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Date of these obituaries: 11-01-2002
Barbara Ann Keene made home warm, fun for kids
Barbara Ann Schevene Wulfeck Keene made her Lakeside Park home the kind of place that all the neighborhood children felt welcome in.
"She made it so that our home was a warm place and a fun place, " said her daughter, Debbie Amareno of Monfort Heights. "It was the house in the neighborhood where all the children could feel safe and secure."
Ms. Keene, who died Wednesday at age 66 at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas, would organize backyard carnivals every summer, with the goal of raising $200 for charity.
The pond behind her home became a magnet for neighborhood children, who skated on it in the winter and fished in it during the summer.
She taught all four of her children to ice skate, Amareno said.
"She was a very kind and caring woman, " Amareno said. "She was considered mom to many in our neighborhood."
Later in life, after a divorce, Ms. Keene worked as a bartender, then with a janitorial company.
She loved to fish, and normally spent two weeks every summer at Dale Hollow Lake, fishing and getting a suntan, her daughter said.
Survivors also include another daughter, Kathy Arlinghaus of Covington; sons, Norbert Wulfeck Jr. of Elsmere and Joseph Wulfeck of Florence; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at noon Monday at Mother of God Church, Covington.
Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Monday.
Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
L. Frances Code, 90, of Crittenden, died Thursday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Walton.
Lawrence Duddey, 73, of Latonia, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill.
Sylvia Poe Fortner, 94, of Williamstown, died Thursday at Grant Manor Health Care Center, Williamstown.
She was a homemaker and a member of Lawrenceville Baptist Church, Grant County.
Her husband, William Russell Fortner, and a son, Rondal Fortner, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include daughters, Wanda Dunn of Williamstown and June Flurkey of Cody, Wyo.; a son, Eugene Fortner of Florence; brothers, Ralph Poe and Willie Poe, both of Owenton; a sister, Carlene Shyrock of Owenton; six grandchildren, stepgrandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Williamstown Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Lawrenceville Baptist Church, 3650 Lawrenceville Road, Williamstown, Ky. 41097; or Gideons International, P.O. Box 222, Williamstown, Ky. 41097.
Lois Griffith, 92, of Carrollton, died Thursday at Carroll County Hospital in Carrollton.
She was a homemaker. A son, Thomas Griffith, died in 1986.
Survivors include a son, Cecil Gardner of Liberty, Ind.; daughters, Betty Durham of Harrison, Ohio, and Priscilla Beckner of Carrollton; 10 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge.
Visitation will begin there at noon Saturday.
Burial will be at noon Monday at Graceland Memorial Gardens, Milford, Ohio.
Albert Harrison Klensch, 75, of Crestview Hills, died Thursday at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill.
Louis C. Kohler, 78, of Bellevue, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
He was a tire adjuster with BF Goodwrench in Cincinnati, a member of St. Anthony Church in Bellevue and a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Kohler; daughters, Missy Ellison of Butler and Nancy Laake of Bellevue; a son, Randall Kohler of Fort Wright; brothers, John Kohler of Highland Heights and Joseph Kohler of Bellevue; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony Church, Bellevue.
Visitation will be from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Monday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue.
Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.
Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2A, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Velma Reinersman, 77, of Covington, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia.
