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Name: Weedia Amburgey
Age: 71
Date of Death: July 29, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Rev. Ira J. Amburgey, husband; Cheryl LaVonne Reno,
 LaDoro Woollum, daughters; Jessie McCoy, Johnny McCoy, Roy McCoy,
 Shirley McCoy, brothers; Ethel Napier, Geneva Terrell, Opal Watson,
 Eva Morton, Zana Jane McCoy, sisters; 4 grandchildren
Visitation: None
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, July 31, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals Memorial Chapel,
 Morehead, KY 

Name: Gloria Bankston
Age: 74
Date of Death: July 29, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Cedric Glover, William Bankston, Jr., sons; Pamela
 (Charles) Glover Chapman, Tuana (Howard) Glover Donoho, Valleria
 Hill, daughters; Bernard Dishman, brother; Mary Lee (Robert) Holt
 Miller, Carolyn (Ben) Dishman Bell, Marilyn Dishman, sisters; 8
 grandchildren
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Sunday, August 2, Emmanuel Baptist Church
Services: 1 p.m. Monday, August 3, Bethel AME Church
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel, 918 Main St., Middletown,
 OH

Name: James Belcher, Sr.
Age: 70
Date of Death: July 31, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Ida Mae Williams Belcher, wife of 39 years; Thea (Duane)
 Markley, Betsy (Steve) Johnson, Clara (Mark) Achorn, daughters;
 James (Teresa) Belcher, Jr., John (Melissa) Belcher, sons; Ruth
 Smith, Ruby Addison and Jean Wills, sisters; Morton Short, brother;
 13 grandchildren
Visitation: private
Services: private
Memorials:Hospice of Middletown
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: John A. Dobrozsi
Age: 67
Date of Death: July 30, 1998
City: Centerville, Ohio
Survived by: Son, John A. Dobrozsi, Jr. (Maggie); Mother, Anna
 Dobrozsi; Sister, Mary Anne Forde
Visitation: 1-3 p.m. Sunday, August 2, funeral home
Services: Mass of Christian Burial at Holy Family Parish, St. John's
 Chapel, Monday, August 3, 9:30 a.m. 
Memorials: Labrador Rescue Service, 2299 Martin Hill Rd., Aberdeen,
 Ohio 45101
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: John E. Dunn
Age: 74
Date of Death: July 27, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Nora B. Dunn, wife of 54 years; Darlene R. Eldridge,
 Deborah L. Young, daughters; James and John Dunn, twin sons; F.
 Wayne Dunn, Jr., Lowell T. Dunn, brothers; Lucille McCumber, sister;
 7 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, July 30, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Friday, July 31, funeral home
Memorials: Mid-Western Childrens Home, 4581 Long Spurling Road,
 Pleasant Plain, OH 45162
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Ann M. Flanders
Age: 89
Date of Death: July 30, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Barbara (Will) Smethers, daughter; Richard R. (Diane)
 Flanders, son; 6 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren
Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Sunday, August 2, funeral home
Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, August 3, Christ Episcopal Church, 
410 Grand Avenue, Waukega, IL
Memorials: Church of the Ascension, 2709 McGee Avenue, Middletown, OH
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Phyllis J. Elkins
Age: 63
Date of Death: July 28, 1998
City: Georgetown, KY
Survived by: Robert Elkins, son; Philip (Amanda) Williams, Stanley
 (Gloria) WIlliams, brothers; Helen Williams, sister-in-law.
Visitation: 11-12 p.m. Friday, July 31, funeral home
Services: 12 p.m. Friday, July 31, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Herr-Riggs Funeral Home

Name: Albert Jeffery
Age: 80
Date of Death: July 31, 1998
City: Lebanon
Survived by: Elizabeth "Betty" Pringle Jeffery, wife of 60 years;
 Eugene II, Joseph and Benjemin Jeffery, sons; five grandchildren;
 six great grandchildren; Kenneth Jeffery and Maurice Jeffery,
 brothers;  Elizabeth Etter, sister
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at graveside, Lebanon Cemetary
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Oswald-Hoskins Funeral Home

Name: Sarah M. Jones
Age: 69
Date of Death: July 26, 1998
City: Germantown, Ohio
Survived by: Edna Rose Spincer, Dianne Cochran, daughters; Wesley,
 Herald, Herbert Herald, brothers; Dora Turner, Rebecca Baker, Nettie
 Turner, Rose Ann Mullins and Nancy Turner, sisters; 5 grandchildren,
 10 great-grandchildren
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 28, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, Watts Funeral Home, Jackson,
 KY Memorials: Germantown Rescue Squad
Arrangements: Arpp and Root Funeral Home

Name: John R. Lee, Jr.
Age: 65
Date of Death: July 30, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: John R. Lee, Jr., Bobby Dale Lee, sons; Pam Hall, Diane
 McIntosh, Teresa Lee, daughters; 6 grandchildren; 4 great-grand-
 children
Visitation: 5-9 p.m. Sunday, August 2, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Monday, August 3, funeral home
Memorials:  American Diabetes Association
Arrangements: Hall-Taylor Funeral Home, Taylorsville, KY

Name: Rose E. Maynard
Age: 76
Date of Death: July 27, 1998
City: Dayton, Ohio
Survived by: Cindy (Donald E. ) Matlock, daughter; Craig A. Maynard,
 Robert M. Jr. (Cindy) Maynard, sons; Dawn and Robert, grandchildren.
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Friday, July 31, funeral home
Services: 11:30  a.m. Saturday, August 1, funeral home
Memorials: American Cancer Society or the Alzheimer's Association.
Arrangements: Tobias Funeral Home, Beavercreek

Name: Mabel L. Mock
Age: 96
Date of Death: July 13, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Suzanne M. (William) Burton, daughter; David Brown,
 grandson; Sarah Dunst, granddaughter; 2 great-grandsons
Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Monday, August 3, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, August 3, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Ida Noble
Age: 76
Date of Death: July 29, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Lawrence Dale (Donna) Noble, son; Glenda (Terry)
 Russell, daughter; 5 grandchildren; 1 great-granddaughter; Paul
 Jones, Johnny Jones, Herbert Jones, David Jones, brothers; Sally
 Evers, Myrtle Meeks, sisters
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, July 30, funeral home
Services: 9:30 a.m. Friday, July 31, funeral home
Memorials: Hospice of Cincinnati, 4310 Cooper Road, Cincinnati, OH
 45242
Arrangements: Oswald Hoskins Funeral Home, Lebanon, OH

