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Date of these obituaries: 12-08-2003
Jane Foss, bank officer, later taught ceramics
Jane Foss was rooted in Campbell County.
Her father, the late Dr. David Yandall Ragan, moved to the county from Louisville with his wife, the late Rebekah Ragan, and took up residence in Cold Spring.
He was one of the county's first doctors, said Foss' son, William Griffin of Alexandria.
Mrs. Foss, who died Thursday at age 83, was a full-time mother to her two children when they were young. They lived on a farm in Cold Spring, raising produce for market and milking cows.
When the children entered school, she became a bank clerk, and later became bank manager for the Bank of Alexandria, which is now a part of Provident Bank.
After her second husband, Charles Foss, retired, they started a business in ceramics. Mrs. Foss became a certified ceramics instructor, and taught classes at least four times weekly at their home on U.S. 27 in Highland Heights.
She made her son lots of University of Kentucky sports figurines, as well as a nativity set that he treasures. She loved to make figures for holidays like Halloween and Easter, too.
After Mr. Foss died in 1992, she lived by herself for a long time, then moved to the Lexington Country Place, an assisted living/nursing home, to be closer to her daughter, Pat Childers, who lives in Lexington.
Other survivors include a brother, George W. Ragan of Cold Spring; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Asbury Methodist Church, Highland Heights. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 2312 Alexandria Pike, Lexington, Ky. 40501; or Shriners Burns Institute, 3229 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45229. Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick, is handling arrangements.
Myrtle Louise Butler, 65, of Bellevue, died Friday at her daughter's home in Covington. She was a homemaker. Her husband, John Butler Jr., died in 1977.
Survivors include daughters, Sharon Depenbrock of Edgewood, Janet Barth and Kathy Dawn, both of Alexandria, and Gwen Bickers of Covington; sons, Larry Butler of Covington, Terry Butler and John Butler, both of Bellevue, Mark Butler of Fort Thomas; brothers, Albert Craig Jr. of Harrison, Ohio, Charles Craig of Dayton and Dennis Craig of Alexandria; sisters, Betty Corman of Latonia and Flora Jusbasic of Newport; and 16 grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to American Diabetes Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., West Chester, Ohio 45069.
Kerry Sherman Cannon, 62, of Carrollton, died Friday at his home. He was a construction worker, a member of the Encouragement Ministry of Cedar Hill Baptist Church in Owenton and an Army veteran.
Survivors include a daughter, Sheila Cannon Gegner of Cincinnati; a sister, Earnest Dean Towles of Owenton; a brother, Carl Cannon of Nicholasville; and five grandchildren.
Services will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at McDonald & New Funeral Home, Owenton. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton.
Burnis Franklin Clifton, 80, of Owenton, died Sunday at his home. He was a retired painter and construction worker.
Survivors include his wife, Delois Shelton Marston Clifton; a son, Gary Marston of Bardstown; stepsons, Jimmy Marston and Mike Marston, both of Owenton; daughters, Sheila Smith of Lawrenceburg, Tammy Napier and Karen Centers, both of Frankfort; brothers, Gene Clifton of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Bobby Clifton of Oroville, Calif..; sisters, Rena Harris of Fayetteville, N.C., and Margaret McClung of Cincinnati; and 14 grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at McDonald & New Funeral Home, Owenton. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 506 E. Pike St., Cynthiana, Ky. 41031.
Lauranell Damon, 88, of Frankfort, formerly of Kenton County, died Sunday at Frankfort Hospital.
Arrangements are pending at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence.
Judith Patrice Earley, 64, of Florence, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a data entry operator with Comair and a member of St. Paul Church, Florence. A son, Karl J. Earley, preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, Bernard J. Earley; daughters, Karen Buning of Middleville, Mich., Joanne Bohan of Cincinnati, Donna Earley of Florence and Maureen Earley of Covington; a son, Bernard F. Earley of Burlington; brothers, David Higgins of Sandwich, Mass., and Peter Higgins of Weymouth, Mass.; sisters, Kathy Earle of Quincy, Mass., and Andrew Mellor of Coventry, R.I.; and 11 grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul Church, Florence. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to American Lung Association, P.O. Box 9067, Louisville, Ky. 45209. Stith Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Chase Thomas Deaton, 4 months, of Newport died at 10:42 p.m. Saturday at St. Luke East Hospital in Fort Thomas.
Survivors include his mother, Mercedes "Lynne" Deaton, a sister, Hannah Deaton of Newport, grandmother Irene Deaton of Newport, grandparents Charles and Rita Deaton of Fort Thomas, godfather Mark Deaton of Newport and uncles, aunts and cousins.
Mass of Christian burial will be at noon Tuesday at St. Therese Church, Southgate. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested to Children's Hospital, Elland and Bethesda avenues, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229
Lorena Glindmeyer, 89, of Covington, died at 4:43 a.m. Saturday in St. Charles Care Center, Covington. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Augustine Church, the church's St. Monica Society, Daughters of Isabella and the YMCA. Her husband, Walter Joseph Glindmeyer, died in 2000. A son, Jack Glindmeyer, died in 1988.
