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'Bud' Russell: Family his favorite team
Cecil Edward "Bud" Russell was a lifetime athlete who signed a pro football contract with the Detroit Lions in 1946, traveled with the Harlem Globetrotters playing basketball and even ha d a baseball tryout with the Washington Senators.
Through it all, his favorite team was always his family.
Mr. Russell died at 1:15 p.m. Thursday at his Alexandria home. He was 76.
"He was a wonderful man," said his second wife, Ann Russell. "He was the best father to his own children and to my children. He was kind and friendly and funny, and he never said a dirty word in his life."
While serving in the Navy in the early 1940s, his way with words so impressed a shipmate that the buddy asked Mr. Russell to write his letters to his girlfriend. The girl caught on and asked to meet the real letter-writer.
The girl was Allene Hoffman of Bellevue. She soon became Mrs. Bud Russell, said their daughter, Cheryl Torline of Foster.
They married in 1943, shortly after Mr. Russell was discharged from the Navy. He then enlisted in the Army. He served his tour of duty and in 1946 signed a contract to play with the Detroit Lions, but a back injury ended hopes of playing pro football, and he re-enlisted.
While serving in Texas, he developed hand-to-hand combat training techniques that were later adopted at West Point. He was on the Fourth Army All Star basketball team, which played against the Harlem Globetrotters. When Mr. Russell was discharged in the 1950s, the Globetrotters recruited him to play on the team they competed with in each town.
Mr. Russell's growing family called Bellevue home, but they often accompanied him on the road. Another injury sent him home to Bellevue to stay.
He was a member of the Asbestos Workers Union and also worked as a policeman in Cincinnati and Campbell County. He bowled and played golf, softball and pool throughout Northern Kentucky.
He retired in 1976 after being diagnosed with asbestosis. He and his wife moved to Florida and returned in 1989 to live in Alexandria. Allene Russell died in 1991. In 1994 he married Ann.
Mr. Russell was inducted in the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame in 1992. He developed lung cancer two years ago.
Besides his wife and daughter, other survivors include sons, Tom and Keith Russell of Alexandria; stepdaughters, Vickie Goodwin of Cold Spring and Kelly Dalton of Alexandria; stepson s, Ken Dalton of Fort Mitchell and Rick Dalton of Alexandria; five grandchildren, eight step-grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Funeral home. military burial will be at Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Camp Nelson, Kentucky Memorials may be made to Hospice of Northern Kentucky.
Announcement dated: 08-12-00
Mildred Ethel Feinauer, 96, of Crestview Hills, died Thursday at Atria Summit Hills nursing home in Crestview Hills. She was a retired chief nurse with Crile Veterans Administration Hospital in Cleveland and a former operating room supervisor with Christ Hospital, Cincinnati. S he was a member of the Christ Hospital Nursing Alumni Association and a past president of the Ohio League of Nursing. She was a World War II veteran, having served in the Army Nurse Corps, and wa s a winner of the Meritorious Service Award.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Christ Church United Church of Christ, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to Christ Church United Church of Christ, 15 S. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, Kentucky 41075.
Announcement dated: 08-12-00
Virginia Mullikin Grout, 84, of Covington, died Thursday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington.
Announcement dated: 08-12-00
Joyce J. Kokendoffer, 50, of Dry Ridge, died at 8:08 a.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Grant County, Williamstown. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Roy Kokendoffer; sisters, Virgie Hollon of Mount Sterling, Ruby Conrad of Florence, Dora Bell Paul of Paris and Mary Ada McAvane of Latonia; and brothers, Fred Hollon of Paris and Carl T. Hollon of Owen County.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Funeral home. Burial will be in Williamstown Cemetery.
Announcement dated: 08-12-00
Virginia Lloyd, 69, of Covington, died Friday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington.
Announcement dated: 08-12-00
Daniel Henry Martin, 54, of Covington, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was an auto mechanic.
Survivors include a brother, Lee Martin of Newport; and a sister, Alice Houp of Fort Thomas. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Radel Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Announcement dated: 08-12-00
Callie Mae Meadows, 86, of Carrollton, died at 12:16 a.m. Friday at Green Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carrollton. She worked with show horses and was a member of Carrollton Christian Church. Her husband, Claude "Bud" Meadows, died in 1987.
