I am sorry to be the bearer of more sad news. (Also sorry for the late notice. I just learned about this.)
Catherine Fondong, wife of Robert Fondong, daughter of Charles and Ruby (Peters) Proffit, granddaughter of W.C. Peters, and sister of Therman Proffit, Shirley O'Connell, Wilma Crank, Mary Ellen Sturbaum and Loretta Hill passed away on August 2 at the University of Cincinnati Hospital. The following is her obituary from the Middletown Journal in Middletown, Ohio:
FONDONG, Catherine age 78 of Fairfield passed away at University of Cincinnati Hospital on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 4:45 PM. She was born in Clay County, Kentucky on December 18, 1932 the daughter of Charles and Ruby B. (Peters) Proffit.
Catherine was a member of Fairfield Church of God. In 1951 in Hamilton she married Ray A. Garrett who preceded her in death in 2002 and on August 21, 2004 in Fairfield, she married Robert Fondong.
She is survived by her husband, Robert Fondong of Fairfield; a son, Douglas Garrett and his wife Sharon of Ross; a brother, Therman Proffit and his wife, Alice of Old Town, Florida; four sisters, Shirley O'Connell, Wilma Crank and her husband Norman, both of Melbourne, Florida, Mary Ellen Sturbaum and her husband Stephen of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Loretta Hill of Fairfield; and two grandchildren, Brandon Garrett and Bradley Garrett, both of Ross. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral service will be held at the Fairfield Church of God, 6001 Dixie Highway, on Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 10:00 AM with Pastor Darryl McCoy officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Burial Park. Visitation will be held at the Brown-Dawson Funeral Home, 1350 Millville Avenue, on Friday from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. www.browndawson.com
