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Obituaries
New Albany Daily Ledger Standard 4 May
1880 p4 c4:
Mrs. Joseph Hook received a dispatch from Covington, Kentucky today, announcing
the death of her brother, Michael Sheridan, aged 67 years. There was a large
family of the Sheridans, and there seems to be a fatality about their death.
Several of them have died just about two years a part for the past few years.
[Submitted by Kim Torp]
Illinois State Chronicle (Decatur, IL)
March 20, 1856
Miller
Died in Covington, KY., on the 6th inst., Rev. Dr. John Miller, late principal
of the Urbana, M? and Panna Seminary. [Submitted by a Friend of Free
Genealogy]
Georgia C. Respess; The
Cincinnati Enquirer; October 9, 1953
[Submitterd By: Nancy S. Edwards]
Obit: Society Editor Passes; Miss Georgia Respess, 85
Miss Georgia C. (Pearl) Respess, who was society editor for the Kentucky edition
of The Enquirer for 28 years, died yesterday at Holmes Hospital. She was 85
years old.
Miss Respess, who resigned because of ill health June 19, 1943, was hospitalized
last Tuesday.
Known affectionately as "Miss Pearl," she was the confidante of thousands of
persons, chronicling the births, marriages and deaths in their families.
Miss Respess was the sister of the late Jerome B. Respess, noted owner, breeder
and trainer of Kentucky thoroughbreds. His Wintergreen won the Kentucky Derby in
1909. His widow, Mrs. Rena Respess, lives at 7 Cornell Ave., South Fort
Mitchell.
Survivors inclde a brother, Charles Respess, Coral Gables, Fla., a nephew,
Forest Respess, Indianapolis, and three cousins.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at her home, 221 Wallace Ave.,
Covington. Burial will be held in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Friends may
call from 4 to 9 p. m. today at her home. The Allison & Rose funeral home,
Covington, is in charge of arrangements.
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