Miriam R. Crouse

FORT WRIGHT - Miriam R. Wilhelm Crouse, 94, a homemaker, died Saturday
at her residence. Her husband, Robert R., died in 1966. Survivors
include daughter, Patricia Gieske; seven grandchildren; and 11 great
grandchildren. The Mass of Christian burial will take place 10 a.m.
today at St. Pius X Church, 340 Dudley Pike, Edgewood. She will be
buried in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials: Diocesan
Catholic Children's Home, Orphanage Road, P.O. Box 17007, Fort
Mitchell, KY 41017.

*Kentucky Enquirer, The (Ft. Mitchell, KY)*
Date: March 8, 2005
Edition: Kentucky
Page: 5C

		       Miriam R. Wilhelm Crouse

94, of Fort Wright, died at 2:15 p.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth
Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a homemaker. Her husband,
Robert R.  Crouse, died in 1966. Survivors include a daughter,
Patricia Gieske of Edgewood; seven grandchildren and 11
great-grandchildren. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10
a.m. Tuesday at St. Pius X Church, Edgewood. Burial will be in
St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Memorials are suggested to Diocesan
Catholic Children's Home, 75 Orphanage Road, Fort Mitchell,
Ky. 41017. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling
arrangements.

*Kentucky Post, The (Covington, KY)*
Date: March 7, 2005
Edition: Kentucky
Page: A10

			    CROUSE, Miriam

CROUSE Miriam R. (nee Wilhelm). Beloved wife of the late Robert R.
Crouse. Loving mother of Patricia Gieske (Hank). Dear grandmother of
Michael R. Gieske (Cathy), Monica Northcutt (Robert), Miriam Pence
(Jerry), M. Jill Shields (Joe), David Gieske, Scott Gieske, and
Stephen Gieske; 11 great grandchildren; 94 years of age; residence
Ft. Wright, KY. No Visitation. Mass of Christian Burial Tuesday 10
A.M. St. Pius X Church. Burial St. Mary Cemetery. Middendorf-Bullock
Funeral Home in Covington are handling the arrangements. Memorials are
suggested to Diocesan Catholic Children's Home, Orphanage Road,
P.O. Box 17007, Ft.  Mitchell, KY. 41017-9965.

*Cincinnati Enquirer, The (OH)*
Date: March 7, 2005



			   Patricia Gieske

EDGEWOOD - Patricia Jill Jacobs Gieske, 70, a secretary for the
nursing department at Thomas More College, died Monday at
home. Survivors include her husband, Henry C. Gieske; daughters,
Monica Northcutt, Mimi Pence and Jill Shields; sons, Michael, David,
Scott and Stephen Gieske; and 11 grandchildren. Visitation will be
from 9:30-11:50 a.m. followed by a noon Mass of Christian burial
Thursday at St. Pius X Church, Edgewood. Burial will be in Forest Lawn
Memorial Park, Erlanger. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home in Covington
is handling arrangements. Memorials: Pat Gieske Thomas More College
School of Nursing Scholarship Fund, 333 Thomas More Parkway, Crestview
Hills, KY 41017.

Kentucky Enquirer, The (Ft. Mitchell, KY)
Date: December 14, 2005
Edition: Kentucky
Page: 4C

			GIESKE, Patricia Jill

GIESKE Patricia Jill (nee Jacobs Crouse) beloved wife of Henry
C. Gieske. Loving mother of Monica Northcutt, Mimi Pence, Jill
Shields, Michael Gieske M.D., David Gieske, Scott Gieske, and Stephen
Gieske. 11 grandchildren. 70 years of age residence Edgewood, KY. Mass
of Christian Burial Thursday 12 Noon at St. Pius X Church, Edgewood,
KY. Visitation prior to Mass starting at 9:30 A.M. at the Church.
Entombment Forest Lawn Memorial Park Mausoleum.  Middendorf-Bullock
Funeral Home in Covington are handling the arrangements. Memorials are
suggested to The Pat Gieske Thomas More College School of Nursing
Scholarship Fund 333 Thomas More Parkway, Crestview Hills, KY 41017 or
Food For the Poor c/o Henry C. Gieske 356 Carmel Ridge, Edgewood, KY
41017. Funeral Home: Dobbling-Muehlenkamp & Erschel Funeral Date:
Dec. 15, 12 noon