Name: Kathryn N. Perry
Age: 92
Date of Death: July 26, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Patricia Ann Skaggs, daughter; Robert Perry, Earl Perry,
 John H. Perry, sons; 19 grandchildren; 32 great grandchildren; 6 great-
 great grandchildren; Nina M. Hymer, sister
Visitation: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, August 2, 105 Kay Drive, Middleetown, OH
Services: At the convenience of the family
Memorials: None Specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Pamela Sue Ross
Age: 43
Date of Death: July 26, 1998
City: Waynesville, Ohio
Survived by: Loretta Wells, mother, Ancil Ross, husband; Steve, son;
 Randy L. Spaulding, brother; Randy Wells, step-brother; Cecil and
 Marg Ross, parents-in-law; Donny Ross, brother-in-law, Tina Watkins,
 sister-in-law; Ashley Ross, granddaughter.
Visitation: 2-5 p.m. Thursday, July 30, funeral home
Services: 12 p.m. Friday, July 31, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Name: Michael C. Sexton
Age: 24
Date of Death: July 30, 1998
City: Middletown
Survived by: parents, Starlin and Harlan Sexton Sr.; a stepson, Owen
 Whitaker; five brothers, Bill (Denise) Sexton, Eric (Brenda) Sexton,
 Harlan (Cherie) Sexton, Rocky (Stephanie) Sexton and Steve Sexton;
 sister, Jennifer Sexton; grandfather, Charles Wilmot
Visitation: 1-3 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Monday, August 3 at funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 4 at funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name:  Debra Michelle Shockley
Age:  40
Date of Death: July 28, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio 
Survived by:Glenn Shockley, Jr. husband; Jessica Michelle Shockley,
 Megan Alicia Shockley, daughters; Glenn (Michelle) Shockley III,
 stepson; Troy and Iona Hampton, parents; Larry (Pam) Hampton, Kirk
 (Phyllis) Hampton, Kevin (Wendy) Hampton, brothers; Jeannette Back,
 grandmother
Visitation:  5-8 p.m. Thursday, July 30,  funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, July 31, funeral home
Memorials: Debra Shockley Memorial Fund at Bank One, 2 South Main
 Street, Middletown, OH
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Blanche Johanna Slamka
Age: 87
Date of Death: July 30, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Stephen J. Slamka, III, Son; Shirley B. (Kenneth Ray)
 Dunn, Barbara A. Darnell, Stephanie J. (Clark) Record, daughters;
 Mabel Draut, sister; 6 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren
Visitation: None
Services: Private services at the convenience of the family
Memorials: Christ United Methodist Church, 700 S. Marshall Rd.,
 Middletown, OH 45044
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Herndon J. Sorrell
Age: 86
Date of Death: July 27, 1998
City: Scranton, KY
Survived by: Alvie Sorrell, brother; Mary E. "Dolly" Sorrell, Joan
 Sorrell Wexler, daughters; 7 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren
Visitation: 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 28, Menifee Home for Funerals, 
Frenchburg, KY
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, First Church of God, Frenchburg,
 KY
Memorials:  None Specified
Arrangements: Menifee Home for Funerals, Frenchburg, KY

Name: Ray Stine
Age: 65
Date of Death: July 31, 1998
City: Middletown
Survived by: wife, Emogene Stine; sons, Brent and Greg Stine and a
 grandson
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, August 4 at funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, August 5 at funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Elisa Thomas
Age: 82
Date of Death: July 28, 1998
City: Dayton, Ohio
Survived by: Raymond A. Davis, Ph. D., Loroilyn Davis, son-in-law &
 daughter-in-law; Bette & George Roebuck, daughter and former son-in
 -law; Susan Davis & Celia Davis, daughters-in-law; Roland Sr.& Joyce
 Thomas, stepson and daughter-in-law; 13 grandchildren, 23 great
 -grandchildren, 3 great-great-grandchildren. 
Visitation: 4-8 p.m. Thursday, July 30, funeral home
Services: 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 31, funeral home
Memorials: House of Bread at St. Andrews Church
Arrangements: Baker-Hazel Funeral Home

Name: Arnold E. Witt
Age: 66
Date of Death: July 26, 1998
City: Dayton, Ohio
Survived by: Shirley Witt, wife; Susie Witt, mother; James Witt,
 Kenneth Witt, William Witt, sons; Arniece Witt, daughter; Donald
 Witt, brother; 
3 grandchildren
Visitation: None
Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, July 30, Hopkinsville Presbyterian
 Church
Memorials: Hospice of Dayton
Arrangements: Stine Funeral Home, Lebanon, OH

Week of July 19-25, 1998

Name: Helen M. Armitage
Age: 80
Date of Death: July 22, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: James S. (Joanna) Armitage, Michael (Charlean) Armitage,
 sons; Judith (Anthony) Elieff, daughter; 6 grandchildren; 10 great
 grandchildren; Dorothy Rieck, Joann Hill, sisters
Visitation: 9-11 a.m. Saturday, July 25, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, July 25, funeral home
Memorials: American Heart Association, 105 McKnight Drive, Middletown,
 OH 45044
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Charles A.  Bailey
Age: 83
Date of Death: July 24, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Kathleen Regina Barber, Lorretta May Harris, daughters;
 6 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; Delores Mikesell, Betty
 Brabau, Alice Compou, Mary Himmerick, sisters; Tom Bailey, Donald
 Bailey, brothers
Visitation: 5-6 p.m. Monday, July 27, funeral home
Services: 7 p.m. Monday, July 27, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Dalton Funeral Home, Germantown,  Ohio

