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Date of these obituaries: 03-04-2003
Agnes Strickley McNay, loved job as toy worker
Agnes Strickley McNay took a summer job with the former Kenner Toy Co. to earn extra money so her family could take a vacation.
The Fort Thomas resident wound up staying with the Cincinnati toy company for 35 years, becoming head of the sample department.
"She loved every day she worked there, " said her daughter, Kathy McNay Grimm of Fort Thomas.
Mrs. McNay died Monday at Northern Kentucky Care and Rehabilitation Center, Highland Heights. She was 81.
Her toy connection made her a natural for the role of neighborhood Santa Claus as Christmas time. She distributed surplus toys to children of her neighbors and the poor.
"Everyone looked to her to make sure that someone got something, " her daughter said.
She knew every one of her co-workers, and touched all their lives, her daughter said. "That was her life."
Former Kenner employees, most of whom moved to Rhode Island after Hasbro bought the company, called to check on her up to the very end, Grimm said.
Mrs. McNay retired to take care of her husband, the late John R. McNay, who died March 6, 1995, of Alzheimer's disease. Then Mrs. McNay started to show signs of the disease, too.
She stayed with her daughter until October, when she moved into the nursing home.
Other survivors include a son, John McNay of Fort Thomas; a sister, Katherine Tierney of Bellevue; a brother, Clarence Strickley of Bellevue; six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Joseph F. Bley, 87, of Florence, died Saturday at Florence Park Care Center.
He was a retired representative with Burroughs Corp. and a member of St. Paul Church, Florence.
Survivors include a son, David Bley of Phoenix, and a sister, Rita Zint of Florence.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul Church. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Mary Ann Ostendorf Bowmann, 69, of Union, died at 6:50 a.m. Sunday at her home.
She was a homemaker and a member of Boone County Extension Homemakers, Sugar-n-Spice Club and National Society of Decorative Painters.
Survivors include her husband, Edward R. Bowmann; daughters, Lynn Sutter and Connie Garcia, both of Hebron, Kathy Cahill of Villa Hills, Sharon Jenson of Walden, N.Y., and Laura Halcomb of Millville, Ohio; sons, Paul Bowmann of Edgewood, David Bowmann of Boone County and Kenneth Bowmann of Burlington; a brother, Edward Ostendorf Jr. of Edgewood; and 24 grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Timothy Church, Union. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:45 a.m. Thursday at the church. Entombment will be in St. John Mausoleum, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to Redwood Rehabilitation Center, 71 Orphanage Road, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017; St. Timothy Church Building Fund, 10272 U.S. 42, Union, Ky. 41091; or Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Joseph Brandenburg, 62, of Union, died Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence.
Zelma Cummins, 95, of Grant County, died Monday at Dover Rest Home, Georgetown.
Arrangements are pending at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge.
Annetta Kay Dennis Denton, 46, of Cynthiana, died Sunday at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington.
She was a lab technician with USIOL in Lexington and a certified nursing assistant with Grand Haven Nursing Home, Cynthiana.
She was a member of Oakwood Baptist Church, Cynthiana.
Survivors include a daughter, Angela Kaye Lea of Cynthiana; a son, William Keith Lea of Paris; sisters, Carolyn Pitt of Nicholasville, Diana Fogle of Cynthiana and Patricia Harding of Paris; brothers, Danny Wayne Dennie Sr. and Darryl Lee Dennie, both of Cynthiana, and Gerald Dale Dennie of Paris; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 208 Steele St., Frankfort, Ky. 40601.
Dorothy Mahan, 62, of Union, died Sunday in an auto accident in Union.
Arrangements are pending at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence.
Emma C. Parker, 91, of Florence, died Sunday at Florence Park Care Center.
She was a dining room manager with Holiday Inn and a member of Florence Christian Church.
Her husband, Herbert R. Parker, died in 1956. Sons, Carl Parker and Donald Parker, also preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Autrey Parker of Crescent Springs; 11 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 9 a.m. Thursday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Corinth. Memorials are suggested to Florence Christian Church, 300 Main St., Florence, Ky. 41042.
Victoria Ann Ritchey, 50, of Ludlow, died Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington.
Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Mary Will Smither, 89, of Owenton, died Sunday at Owenton Manor.
She was a homemaker and former substitute teacher with Lusby's Mill School, and a member of Mussel Shoals Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday school teacher and pianist. Her husband, A.W. "Bod" Smither, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Wayne Smither of Owen County; a daughter, Lucy Stryker of Tallahassee, Fla.; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at McDonald & New Funeral Home, Main Street location, Owenton. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton.
Ralph Stanley Sprague Jr., 83, of Hebron, died at 7:30 a.m. Sunday at his home.
He was a retired office manager with Thermice Chemicals, a member of Constance Church of the Brethren and an Army veteran of World War II.
His wife, Margie Dolwick Sprague, died in 1999.
Survivors include a son, S. Wayne Sprague of Hebron; daughters, Sue Miller of Hebron and Shirley A. Ryle of Burlington; a sister, Nelda Vahlsing of Bromley; a brother, Earl Sprague of Cincinnati; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Wednesday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Petersburg Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Constance Church of the Brethren, in care of Shirley Peeno, 432 Petersburg Road, Hebron, Ky. 41048.
Dr. Victor Moises Villarejos, 84, of Erlanger, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
He was a medical research physician. His wife, Gerti Villarejos, and son, Francisco Villarejos, both died in 1993.
Survivors include sons, Miguel Villarejos of Chicago and Victor Villarejos of Union; a daughter, Rose Forment of Dayton; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Cremation will be at Radel Funeral Home, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Pulmonary Rehabilitation Department, St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, 1 Medical Village Drive, Edgewood, Ky. 41017. Radel Funeral Home, Highland Heights, is handling arrangements.
Mary Turner Wolf, 97, of Alexandria, died at 11:20 a.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
She was a homemaker and a member of Plum Creek Christian Church, Butler. Her first husband, Charles Turner, died in 1957. Her second husband, Franklin Wolf, died in 1996. A son, Paul Turner, died in 2002.
Survivors include stepdaughters, Helen Behymeyer of Madison, Ind., Lois Gosney of Butler and Mary Fern Kiser of Grants Lick; one grandchild, 13 step-grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, 32 step-great-grandchildren and three step-great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Peach Grove Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Alice S. Zimmerman, 82, of Erlanger, died at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
She was homemaker and Calvary Baptist Church, Latonia.
Survivors include her husband, Joe Zimmerman of Erlanger; and four grandsons.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Forest Lawn cemetery Chapel, Erlanger. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Calvary Baptist Church, 3711 Tibbatts St., Covington, Ky. 41015. Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
