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Date of these obituaries: 01-28-2004
Patricia Butts, bank manager, loved people
Patricia Butts was a very outgoing person who liked being around people, said her son-in-law, Bill Voelker of Alexandria.
Mrs. Butts, who died on Sunday, had a group of friends from high school whom she still socialized with, right until her death at age 81.
She and her late husband, Chester, who died in 1998, loved to play golf together and to take trips with friends.
"She was a lot of fun to be around, " Voelker said.
The Alexandria resident grew up in Newport. Her father sold fruit at the Findlay Market in Cincinnati for 30 or 40 years, Voelker said.
Her mother was a former president of the old Newport Public Library board of directors in the late '40s and early '50s. Mrs. Butts followed in her mother's footsteps, serving on the Campbell County Library board of directors.
She also worked as a branch manager for the former Kentucky Enterprise Federal Savings and Loan in Alexandria, before its merger with Fifth Third Bank.
But her great love was painting. She studied art, and liked to paint barns and outdoor scenes, Voelker said.
Mrs. Butts was a member of the St. Paul United Church of Christ in Alexandria.
Other survivors include a son, Stephen Butts of Katy, Texas; a daughter, Pamela Voelker of Alexandria; six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul United Church of Christ, Alexandria.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Memorials are suggested to St. Paul United Church of Christ, 1 N. Jefferson St., Alexandria, Ky. 41001; or James Cancer Center, Development Office, 300 W. 10th Ave., Room B-13-549, Columbus, Ohio 43210. Alexandria Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Opal Glenn Berry, 89, of Maysville, died at 6:20 p.m. Monday at Maysville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was a sales clerk with J.C. Penney Co., Maysville, and a member of Seddon United Methodist Church, Maysville. Her husband, Clyde C. Berry, died in 1963. A son, Robert G. Berry, died in 1992.
Survivors include a sisters, Lou Emma Morgan, Betty Mae Small and Mary D. Banta, all of Maysville; a brother, Bill Kearns of Maysville; a granddaughter, a great-grandson and a great-great-granddaughter.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Brell and Son Funeral Home, Maysville. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Mays Lick Cemetery.
Roberta Jo Raper Bowling, 64, of Fort Mitchell, died Tuesday at University Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a bookkeeper with the Beechwood Board of Education.
Survivors include her husband, Robert F. Bowling; sons, Mike Bowling and Steve Bowling, both of Fort Mitchell, and Chris Bowling of Lehigh Acres, Fla.; and three grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Fort Mitchell. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Thursday. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Edith May Huff, 90, of Bradenton, Fla., formerly of Latonia, died Monday in Bradenton. She was a retired comptroller with French Bauer Dairy.
Survivors include a sister, Laura Erion of Bradenton; nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Latonia Baptist Church Building Fund, 3800 Church St., Covington, Ky. 41015.
Ida Mary Jack, 89, of Scottsdale, Ariz., formerly of Park Hills, died Saturday in Scottsdale. She was a retired teacher with Covington Schools and a member of St. Agnes Church, Fort Wright. Her husband, William Jack, preceded her in death.
Survivors include daughters, Mary Jo Hellmann and Judy Wischer, both of Scottsdale, Jacqueline Schuman of Mesa, Ariz., and Pamela Overmann of Fort Wright; a brother, Leo Smith of Villa Hills; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorial Mass of Christian burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at St. Agnes Church. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to Covington Catholic High School, 1600 Dixie Highway, Park Hills, Ky. 41011; or Notre Dame Academy, 1699 Hilton Drive, Park Hills, Ky. 41011. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Imogene Johnson, 88, of Latonia, died at 3:55 a.m. Tuesday at Rosdale Manor in Latonia. She was a retired nurse's aide with St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. Her husband, Charles B. Johnson, died in 1974.
Survivors include a son, Charles M. Johnson of Taylor Mill; daughters, Angela Pennington of Latonia and Marian West of Crittenden; a brother, Thomas Durbin of Hamilton, Ohio; a sister, Ada Deaton of Covington; 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 8 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
George Vernon Kilgore Jr., 48, of Bellevue, died Sunday at his home. He was a machine technician with Equitable Bag Co., Florence, and a member of First Baptist Church, Bellevue.
Survivors include his wife, Beverly Kilgore; daughters, Delila Slone of Erlanger, Serina Kilgore of New Liberty, Tamara Webb of Fort Carson, Colo., and Vanessa Abu-Rimileh of Highland Heights; a son, George Kilgore III of Taylor Mill; his parents, Ethel Barton and George V. Kilgore Sr., both of Dayton; brothers, Rocky Kilgore and Hank Kilgore, both of Bellevue, Steve Kilgore of Corinth, Shane Kilgore of Fort Thomas and Marshall Kilgore of Cincinnati; sisters, Colleen Kilgore of Bellevue, Deseree Hale of Dayton, Cindy Kilgore of Covington, Lisa Barnes of Cape Coral, Fla., Tashma Sinclair of Butler and Lasheena Kilgore of Kentucky; and 13 grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Independence Cemetery. Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick, is handling arrangements.
