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Date of these obituaries: 11-10-97
E. L. Smith, doctor and coroner
As a physician for a half-century, Dr. E. L. Smith would often run across people who'd tell him he had delivered them.
"A man once encountered him in a store, said 'Hello doctor, don't you remember me? You delivered me 40 years ago, ' " said Dr. Smith's son, Ted.
"Dad got a kick out of that. He delivered hundreds of babies, " said Ted Smith, who lives in Park Hills.
A longtime Kenton County coroner, Dr. Smith, of Covington, died Saturday in St. Charles Care Center. He was 95.
Dr. Smith served as coroner, probably beginning in the late 1940s, and then through the 1950s, 1960s and into the early 1970s before retiring, his son said.
"The medical community prevailed upon Dad to run, to bring professionalism to the office. The previous coroner had been a barber, " said Ted Smith.
"He did his job the way it was supposed to be done. He was a wonderful man to sit down and talk with. He kind of took me under his wing, " said Don Catchen, who assisted Dr. Smith for several years.
His father was a Democrat during his time in office, and became a Republican after he retired, Ted Smith said. "One time, when the law was different, he ran in the primaries as both a Democrat and a Republican, " he said.
In addition to his general medical practice in Latonia, Dr. Smith also operated a summer resort in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. "It was in the Manistique Lake area, west of the Straits of Mackinac. "My mother, brother and I would go there early in the summer, and he would join us later. Many of our guests came from this area, and others from lower Michigan and Ohio, " Ted Smith said of the resort. It consisted of individual cabins and was known as Smith's Haven.
Dr. Smith was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Latonia. He was also a member of the Covington Optimist Club, and a former member of Immanuel United Methodist Church.
Other survivors include a son, Tom Smith-Alden of Covington; a brother, Rev. Robert C. Smith of Lewiston, Wash.; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Connley Bros. Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to Trinity United Methodist Church, 101 E. Southern Ave., Latonia, Ky. 41015.
Edna Louise Bay, 63, of Cross Plains, Ind., formerly of Northern Kentucky, died Friday at Christ Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a disabled supervisor with Central Life Insurance Co.
Survivors include her husband, Paul L. Bay; brothers, William Bright of Mason, Ohio, Billy Frisch of Lebanon, Ohio, and Robby Bright of Red Lion, Ohio; a sister, Iva Lee Robinson of Vevay, Ind.; and her stepmother, Betty Bright of Lebanon, Ohio.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery, Cincinnati.
Henry W. DeBellevue, 79, of Southgate, died Saturday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home, Lakeside Park. He was a draftsman with R. A. Jones Co., Crescent Springs, and an emergency medical technician with the Southgate Fire Department.
Survivors include his wife, Edna DeBellevue; sons, Douglas Lee DeBellevue of Indiana and Dale Alan DeBellevue of Georgetown; daughters, Karen Rae Miller of Southgate and Deborah Anne Turner of Newport; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Entombment will be in Evergreen Mausoleum, Southgate.
Shirley Drysdale, 98, of Dry Ridge, died Sunday at Highlands of Ft. Thomas nursing home, Ft. Thomas. Arrangements are pending at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge.
Arline E. Ginn, 86, of Covington, died Wednesday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Benedict Church, Covington, the women's auxiliary of St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington, and the Busy Fingers Group.
Survivors include sons, Jack Edward Ginn of Morning View and Edward Lee Ginn of Erlanger; daughters, Virginia Conley of Independence; 10 grandchildren; and eight Arline Ginn
great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Benedict Church. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at Linnemann Funeral Home, Covington. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to New Perceptions, 1 Sperti Drive, Edgewood, 41017.
Edgar L. Hargett, 62, of Minerva, died at 1:10 a.m. Saturday at his home. He was a farmer and construction worker, and a member of Lenoxburg Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Clayton Hargett; daughters, Karen Hinson of Germantown, Vickie King of Bethel, Ohio, and Regina Emmons of Maysville; a son, Randy Hargett of Flemingsburg; sisters, Lucille Lutes of Crothersville, Ind., Louise Beyersdorfer of Mt. Auburn, Leona Tapp of Henderson, Dorothy Richardson of Long Beach, Miss., Bobbi Jo Paul of Milford, Ohio, Ann Trapp of Butler; brothers, Wilbur Hargett of St. Petersburg, Fla., Melburn Hargett and Pete Hargett, both of Falmouth; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Palmer Funeral Home, Germantown. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Germantown.
Paul Elwood Judy, 71, of Cynthiana, died Sunday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana.
Margaret Kyle, 93, of Bellevue, died at 12:20 p.m. Saturday at Highlands of Ft. Thomas nursing home, Ft. Thomas. She was a retired soda fountain clerk with Schulkers Drug Store, Ft. Thomas. Her husband, Donald Kyle, died in 1978.
Survivors include a daughter, Margaret Dirr of Bellevue; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Cremation will be at Baxter Cremation Co., Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to charity. Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue, is handling arrangements.
Mildred Maybrier, 50, of Cynthiana, died Sunday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana.
