The Kentucky Enquirer publishes obituaries of residents in Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and Pendleton counties as a free service. Obituaries are published based on available space and may be held. Information is accepted from funeral homes 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day. Call (859) 578-5555 Monday through Friday; (513) 768-8600 Saturdays and Sundays.

Boone County

Sylvia M. Craig

BURLINGTON - Sylvia M. Craig, 78, a retired secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor, and member of Bullittsville Christian Church, died Friday at St. Elizabeth Hospice in Covington.

Surviving are her husband, Albert; a daughter, Jennifer Lee Craig Semones of Dry Ridge; a sister, Doris Puckett of Melbourne Beach, Fla.; and two grandchildren.

Visitation will be 2-5 p.m. today and service 10 a.m. Monday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger. Entombment will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens and Mausoleums in Frankfort, Ky. Memorials: Hebron Lions Club, P.O. Box 242, Hebron, KY 41048; or St. Elizabeth Hospice Program, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, KY 41014-9988.

Thomas W. Albers

FLORENCE - Thomas W. Albers, 57, a maintenance supervisor for Aristech Acrylics in Florence, and a Vietnam War Army veteran, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Edgewood.

Surviving are his wife, Jacquelyn; a son, William of Florence; a brother, Joseph of Walton; four sisters, Margaret McKnight of Erlanger, Mary Clare of Taylor Mill, Sally Teipe of Burlington, and Virginia Schneider of Houston; and one grandchild.

Visitation will be 2-6 p.m. and service 6 p.m. todayat Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.

Campbell County

Betty Beamon

CALIFORNIA - Betty Beamon, 48, a cook for a restaurant in Waynesville, Ohio, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital in Fort Thomas.

Surviving are a daughter, Amy Beamon of California, Ky.; her father, Earl Biddle of California, Ky.; her mother, Betty Brownfield of Kenton County; a brother, Earl Biddle Jr. of California, Ky.; and a half-sister, Connie Lenox of Kenton County.

Service will be 2 p.m. todayat Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick. Burial will be in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Pendleton County. No memorials.