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Date of these obituaries: 11-20-2002
Dorothy Pauly Bolte, liked to help veterans
Fighting his way across the Pacific during World War II, Victor Bolte uttered a simple prayer: "Lord, let me get home safe and find a good girl and have six children."
Bolte survived the war and did indeed return to Northern Kentucky to find a "good girl" - Dorothy Pauly, who would become his wife in 1947 and collaborate on the second part of his petition, the six children. The Boltes were married
55 years before her death Monday at age 78 at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence.
His mother was not a person to seek the limelight, said the Rev. Rick Bolte, pastor of Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Newport. "She was not one so much to be out in front, she was supportive of my father. She would make her own niche in things that he was involved in."
That was the case in the Boltes' work at the veterans home in Fort Thomas, where Mrs. Bolte helped her husband sponsor monthly social activities for residents. "We'd do bingo, bring them gifts, do entertainment for them, " Victor Bolte said. "They all loved her."
His wife had a few favorites among the residents, usually veterans who were particularly beset by health problems. She made sure that each visit she lavished a little extra attention on them, Bolte said.
She was always there for veterans' groups annual fund-raising poppy sales, he said, even in recent years when health problems - a bad heart and lungs, diabetes and arthritis - dogged her. "No matter how bad she felt, she was always out there in front of the bank in Elsmere selling poppies, sometimes all day in the rain, " Victor Bolte said.
His mother was very proud of the fact that he became a priest, Rick Bolte said, but she and his father never pushed him into it. "I was motivated by their faith and their example, " he said.
And their prayers, which his parents said a lot of for all their children, although Rev. Bolte acknowledged: "They didn't always say what they were praying for."
Rev. Bolte will preach his mother's funeral at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul Church in Florence.
Mrs. Bolte was a housewife, and a member of the auxiliaries of American Legion Post 20 and VFW Post 6423
Surviving in addition to her husband and son are another son, Paul Bolte of Dry Ridge; daughters, Mary Hart of Florence, Kathy Gebelt of Alexandria, Shiela Jacobs of West Chester, Ohio, and Becky Bolte of Florence; brothers, Tony Pauly of Elsmere and Paul Pauly of Seattle; sisters, Ann Droege of Park Hills and Helen Lampke of Fort Mitchell; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Holy Spirit Church Endowment Fund, 825 Washington St., Newport, Ky. 41071.
Edward G. Bitzer, 91, of Crestview Hills, died Sunday at his home.
Survivors include his wife, Bernice Epping Bitzer; daughters, Charlene Fischer of Ohio, Carolyn Bitzer and Fran Hasekoester, both of Kentucky; a son, Edward G. Bitzer Jr. of Ohio; and eight grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Pius X Church, Edgewood. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the church. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to Mary Queen of Heaven Church, 1150 Donaldson Highway, Erlanger, Ky. 41018; or St. Pius X Church Building Fund, 348 Dudley Road, Edgewood, Ky. 41017. Evans Funeral Home, Milford, Ohio, is handling arrangements.
David Stanley Bracken, 79, of Florence, died Monday at Woodspoint Nursing Home, Florence. He was a horse groomer.
Survivors include many friends.
Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. today in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.
Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick, is handling the arrangements.
Chester Campbell, 96, of Butler, died today at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas.
Arrangements are pending at Peoples Funeral Home, Butler.
Joseph H. Dahlhoff, 90, of Covington, died at 9:55 p.m. Monday at St. Charles Care Center, Covington. He was a former manager with Tri-State Distributors and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include sons, Lenny Dahlhoff of Erlanger, Dave Dahlhoff of Cincinnati and Dennis Dahlhoff of Covington; daughters, Diane Goetz of Fort Mitchell and Karen Stetter of Fort Wright; and 12 grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. John Church, Covington. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to St. Charles Care Center, 500 Farrell Drive, Covington, Ky. 41011.
Jean Dennemann, 76, of Urbana, Ill., formerly of Ludlow, died Tuesday at Champaign County Nursing Home in Urbana.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
William A. Ellison, 61, of Melbourne, died at 8:13 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a retired self-employed brick mason. A son, William Ellison III, died in 2001.
Survivors include his wife, Donna Ellison; a son, Steve Ellison of Butler; daughters, Connie Gubser of Melbourne and Shawna Sturgeon of Alexandria; and eight grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Philip Church, Melbourne. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, P.O. Box 498, Emmitsburg, Md. 21727.
