.; stepdaughters, Linda Juilfs of Independence, Judy Cooper of Demossville and Delores Geiman of Hebron; brothers, Robert Steffen of Melbourne and Daniel Steffen Sr. of Fort Thomas; a sister, Mildred Chalk of Fort Thomas; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Elsmere-Erlanger. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Louisville.
Shirley J. Smith Weaver, 71, of Southgate, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker and a member of the United Methodist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Judith Prickett of Waynesville, Ohio; a sister, Mary Ellen Lanfersiek of Mason, Ohio; and one grandchild.
Services will be at noon Monday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
