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Richard C. Adams
Age: 70
Date of Death: Monday, December 28, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by: His wife Irene; two daughters, Marjorie Adams (Noah)
 Franzblau and Sheri Adams (Jay) Gladden; two stepdaughters, Linda
 Harden Cox and Sandra Craner; a brother, Robert K. Adams; and two
 sisters, Beverly Read and Betty Johnson
Service: 11 a.m. Thursday, December 31th at the funeral home
Visitations: 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 30th at the funeral home
Memorials: First United Methodist Church, South Main and West Third
 Streets, Franklin, Ohio or Heartland Hospice, 2555 S. Dixie Drive,
 Suite 101, Kettering, OH  45409
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Glenn Bewley
Age: 80
Date of Death: Thursday, December 31, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Jean Brandt Bewley; a daughter, Brenda J.
 (Tim) White; and a brother, Wilbur Bewley
Services: Private
Memorials: Contributions be given to the charity of the donor's
 choice
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

John Bilich
Age: 63
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 29, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: His wife, Amy; his son, John T. Bilich, and daughter-
 in-law, Jennifer B. Twiggs; a daughter, Patricia A. (Eric C.)
 Huehn; his mother, Anna Bilich; a sister, Mary Ann (Mike) Franchak;
 and a brother, Joseph (Laurie) Bilich
Service: 10 a.m. Monday, January 4th at St. John's Catholic Church
Visitations: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, January 1st at the funeral home
Memorials: Middletown Community Foundation, University of North
 Carolina Educational Fund, or the charity of your choice
Arrangements:   Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Leah Blackmore
Age: 95
Date of Death: Thursday,  December 31, 1998
City: Hope, Indiana
Survived by: Two sons, Glenn (Audrey) and Dennis (Jean) Blackmore;
 and a daughter, Mary Ann (Ray) Meredith
Service: 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 5th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, January 4th at the funeral home
Memorials: Spring Hill Church of Christ, 2021 Brell Drive,
 Middletown, OH  45042 or Hospice of Bartholomew County, 2400 East
 17th St., Columbus, OH  47201-9986
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Marie Campbell
Age: 91
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 29, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her daughter, Lucille (James) Agness; a son, Reed R.
 Campbell; two brothers, Clyde (Ethel) Robinson, Jr. and Charles
 Robinson; and four sisters, Fern (Ralph) Buckner, Polly A. Reed and
 Linda and Diana
Service: 2 p.m.  Monday, January 4th at the funeral home
Visitations: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, January 3rd at the funeral home
Memorials: Willow Knoll Benevolent Fund, 4400 Vannest Ave.,
 Middletown, OH  45042
Arrangements: Herr-Riggs Funeral Home, 210 S. Main St., Middletown

Rosebud Cooney
Age: 91
Date of Death: Thursday,  December 31, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Nine grandchildren, Mary Rose Carpenter, 1st Sgt.
 Thomas J. Cooney III, Kathleen Cooney, Karen McDonald, Susan Chafin,
 Linda Lindsay, Kim Cooney, Don Bowles and Sharon Bowles
Service: 2 p.m. Saturday, January 2nd at the funeral home
Visitations: 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, January 2nd at the funeral home
Arrangements:   Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Amy Craycraft
Age: 96
Date of Death: Thursday, December 31, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Three sisters, Addie Bailey, Carma Lacey and Jessie
 Sommers
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, January 4th at the funeral home
Visitation: 9 to 11 a.m. Monday, January 4th at the funeral home
Memorial: Breiel Boulevard Church of God, 2000 North Breiel Blvd.,
 Middletown, OH   45042
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Pauline L. Faeta
Age: 90
Date of Death: Thursday, December 31, 1998
City: New Carlisle, Ohio
Survived by:  Her son, Anthony J. (Jean) Faeta; and two daughters,
 Vangeline M. (Fred) Fronk and Barbara A. (Jerry) Parisi
Service: 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 6th at St. Henry's Catholic
 Church
Visitations: 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 5th at the funeral home
Memorials: To donor's favorite charity
Arrangements: Swart Funeral Home, 207 E. Central Ave., West
 Carrollton, Ohio

Albert L. Hamm
Age: 84
Date of Death: Thursday,  December 31, 1998
City: Mount Pleasant Retirement Village, Monroe, Ohio
Survived by: His wife of 58 years, Kathryn; a daughter, Linda (James
 A.) Roberts; and three sisters, Marilyn Routson, Eleanor McMahon and
 Ruth Bell
Service: 2 p.m. Monday, January 4th at the funeral home and a
 memorial service at Mount Pleasant Retirement Village at 2 p.m.
 Tuesday, January 5th
Visitations: None specified
Memorial: Mount Pleasant Life Care Fund, 225 Britton Lane, Monroe,
 OH  45050
Arrangements:   Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Audrey Harms
Age: 92
Date of Death: Monday, December 28, 1998
City: Monroe, Ohio
Survived by:  Her son, Lawrence (Helen) Harms
Services: 9:30 a.m.  Thursday, December 31st at Mt. Pleasant
 Presbyterian Church, Monroe, Ohio
Memorials: Mt. Pleasant Retirement Village, 225 Britton Ln., Monroe,
 OH  45050
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Mildred E. Hawkins
Age: 86
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 30, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  A son, Lee (Alice) Kissick; a sister, Kathryn Oliver;
 and a brother, Wilbur S. (Marie) Carr
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 6th at the funeral home
Visitation: Noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 6th at the funeral
 home
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Pauline Jones
Age: 88
Date of Death: December 31, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by: Her daughter, Delores Cain; and five sons, Stanley Cain,
 George Cain, Rodney Jones, Kelsey Van Jones and Kirk Ramsey Jones
Service: Noon Saturday, January 9th at Emmanuel Baptist Church
Friends may call at the church from 11 a.m. until time of service
Arrangements:  Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel, 918 South Main St.,
 Middletown, Ohio

