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These notices are dated: 04-19-2004
Robert Riggs Scott, provided scholarships
Robert Riggs Scott loved agriculture and education, so when he fell ill and had to sell the family farm, he set up scholarships with the proceeds.
His wife, Elmira, said he gave more than $1 million so graduates of Dixie Heights, Simon Kenton and Scott high schools and members of the Crescent Springs Presbyterian Church, where he was a member, could go to college.
"He really believed in education, and he wanted to help any way he could, " she said.
Mr. Scott, 91, of Villa Hills, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
Mr. Scott was the fifth generation of Scotts who owned the land that he farmed for 70 years. Even after he sold the farm, he continued to grow fruits and vegetables as a hobby and donated much of the crops to four churches in Crescent Springs.
"All of his life he has helped, " his wife said, adding that he often helped boys who worked on the farm pay for their college tuition.
His other passion, education, led him to serve on the Kenton County Board of Education from 1952 to 1976, acting as chairman from 1960 to 1976. Scott High School is named in his honor.
He also was a board member of the Kenton County Assessment Fire Insurance Co., the Tri-City Seniors Club and the Eutopia Agriculture Club.
His first wife, LaVerne M. Scott, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Elmira Scott; sons, Thomas J. Scott of Midland, Mich., and Robert Scott of Villa Hills; a daughter, Kay Malone of Villa Hills; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Crescent Springs Presbyterian Church. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. until the time of services Wednesday at the church. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorial may be made to the Robert R. Scott Memorial Fund, c/o of Crescent Springs Presbyterian Church, 710 Western Reserve Road, Crescent Springs, Ky. 41017.
Allison & Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill, is handling arrangements.
Ruth C. Andrea, 75, of Newport, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas. She was a retired file clerk at R.L. Polk Co. in Cincinnati.
Survivors include a daughter, Gale Greer of Newport; a sister, Marlene Mason of Fort Thomas; and one grandchild.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at St. Stephen cemetery Chapel, Fort Thomas. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery.
Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Elaine Cummins, 84, of Columbus, Ohio, and formerly of Brooksville, died Saturday at Wesley Glen retirement community, Columbus. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the Church of the Messiah, Westerville, Ohio; the African Violet Society of America; and was a Cub Scout and 4-H adviser.
Survivors include her husband, Lou Cummins; a son, Philip A. Cummins of Columbus, Ohio; a daughter, Carol Ann Cummins of Tampa, Fla.; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Moore & Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Visitation will be from noon until the time of services Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Brooksville Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Arthritis Foundation.
Donna Sue Yelton Deaton, 63, of Butler, died Saturday at her home.
She was a retired demonstration hostess for Sam's Club, Florence, and a member of Butler Baptist Church, the Pendleton County Historical and Genealogical Society, the Breathitt County Historical and Genealogical Society and the Newport High School Alumni Association.
Survivors include her husband, Johnny Deaton; daughters, Nancy Mullins of Ludlow and Karen Shoemaker of Butler; a brother, James Yelton of Butler; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth.
Memorials may be made to Butler Baptist Church, 107 Peoples St., Butler, Ky. 41006, or Hospice of Hope, 909 Kenton Station Rd., Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Robert William Detisch, 65, of Cold Spring, died Friday at his home. He was retired from the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. He was a member of Christ Baptist Church, Cold Spring, and the United Transportation Union.
Survivors include his wife, Jean Detisch; a son Rob Detisch of Cold Spring; a daughter, Bobbie Jean Gilbert of Cold Spring; a brother George Paul Detisch of Cold Spring; a sister, Emma Hamann of Cold Spring; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Peoples Funeral Home, Grants Lick. Visitation will be from noon until the time of services Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Asbury Methodist Church Cemetery, Highland Heights.
Catherine "Cookie" Harvey Eddy, 86, of Fort Wright, died Friday at St. Elizabeth North Hospice, Covington. She was a homemaker, a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, and volunteered at the Northern Kentucky Community Center and with the Girl Scouts.
Survivors include sons, Chuck Eddy of Anchorage, Alaska, and Hank Eddy of Louisville, Colo.; daughters, Betsy Eddy of San Francisco, Calif., and Susan Schrand of Grand Rapids, Mich.; a brother, George Harvey of Danville, Ind.; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Highland cemetery Chapel, Fort Mitchell. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.
Allison & Rose Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Gordon J. Fifer Sr., 90, of Covington, died Sunday at Rosedale Manor in Latonia. He was a retired jet engine inspector with General Electric, Evendale, Ohio. He was an Air Corps veteran of World War II and a member of the West Covington Senior Citizens.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Fifer; a son, Gordie Fifer of Wilder; daughters, Marguerite Abinosa of Kona, Hawaii, and Anita Madsen of Anahim, British Columbia; six grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Tuesday at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the time of services Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Erlanger.
Memorials may be made to Epworth Methodist Church, 1229 Highway Ave., Covington, Ky. 41011.
Joy Ellen Jones, 46, of Cincinnati, died Tuesday in Dayton, Ky.
