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Date of these obituaries: 07-22-1998
William Davidson, Petersburg principal
William Ace Davidson, a school teacher for 33 years in Kentucky and former principal of Petersburg School in Boone County, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit in Covington. He was 92.
The Petersburg resident, who also taught in Indiana for 13 years, received honors for his long-time commitment to teaching. He was an educator for 46 years.
"He enjoyed teaching. He enjoyed coaching, too. He did a little bit of coaching with basketball years ago when he taught in the eastern part of the state," said Mr. Davidson's only child, Donald Edward Davidson of Petersburg.
"He enjoyed the competition between the schools. . .and his teams always excelled."
Mr. Davidson grew up in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky, in the Perry County area. He attended Lee's Junior College in Jackson, and Union College in Barbourville, where he received his bachelor's degree.
He attained his master's degree at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond.
He met his wife of 64 years, Drucilla Velma Craft Davidson, in college.
Mr. Davidson's first 29 years teaching were spent at elementary schools in Eastern Kentucky. In 1959, he moved his family to Petersburg, where he spent four years as principal at Petersburg School. He then taught for 13 years in Indiana before retiring in 1974.
"He was the type of person that stuck to something. When he thought he was right, he stuck to it," his son said.
Mr. Davidson also enjoyed hunting. He often had as many as four or five trained hunting dogs at a time, his son said: "It didn't bother him a bit to drive to Tennessee to buy a 'coon dog and pay several hundred dollars for it."
Mr. Davidson also was a member of Petersburg Masonic Lodge No. 926.
In addition to his wife and son, other survivors include a sister, Opal Tipton of Franklin, Ohio; a brother, Bill Davidson of Dayton, Ohio; and one granddaughter.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron. Visitation will be there from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Petersburg Cemetery. Memorials: Petersburg Baptist Church, P. O. Box 8, Petersburg, Ky. 41080; or Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department, Petersburg, Ky. 41080.
Arnold Ray Chapt, 53, of Covington, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit in Covington.
Arrangements are pending at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia.
Sylvian T. DeMoss, 84, of Melbourne, died at 12:14 p.m. Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a retired farmer and a member of American Association of Retired Persons.
Survivors include sisters, Vivian Craft of Newport and Cynthia Gobel of Cincinnati.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to St. John Lutheran Church, Melbourne, Ky. 41059.
James J. Mose Dirheimer, 79, of Florence, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He was an optometrist with Quality Optical, a member of St. Paul Church in Florence, and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Theman Dirheimer; sons, Gary J. Dirheimer of Hamilton, Ohio, and James R. Dirheimer of Edgewood; daughters, Janet Ferguson of Florence, Carolyn Foltz of Crittenden and Linda Sheehy of Taylor Mill; 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Paul Church. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Friday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Robert D. Earls, 75, of Covington, died at 8:31 a.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington. He was a retired plant manager with Renton Concrete Products Co. in Seattle, and a Marine Corps veteran of World War II.
Survivors include daughters, Judith Thorpe of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Bonnie Strouse of Brighton, Mich., Karen Houlehan of Villa Hills and Virginia Earls of Seattle; a sister, Vivian Carr of Park Hills; and seven grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Gum Lick Cemetery, Pendleton County. Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown, is handling arrangements.
Jessie Irene Howell Goddard, 60, of Brooksville, died Sunday at Meadowview Regional Medical Center, Maysville. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Andy Goddard Jr., died in 1981.
Survivors include daughters, Irene Riley and Sherry Teegarden, both of Brooksville; a son, Donald Goddard of Brooksville; brothers, Calvin Howell, Raymond Howell, Doug Howell and Lewis Howell, all of Mays Lick, Russell Howell of Maysville and Jerry Perraut of Robertson County; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Palmer Funeral Home, Germantown. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Shannon Cemetery, Mason County.
Lester Doc Gregory, 83, of Fort Mitchell, died at 11:45 a.m. Monday at Christ Hospital, Cincinnati. He was a retired appliance repairman with Shillito's department store.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Gregory; a son, Bobby Gregory of San Diego; a daughter, Wanda Brater of Cincinnati; four grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 8 p.m. Thursday at Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Elsmere. Visitation will begin there at 6 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Geraldine Wagers Griffin, 47, of Dry Ridge, died Monday in Dry Ridge of injuries suffered in an auto accident.
