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Name: Arnold Amburgey
Age: 64
Date of Death: August 31, 1998
City: Franklin Township, OH
Survived by:   Kenneth Amburgey, brother; nieces and nephews
Visitation: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Friday, September 4,  at funeral home
Services: Mass of Christian Burial, 10 a.m. Friday at Holy Family
 Parish/ Holy Trinity Chapel
Memorials:  Abilities First, 4710 Timber Trail Drive, Middletown,
 OH 45044
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Sam Barber
Age: 84
Date of Death: August 28, 1998
City: Middletown, OH
Survived by: wife, Virginia Barber; son, Sam Frank (Carrie) Barber
 Jr., 
daughters, Mary A. (Ron) Davis of Madison Twsp, and Jennifer S.
 (David) Graft of Trenton; 6 grandchildren and two great-
 grandchildren
Visitation: 5-9 p.m. Monday, at funeral home
Services: Mass of Christian Burial, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Name
 Catholic Church in Trenton
Memorials:  American Heart Assn., 105 McKnight Dr., Middletown,
 OH 45044
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Doris Faye Begley
Age: 70
Date of Death: August 31, 1998
City: Trenton, Ohio
Survived by: E. Y. Begley, husband; Carl Begley, son; Brenda Hoerst,
 Cheryl Manning, Linda Wesseler, Carrie Furguson, daughters; 8
 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Thursday, September 3, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Friday, September 4, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Ruth "Daisy" Blanton
Age: 78
Date of Death: August 24, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Dallas Blanton, stepson; Carol Blanton, stepdaughter;
 James Troy Risner, Roy Risner, Charles Ray Blanton, Yancy Lee
 Risner, brothers; Ora Roberts, Jewel Vaughn, Mary Cottle, Bonnie
 Ledford, sisters
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, August 26, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, August 27, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Susan Burton
Age: 43
Date of Death: August 29, 1998
City: Hamilton, Ohio
Survived by: Robert and Dorothy Burton, parents; Judy (Carl) Downie,
 Darlene Lockemy, Bonita (Steven) Hobbs, sisters; Robert (Pamela)
 Burton, Roger Burton, Jerry (Flor) Burton, Bruce Burton, Ronald
 (Sharon) Burton, brothers
Visitation: 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, September 5, funeral home
Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday, September 5, funeral home
Memorials: Middletown Regional Hospital, Coronary Care Unit, 105
 McKnight Drive, Middletown, OH 45044
Arrangements: Webb-Noonan Funeral, Ross Avenue at South D Street,
 Hamlton, Ohio

Name: Archie D. Carter
Age: 78
Date of Death: August 30, 1998
City: Somerville, Ohio
Survived by: Bernice Carter, wife of 56 years; Pat (Kenny) George,
 Betty (Vernon) Sherman, daughters; Richard (Janet) Carter, son;
 6 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; Thelma Leggett, sister
Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, September 1, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 2, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: James T. Cecil
Age: 62
Date of Death: August 30, 1998
City: Cincinnati, Ohio
Survived by: Rose E. Cecil, mother; Ralph B. (Faye) Cecil, brother
Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, September 2, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 2, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Herr-Riggs Funeral Home, 210 S. Main Street,
 Middletown

Name: Elizabeth (Betty) Dempster
Age: 90
Date of Death: August 24, 1998
City: Monroe, Ohio
Survived by: Richard (Reva) Dempster, son; Barbara Colwell, daughter;
 4 grandchildren
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, August 26, funeral home
Services: 12 noon Thursday, August 27, funeral home
Memorials: First Presbyterian Church, 2910 Central Avenue,
 Middletown, OH 45044
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Goldie French
Age: 80
Date of Death: August 28, 1998
City: Madison Township, OH
Survived by: wife, Son, Tom G. (Cindi) French of Middletown;
 daughter, Linda K. (Gene) Howard of Riverside, CA; brothers, Joe
 (Mary) Miller and Ray (Daisey) Miller of Middletown; a sister, Mary
 McFarland of Middletown; grandchildren and Great-grandchildren
Visitation: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, at funeral home
Services: 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31 at funeral Home
Memorials:  none specified
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Lovell Gifford
Age: 66
Date of Death: August 29, 1998
City: Centerville, OH
Survived by: wife of 44 years, Phyllis; a son, Phillip Brenton
 (Jeanette) Gifford of Lebanon; daughter, Cindy (Brian) McGuire of
 Carisle; a brother, Roger Gifford of Kentucky; three sisters,
 Emogene Myers, Masry Kathryn Myers and Rebecca Adamson, all of
 Kentucky; a half-sister, Audrey Kruetz of Kentucky; six grand-
 children and four great-grandchildren
Visitation: 4 to 9 p.m. Monday at funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Towne Boulevard Church of God
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Name: Martha Muriel Hincks
Age: 100
Date of Death: August 26, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Louise Hincks, daughter-in-law; 1 granddaughter
Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Saturday, August 29, Woodside Chapel
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, August 29, Woodside Chapel
Memorials: Zion Lutheran Church, 10 N. Breiel Blvd. Middletown,
 OH 45042 -- or -- Family Services of Middletown, 1 N. Canal Street,
 Middletown, OH 45042 -- or -- Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis
 Street, Middletown, OH 45044
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Ester L. Jones
Age: 53
Date of Death: August 28, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: son, Randell (Tammy Lynn) Jones of Middletown;
 stepdaughter, Peggy Sue Crockett of Middletown; stepson, Gregory
 Ray Jones of Middletown; two grandchildren; sisters, Della
 Wethington of Mason, Gladys Gehling of Sharonville, and Daisy
 Martin of Lancaster, KY
Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Monday, August 30, at funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, August 30 at funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Linda Judy
Age: 56
Date of Death: August 27, 1998
City: Germantown, OH
Survived by: husband, Dr. Mark Judy; son, Alan (Diana) Judy of
 Germantown, three daughters, Janet (Scott) Mullins, Susanne (Jeff)
 Back, and Jennifer Judy; six grandchildren; mother, and step-father,
 Nettie and Karl DeMiller of Lebann; sisters, Judy Falk and Carole
 Emerick, both of Gainsville, Florida
Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Monday at funeral home
Services:Graveside services at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Germantown Cemetery
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Arpp and Root Funeral Home, Germantown

