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Name: Ron Bennett
Age: 59
Date of Death: March 28, 1998
City: Franklin
Survived by: Rhonda Marie Smith (Roger), daughter
Ronald Bennett (Gen) and Michael James Bennett, sons
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Monday, March 30, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 31, funeral home
Memorials: None Specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Sally Butts
Age: 72
Date of Death: March 27, 1998
City: Middletown
Survived by: Donald (Donna,wife) Butts Jr.
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Sunday, March 29, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Monday, March 30, funeral home
Memorials: American Heart Assoc., 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, 
 45219
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Robert L. Cox
Age: 56
Date of Death: March 31, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Lena, wife; Lisa Inabnitt and Susan Deaton, daughters; 
 Tony Deaton, son; six grandchildren; Charles, Lynn, James, Mark and 
 Michael Cox, brothers; Karen Tabor, Linda Stoops and Elizabeth 
 Morningstar, sisters
Visitation: 5 - 8 p.m. Thursday, April 2, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Friday, April 3, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Roy Eldridge
Age: 86
Date of Death: March 27, 1998
City: Middletown
Survived by: Pamela (Michael) Roy, daughter
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Sunday, March 29, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Monday, March 30, funeral home
Memorials: Hospice of Middletown
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Sylvester E. Frey
Age: 91
Date of Death: March 29, 1998
City: Trotwood, Ohio 
Survived by: Celestine Frey, brother; James Frey, nephew; JoAnn
 Gruendl, niece
Visitation: 5 - 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 1 funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday. April 2, Holy Family Parish/St. John's
 Chapel, Middletown
Memorials: St. Vincent DePaul Society, c/o Holy Family Parish, 201
 Clark Street, Middletown, OH 45042
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Russell Galloway
Age: 84
Date of Death: March 22, 1998
City: Monroe, Ohio 
Survived by: Jane Martin Galloway, wife; Richard S. Galloway and John
 K. Galloway, sons; Carol Lamberger, daughter
Visitation: none
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, March 28, First Presbyterian Church,
 Middletown
Memorials: College of Wooster, Dr. Galloway Memorial Fund, Gault
 Alumni Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691; First Presbyterian Church, 2910
 Central Ave., Middletown 45044; Middletown Habitat for Humanity,
 P.O. Box 530, Middletown 45042; or Mount Pleasant Life Care Fund,
 225 Britton Lane, Monroe, Ohio 45050
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Russell B. Hayes
Age: 84
Date of Death: March 23, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Ronald Hayes and James Hayes, sons; Beverly Younkins,
 daughter; two grandchildren
Visitation: 5 - 8 p.m. Thursday, March 26, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, March 27, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Fred Hicks
Age: 86
Date of Death: March 27, 1998
City: Middletown
Survived by: Lovey Marie, wife
Nell Tedrow, Mary Melton and Linda Tipell, daughters
Visitation: convenience of family
Services: convenience of family
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Brough Getts Funeral Home, Miamisburg

Name: Stewart Keith
Age: 71
Date of Death: March 23, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Phyllis Jean Keith, wife; Richard Larry Keith and
 Timothy Kevin Keith, sons; Rickie Jean Helton and Tina Rae Gabbard,
 daughters; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild
Visitation: 5 - 8 p.m. Thursday, March 26, and 1 - 2 p.m. Friday,
 funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Friday, March 27, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Harold Layman
Age: 94
Date of Death: March 21, 1998
City: Formerly Middletown
Survived by: Shirley Mitchell, daughter; Ronert Harold Layman, son
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, funeral home
Services: 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 25, Woodside Cemetary Chapel
Memorials: None Specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Name: William "Bill" Miller
Age: 67
Date of Death: March 24, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Viola Miller, wife of 47 years; James Miller, Thomas
 Miller, Paul Miller and William A. Miller II, sons; Pat Miller,
 Peggy Kelley, Bonnie Sorrell and Shelli Miller, daughters; 11
 grandchildren; one great-grandchild
Visitation: 5 - 8 p.m. Friday, March 27, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, March 28, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Elizabeth D. Owen
Age: 89
Date of Death: March 24, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio 
Survived by: James D. Owen and Richard L. Owen, sons; four grand-
 children
Visitation: 9 - 10 a.m. Friday, March 27, Christ United Methodist
 Church, Middletown
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, church 
Memorials: Christ United Methodist Church, 700 S. Marshall Road,
 Middletown 45044 
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Arnold Perkins
Age: 78
Date of Death: March 28, 1998
City: Middletown
Survived by: Ella Perkins, wife of 46 years
Larry Perkins, son
Brenda Hyson, Charlotte Sarris and Sharon Weldon, daughters
Visitation: convenience of family
Services: convenience of family
Memorials: Hospice of Middletown