Greg Knight, 50, of Elsmere, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a serviceman with Roto Rooter in Cincinnati and a member of St. Barbara Church, Erlanger.
Survivors include his wife, Charlotte Knight; daughters, Angela Knight of Cincinnati and Laura Knight of Elsmere; a brother, Robert Knight of Covington; and a sister, Cynthia Baker of Independence.
Mass of Christian burial will be at noon Friday at St. Barbara Church. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday. Cremation will be at Northern Kentucky Mortuary Service, Walton.
Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219; or St. Barbara Church, 4042 Turkeyfoot Road, Erlanger, Ky. 41018.
Marlene Collins Lane, 65, of St. Petersburg, Fla., formerly of Florence, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. She was a desk clerk with Econo-Lodge and a member of Heritage Assembly of God Church, Florence.
Survivors include her husband, Ronnie Lane; daughters, Rhonda Hay of Independence, Robin Bailey of St. Petersburg and Dana Davis of Union; sons, Don Fields of Jacksonville, Fla., Robert Wood of Walton and Doug Wood of Florence; a sister, Carole Dunn of Florence; a brother, Noel Collins of York, S.C.; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Napoleon Cemetery, Gallatin County.
Margaret Catherine Little, 89, of Covington, died Sunday at Rosedale Manor Nursing Home in Latonia. She retired in 1979 as a housekeeper for Western-Southern Life Insurance Company in Cincinnati after 19 years of service. She was a member of Holy Cross Church in Latonia. Her husband, John W. Little Jr. and a daughter, Sandy Smith, preceded her in death.
Survivors include daughters, Pat Benzing of Cincinnati and Bernie Whittle of Covington; 13 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian Burial at noon today at Holy Cross Church, Latonia. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to Rosedale Manor, 4250 Glenn Ave., Covington, Ky. 41015.
Juanita J. Madden, 75, of Cincinnati, died at 2:35 a.m. Tuesday at Mercy Franciscan Hospital, Western Hills campus, Cincinnati. She was a retired employee of Atkins & Pierce Co.
Survivors include her husband, Millard Madden Sr. of Cincinnati; a daughter, Karen Madden of Cincinnati; sons, Dennis Brewer of Covington and Millard Madden Jr. of Cincinnati; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Friday at Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Dorothy L. Penrod, 76, of Highland Heights, died at 11:55 a.m. Sunday at Villaspring Care Center, Erlanger. She was a retired technician with Motorola Corp. in Arizona and a member of First Baptist Church of Cold Spring.
Survivors include a son, Stephen Penrod of Highland Heights; a daughter, Sharon Olthouse of Mesa, Ariz.; sisters, Edna Johnson of Batavia, Ohio, Rose Horn of Covington and Bette Hampton of Butler; five grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to Alzheimer's Disease Association, 644 Linn St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45203.
Ida Lee Youtsey Reitz, 87, of Fort Thomas, died Monday at Carmel Manor Nursing Home, Fort Thomas. She was a registered nurse with St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas, and the former Speers Hospital. She was a member of St. John United Church of Christ, Newport, the Speers Hospital Nurses Association, Daughters of the American Revolution and the Fort Thomas Women's Club. Her husband, Dr. John F. Reitz, and a daughter, Mary Lou Kramer, both died in 1996.
Survivors include a son, Chris J. Reitz of Newport; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. John United Church of Christ.
Visitation will begin there at noon Thursday.
Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Make A Wish Foundation, 11805 Brinley Ave., Suite 100, Louisville, Ky. 40243. A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Frances Rook, 77, of Corinth, died at 8:05 p.m. Monday at Grant Manor Nursing Home, Williamstown. She was a retired quality control inspector with Suppliers Inc., Lexington, and a member of Corinth Christian Church. She was a member of the church Ladies Aide group, a member of its choir and taught vacation Bible school classes there. She also served as social secretary for the church.
Survivors include her husband, Ralph Rook; a daughter, Diana Leslie of Plano, Texas; sisters, Viola Robertson of Tampa, Fla., and Janet Wagoner of Georgetown; brothers, George W. King Jr. of Lexington, Donald Ray King of Cynthiana and Joe Leslie King of Georgetown; and a grandson.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Corinth Christian Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at McDaniel Funeral Home, Corinth. Burial will be in Raven Creek Cemetery, Harrison County.
Memorials are suggested to Corinth Christian Church, 330 Old Corinth-Owenton Road, Corinth, Ky. 41010.
