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6B 2015 LIFE Is your Medicare Select Insurance being dropped by St. Elizabeth Hospital? Community Senior Services has answers! Call: 859-512-3076 ask for Tony Ayoubi 7310 Turfway Rd, Suite 550 Florence, KY 41042 CE-0000633436 Attention Seniors! Arts Craft Fair Saturday, November 14, 2015 10AM 4PM Admission: $3 Cooper High School 2855 Longbranch Rd. Union, KY 41091 www.coopercraftfair.com COOPER HIGH SCHOOL Sr. Marie Belanger Sr. Marie Belanger R.G.S., 94, of Fort Thomas, died Oct.

7 at Good Shepherd Pelletier Hall. She had a Bachelor of Arts degree in education from Mari an College in Indiana. She was a teacher and served in other capacities in Good Shepherd ministries in Carthage, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis and Detroit. She was instrumental in the planning and building of Pelletier Hall. She was superior of the Contemplative Community in Detroit for seven years.

Burial was at St. Stephen Cemetery in Fort Thomas. emorials: Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Pelletier Hall, 930 Highland Fort Thomas, KY 41075. Vala Shay Vala G. Shay, 83, of Highland Heights, died Oct.

9 at Villaspr- ings Health Care Center in Erlanger. She was a retired nursing assistant with the former St. Luke Hospital in Fort Thomas. She was a member of St. United Church of Christ in Newport.

Her husband, Charles Shay daughters, Donna Shay and Debbie Zelwesky; grandson, Christopher Shay; granddaughters, Christine and Carrie Shay; brother, Grover Riley and sister, Ollie McElhaney died reviously. She is survived by her daughter, Pamela (Stacey) Greenert; ons, Charles Shay, Jr. and Bruce Shay; brother, Fred (Dorothy) Riley; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Burial was at Evergreen emetery in Southgate. Memorials: Wood Hudson Cancer Research Lab, 931Isabel- la Newport, KY 41071.

Bernice Turner Bernice Turner, 83, of Fort Thomas, died Oct. 10 at Carmel Manor. She was a member of the First Church of God in Latonia and she enjoyed collecting dolls and crocheting. Survivors include her husband, Denver Turner; daughter, Beverly Taylor; and a grandson. Interment was at Forest Lawn emorial Park in Erlanger.

DEATHS ABOUT OBITUARIES Basic obituary information of your loved one is published without charge by The Community Press. Please all us at 283-0404 for more information. To publish a larger memorial tribute, call 513-242-4000 for pricing details. For the most up-to-date Northern Kentucky obituaries, click on the link at incinnati.com/northernkentucky. With many hiding on the islands trying to kill him, Ed Kerkhoff of Highland Heights built airstrips for B-29s to take off and land on bombing missions as part of the Seabees during World War II.

He risked his life on the South Pacific islands Tinian and Okinawa, right after the Marines gained control from the Japanese. In 1949 he married Mary Kerkhoff. They raised seven children several of whom still live in the area. On July 19 the family gathered at the Hof- brauhaus in Newport to celebrate 90th birthday. The celebration included his large extended family: aunts, uncles, cousins, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and more.

ANavy honor guard recognized his service by presenting him with aboth a U.S. flag and Navy flag. Highland Heights WWII vet turns 90 THANKS TO JIM KERKHOFF Ed Kerkhoff of Highland eights celebrates his 90th birthday ith his wife, Mary Kerkhoff..