Name: Larry W. Bailey
Age: 56
Date of Death: July 19, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Barbara J. Bailey, wife; Paul (Robin ) Bailey, Mark
 Parshall, Mike Tom (Pam), sons; Stephanie (Rolf) Damon, Cindy (Bill)
 Arney, Susan (Rick) Riley, Mary Edna (Dave Sergant) Price,
 daughters; 16 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren; Brenda
 Heckendorn, sister
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, funeral home
Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, funeral home
Memorials: Hospice of Cincinnati, 4310 Cooper Road, Cincinnati, OH
 45242
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Robert Marvin Bailey
Age: 84
Date of Death: July 19, 1998
City: Dayton, Ohio
Survived by: Charles (Sharon) Bailey, son; Ralph Bailey, brother;
 Verna Wells, sister; 2 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild
Visitation: noon-2 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, funeral home
Memorials: Hospice of Dayton or PAWS
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Name: Makayla Leigh Baker
Age: infant
Date of Death: July 15, 1998
City: Dayton, Ohio
Survived by: Nicholas Wayne and Crystal Lynn Baker, parents; Rodney
 and Zelma Wise, Sr., maternal grandparents; Ruby Stringfield,
 maternal great-grandmother; Helen Coffey, maternal great-great
 -grandmother; Leonard Baker, Sr. and Theresa Baker, paternal
 grandparents; Esther Baker, paternal great-grandmother
Services: Graveside services, Monday, July 20, Preble Memory Gardens,
 West Alexandria
Memorials: None
Arrangements: Barnes Funeral Home, Preble Memory Gardens Chapel,
 West Alexandria

Name: Makinzie Lynn Baker
Age: infant
Date of Death: July 22, 1998
City: Dayton, Ohio
Survived by: Nicholas Wayne and Crystal Lynn Baker, parents; Rodney
 and Zelma Wise, Sr., maternal grandparents; Ruby Stringfield,
 maternal great-grandmother; Helen Coffey, maternal great-great
 -grandmother; Leonard Baker, Sr. and Theresa Baker, paternal
 grandparents; Esther Baker, paternal great-grandmother
Services: Graveside services, Friday, July 24, 6:00 p.m., Preble
 Memory Gardens, West Alexandria
Memorials: None
Arrangements: Barnes Funeral Home, Preble Memory Gardens Chapel,
 West Alexandria

Name: Stanley P. Bowlus
Age: 94
Date of Death: July 19, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Raymond (Norma) Klaber, Fred  (Deborah) Taulbee, sons;
 Julia (Robert) Tope, Betty Spivey, Deborah Kemplin, daughters; 16
 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; 11 great-great-grandchildren
Visitation: noon-2 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, funeral home
Memorials: Baptist Tabernacle, 7816 Dubois Road, Carlise, OH or
 Sherman Apartments Residence Funds, 301 Sherman Drive, Franklin, OH 
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Name: Marilyn Leah Briggs
Age: 64
Date of Death: July 14, 1998
City: Winter Haven, FL
Survived by: Donald Briggs, husband; Theresa (James) Clark, Cheryl
 (Greg) Mrusek, Kathryn (Roger) Gabbard, Mary Brown, daughters;
 Teddy "Red" Howell, Chris Howell, sons; Elizabeth (Darrell) Haney,
 step-daughter; 14 grandchildren; Cora Thomas, mother; Irene Blevins,
 Lois "Skip" Lambert, Wanda Stubbart, Judy Pearce, sisters; Victor
 Thomas, Gerald Thomas, brothers
Visitation: 5-6:30 p.m. Friday, July 24, funeral home
Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 24, funeral home
Memorials: Leukemia Society of America, 100 Merchant Street, Suite
 280, Cincinnati, OH 45246-3731 or National Psoriasis Foundation
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: James D. Cain
Age: 77
Date of Death: July 20, 1998
City: Middletown, OH
Survived by: Margaret Cole, sister
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Thursday, July 23, funeral home
Services: 12 noon Friday, July 24, graveside services at Richmond
 Cemetery, Rickmond, KY
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Brown Dawson Funeral Home, 1350 Milville Ave.,
 Hamilton

Name: Homer C. Cast, Sr.
Age: 71
Date of Death: July 20, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Homer C. "Chuck" Cast, Jr., son; Daphna J. Epperson,
 Della D. Newberry, daughters; Robert Cast, brother; Roseann Cast,
 sister; 8 grandchildren
Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Friday, July 24, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, July 24, funeral home
Memorials: None Specified
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name:  Bob Davidson
Age:  80
Date of Death: July 23, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio 
Survived by: Flo Davidson, wife; David R. (Judi) Davidson, Ralph
 (Cheryl) Davidson,   Dwight Davidson, sons; Karen (Doug) Cook,
 Sharon (Bill) Carpenter, daughters; 9 grandchildren; Norma Reveal,
 Alfreda Enger, sisters; Russell Davidson, Carl Davidson, brothers
Visitation:  6-9 p.m. Sunday, July 26,  funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, July 27, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name:  Herschel W. Day
Age:  86
Date of Death: July 23, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio 
Survived by: Iva "Sue" Day, wife; Merrily Ann Preston, Martha Jane
 Gill, daughters; Joseph S. Day, son; Janetta Jude, stepdaughter; 3
 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; Bonnie (Jim) Griswold, Marjorie
 (Clarence) Frederick, Joanne (Richard) Sellers, Marilyn Day,
 sisters; Robert (Doris) Day, Clarence (Dorothy) Day, Thomas Day,
 brothers
Visitation:  4-7 p.m. Sunday, July 26,  funeral home
Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 27, funeral home
Memorials: First United Methodist Church music fund
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Dorothy "Dottie" Emrick
Age: 63
Date of Death: July 18, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Rolland "Ron" Emrick, husband; Valerie (Frederick)
 Howard, Kimberly (Bob) Shindeldecker, daughters; Charles "Chip"
 (Rhonda) Emrick, son; 6 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; Peggy
 Jones, sister
Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Monday, July 20, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 21, funeral home
Memorials: Hospice of Middletown
Arrangements: Lindloff-Zimmerman Funeral Home, 67 W. Dayton St.,
 West Alexandria, OH

