Dewitt Hamm, 81, of Covington, died at 2:40 p.m. Tuesday at St.
Luke Hospital West, Florence. He was a production specialist for General
Electric and a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of Ashland
Avenue Baptist Church, Covington, where he was past chairman of the
deacons. He was past master of Latonia Lodge No. 746 F&AM.
Survivors include his wife, Lorraine Fitzwater Hamm; sons, Dee
Hamm Jr. of Erlanger and Bill Hamm of Florence; a daughter, Dee Anna
Kleine of Walton; six grandchildren and five great- grandchildren.
Services: noon Friday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home,
Latonia. Visitation begins there at 9 a.m. Friday. Entombment: Highland
Cemetery Mausoleum, Fort Mitchell. Memorials: Ashland Avenue Baptist
Church, 2735 Ashland Ave., Covington, Ky. 41015; or Hickory Grove
Baptist Church, 11969 Taylor Mill Road, Independence, 41052.