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Date of these obituaries: 07-30-2003
Charles Hicks, 67, tavern owner
For about 25 years, Charles Clifford Hicks Sr. ran one of the most happening places in southern Kenton County.
Mr. Hicks, 67, of Morning View, who died Monday at Veterans Hospital in Cincinnati, owned the Spinning Wheel Tavern from 1965 until about 1987.
He also provided the entertainment, singing and playing guitar in a house band he formed with his father and brothers. He and the band turned down a chance to sing at the Grand Ole Opry because "he had a business to run, " said his son, Steve Hicks of Erlanger.
The tavern was just north of the Grant County line, and it drew patrons from dry Grant and Pendleton counties, Steve Hicks said.
"People respected him because he ran a nice, clean bar, " said Mr. Hicks' former wife, Jo Ann Hicks of Kenton County. "The language and everything was lady-friendly, to where you could take your wife or girlfriend."
Mr. Hicks grew up one of nine children in rural Kenton County. "They did all the things poor kids did. Nobody had money back then, " Jo Ann Hicks said.
He served as a tank commander in the Korean War, and left the Army after three years. He told his bride-to-be "there was nothing darker than the Korean landscape at night."
They married
in 1954, and Mr. Hicks proved himself a hard worker and a stern father. He worked in small factories and for a railroad before he bought the tavern.
After he sold the tavern, he earned money restoring old cars and rehabilitating old houses. Some of the houses he sold to his children at below market value, his son said.
He distanced himself from his family for a time after his divorce in 1982, Jo Ann Hicks said, but when he returned, "he really made up for the time he wasn't in their lives."
In recent years, he suffered from renal failure. He had planned to have a kidney transplant, with his youngest son, Brian, of Morning View, supplying the kidney.
But after a gall bladder surgery, his health declined immediately, and he was diagnosed with leukemia, Jo Ann Hicks said. She stayed with him for the last three months of his life.
"He died quietly. He was very peaceful and at rest when he died, " she said.
Mr. Hicks was an easygoing man, "but if you crossed him, look out, " his son said. He liked to tease people, and enjoyed telling a good, made-up story just to see if he could get them to believe him, he said.
He was generous, often lending money to people whom he knew couldn't pay him back, or helping them buy homes, or helping them fix their cars, his son said.
"I'm surely going to miss him, " his former wife said. "The kids are devastated."
Other survivors include sons, Charles Hicks Jr. of Louisville, and Gary Hicks of Harrison, Ohio; daughters, Julie Ann Unthank of Covington and Deborah Faye Whittamore of Florence; sisters, Evelyn Buckler of Erlanger and Delores McCarthy of Hebron; 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery.
Harry E. Bathalter, 90, of Alexandria, died at 10:25 a.m. Monday at Northern Kentucky Care and Rehabilitation Center, Highland Heights. He was a retired carpenter with Carpenters Union Local No. 698, and a member of St. Mary Church, Alexandria.
Survivors include his wife, Veramae Bathalter; sons, Jerry L. Bathalter of Villa Hills, Robert E. Bathalter of Falmouth and William H. Bathalter of Winchester; a daughter, Susan Popovich of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Visitation will begin there at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Alexandria.
Michael L. Blanchet, 44, of Villa Hills, died at 11:45 a.m. Sunday at his home. He was a package handler with United Parcel Service. His wife, Patricia A. Kennedy Blanchet, died in 2001.
Survivors include a son, Steven A. Blanchet of Villa Hills; brothers, George H. Blanchet of Florence, Daniel J. Blanchet of Dayton, Andrew L. Blanchet of Walton, Mark A. Blanchet of Independence and Greg P. Blanchet of Erlanger; and sisters, Rose M. Blanchet of Covington, Bonnie A. Blanchet of Villa Hills, Patty S. Hughes of Covington, Joan M. Martin of Park Hills, Jean M. Clark of Erlanger and Betsy Lameier of Woodstock, Ga.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Agnes Church, Fort Wright. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Dolores S. "Dee" Brewer, 67, of Warsaw, Ind., died Tuesday in Auburn, Ind. She was a supervisor with Lake City Bank in Warsaw, Ind.
Survivors include daughters, Terri Smith of Auburn and Chris McGee of Clifton, Tenn.; sons, Timothy Brewer of Fort Myers, Fla., and Kenneth Brewer of Warsaw, Ind.; brothers, Kenneth Spradlin of Newport and Jack Spradlin; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Home, Warsaw, Ind. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Ind.
Martha Jean Davis, 61, of Highland Heights, died Sunday at Northern Kentucky Care and Rehabilitation Center, Highland Heights. She was an office manager with the YMCA, Cincinnati.
Survivors include sisters, Esther Hamblin of Mesa, Ariz., Judy Stumbo of Martin and Suzanne Tipton of Springboro, Ohio; and brothers, Don Supinger of Bay City, Mich., and Robert Supinger of West Carrollton, Ohio.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Ms. Davis donated her body to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Alvin Deaton, 70, of Covington, died Monday in Ryland Heights of injuries suffered in an automobile accident.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill.