Virginia King
Age: 56
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 30, 1998
City: Hamilton, Ohio
Survived by:  Her son, John Logan (Marilyn) King; two daughters,
 Jenia (Sean) Tolbert and Jeanette "Nicky" (Greg) Campbell; a
 brother, Frank S. Dean, Jr.; a stepbrother, John W. Jones; and a
 stepsister, Joyce Ann Estrada
Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 5th at the funeral home
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, January 4th at the funeral home
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Gladys E. Logsdon
Age: 83
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 29, 1998
City: Springboro, Ohio
Survived by:  Her husband of 60 years, Cecil; two brothers, Clarence
 E. and Robert E. Zinck; and two sisters, Leona Smoot and Betty
 Hetzler
Service: 10 a.m.  Monday, January 4th at the funeral home
Visitations: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, January 3rd at the funeral home
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Jennifer Phillips
Age: 36
Date of Death: Wednesday,  December 30, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her husband, Morris Phillips, Jr.; a daughter, Sarah
 Danielle Phillips; her parents, Al and Claire Piening; three
 sisters, Catherine (Charles) Smith, Michelle (Roger) West, and
 Kristi Piening; and two brothers, Jeffrey (Sandy) and David (Mary)
 Piening
Service: 2 p.m. Monday, January 4th at the funeral home
Visitation: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, January 4th at the funeral
 home
Memorial: Jennifer's daughter fund, c/o Fifth Third Bank, 915
 Elliott Dr., Middletown, OH   45044
Arrangements:  Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Creed T. Pruitt
Age: 27
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 29, 1998
City: Trenton, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Wendy Ann Pruitt; mother, Dana Pruitt; a son,
 Creed Ren Pruitt; two daughters, Hailey Rachel and Kaitlyn Ann
 Pruitt; brothers, Roger Lee Pruitt II and Wayne Rhodes; and two
 sisters, Tonya Clemmons and Shawna Joseph
Services: 11 a.m.  Thursday, December 31st at the Butler County
 Memorial Chapel
Visitation: 10 to 11 a.m.  Thursday, December 31st at the Butler
 County Memorial Chapel
Memorials: Madison Township Life Squad, P.O. Box 1069, Middletown,
 OH  45042 or Trenton Rescue Squad, 105 S. Miami St., Trenton 45067 
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Nellie D. Rigg
Age: 79
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 30, 1998
City: Bradenton, Florida
Survived by:  Her son, William D. Rigg; a daughter, Sheila A. Kidd;
 a sister, Ella Krist; and a brother, Franklin Denny
Service: 11 a.m.  Monday, January 4th at Grace Memorial Gardens,
 Hudson, Fla.
Visitations: 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, January 3rd at the funeral home's
 43rd St. Chapel
Memorials: American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 10459, Bradenton, FL
 34282-0459
Arrangements: Brown & Sons Funeral Home, 7604 43rd Street W.,
 Bradenton, Fla. 

Roger L. Taulbee
Age: 81
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 30, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by:  Two sons, Philip and David (Michal-Ann) Taulbee; and a
 brother, Eugene Taulbee
Services: 1 p.m. Monday, January 4th at the funeral home
Visitation: 12 to 1 p.m. Monday, January 4th at the funeral home
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Howard Thompson
Age: 76
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 30, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by: His wife of  57 years, Helen (Abney) Thompson; three
 sons, William (Teresa), Anthony (Linda) and Brian (Juanita)
 Thompson; three daughters, Delores (Sam) Stone, Phyllis (Garman)
 Lewis and Karen (Harold) Bates; a brother, Carl Thompson; and three
 sisters, Verna Noble, Bertha White and Verdun Eversole
Service: 2 p.m. Monday, January 4th  at the funeral home
Visitations: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, January 3rd at the funeral home
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Mary A. Wonderly
Age: 70
Date of Death: Monday, December 28, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by her husband, Stanley L. Wonderly; four sons Randall,
 Michael (Sandra), Larry (Patricia) and Ray (Crystal) Wonderly; and
 a brother, Wayne (Clarice) Hurley
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, December 31st at the funeral home
Visitation:  6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 31st at the funeral
 home
Memorial: Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis St., Middletown 45044
Arrangements: Dalton Funeral Home, Ohio 4 at Weaver Road, Germantown,
 Ohio

Crit Burns
Age: 61
Date of Death: Saturday, December 26, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Emma Elizabeth Burns; daughters, Ramonia B.
 (Tim) Carroll and Regina (Vincent) Harrison; a son, Ricky (Carmel)
 Burns; his father, Walker Burns; a brother, Walker (JoAnn) Burns,
 Jr.; and his sisters, Rose Mary (Bob) Prather and Cleo (Harvey)
 Goff
Services: 1 p.m.  Monday, December 28th at the funeral home
Visitation: 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, December 27th at the funeral home
Memorial: Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis St., Middletown 45044
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Herbert R. Carr
Age: 75
Date of Death: Friday, December 25, 1998
City:  Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  His sons, Larry D. (Rena) and Chris R. Carr; a daughter,
 Allegra (Joe) Shelton; brothers, James and Tom Carr; and a sister,
 Christine Diver
Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 29th at the funeral home
Visitation: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 29th at the funeral
 home
Memorial: American Cancer Society, 105 McKnight Drive, Middletown
 45044
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Ronne Chapman
Age: 44
Date of Death: Sunday, December 27, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Jeanetta Dunson Chapman; two sons, Ron Carlos
 and Damon Chapman; a daughter, Dawnetta Chapman; his parents, Leo
 and Gladys Chapman; four brothers, Gary (Bobbie, Larry (Phyllis,
 Percy (Donna) and Clyde (Johnnie) Chapman; and a sister, Kay Chapman
Services: At noon Wednesday, December 30th at the First Baptist
 Church of New Miami
Visitation: 11 a.m. until noon Wednesday, December 30th at the church
Arrangements: Green-Hall and Jordan Memorial Chapel, 532 W. Second
 St., Hamilton, Ohio

Roushie Collins
Age: 89
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 22, 1998
City: Preble County, Ohio
Survived by:  Her son, Gerald Collins;p and two sisters, Gladys Klien
 and Elizabeth Buchanon
Services: 10 a.m. Monday, December 28th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, December 27th at the funeral home
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Arnold Cook
Age: 73
Date of Death: Sunday, December 27, 1998
City:  Camden, Ohio
Survived by:  Three brothers, Paul, Joseph and Claude Cook; and a
 sister, Mary (Alfred) Tillery
Services: At noon Wednesday, December 30th at the funeral home
Visitation: 11 a.m. until noonWednesday, December 30th at the funeral
 home
Arrangements: R.C. Nein & Sons-Thompson Funeral Home, 249 N. Main
 St., Camden, Ohio

Margaret Cracraft
Age: 76
Date of Death: Friday, December 25, 1998
City:  Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her sons, James E. Cracraft, Jr., Joseph L. Cracraft
 and Michael D. Cracraft; and daughters, Rita Cornele, Susan Cracraft
 D.O. and Lizabeth Alter
Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 29th at the funeral home
Visitation: 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 29th at the funeral home
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Dora H. Dobbins
Age: 83
Date of Death: Monday, December 21, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her son, Jim (Rose Marie) Dobbins; and a brother, Leroy
 Carpenter
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, December 24th at the funeral home
Visitation: 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday, December 24th  at the funeral home
Memorial: Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis St., Middletown 45044
Arrangements:  Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Paul A. Ehresman
Age: 86
Date of Death: Monday, December 21, 1998
City: Trenton, Ohio
Survived by:  His son, William Kenneth Ehresman and a sister, Frieda
 Zigler
Services: 2 p.m.  Wednesday, December 23rd at the funeral home
Visitation: 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 23rd at the funeral home
Memorials: Trenton Rescue Squad, 105 S. Miami St., Trenton 45067 or
 the Trenton Mennonite Cemetery Association, 2 E. Main St., Trenton
 45067
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