Name: Robert Kovacs
Age: 64
Date of Death: August 26, 1998
City: Middletown, OH
Survived by: Robert David Kovacs, son; Sandy Miller, daughter; Gabor
 Katona, stepbrother; 2 grandchildren
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday, August 28, funeral home
Services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday, August 29, funeral home
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: James C. Krause
Age: 80
Date of Death: August 26, 1998
City: St. Clair Township, OH
Survived by: Luella "Lell" Hickman, sister; John (Olive), Ned (Rena),
 Dave   (Bonnie), sons; Linda (Jerry) Jones, Karen (Gary) Haggard,
 Nancy (Chris) Elam, Diana (Dan) Akely, daughters; 
Visitation: 9-10 a.m. Saturday, August 29, funeral home
Services: 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 29, funeral home
Memorials:  Cerebal Palsy of Greater Cincinnati, 3601 Victory
 Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229.
Arrangements: Webb Noonan Funeral Home, Hamilton

Name: Nina G. Lackey
Age:87
Date of Death: August 26, 1998
City: Middletown, OH
Survived by: Byrd Lackey, husband; Don Gillen, son; Charles Lackey
 and Byrd Lackey Jr., step-sons; Jean Geraldine, step-daughter,
 William Glossip, Robert Glossip, brothers; Velma Young , Mary
 Wilson, sisters; one grandchild, four step-grandchildren, one great
 grandchild, and five step-great grandchildren.
Visitation: none
Services:10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 29, funeral home
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Name: Alyssa Lane
Age: 8 weeks
Date of Death: August 28, 1998
City: Cincinnati, OH
Survived by:  Dwayne and Sharon Moore Lane, parents; Isaac Brandon
 Lane, brother; Vernell Lane, paternal grandmother; Henrietta Perry
 and Ronald Moore, maternal grandparents
Visitation:  6-7 p.m. Wednesday, September 2, funeral home
Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday, September 2, funeral home
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements:  Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 11400 Winton
 Road, Forest Park, OH

Name: Janet M. Lewis
Age: 82
Date of Death: August 25, 1998
City: Killeen, TX
Survived by: Lawrence E. Lewis, Paul R. Lewis, Nicholas E. Lewis,
 sons; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren
Visitation: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, August 30, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Monday, August 31, Holy Family Parish, St. John's
 Chapel, Middletown, OH
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Mary E. Maher
Age: 80
Date of Death: August 24, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: J. T. (Jacquelynne) Maher, William (Joan) Maher, sons;
 Genevieve Snedaker, Ruth Kohl, sisters
Visitation: None
Services: 10 a.m.  Thursday, August 27, Mt. Pleasant Village Chapel,
 Monroe, OH
Memorials: American Heart Association
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Mary Sarah McCartney
Age: 91
Date of Death: August 29, 1998
City: Middletown, OH
Survived by: H. Ford McCartney, husband; Walter A. L. King, Clarence
 J. King, sons; 7 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren
Visitation:  None
Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 1, funeral home
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Lessie B. McCoy
Age: 96
Date of Death: August 24, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Mattie Ethel Ringer, daughter; 1 granddaughter; 3 great-
 grandchildren
Visitation: 11 a.m.-12 noon. Thursday, August 27, funeral home
Services: 12 noon Thursday, August 27, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel

Name: Martha Morris
Age: 93
Date of Death: August 29, 1998
City: Franklin, OH
Survived by: sons, Finley G. (bessie) Morris, Fred E. Morris of
 Franklin, Gary L. (Ruth) Morris of Miamisburg; daughter, Annette L.
 (Jerry) Lewis of Franklin; two sisters, Lula Trenton of Franklin
 and Myrtle Henry of West Liberty, KY; 17 Grandchildren and 4 great-
 grandchildren
Visitation: 5 to 9 p.m. Monday at funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 820 Central
 Ave., Carlisle
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Name: Mary Louise Popp
Age: 89
Date of Death: August 29, 1998
City: Middletown, OH
Survived by:   M. Joan Popp, daughter; Agatha Evers, sister
Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Wednesday, September 2, Bethlehem Lutheran
 Church, 212 S. Broad St., Middletown, OH 
Services:   11 a.m., Wednesday, September 2, Bethlehem Lutheran
 Church
Memorials:  Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 212 S. Broad St., Middletown,
 OH 45044 -- or -- Middletown Fine Arts Center, 130 N. Verity Pkwy,
 Middletown, OH 45042
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Edith Robbins
Age: 79
Date of Death: August 24, 1998
City: West Alexandria, Ohio
Survived by: James (Sandra) Robbins, Jr, son; Sherry Downs,
 daughter; 7 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; 4 step great-
 grandchildren; Gertrude Ehmer, Veda Steck, sisters
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, August 26, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, August 27, funeral home
Memorials: Salem Lutheran Church
Arrangements: Lindloff-Zimmerman Funeral Home, West Alexandria, OH

Name: Mary M. Sexton
Age: 87
Date of Death: August 26, 1998
City: Germantown, Ohio
Survived by: Louise Hamby, Anna Lee Collins, daughter; John D.
 Sexton, Kenneth (Rae Anna) Sexton, sons; 22 grandchildren; 33 great
 grandchildren; Anne Burchette, sister
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, August 27, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m.  Friday, August 28, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Dalton Funeral Home, Germantown, OH

Name: Elsie Williams
Age: 91
Date of Death: August 27, 1998
City: Middletown, OH
Survived by: sons, Bruce Williams of Dayton and Wade Williams of
 Middletown; three daughters, Bernice Watkins of Germantown, Minerva
 Tinch of Turtle Creek Township, Della Banks (Kenny) of Hillsboro,
 Ohio; daughter-in-law, Jewell Williams of Germantown; 27 grand-
 children, 38 great-children, and 20 great-great-grandchildren;
 brother, Eugene Lindon and wife Edith of Franklin; sister-in-law,
 Alma Lindon of Middletown
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Tytus Avenue First Church of
 God, 3300 Tytus Ave., Middletown
Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at the church
Memorials:  Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis St., Middletown 45044
 or the Tytus Avenue First Church of God, 3300 Tytus Ave.,
 Middletown 45042
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Week of August 17-23, 1998

