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Date of these obituaries: 11-12-2003
Jack Ginn, received Purple Heart in Korea
Jack Edward Ginn died Monday, a day before Veterans Day, but he needed no calendar to remind him of his Army service half a century ago in Korea.
The shrapnel he carried in his body took care of that every day.
"He suffered a bone wound to his left leg, and that would sometimes blister up to the surface, even late in his life, " said his wife, Charlene Ginn. "They'd put him on medicine for it and get it cleared up, then maybe three to four months later, it would happen again."
Mr. Ginn's leg was so badly mangled in shelling that doctors at first wanted to amputate the limb.
But he resisted and managed to deal with the injury throughout his life.
He received the Purple Heart and other medals for his service in Korea.
Mr. Ginn, of Florence, was 74.
He grew up in Covington and dropped out of Holmes High School to join the Army with his father, Estille A. Ginn.
Mrs. Ginn, who wed her husband in 1997, wasn't sure if the two served together in Korea.
After military service, Mr. Ginn worked 40 years for the R.A. Jones Co. in Crescent Springs, setting up and servicing manufacturing machinery the company sold.
After retiring, he did some woodworking, but mostly played golf and fished.
Mr. Ginn was a trustee and member of Ralph Fulton VFW Post No. 6423 in Elsmere, and a member of Florence American Legion and Disabled American Veterans.
Survivors in addition to his wife include sons, David M. Ginn of Florence and Steve Ginn of Walton; a stepson, Bryant Weddle of Florence; a stepdaughter, Krystie Weddle of Erlanger; a brother, Eddie Lee Ginn of Erlanger; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Entombment will be in Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to First Bible Methodist Church, 6529 Rogers Lane, Burlington, Ky. 41005.
Sarah Mae Alspach, 86, of Florence, died at 12:35 p.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a retired waitress. Her husband, Jerry Vinton Alspach, died in 1982.
Survivors include a niece, Jo Ann Sorensen of Hebron, and a nephew, Charles A. Brown of Burlington.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Kaleb Matthew Becker, son of Jeffery and Karen Becker of Hebron, was stillborn Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati.
Other survivors include brothers, Robert Fiehman, Cameron Becker and Kyle Becker, all of Burlington; and grandparents, Lee and Larry Huelsman of Hebron and Maryann and Frank Meyer of Cincinnati.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Visitation will begin there at noon Thursday. Burial will be in Burlington Cemetery.
Tinia Hardesty, 87, of Carrollton, died Monday at Green Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center, Carrollton. She was a homemaker and a member of Jordan Baptist Church, Carrollton.
Survivors include sons, Jim Hardesty of Carrollton and Harold Hardesty of Sanders; daughters, Addie Ogburn of Carrollton and Sue Paris of Wedowee, Ala.; sisters, Ruth Ligon and Iva Thompson, both of Owenton, and Pauline Bibb of Carrollton; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, Carrollton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Dallasburg Masonic Cemetery, Wheatley.
Ethel B. Meek Jump, 93, of Florence, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. She was a retired saleswoman with Avon. Her first husband, Arbie Meek, died in 1957. Her second husband, Ervin Jump, died in 1962.
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Survivors include a son, Lowell Meek of Florence; a sister, Ruth Goff of Marion, Ind.; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Burlington Cemetery.
Sabbath Robert Ogburn, 84, of Carrollton, died Tuesday at her home. She was a homemaker, a government market reporter with the tobacco market in Carrollton and a member of Ghent Women's Club and Whites Run Baptist Church, Carrollton. Her husband, Ernest W. Ogburn, died May 26.
Survivors include a son, Rodney Ogburn of Carrollton; daughters, Pat Craigmyle of Sparta, Rita Craigmyle of Owenton and Debra Perry of Carrollton; a sister, Ruby Stewart of Jonesville; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Carrollton.
Lois Naltner Witte, 92, of Fort Wright, died at 6 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. She was a retired secretary with the Cincinnati Charter Committee. Her husband, Richard G. Witte, died in 1983.
Survivors include a daughter, Janice Oehler of Cincinnati; a son, Richard L. Witte of Villa Hills; seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandson.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Thomas Church, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, followed by prayers. Burial will be in Hopewell Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Apostles of the Holy Spirit, 2709 Woodburn Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45206.
