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Date of these obituaries: 08-01-97
Martha V. Scherder, friendly phone operator
For years, Martha V. Scherder of Ft. Mitchell was one of those welcome service-industry workers: A pleasant and helpful telephone operator.
Miss Scherder worked 34 years as an operator and then a clerk for the Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co.
"She loved the jobs. She got along with anybody and everybody, " said niece Karen Ford of Crestview Hills.
Miss Scherder died Wednesday at Highlands of Ft. Thomas Nursing Home in Ft. Thomas. She was 79.
When she began her career, Miss Scherder operated an old-fashioned switchboard out of a home in Erlanger.
Her calm, quiet voice made her a natural, said Mrs. Ford.
Miss Scherder eventually was transfered to Cincinnati, where she worked as a clerk.
After her retirement in 1970, she continued to have a busy social life.
She was a member of St. Paul Church in Florence and active with a fan club for the Cincinnati Reds.
"She was an avid Rosie Red, " said Mrs. Ford.
"She would join the fan club every year and she would go on Reds' road trips with them when they were playing places like Chicago.. . .
"It seems like anybody who came in touch with her just fell in love with her."
Besides Mrs. Ford, Miss Scherder is survived by many other nieces and nephews and a brother-in-law, Alfred Mollis of Ft. Mitchell.
Her sister, Mary Jane Mollis, died last September.
Mass of Christian burial will be 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul Church in Florence.
Visitation will be from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home in Erlanger.
Entombment will be in St. Mary cemetery Mausoleum in Ft. Mitchell.
Rose Adams, 91, of Covington, died at 1:38 a.m. this morning at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Covington.
Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia, is in charge of arrangements.
Franklin Andrew Gage Childers, 3-1/2 months, died Thursday at his home in Newport.
Survivors include his parents, Tim and Mary Childers of Newport; sisters Amanda Joy Childers and Samantha Joe Childers, both of Berea, and Margaret Kimberly Childers of Newport; maternal grandparents, Kenneth and Connie White of Crittenden, and John & Virginia Mae Patterson of Newport; and paternal grandparents, Tim and Margaret Childers of Newport.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the Church of God, 401 Keturah St., Newport. Visitation will be there from 9 a.m. until services.
Burial will be in Highlands Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell. Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick is in charge of arrangements.
Herbert C. Dennis, 85, of Olive Hill, died Thursday at Veteran's Administration Hospital, Huntington, W.Va.
He was a retired horse trainer and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include a daughter, Judy Fyfe of Hickory, N.C.; sons, Daryl Dennis and Herbert Allen Collins, both of North Carolina, and Nolen Dale Dennis of Knoxville, Tenn.; sisters, Christine Hanshew of Ridgeland, S.C., and Lois Cason of Cynthiana.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Palmer Funeral Home, Germantown.
Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Germantown.
Timothy Dunn, 28, of Park Hills, died at 8 a.m. Tuesday in an automobile accident on I-275 near Springdale, Ohio.
He was an engineer for O'Gara, Hess and Eisenhardt Armoring Co. in West Chester, Ohio.
Survivors include a sister, Traci M. Dunn of Hyde Park; his parents, Gerald C. and Jeanne Baumgartner Dunn of Edgewood; grandparents, Teresa Dunn of Erlanger, and Wilma Baumgartner of Ft. Wright.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Pius Church, Edgewood.
Visitation will be from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger.
Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to Madonna Manor, 2344 Amsterdam Road, Villa Hills 41017 or Parish Kitchen, 141 Pike St., Covington 41011.
William "Eddie" Glass, 80, of Florence, died at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
He was a retired inspector in jet-engine development of General Electric, Evendale, Ohio.
He also was a self-employed business man in Florence and Walton for nearly 50 years.
He was a retired Navy B-24 bomber crewman who served in Europe, North Africa and the South Pacific in World War II.
He was a member of Union Baptist Church and Wilmington Masonic Lodge No. 362, Fiskburg.
Survivors include his wife, Opal Sallee Glass; daughters, Carolyn Hampton of Lake Placid, Fla., Linda Caldwell of Crittenden, and Connie Meyer of Walton; a son, Wayne Glass of Mr. Vernon, Va.; a sister, Marie Schadler of Walton; a brother, John Glass of Cincinnati; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence.
Visitation will be there from 5 to 9 tonight with Masonic services at 8 p.m.
Entombment will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested in the form of live plants.
Lisa A. Humphries, 34, of Erlanger, died at 4:46 a.m. July 24 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
She was an administrative assistant with Fidelity Investments.
Survivors include her husband, Jerome Humphries; her parents, John and Shirley Davis of Covington; and a brother, John L. Davis of Shandon, Ohio.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Florence Jehovah's Witness Church, Florence.
Visitation will begin there at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Burial will be in Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati.
Junior Lawson, 67, of Verona, died at 10:50 a.m. Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North Hospice, Covington.
He was an assembler with Powell Valve Co., Cincinnati.
Survivors include his wife, Marie Jeffers Lawson; daughters, Sharon Lawson and Karen Scott, both of Verona, and Sherry Ferguson of Florence; brothers, Virgil Lawson and Clark Lawson, both of Knoxville, Tenn., Clifton Lawson of Cincinnati, Lloyd Lawson of Huntsville, Tenn., Voyd Lawson of Smyrna, Tenn., and Gary Lawson of Winfield, Tenn.; sisters, Imogene Crowley of Clinton, Tenn., Barbara Strunk and Rose Lee Lawson, both of Huntsville, Tenn., and Dixie Faye Pyle of Oliver Springs, Tenn.; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will be there from 6 to 8 p.m. today. Burial will be in Beaver Lick Christian Church cemetery in Boone County.
Edward A. Lepper Jr., 34, of Cincinnati, formerly of Alexandria, died Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati.
He was a store manager for Walgreen's department store and a member of St. Teresa Church, Cincinnati.
Survivors include his wife, Sheila Moore Lepper; a son, Andrew Lepper, at home; a daughter, Monica Lepper, at home; his parents, Edward A. Sr. and Pat Snyder Lepper of Alexandria; sisters, Jennifer Wege of Newport, and Shelli Bezold of California; grandparents Daisy Lepper of Newport, and Loretta Snyder of Highland Heights.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. today at Vitt, Stermer and Anderson Funeral Home, Cincinnati.
Burial will be in St. Joseph New Cemetery, Cincinnati.
Memorials are suggested to American Brain Tumor Association, 2720 River Road, Suite 146, Des Plaines, Ill., 60018.