William Ferguson
Age: 83
Date of Death: Sunday, December 27, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Sally Ferguson;; five daughters, Carol (Dr.
 Ernest) Myers, Beverly, Anita, Charlotte, and Barbara Ferguson; a
 son, Avery Ferguson; and a sister, Jelina Ferguson
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 30the at the chapel
Visitation: 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 30the at the chapel
Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, 918 S. Main St., Middletown

Corrinne Henes
Age: 86
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 23, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her niece, Betty (Richard) Davison
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, December 26th at the funeral home
Visitation: 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, December 26th at the funeral home
Memorial: Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis St., Middletown 45044
Arrangements:  Herr-Riggs Funeral Home, 210 S. Main St., Middletown

Margie (Leedy) Isaac
Age: 69
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 23, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her husband, Willie Dewey Isaac; five sons, Frank L.
 (Carole), Burt W. , Ronald (Sandra), Donald (Barbara) and Anthony
 Isaac; two daughters, Belinda and Melissa Isaac; a sister, Myrtle
 Slone; and a brother, Howard Leedy
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, December 28th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, December 27th at the funeral home
Memorial: American Cancer Society, 105 McKnight Drive, Middletown
 45044
Arrangements:  Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Larry V. Lakes
Age: 58
Date of Death: Friday, December 25, 1998
City:  Camden, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Barbara Lakes; a daughter, Tamella Lakes
 Gonzales; a half-brother, Myron Lakes; and a half-sister, Trina
 Cline
Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, December 31st at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 30th at the funeral home
Arrangements: R.C. Nein & Sons-Thompson Funeral Home, 249 N. Main
 St., Camden, Ohio

Marion Albert Lansaw
Age: 82
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 22, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  His son, Kenneth R. (Carolyn) Lansaw; a daughter, Linda
 K. Lansaw Allen; and a sister, Martha Kyle
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, December 24th at Woodside Cemetery
 Chapel, Middletown, Ohio
Visitation: 9:30 to 10 a.m. Thursday, December 24th  at the chapel
Memorial: American Diabetes Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., Suite
 102, West Chester, OH   45069
Arrangements:  Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Tana Rachelle Lira
Age: 6
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 23, 1998
City:  Snellville, Georgia
Survived by:  Her father, Julio Fernando Lira; and her mother,
 Tawnya R. Lira;
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, December 28th at the funeral home
Arrangements: Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Snellville, Georgia

Ernie Long
Age: 97
Date of Death: Friday, December 25, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: His son, Gerald Long
Service: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 29th at the funeral home
Visitations:  7 to 9 p.m. Monday, December 28th at the funeral home
Memorial: In Ernie's name to the First Christian Church, 4520
 Rosedale Rd., Middletown, 45042 Arrangements:  Breitenbach-McCoy-
 Leffler Funeral Home

Elizabeth Mack
Age: 90
Date of Death: Friday, December 25, 1998
City: Dayton, Ohio
Survived by: Her sister, Ann Reitz; and sister-in-law, Josephine
 Pallo
Service: 10 a.m. Wednesday, December 30th at St John's Chapel
Visitations: 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 29th at the funeral home
Arrangements:  Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

M. Ruth McVey
Age: 89
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 22, 1998
City: Tampa, Florida
Survived by: Two sons, Alan J. and Paul H. McVey
Service: 11 a.m. Monday, December 28th at the funeral home
Visitations:  10 to 11 a.m. Monday, December 28th at the funeral home
Arrangements:  Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Conway Carlisle Reek, Jr.
Age: 69
Date of Death: Saturday, December 26, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Doris Ann Reek; sons, Howard Paul (Sandy),
 Mark Allen, Joseph Charles (Nancy), Clifton E. (Monica), John
 Fitzgerald (Cindy) and Donald Edward (Diedra) Reek; and a daughter,
 Rosemary (Adam) Dennis
Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, December 30th at Holy Name Catholic
 Church, 222 Hamilton Ave., Trenton, Ohio
Visitation: 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, December 29th at the funeral home
Memorial: Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis St., Middletown 45044
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Delmon Rose
Age: 75
Date of Death: Thursday, December 24, 1998
City: Hamersville, Ohio
Survived by: his wife Anna; his sons, Ronald, Donald, and Lonnie; and
 brothers, James and Carroll
Service: 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 29th at the funeral home
Visitations: 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, December 28th at the funeral home
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Eunice M. Sheard
Age: 90
Date of Death: Sunday, December 27, 1998
City: Cincinnati, Ohio
Survived by:  Her son, Gilbert A. (Charlotte) Sheard
Services: 1 p.m. Sunday, January 3rd at Christ United Methodist
 Church
Memorial: Christ United Methodist Church, 700 S. Marshall Rd.,
 Middletown, OH  45044
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Ralph Turnmire
Age: 75
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 22, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by: His wife, Lucille Johnson Turnmire; two sons, Terry
 (Jeri Lynn)  and Rick (Jane) Turnmire; and a sister, Doris Mathis
Service: 10 a.m. Monday, December 28th at the funeral home
Visitations:  4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, December 27th at the funeral home
Memorials: American Cancer Society or Hospice of Middletown
Arrangements:  Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Elizabeth Whitt
Age: 82
Date of Death: Monday, December 21, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Her daughter, Emogene Stine; five sisters, Mabel Tannin,
 Irene Duvall, Faye Thornberry, Delma Carrington and Eula Brewer; and
 two borthers, Clavis and Junior Adkins
Service: 2 p.m. Saturday, December 26th at the funeral home
Visitations: Noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, December 26th at the funeral
 home
Arrangements:  Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

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Eulah (Hall) Atwell
Age: 54
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 16, 1998
City: New Miami, Ohio
Survived by:  Her mother, Mildred Holland; a son, Charles "Eddie"
 (Rhonda) Hall; four daughters, Shelly (Timothy) Augustine, Kelly
 (Donnie) VonHolle, Linda Dotson and Rhonda Johnson; five brothers,
 James, Earl, George, Dee and Bobby Holland; four sisters, Rebecca
 Bowling, Velma Bell, Shirley Hibbard  and Phyllis Hubbard
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, December 19th at Greenhills United
 Baptist Church, 2087 Fenton St., Williamsdale
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, December 18th  at the church