Name: Causby E. Ballard
Age: 91
Date of Death: August 18, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Lowell (Cindi) Ballard, Mitchell (Nancy) Ballard, sons;
 Zella Sponsel, half-sister; Foye McClain, Omer McClain, half-
 brothers; 6 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, August 20, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, August 21, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Paul Clifton Ballard
Age: 83
Date of Death: August 21, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Beverly Ballard McIntosh, daughter; 3 grandchildren; 4
 great grandchildren
Visitation: None
Services: 10 a.m. Monday, August 24, Butler County Memorial Park
Memorials: Jacksonburg United Methodist Church, 4654 Oxford-
 Middletown Road, Middletown, OH 45042
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Mildred A. "Millie" Dennis
Age: 70
Date of Death: August 18, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Donald Dennis, husband; Donna (Richard) LeRoy, Debbie
 Petrak, daughters; Dale (Linda) Dennis, son; 6 grandchildren; 1
 great granddaughter; Patricia Conrad, sister; Glen Gibbs, Paul
 Gibbs, Dale Gibbs, Donald Gibbs, brothers
Visitation: No visitation
Services: At the convenience of the family
Memorials: Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis Street, Middletown,
 OH 45044
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Mary Jeneva French
Age: 78
Date of Death: August 20, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Charles (Gail) French, son; 9 grandchildren; numerous
 great grandchildren; 1 great-great grandson
Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Saturday, August 22, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, August 22, funeral home
Memorials: American Heart Association, 105 McKnight Drive,
 Middletown, OH
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Arthur W. Harp
Age: 86
Date of Death: August 23, 1998
City: Carlisle, Ohio
Survived by: Victoria, wife; Larry Harp, son; Elaine Harp, daughter;
 Veronica Wysong, sister; 6 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren
Visitation: 5-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 26, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, August 27, funeral home
Memorials: City of Franklin Parks and Recreation Board, 35 E. Fourth
 St., Franklin, OH 45005
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home, Franklin

Name: Wilma Eileen Holland
Age: 58
Date of Death: August 20, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Tonya Myers, Teri Viars, Sheryl Ferrell, daughters;
 Steven Brooks, Randy Brooks, Bryan Brooks, sons; 14 grandchildren;
 3 great grandchildren; Nora Back, sister; Paula Milton, half
 sister; Paul French, half  brother
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday, August 21, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, August 22, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Donna F. Hollon
Age: 47
Date of Death: August 20, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: husband, Clyde Hollon; three daughters, Regina Hembree,
 Melina Kramer and Crissy Edwards; stepdaughters, Kim Hollon and
 Kathy Mattingly; two grandchildren; mother, Mrs. Elma Meade;
 sisters, Beverly Hembree and Peggy Anderson; brothers, Arnold Meade
 and Roy Meade
Visitation: private
Services: private
Memorials: American Cancer Society or Hospice of Dayton
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Oliver Krug "O.K." Klafter
Age: 61
Date of Death: August 18, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Arlene C. Klafter, wife; Douglas Krug (Stephanie)
 Klafter, Daniel Albert Klafter, Derron Andrew (Denise) Klafter,
 sons; Jane Harper, sister
Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Friday, August 21, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, August 22, Zion Lutheran Church
Memorials: Oliver Krug Klafter Memorial Fund, Zion Lutheran Church,
 10 N. Breiel Blvd., Middletown, OH 45042 -- or -- Hospice of
 Middletown, 4414 Lewis Street, Middletown, OH 45044
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Bertha E. Ledford
Age: 88
Date of Death: August 20, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by: Richard Ledford, Kenneth Ledford, Willie Ledford, sons;
 Dianne Esters, Louise Brock, daughters; Peggy Rose, half-sister; 25
 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren
Visitation: 2-6 p.m. Saturday, August 22, Eaton-Anderson Funeral
 Home, 121 E. Second Street, Franklin, OH  -- and 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
 Sunday, August 23, Porter Funeral Home, Campton, KY
Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, August 23, Porter Funeral Home, Campton,
 KY
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Porter Funeral Home, Campton, KY

Name: Earl Lovell
Age: 76
Date of Death: August 19, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by: Ruby G. Lovell, wife; Patricia (David) McConnell,
 Vivian (Rick) Grimm, Loretta (Bert) McDaniel, daughters; Arnold
 (Theresa) Baughman, son; 11 grandchildren; Leonard Lovell, Jr.,
 brother
Visitation: 5-9 p.m. Sunday, August 23, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Monday, August 24, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Dalton Funeral Home, Germantown, Ohio

Name: Charcy Massey
Age: 83
Date of Death: August 20, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: wife, Bessie; stepson, Nathaniel (Carrie) Smith 
Services: 7 p.m. Monday, August 24, at Second Baptist Church
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel

Name: Christine Mitchner
Age: 73
Date of Death: August 23, 1998
City: Kettering, Ohio
Survived by: Gary Mitchner, son; Cheryl Krasnonski, Patti Elliot,
 Debbi Kemp, daughters; Hubert Newcomb, brother; Alverna Dishun,
 Martha Clevenger, sisters; 12 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild
Visitation: No visitation
Services: 3 p.m. Wednesday, August 26, Walnut Creek Nursing Home,
 5070 Lamme Road, Kettering
Memorials: Parkinson's Disease Research -- or -- First United
 Methodist Church, 303 S. Main Street, Franklin, OH 45005
Arrangements: Unglesby Anderson Funeral Home, Franklin, OH 