Name:  Oren D. Evans
Age:  70
Date of Death: July 19, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio 
Survived by: Helen Evans, wife; Deborah Swearingin, daughter; David
 Evans, son; Karen Bowling, stepdaughter; Greg Burley, stepson; 7
 grandchildren; Jennie Rogers, sister
Visitation:  10-11 a.m. Wednesday, July 22,  funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 22, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Lucille Faulkner
Age: 84
Date of Death: July 22, 1998
City: Dayton, Ohio
Survived by: Anita M. Burton, daughter; 3 grandchildren; 4 great
 grandsons; Kelly Little, brother; Naomi Bailey, sister
Visitation: None
Services: At the convenience of the family
Memorials: Hospice of Dayton, P. O. Box 3509, Dayton, OH 45401-3509
 or 
Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis Street, Middletown, OH 45044
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: John H. Harkrader, D.D.S.
Age: 77
Date of Death: July 14, 1998
City: Lebanon, OH
Survived by: Sara T. Harkrader, wife; John R. "Randy" (Gloria)
 Harkader, son; Theresa Jane (Pedro) Estrada, daughter; Miriam Bush,
 sister
Visitation: None
Memorial Services: 2:30 p.m. Saturday, July 25, First Baptist Church
 of Middletown; Private burial services will be at the convenience
 of the family
Memorials: Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis St., Middletown, OH
 45044 or First Baptist Church 4500 Riverview Avenue, Middletown,
 OH 45042
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name:  Alfred N. Lansaw
Age:  60
Date of Death: July 22, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio 
Survived by: Helen Lopez, lifelong companion; Sandy (Kerry) Roberts,
 Cindy (Douglas) Abney, Tanya Lansaw, daughters; Dale (Sandy) Lansaw,
 son; 7 grandchildren; 1 great-grandson
Visitation:  12 noon - 1 p.m. Friday, July 24,  funeral home
Services: 1 p.m. Friday, July 24, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: "Joe" Ralph Lewis, Jr.
Date of Death: July 23, 1998
City: Portsmouth, Ohio
Survived by: Carolyn Furbee Lewis, wife; Ellen Lewis, Kim Lewis,
 daughters; 2 grandchildren; Essie Furbee, mother-in-law
Visitation: noon-3 p.m. and 5:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, July 25,
 funeral home
Services: 1 p.m. Monday, July 27, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Melcher Funeral Home, Portsmouth, Ohio

Name: Kenneth McFarland
Age: 36
Date of Death: July 19, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Richard McFarland, father; Stella Baker, mother; Aaron
 Baker, stepfather; Bunny McFarland, stepmother; Brian McFarland,
 Jim McFarland, John McFarland, Aaron Baker, Jr, brothers; Lora
 Creager, Denise Baker, sisters
Services: At the convenience of the family
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Eaton-Anderson Funeral Home, Franklin, OH

Name:  Mary E. Marshall
Age:  91
Date of Death: July 23, 1998
City: Dayton, Ohio 
Survived by: Barbara (Heinz) Murka, daughter; 3 grandchildren; 3
 great-grandchildren
Visitation:  None
Services: Private services at the convenience of the family
Memorials: Maria-Joseph Center, 4830 Salem Avenue, Dayton, OH 45416
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Dorothy B. Mills
Age: 75
Date of Death: July 23, 1998
City: Middletown, OH
Survived by: James (Tamala) White, Joseph (Janet) White, sons; Diana
 (Fred) Sullivan, Holly (Ernest) Streifthau, daughters; 6 grand-
 children; 2 great grandchildren
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Sunday, July 26, funeral home
Services: 10 a..m. Monday, July 27, funeral home
Memorials: St. Paul's United Churchof Christ, 114 South Broad Street,
 Middletown, OH 45044
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Louise Oglesby
Age:  89
Date of Death: July 23, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio 
Survived by: Robert D. Oglesby, husband of 67 years; Evelyn Louise
 Oglesby Kristin, daughter; William B. Oglesby, son; 7 grandchildren;
 several great-grandchildren; 2 sisters
Visitation: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, July 26,  funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, July 27, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name:  Gertha M. Ratliff
Age:  74
Date of Death: July 17, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio 
Survived by: son, Bill (Sharon) Combs; two grandchildren, Larry
 Combs and John Harsh; a great-grandson, Noah Harsh; step-son, James
 Ratliff, two step-daughters, Reva Owens and Dorothy Barker, four
 step-grandchildren; one step-great-grandchid; sisters, Violet Bailey,
 Maxine Whitt, Vernie Roberts, Bertie Hollon, Betty Faye Banks, and
 Jo Ann Spencer; three brothers, Orville Wireman, Ova Wireman and
 John Wireman
Visitation:  6-9 p.m. Monday, July 20, at funeral home, 517 S.
 Sutphin
Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, at Fellowship Baptist Church on
 Seneca Street
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name:  Sandra L. Riddell
Age:  62
Date of Death: July 21, 1998
City: Moraine, Ohio 
Survived by:  Charles Riddell, husband; Charles E. (Pamela) Ridell,
 III, Rick (Connie) Riddell, sons; Eva Brown, mother; 4 grandchildren;
 Yvonne Lindsey, Mary Hall, Phyllis Miller, sisters
Visitation:  5-8 p.m. Thursday, July 23,  funeral home
Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 24, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Bobbie R. Riddle
Age: 64
Date of Death: July 25, 1998
City: Trenton, Ohio
Survived by: Richard L. Riddle, husband; Michael G. Riddle, Todd E.
 Riddle, sons; Betty Cornett, Wanda Larison, sisters; 2 grandchildren
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 28, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, funeral home
Memorials: American Diabetes or American Heart Association
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Madge M. Spies
Age: 82
Date of Death: July 25, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Patty Aldridge, daughter; Everett Glen Shoemaker, son;
 16 grandchildren; Joe Fugate, Jr., brother; Marjorie Levine, sister
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Thursday, July 30, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, July 31, funeral home
Memorials: None Specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Lewis E. Wilson
Age: 66
Date of Death: July 20, 1998
City: Columbus, Ohio
Survived by: Lennie Wilson, Lewis "Luigi" Wilson, Jr., Alonzo Wilson,
 Dwayne Wilson, Wayne Wilson, Tony Wilson; sons; John Wilson, brother,
 Ann Moore, sister
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday, July 24, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, July 25, Mount Zion Baptist Church, 1000
 Yankee Road, Middletown, OH 
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel, 918 S. Main Street,
 Middletown, OH