Name: Rebecca Rowe
Age: 56
Date of Death: March 22, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Vernon Rowe, husband; Rochelle Christiansen (Dan),
 daughter; Todd Rowe (Kelli), son; Ruth Williams, mother; three
 grandchildren
Visitation: none
Services: Memorial service Thursday, March 26 at 7 p.m. Breiel
 Boulevard Church of God, 2000 N. Breiel Blvd., Middletown
Memorials: Hospice of Dayton, PO Box 3509, Dayton, OH 45401 or
Breiel Blvd. Church of God Children's Fund, 2000 N. Breiel Blvd.,
 Middletown, OH 45042
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Joseph F. Rukavina
Age: 74
Date of Death: March 24, 1998
City: Liberty Township, Ohio 
Survived by: Jewell Rukavina, wife; Steven D. Collins and Joseph R.
 Rukavina, sons; Carolyn McNamara, daughter; Fred B. Blevins and
 Brian Blevins, stepsons; Debbie Gentry and Cindy Malarkey, step-
 daughters; 10 grandchildren; eight stepgrandchildren; two great-
 grandchildren
Visitation: 5 - 8 p.m. Thursday, March 26, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Friday, March 27, Holy Family Parish/St. John's
 Chapel, Middletown
Memorials: Hospice of Middletown, 4144 Lewis St., Middletown 45044
 or American Cancer Society, 105 McKnight Drive, Middletown 45044
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Bill Smith
Age: 64
Date of Death: March 23, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio 
Survived by: Jennifer Smith and Barbara Knapke (Gerald), daughters
Visitation: 6 - 8 p.m. Thursday, March 26 at funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Friday at funeral home
Memorials:American Diabetes Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., Suite
 102, West Chester, OH 45069
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Donna G. Taylor
Age: 69
Date of Death: March 29, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Alice Morningstar, mother; Marcy Rinehart and Hattie
 Cornele, daughters; Mike Taylor, Chuck Taylor, Wes Taylor, Dwayne
 Taylor, sons; Charles Morningstar, Gilbert Morningstar, Adrin
 Morningstar, Aaron Morningstar and Bill Morningstar, brothers; Lois
 Jewell, sister; 14 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild
Visitation: 6 - 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 1, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Reverend Leonard William Taylor
Age: 53
Date of Death: March 27, 1998
City: Cincinnati, Ohio
Survived by: Vivian Taylor, wife; Racquela (Kevin) Gilbert, Dan
 Taylor, Leonare Taylor, Rebekah, Isaiah and Mary Catherine,
 children; two grandchildren; Dr. Robert Taylor, brother; Nila
 Nwosu, sister
Visitation: 6 -8 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, at funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, April 2, at funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel, 918 S. Main Street,
 Middletown, OH 45044

Name: Ellsworth "Bud" Wade
Age: 76
Date of Death: March 31, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Ruby Wade, former wife; Roseann Shafer and Sandy Lawson,
 daughters; Gertrude Forrest and Helen Wortman, sisters; one grand-
 daughter; and one great grand-daughter
Visitation: 5 - 7 p.m. Thursday, April 2 , funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, April 3, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Week of March 15-21

Name: William Brian Carr
Age: 25
Date of Death: March 15, 1998
City: Trenton, Ohio
Survived by: Misty Carr, wife; William Brian Carr, Jr. and Joshua
 Dwayne Carr, sons; Kim Carr, Bethann Tannreuther, Crystal Gilbert,
 sisters; Vicki & Robert Watts, mother and stepfather; William Edward
 & Brenda Carr, father and stepmother; Grace & John Foreman and John
 & Juanita Moore, grandparents; Mary & husband Mike Gibson, mother-
 in-law; Roger & wife Brenda Barnett, father-in-law
Visitation: 5 - 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, funeral home 
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, March 19, funeral home
Memorials: None
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Thomas Charles "Charlie" Combs, Jr.
Age: 24
Date of Death: March 15, 1998
City: Trenton, Ohio
Survived by: Nancy Combs, mother; Thomas Combs, Sr., father; Sandra
 Combs, sister; Zelma Jean Barnett, grandmother; Charlie Combs,
 grandfather; 4 nieces; 2 nephews
Visitation: 5 - 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, funeral home 
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, March 19, funeral home
Memorials: None
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Ruth Adkins Dees
Age: 77
Date of Death: March 18, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Thomas Edward Long, Daniel Adkins and David Adkins,
 sons; Judy Timpanelle and Patty Meeks, stepdaughters; Stella Ferman
 and Rachel Wilburn, sisters; six grandchildren; nine step-grand-
 children; three great-grandchildren; two step great-grandchildren
Visitation: 6 - 8 p.m. Friday, March 20, funeral home 
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, March 21, funeral home
Memorials: Dublin House, 1425 Central Avenue, Middletown, OH 45042
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Alex Herald Jr.
Age: 52
Date of Death: March 19, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Norma Jean Herald; wife of 28 years
Rosa Lee Herald, mother
Lisa Wood, Kim Bowling, & Alexa Herald, daughters
Visitation: 5 - 9 p.m. Sunday, March 22, funeral home 
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, March 23, Full Gospel Tabernacle Church
Memorials: Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis St., Middletown
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Alvin E. Knabel
Age: 76
Date of Death: March 18, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Betty Knabel, wife; Karen Schmidt, daughter; David
 Knabel and Roger Knabel, sons; Margaret and Maxine Baird and Naomi
 Bear, sisters; Stanley Knabel, brother; five grandchildren; four
 great-grandchildren
Visitation: 6 - 9 p.m. Friday, March 20, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, March 21, funeral home
Memorials: None
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Kenneth Lowe
Age: 86
Date of Death: March 21, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Rebecca Moore, daughter
Visitation: 6 - 8 p.m. Monay, March 23 funeral home
Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 24, funeral home
Memorials: None Specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Cleo Lynch
Age: 89
Date of Death: March 15, 1998
City: Monroe, Ohio 
Survived by: None
Visitation: None
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, March 21, Mt. Pleasant Village, Monroe,
 OH
Memorial: None
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Helen Meador
Age: 76
Date of Death: March 20, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Garnet Meador, son
Visitation: 5-7 p.m. Monday, March 23, funeral home 
Services: 7 p.m. Monday, March 23, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home