Name: Alma Gage Nelson
Age: 86
Date of Death: August 23, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Thomas (Jean) Nelson, Samuel (Ellen) Nelson, sons;
 Dorothy (Carl) Ogden, Patty (Michael) Schuh, daughters; 6 grand-
 children
Visitation: 12 noon-1:45 p.m. Thursday, August 27, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, August 27, Woodside Cemetery Chapel
Memorials: Middletown Fine Arts Center, 130 N. Verity Pkwy,
 Middletown, OH 45042
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Mitchell Osborne
Age: 67
Date of Death: August 18, 1998
City: North Fort Myers, FL
Survived by: Bonnie Osborne, wife; Victoria Willoughby, Deborah
 Lawson, daughters; 6 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; Opal (Bob)
 Trent, Dorothy Profitt, Carma (Bob) Spicer, Barbara (Paul)
 Mullendore, sisters; Monroe Osborne, Arnold (Shirley) Osborne,
 Lawrence (Pat) Osborne, brothers
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Thursday, August 20, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, August 21,  funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Alberta R. Roberts
Age: 74
Date of Death: August 23, 1998
City: Fairfield, Ohio
Survived by: Dominic Dick Roberts, husband; Gregory M. (Rosemary)
 Roberts, son; Karen (Frank) Cartwright, Lisa (Steve) Hill,
 daughters; 3 grandchildren; Eva Marie (Kelly) Stedman, sister
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, August 25 -- and -- 9-10  a.m.
 Wednesday August 26, funeral home
Services: Mass of Christian Burial, 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 26,
 Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 400 Nilles Road, Fairfield, OH
Memorials: Hospice of Cincinnati, P. O. Box 710784, Cincinnati,
 45271 -- or -- the Encore Youth Theater, 260 S. Washington Blvd.,
 Hamilton, OH 45013
Arrangements: Webb-Noonan Funeral Home, Ross Avenue at South D
 Street, Hamilton, OH

Name: Robert E. Shaffer
Age: 75
Date of Death: August 23, 1998
City: Leesburg, FL
Survived by: Edith J. Pattison Shaffer, wife; Bobette (Dick) Owen,
 Bonnie (John) Huston, Elizabeth E. (Arthur, Jr.) McElhinney,
 daughters; Twila Shaffer, mother; Dale (Helen) Shaffer, brother; 7
 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren
Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Wednesday, August 26, Slippery Rock United
 Methodist Church, Slippery Rock, PA
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 26, Slippery Rock United
 Methodist Church, Slippery Rock, PA
Memorials:  Community United Methodist Church, 309 College Avenue,
 Fruitland Park, FL 34731  -- or -- Christ United Methodist Church,
 700 S. Marshall, Middletown, OH 45044
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Brock Smith, Sr.
Age: 40
Date of Death: August 22, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: wife, Sarah Thigpen Smith; sons, Vincent, Derrick, and
 Brock Smith Jr. and Kendell Reed; daughter, De Ann Marie Smith;
 sisters' Carla Coleman (James), Lisa McCluskey and Taryn Gilbert;
 three brothers, Bobby Smith, James McCluskey (Anita), and Darren
 Ross
Visitation:11 a..m. to noonWednesday, August 26, funeral home
Services: Noon Wednesday, at funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel


Name: Nina Turner
Age: 72
Date of Death: August 21, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: husband of 53 years, Luther Turner; Daughter, Elaine
 Turner (Tony) 
Sons, Gary Turner (Kathy) and Larry Turner ( Gretchen), 10 grand-
 children; two great-grandchildren; brothers, Carl Noble, Edsel
 Noble and Ira Noble; sisters, Lizzie Lawson, Maxine Griffis, Martha
 Nichols and Delores Jackson
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Monday, August 24, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, August 25 at the Trenton Church of God
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Week of August 9-16, 1998

Name: Grover V. Bair
Age: 70
Date of Death: August 13, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Pheba (Adams) Bair, wife of 53 years; two daughters,
 Rhonda Bair-Garant (Carl) and Pamela Moren (Michael); four grand-
 children; daughter-in-law, Kathy Bair; brothers, Stanley Bair and
 Charles Bair, Shelby Bair and Grady Bair; sisters, Irene Herdlicke,
 Athlene Brown, and Jewel Bailey; sister-in-law, Mildred Bair;
 brothers-in-law, Larry Adams, Hearl Adams and Linville Adams
Visitation: 5-9 p.m. Sunday at funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Monday at funeral home
Memorials: First Christian Church Building Fund, 4520 Rosedale Rd.,
 Middletown, OH 45042
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Keith A. Bowman
Age: 57
Date of Death: August 10, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: JoAnn Bowman, wife; Keith A. (Alison) Bowman, II, son;
 Debbie (Bret) Sander, daughter; William Bowman, Barry Bowman,
 brothers; Elizabeth Long, Bess Gabbard, Barbara Townsend, Beatrice
 Marshall, sisters; 4 grandchildren
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, August 12, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, August 13, funeral home
Memorials:  American Cancer Society, 105 McKnight Drive, Middletown,
 OH 45044
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Patricia Caldwell
Age: 63
Date of Death: August 12, 1998
City: Miamisburg, Ohio
Survived by: Vincent, husband; Rebecca Belechak, Amy Gruenberg, Karen
 Leahy, daughters; Eugene Pastrick, Benjamin Pastrick, Michael
 Pastrick, brothers; Marilyn Fey, sister; 3 grandchildren
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday, August 14, funeral home
Services: 8 p.m. Friday, August 14, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home, 1357 E. Second Street,
 Franklin, OH

Name: Walter B. "Red" Carpenter
Age: 81
Date of Death: August 16, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Geraldine, wife; Gary Carpenter, son; Judy Norvell,
 daughter; 3 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; Inez Rogers,
 sister
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, August 19, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, August 20, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Wilma L. Carr
Age: 81
Date of Death: August 13, 1998
City: Oxford, Ohio
Survived by: Larry (Ruth) Doty, son; 1 granddaughter; 3 step grand-
 children; 11 step great-grandchildren; 2 step great-great-grand-
 children
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday, August 14, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, August 15, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: R. C. Nein & Sons-Limber Funeral Home, 249 N. Main
 Street, Camden, OH

Name: Margaret May Creager
Age: 69
Date of Death: August 10, 1998
City: Dayton, Ohio
Survived by: Steve Creager, John Creager, sons; Carolyn Cole, Diana
 Gilbert, Gloria Bowling, daughters; Clifford Hughes, brother;
 Mildred Adams, Jean Shockley, sisters; 7 grandchildren, 1 great-
 grandchild
Visitation: Noon-2 p.m. Thursday, August 13, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, August 13, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home, 1357 E. Second Street,
 Franklin, OH

