Obituary of Eugene Albert Bachmann

Eugene Bachmann loved family, fixing cars -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Love at first sight lasted 46 years for Eugene Albert Bachmann and his wife, Sandra Jean. Mr. Bachmann was a young Marine returning home to Morning View from service in Panama when a grocery store owner introduced him to his future wife. The couple married two weeks later and started a relationship that produced five children, 12 grandchildren and countless good memories. Mr. Bachmann, 65, of Morning View, died Monday at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas. He worked hard to support his family as a crane operator at Mitchell Steel, as a route salesman for Liberty Distributors and as owner of Silver Grove Carryout, said his family. He loved restoring cars, but his main passion was his family, Mrs. Bachmann said. "After the kids were married, we still took them on vacations with us with all the grandkids. We just went as a big family on vacations and everything," she said. "He loved every one of them." Mr. Bachmann was a spiritual man who attended Morning View Methodist Church, his wife said. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Shelia Bachmann. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Charles Bachmann of California; daughters Naomi "Sue" Fultz of Morning View, Marcella Martz of Florence and Eugenia Harris of York, Va.; a brother, Herbert Bachmann of Tipton, Ind.; a sister, Gail Leeman of Noblesville, Ind., and 12 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Chambers & Grubb Funeral Home, Independence, followed by interment in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Visitation will from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be sent to Morning View Methodist Church, Rich Road and Ky. 177, Morning View, Ky. 41063.