Survivors include her mother, Fay Smith of Dayton; her father, Larry Jones of Covington; brothers Ron Jones of Colerain Township, Ohio, Jim Jones of Dayton, and Lawrence Jones and Lindsay Jones, both of Covington; and sisters Laura Jones of Dayton, Shannon Jones, Stephanie Jones and Sarah Jones, all of Cincinnati, and Dianne Sietz of Indiana.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Don Catchen & Sons Funeral Home, Covington. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Milford, Ohio.
George Christopher Heringer, 63, of Demossville, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas. He was a member of the Grassy Creek Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife, Vonnie Heringer; a daughter, Gina Swobland of Grants Lick; a son, Scott Heringer of Butler; brothers, Joseph Heringer of Florida, Jacob Heringer of Indianapolis and Alfred Heringer of South Lebanon, Ohio; sisters, Francis Wilson of Cold Spring, Mary Gosney of Rising Sun, Ind., and Ruth Bowling of Butler; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Gardnersville Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Homer Hollon, 70, of Walton, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth North Hospice, Covington. He was a retired maintenance worker at the Florence Apartments.
His wife, Thelma Meddings Hollon, died in 1996.
Survivors include a daughter, Helen Martin of Cincinnati; a son, Eddie McFarland of Loveland, Ohio; two brothers, John Hollon of Edgewood and Leroy Hollon of Florence; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Taylor Mill.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.
Tommy Ray Poweleit, 45, of Alexandria, died Friday at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas. He was a pipe fitter.
Survivors include his parents, Ronald and Joyce Poweleit of St. Louis; a daughter, Tracie Poweleit of Goshay, Miss.; and one grandchild.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the time of services Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 1885 Dixie Highway, Suite 250, Fort Wright, Ky. 41011.
Ora Lee Rose, 84, of Carrollton, died Saturday at her home. She was a homemaker.
Her husband, Henry Elmer Rose, and a son, Elmer Junior Rose, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Junior Lee Rose of Carrollton; daughters, Juanita Marie Smith of Carrollton and Mary Lee Bates of Milton; a sister, Alberta Harmon of Fort Mitchell; seven grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, Carrollton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Carrollton.
Thomas M. Ramsey, 53, of Florence, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood. He attended Redwood School and Rehabilitation Center, Fort Mitchell.
Survivors include a sister, Laurel Greis of Fort Mitchell, and a brother, Randolph Seal of Breckenridge, Colo.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
Memorials may be made to Redwood School and Rehabilitation Center, 71 Orphanage Road, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017.
Elizabeth Rose Stavermann Hilton Robinson, 74, of Dry Ridge, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington.
Her husband, Robert Robinson, died in 1997.
Survivors include sons, Elmer Hilton Jr. of Dry Ridge and Eric Hilton, Bob Robinson and Steve Robinson, all of Cincinnati; daughters, Carol Jackson and Jean Ann Ebner, both of Dry Ridge, Carol Theobald of Cincinnati, Sherry Leggett of Newark, Ohio, and Sharon Erwin of Maryville, Tenn.; a sister, Marie Fultz of Cincinnati; a brother, William Stavermann of Cincinnati; 16 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be 7 p.m. Tuesday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until the time of services Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Grant County Public Library, 201 Barnes Rd., Williamstown, Ky. 41097, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, P.O. Box 130, Williamstown, Ky. 41097, or the local school library of the donor's choice.
Anna Wallace, 82, of Covington and formerly of Falmouth, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence.
Her husband, Charles Wallace, died in 1997.
Survivors include daughters, Deborah Ann Vogt of Independence, Judith Faye Wallace and Donna Sue Wallace, both of Covington, and Cheryl Lynn Florer of Ocala, Fla.; sons, Charles Douglas Wallace of Latonia and Donald Edward Wallace of Covington; a brother, Calvin Dungan of Florence; a sister, Ester Calvert of Latonia; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.
Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth, is handling arrangements.
Roger Dale Washum, 46, of Verona, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood. He was a maintenance technician with Insight Communications, Covington. He was an Army veteran.
Survivors include a daughter, Jessica Washum of Verona; a son, Justin Washum of Verona; and sisters, Sandra Adams and Carla Huff, both of Williamstown, and Terry Washum, of Louisville.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hamilton-Stanley Funeral Home, Verona. Visitation will be from noon until the time of services Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in New Bethel Cemetery, Verona.
Margaret E. Yetter, 96, of Fort Thomas, died Saturday at Carmel Manor Nursing Home in Fort Thomas. She was a member of St. Anthony Church, Bellevue.
Her husband, John H. Yetter, died in 1986.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Bernard Church, Dayton. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the time of services Tuesday at the church.
Memorials may be made to St. Bernard Church, Fifth and Berry streets, Dayton, Ky. 41074.
Anna Jane Dubson Zeigler, 81, of Burlington, died Friday at her home. She was a secretary.
Her husband, Melvin Zeigler, and a daughter, Rebecca Menet, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Susan Troutt of Burlington; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Private services will be at the convenience of the family.
Memorials are suggested to First United Methodist Church, Duke and Walnut streets, Lancaster, Pa. 17604.
Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington, is handling arrangements.