Survivors include a daughter, Peggy Ann Hassel of Howell, Mich.; and a son, Delmar "Bob" Meadows, also of Howell.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at IOOF Cemetery, Carrollton. Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton, is handling arrangements.
Announcement dated: 08-12-00
Dani Danielle Price, 13, of Ludlow, died Wednesday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Radel Funeral Home, Newport.
Announcement dated: 08-12-00
Anna Lou Robey, 51, of Norwood, Ohio, formerly of Dayton, died at 7:03 p.m. Thursday at her home.
Survivors include sons, Michael Robey of Crestview Hills, Mark Robey and Nicholas Robey, both of Norwood; brothers, Ronnie Rice of Norwood, Johnny Francis of Covington, Larry Francis of Hazard and Albert Lee Francis of Cincinnati; sisters, Carol Eppert of Goshen, Ohio, Rhea Smit h of Erlanger and Tammy Francis of Newport; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Announcement dated: 08-12-00
Woodrow W. Ross Sr., 83, of Walton, died Friday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Walton.
Announcement dated: 08-12-00
Lois Gutman taught for 42 years
There's no telling how many lives Lois Spillman Gutman touched, said her daughter, Becky Crase.
Mrs. Gutman taught school for 42 years and substituted for years after that.
Now, the boxes of cards and letters tell some of the story.
There are notes of thanks with cute misspellings from young students who tell "how much they loved her, and how good she was," said Ms. Crase.
There's also one graduation card "To the best teacher I ever had."
Mrs. Gutman, 91, of Dry Ridge, died Saturdayat her home.
She taught with Grant County Board of Education, as well as Walton and Covington school districts.
"She was a very amazing person," said her daughter. "She started (teaching) in a one-room school house without a certificate. She had an emergency certificate because they needed teachers."
She went to college after she started teaching, had three children and took care of her elderly father.
"It took her 25 years to graduate from college," Ms. Crase said.
All the while her school board continued to renew her provisional certificate.
Mrs. Gutman was an elder emeritus with Dry Ridge Christian Church and a member of Christian Women's Fellowship at the church.
She was also a member of the Grant County Retired Teachers Association. Her husband, Roy D. Gutman, died in 1953.
In addition to her daughter of Dry Ridge, survivors include sons Wade Gutman of Williamstown and Dr. Dale Gutman of Cincinnati; a sister, Lorean Snow of Lady Lakes, Fla.; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesdayat Dry Ridge Christian Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge, and from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesdayat the church. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge.
Memorials are suggested to Dry Ridge Christian Church, 13 School St., Dry Ridge, Kentucky 41035.
Announcement dated: 08-07-00
Herbert Brewer, 65, of Williamstown, died Sunday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown.
Announcement dated: 08-07-00
Rouie Curtis, 91, of Sunbury, Ohio, died Sunday at her daughter's home in Park Hills. She was a homemaker. Her husband, James M. Curtis, died in 1984.
Survivors include a son, Rexford Curtis of Sunbury; daughters, Priscilla Blair of Park Hills and Carolyn Stambaugh of Sunbury; a brother, Luther LeMaster of Paintsville; 11 grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, four step-great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Jones and Preston Funeral Home, Paintsville. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 tonight at Moreland Funeral Home, Westerville, Ohio; and from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Jones and Preston Funeral Home. Burial will be in Curtis Family Cemetery, Flat Gap.
Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Kentucky 41014. Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere, is handling arrangements.
Announcement dated: 08-07-00
Gary Price Frederick, 53, of Charlestown, Ind., died Friday at his home. He was a retired port director with the U.S. Customs Port in Louisville and a member of Masonic Lodge No. 226 in Charlestown, Order of the Eastern Star Chapter No. 597 in Charlestown and Calvary Lutheran Church, Jeffersonville, Ind. He was an Army veteran of the Vietname War, and also served in the Air Force.
