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Kenton County

Ruth Kays Seiter

LATONIA - Ruth Kays Seiter of Latonia died Friday at Rosedale Manor. The former waitress at the Shillito's Tea Room was 77.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Seiter, and a son, Robert Jr.

Surviving are two sons, Steven of Brooksville, Ky., and Tony of Hammonsville, Ohio; two daughters, Carol Schultheis of Midlothian, Va., and Sherry Gronek of Four Mills, Ky.; a sister, Margie Hanley of Beechmont, Ohio; 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Visitation is 9-10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Allison & Rose Funeral Home, Covington. Mass of Christian burial is 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Therese Church, Southgate.

Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.

Joseph Megerle

INDEPENDENCE - Joseph Megerle of Independence died Friday at Carmel Manor Nursing Home in Fort Thomas. The former Kentucky state trooper and retired assistant police chief for Covington was 90.

Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Megerle of Independence; a daughter, Luanne Brown of Fort Thomas; two sons, Mark and Joseph, both of Independence; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Visitation is 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at Don Catchen & Son Funeral Home, Covington. Service will follow.

Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger.

Memorials: First United Methodist Church, 5th and Greenup streets, Covington, 41011

James A. Davis

MORNINGVIEW - James Alfred Davis, 80, a carpenter who built homes, and a farmer who raised cattle and tobacco, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice in Covington. He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran, and member of Florence Baptist Church and Walton Baptist Church.

Surviving are his wife, Thelma; two daughters, Darlene Popper of Fort Worth, Texas, and Diana Richardson of Lexington; two brothers, Bill and Irvin, both of Erlanger; two sisters, Helen Reynolds, and Imogene Deatherage, both of Erlanger; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Services have been held. Burial was in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Erlanger.