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Date of these obituaries: 10-19-1998
Noel G. Walton, veteran Boone surveyor
Noel G. Walton perhaps knew as much about Boone County as anyone, ever. At least when it came to the county's physical makeup.
The county surveyor for 37 years, Mr. Walton, 88, of Burlington, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence.
"He was an institution. We've lost an important historical figure in Boone County," said former Judge-executive Bruce Ferguson.
Ferguson, who sometimes clashed with Mr. Walton on issues regarding the surveyor's office, termed him "an exceptional talent."
Among Mr. Walton's professional accomplishments were developing the plans for the Burlington Fairgrounds Lake, and writing a manual on surveying standards for the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) in the early 1970s.
"He always tried, I think, to improve a lot of the business," said Mr. Walton's son, David G. Walton, of Burlington. "He always felt like if the person was going to hold the office, he should be qualified."
Mr. Walton was the founder of Walton & Walton Engineers. He was a member of Burlington Baptist Church, the Florence Rotary Club and the Northern Kentucky Historical Society. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
A talented musician, Mr. Walton played in the Army band and also helped put himself through college at the University of Pittsburgh by playing the piano during silent movies, his son said.
He also played the trombone.
Mr. Walton's first wife, Gladys M. Walton, died in 1977.
In addition to his son, survivors include his second wife, Mary Frances Walton; a daughter, Judith Ann Belsley of Boston; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Wednesday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Belleview Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to East Bend Methodist Church Restoration Fund, Belleview, Ky., 41005.
Velma B. Morris Appel, 94, of Fort Thomas, died Friday at Highlands of Fort Thomas Nursing Home. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a son, Alvin Appel of Fort Wright; eight grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Agnes Church, Fort Wright. Visitation will be from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Covington. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
Memorials are suggested to Sisters of Notre Dame African Mission, 1601 Dixie Highway, Park Hills, Ky. 41011.
Thomas W. Aseere, 64, of Verona, died Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati. He was owner of Klimat Master Pools, Newport, and a retired farmer.
Survivors include his wife, Sandy Aseere; daughters, Vickie Gibson of Fort Thomas, Julia McKibben of Alexandria; sons, Tea Aseere of New Hampshire and Jay Aseere of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; a sister, Dorothy C. Listo of Cincinnati; a brother, John D. Aseere of Cincinnati; and 10 grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Walter Bedford, 71, of Covington, died Thursday at the home of his son, Philip Bedford of Oakland, Calif.
He was a retired roofer for Kramer Roofing Co., Cincinnati, and was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of Church of Our Savior, Covington.
Other survivors include his wife, June Black Bedford; daughters, Gladys Renee Bedford of Cincinnati, Angela Bedford of Atlanta and Andrea Bedford of Covington; sons, Walter Bedford Jr. of Louisville, Roger Bedford of San Francisco, Thomas Bedford and Christopher Bedford, both of Atlanta, Richard Bedford and Wendell Bedford, both of Cincinnati, Jonathan Bedford of Oakland, Calif., Gordon Bedford of Covington and Darrell Bedford of Del Rio, Texas; a brother, Raymond Bedford of Cincinnati; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Jones and Simpson Funeral Home, Covington.
Burial will be in Mary Smith Memorial Cemetery, Elsmere.
William C. Brown, 47, of Covington, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Jones and Simpson Funeral Home, Covington.
Charlie Combs, 71, of Morning View, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a machinist with American Standard, Louisville, a member of Demoss Masonic Lodge No. 220 and an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
Survivors include a son, Tom Combs of Independence; daughters, Beverly Crabtree and Kay Combs, both of Morning View; his mother, Emma Combs of Williamstown; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Peoples Funeral Home, Butler. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with Masonic services at 7 p.m. Burial will be in Butler Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to American Lung Association, 11113 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242.
William A. Flairty, 70, of Louisville, formerly of Campbell County, died Saturday in Louisville. He was a retired fleet dispatcher with Louisville Scrap Metal, a member of Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, and an Army veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Shelton Flairty; a son, William I. Flairty; a daughter, Carol Ann Flairty; brothers, Eugene Flairty, Robert Flairty, Kenneth Flairty and James Flairty; sisters, Blanche Cox, Naomi Knight and Doris Hofstetter; and one grandson.
Services were at noon today at Arch L. Heady & Son Funeral Home, Louisville. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Louisville. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Louisville, 3532 Ephraim McDowell Drive, Louisville, Ky. 40205; or Highview Baptist Church, 7711 Fegenbush Lane, Louisville, Ky. 40228.