Melvin W. Ervin, 58, of LaGrange, died Monday at his home. He was a retired sales manager with R.J. Reynolds.
Survivors include his wife, Sue Ervin; a son, Chris Ervin of LaGrange; a sister, Mary Lou Meiners; and three grandchildren.
Memorial Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Immaculate Conception Church, LaGrange. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042. Heady Radcliffe Funeral Home, LaGrange, is handling arrangements.
Richard Maurice Geis, 81, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Monday at Bethesda Hospital, Cincinnati. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of St. Lawrence Church, Lawrenceburg.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Winter Geis; a stepson, Douglas Noetzel of Florence; daughters, Lori Graham and Julie Short, both of Florence; a stepdaughter, Margarit Oliver of Cincinnati; a brother, Carl Geis of Grand Rapids, Mich.; sisters, Marjorie Schmitt and Jean Hanekamp, both of Cincinnati; nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. EDT Friday at St. Lawrence Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Burial will be in St. Joseph Old Cemetery, Cincinnati.
Herbert Hauger, 85, of Venice, Fla., formerly of Northern Kentucky, died Saturday in Venice. He was an accountant with Thomas-Macconnell Cadillac, Cincinnati, a member of Fraternal Order of Eagles and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Hauger; daughters, Janet R. Francis of Dayton, Joyce Hamberg of Tampa, Fla., and Sharyn Hoffman of Venice; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Epiphany Cathedral Church, Venice. Burial will be in Gulf Pines Memorial Park, Venice. Lemon Bay Funeral Home, Venice, is handling arrangements.
LaShawn Hughes, 23, of Covington, died Friday at University Hospital, Cincinnati.
Survivors include a son, KiShawn Hughes of Covington; his parents, Jacqueline Jouett and Calvin Hughes Jr., both of Covington; sisters, Latrese Hughes, Renee Hughes, Janay Hughes, Angela Hughes, Latoya Hughes, Jana Hughes and Saquesha Hughes, all of Covington; brothers, Calvin Hughes III, Antonio Hughes, Brandon Hughes, John John Hughes, Eric Hughes, Anthony Hughes and Patrick Hughes, all of Covington; and his fiancee, Nikisha Huff of Covington.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at United Community Christian Church, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Mary Smith Cemetery, Elsmere. Jones, Simpson and Gee Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Alberta Teresa Issenmann, 88, of Covington, died Monday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport. She was a homemaker and a member of Pathfinders of St. Augustine Church, Covington.
Survivors include a son, Robert Issenmann of Covington; a sister, Lillian Doker of Lakeside Park; three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Augustine Church, Covington. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home, Covington. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to St. Augustine Adopt A Student Program, 1840 Jefferson Ave., Covington, Ky. 41014; or YWCA Breast Health Network, 898 Walnut St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.
Marie Anna Losey, 92, of Newport, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker and a member of Divine Mercy Church, Bellevue, American Association of Retired Persons and Self Help Senior Citizens of Northern Kentucky. Her husband, Russell Losey, died in 1987.
Survivors include sons, Lawrence Losey of Independence, Robert Losey of Bellevue and Ronald Losey of Highland Heights; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Divine Mercy Church, Bellevue. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Bellevue. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Divine Mercy Church, 318 Division St., Bellevue, Ky. 41073; or Baptist Convalescent Center, 120 Main St., Newport, Ky. 41071.
Cecil Thomas Owens, 87, of Wilder, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was an assistant terminal manager with O.K. Trucking Co. and a member of Syrian Shrine, Cincinnati, Scottish Rite of Covington and Newport Masonic Lodge No. 358. He was a member of the Wilder Volunteer Fire Department and Wilder Senior Citizens, and was a veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Owens; a daughter, Donna Gerros of Phoenix; a son, Thomas Owens of Cary, N.C.; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at A.C. Dobbling and Son Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Supported Living of Northern Kentucky, 4594 Oliver Road, Independence, Ky. 41051.
Charles G. Ruehmeier, 78, of Latonia, died at 8:40 a.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service in Covington, a member of St. Mark United Church of Christ in Latonia and Kelly Furnish VFW Post No. 7099 in Covington, and an Army veteran of World War II. His wife, Norma Ruth Ruehmeier, died in 2002.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Veterans of Foreign Wars, 406 W. 34th St., Kansas City, Mo. 64111. Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Carol D. Stubbs, 68, of Mansfield, Ohio, formerly of Corinth, died Sunday at MedCentral Hospital, Mansfield. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Kenneth C. Stubbs; sons, Kenneth B. Stubbs of Mansfield and William D. Stubbs of Shiloh, Ohio; a sister, Geraldine Pfleider of Mansfield; a brother, Otis H. Fryman of Mansfield; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at McDaniel Funeral Home, Corinth. Visitation will begin there at noon Thursday. Burial will be in Raven Creek Cemetery, Harrison County.