Name: Zelma Dennis
Age: 79
Date of Death: August 8, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Lori (Robert) Lenos, Judy (Ed) Powers, daughters; Don
 (Kathy) Dennis, Ralph (Shawna) Dennis, David (Donna) Dennis, sons;
 19 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren
Visitation:  10-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 11, Grace Baptist Church
Services: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 11, Grace Baptist Church
Memorials:  Edgewood Baptist Church, 5335 Trenton-Oxford Road,
 Trenton, OH 45067
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Rhoda E. Downs
Age: 82
Date of Death: August 15, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Janice R. Deaton, Karen S. Warren, daughters; Roger L.
 Downs, Robert D. Downs, sons; 10 grandchildren; 8 great-grand-
 children; 2 great-great grandchildren; Clara Faye King, sister;
 Hobert Dean Trimble, brother
Visitation:  5-8 p.m. Tuesday, August 18, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 19, funeral home
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Frank E. Earach
Age: 86
Date of Death: August 12, 1998
City: Port Charlotte, FL
Survived by: Virginia, wife; Angie Andreotta, Mary (Dr. Elmer)
 Feldman, sisters; Matt (Jane) Green, stepson
Visitation:  None
Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, August 13, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Charlotte Memorial Funeral Home, 5200 Indian Springs
 Road, Punta Gorda, FL 33950

Name: Ronald Elliott
Age: 32
Date of Death: August 7, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Taunya Elliott, wife; Tanishia M. Elliott, Tonnetta C.
 Elliott, daughters; Demetrius T. Elliott, son; Devin Fuller,
 stepson; Zola Elliott, mother; Donald (Kim) Elliott, twin brother 
Visitation:  11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, August 11, funeral home
Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday, August 11, funeral home
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel

Name: Paul Fields
Age: 70
Date of Death: August 12, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Ray (Patty) Fields, Kenny (Donna) Fields; sons;
 Rebecca Fields, daughter; Alma Land, sister; 5 grandchildren
Visitation:  9-10 a.m. Saturday, August 15, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, August 15, funeral home
Memorials:  Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis Street, Middletown,
 OH 45044
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: John A. George
Age: 82
Date of Death: August 8, 1998
City: Camden, Ohio
Survived by: John A. George, William Earl (Sandra Sue) George, Keith
 (Esther) George, Gayle (Vickie) George, Kenneth (Patricia) George,
 sons; Eula Cottingim, Hazel Cottingim, sisters; 11 grandchildren;
 9 great grandchildren
Visitation:  5-9 p.m. Monday, August 10, First Southern Baptist
 Church, Camden
Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, August 11, First Southern Baptist Church,
 Camden
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: R. C. Nein & Sons-Limber Funeral Home, 249 N. Main
 Street, Camden, OH

Name: Terrence Griffith
Age: 39
Date of Death: August 11, 1998
City: Miamisburg, Ohio
Survived by:  Lesa Griffith, wife; Jacob Griffith, Joshua Griffith,
 sons; Earl and Erma Griffith, parents; Paula Rankin, sister; Vernon
 and Ruth Hasty, father and mother-in-law; Fairy McGeorge, maternal
 grandmother
Visitation:  6-9 p.m. Thursday, August 13, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, August 14, First Church of God, 446 N.
 Heincke Road, Miamisburg, OH
Memorials:  Jacob and Joshua Griffith Memorial Scholarship Fund,
 Fifth Third Bank, 155 N. Heincke Road, Miamisburg, OH 45342
Arrangements: Gebhart-Schmidt-Parramore Funeral Home, 508 E. Linden
 Avenue, Miamisburg, OH

Name: Hubert Hobson
Age: 72
Date of Death: August 14, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: wife, Marie Hobson; Five sons, Mike (Barbara), Garry
 (Sharon), Timothy (Tonya), Hubie (Gena), and Baxter (Andrea); five
 grandchildren; sisters, Ethel Wheeler and Cleda Sue Hall; and a
 brother, Arthur Hobson
Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Sunday at funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at funeral home
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: John Dana Jordan
Age: 59
Date of Death: August 10, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Vickie Jordan, wife; Julie (James) Hippert, Karmen
 (Jim) Widmeyer, daughters; 3 grandchildren; Glengene (Kenny)
 Martin, sister
Visitation:  6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, August 13, funeral home
Services: 8:30 p.m. Thursday, August 13, funeral home
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Herley S. Knox
Age: 85
Date of Death: August 5, 1998
City: Venice, FL
Survived by: Gladys Knox, wife; Miriam L. (Jerry) Sullivan, daughter;
 Thomas (Sandra) Knox, daughter; Rita (Willard) Roberson, step-
 daughter; 10 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren
Visitation:  6-8 p.m. Monday, August 10, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 11, funeral home
Memorials: Central Baptist Church, 7645 Winton Road, Cincinnati,
 OH 45224
Arrangements: Charles A. Miller Sons Funeral Home, Hamilton Avenue
 and Knowlton Street Northside, Cincinnati, OH 

Name: Julia Lato
Age: 75
Date of Death: August 13, 1998
City: Wooster, Ohio
Survived by: Sally (Steve) Kitchen, daughter; 3 grandchildren; Ethel
 Hess, Jeanne Kocsis, Barbara Webster, sisters
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Woodside Cemetery, graveside services 
Memorials: Julia Lato Endowment Fund, c/o YMCA, 680 Woodland Avenue,
 Wooster, OH 44691 -- or -- Hospice of Wayne County, 2525-A Black
 Orville Road, Wooster, OH 44691
Arrangements: Roberts Funeral Home, Wooster, OH