Richard A. McQuillan, 79, of
Covington, died at noon Friday at his home. He was a retired bartender and a member of Madison Avenue Christian Church, Covington. He was a member of Bartender Union Local No. 12, Cincinnati, and a Holmes High School athletics booster. He was an Army veteran of World War II. His wife, Mariam Pat McQuillan, died in 1988.
Survivors include daughters, Gayle Elaine Walden of Covington and Jacqueline Lee McMonigle of Ft. Thomas; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association, 1885 Dixie Highway, Suite 250, Ft. Wright, Ky. 41011. Connley Bros. Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Mildred Miller, 85, of Sebastian, Fla., formerly of Ft. Wright, died Saturday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
James Robert Mullins, 66, of Gatlinburg, Tenn., formerly of Harrison County, died Friday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Woodhead Funeral Home, Berry.
Kathy Fischer Mullins, 26, of Florence, died at 7:30 a.m. Friday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence of natural causes. She was an assistant manager with Walgreen's Pharmacy, Latonia, and a member of Beechgrove Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Jim Mullins; her father, David Fischer of Bellevue; a brother, Mike Fischer of Covington; sisters, Karen Beach of Hooven, Ohio, Tina Finch of Bellevue and Terri Young of Covington; and her grandmother, Daisy Fischer of Cincinnati.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hamilton-Stanley Funeral Home, Verona. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in New Bethel Cemetery, Verona. Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 1885 Dixie Highway, Suite 250, Ft. Wright, Ky. 41011.
Joseph A. Palma, 78, of Newport, died Saturday at Gardenview Nursing Home, Cincinnati. He was a retired cab driver and an Army veteran of World War II. A daughter, Maria Palma, died in 1981.
Survivors include his wife, Imogene Palma; daughters, Edna Palma of Cincinnati, Pamela Bevis of Bessemer, Ala. and Donna Palma of Tampa, Fla.; sons, Joseph Palma Jr. and Michael Palma, both of Cincinnati; sisters, Marie Bevis, Connie Green of Kentucky and Joanna Warner of Cincinnati; 12 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in New St. Joseph Cemetery, Cincinnati.
Evelyn Bowen Purnell, 84, of Williamstown, died at 8 a.m. Friday at her home. She was a former seamstress and co-owner of a motel in Bonita Springs, Fla. Her husband, Stanley Purnell, died in 1992.
Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Pettit of Williamstown; a sister, Eleanor Ingram of Dunedin, Fla.; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Williamstown Cemetery.
Edith Myrtle Angell Rankin, 96, of Ft. Thomas, died Friday at Carmel Manor Nursing Home in Ft. Thomas. She was a retired employee of Hutchinson Bros. Sporting Equipment Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati.
Survivors include a son, Charles Rankin of Houston; a sister, Hazel Breeden of Covington; six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Pythian Grove Cemetery, Berry.
Wilma L. "Sis" Rauen, 78, of Erlanger, died at 6:27 a.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a member of St. Henry Church, Elsmere, where she cooked for the priests in the church rectory. She also cooked at the St. Pius X Seminary, Erlanger, and Arnett Elementary School in Erlanger, Blessed Sacrament School in Ft. Mitchell and Lloyd High School, Erlanger.
Survivors include a daughter, Geraldine A. Beck of Erlanger; a sister, Bernice Pennington of Florence; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Henry Church, Elsmere. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to St. Henry Church, 3813 Dixie Highway, Elsmere, Ky. 41018, or American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Rita M. Reed, 74, of Ft. Thomas, died at 4:01 p.m. Friday at St. Luke Hospital East in Ft. Thomas. She was a homemaker. Her husband, George Leroy Reed, died in 1987.
Survivors include daughters, Patricia Vonderheide of Cincinnati, Janet Kuehne of Crestview Hills and Nancy Gable of Amelia, Ohio; sons, Bob Reed and Ron Reed, both of Ft. Thomas; a brother, William Steigerwald of Harlingen, Texas; 16 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Church, Bellevue. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Ft. Thomas. Memorials are suggested to American Diabetes Association, 745 W. Main St., Louisville, Ky. 40202. Dobbling Funeral Home, Ft. Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Thelma Riley, 75, of Newport, died at 7:19 p.m. Friday at St. Luke Hospital East, Ft. Thomas. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include daughters, Earlene Szabo of Erlanger and Donna Fields of Newport; sons, Jack Riley of Newport, Larry Riley of Austin, Ind., James Riley of Latonia and David Riley of Dry Ridge; sisters, Dorthy Frost of Florence and Shirley Creech of Newport; brothers, Robert Barrett of Newport and Ralph Barrett of Alexandria; and 16 grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Perry T. Stafford, 90, of Carrollton, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a retired farmer and a bookkeeper with Carrollton Tobacco Warehouse Co. He was a member of Worthville Christian Church.
Survivors include a sister, Mattie Malcomb of Wheatley; a half-sister, Nell B. McDarment of Louisville; and stepsisters, Bess Boulton of Carrollton and Bertha Orr of Owenton.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, Carrollton. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Carrollton.
