Allen R. Mardis, 77, of Taylor Mill died Monday at his home.
He retired from Western Union Telegraph in Cincinnati and was an Army veteran of the Korean War and member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Latonia.
His first wife, Phyllis A. Sickles Mardis, died in 1998.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda F. Suttles; daughter, Sharon R. Pollard of Florence; stepdaughter, Debra Cooper of Covington; stepsons, John Doug Suttles of Cincinnati and Bruce W. Suttles of Covington; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home in Latonia. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens in Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to Florence Church of God, 6767 Hopeful Road, Florence, KY 41042.