Cincinnati Enquirer, The (OH)
Date: December 14, 2005

			  Patricia J. Gieske

Patricia J. Gieske, 70, of Edgewood, died Monday at her
residence. Arrangements are pending at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral
Home, Covington.

Kentucky Post, The (Covington, KY)
Date: December 13, 2005
Edition: Kentucky
Page: A8

	      Patricia Gieske known for acts of kindness

	      Lives remembered Hosted orphans, students

EDGEWOOD - Every Christmas, Patricia Jill Gieske, a secretary in the
department of nursing at Thomas More College, opened her home to
orphans from Catholic Charities or students who had no family
near. Her own children knew there would be extra place settings at the
table, extra gifts under the tree, extra people to embrace. It was as
traditional as the eggnog and the mistletoe. Christmas will be
difficult for the Gieske family this year. Mrs. Gieske died Monday at
her Edgewood home surrounded by her children; she had been diagnosed
with stomach cancer three years ago. She was 70. Mrs. Gieske spent her
adult life doing for others. "She took care of a family one time that
had a fire at their house," said her daughter Monica Northcutt of
Elsmere. "She volunteered to read to kids down at the women's shelter
every week. She baby-sat neighborhood kids after school whose moms
worked. She did that for free. We just grew up always having beyond
the seven of us around for the holidays - whether they were from the
orphanage or Thomas More students who didn't have any families locally
- people that had nowhere else to go." Mrrs. Gieske was born Patricia
Jill Jacobs in Des Moines, Iowa. Her mother died when she was 1 year
old and her father placed her in an orphanage, where she lived until
she was 7. A third cousin from Cincinnati, Miriam Crouse, and her
husband, Roy, a Kroger Co. executive, adopted her. She grew up in Hyde
Park. Those early experiences helped shape her life. She would
maintain compassion for orphans and those who weren't near their
families. And since she was an only child in the Crouse household, she
desired to have a large family. She married Henry C. Gieske months
after her high school graduation. They adopted three children before
she bore four of her own. Despite having her hands full raising seven
children, Mrs. Gieske found time to volunteer for the Edgewood Life
Squad and at St. Pius School in Edgewood, where she was president of
the Parent Teacher Guild. She drove a boy who had no transportation to
Redwood School. She provided hot meals to elderly neighbors. She took
in an infant after his mother died of cancer. When her youngest child
entered high school, she went to work for Thomas More College, where
she was a surrogate mother to the students. "She is a legend at the
school," said her son-in-law, Joe Shields of Park Hills. "She touched
all from students to teachers with her kindness." In addition to her
daughter, Monica, survivors include her husband, daughters, Mimi Pence
of Ludlow and Jill Shields of Park Hills; sons, Michael Gieske of
Richwood, David Gieske of Erlanger, Scott Gieske of Boston and Stephen
Gieske of Fort Thomas; and 11 grandchildren. Visitation is 9:30
a.m. today, followed by Mass of Christian Burial at noon at St. Pius X
Church, 348 Dudley Road in Edgewood. Entombment will be at Forest Lawn
Memorial Park Mausoleum. Memorials: Pat Gieske Thomas More College
School of Nursing Scholarship Fund, 333 Thomas More Parkway, Crestview
Hills, KY 41017 or Food for the Poor c/o Henry C. Gieske 356 Carmel
Ridge, Edgewood, KY 41017. E-mail rgoodman@enquirer.com

Cincinnati Enquirer, The (OH)
Date: December 15, 2005
Author: Rebecca Goodman Enquirer staff writer
Edition: Final
Page: 11C