Vernon Blum

Jul 14, 2009

Vernon Jay Blum, 63, died Tuesday, July 14, at his home. He worked for 42 years with ADT Security, Inc. and was a member of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky F. & A.M. Henry Barnes in Dayton. Survivors include his wife, Diane Wilburn Blum; son, Gary Sterling; sisters, Betty Seyberth and Beverly Sheridan; brother, Elmer F. Blum Jr.; and three...

Thomas Price

Jul 13, 2009

Thomas Allen Price, 73, died Monday, July 13, at Hospice of St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Edgewood. He was an electrician for Christ Hospital, an Air Force veteran and attended Oak Ridge Baptist Church of Taylor Mill. His wife, Kathleen Williamson Price, died in 2005. Survivors include his daughter, Debbie Williams of Independence; sons, Tom Price of Americus, Ga., Mark Price of...

Virginia Carr

Jul 13, 2009

Virginia C. Carr, 80, died Monday, July 13, 2009, at Hospice of the Bluegrass Care Center, Fort Thomas. Survivors include her sisters, Georgia Knapp and Mary Louise Germann; and brother, George Kidney. Visitation will be 9-10 a.m. Wednesday, July 15, at Muehlenkamp & Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. at St. Thomas Church,...

Latitia Bellew

Jul 11, 2009

Latitia E. Bellew, 91, of Anderson Township died July 11. Survived by sons, Dennis (Frances) Bellew and Larry (Cheri) Bellew; daughters, Phyllis and Ray Shepherd; nine grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by husband, Lloyd L. Bellew; father, Urban Bellew; and mother, Maude Singleton. Services are at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 15, at Forestville Baptist Church. Memorials to: Forestville...

Shirley Vincent

Jul 10, 2009

Shirley Mae Vincent of Cincinnati, formerly of Independence, died Friday, July 10, at Bethesda North Hospital. She had been a manager and clerk for 25 years at the Internal Revenue Service. Her hobbies included bingo, music, card games and travel. Preceding her in death were her husband, Lawrence, and a daughter, Joni. She is survived by daughter, Christi Miller; son,...

Josephine Kampe

Jul 10, 2009

Josephine M. Kampe, 90, died Friday, July 10, at Baptist Village, Erlanger. She had worked in retail sales at Sears for 12 years and was a member of St. Henry Church, Tri-City Seniors, Prime Time Seniors, Ladies Altar Society and Grandmothers Club. She was an avid bowler at Lookout Bowl for more than 50 years. Her husband, Raymond, and a...

Jean Wood

Jul 7, 2009

Jean Doris Wright Wood, 80, of Latonia, died Tuesday at Hospice of St. Elizabeth Health Care in Edgewood. She was a homemaker and a member of Northside Pentecostal Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her husband, Elza Wood, preceded her in death. Survivors include, daughter Barbara Cross of Latonia; sons Harold Bowles of Latonia, Herman Bowles of Independence, Stephen Barnes of Las...

Donald Ritchie

Jul 7, 2009

Donald R. Ritchie, 67, of Newport, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth in Fort Thomas. He was a automobile salesman. Survivors include wife Barbara Ritchie; daughter Kimberly Mullins of Burlington; brothers Glenn Ritchie of Carlisle, C.B. Ritchie of Cynthiana, Dave Ritchie of Paris, Ky; sisters Margurite Blackburn of Cold Spring, Grace Harding of Cynthiana, Joyce Livingood and Patsy Smith both of...

Kelly Walk

Jul 3, 2009

Kelly Jo Walk, 45, died Friday, July 3, at St Elizabeth Edgewood. She was a resource assistant with Columbia Sussex. Survivors include her companion, Joey M .Scott of Independence; parents, Marcus Frank and Margaret Walk of New Albany, Ind.; daughter, Stephanie Billingsly of Lawrenceburg; son, Marcus Billingsly of Independence; and sister, Debbie Corday of Cincinnati. Services will be 11 a.m....

Katie Reineke

Jul 3, 2009

Katie E. Brumley Reineke, 87, of Montgomery, Ohio and formerly of Independence died on Friday at Meadowbrook Care Center in Montgomery. She was a homemaker and a member of Immanuel United Church of Christ in Bromley. Her husband, Lawrence Reinke, died in 1978. Survivors include daughters, Melba Byrd of Loveland and Sandra Baynum of Tollesboro; sons, Lawrence Reineke Jr. of...