Arrangements are pending at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown.
Paul Gunsaulye, 67, of Demossville, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
Arrangements are pending at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Adah M. Dixon Hoffman, 95, of Florence, died at 6:25 p.m. Monday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. She was a retired boys' clothing buyer with Eilerman Department Store in Covington, a member of Madison Avenue Christian Church in Covington, and a past president of Eta Pi Kappa Sorority. Her husband, Willie Bryan Hoffman, and a son, William W. Hoffman, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include granddaughters, Cindy Parker of Florence and Kathy Hoffman of Lexington; and four great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Independence Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Madison Avenue Christian Church, 1530 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky. 41011; or American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042. Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Richard Neil Sr., 68, of Florence, died at 2:20 a.m. Monday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence. He was a retired supervisor with Husman Snack Foods, Cincinnati, and a sales clerk with Liquor Direct, Covington.
He was a member of St. Pius X Bowling League, serving as treasurer and secretary. He also was a member of the St. Pius X Holy Name Society and an usher at the church. He was a Navy veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Marilyn Neil; daughters, Kathi Good and Colleen Collins, both of Florence; a son, Rick Neil of Columbus, Ohio; stepdaughters, Roxann Butts, Mary Huck, Pam Ragan and Judy Harrod, all of Erlanger; a stepson, Tim Wiles of Independence; sisters, Pat Gates of Jackson, Mich., Jo Ann Lohenburg of Rochester, N.Y., Tudy Bell of Florence and Jackie Adams of Petersburg; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Pius X Church, Edgewood. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Entombment will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to Parish Kitchen, P. O. Box 1234, Covington, Ky. 41012-1234; or American Heart Association, 1885 Dixie Highway, Suite 250, Fort Wright, Ky. 41011.
Stanley T. Rahe, 80, of Alexandria, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a retired Cincinnati Bell worker, a member of the Walley Byam Caravan Club, and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Viola Rahe; sons, Ralph Rahe of Alexandria and Terry Rahe of Walton; a daughter, Carol Ann Gibson of Terre Haute, Ind.; a brother, Ernest Rahe of Alexandria; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Peoples Funeral Home, Grants Lick. Visitation will begin there at noon Thursday. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Holly Ruth Schulkens, 20, of Alexandria, died Monday in an auto accident at the intersection of East Alexandria Pike and AA Highway in Alexandria. She was a retail clerk with J. C. Penney Co., Alexandria, and Value City, Latonia, and a 1997 graduate of Bishop Brossart High School.
Survivors include her parents, Richard and Melissa Schulkens of Alexandria; a brother, Christopher Schulkens, at home; a sister, Amanda Schulkens, at home; grandparents, Richard Ellis of Latonia, and Larry and Luella Schulkens of Cold Spring; and a great-grandmother, Elizabeth Fuller of St. Augustine, Fla.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church, Cold Spring. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Prayers will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Kenneth Sexton, 73, of Independence, died at 2:29 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a retired foreman with General Mills/Kenner Products, a member of Community Pentecostal Church in Independence, and a Navy veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Gertrude E. Sexton of Independence; a son, Kenneth Brett Sexton of Portsmouth, Ohio; stepsons, Wayne Brewster of Walton and Robert Brewster of Burlington.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Community Pentecostal Church. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Burial will be in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Community Christian Academy, 11875 Taylor Mill Road, Independence, Ky. 41051.
Ella Hunt York, 86, of Covington, died at 10:59 a.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington. She was a homemaker. Sons William Edward Poteet and Charles Alford York both preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, Robie York; daughters, Eleanor Poteet Thomas of Dayton, Ohio, and Lena Poteet Hoskins of Ryland Heights; sons, David York of Elsmere and Paul York of Covington; 23 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Bowling Funeral Home, London, Ky. Visitation will be after 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in East Colony Cemetery, London.
