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LEO "LEE" LAMPING, 20, of West Harrison, Ind., died Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was a sophomore at the College of Mount St. Joseph, Delhi Township, where he played on the freshman football team. Mass: 10 a.m. Monday at St. Michael Catholic Church, Brookville, Ind. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, St. Michael Parish Activity Center, Brookville, and 8 to 9:30 a.m. Monday at Cook Funeral Home, Brookville. Memorials: Leo "Lee" Lamping Scholarship Fund, which is being established by his family.
Date of announcement: 01-17-2004
NATHANIEL STUBBLEFIELD, 73, of Springfield Township, died Wednesday. Memorial service: 1 p.m. today at Parktown Community Center, West End. Renfro & Piper Funeral Service is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 01-17-2004
Virginia Daugherty Kratz, 80, a medical pioneer
Virginia Daugherty Kratz, a third-generation physician and one of the first female public health officers in Kentucky, died Saturday.
Dr. Kratz, 80, a native of Independence and resident of Southgate, was 80.
She graduated from the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine in 1947 -- one of nine women in her class -- and spent a year as a public health official in Florida before returning to Kentucky as the public health officer in Owen and Grant counties.
She was only the second woman in the state to hold such a position, said her daughter, state Sen. Katie Stine, R-Fort Thomas.
There, she was known as "the lady doctor" to her patients.
As time went on, Dr. Kratz' territory expanded to include Gallatin, Pendleton and Boone counties.
During her first year of medical school, Dr. Kratz's father died. Although her father was a well-known and respected physician, the family was not well-to-do, Stine said.
"Times were tough because they weren't well-off," Stine said. "Back then, people would pay for their medical bills with a sack of potatoes."
Dr. Kratz's mother went to work for the phone company, and Dr. Kratz went to work in a lab to help pay for her school.
"I'll tell you what, my mother is what you call a self-made woman. She really is," Stine said.
Dr. Kratz was born into a family with a rich medical tradition. Her grandfather graduated in the first class of the University of Louisville Medical School, and her father graduated from the school as well. Her brother, uncle and cousins also were doctors.
She married a doctor she met in medical school. When it came to her own kids, Dr. Kratz's son, Dr. Robert Kevin Kratz of Cary, N.C., followed in his parents' footsteps. Stine broke the tradition, becoming an attorney and a politician.
Dr. Kratz took a hiatus from practicing medicine in the 1960s to take care of her two children. She later returned to the field, doing a residency at Rollman Psychiatric Hospital in Cincinnati where she practiced for seven years.
A crippling tumor in her spine gradually ended her career, Stine said.
Besides her two children, Dr. Kratz is survived by five grandchildren.
Services will be at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Fort Thomas. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Memorials are suggested to Fort Thomas Weekday Religious Education, in care of St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 3 Chalfonte Place, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075 or to the Salvation Army, 340 W. 10th St., Newport, Ky. 41071.
Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 01-19-2004
MARY LEE EVANS, 71, of Springfield Township died Friday. She was a retired clerk-typist with the Princeton Board of Education. Services: noon Thursday at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Glendale. Visitation: 11 a.m. Thursday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 01-19-2004
CHARLES H. HUMPHREY, 74, of Bennington, Ind., formerly of Switzerland County, Ind., died Friday. He was a retired maintenance worker with the Switzerland County School Corp. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials: American Heart Association.
Date of announcement: 01-19-2004
KAY TODD, of Fairfax and Scottsdale, Ariz., died Friday in Scottsdale. She was owner of a speaking and seminar company. Memorial services: 3 p.m. Wednesday at Fairfax Presbyterian Church. Newcomer Family Mortuary, Scottsdale, is handling arrangements. Memorials: Children's Home of Cincinnati or American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 01-19-2004
Dr. Andy Renz, 42, loved his work with children
Many people admired Dr. Andy Renz for his work as a pediatrician and for his unflagging efforts with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, but he considered himself a lucky man.
"Just last summer, Andy told me, 'It is really neat to have a job that you really like -- and get paid for it,' " said Bill Renz Sr., Dr. Renz's father. "Andy loved people, and he loved kids, and he loved practicing medicine.
"Some people work to make money, but he really loved what he did. Money was just a byproduct."
Dr. Renz, 42, died Friday in Louisville of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. He was diagnosed with the disease seven years ago, but was doing well until last fall. He was scheduled for a Feb. 3 bone marrow transplant in Seattle, but his health plunged after a recent surgery.
"Up until a few months ago, we thought he was well on the way to licking this thing," said Renz. "We had a place rented in Seattle and even had the car packed, but it just didn't work out."