Phyllis Hiatt, 67, of Burlington, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Christine Lawson, 83, of Batavia, Ohio, formerly of Falmouth, died Monday at Batavia Nursing Home. Her husband, Louis "Shorty" Lawson, died in 1991.
Survivors include brothers, Don Lawson of Florence and Al Lawson of Covington; and sisters, Lucy Roseberry of Grants Lick, Minnie Roseberry of Peach Grove, Velma Walthers of Ellenton, Fla., and Lillian Nezi of Taylor Mill.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Pendleton County.
Mary Mershon, 79, of Independence, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North Hospice Unit, Covington.
Arrangements are pending at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence.
Clara E. Oberjohn, 94, of Covington, died at 6:45 p.m. Monday at St. Charles Care Center, Covington. She was a credit manager with Dubois Chemical and a member of the Legion of Mary.
Survivors include a sister, Louise G. Oberjohn of Covington; nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Charles Care Center, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to St. Charles Care Center, 500 Farrell Drive, Covington, Ky. 41011.
Lottie Imogene "Jean" Prather, 75, of Owenton, died Tuesday at her home. She was a nurse's aide with Owen County Memorial Hospital, a homemaker and a member of Greenup Fork Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Estill Prather; sons, Larry Prather of Owenton and Frank Fiederer III of Winchester; daughters, Judith "Darlene" Hunter and Sandra Salmons, both of Owenton; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at McDonald Funeral Home, Main Street location, Owenton. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 208 Steele St., Frankfort, Ky. 40601; or Greenup Fork Baptist Church, Rural Route 6, Frankfort, Ky. 40601.
Leo A. Schulte, 81, of Latonia, died at 10:35 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He was a retired lead linesman with the Kroger Co. in Cincinnati, a member of Covington Moose Lodge No. 1469 and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Ish Schulte; daughters, Linda L. Clifton of Foster and Sheila A. Underhill of Taylor Mill; a son, Joseph E. Schulte of Norwood, Ohio; a brother, Bob Schulte of the state of California; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be 4 to 7 tonight at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Martha Lorraine Simpson, 82, of Highland Heights, died at 9:45 p.m. Sunday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Therese Church, Southgate.
A daughter, Georgianna Smith, died in 2001.
Survivors include a daughter, Andrea Lipscomb of Park Hills; a son, Mike Simpson of Highland Park, Colo.; a stepdaughter, Margie Gilbert of Covington; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services were this morning at St. Therese Church, Southgate. Burial was in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Jean Meader Ware, 78, of Park Hills, died at 8:30 p.m. Monday at Villa Spring of Erlanger. She was a homemaker and a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Covington.
Survivors include her husband, Frank Gofton Ware; daughters, Caroline Rusten of Ithaca, N.Y., and Sara Howsam of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a sister, Marguerite Meader of Daytona Beach, Fla.; and four grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Trinity Episcopal Church, Covington.
Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice. Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Allene Joan Watson Waters, 60, of Maysville, died at 11:10 a.m. Monday at her home.
She was a homemaker and a member of Ripley Assembly of God, Ripley, Ohio. A son, Mark Anthony Waters, died in 2000.
Survivors include her husband, Donald Ray Waters; sons, Timmy Bryant, Tommy Bryant and James Waters, all of Maysville, George Waters of Tollesboro and Roger Waters of Aberdeen, Ohio; daughters, Sherri Rowland of Cherry Fork, Ohio, Patty Dezearn of Rectorville and Marsha Waters of Maysville; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Brell Funeral Home, Maysville.
Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Shannon Cemetery, Maysville.
Eugene Zornes, 71, of Englewood, Fla., formerly of Northern Kentucky, died Nov. 9 at his home.
He was a former machinist with R.A. Jones Co., Crescent Springs, and an Air Force veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Jeri Ann Zornes; sons, Daniel Zornes of Cincinnati and Donald Zornes of Sarasota, Fla.; daughters, Dayna Redman of Florence and Deanna Duncan of Covington; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Christ Chapel, Florence. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Southwest Florida, 5955 Rand Blvd., Sarasota, Fla. 34238; or Alameda Isles Woodworking Shop, 1 Alameda Grand, Englewood, Fla. 34223. Leon Bay Funeral Home, Englewood, handled arrangements.