Iunice Brooks
Age: 76
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 15, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Four daughters, Lollie Brooks, Dollie (John) McFrazier,
 Eunicetine Brooks and Vanassa (Earl) Coleman; and a son, Simon
 (Ruth) Brooks
Services: 1 p.m. Monday, December 21st at Mt. Zion Apostolic Temple
 Church, 271 Morris Ave., New Miami, Ohio
Visitation: Noon until time of the service at the church
Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, 918 S. Main St., Middletown

Frank Carter
Age: 64
Date of Death: Saturday, December 19, 1998
City: Somerville, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Loretta Carter; two daughters, Vickie (Bill)
 Stratford and Kathy (Steve) Williams; two brothers, Clifford Carter
 and Ernest Carter; and four sisters, Alice Brewer, Betty Stapleton,
 Bethel Ferguson and Mary Flatter
Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 22nd at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, December 21st  at the funeral home
Arrangements:  Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Robert Childers
Age: 87
Date of Death: Friday, December 18, 1998
City: Germantown, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Hazel (Rose) Childers; a daughter, Shirley
 (Joseph) Kairn; five sons, James, Warren and Larry Childers, and
 Kent and Greg Hall
Services: 1 p.m. Monday, December 21st at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, December 20th at the funeral home
Arrangements:  Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Joseph "Joe" Ciaccio
Age: 52
Date of Death: Thursday, December 17, 1998
City: Cincinnati, Ohio
Survived by:  His daughter, Angela Marie Ciaccio; brothers, Tom and
 Paul Ciaccio; and his sister, Nancy Ann Ciaccio
Services: 10 a.m. Monday, December 21st at Sacred Heart Church, Camp
 Washington, Cincinnati 
Visitation: 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, December 20th at the funeral home
Arrangements: Hodapp Funeral Home, 8815 Cincinnati-Columbus Rd.
 (Ohio 42), West Chester, Ohio

Daniel W. Donohue
Age: 55
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 15, 1998
City: Springboro, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Carole; three sons, Daniel, David and Scott
 (Lisa); a daughter, Kimberly; his parents, Daniel and Carmen; and a
 sister, Barbara Laetner
Memorial service 6 p.m.  Wednesday, December 23rd at the Springboro
 United Church of Christ
Arrangements:  Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Robert L. Garrison
Age: 80
Date of Death: Sunday, December 20, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived By: His wife, Barbara E. Garrison; a daughter, Arlene
 (Merle) Rhodes; three sisters, Hazel London, Helen Rogers and Mary
 Cockerham
Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, December 23rd at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 - 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 22nd at the funeral home
Memorial: Faith United Methodist Church, 9 Baltimore St., Middletown,
 OH  45044
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Donald W. Gensler
Age: 85
Date of Death: Thursday, December 17, 1998
City: Germantown, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife of 63 years, Dorotha (Coffman) Gensler
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, December 21st at the Germantown Cemetery
Memorials: St John's United Church of Christ or a charity of donor's
 choice
Arrangements: Dalton Funeral Home, Germantown, Ohio

George D. Gibbs
Age: 56
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 16, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: four daughters, Judette Ritchie, Cassandra Coning,
 Melissa Hobbs and Rebecca Smith; four sons, Scott, Donnie, Ronnie
 and Josh Gibbs; and two sisters, Donna Birch and Peggy Wyatt
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, December 18th at the funeral home
Visitation: 9 to 10 a.m. Friday, December 18th at the funeral home
Memorial: In care of Judette Ritchie, 3958 Robinson-Vail Rd.,
 Franklin, OH  45005
Arrangements:  Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Ernest Hale
Age: 73
Date of Death: Saturday, December 19, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by: His son, Steven Hale; a daughter, Debbie Secrist; a
 brother, Earl Hale; and two sisters, Reva Noble and Anna Mae Roberts
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 23rd at the funeral home
Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 22nd at the funeral home
Arrangements:  Eaton-Anderson Funeral Home

Jessie Belle (Knisley) Hayner
Age: 86
Date of Death: Monday, December 14, 1998
City: Xenia, Ohio
Survived by:  Her husband, Clarence "Tiny" Hayner; two sons, Carl
 (Sandy) and Ronnie (Alice) Hayner; a daughter, Louise (Linden)
 Taylor; and a sister, Rose (Westlake) Dillon
Services: 1 p.m. Friday, December 18th at the funeral home
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, December 17th at the funeral home
Arrangements: McColaugh Funeral Home, 826 N. Detroit St., Xenia, Ohio

Harriet C. Leichty
Age: 91
Date of Death: Friday, December 18, 1998
City: Lincolnton, N.C.
Survived by: Three sons, Jack C.  and Robert A. Fisher and Timothy
 Leichty; two sisters, Jean Stambaugh and Frieda Sparks
Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, December 23rd at the funeral home
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 22nd at the funeral home
Memorials: St. Paul's United Church of Christ or charity of donor's
 choice
Arrangements:  Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Frank D. Mobley
Age: 55
Date of Death: Monday, December 14, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Carol A. Mobley; a daughter, Roxann Mobley;
 2 sons, Scott Douglas (Thelma) and Christopher Lee (Audrey) Mobley;
 a sister, Patricia Hadger; and two brothers, Richard Lee and Norman
 Ray Mobley
Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, December 17th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 16th  at the funeral home
Arrangements:  Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Lomanie Noble
Age: 79
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 15, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her husband, Ike Noble; two daughters, Wilma (Delmar)
 Gross and Linda (Larry) Turner; a step-daughter, Bertha Noble; and
 two step-sons, Mitchell and Arnold Noble
Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, December 17th at the funeral home
Visitation: 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, December 17th  at the funeral
 home
Arrangements:  Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Thomas D. O'Connor
Age: 73
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 15, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Marilee (Cope); three sons, Jerome (Elana),
 William and John;   six daughters, Mary Ann (James) Wills, Molly
 (William) Norvell, Bridgit (Richard) Clark, Gretchen (James)
 Manning, Teresa (Scott) Jackson and Alice (Rick) Andrews; three
 brothers, Robert, William and John; and three sisters, Phyllis
 Gillespie, Mary Jane Martinek and Sister Margaret O'Connor
Services:  10 a.m. Friday, December 18th at Holy Trinity Chapel
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, December 17th  at the funeral home
Memorials: American Cancer Society, 105 McKnight Dr., Middletown,
 OH  45044 or Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis St., Middletown
 45044
Arrangements:  Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Kathleen Patrick
Age: 83
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 16, 1998
City: Gratis, Ohio
Survived by:  Three sons, Roger (Frances), Rex (Marilyn) and Ronald
 (Judy) Patrick; a daughter, Geloria (Keith) Grimme; a brother,
 Gardener Bishop; and a sister, Avenelle Combs
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, December 19th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, December 18th at the funeral home
Arrangements: Lindloff-Zimmerman Funeral Home, Gratis, Ohio