Robert Lehman, 71, of Fort Thomas, died Sunday at St. Elizabeth North Hospice in Covington.
Arrangements are pending at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Johnte London, 4 months, of Covington, was found dead Thursday at her residence.
Arrangements are pending at Jones and Simpson Funeral Home, Covington.
Genevieve McGarr, 85, of Newport, died ay 4:20 a.m. Sunday at Mercy Anderson Hospital, Cincinnati.
Arrangements are pending at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia.
Mary Elizabeth Bickers Mullins, 86, of Covington, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. She was a homemaker. Her husband, James Frank Mullins, died in 1986.
Survivors include a daughter, Donna Schuster of Florence; a brother, Richard Bickers of Newport; sisters, Thelma Long of Bellevue, Bernice Johnson of Southgate, Leola Resnick of Indiana, Betty Graves of Wilder and Patricia Chambers of Florida; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to American Parkinson's Disease Association, 1250 Hylan Blvd, Suite 4B, Staten Island, N.Y. 10305. Radel Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
William C. Mullins, 68, of Hebron, died at 5:58 p.m. Friday at Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington. He was a retired auto worker with General Motors, Cincinnati, a member of Sand Run Baptist Church Sunday School, and an Army veteran of the Korean War. A son, George Ambrose, died in 1981.
Survivors include his wife, Girtha Madelin Mullins; a son, Chuck Mullins of Erlanger; daughters, Lynda Randall and Alyce Rowland, both of Burlington, Rebekah Placke of Hebron and Bonnie Mullins of Richmond; sisters, Emma Jane Greer of Bedford, Va., Annal Jean Mullins of Burlington, Jacqueline Hojnacki of Hebron and Geketa Gray of Taylorsport; a brother, Grayson Leon Mullins of Hebron; and four grandc hildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Kidney Foundation of Central Kentucky, 2417-B Regency Road, Lexington, Ky. 40503.
Almeda Cook Predit, 87, of Dayton, died Saturday at Highlands of Fort Thomas Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church of Dayton. Her husband, Roland Predit, died in 1990.
Survivors include a son, Randall Predit of Highland Heights; a sister, Dixie Dransfield of Union, W.Va.; three grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will be at noon Tuesday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to First Baptist Church of Dayton, 501 Dayton Ave., Dayton, Ky. 41074.
Mark Richie, 30, of Berry, died Sunday in a fire at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown.
Ruth French Sexton, 53, of Erlanger, died at 5:45 p.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a ward clerk with the hospital.
Survivors include a son, Chris Sexton of Florence; a daughter, Angela Carlberry of Covington; her father, Herbert French of Brooksville; brothers, Larry French of Brooksville and Mark French of Batavia, Ohio; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Powersville Cemetery.
Audrey Jean Cornelius Stamper, 67, of Demossville, died Saturday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of Wilmington Baptist Church, Fiskburg. Her first husband, Harvey Vastine, died in 1966. Her second husband, Earl Stamper, died in 1978.
Survivors include sons, Andrew L. Vastine of Demossville and John Toole of Frankfort; daughters, Gloria Jean Vastine of Somerset and Leona Mary Vastine of Lexington; a brother, Bernard Franklin Cornelius of Lake Worth, Fla.; sisters, Helen B. Davis and Deborah A. Crouch, both of Ryland Heights, Frances G. Martin of Covington and Anita Ruth McLafferty of Gallatin County.
Services will be at noon Wednesday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the family, in care of Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, 11382 Madison Pike, Independence, Ky. 41051.
Sue Frances Stidham, 69, of Cynthiana, died Friday at Edgemont Manor Nursing Home in Cynthiana. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include sons, Carl Stidham of Harrison County, Larry Stidham, Bill Stidham and Timmy Stidham, all of Florida; daughters, Pam Davis and Elizabeth Stidham, both of Cynthiana; a brother, Willis Robert King of Georgetown; 31 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana.
Orr D. Warren, 77, of Cordele, Ga., formerly of Northern Kentucky, died Friday at 9:05 a.m. Friday at his home. He was a retired plumber with Weibel Plumbing, Fort Thomas, and an Army veteran of World War II. His wife, Mildred Lovelace Conley Warren, preceded him in death.
Survivors include a stepdaughter, Sue Bishop of Foster; stepsons, James Conley of Falmouth, Jesse Conley of Alexandria and Hayes Conley Sr. of Cold Spring; 15 step-grandchildren and many step-great-grandchildren.
Services were Sunday at Dekle Funeral Home, Cordele, Ga. Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick, handled local arrangements.