Survivors include three daughters, Janice C. Neltner of Edgewood; Judy A. Justinic of Park Hills, and Joan Fox of Cincinnati; two sisters, Mildred Durchholz of Evansville, Ind., and Margaret Graff of Scottsdale, Ariz.; 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home in Covington with Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Augustine Church in Covington.
Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice, 410 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014-9988 or to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042.
John Charles Wesley Hinton, 77, of Florence died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas.
He was the former owner of Supreme Radio & TV in Falmouth, retiring after 25 years, then going to work for Square D in Florence for 15 years. He was a member of the former Allen Chapel United Methodist Church.
A son, Joseph McRae Hinton, preceded him in death.
C. Juanita Pharris Hinton, his wife of 58 years, survives him. Other survivors include two daughters, Jacqueline Hinton-Cravanas of Knoxville, Tenn., and Billie Jean Stout of Batavia, Ohio; a son, John Anthony Hinton, of Easton, Pa.; and six grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Woodhead Funeral Home in Falmouth, with funeral services at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Riverside cemetery in Falmouth. Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association.
Mary E. Smith Hoffman, 53, of Villa Hills died at 1:15 a.m. Sunday at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati.
She was an account clerk with Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati.
She is survived by a daughter, Shelli L. Johnson, of Villa Hills, a sister, Patricia A. Zerhusen of Erlanger and a grandchild.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home in Covington. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Blessed Sacrament Church. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Mose Kirk, 67, of Cincinnati, died Friday in St. Luke Hospital, Florence. Arrangements are pending at Chambers & Grubbs Funeral Home in Florence.
Elminia Parthenia Martz, 84, of Melbourne, died Saturday at Highlands of Fort Thomas.
She was a retired Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport cashier and a member of St. Joseph Church of Camp Springs and Senior Citizens of Four Mile and Highland Heights.
Visitation will be from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Dobbling Funeral Home in Fort Thomas. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Church in Camp Springs, with the Rev. Roger Cooney officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph cemetery in Camp Springs.
Her husband, Fred Martz, preceded her in death in 1987.
Survivors include a daughter, Sally Anderson of Melbourne; two sisters, Louise Allen of Highland Heights and Frone Nolan of Manchester; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Tom Nichols Jr., 42, of Southgate died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital in Fort Thomas. He was disabled.
His mother, Beulah Nichols, preceded him in death in 1981.
Survivors include his father, Tom Nichols Sr. of Highland Heights; a son, Thomas Brandon Nichols of Covington; a sister, Darlene Compton of Covington; and three brothers, Lloyd Compton of Dayton, Ky., Art Nichols of Cincinnati and Tracy Nichols of Erlanger.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Cooper Funeral Home in Grants Lick, with funeral service beginning at 8 p.m. Interment will be at Peach Grove Cemetery, Peach Grove, Ky.
Verdie Tipton, 79, of Highland Heights, died Thursday at the Northern Kentucky Rehabilitation Center in Highland Heights.
She had been a kitchen employee at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate.
Survivors include three daughters, Sally Smith of Highland Heights, Patricia Harris of Indianapolis, Barbara Carney of South Carolina; a son, David Tipton of Alexandria; 13 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Visitation is today from 10 a.m. to noon at the Cooper Funeral Home in Grants Lick, with funeral service beginning at noon. Interment is in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb Ruth, 87, of Petersburg, died Friday at his home.
He was retired from Seagram's Distillery and a member of Petersburg Christian Church. He was an Army veteran of World War II, a member of Petersburg Masonic Lodge, the VFW and the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
He is survived by his wife, Nita Romain Skeen Ruth of Petersburg.
Funeral will be at 11 a.m. today at Chambers & Grubbs Funeral Home in Florence, with burial in Petersburg Christian Church.
Memorials are suggested to Petersburg Christian Church.
Vincent C. Webster, 87, of Finneytown, formerly of Fort Wright, died Saturday.
He was retired from United States Drill Head Co. in Cincinnati, where he had been chief engineer of the machine division. He also served on the board of Riverside School for Retarded Children, was chairman of the Retarded Children's Committee for Covington Council of United Commercial Travelers of America and was an elder at Erlanger Christian Church.
The first president of the Northern Kentucky Amateur Radio Club, he was a Mason and a member of York Rite and several other fraternal organizations.
Survivors include his wife, Mary A. Sack Webster, a sister, Juanita Webster of Northern Kentucky, seven step-grandchildren and 12 step great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Allison & Rose Funeral Home in Covington at after 11 a.m. Tuesday at Erlanger Christian Church, 25 Graves Ave., Erlanger. Funeral services are at noon Tuesday at Erlanger Christian Church. Covington Lodge No. 109 F&AM service will be at 7:30 tonight at the funeral home. Indra Consistory Scottish Rite service will be at 7:45 tonight at the funeral home. Entombment will be at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Mausoleum.
Memorials are suggested to Shriners' Burns Institute, 3229 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229.