Name: Timothy P. Layer
Age: 51
Date of Death: August 10, 1998
City: Wapakoneta, Ohio
Survived by: Susan Elling, Alice Henkle, sisters; Lyburn Layer,
 brother
Visitation: 12:30 p.m. -1 p.m. Friday, August 14, funeral home
Services: 1 p.m. Friday, August 14, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Raymond Lawson
Age: 74
Date of Death: August 16, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Artie Wallace, sister; Rev. Clifford Lawson, Jr., Rev.
 Gordon Lawson, Ronald Lawson, brothers
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, August 19, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, August 20, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Mildred Linkous
Age: 70
Date of Death: August 8, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: David Linkous, son; Denise Robinson, Marilyn Collins;
 daughters; 4 grandchildren; Sonny Darrell, Lowell Darrell, brothers;
 Leona Schreiber, sister
Visitation:   5-8 p.m. Tuesday, August 11, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 12, funeral home
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home, 1357 E. Second Street,
 Franklin, OH 

Name: Edna McCormick
Age: 91
Date of Death: August 8, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: daughter-in-law, Donna McCormick grandchildren, great-
 grandchildren, niece & nephew
Visitation: private
Services: private
Memorials: American Cancer Society
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Deborah McIntosh
Age: 45
Date of Death: August 16, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Samuel J. McIntosh, husband; Steve Wehr, Jeff Wehr,
 sons; 3 grandchildren; Dan Haney, brother, Dana Dunn, sister
Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Thursday, August 20, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, August 20, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Ida R. (Carnes) Martin
Age: 66
Date of Death: August 15, 1998
City: Springboro, Ohio
Survived by:  Mike (Melanie) Carnes, Dale (Angie) Carnes, sons; Jake
 Zink, half-brother; Clara Akers, Mary Ruble, half-sisters; 8 grand-
 children
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, August 18, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, August 19, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home, 1357 E. Second Street,
 Franklin, Ohio

Name: Coralene Parrish
Age: 58
Date of Death: August 7, 1998
City: Springboro, Ohio
Survived by: husband, James; daughters, Kathy Greene & Kimberly
 Young; son, James Michael; father & step-mother, Albert and Dell
 Leigeber; mother and step-father, Lola and Bob Hilton; step-
 brothers, Bobby Hilton and Wayne Hilton; sisters, Claralene
 Schooler and Alberta Harris; step-sister, Tana Ballheimer, and six
 grandchildren
Visitation:5-8 p.m. Monday, August 10, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 11, funeral home
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home, 1357 E. Second Street,
 Franklin, OH 

Name: Elmer M. Riley
Age: 81
Date of Death: August 15, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Lora Riley, wife; Eddie Riley, Kenneth Ray Riley, sons;
 Nancy D. Monk, Beverly A. Butcher, daughters; George Riley, Jr.,
 Leroy Riley, Paul Riley, brothers; Mae Hitch, Nettie Smith, sisters;
 9 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren
Visitation:  6-8 p.m. Tuesday, August 18, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 19, funeral home
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home, 1357 E. Second Street,
 Franklin, OH 

Name: Vickie Robinson
Age: 40
Date of Death: August 7, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: husband, Keith Robinson; sons, Keith O. Jr. and Ryan P.
 Robinson; father, Louis McKnight; six brothers, Victor, Dwight,
 Duane, Louis Jr., Paul D. Sr., Johnnie B. Reed, and Jerry McKnight;
 sisters, Carolyn McKnight, Johnnie B. Reed, Tersia Willis, and
 Alesia Brown; two step-sons, Keith and Christopher Robinson; nieces
 and nephews
Visitation: noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, August 12, Murchison Chapel of
 CME Church, 611 S. Main Street
Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, August 12, at church
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel, 918 S. Main Street,
 Middletown 

Name: Wendell W. Salyer
Age: 78
Date of Death: August 16, 1998
City: Germantown, Ohio
Survived by: Carolyn Jean (Myer) Elling, daughter; 2 grandchildren;
 Peggy Salyer, Janet McIntosh, Carol Sue Back, sisters
Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, August 19, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, August 19, funeral home
Memorials:  Germantown Rescue Squad
Arrangements: Dalton Funeral Home, Germantown, OH

Name: Mary Jane Shockey
Age: 77
Date of Death: August 9, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Glenn R. Shockey, son; Carol Mayhew, daughter; William
 Scheurer, Robert Scheurer, brothers; Elizabeth Taylor, sister; 5
 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren
Visitation: 12 noon - 1 p.m. Wednesday, August 12, funeral home
Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, August 12, funeral home
Memorials:  Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis Street, Middletown,
 OH 45044
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Rev. James Simmons
Age: 61
Date of Death: August 9, 1998
City: Washington, D.C.
Survived by: Patricia Gerber Simmons, wife; Judy Lindsey, Sarah
 Simmons, daughters; David Simmons, son; 3 grandchildren
Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, August 13, St. Mark Presbyterian Church,
 Rockville, MD
Memorials:  Church Library Fund of St. Mark Presbyterian Church,
 Rockville, MD

Name: Shirley Stevens
Age: 68
Date of Death: August 8, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Alan Stevens, husband; Tracey (Larry) Reynolds,
 daughter; Kent (Linda) Stevens, son; 1 grandson
Visitation:  9-11a.m. Tuesday, August 11, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, August 11, funeral home
Memorials:  Hospice of Middletown or The American Lung Association
 of Ohio
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Geneva Schwartz
Age: 80
Date of Death: August 10, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Ray Harper Schwartz, husband; Jeremiah V. Wood, Randall
 Wood, sons; Jean Adaire Gregory, Vernalyn Patterson, Brenda Weinke,
 daughters; 13 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; Roberta Bowser,
 Lora Gulledge, Claire Hartsough, Joyce Lovelace, sisters; Darwin
 "Bud" Shank, Dale Shank, brothers
Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Friday, August 14, Lebanon Presbyterian
 Church
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, August 14, at the church
Memorials: Lebanon Presbyterian Church's pilot's class

Name: Mary E. Vice
Age: 83
Date of Death: August 16, 1998
City: Eaton, Ohio
Survived by: Gerald Vice, Harley David Vice, Michael Ray Vice, sons;
 Velma June Flynn, Wilma Jean Crouse, Wanda Sue Pheanis, daughters;
 Bonnie Rose Redd, sister; 18 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren;
 1 great-great-grandchild
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, August 18, funeral home
Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 19, funeral home
Memorials: Eaton Emergency Squad
Arrangements: Barnes Funeral Home, 220 E. Main St., Eaton