Week of July 13-18, 1998

Name: Arlene E. Adrick
Age: 77
Date of Death: July 14, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Harlan Adrick, husband; Judith Dawson, daughter;
 Captain Mark Adrick, stepson; 4 grandchildren
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, July 16, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, July 17, Holy Family Parish, Holy Trinity
 Chapel
Memorials: Holy Family Parish, 201 Clark Street, Middletown, OH 45042
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Thelma Duff
Age: 69
Date of Death: July 16, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: A. Douglas Duff, husband of 50 years; Debbie (Bernard)
 Montgomery, Susie (Rick) Fryman, Nancy Duff, daughters; Larry
 Douglas (Sandy) Duff, son; 5 grandchildren; Herman Agee, Harold
 Agee, brothers; Christine Sebastian, Pauline Fletcher, Phyllis
 Buck, sisters
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Sunday, July 19, and 10-11 a.m. Monday, July
 20, 
funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, July 20, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Mabyl V. Fugett
Age: 82
Date of Death: July 13, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Rebecca Hayden, Jennifer (Scott) Wyatt, daughters; 5
 grandchildren; Atha M. Weller, Joyce D. Farkas, sisters; Robert L.
 Downing, brother
Visitation: 12 noon-1 p.m. Friday, July 17, funeral home
Services: 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 17, Woodside Cemetery Chapel
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name:  Alma Mary Kaster
Age:  91
Date of Death: July 12, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio 
Survived by: Mary Jane Gere, Jenelle Wilder, Carolyn Forsell, half-
 sisters
Visitation: None
Services: 1 p.m. Thursday, July 16, Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Memorials: Episcopal Church of the Ascension or a favorite charity
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name:  Jacob Lansdale
Age:  76
Date of Death: July 13, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio 
Survived by: Charles E. Lansdale, Alan J. Lansdale, John L. (Sophie)
 Lansdale, sons; Elizabeth Jean (Roger) Lamb, daughter; 13
 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; Celia Lansdale, mother;
 Lucile Haupt, Berniece Cornele, Leslie Thurman, Lorena Johnson,
 Mildred Dulin, JoAnn Wenzel, Carol Sue Fullen, sisters; James
 Lansdale, Robert Lansdale, Phillip Lansdale and Donald Lansdale,
 brothers
Visitation:  6-8 p.m. Thursday, July 16, funeral home 
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, July 17, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name:  Cleos Jean May
Age:  87
Date of Death: July 15, 1998
City: Jacksonburg, Ohio 
Survived by:  Joyce Buchheit, Betty Loubach, Gloria Hendrickson,
 Wanda Brandbury, sisters
Services: 10 a.m. Monday, July 20, Elk Creek Cemetery
Memorials: Middletown Community Foundation, 29 City Centre Plaza,
 Middletown, OH 45042 or Abilities First Foundation, 4710 Timber
 Trail Drive, Middletown, OH 45044
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Charles Merryman
Age: 69
Date of Death: July 16, 1998
City: Monroe, Ohio
Survived by:daughter, Gail Hamm (Bill); two grandchildren; sister,
 Anna Haney
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Monday, July 19,  funeral home
Services: private
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Mabel L. Mock
Age: 96
Date of Death: July 13, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Suzanne (William ) Burton, daughter; 2 grandchildren; 2
 great grandsons
Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Monday, August 3, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, August 3, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Nancy "Nannie" Nunamaker
Age: 77
Date of Death: July 15, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Beverly (Henry) Fox, Amy (Scott) Woods, daughters; Joe
 (Melody) Nunamaker, son; 9 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren;
 Dorothy Sabo, Maxine (Loren) Wells, Addie (Bob) Wells, sisters
Visitation: 12 noon-2 p.m. Friday, July 17, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Friday, July 17, funeral home
Memorials: American Cancer Society, 105 McKnight Drive, Middletown,
 OH 45044
Arrangements: Herr-Riggs Funeral Home

Name: Virginia Rothman
Age: 71
Date of Death: July 14, 1998
City: Lebanon, Ohio
Survived by: Leslie David, son; Diane Lynn Sass, daughter; 3
 grandchildren; Dolores Snowden, sister
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday, July 17, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, July 17, funeral home
Memorials: Christian Science Society, 342 Columbus Avenue, Lebanon,
 OH 45036
Arrangements: Oswald-Hoskins Funeral Home

Name:  Catherine Williams
Age:  88
Date of Death: July 16 1998
City:Trenton, Ohio 
Survived by:  Mert Morgan (James), Mabel McGee (Jack), Marsha
 Maloney, daughters; Leroy T. Williams (Marsheline), son; sister
 Daisy Miller (Raymond); Brother, Wesley D. Foster (Arena); 19
 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; 6 great-great-grandchildren
Visitation: 12 to 2 p.m. Monday, July 20 at funeral home
Burial: 2 p.m. at Woodside Cemetary
Memorials:none specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Week of July 6-12, 1998

Name: Robert "Steve" Bennett
Age: 83
Date of Death: July 7, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Mary Lou Bennett, wife; Bob (Shirley) Bennett, son;
 Jerry (Lu) Leak, step-son; Pat (Lloyd) Larison, step-daughter; 8
 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Thursday, July 9, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Friday, July 10, funeral home
Memorials: Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis Street, Middletown, OH
 45044
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Fredirick T. Carder
Age: 49
Date of Death: July 7, 1998
City: Camden, Ohio
Survived by: June Carder, wife; Shaun Carder, daughter; Bob Carder,
 David Carder, Herman Carder, William Carder, Gary Carder, James
 Carder, Mark Carder, brothers; Jenny Carder, Janie Carder, sisters
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, July 9, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, July 10, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name:   William D. Cundiff, Jr.
Age: 68
Date of Death: July 12, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Ruth Cundiff, wife; Donna Keneau, Judy A. (John)
 Morris, daughters; 4 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren; Robert
 Cundiff, Richard Cundiff, brothers
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, July 16, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Linda L. Daniels
Age: 62
Date of Death: July 8, 1998
City: Miamisburg, Ohio
Survived by: Harold Dean Daniels, husband; Pamela Ann Strawsburg,
 daughter; James Dean Daniels, son; 2 grandsons; Oliver E. Hughes,
 Walker T. Hughes, brothers
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday, July 10, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, July 11, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Roger Davis
Age: 86
Date of Death: July 9, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Eva B. Davis, wife of 63 years; two sons, Don Davis and
 Jim Davis; five grandchildren; brother, Raymond Davis; and sister,
 Mabel Mathews
Visitation: 5-7 p.m. Monday, July 13, funeral home
Services: 7 p.m. Monday, July 13, funeral home
Memorials: Grace Baptist Church
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Earl R. Dearth
Age: 81
Date of Death: July 6, 1998
City: Falkville, AL
Survived by: Michael Ray Dearth, Patrick Earl Dearth, sons; Oliver
 Dearth, brother; Dorothy Barrett, sister
Visitation: None
Services: 3 p.m. Thursday, July 9, graveside services
Memorials: None specified

