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Date of these obituaries: 05-13-2003
Madge Dolwick, tutored for more than 30 years
Madge E. Dolwick taught for more than 30 years, helping hundreds of students go on to become lawyers, engineers and dentists.
And all without leaving her home.
What started as an effort to help a neighbor child who was having trouble in school evolved into a near full-time job tutoring youngsters for the next three decades.
"A lot of people said they would never have gotten where they are today if not for Mrs. Dolwick, " said her daughter, Patricia Foxworthy of Independence.
Mrs. Dolwick, 86, of Hebron, died at 10:10 p.m. Saturday at Villaspring Health Care Center, Erlanger.
Mrs. Dolwick got started tutoring after her own two children were out of high school. Her clientele grew as her reputation spread.
"She never got frustrated; she had a lot of patience with them, " Foxworthy said. "And if they did good, she always had a treat for them."
Her students came from Mary Queen of Heaven parochial school and the Boone County and Erlanger school systems. Mostly, she taught grade-school-age children.
Often, she would meet ex-students when she was out in the community. Their question of her was always the same: "Mrs. Dolwick, do you remember me?"
She kept at it well into her 70s, retiring only when she had to begin taking care of her husband, Robert Earle Dolwick, when he became ill. He died in 1999.
Mrs. Dolwick was a member of Hebron Lutheran Church, where she sang in the choir for more than 50 years and taught Sunday school, and Hebron Homemakers.
She attended Villa Madonna, now Thomas More College.
Survivors, in addition to her daughter, include a son, Robert W. Dolwick of Erie, Pa.; a brother, Ben F. Reeves of Sparta; eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hebron Lutheran Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron, and from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Burial will be in Hebron Lutheran Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Hebron Lutheran Church, 3140 Limaburg Road, Hebron, Ky. 41048 or to the charity of the donor's choice.
Harry W. Bertelsman, 94, of Florence, died at 6 a.m. Saturday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was a retired inspector with General Electric. His wife, C. Pearl Bertelsman, died in 2000.
Survivors include a daughter, Nancy B. Turner of Florence.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice. Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Elizabeth J. Brady, 99, of Covington, died Saturday at Anderson Mercy Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a homemaker and a member of Northern Kentucky Baptist Church. She also served as a missionary. Her husband, Elvin G. Brady, died in 1967.
Survivors include a son, Jack Brady of Cincinnati; a sister, Ella Mae Baker of Somerset; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be private. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to Northern Kentucky Baptist Church, 2681 Turkeyfoot Road, Lakeside Park, Ky. 41017.
Stella Lee Hitt Browning, 96, of Lexington, formerly of Robertson County, died Sunday at Hospice Care Center, Lexington. She was a member of Broadway Baptist Church in Lexington, and a member of the church's Young at Heart and craft clubs. Her husband, Rolland Browning, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Roy Browning of Lexington; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Broadway Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at W.R. Milward Mortuary in Lexington, and from 2 to 3 p.m. Wednesday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Burial will be in Powersville Cemetery, Brooksville. Memorials are suggested to Broadway Baptist Church, 2500 Harrodsburg Road, Lexington, Ky. 40503; or Hospice of the Bluegrass, 2312 Alexandria Drive, Lexington, Ky. 40504.
Lee Roy Bryant, 61, of Cynthiana, died Saturday at Harrison Memorial Hospital, Cynthiana. He was a former employee of the Ladish Co.
Survivors include his wife, Rena Frances Kelley Bryant; sons, Ernest Leroy Bryant and Keith Allen Bryant, both of Cynthiana; a daughter, Margie Lee Bryant Barnett of Cynthiana; nine grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana.
Patrick Anthony Doyle, 61, of Walled Lake, Mich., formerly of Covington, died Friday at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Commerce Township, Mich. He was a former priest and a quality engineer with Unisys in Plymouth, Mich.
Survivors include sisters, Katherine "Kay" Mida of Belleville, Mich., and Margaret Jane Smith of Chelsea, Mich.; a brother, Timothy Doyle of Dixboro, Mich.; nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary Church, Chelsea, Mich. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Cole Funeral Home, Chelsea. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Chelsea. Memorials are suggested to American Diabetes Association, 30600 Telegraph Road, Suite 2255, Bingham Farms, Mich. 48025.
Etta Fradianno Duncan, 85, of Sacramento, Calif., formerly of Northern Kentucky, died Friday in Sacramento.
Survivors include sons, William Thomas, Terry Thomas and John Williams, all of the state of California; a daughter, Joann Beverding of the state of California; and a sister, Teresa Grosser of Fort Thomas.