Name: Lillie Evadue Wagoner
Age: 90
Date of Death: August 11, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Joan Nunamaker, Carolyn (William) Vest, Nancy (David)
 Nicodemus), Judy Wagoner, daughters; 6 grandchildren; 2 great
 grandchildren; 4 sisters; 2 brothers
Visitation: 5-7 p.m. Thursday, August 13, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m., Friday, August 14, funeral home
Memorials: St. Luke Presbyterian Church Accessibility Fund, 4311
 Walton Court, Middletown, OH 45042
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Etheline Rose Waldner
Age: 75
Date of Death: August 14, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Harry E. Waldner, husband; Valerie Waldner Veneman,
 daughter; Michael Waldner, son; 5 grandsons; Helen Cook, sister
Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, August 18, Woodside Chapel
Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, August 18, Woodside Chapel
Memorials: none specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Albert Carter Watson, Jr.
Age: 59
Date of Death: August 12, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Mary Elaine, wife; Michael Helm, foster son; Monyca
 (Sam) Gordon, daughter; Aaron (Shelly) Watson, son; 1 granddaughter
Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Saturday, August 15, Mount Zion Baptist
 Church
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, August 15, at the church
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel, 198 S. Main Street,
 Middletown, OH

Name: Calvin J. Wazenegger
Age: 72
Date of Death: August 8, 1998
City: Dallas, TX
Survived by: Dora Wazenegger, wife; Elsa Jane Wazenegger, daughter;
 Wade Owen Wazenegger, Calvin J. Wazenegger, Jr., Derek J. Wazenegger,
 sons; 4 grandchildren
Visitation: None
Services: Memorial Service 4 p.m., Tuesday, August 11, funeral home
Memorials:  American Cancer Society or American Heart Association
Arrangements: Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home, 148 W. Church St.,
 Lewisville, TX

Name: Richard Dwight O. Wells
Age: 21
Date of Death: August 10, 1998
City: Chicago, IL
Survived by:  Lateefah Johnson-Wells, wife; Lauren Wells, daughter;
 Frankie Leon Wells, father; Edker Wilkerson, Sr., paternal grand-
 father; Vera Simmons, maternal grandmother
Visitation:  11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, August 14, United Missionary
 Baptist Church
Services: 1 p.m. Friday, August 14, United Missionary Baptist Church
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel, 918 S. Main Street,
 Middletown, OH

Week of August 1-8, 1998

Name: Orval Briscoe
Age: 70
Date of Death: August 5, 1998
City: Dayton, Ohio
Survived by: Gracie, wife; Robert Briscoe, son; Sylvia Terrell,
 Shirley Thomason, Pauline Briscoe, Mary Turner, Corrine Briscoe,
 daughters; Woody Briscoe, brother; numerous grandchildren and great-
 grandchildren
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Friday, August 7, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, August 8, funeral home
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements:Tobias Funeral Home, 1817 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH

Name: James Kenneth "Kenny" Cole
Age: 54
Date of Death: August 5, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Rebecca "Becky" Cole, daughter; James Kenneth, son; 
Maggie Cole, mother; Sharon (Paul) Thomas, Vondie Kneisel, sisters;
 Charles "Eddie" (Ida) Cole, Terry Cole, brothers
Visitation: 9-10 a.m. Friday, August 7, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, August 7, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Salina S. Coleman
Age: 100
Date of Death: August 4, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Mayme Johnson, Catherine Holbrook, daughters; Robert
 Coleman, John T. (Sharon) Coleman, sons; 33 grandchildren; 55 great
 grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; one great-great-
 great grandchild
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday, August 7, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, August 8, funeral home
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel, 918 S. Main Street,
 Middletown, OH 

Name: Henry H. "Jack" Gourley
Age: 85
Date of Death: August 4, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Dolly Gourley, wife of 54 years; Lillian (Harry)
 Burchfield, daughter; Joe (Carol) Gourley, son; 6 grandchildren; 7
 great grandchildren; 4 great-great grandchildren; William (Ruth)
 Gourley, Alfred (Shirl) Gourley, brothers; Sally (Rev. Joe)
 Caldwell, Lucy Moura, Lena Townsend, Alice (Harold) Brewster,
 sisters
Visitation: 5-7 p.m. Thursday, August 6, Joseph Baker-Stevens
 Funeral Home -- and -- 9-11 a.m. Saturday, August 8, Kyker Funeral
 Home, Sweetwater, TN
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, August 8, Kyker Funeral Home
Memorials:  Church at Mayfield, 3311 Burbank Avenue, Middletown,
 OH 45044 -- or -- Careview Home Health, 4214 Grand Avenue,
 Middletown, OH
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Wilbur "Flip" Hendrickson
Age: 78
Date of Death: August 5, 1998
City: Hamilton, Ohio
Survived by: Ferol Hendrickson, wife; Scott (Susan) Hendrickson, Dan
 (Pam) Hendrickson, sons; 2 grandchildren; Christine (Edgar) Long,
 Hazel Neubrander, sisters
Visitation: None
Services: Graveside services at the Rose Hill Burial Park, 2 p.m.
 Friday, August 7
Memorials:  American Cancer Society or St. Mark's United Methodist
 Church, Fairfield, OH
Arrangements: Webb-Noonan Funeral Home, Hamilton, Ohio

Name: Charles Herman Highley Sr.
Age: 78
Date of Death: August 3, 1998
City: Winchester, KY
Survived by:  Billy Highley, Calvin Highley, Charles Highley, sons;
 Trudy Lewis, daughter; Alma Roark, Dorothy Richeson, Ethel Proctor,
 Betty Hill, sisters; George Highley, brother; several grandchildren
Visitation: Noon-2 p.m. Friday, August 7, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Friday, August 7, funeral home
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Everett G. Hinkel
Age: 87
Date of Death: August 1, 1998
City: Hamilton, Ohio
Survived by: Gail (Nick) Konrad, daughter; Richard (Diana) Hinkel,
 son; 4 grandchildren; Naomi "Sis" Kollstedt, sister
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, August 4, funeral home
Services: 10a.m. Wednesday, August 5, funeral home
Memorials:  St. Clair Township Life Squad
Arrangements: Paul R. Young Funeral Home, 3950 Pleasant Avenue,
 Hamilton, OH 

