Obituaries
Fort Wright Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Fort Wright and Kenton County, KY areas
Kathleen A. Forrester
Sep 13, 2026
Kathleen “Kathie” Ann Forrester (née Nienaber), 81, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 13, 2026. She was born in Covington, Kentucky, on February 28, 1945, to the late Mary and Clarence Nienaber. Before retiring, Kathleen worked as an administrative assistant for Ashley Development.
Kathie was the epitome of fun. She loved sharing a good joke and spending time with family and friends. An...
James R. "Jim" Kelly
Sep 12, 2026
James R. “Jim” Kelly passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 12, 2026, at the age of 73.
Born in Covington, Kentucky, to James J. and Virginia (Wasmuth) Kelly, Jim was a man who never met a stranger. He worked at Kroger for 47 years before retiring, becoming a familiar and beloved face to countless people throughout the community. Jim had a...
Stella "Sally" R. Wulfeck
Sep 8, 2026
Stella “Sally” Romilda Wulfeck, age 90, of Edgewood, KY passed away peacefully on September 8, 2026. She is survived by her loving children, Karen Schrantz (Steve), William Wulfeck, Jr. (Beth), Timothy Wulfeck (Suzanne) and Diane Logan (Anthony); sister, Irene McCann; grandchildren, Briana, Brian, Brayden, Claire, Noah, Ella Wulfeck and Avery, Autumn, and Aubrey Logan. Stella was preceded in death by...
Robert Joseph Grosvenor
Sep 5, 2026
Look Robert Joseph Grosvenor, 66 years of age, passed away Saturday, September 5, 2026 peacefully at his residence with his loving family by his side. Robert was the loving husband of Diana Grosvenor (Agee). Loving father of Spencer Grosvenor, Eileen (Marcos) Jarp, and Abbey (Brody) Grosvenor. Dear brother of Mary (Richard) Tretter, Ruth Grosvenor, Judy Krywcun, Rick (Jane) Grosvenor, and...
Thomas J. Borg
Sep 3, 2026
Thomas J. Borg passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2026 at the age of 82 years old.
Tom was preceded in death by wives, the late Meredith McHale Borg and the late Cheryl Sharp Borg and a sister, the late Susan Borg Duncan. He is survived by his daughters, Sharon (James) Borg-Madura, Chere (Dave) Sharp-Crigler, Debra (Andrew) Borg-Fitzpatrick and Tonya (Mike)...
Mary Andrea Lipscomb "Andrea"
Sep 3, 2026
Mary Andrea Lipscomb (nee Simpson), age 79, passed away on Thursday, September 3rd, 2026. She was born in Covington, KY on May 24th, 1947 to the late Martha and Andrew Simpson. Before her retirement Andrea worked as a customer service representative for the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. She was preceded in death by her sister Georgeanna Smith. Andrea is survived by...
John J. Summe, Jr.
Aug 30, 2026
John Joseph Summe, Jr., age 83, of Covington, KY passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 30, 2026. He is survived by his loving children, Max Summe and Maria Midzak; brothers, Fred Summe, Chris Summe and Tony Summe; sisters, Marguerite Schabell, Eleanor Goering and Martha Fritsch; as well as 9 grandchildren. John was preceded in death by his parents, John J....
James T. Bradley
Aug 30, 2026
James T. Bradley, age 79, of Fort Wright, KY, passed away peacefully at home after a long battle with cancer on Sunday, August 30, 2026. He is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Nancy Bradley (nee Hudepohl); his children, Charles "Charlie" Bradley (Mimi), Laura Bradley Tierney (Bryon), and Nikki Bradley; his grandchildren, Alec, Lilly, Hannah, Tommy, Liam, Maddie, Margot,...
Ronald Charles Kampsen
Aug 25, 2026
Ronald C. “Ron” Kampsen, age 81, of Union, KY passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. He is survived by his loving wife, Cheryl Kampsen (née Kelly); his children, Michael Kampsen (Kathy), Steven Kampsen (Heather), and Brian Kampsen; his sister, Kathleen VanLandingham (Paul); his grandchildren, Courtney Jones (Casey), Ashley Hall (Nick), Derek Kampsen, Annie Taylor (Aaron), Allie Sexton (Derrick),...
James D. Eggemeyer
Aug 25, 2026
James D. “Jim” Eggemeyer, 90 years of age, passed away peacefully Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Edgewood surrounded by his family. Jim was the loving husband of Joan Eggemeyer (nee Voelker) for sixty-five wonderful years. The loving father of Theresa Eggemeyer, Sharon Robison, Linda Connelly (John), Steve Eggemeyer (Stacy), Julie Stevens (Brian), and Jamie Holtzapfel (Andrew)....