Reuben Pelfrey, Jr.
Age: 68
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 15, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Barbara Pelfrey; two sons, Randy (Bonnie) and
 James Pelfrey; three daughters, Sharon (Everett) Smith, Connie
 (Hollis) Goodlett and Cynthia Pelfrey; and four brothers, Robert,
 Raymond, Mike and Don Pelfrey
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, December 18th at the funeral home
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, December 17th  at the funeral home
Memorial: Miami Valley Industries, 1520 14th Ave., Middletown, Ohio
 45044
Arrangements:  Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Cathrine Ann Perry
Age: 43
Date of Death: Thursday, December 17, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her husband, Charles Edward Perry, Sr.; five sons,
 Edward (Rebecca) Perry, John (Tina) Perry, Joshua Perry, Charles
 Edward Perry, Jr. and Michael T. Perry; two daughters, Charla (Jeff)
 Shifflet and Chanda (Charles) Heater; two brothers, Joseph Walters
 and Clifford Curtis Blanton; and her father, Junior Wayne Walters
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, December 21st at the funeral home
Vistations: 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, December 20th at the funeral home
Memorials:  Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis St., Middletown 45044
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

William E. Regner
Age: 83
Date of Death: Monday, December 14, 1998
City: Ashtabula, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Jean (Stolz); a son, William J. Regner;
 three daughters, Suzanne Isroff, Cheryl A. Regner and Tracey A.
 Maille
Services: Private family service Thursday, December 17th at St.
 Peter's Episcopal Church
Memorial: Ashtabula B.P.O. Elks, No. 208, P.O. Box 633, Ashtabula,
 OH  44005-0633

Estelle R. Sarran
Age: 89
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 15, 1998
City: Mount Pleasant Village, Monroe, Ohio
Survived By: A step-son, Wallace E. (Sayers) Sarran, Jr. and a
 step-daughter, Anne (Homer) Whitman
Services: Private at the convenience of the family
Memorial: Mount Pleasant Life Care Fund, 225 Britton Lane, Monroe,
 OH  45050
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Lila Lee Smith
Age: 74
Date of Death: Monday, December 14, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her two sons, Gerald L. Helfrey and Daniel C. Smith;
 five sisters, Helen R. Ledford, Dorothy J. Chasteen, Alice Hoffman,
 Thelma L. Giessler and Margaret M. (Melvin) Koenig; two brothers,
 Royce W. (Bobby Jean)  and David E. Helfrey; and special caretaker,
 Diana Wilson
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 16th at Truth Tabernacle, 6879
 Hamilton-Middletown Road
Visitation: 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 16th  at the church
Arrangements:  Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Elizabeth (Duncan) Stutz
Age: 87
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 15, 1998
City: Otterbein-Lebanon Retirement Community
Survived by:  Her son, Darrell J. (Angela) Stutz; and a sister,
 Minnie F. Allen
Services: 9:30 a.m.  Friday, December 18th at the chapel of
 Otterbein-Lebanon Retirement Community
Visitation: 9 to 9:30 a.m.  Friday, December 18th at the chapel
Memorial: Otterbein Home Benevolent Fund, 585 N. Ohio 742, Lebanon,
 OH  45036
Arrangements:  Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Charles M. Thompson
Age: 75
Date of Death: Sunday, December 20, 1998
City: Somerville, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Alice Geraldine Thompson; two sons, Steve
 (Glenda) and Mark J. (Tina) Thompson; four brothers, Wilbur, Walter
 Bill and Dick Thompson; and three sisters, Leola Patterson, Ethel
 Kinder and Mary Frasher
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, December 24th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 23rd at the funeral home
Arrangements:  Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Aldon D. Tucker
Age: 71
Date of Death: Saturday, December 19, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by: His wife, Maurice Register Tucker; three sons, Monty,
 Dale S. and Marvin K. Tucker; a daughter, Dena Tucker Ankney; two
 sisters, Rowenita Register and Runell Churchwell
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 23rd at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 22nd at the funeral home
Arrangements:  Eaton-Anderson Funeral Home

Mildred Waits
Age: 89
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 15, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by:  Her special friend and caregiver, Janet Zinck
Services:  2 p.m. Friday, December 18th at  the funeral home
Visitation: 1 to 2 p.m. Friday, December 18th  at the funeral home
Memorial: First Christian Church, 4520 Rosedale Road, Middletown, OH  45042
Arrangements:  Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Ethel Wilson
Age: 91
Date of Death: Monday, December 14, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her husband of 70 years, the Rev. Arvis M. Wilson; a
 son, Donald Wilson and a daughter, Barbara Morgan
Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 22nd at Trenton Church of the
 Nazarene
Visitation: 12:30 to 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 22nd at the church
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Thomas L. Wing
Age: 38
Date of Death: Saturday, December 19, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: His companion, Suzi Jackson; a daughter, Kaitlin; three
 sons, Thomas L., Jr., Michael and Brandon; his father, Hubert L.
 "Bud" Wing; and two brothers, Timothy (Carol) and Kenneth (Laurie)
 Wing
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 23rd at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 22nd at the funeral home
Arrangements:  R.C.Nein and Sons-Thompson Funeral Home, 249 N. Main
 St., Camden, Ohio

Rev. John T. Wriggins
Age: 99
Date of Death: Thursday, December 17, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: His daughter, Dr. Aimee M. Richmond
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, December 21st at First Presbyterian Church,
 2910 Central Ave., Middletown Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday,
 December 20th at the funeral home
Memorial: First Presbyterian Church, 2910 Central Ave., Middletown,
 OH  45044
Arrangements:  Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Thomas E. Zinck
Age: 60
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 15, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Wanda; daughters, Dana Branham, Terina Jones,
 Paula Merrill and Tanya Brandenstein; a sister, Shirley; eight
 brothers, Donnie, Calvin, Raymond, Jerry, Kenny, Jim, Dale and Paul
Services: 2 p.m.  Saturday, December 19th at the funeral home
Visitation: 3 to 8 p.m.  Friday, December 18th at the funeral home
Memorial: Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis St., Middletown 45044
Arrangements:  Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Julie Porter Banks
Age: 29
Date of Death: Sunday, December 13, 1998
City: Kettering, Ohio
Survived by:  Her husband, Jeff Banks; her parents, James and Mary
 Porter; her sister, Lisa Ann Hartley; and Jeff's parents, Jerry and
 Jacky Banks
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 16th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8  p.m. Tuesday, December 15th at the funeral home
Memorial: Julie Banks Cancer Fund at Star Bank
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Ralph E. "Pete" Buchanan, Sr.
Age: 84
Date of Death: Saturday, December 12, 1998
City: Camden, Ohio
Survived by:  His two sons, Dick (Ellen) and Ralph "Fuz" (Karen)
 Buchanan; and a sister, Ann Surface
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 16th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 15th at the funeral home
Arrangements: R.C. Nein & Son-Thompson Funeral Home, 249 N. Main
 St., Camden, Ohio

