Boone County

Etta Mae Neal

FLORENCE - Etta Mae Canfield Neal, 85, died Thursdayat her home.

Her husband, Charles O. Neal, died in 1972, and a daughter, Ina Ray Kelch, in 1990.

Surviving are daughter Charlene Dyer of Florence; son, C. Wayne Neal of Elsmere; sister, Emma Gamble of Elsmere; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be 9-10 a.m. and service 10 a.m. Saturdayat Chambers & Grubbs Funeral Home in Florence. Burial in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Taylor Mill.

Memorials: Elsmere Baptist Church, 250 Garvey Ave., Elsmere, KY 41018.

Jack A. Lawson

VERONA - Jack A. Lawson, 45, a machine operator for Sterling Industries in Warsaw, died Wednesdayat his home.

Surviving are a daughter, Carissa Steele of Burlington; brothers, Glenn and Brian, both of Verona; and two grandchildren.

Visitation will be 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Hamilton-Stanley Funeral Home in Verona. Graveside service will be 3 p.m. Saturdayat Napoleon International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery in Gallatin County.

Lawrence Riegling

WALTON - Lawrence "Jack" Riegling, 69, died Thursdayat St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Edgewood.

Surviving are his wife, Janice; son, Dean of Villa Hills; daughters, Dana Lemen of Villa Hills, Kelly Riegling of Green Township and Shannon Stanzak of Erlanger; a sister, Ruth of Villa Hills; and three grandchildren.

Visitation will be 9-10 a.m. and Mass of Christian burial 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Church, Crescent Springs. Burial will be in Mother of God Cemetery in Fort Wright.Linnemann Funeral Homes in charge.

Memorials: American Cancer Society, Northern Kentucky Unit, Nicholas Center, Suite A-2, 6612 Dixie Hwy., Florence, KY 41042.

Campbell County

Howard C. Slye Jr.

ALEXANDRIA - Howard C. Slye Jr., 61, died Wednesdayat St. Luke Hospital in Fort Thomas.

Surviving are a son, Howard of Alexandria; and sisters, Angie Herbst and Connie McGill, both of Alexandria.

Visitation will be 9-11 a.m. and service 11 a.m. Saturdayat A.C. Dobbling & Son Funeral Home in Fort Thomas. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Southgate.

Memorials: American Cancer Society, Northern Kentucky Unit, Nicholas Center, Suite A-2, 6612 Dixie Highway, Florence, KY 41042.

James VanDresar Sr.

FORT THOMAS - James Stuart VanDresar Sr., 52, a Vietnam War Marine veteran, died Tuesdayat his home.

Surviving are a son, James Jr. of Burlington; a daughter, Angella Voelker of Covington; brothers, Carl, Thomas and Stuart Jr., all of Rome, N.Y.; sisters, Darlene VanDresar of Rome, N.Y., Pamela VanDresar and Colleen Price, both of Utica, N.Y., and Dawn VanDresar of Fayetteville, N.Y.; and three grandchildren.

Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Stith Funeral Home in Florence. Mr. VanDresar's remains will be cremated.

Brianna La'Nea Harrison

NEWPORT - Brianna La'Nea Harrison, a 7-month-old infant, died Aug. 29 at St. Luke Hospital in Fort Thomas.

Surviving are her parents, Renee Lee and Chris Harrison of Newport; paternal grandparents, Brenda and Ernie Harrison of Bellevue; and maternal grandmother, Mary Lee of Newport.

Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. and service 11 a.m. todayat Linnemann Funeral Home in Covington. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Grant County

Thelma Greene

WILLIAMSTOWN - Thelma Greene, 91, a teacher for 40 years, died Wednesday at Grant Manor Health Care Center in Williamstown.

Surviving are daughters, Lynn Bates of Williamstown and Jane Bransom of Lexington; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be 2:30-3 p.m. and graveside service at 3 p.m. todayat Lexington Cemetery, 833 W. Main St., Lexington. Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home in Dry Ridge is handling arrangements.

Kenton County

Shirley Overman

COVINGTON - Shirley Jones Overman, 69, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice in Covington.

Her husband, Harold, died in 1999.

Surviving are daughters, Ruth Borcher of Bellevue and Mona Ramey of Alexandria; a brother, Lyle Jones of Newport; and two grandchildren.

Visitation will be 5-7:30 p.m. and service 7:30 p.m. today at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home in Newport. Burial in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Taylor Mill.

Memorials: Ruth Lyons Children's Fund, P.O. Box 59, Cincinnati, OH 45202.

Ernest Howard

ERLANGER - Ernest Dudley Howard, 83, a World War II Army Air Corps veteran, died Sundayat St. Luke Hospital in Florence.

Surviving are his wife, Vivian "Jean" Smith Howard; a son, Bill of Crittenden; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be 7-8 p.m. and service 8 p.m. todayat Chambers & Grubbs Funeral Home in Florence. Mr. Howard's body was donated for medical research.

Memorials: Erlanger Lions Club, 5996 Belair Drive, Erlanger, KY 41018.

Patsy LeDonne

INDEPENDENCE - Patsy Lynn O'Neill LeDonne, 55, a tax examiner for Internal Revenue Service in Covington, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Edgewood.

Surviving are her husband, Dennis; two stepdaughters, Terry Mazzella of Union and Kathy Meyers of Highland Heights; a stepson, Mike LeDonne of Crestview; and eight grandchildren.

Visitation will be 9-10:30 a.m. today at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home in Newport. Mass of Christian burial will be 11 a.m. todayat Holy Spirit Parish Church in Newport. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Southgate.

Memorials: St. Elizabeth Foundation Nurse's Navigation Program, 1 Medical Village Drive, Edgewood, KY 41017.