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Date of these obituaries: 08-01-2003
Ruth Hacker, devout Christian
Ruth Bearden Hacker read her Bible every night, and every night she was on her knees praying.
Ms. Hacker, who died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas, loved the Highland United Methodist Church in Fort Thomas, said her daughter, Marlene Peterson.
She was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church in Highland Heights for 50 years, and started attending Highland in 1978, when she moved in with Peterson and her late husband in Fort Thomas. She served as secretary/treasurer for the circle group she belonged to, and she helped her daughter prepare communion.
She was also a former member of the Ladies Board of Holly Hill Children's Home.
Ms. Hacker worked all her life, including 16 years as a factory worker for Cin-Made Co. in Cincinnati, which made cans, and 12 years with the former Crown Overall Co. of Cincinnati. She also worked selling tickets in a movie theater.
She kept working after she moved in with her daughter, doing all the housework. She had dinner on the table every night when her daughter and son-in-law came home from work, and that continued until his death in 1992.
Ms. Hacker liked to talk, and "being 97, she had a lot to talk about, " her daughter said.
Other survivors include a grandchild and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to Highland United Methodist Church, 314 N. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; or Salvation Army, 340 W. 10th St., Newport, Ky. 41071.
Donald Leroy Christian, 41, of Bellevue, died at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Northern Kentucky Care and Rehabilitation Center, Highland Heights. He was a disabled culinary worker with the Flamingo Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, and an Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Tammy Sue Christian; a son, Andrew Christian; a daughter, Renee Christian; his mother, Fay Christian of Newport; and a sister, Linda Christian of Cincinnati.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Eloise Smith Bohn, of Shelbyville, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was an owner of B&B; Ice Cream Co., Bardstown, and a former sales associate with Spalding & Son Department Store in Bardstown, and Lawson's Department Store and Wakefield-Scearce Galleries, both of Shelbyville. She was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church in Shelbyville and Order of the Eastern Star Shelby Chapter No. 170, and a former member of Old Kentucky Home Chapter No. 436, Bardstown. Her husband, Frank R. Bohn, preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Francis Roemmele Bohn of Brooksville, Fla., and Joseph Allen Bohn of St. Charles, Mo.; a daughter, Kathy Bohn Moore of Edgewood; a brother, George Frank Smith of Simpsonville; nine grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hall-Taylor Funeral Home, Shelbyville. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville. Memorials are suggested to Centenary United Methodist Church, 429 Main St., Shelbyville, Ky. 40065.
Richard Feagan, 87, of Maysville, died Wednesday at University Hospital, Cincinnati. He was a golf course manager with the City of Maysville and a member of Washington Lions Club, DeKalb IOOF in Maysville and First Christian Church in Maysville. His wife, Lean Bowman Feagan, died in 1996. A daughter, Sue Webb, died in 1998.
Survivors include sisters, Dorothy Gallway Jones of Foster and Helen Buser of Augusta; and two grandsons.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Green Acres Cemetery, Washington. Memorials are suggested to Lions Club, 1403 E. Second St., Maysville, Ky. 41056; or First Christian Church, 18 E. Third St., Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Carolyn Jane Fortner Howard, 62, of Williamstown, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. She was a former employee of Little Shrimp Restaurant in Dry Ridge and the Dry Ridge Wal-mart. She was a member of Mount Olivet Church of Christ, Williamstown.
Survivors include daughters, Karen "Suzy" Alsip and Paula Kells, both of Williamstown; a stepdaughter, Vicky Howard of Indianapolis; a sister, Ruth Ann Bolling of Dry Ridge; and a grandson.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge.
Jackie Wayne Maffey, 51, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., died at 5:30 a.m. Sunday at his home. He was a self-employed painter.
Survivors include sons, Jason W. Maffey and Carl R. Maffey, both of Felicity, Ohio; his mother, Martha Maffey Perry of Goshen, Ohio; sisters, Lillian Helton and Sherry Norton, both of Goshen; brothers, Mike Maffey and Robert Maffey, both of Newport; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport. Cremation will be at Southwest Ohio Crematory, Milford, Ohio. Memorials are suggested to Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, 835 York St., Newport, Ky. 41071.
Charles "Skip" Masten, 49, of Villa Hills, died Wednesday at his home. He was an assistant manager with the Value City department store in Latonia.
Survivors include a son, Jarrod Masten of Richmond; daughters, Tina Jackson, Jamie Rischer, Erin Ojala and Meggie Reinholdt, all of Louisville; a brother, Jimmy Masten of Southgate; a sister, Joan Cavana of Southgate; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Ethel Joan Howard O'Banion, 73, of Morning View, died Thursday at her home. She was a retired nurse's aide with St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington. Her husband, William Henry O'Banion, preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Wayne O'Banion of Owenton and Jody Wells and Junior O'Banion, both of Morning View; daughters, Evelyn Merrill of Morning View, Mary Perkins of Independence, Margaret Collinsworth of Cincinnati and Billie Barton of Kenton County; a brother, Sid Wainscott of Owen County; a sister, Eva Jack Dempsey of Owen County; 26 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at McDonald and Funeral Home, Main Street location, Owenton. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Owenton Cemetery.
