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These notices are dated: 09-17-2004
J. Conway Slaughter, hard worker, optimist, listener
Nothing was ever too hard, no job too big for J. Conway Slaughter.
"He had a reputation as being quite an optimist, " said his widow, Lenna Z. Nixon Slaughter.
Mr. Slaughter, who died Tuesday at age 65, was raised in Texas, where he attended Texas Tech University for about three years before he decided he didn't want to study to be a rancher or farmer anymore.
As a teen-ager and college student, he competed in boxing, as his father had, and won several Golden Gloves titles.
For many years he worked as a masonry contractor, and even published a related book called "Building with Fieldstone."
He and his family bicycled 650 miles across the southern island of New Zealand for nine days in the mid 1980s, as part of a church youth group trip.
When the Texas economy went bad in the mid '80s, they moved to California, where Mr. Slaughter did earthquake repair and retrofitting.
About 15 years ago, he capped a growing interest in natural healing by graduating from the Clayton School of Natural Healing in Birmingham, Ala., and becoming a naturopath.
He and his wife moved to Hebron in December 2000 to be close to their grandchildren.
Mr. Slaughter opened an office there where he did acupressure treatments and other natural healing methods.
"He loved to talk and visit and listen to people's problems, " his wife said.
They also started Zellcon Herbal Formulas, their own brand of remedies for everything from menopausal symptoms to high blood pressure. Mrs. Slaughter plans to keep selling the formulas on the Internet.
When Mr. Slaughter had a heart attack and stroke about 14 months ago, doctors told him he would never be the same mentally or physically.
Urged to have bypass surgery, he instead turned to natural healing, his wife said, and "made liars out of all of them."
But just as his recovery was moving by leaps and bounds, she said, he died of complications from a second heart attack on Labor Day.
Other survivors include a daughter, Lareina L. Slaughter of Cupertino, Calif.; sons, Jessie Conway Slaughter III of Burlington and Nick Slaughter of Austin, Texas; a brother, Cary Slaughter of Brady, Texas; and seven grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at United Church of God, Milford, Ohio.
Cremation will be at Southwest Ohio Crematory, Milford.
Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron, is handling arrangements.
Daniel Ray Creamer, 49, of Covington, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
He was a former employee of American Laundry. A daughter, Danielle Creamer, preceded him in death.
Survivors include a son, Daniel Creamer II of Walton; brothers, Thomas Creamer of Independence and David Creamer of Taylor Mill; and a sister, Lisa McQueary of Petersburg.
Services will be private. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Myrtle H. Day, 84, of Newport, died a 10:50 p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
She was a homemaker. Her husband, Earl Day, died in 1969.
Survivors include sons, Jack Hurst of Covington and Harold Hurst of North Carolina; a daughter, Doris Neal of Saginaw, Mich.; six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Graveside services were Thursday at Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Elsmere, handled arrangements.
Vernon Hatter, 69, of West Covington, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Raymond Johnson, of Bellevue, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a tool and die maker with Trailmobile, Cincinnati, an antique dealer and a member of cemetery Chapel Christian Church, Foster.
His wife, Lovace Louise Johnson, died in 1989.
Survivors include two granddaughters and two great-grandsons.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Johnsville Cemetery.
Jack Kaufman, 69, of Dry Ridge, died at 10:14 a.m. Thursday at Grant Manor Health Care Center, Williamstown.
He was a retired machine operator with Formica Corp. in Cincinnati and an Army veteran.
Survivors include brothers, George Kauffman of Arizona and Kenny Kauffman of Cincinnati; and a sister, Patricia Poole of Cincinnati.
Services will be at the convenience of the family.
Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati. Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown, is handling arrangements.
Dorothy Catherine Penick, 80, of Florence, died at 7:35 p.m. Wednesday at her granddaughter's home in Independence. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Elmer Penick, died in 1984.
Survivors include daughters, JoAnn Raper of Florence and Bonnie Hamblin of Corinth; six grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to Homeless Project, in care of Boone National Bank, 6100 First Financial Drive, P.O. Box 954, Burlington, Ky. 41005.
Mary Ann Krieg Rechtin, 87, of Covington, died at 11:55 p.m. Wednesday at St. Charles Care Center, Covington.
She was an assistant principal at Holy Cross School in Latonia, and a teacher with St. James School in Ludlow, St. Thomas High School in Fort Thomas, and St. Stephen School in Newport.
She was a past president of the St. Catherine Mothers Club, a Girl Scout leader and sang in the choir at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Fort Thomas. During World War II, she worked at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton.
Her husband, Raymond George Rechtin, died in 1998.
Survivors include daughters, Mary C. Boyd of Cincinnati, Barbara Toebbe of Ryland Heights, Cathy Hugenberg of Edgewood and Nancy Datko of Beavercreek, Ohio; sons, Ray G. Rechtin of Burlington and David J. Rechtin of Fort Wright; 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7 p.m. Monday at St. Charles Care Center Chapel, Covington.
Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Monday.
A reception will follow services.
Entombment will be in St. Mary Mausoleum, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Notre Dame Academy, 1699 Hilton Drive, Park Hills, Ky. 41011; or St. Charles Care Center, 500 Farrell Drive, Covington, Ky. 41011.
Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
James Donald Tibbs, 70, of Germantown, died Thursday at his home.
He was an employee of Ford Motor Co. and a Marine Corps veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Beverly Beatrice Tibbs; sons, James Eric Tibbs of Pennsylvania, Robert Rogar of Ohio and David Strader of Texas; daughters, Jennifer Thompson and Brittina Dunaway, both of Ohio, and Beverly Whitener of Colorado; a brother, John Tibbs of Ohio; sisters, Bessie Hendrics of Tennessee, and Mae Brewer and Joyce Mullins, both of Ohio; seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Breitenbach McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home, Middletown, Ohio.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Palmer funeral Home, Germantown, and from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Breitenbach McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Middletown.