Name: Olive I. Homan
Age: 90
Date of Death: August 4, 1998
City: Dayton, Ohio
Survived by: John F. (Janet) Homan, Fred J. (Elaine) Homan, sons;
 Joann (Carl) Feldhake, sister; 6 grandchildren; 6 great-grand-
 children
Visitation: 9-10:30 a.m. Friday, August 7, funeral home
Services:11 a.m. Friday, August 7, funeral home
Memorials:  Holy Family Parish, 201 Clark Street, Middletown, OH 45042
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Name: Mertie L. Hornbeck
Age: 100
Date of Death: August 5, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Evelyn Smith, daughter; 3 granddaughters; 5 great
 grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday, August 7, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, August 8 , funeral home
Memorials: Yankee Road First Church of God, 3029 Yankee Road,
 Middletown, OH 45044
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Name: Hubert Hough
Age: 88
Date of Death: August 2, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Mary, wife; Marilyn (Ronnie) Jones, Carolyn (Everett)
 Henry, Joyce (Robert) Workman, daughters; 8 grandchildren; 13 great
 grandchildren; Frances Lantz and Janica Barga, sisters
Visitation: 10 a.m.-noon Wednesday, August 5, funeral home
Services: noon Wednesday, August 5, funeral home
Memorials:  Charity of choice
Arrangements: R. C. Nein & Sons-Limber Funeral Home, 249 N. Main St.,
 Camden, Ohio

Name: Frederick Keister
Age: 69
Date of Death: August 3, 1998
City: Germantown, Ohio
Survived by: Gwen, wife; Valerie Smith, daughter; Karl (Dawn)
 Keister, Kevin Keister, sons; Virginia Peters, Ruby Carpenter,
 sisters; Wilbur Keister, brother
Visitation: None
Services: 10:30a.m. Thursday, August 6, funeral home
Memorials:  Hospice of Middletown
Arrangements: Arpp & Root Funeral Home, Germantown

Name: Dale E. Kelly
Age: 48
Date of Death: August 3, 1998
City: Lubbock, TX
Survived by: Stephanie, wife; Racquel Kelly, daughter; David Kelly,
 son; James and Ruby Kelly, father and stepmother; Derrell Kelly,
 brother; Monte Daniel, half-brother; Carolyn Mealor, step-sister
Visitation: None
Services:  Friday, August 7, funeral home
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Resthaven Funeral Home, Lubbock, TX

Name: Madalene (Byrd) Maddox
Age: 85
Date of Death: August 6, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Patricia Purdy, daughter; 4 grandchildren; 5 great
 grandchildren; Lilly Hodge, sister
Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Monday, August 10, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, August 10, funeral home
Memorials:  American Heart Association, 105 McKnight Drive,
 Middletown, OH 45044
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Xavier R. Peyton
Age: infant
Date of Death: August 4, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: David and Jodie Peyton, parents; Earl and Debbie
 Childers and Ralph and Teresa Peyton, grandparents
Visitation: 9-10 a.m. Friday, August 7, funeral home
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, August 7, Mass of Christian Burial,
 Emmanuel Catholic Church, Dayton, OH
Memorials: None specified
Arrangements: Harris Funeral Home, 49 Linden Avenue, Dayton, OH

Name: Criss Reeves
Age: 41
Date of Death: August 1, 1998
City: Miamisburg, Ohio
Survived by: Melissa, wife; Harold Reeves, father; Carl David Reeves,
 brother; Louise Reeves, Viviann Reeves, sisters; Rev. John and Maude
 Turner, father and mother-in-law
Visitation: 4-9 p.m. Tuesday, August 4, funeral home
Services: 10a.m. Wednesday, August 5, funeral home
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home, 1357 E. Second Street,
 Franklin, OH 

Name: Georgia Lee Richards
Age: 77
Date of Death: August 2, 1998
City: Trenton, Ohio
Survived by: Caroline (Kenneth) Gerber, Judith (George) Armour,
 daughters; 8 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren
Visitation: 1-3 p.m. Thursday, August 6, funeral home
Services: 3 p.m. Thursday, August 6, funeral home
Memorials:  Trenton Rescue Squad
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: David S. Rogers
Age: 70
Date of Death: August 3, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Gladys,  wife; Sylvia Rogers, Gail Holloman, Youlanda
 Rogers, Ebony Rogers, daughters; Ruby Rogers, Geneva Rogers,
 sisters; 5 grandchildren
Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Saturday, August 8, funeral home
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, August 8, funeral home
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel, 918 S. Main Street,
 Middletown, OH 

Name: Gerald "Butch" Selby
Age: 62
Date of Death: August 1, 1998
City: Eaton, Ohio
Survived by: Sheri (Rev. Keith) Spencer, daughter; Don (Beth) Selby,
 son; 
4 grandchildren
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, August 4, funeral home
Services: 11a.m. Wednesday, August 5, funeral home
Memorials:  None specified
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Name: Archie B. Tallent
Age: 81
Date of Death: August 4, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Boyd (Pat) Tallent, son; numerous grandchildren and
 great grandchildren; Gladys Shanefelt, companion of 26 years
Visitation:5-8 p.m. Friday, August 7, funeral home
Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 8, funeral home
Memorials: Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis Street, Middletown,
 OH 45044
Arrangements: Gephart-Schmidt-Parramore Funeral Home, 508 E. Linden
 Avenue, Miamisburg, OH

Name: Nina Kay (Garrett) Wireman
Age: 26
Date of Death: August 5, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Johnny Wireman, husband; John Wayne Wireman, son; Marah
 Wireman, daughter; Melissa Wireman, Ashley Wireman, Megan
 Bowermaster, Mattie Bowermaster, stepdaughters; Jesse and Barb
 Garrett, parents; George and Esther Gibson, grandparents; Pearl
 Gibson, great grandmother; Ova and Mary Wireman, mother and father-
 in-law
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Friday, August 7, funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, August 8, funeral home
Memorials:  John Wayne and Marah Wireman Trust Fund, First National
 Bank, 2 North Main Street, Middletown, Oh 45042
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

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