A native of Sharonville, Dr. Renz was graduated from Princeton High School in 1979, where he played offensive tackle for the 1978 state champion football team. He had major roles in school musicals, sang in the choir and played cello. He married his high-school sweetheart, Laura Shaffer Renz, in 1984.
Dr. Renz attended Wabash College, where he was an active member of Beta Theta Pi as an undergraduate and alum. He went on to medical school at Wright State University. Dr. Renz began practicing medicine in 1991, where he became a partner in East Louisville Pediatrics.
Dr. Renz was a board member for the Louisville Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the "Dr. Andy Renz Team" -- a group of family and friends formed to honor Dr. Renz's struggle -- helped raise thousands of dollars for research over the years during Light the Night fund-raising walks in both Cincinnati and Louisville. He also did volunteer work with abused children.
"Andy always wanted to be a pediatrician, even in high school," said Renz. "Andy's grandfather was also a doctor (also Dr. Andy Renz) and he wanted to follow in his footsteps -- and that's just what he did."
Dr. Renz was also a sports fanatic, according to his brother, Dr. William Renz Jr., a Landen dentist: "I am a sports nut, and I got it all from my big brother. He was always willing to talk about the Reds and Bengals."
Dr. Renz was passionate about reading, golf and music, but, most of all, his family. In addition to his wife, father and brother, survivors include his children, Meredith, 11, and Griffin, 8; his mother, Carolin Renz of Sharonville; his sister, Cynthia Dotzauer of Seattle; his parents-in-law, Richard and Catherine Shaffer of Evendale; and his sisters-in-law, Jennifer Mullert and Kelly Ronyak.
Visitation is from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Pearson-Ratterman Bros. Funeral Home in Louisville. Memorial services are at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Harvey Browne Memorial Presbyterian Church, where Dr. Renz was a church elder.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Southern Ohio Chapter, 105 W. 4th St., Suite 400, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.
Date of announcement: 01-20-2004
Dorothy Bamberger, 97, helped the less fortunate
The home of Dorothy O'Donovan Bamberger was always a hub of social activity.
Family friends, children's friends, neighborhood acquaintances and down-on-their-luck strangers were welcome there, whether they just wanted to say hello or needed a place to stay.
"She certainly had a full life," said a daughter, Joan Brennan Kennedy of Crescent Springs. "She was a very energetic lady. She lived life to the fullest."
Mrs. Bamberger, 97, died Saturday.
"She played bingo on the very day she died," Mrs. Kennedy said. "She died peacefully in her sleep."
Among her children were Boone Circuit Judge Jay Bamberger and Father Robert Bamberger, a retired Trappist monk who lives in Piffard, N.Y.
In 1988, in honor of Cincinnati's bicentennial, The Post named her as one of 200 "unsung heroes." It noted her dedication to those less fortunate than herself and her family.
Her husband, Joseph Frederick Bamberger, died in 1964; a son, James Bamberger, in 1991; and a daughter, Dorothy Ruth Bamberger, in 1934.
Besides her daughter, survivors include daughters, Nancy B. Egan of Fort Wright and Michaelle E. "Mickey" Bamberger of Chicago; 18 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Charles Care Center Chapel, Covington. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel.
Memorials are suggested to St. Charles Care Center, 500 Farrell Drive, Covington, Ky. 41011; Abbey of Genesee, P.O. Box 900, Piffard, N.Y. 14533; or Holy Cross Church, 3612 Church St., Covington, Ky. 41015. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 01-20-2004
ARVID EDWARD SR., 67, of Bond Hill died Friday. He was a foreman for a food distribution center. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Church of the Living God, Avondale. Visitation: 6 p.m. Thursday at the church. Jamison & Jamison Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 01-20-2004
ANNIS LEE POWELL, 94, of Forest Park died Sunday. She was a retired licensed practical nurse. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Quinn Chapel AME Church, Forest Park. Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 01-20-2004
REGINA THURMAN-LITTLE, 51, of Springfield Township died Friday. She was a computer technician. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 01-20-2004
JASON JAMES, 22, of West End died Saturday. Services: noon Monday at Revelation Baptist Church, West End. Visitation: 11 a.m. Monday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 01-21-2004
JOHN D. NIX, 69, of Colerain Township died Sunday. Ser-vices: 7 p.m. Thursday at Inspirational Baptist Church, Springfield Township. He was a retired maintenance engineer. Visitation: 5 p.m. Thursday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 01-21-2004
VIRGINIA "GINNY" SANDERS, 83, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Saturday. She was the retired owner of Lawrenceburg Floral. Graveside services: at the convenience of the family. No visitation. Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg, is handling the arrangements. Memorials: Dearborn County Hospice.
Date of announcement: 01-21-2004