Jacqueline Susan Peterson
Aug 22, 2026
Jacqueline Susan Peterson, of Union KY, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2026 at Boonespring nursing home surrounded by family. Jackie was 80 years old, born January 7, 1946 to the late Rita and Athel Raley. In 1965 she married her high school sweetheart, Jim Bailey. She and Jim were happily married for 20 years before he passed away from cancer....
James David Wigger
Aug 21, 2026
James “Jim” D. Wigger passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on August 21, 2026. Survived by his wife, Karen (Trigg), children, Mary Karen (Kurt) Pietrus, Kathryn (Ashley), Michael (Stephanie), Gregory (Leslie), 10 grandchildren, sisters Connie (Dutton) Aylor, Diane (Bob) Wilson, and brothers, Tom (Lynn), Jeff (Mary Sue), David (Kris), and his Godmother Henrietta (Aunt Babe) Wienkamp. Preceded in death...
Charlie D. Walker Sr. "Doug"
Aug 21, 2026
Charlie D. Walker, Sr. passed away on Friday, August 21, 2026 at the age of 70 years old.
Doug is survived by his sons, Doug (Kiley Bergelt) Walker, Jr. and Jesse Walker; grandchildren, Jaylee Partin, Charli Walker and Cori Kipp; siblings, Wally Walker, Roger Walker and Oleta Wooten; uncle, Larry Zachary and aunt, Gist Goodall.
Charlie was an Army veteran and a...
Robert J. Kaufman
Aug 19, 2026
Robert J. Kaufman, age 88, passed away on Wednesday, August 19th, 2026 surrounded by his family. He was born in Covington, KY on November 17th, 1937 to the late Angelan and Cletus Kaufman. Before his retirement Robert worked as Treasurer for the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority. Robert was also a veteran of the United States Air Force. He was...
Carol S. Scheidler
Aug 17, 2026
Carol S. Scheidler passed away on Monday, August 17, 2026 at the age of 82 years old.
Carol was preceded in death by her son, the late Russell Scheidler. She is survived by her daughter, Kari (Robert) Stair; and granddaughter, Rachel (Joseph Moreno) Stair. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be on Monday, August 24th from 9:00...
David G. Diedrichs
Aug 17, 2026
David G. Diedrichs, age 84, of Morrow, OH passed away peacefully on Monday, August 17, 2026. He is survived by his children, Margaret “Meg” King (Tom), Mark Diedrichs (Naomi), Eric Diedrichs (Nancy) and Samantha Diedrichs (William); brothers, Mark William Diedrichs (Donna) and Thomas Diedrichs; grandchildren, Sidney Boertlein (Stewart), Cole Ashmore, Alexis Rosenbaum (Daniel), Kelsey King, Tyler King (Mary), Hannah King...
Ronald E. Zerhusen
Aug 15, 2026
Ronald E. Zerhusen, 68, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at St. Elizabeth Hospice Center in Edgewood, Kentucky, surrounded by his loving family.
Ron was born on July 28, 1958 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Covington, Kentucky, to the late Elmer and Anna Mae Zerhusen. He was the devoted husband of Carol Zerhusen (Loomis), with whom he shared 50...
Sister Christa Marie Fox, SND
Aug 13, 2026
Patricia Joan was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 1, 1932, the only child of George and Mildred (Breig) Cavanaugh. Patricia experienced significant loss early in life. Her father died when she was only two years old, and her beloved mother passed away when she was ten. Her mother had remarried to a close family friend, George Fox, who became...
Harry James "Jim" Emmett, Jr.
Aug 8, 2026
Harry James "Jim" Emmett, Jr., age 74, of Park Hills, KY passed away on Saturday, August 8th, 2026. He is survived by his brother, Rick Emmett (Linda); niece, Jennifer Ising (Dan); nephew, Nathan Emmett (Amber); great nieces and nephews, Carson Ising, Abigail Ising, Morgan Emmett and Bentley Emmett.
Jim retired from Artistic Die Manufacturing after 40 plus years, a family-owned business,...
James Stuart Hildreth
Aug 5, 2026
James Stuart Hildreth, age 82, born March 3, 1944, passed away peacefully on August 5, 2026.
Jim is survived by his loving wife of 40 years, Joyce Hildreth; his children, John Stuart Hildreth (Sherry) of Radford, VA, Michael James Hildreth of Erlanger, KY, and adopted daughter, Lisa Michele Reynolds (Kent I) of Independence, KY. He is also survived by three grandsons, Kent...