Name: Thomas F. Doliboa
Age: 67
Date of Death: July 11, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by: Mary Ann Doliboa, wife; Thomas Doliboa, Dennis (Becky)
 Doliboa, sons; Denise (Bill) Fugate, daughter; 6 grandchildren;
 Mary Katherine Myerly, sister; Tony (Joan) Doliboa, Don (Pat)
 Doliboa, brothers
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 15, funeral home
Memorials: Hospice of Middletown or charity of choice
Arrangements: Eaton-Anderson Funeral Home, Franklin, Ohio

Name: Samuel Patrick Elam
Age:  25
Date of Death: July 6, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio 
Survived by: Spencer Patrick Elam, son; Jack and Dixie Elam, parents;
 Jacqueline (Toni) Nagy, sister; Steven Paul Elam, brother; Irven
 Paul Noble, maternal grandfather; Wanda Noble, step grandmother;
 Gertrude Elam, paternal grandmother
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 8, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, July 9, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name:  Reba C. Garrett
Age:  73
Date of Death: July 6, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio 
Survived by: Thomas (Debra ) Garrett, son; Melissa (Dennis) Bowles,
 daughter; 5 grandchildren; 1 great-grandson; Margaret Milkes,
 sister
Visitation: 3-5 p.m. & 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, July 8, funeral home 
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, July 9, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Walter "Steve" Geckeler
Age: 88
Date of Death: July 12, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Steve (Judy) Geckeler, Keith (Cheryl) Geckeler, sons;
 Judy (Ted) Lewis, Betsy (Rich) Ringer, daughters; Freda Geckeler,
 sister; 10 grandchildren
Visitation: 5-7:30 p.m. Friday, July 17, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, July 18, First Presbyterian Church, 2910
 Central Avenue, Middletown, OH 
Memorials: First Presbyterian Church, 2910 Central Avenue, Middletown,
 OH 45044 or the Steve, Tommie and Kim Geckeler Scholarship Fund at
 Middletown Big Brothers and Big Sisters, 29 City Centre Plaza,
 Middletown, OH 45042
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Mary C. Gillum
Age: 83
Date of Death: July 6, 1998
City: North Bend, Ohio
Survived by: Donald (Lee) Gillum, son
Visitation: 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 9, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, July 10, St. Joseph Church, North Bend,
 Ohio
Memorials: St. Joseph Church Building Fund, 23 E. Harrison Avenue,
 North Bend, OH 45052
Arrangements: Dennis George Funeral Home, 44 S. Main Avenue, Cleves,
 OH

Name:  Walter H. Hatcher, Sr.
Age:  83
Date of Death: July 6, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio 
Survived by:  Monnie A. Hatcher, wife; Julia (Doug) Hall, Analee
 (Don) Short, daughters; Walter H. Hatcher, Jr., son; Wanda (Billy)
 Mills, stepdaughter; Glennis (Deanna) Bell, Dennis Bell, stepsons;
 16 grandchildren; 16 great- grandchildren; 3 great-great-grand-
 children; 2 step grandchildren; 23 step great-grandchildren
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, July 9, funeral home 
Services: 1 p.m. Friday, July 10, funeral home
Memorials: Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis Street, Middletown, OH
 45044
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Candy Higgins
Age: 88
Date of Death: July 11, 1998
City: Dayton, Ohio
Survived by: Faye Snyder, Paula (Rob) Barker, Judith (Richard)
 Pekarski; daughters; Richard (Juanita) Barker, son; 10 grandchildren,
 15 great grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, Tobias Funeral Home, Third
 Street Chapel, 1817 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH
Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, funeral home
Memorials: None Specified
Arrangements:  Tobias Funeral Home, Third Street Chapel, 1817 E.
 Third Street, Dayton, OH

Name: Susan Hoerner
Age: 56
Date of Death: July 7, 1998
City: Germantown, Ohio
Survived by: James L. Hoerner, husband; Michael Hoerner, David
 Hoerner, sons; Betsy Hoerner, daughter; Mary Summer, sister, Daniel
 S. (Jill) Wilkin, Jr, twin brother; Richard (Carol) Hoerner, brother
 and sister-in-law; Edward W. Hoerner, father-in-law.
Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Friday, July 10, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, July 11, funeral home
Memorials: The Ark Church, 8500 S. Union Road, Miamisburg, OH 45342
Arrangements: Gebhart-Schmidt-Parramore Funeral Home