Charles R. Combs
Age: 73
Date of Death: Thursday, December 10, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Five daughters, Rita Igo, Penny Combs, Bonnie Hamilton,
 Crystal Cornett and Sherry Combs; four sons, Eugene, Jerry, Ray and
 Mike Combs; and a brother, Goodloe Combs
Services: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 15th at Dayton National Cemetery
Arrangements:  Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Margaret G. Chupka
Age: 90
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 9, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her grandchildren, Tina S. (Johnny) Ledford and Bryan F.
 Chupka
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, December 12th at the funeral home
Visitation: 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, December 12th at the funeral
 home
Memorial: Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis St., Middletown 45044
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Gertrude Cotterman
Age: 93
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 9, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Two stepsons, John (Frances) and Roy E. (Gail)
 Cotterman; and a sister, Betty Wells
Services: 1 p.m. Saturday, December 12th at the funeral home
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, December 11th at the funeral home
Memorial: Christ United Methodist Church, 700 S. Marshall Rd.,
 Middletown, OH  45044
Arrangements:  Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Martha E. Crouch
Age: 43
Date of Death: Friday, December 11, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her husband, Tery D. Crouch; her mother, Nellie Center;
 a son, Derek Smith; four daughters, Misty (Brian) Jones, Jamie
 Abney, Lisa (Keith) Branham and Paula (Greg) Hipsher; and three
 sisters, Sue Lewis, Debbie Soto and Phyllis Scholl
Services: 10 a.m.Tuesday, December 15th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, December 14th at the funeral home
Memorial: Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis St., Middletown 45044
Arrangements:  Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Estelle (Shoemaker) Driever
Age: 77
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 9, 1998
City: Springfield, Ohio
Survived by:  Two sons, Louis (Betty) Driever and Walter (Marcia)
 Driever, Jr.; two grandsons and four great-grandchildren
Memorial Services: 1 p.m. Saturday, December 12th at the Union Chapel
 United Methodist Church
Memorial: Union Chapel United Methodist Church, 8284 Keister Rd.,
 Middletown, OH   45042
Arrangements:  Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Ruby E. Evans
Age: 69
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 9, 1998
City: Lakeland, Florida
Survived by:  Her husband, John; her daughter, Debbie Dennis; and a
 son, John Jr.; two brothers, Ray and Larry Lansaw; and a sister,
 Phyllis Smith
Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 12th at the funeral home
Visitation: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 12th at the
 funeral home
Memorial: To the donor's local cancer society
Arrangements: Heath Funeral Home, Lakeland, Fla.

Floyd Fox
Age: 68
Date of Death: Saturday, December 12, 1998
City: Miamisburg, Ohio
Survived by:  Three sons, Dennis, Winford andBill Fox; five
 daughters, Mary Bange, Rose Whitaker, Irene Carroll, Linda Leeper
 and Faith Truesdell; four brothers, Vernon, Gilbert, Clonta and
 Luther; two sisters, Irena Jones and Bertha Davis 
Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, December 16th at at the funeral home
Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, December 15th  at the funeral home
Arrangements:  Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Francis "Diana" Ingram
Age: 43
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 9, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her husband, Robert Ingram; a daughter, Westina
 Roberta; a son, Robert West, Jr.; her father and stepmother, Frank
 and Janet Cass; sisters, Cindy (James) Stugmyer, Cathy (Rich)
 Treadway and Tracy (Danny) King
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, December 12th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, December 11th at the funeral home
Arrangements:  Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

H. Dean Johnson
Age: 65
Date of Death: Sunday, December 13, 1998
City: Plant City, Fla.
Survivors: A son, Michael (Sheila) Johnson; his mother, Fannie
 Johnson; a brother, Robert D. Johnson; three sisters, Norma
 Scheibert, Marilyn Johnson and Carolyn Maines
Services: 2 p.m. Friday, December 18th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, December 17th at the funeral home
Memorial: Shriner's Burns Hospital for Children, 3229 Burnet Ave.,
 Cincinnati, OH   45229-3095
Arrangements:  Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Harry W. Lacey
Age: 92
Date of Death: Thursday, December 10, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Nellie Lacey; his son, Bobbie (Joyce) Lacey;
 two daughters, Cookie Nichting and Ruby Cox; two sisters, June
 Manning and Myrtle Schneider; and a brother, Lawrence Lacey
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, December 14th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, December 13th at the funeral home
Memorials: Shriner's Crippled Children's Hospital, 1900 Richmond Rd.,
 Lexington, KY   40502
Arrangements:  Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

R. Michael Leach
Age: 57
Date of Death: Monday, December 7, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by:  His daughter, Karen Leach; stepsons, William, John and
 Robert Hall; his mother, Margaret, two sisters, Teresa Leach and
 Jackie Blaylock; and seven grandchildren
Services: 1 p.m. Friday, December 11th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, December 10th at the funeral home
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Margaret Lola Leonard-Shaeffer
Age: 80
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 9, 1998
City: Dayton, Ohio
Survived by:  Her sons, Roger David (Sue) and Thomas R. (Teena)
 Leonard; her daughters, Mary Kathryn (Roger) Cornett and Susanne
 (John) Hazelton; a brother, Charles Edward (Jean Ann) Frasher
Services: 2 p.m. Friday, December 11th at the funeral home
Visitation: 1 to 2 p.m. Friday, December 11th at the funeral home
Memorial: American Cancer Society, 105 McKnight Dr., Middletown,
 OH  45044 
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Anna Jean Lindsay
Age: 77
Date of Death: Saturday, December 12, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her sons, Gordon, Tim (Cynthia), Dean (Pam) and Mark
 G. Lindsay; daughters Daphne (Greg) Eldridge and Phoebe Lindsay;
 and brothers; Pete (Elizabeth) McKinney and Glenn (Martha June)
 McKinney
Services: 2 p.m.Tuesday, December 15th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, December 14th at the funeral home
Arrangements:  Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Nicolas E. Manley
Age: 21
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 9, 1998
City: Lebanon, Ohio
Survived by:  His parents, Bill and Janet Manley; a sister, Shannon
 (Patrick) Black
Services: 1 p.m. Monday, December 14th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, December 13th at the funeral home
Memorial: Amanda Community Church, 3110 Judy Dr., Middletown,
 OH  45044
Arrangements: Gebhart-Schmidt-Parramore Funeral Home, 508 E.
 Linden Ave., Miamisburg, OH