Survivors include his wife, Darla Krutz Frderick; sons, Darrin Frederick of Alice Springs, Australia, and Michael Frederick of Louisville; Edward "Bodie" and Jo Price Frederick of Ewing; a brother, Billy Dean Frederick of Elizaville; sisters, Bonnie Dwyer and Sara F. Jackson, both of Maysville; and one granddaughter.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Price Brothers Funeral Home, Elizaville. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Funeral home. Burial will be in Elizaville Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice and Pallative Care of Southern Indiana, 624 E. Market St., New Albany, Ind. 47150.
Announcement dated: 08-07-00
Judith Hahn, 60, of Richwood, died Sunday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas.
Announcement dated: 08-07-00
Kelly Mathew Hill, 32, of Morning View, died Friday at his home in an accident. She was a maintenance mechanic with Kroger, where he was a union steward. He also restored and repaired cars for Avid Car.
Survivors include his wife, Adrienne Hill; daughters, Megan Hill and Jessica Hill, both at home; his parents, Robert and Mary Lou Hill of Decatur, Ala.; a sister, Pat Hannah of Decatur; and grandmother, Geraldine Hall of Dundee, Mich.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the Funeral home. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Kelly Hill Memorial Fund, in care of Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, P. O. Box 568, Independence, Kentucky 41051.
Announcement dated: 08-07-00
Ruth H. Keating, 96, of Erlanger, died Saturday at Village Care Center in Erlanger. She was a a member of St. Therese Church Altar Society, Southgate, and was one of the original volunteers at Redwood School and Rehabilitation Center, Fort Mitchell. Her husband, John Joseph Keating, died in 1981.
Survivors include a daughter, Ruth Durstock of Erlanger; a son, John Keating of Alexandria; a sister, Ann Knoll of Cincinnati; 14 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Cecilia Church, Independence. Visitation will begin there at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in St. Joseph New Cemetery, Cincinnati.
Memorials are suggested to Redwood Rehabilitation Center, 71 Orphanage Road, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky 41017; Village Care Center Activity Department, 3000 Riggs Ave., Erlanger, Kentucky 41018; or in the form of Masses. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Announcement dated: 08-07-00
Robert Lodge, 57, of Falmouth, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was a retired employee of Gedge Workshop, Falmouth, and a member of Southside Church of Christ, Falmouth.
Survivors include a sister, Anna Mae Newkirk of Falmouth; nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will begin there at noon Tuesday. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth.
Announcement dated: 08-07-00
Larry E. Lord, 50, of Cincinnati, formerly of Latonia, died Saturday at Hospice of Cincinnati. He was a utility worker with Clovernook Center for the Blind, Cincinnati, and a member of the Cincinnati Blind Bowling League, the Cincinnati Fyre beeper baseball team and the American Council of the Blind.
Survivors include his wife, Kathleen Taney Lord; sisters, Helen DeSautel of Miami, Fla., Joyce Cliff of Villa Hills and Pat Lockhart of Piner; nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Neidhard-Hensley Funeral Home, Cincinnati. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Funeral home. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials are suggested to Leukemia Society of America, 100 Merchant St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45246; or Clovernook Center for the Blind, 7000 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45231.
Announcement dated: 08-07-00
Orville Elliott Menefee, 91, of Morning View, died Saturday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport. He was a retired farmer and a member of Piner Baptist Church and National Farmers Organization. He was also a founding member of Piner-Fiskburg Fire Department and Kenton County 4-H Fair.
Survivors include his wife, Christine Menefee; daughters, JoAnn Chambers, Donna Williams and Carolyn Jenkins, all of Morning View; a son, Elbert Ray "Bud" Menefee of Morning View; sisters, Margaret King of Florence, Naomi Phillips of Covington and Ruth Caldwell of Demossville; brothers, Kenneth Menefee of Tulsa, Okla., Lloyd Menefee of Louisville, Tilford "Pete" Menefee of Demossville, Kline Menefee of Crittenden and Marvin Menefee of Covington; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Funeral home. Burial will be in Gardnersville Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Piner Baptist Church, 15044 Madison Pike, Morning View, Kentucky 41063; or John 3:16 Baptist Church, Cincinnati.
Announcement dated: 08-07-00