Name: Henry "Hank" Howard, Jr.
Age: 72
Date of Death: July 11, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Jean Howard, wife; Jerry C. (Patty) Howard, Doug
 (Christina) Howard, Dave (Donna) Howard sons; Kathy (Paul) Froman,
 Tami (Joe) Claborn, daughters; 12 grandchildren; 1 great-grandson;
 Frank Howard, Ray Howard, Clifford Howard, Linville Howard, Jason
 Howard, Thomas Howard, brothers; Christine McGuire, sister
Visitation: 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, July 15, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 15, funeral home
Memorials: Hospice of Middletown
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: William B. Johnson
Age: 85
Date of Death: July 9, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: son, Joseph W. Johnson (Wanda); daughters, Mary Creach
 (Danny) and Phyllis A. Cunningham (James); sisters Minnie May Store
 and Margene Johnson; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren
Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Monday, July 13, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, July 13, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Margaret S. Lehman
Age:  81
Date of Death: July 10, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio 
Survived by:  Robert Jerome (Linda) Lehman, Jr., Michael (Joyce)
 Lehman, sons; 2 grandchildren; Myrtle Ziegler, sister; Don Schmitt,
 Bud Schmitt, brothers
Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Monday, July 13, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, July 13, Messiah Lutheran Church
Memorials: Messiah Luthern Church, 4715 Holly Avenue, Middletown,
 OH 45044
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Ronnie L. Manning
Age: 46
Date of Death: July 11, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Cathie Manning, wife; Connie (Frank) Kuitems, Joann
 Manning, daughters; Ronnie Levi Manning, son; Debbie Young,
 stepdaughter; Gene (Rhonda) Bolton, Tom (Jamie) Bolton, Brian
 (Schellie) Bolton, stepsons; Alma Jean and Levi Manning, Jr.,
 parents; Cheryle Ann (Bob) Temple, sister
Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Monday, July 13, Franklin First Church of God
Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 14, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name:  Maysie E. Martz
Age:  99
Date of Death: July 12, 1998
City: Monroe, Ohio 
Survived by: Dale"Pinkie" Martz, son; Betty M. Newcomb, daughter; 7
 grandchiuldren; 11 great-grandchildren
Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Friday, July 17, funeral home 
Services: 2 p.m. Friday, July 17, funeral home
Memorials: St. Paul Luthern Church, 500 E. Second Street, Franklin,
 OH
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Name: Anthony F. "Tony" Mislovich
Age: 72
Date of Death: July 11, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Mary (Al) Kremer, sister; neices and nephews
Visitation: 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 15, funeral home
Memorials: The American Cancer Society, Butler County Unit, 105
 McKnight Street, Middletown, OH 45044
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: C. Pauline Noe
Age: 84
Date of Death: July 10, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: son, Richard D. Noe (Lucy), four grandchildren; seven
 great-grandchildren
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Monday, July 13, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Hazel Roberts
Age: 63
Date of Death: July 9, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by: six sons, Jim, David, Dickie, Gary, Tom and Tim Roberts;
 daughter, Alice; brothers, Walter and Leroy Campbell; sister, Sue
 Ann Spencer; 17 grandchildren
Visitation: 3-6 p.m. Sunday, July 12, at funeral home, 121 E. 2nd
 St., Franklin
Services: 10 a.m. Monday, July 13, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Eaton-Anderson Funeral Home

Name: William Robinson
Age: 41
Date of Death: July 11, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by: Wife, Vikki; son, Joseph Fields; daughters, Karen
 Fields, and Jennifer Wiley (Shane), parents, Bill and Joyce
 Venable: brothers, Jim and Tommy Robinson, and Donald and Carlton
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Monday at Funeral Home
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Faith Baptist Church in Franklin
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home, Franklin

Name: Catherine Rossman
Age: 85
Date of Death: July 10, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by:Son, Phillip Rossman; daughters, Carol Creelman and
 Nancy Rossman; sister, Jane S. Rehse; five grandchildren; three
 great-grandchildren
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at funeral home, 121 E. 2nd
 St., Franklin
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, July 17, funeral home
Memorials: American Cancer Society or Hospice of Cincinnati
Arrangements: Eaton-Anderson Funeral Home

Name: Thelma Stewart
Age: 78
Date of Death: July 10, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio 
Survived by:  daughters, Judith Elwood and Edna Marie Williams;
 sons, Ralph Smith Jr., Richard D. Smith, Roger L. Smith, and Robert
 Dana Smith; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; a
 great-great-grandson; and sisters, Ruth Wagner, Marty McClanahan
 and Mariam McClanahan
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Monday, July 13, funeral home
Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Joe "J.D." Thomas
Age: 58
Date of Death: July 10, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: wife of 33 years, Faye Thomas; four daughters, Debbie,
 Rita, Jill and Angie Thomas; five grandchildren, brother, Rev. Glen
 E. Thomas; sister, June Jackson
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Monday, July 13, Stratford Heights Church of
 God
Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, at church
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Maxine Williams
Age: 79
Date of Death: July 11, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Sue (Dale) Sorrell, Pat (Mike) Fulmer, daughters; 3
 grandchildren; Don Wright, Ruble Wright, brothers
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, funeral home
Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, funeral home
Memorials: Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis Street, Middletown, OH
 45044
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Roy B. Williams, Sr.
Age: 72
Date of Death: July 7, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Hilda Wheeler Williams, wife; Gary B. (Barbara)
 Williams, Roy B. (Brenda) Williams, Jr., sons; 1 grandson; Vada
 Williams, mother; James Earl (Louise) Williams, brother; Mary
 Catherine (A.T.) Barton, sister
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Thursday, July 9, Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding
 Funeral Home -- ALSO -- 9-11 a.m. Searcy and Strong Funeral Home,
 Booneville, KY
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, July 10, Searcy and Strong Funeral Home,
 Booneville, KY
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Week of July 1-5, 1998

Name: Marion Lee Anders
Age: 68
Date of Death: July 5, 1998
City: Corbin, KY 
Survived by: Ercel Anders, husband; Ercel L. Anders, Roy L. Anders,
 sons; Wilda J. Rhoads, Dicy J. Anthony, daughters; Robert E. Drake,
 Harold R. Drake, brothers; Evelyn Phillips, Lucille Oberley, Jean
 Clark, sisters; 16 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 8, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, July 9, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Eaton Anderson Funeral Home, 121 E. 2nd Street,
 Franklin, OH

Name: Pauline Bray
Age: 85
Date of Death: July 2, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by: Son and daughter-in-law, John and Betty Bray
Visitation: noon to 1 p.m. Monday, July 6 at St. Francis Episcopal
 Church, 
225 N. Main St., Springboro
Services: 1 p.m. Monday, July 6, at the church
Memorials: St. Francis Episcopal Church or the Diabetes Foundation
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home, Franklin

Name: Stella J. Burton
Age: 89
Date of Death: July 3, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Daniels Burton, husband of 43 years; daughter, Faye Lea
 Gasper
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, at funeral home, 210 S. Main
 St., Midd.
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, funeral home
Memorials: None Specified
Arrangements: Herr-Riggs Funeral Home

Name: Steve Crane Jr.
Age: 66
Date of Death: July 1, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Ethel (Lainhart) Crane, wife of 42 years; two sons,
 James and Bill Crane; Jewell Evans, Beulah Brock, and Eula Combs,
 sisters; Rev. Charles Whitamore and J.B. Crane, brothers
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Friday, July 3, Barnes Funeral Home 
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, July 4, Preble Memory Chapel, Ohio 35,
 West Alexandria, OH
Memorials: None Specified
Arrangements: Barnes Funeral Home 