Linda  McHenry
Age: 50
Date of Death: Sunday, December 13, 1998
City: Carlisle, Ohio
Survived by:  Her husband, Donald; a son, Michael A. Wells; two
 daughters, Teresa Lynn Wells and Carol Ann Collins; a brother,
 Johnny Jones; and a sister; Judy Cook
Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, December 16th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 15th at the funeral home
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Oliver McKinney
Age: 73
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 8, 1998
City: Trenton, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Helen (Hinkle) McKinney; a daughter, Rebecca
 McKinney; a son, Jeffrey; a granddaughter, Aubrey; and a sister,
 Nancy McKinney
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, December 12th at Dunn's Funeral Home,
 Eddyville, Ky.
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m.  Thursday, December 10th at the funeral
 home.  5 to 8 p.m. Friday, December 11th at Dunn's Funeral Home,
 Eddyville, Ky.
Memorial: Trenton Parks and Recreation Department, c/o Trenton
 Finance Office, 11 E. State St., Trenton, OH  45067
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Charles W. McMullen
Age: 75
Date of Death: Monday, December 7, 1998
City: Everett, Washington
Survived by:  His wife, Delores; his son Gary (Patty); and daughter,
 Jan Antak; and a sister Sandra (Larry) Doud
Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 10th at Evergreen Cemetery
Memorial: American Cancer Society
Arrangements: Solie Funeral Home, Everett, Wash.

Chrystall E. Mendenhall
Age: 89
Date of Death: Friday, December 11, 1998
City: Washington Court House, Ohio
Survived by:  Her stepson, Robert Mendenhall; two stepdaughters,
 Wilma Fodor and Betty Spady; and a sister, Georgia Day
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, December 14th at the funeral home
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, December 13th at the funeral home
Arrangements:  Morrow Funeral Home, Washington Court House, Ohio

Madge (Kimbler) Murray
Age: 89
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 9, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her husband of 70 years, Verlin Murray; three sons,
 Verlin (Pauline) Murray, Jr., Odis (Phyllis) and Cecil (Judy)
 Murray; two daughters, Janet (Donald) Stibbs and Billie (Ronald)
 Gerzema; and three sisters, Shirley Salyers, Flora Siler and
 Hermalee Norris
Services:  11 a.m. Monday, December 14th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, December 13th at the funeral home
Memorials: American Heart Association, 105 McKnight Sr., Middletown,
 45044 or Nurses Unlimited, 500 Breiel Blvd., Middletown, 45044
Arrangements:  Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Harlan Patterson
Age: 67
Date of Death: Monday, December 7, 1998
City: Athens, Ohio
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, December 11th at Jagers and Son Funeral
 Home, Athens, Ohio
Visitation: 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, December 10th at the
 above funeral home
Additional Services: 1:15 p.m. Saturday, December 12th at the
 Fairmount Cemetery, Camden
Visitation: Noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, December 12th at Nein-Thompson
 Funeral Home, 249 Main St., in Camden, Ohio
Memorial: Harlan R. Patterson Scholarship in Finance, c/o Ohio
 University

John Brady Rossi
Age: 3 days
Date of Death: Saturday, December 12, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  His parents, John M. and Shari Rossi
Services:  10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 16th at the Holy Family
 Parish/Holy Trinity Chapel
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 15th at the funeral home
Memorial: John Brady Rossi Scholarship Fund, 3800 Manchester Rd.,
 Middletown, OH   45042
Arrangements:  Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Dr. Benjamin Sawyer
Age: 87
Date of Death: Monday, December 7, 1998
City: Savannah, Georgia
Survived by:  His wife, Lydia Sawyer; a son, Salathial Sawyer; a
 sister, Louise Runolfson; and two brothers, J.D. Sawyer and John
 Sawyer
Memorial: Hospice of Savannah, 1352 Eisenhower Dr., Savannah, Ga.,
 31406

Martha V. Selsor
Age: 69
Date of Death: Thursday, December 10, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by:  Her son, Eric (Mechelle) Selsor; her stepmother, Ethel
 LeMastus; stepchildren June Shawler, Guy "Buddy" Selsor and Charles
 Selsor; a brother, William (Helen) LeMastus; and a sistr, Marlene
 (Jack) Brannen
Services: 1 p.m.  Monday, December 14th at the funeral home
Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, December 13th at the funeral home
Arrangements:  Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Jerry Allen Thacker
Age: 51
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 9, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by: Two sons, Tyler and Noah; a brother, Glenn Thacker; and
 a sister, Betty Lansdale
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, December 12th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, December 11th at the funeral home
Arrangements: Eaton-Anderson Funeral Home

Helen R. Tyson
Date of Death: Thursday, December 10, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: Her son, Fred (Joan) Tyson; two daughters, Virginia
 Tyson and Mary Helen (Carl) Stein
Services: 10 a.m. Monday, December 14th at the funeral home
Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, December 13th at the funeral home
Memorial: First Church of Christ Scientist, 1601 First Ave.,
 Middletown, OH  45044
Arrangements:  Herr-Riggs Funeral Home, 210 S. Main St., Middletown

Bonnie L. Webb
Age: 77
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 9, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her husband, Walter C. Webb; a son, Douglas (Jana)
 Webb; three daughters, Shirley (Kenneth) Howard, Sandra (Donald)
 Albritton and Phyllis (George) Karasoff; a brother, Carl Miller;
 and a sister, Jo Miller
Services:  2 p.m. Monday, December 14th at the funeral home
Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, December 13th at the funeral home
Memorials: American Cancer Society, 105 McKnight Dr., Middletown,
 OH  45044 or American Diabetes Association, 8899 Brookside Ave.,
 Suite 102, West Chester, OH   45069
Arrangements:  Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Dixie Willis
Age: 81
Date of Death: Sunday, December 13, 1998
City: Germantown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her husband, Thomas Wesley Willis; two daughters,
 Fayette (Larry) Heller and Myrtle (Carson) Cole; two sons, Roy Lee
 (Ruth Ann) Bartley and Donald B. "Johnny" (Marguerite) Owens; two
 sisters, Edith Young and Pearl Gibson; four brothers, Billy Joe,
 Curt, Carl and David Branham
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 16th at at the funeral home
Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, December 15th  at the funeral home
Memorial: Germantown Rescue Squad
Arrangements:  Dalton Funeral Home, Ohio 4 at Weaver Road,
 Germantown, Ohio

John Woebkenberg
Age: 77
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 9, 1998
City: Lebanon, Ohio
Survived by:  Two sons, Michael John and Martin John; three
 daughters, Margaret "Bunny" Woebkenberg-Brook, Dee Woebkenberg and
 Martha Jo Harris
Services: 10 a.m. Monday, December 14th at St. Frances DeSales
 Catholic Church, Lebanon
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, December 13th at the funeral home
Memorial: Ruth Lyons Christmas Fund or Hospice of Cincinnati
Arrangements: Oswald-Hoskins Funeral Home, Lebanon, OH

