William Watkins

Jun 6, 2009

William R. Watkins Jr., 79, of Florence died Saturday at Brighton Gardens in Edgewood. He was a retired senior master sergeant in the Air Force who served in the Korean War, the owner of Bill Watkins Construction Co. and a member of St. Paul Church in the Florence and the U.S. Air Force Sergeants Association. Survivors include his wife, Bernadette...

Kathleen Craig

Jun 3, 2009

Kathleen Craig, 84, of Taylor Mill, died Wednesday at River Valley Nursing Home in Butler. She was a former ward clerk for St. Luke Hospital West in Florence. Survivors include daughters Pat Kloepfer of Dallas, Texas; Marlene Jones of Alexandria and Darlene Rock of West Chester, Ohio; sister, Win Simpson of England; and four grandchildren. Services will be private. Burial...

Mary Wilson

Jun 2, 2009

Mary Katherine Guenther Wilson, 84, of Edgewood, died Tuesday at Woodcrest Manor in Elsmere. She was a retired seamstress at Globe Tailors of Cincinnati and a member of the St. Pius X Church in Edgewood. Her husband, Donald Alvis Wilson, preceded her in death. Survivors include a son, Jerry Wilson of Elsmere; two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Mass of Christian...

Joann Keller

May 30, 2009

LATONIA - JoAnn F. Keller, 71, died Saturday, May 30, at St. Elizabeth Ft. Thomas. She was a homemaker, member of V.F.W. 6095 Auxiliary, Latonia Lodge and St. Joseph Catholic Church in Cold Spring. She enjoyed traveling, reading and children.

Tommie Lacefield

May 29, 2009

WALTON - Tommie T. Lacefield, 90, died Friday, May 29, at St. Elizabeth Florence. He was a foreman for Pacific Gas & Electric, a WWII Army Veteran, member of Beaver Lick Baptist Church and Walton Veterans Group who enjoyed RV traveling, hunting and being a handyman.

Yevonne Strode

May 28, 2009

Yevonne Strode, 59, of Independence, died Thursday at Hospice of the Bluegrass-Northern Kentucky, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Wilbur Ray Strode, died in 2007. Survivors include sons, Brad Hall, David Lienhart, Rich Strode, and Steve Lienhart, all of Covington; daughters, Tammy Straus of Florence and Missy Densler of Hebron; her mother, Barbara Blankenship of West Chester, Ohio;...

Deborah Russell

May 25, 2009

Deborah Lynn Piper Russell, 44, of Bethel, Ohio, formerly of Florence, died Monday at her residence. She was a training specialist with Fifth-Third and a petty officer in the Navy Reserves, where she completed a tour of Iraq in October 2008. She was a member and historian of American Legion Post No. 288. Survivors include her father, Richard Piper of...

Herman Lainhart

May 24, 2009

Herman "Clark" Lainhart, 78, of Elsmere, formerly of Hebron, died Saturday at Fort Belvoir, Va. He was a retired ironworker from Union Local No. 44, Cincinnati, and a member of Belleview Baptist Church and Good Faith Masonic Lodge No. 95 F&AM. Survivors include his wife, Jane Merrell Lainhart; a son, Robert Clark Lainhart of Fort Belvoir, Va.; a daughter, Shirley...

Mary Lewis

May 23, 2009

Mary Elizabeth Lewis, 57, died Saturday, May 23, at the home of her caregiver in Covington. She was a pizza parlor manager who enjoyed dancing, music, family and card games.

Ava Hall

May 21, 2009

Ava Lee Hall, 71, of Crescent Springs, died Thursday at Rosedale Manor, Latonia. She was a retired nurse's aide from Garrard Convalescent Home, Covington, and a member of Open Door Community Church of God, Erlanger. Her husband, Andrew Carroll, died in 1991. Children, Shirley Carroll and David Carroll, died in 1965. Survivors include sons, Alvin Carroll Sr. of Latonia and...