Name: Carrie L. Faulkner
Age: 88
Date of Death: July 4, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: James (Carolyn) Faulkner, Elmer (*Wanda) Faulkner,
 John (Peggy) Faulkner, sons; Delores (Joyun) Frye, Jenny (Jennings)
 Lansaw, Wilma (Michael) Gadd, daughters; Jack Blevins, James
 Blevins,  brothers; Mae Brandenburg, sister; 13 grandchildren;
 14 great grandchildren; 4 great-great grandchildren
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Alice (Sharits) Hall
Age: 55
Date of Death: July 3, 1998
City: Denver, Colorado
Survived by: Ronald Hall, Douglas Hall, sons; Kimberly Hall, Machelle
 Hall, daughters; Mary (Paul) Bowers, Peggy (Dan) Larison, sisters
Services: Cremation was in Denver Colorado

Name: Gwen J. Hunt
Age: 63
Date of Death: July 5, 1998
City: Hamilton, Ohio
Survived by: Earl L. Hunt, husband; James (Shari) Cheesman, Archie
 (Ketha) Cheesman, sons; Betty (Mike) Shoemaker, Cindy (Andy) Mtus,
 daughters; 12 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; Betty Layton,
 Faye Bray, Evelyn Gutshall, sisters
Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 8, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Athella "Maxine" Hupp
Age: 81
Date of Death: July 5, 1998
City: Germantown, Ohio
Survived by: Cindy (Ray) Mann, daughter; 2 granddaughters; 2 great-
 grandson
Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Dalton Funeral Home, 6900 Weaver Road, Germantown, OH 

Name:  Camilla A. Jones
Date of Death: July 1, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio 
Survived by:Staff Sgt. Juan Sterling, son; Shanea Jones, daughter;
 parents, 
Vivian Escue and Mary Elizabeth Broughton, Juan Sterling Broughton II,
 grandson; brother, Irvin L. Smith; sister, Ruth Clark
Visitation: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, July 6 at First Church of God,
 827 11th Ave., Middletown
Services: 1 p.m. Monday, July 6, at Church
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Johnie G. Kidwell
Age: 77
Date of Death: July 3, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by: Warren E. Kidwell and John M. Kidwell, sons; Herbert
 Kidwell, Jr. and Donald Kidwell, brothers; Mafra Baker, sister
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Monday, July 6, at funeral home, 121 E. 2nd
 St., Franklin
Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 7, funeral home
Memorials: "Shop with a Cop" c/o FOP Lodge 103, 1343 St. Rt. 122,
 Lebanon, Ohio 45036
Arrangements: Eaton-Anderson Funeral Home

Name: Heather L. Perkins
Age: 20
Date of Death: July 3, 1998
City: Springboro, Ohio
Survived by: Rodney & Linda Perkins, parents; brother, Christopher;
 sister, Haley; grandparents, Amos & Evelyn Manning and Robert
 Perkins
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 7 at funeral home, 1357 E. 2nd
 St., Franklin
Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, at the Springboro Baptist
 Church
Memorials: The Heather Perkins Memorial Fund, c/o Evelyn Manning,
 6420 Weidner Rd., Springboro, OH 45066
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home, Franklin

Name: Euclid J. Pierce
Age: 78
Date of Death: July 1, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Mary Pierce, wife; Richard (Judy) Pierce, Fred (Janice)
 Pierce, Robert (Rita) Pierce, sons; Rebecca (Michael) Pennington,
 Corabelle "Corky" (Robert) Lawson; daughters; 8 grandchildren, 7
 great-grandchildren; Pat Agner, Lillian Moren, sisters
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, July 2, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, July 3, funeral home
Memorials: None Specified
Arrangements: Herr-Riggs Funeral Home

Name: Rev. Carl Reynolds
Age: 86
Date of Death: July 4, 1998
City: Springfield, Ohio
Survived by: Crystal Reynolds, wife; Mary Nawman, Brenda Heney,
 daughters; Donald Reynolds, son; Edna McQue, sister; Roy Reynolds,
 Kenneth Reynolds, brothers; 9 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, Hillside Church of God
Memorials: Hillside Avenue Church of God Memorial Fund
Arrangements: Richards, Raff & Dunbar Memorial Home, Springfield, OH

Name: Evelyn Snow
Age: 82
Date of Death: July 4, 1998
City: Dayton, Ohio
Survived by: James R. Snow, husband; Richard Quinn, Jack Heitsman,
 sons; Judy Nelson, Mary Kay Skinner, daughters; 11 grandchildren; 6
 great-grandchildren
Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Monday, July 6, funeral home
Services: Private services at the convenience of the family
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Anna Sora
Age: 88
Date of Death: July 1, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: John (Sandra) Sora, Eugene (Joyce) Sora, sons; Mary
 Wesley, Gloria (Bob) Morrison; daughters; 6 grandchildren; 6 great
 grandchildren; Gerard DiTullio, George DiTullio, Eugene DiTullio,
 brothers; Jeanette Pangallo, Adeline Ifko, Sister Marie Cecile
 DiTulliio, sisters
Visitation: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, July 5, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, July 6, St. John's Chapel
Memorials: St. John's Organ Fund, 1405 First Avenue, Middletown, OH
 45044
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Charles R. Taylor
Age: 88
Date of Death: July 5, 1998
City: Trenton, Ohio
Survived by: Evelyn Taylor, wife; Kitty (Jim) Kramer, Susan (Jeffrey)
 Stevens, daughters; 9 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren; Barbara
 Doyle, Betty Taylor, Charlotte Rehnberg, sisters
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 8, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, July 9, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: James L. C. Watts
Date of Death: July 2, 1998
City: Cincinnati, Ohio
Survived by: Lillian Watts, wife; Carol Winfield, Sarah Hill,
 daughters; 5 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren
Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, July 7, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 7, funeral home
Arrangements: Tufts Schildmeyer Funeral Home, 129 North Riverside
 Drive, Loveland, OH

Name:  Chalmer Wheeler
Date of Death: July 2, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio 
Survived by: Donna Sue Reed, daughter; David Wheeler, son; sister,
 Beulah Hipps and two grandchildren
Visitation: 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, July 6 at funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, July 6, at funeral home
Memorials: American Cancer Society
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

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