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Date of these obituaries: 10-29-1998
Church teacher Thomas Seitz "lived for his family'
Thomas P. Seitz, a longtime Boy Scout scoutmaster and a Catholic education instructor with St. Anthony's Church in Taylor Mill and Holy Cross Church in Latonia, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit in Covington.
The Taylor Mill resident was 48.
The Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co. employee coached many of the teams on which his children played, including baseball and soccer with Latonia sports clubs, Independence Raiders and Northern Kentucky Select Club teams.
"He lived for his family and kids," said his wife, Linda Ludwig Seitz. "Kids were his life, and if he could make one kid's life better, he felt like he had done something worthwhile."
Mr. Seitz grew up in Latonia and graduated from Newport Catholic High School. He was drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War, serving in Kansas in the military police.
He studied electrical engineering at the University of Cincinnati and joined Cincinnati Bell in 1976, where he worked primarily as a service technician.
Mr. and Mrs. Seitz married
in 1970. The couple raised their daughter and three sons in Latonia and Taylor Mill, where the family moved in 1987.
Mr. Seitz, a former Boy Scout, became a troop leader before his sons were old enough to join and remained a troop leader for about seven years, taking his young sons along on campouts whenever he could, his wife said.
He taught Catholicism to public school children in the seventh and eighth grades for about four years at St. Anthony's and Holy Cross.
He also was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America.
"I don't think he had a single enemy. He would give anyone the shirt off his back - and he did once," Mrs. Seitz said.
"He used to work outside for the phone company, and if he found somebody outside who looked cold, he'd give them his clothes or buy them a meal."
Other survivors include a daughter, Erin Seitz of Fort Thomas; sons, Patrick Nicholas Seitz, Andrew Thomas Seitz and Christopher Ryan Seitz, all at home; a sister, Patricia Payne of Cincinnati; and a brother, Jack Seitz of Port Grange, Fla.
Memorial Mass of Christian burial will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Anthony Church. A memorial reception will follow services in the St. Anthony school hall. Mr. Seitz donated his body to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Memorials are suggested to Seitz Children Education Trust Fund, in care of Fifth Third Bank, 5002 Old Taylor Mill Road, Taylor Mill, Ky. 41015. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Edna Florence Bay, 88, of Butler, died Wednesday at River Valley Nursing Home in Butler. She was a homemaker, a member of Flour Creek Christian Church and Butler Homemakers, and a past president of the Butler Women's Club. She was a member of the church's CWF and Ladies Aid clubs, and served as treasurer of the River Valley Nursing Home.
Survivors include her husband, Charles E. Bay; a son, Robert L. Bay of Butler; one grandson and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Flour Creek Christian Church, Butler. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Peoples Funeral Home, Butler, and from 1 p.m. Sunday until the time of services at the church. Burial will be in Butler Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Flour Creek Christian Church, Route 1, Box 349, Butler, Ky. 41006; or River Valley Nursing Home, 305 Taylor Road, Butler, Ky. 41006.
William C. Cummins, 64, of Butler Township, north of Dayton, Ohio, died Tuesday at Grandview Hospital in Dayton. He was a salesman and a Navy veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Kathleen Cummins; a daughter, Carla Jean Sandy of New Philadelphia, Ohio; stepdaughters, Janice Barney of Lebanon, Ohio, Judy Gonosz of Dallas, Ga., and Joni Dykstra of Butler Township, Ohio; a son, David W. Cummins of Dry Ridge; a stepson, Dale Buckles of Acworth, Ga.; his mother, Carrie Emerich Cummins; sisters, Peggy Barrington of Ludlow and Patty Lillard of Florence; a brother, Don Cummins of Covington; and 11 grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Carrigan & Main Funeral Home, Englewood, Ohio. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Glen Haven Cemetery, Donnellsville, Ohio.
Elva "Buddy" Hunter, 64, of Covington, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington.
He was an Air Force veteran, a member of Ohio Operating Engineers Local No. 18, Cincinnati, and a member of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Covington.
Survivors include sons, William Hunter, Elva Hunter Jr. and Russell Hunter, all of Cincinnati; daughters, Darlene Cooper of Covington, Kelly Hunter, Yzonne Hunter, Jennifer Anderson and Theresa Hunter, all of Cincinnati; brothers, David Hunter of Dayton, Ohio, John Howard Hunter of Detroit, Richard Hunter of Covington, and Gene Hunter and Danny Joyner, both of Cincinnati; sisters, Luther Robinson and Mary Jane Lewis, both of Covington, Rosetta Hudleston of Florida, Doris Crofford, Pricilla Williams and Ann Margaret McComico, all of Cincinnati; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 7:30 tonight at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 6 p.m., with Masonic services at 7 p.m.
Burial will be in Mary Smith Memorial Cemetery, Elsmere. Jones & Simpson Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Fredrica M. Jasper, 95, of Fort Thomas, died at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday at Carmel Manor Nursing Home in Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker. Her husband, John C. Jasper, died in 1968. A son, Donald Jasper, died in 1990.
Survivors include sons, John Jasper of Latonia, Jerome Jasper of Indianapolis, David Jasper of Covington, Kenneth Jasper of Fort Mitchell and Dennis Jasper of Villa Hills; daughters, Patricia J. Romes and Marilyn Thomas, both of Fort Mitchell; 33 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Fort Mitchell. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials suggested to Carmel Manor, 100 Carmel Manor Drive, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; or the charity of the donor's choice. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Evelyn Q. LaFrange, 85, of Newport, died Friday at Baptist Convalescent Center in Newport. She was a secretary and bookkeeper with Robins Engineering Co. in Birmingham, Ala., and a member of the Garden Club, Women in Construction and Huffman Methodist Church, all in Birmingham.
Survivors include a sister, Mildred Braden of Birmingham; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at noon Friday at Forest Lawn cemetery Chapel, Erlanger. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick, is handling arrangements.
Lynn Malycke, 46, of Florence, died Wednesday at her home. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Gary Malycke; daughter, Amanda Malycke of Florence; her father, Fred Baldassarre of Cleveland; sister, Peggy McLoughlin of Albuquerque, N.M.; brother, Carl E. Baldassarre of Cleveland; and grandmother, Gertrude Clary of Cleveland.
Privates services will be in Cleveland. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014; or the Animal Humane Society, P. O. Box 369, Union, Ky. 41091. Radel Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Harold Gene Smith, 66, of Ryland Heights, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a conductor with the C&O and CSX railroads, a member of Orchard Street Baptist Church in Elsmere, and an Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Roberta McNutt Smith; brothers, David Smith of Taylor Mill, Earl Smith of Covington and Carl Smith of Stockton, Calif.; and sisters, Francis Rust of Madisonville and Ruth Lee of Covington.
Services will be at noon Friday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Mildred M. Theele, 92, of Fort Thomas, died at 6:45 p.m. Carmel Manor Nursing Home in Fort Thomas. She was a nanny.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at Carmel Manor Nursing Home. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to Carmel Manor Activity Center, 100 Carmel Manor Drive, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Patricia Ann Trump, 66, of Taylor Mill, died Wednesday at Florence Park Care Center, Burlington.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington.