Services were this morning in Sacramento. Memorials are suggested to St. Catherine of Siena Church, 1803 N. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling local arrangements.
Pauline Catherine Parker Hughes, 78, of Harrison County, died Sunday at Grant Manor Health Care Center, Williamstown. She was a homemaker and a member of New Friendship Baptist Church, Cynthiana.
Survivors include her husband, Clyde F. Hughes; sons, Tom Hughes of Columbia, Tenn., Steve Hughes of Lexington, Larry Hughes of Hubert, N.C., and Lloyd Eugene Hughes of Cynthiana; daughters, Doris Halt of Gulf Breeze, Fla., Pearl Brown of Cynthiana and Carol Beach of Grant County; sisters, Evelyn Dixon of Grant County and Geneva Steigeman of Richmond; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Raven Creek Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to American Diabetes Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., West Chester, Ohio 45069.
Boyed Jones, 68, of Owenton, died Sunday at Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington. He was a retired employee of Advanced Transformer in Chicago and a member of Beech Grove Baptist Church, Owenton.
Survivors include sons, Boyed Thomas Jones and Jay Edwin Jones, both of Chicago, and Richard Kirt Jones of Owenton; a daughter, Dorothy Jones Haddix of Owenton; a brother, Robert Jones of Owenton; sisters, Louise Sadowski of Chicago and Darlene Kitchens of Arkansas; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at McDonald and New Funeral Home, Seminary Street location, Owenton. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Timothy Lee Kowolonek, 59, of Florence, died Saturday at his home. He was a truck driver with L&N; Concrete, a member of First Church of the Nazarene in Newport, and a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War.
Survivors include his wife, Beverly Kowolonek; a daughter, Kandi Horn of Florence; a son, Shane Kowolonek of Florence; a sister, Dawn Spritzky of Union; brothers, Dennis Kowolonek, Aarand Kowolonek and Woody Kowolonek, all of Newport, and Van Kowolonek of Alexandria; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Church of the Nazarene, Newport. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Larry Pierson, 50, of Owenton, died Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a real estate appraiser with Pierson Appraisers, and a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and the International Order of Oddfellows. He was an Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Judy Smith Pierson; sons, Ryan Pierson and Casey Pierson, both of Owenton; his mother, Syble H. Pierson; and a brother, Gregory Pierson of Georgetown.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at McDonald and New Funeral Home, Main Street location, Owenton. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton.
Memorials are suggested to the church of the donor's choice.
John L. Sauser, 88, of Thibodaux, La., died Saturday at Lasourche Home for the Aged in Thibodaux.
Survivors include a nephew, Jack Opel of Thibodaux.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. John Lutheran Cemetery, Melbourne.
Franklin Donald Stewart, 66, of Owenton, died Sunday at New Horizons Medical Center, Owenton. He was an insurance agent with Gallatin County Fire, Wind & Lightning Insurance Co., chairman of the deacons at Long Ridge Baptist Church in Owenton, and an Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Donna Baldwin Stewart; a daughter, Dana Stewart Stover of Falls Church, Va.; and a sister, Mary Ellen Skirvin of Owen County.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Long Ridge Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at McDonald and New Funeral Home, Owenton. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton. Memorials are suggested to Long Ridge Baptist Church, Sparta Road, Owenton, Ky. 41052.
Juanita "Toots" Thacker, 74, of Dayton, died Thursday at her home. She was a retired switchboard operator with Speers Hospital. Her husband, Oscar Thacker, died in 2000.
Survivors include daughters, Annie Hutchison and Sandy Sucher, both of Dayton; sons, Danny Thacker and Ronald Thacker, both of Dayton; a brother, John Gumm of Stuart, Fla.; a sister, Mary Johnson of Bellevue; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services were Monday at A.C. Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Evelyn Wegford, 58, of Covington, died at 4:28 p.m. April 14 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington.
Survivors include a brother, Arda Wegford of Fort Mitchell.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Prince of Peace Church, Bellevue. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati. C&C; Mortuary Service, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Patsy Woodall, 58, of Covington, died Monday at Northern Kentucky Care and Rehabilitation Center, Highland Heights. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Jakie Woodall; a son, Wayne Hickman of Cincinnati; daughters, Carolyn Woodall of Louisville and Angie Woodall of Florence; stepsons, David Woodall of Florence, Danny Woodall and Jack Woodall, both of Cincinnati; stepdaughters, Peggy Vann of Rising Sun, Ind., and Janice Nicholson of Southgate; four brothers, a sister, 30 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075. Cremation Society of Greater Cincinnati is handling arrangements.
