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Date of these obituaries: 12-26-2003
Anne Marie Kepferle Thorpe, 46, was a dedicated nurse
From her chosen career as a nurse to the gift of her organs at her death, Anne Marie Kepferle Thorpe spent most of her 46 years returning the kindness and care she first received as a child hospitalized with diabetes.
Mrs. Thorpe, of Morning View died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth South Medical Center in Edgewood.
She retired two years ago from that hospital, where she had worked as a registered nurse.
Previous to that, she worked as a nurse at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati.
Her husband, Sherman Thorpe, said she chose the nursing field because she knew firsthand the tremendous positive effect nurses can have on their patients' lives.
"When she was in the hospital as a child, the nurses took good care of her.
So that's the field she decided on because of that experience, " said Thorpe.
"She worked on the medical floors, particularly with older patients. She liked that. And she was on the board -- and she worked with other people on how to control their own diabetes. -- She just liked helping people, trying to help them feel better. People would even call her after (they left) the hospital when they felt better. -- She never met a stranger." The Thorpes were married
25 years.
Mrs. Thorpe was a member of the Christian Church in Walton.
Her husband said she donated her organs at her death, providing life-saving gifts to several people this Christmas week.
Her son Jason Thorpe died in 1982.
Besides her husband, survivors include her parents, Roy Kepferle and Rhua Kepferle, both of Cincinnati; three sisters, Mary Rose Sperlich, Germany; Mary Elizabeth Kepferle, Alexandria, VA and Teresa Marie Wagerson, Grosse Pointe, MI; three brothers, Michael Kepferle, Lexington Park, MD; Gregory Kepferle, Albuquerque, NM and Christopher Kepferle, Bethesda, MD.
Services will be 3 p.m. Sunday at the Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Walton.
Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Burial will be Walton Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to the American Diabetes Association, 889 Brookside Ave., #102, West Chester, Ohio 45069 or The National Meningitis Association Inc., 22910 Chestnut Road, Lexington, MD 20653.
William Deupree Jr., 87, of Fort Wright, died at 10:45 p.m. Wednesday at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati.
Arrangements are pending at Swindler & Currin Funeral Home, Latonia.
Mildred M. Falbush, 94, of Independence, died Wednesday at Woodcrest Manor, Elsmere.
She was a former bookkeeper with Booth Hospital in Florence and Sears.
Her husband, Horace Falbush, died in 1957.
Survivors include nephews, Norman Meier and Charles "Billy" Adams, both of Independence.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Independence Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Salvation Army, 1424 Northeast Expressway, Atlanta, Ga. 30329.
Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Claude E. Pence, 77, of Covington died Monday.
He was a retired pipefitter for the gas company in Norther Kentucky.
He served in the Army from 1944 to 1948.
He is survived by his children, Claude Edward Pence Jr.; Michael Morton, Patricia Ann Vail, Bruce Douglas, Amber Gail Finn, Kimberly Lynn Butler, Frank Reuben and Joseph Allen Pence; a sister Daisy Winters and a brother, Clifford Pence; 23 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren.
Services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday at the Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel, Campton, Ky.
Burial in the Cundiff Cemetery, Grassy Creek.
Clyde Richardson Sr., 91, of Independence, died Thursday at Rosedale Manor in Latonia.
Arrangements are pending at Chambers & Grubbs in Independence.
Irene Fritch Rieskamp, 82 of Covington, died Tuesday at Maysville Care & Rehabilitation Center in Maysville.
Arrangements are pending at Allison & Rose Funeral Home in Covington.
Emmett C. Whaley, 97, Williamstown, died at 8:55 a.m. Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center/Grant County, Williamstown, after a long illness.
Arrangements are pending at Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown.