Richard P. Yauch
Age: 94
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 9, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her sons, Robert E. (Mary Ann)  and Donald W.
 (Marlene) Yauch; a daughter, Catherine E. (Kenneth) Asam; and
 brothers, Lavern (Dorothy) and William (Tillie) Yauch
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday, December 15th at Holy Family Parish, St.
 John's Chapel, Middletown, Ohio
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, December 14th at the funeral home
Memorial: American Heart Association or American Cancer Society, 105
 McKnight Sr., Middletown, 45044
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

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Clara Dorothy Barrow
Age: 76
Date of Death: Thursday, December 3, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her son, Benny L. (Sandy) Barrow; a daughter, Janet
 (John) Holliday; and two brothers, Stanley and Russell Riley
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, December 5th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, December 4th at the funeral home
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Mary Lee Birsinger
Age: 84
Date of Death: Saturday, December 5, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her daughter, Donna Lee (Raymond) Roell; seven
 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Betty Anne
 McGuire
Services: Prayers at 9:40 a.m. at the funeral home Wednesday,
 December 9th  followed by a Mass of the Christian Burial at 10 a.m.
 at St Julie Billiart Church
Visitation: 9 to 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, December 9th at the funeral
 home
Memorial: OSU Butler County 4-H, 1810 Princeton Road, Hamilton,
 OH  45011
Arrangements: Paul R. Young Funeral Home, 3950 Pleasant Ave.,
 Hamilton, OH


Donna L. Bradshaw
Age: 43
Date of Death: Friday, December 4, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by:  Her husband, Ken A. Bradshaw; a son, Jonathan
 Bradshaw; a daughter, Alison Bradshaw; her mother and stepfather,
 Grace Pratt and Ernie Creech; a sister, Diana Robinson; and four
 brothers, Darrell, David, Bruce and Brian Pratt
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, December 7th at the Reidland Baptist
 Church
Visitation: 3 to 7 p.m.  Sunday, December 6th at the funeral home
Memorials: McNabb Elementary School, c/o Vonda Midyett, 2100 Park
 Ave., Paducah, KY 42001 -or- Reidland Band Boosters, c/o Denise
 Thompson, 3015 Benton Road, Paducah, KY 42003.   Call Wayne Carter
 if any questions; 442-5100
Arrangements: Miller & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah, KY

M. Ella Burton
Age: 75
Date of Death: Friday, December 4, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her son, Ronald (Diane) Andrews; two daughters, Joan
 (Morris) Andrews Pipkins and Darnice (Arnold) Wilkinson; four
 sisters, Bernice Harris, Margaret Marable, Mittie Brown and Gladys
 Mosley
Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday, December 8th at the funeral home
No Visitation
Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, 918 S. Main St., Middletown

Bill Couch
Age: 72
Date of Death: Thursday, December 3, 1998
City: Hamilton, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Joan (Frye) Couch; a son, Greg Couch; four
 sisters, Louise (Clifford) Keller, Glenna (Gene) Smith, Sandy (Gene)
 Bunger and Karen (Stan) Lawrence
Services: 10 p.m. Tuesday, December 8th at the funeral home
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, December 7th at the funeral home
Memorial: Princeton Pike Church of God Building Fund, 2470 Princeton
 Road, Hamilton, OH 45011 Arrangements: Brown-Dawson Funeral Home,
 1350 Millville Ave., Hamilton, Ohio

Vivian L. Curfman
Age: 86
Date of Death: Saturday, December 5, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her two daughters, Sharry (Daniel) Bailey and Joanne
 (Donald) Kirby; a son Donald (Joyce) Curfman; and a brother, Uriah
 "Larry" (Louise) Boshears
Services: 1 p .m. Tuesday, December 8th at the Yankee Road
 Pentecostal Church of God in Christ
Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m.  Monday, December 7th at the funeral home
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Lyda Deaton
Age: 91
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 1, 1998
City: Germantown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her daughter, Amy Cornwell; a son, Ron Deaton; six
 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren
Services: Private at the convenience of the family at the funeral home
Memorials: Germantown Rescue Squad
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Mildred N. Ellington
Age: 63
Date of Death: Saturday, December 5, 1998
City: Franklin, Ohio
Survived by:  Three children, David (Charma) McCollum, Graddie
 (Belinda) Hall and Dilene (Paul) Scott; nine grandchildren; on
 great-grandchild; her mother, Nannie Fugate; five sisters, Mae
 Conrad, Francis Wells, Mary Johnson, Jean (Kakaris) Baird and
 Barbara Snell; and one brother, Thomas Fugate
Services: Memorial service at 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 9th at the
 funeral home
Visitation: None
Memorial: Hospice of Middletown, 4414 Lewis St., Middletown 45044
Arrangements:  Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home


Leon Hamilton
Age: 48
Date of Death: Thursday, December 3, 1998
City: Hamilton, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Joyce Ann Hamilton; four sons, Robert Leon
 (Carrie B.),   Kevin Scott, Craig Nathaniel and Shane Hamilton; two
 daughters, Karen Sue Fishbaugh and Heather Michelle Hamilton; five
 brothers, Russell, Dan, Robert, Lonnie and Justin Hamilton; and two
 sisters, Ona Cornett and Alpha Caudill
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, December 7th at Calvary Baptist Church,
 Middletown
Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, December 6th at the funeral home
Memorials: Hospice of Cincinnati, Mercy Hamilton Unit, 4310 Cooper
 Ave., Cincinnati, OH   45242
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Janet Hineline
Age: 62
Date of Death: Saturday, December 5, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by: her son, Timothy Scott Hineline; her mother, Lillie
 Hineline; two brothers, Robert (Donna) Hineline and Ralph (Linda)
 Hineline, Jr.; sisters, Helen (J.D.) Hoffer, Karen Shumate and
 Teresa (Larry) Parker
Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, December 9th at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 8th at the funeral home
Arrangements: Unglesby-Anderson Funeral Home

Donald Jackson
Age: 54
Date of Death: Thursday, December 3, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Sandra Morse Jackson; a son, Ronald Jackson;
 two daughters, Shawna Jackson and Stephanie (Ed) Keuper; his
 parents, Homer and Serena Jackson; four brothers, Bentley, John A.,
 James and Danny Jackson; and three sisters, Judy Staples, Joyce
 Chestnut and Delores Hollander
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, December 7th at the funeral home
Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, December 6th at the funeral home
Memorials: Veterans Affairs Hospice Fund, VA Medical Center, 4100
 W. Third St., Dayton, OH 45428-9907
Arrangements: Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home

Jamie Lee Ledford
Age: 13
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 2, 1998
City:  Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her parents, Jim and Tammy Ledford; sister, Heather
 Ledford; three brothers, Aaron Ledford, Jimmy Fisher and Carlton
 Vaughn Wheeler
Services:  1:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 8 at the First United
 Methodist Church
Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, December 6 at the funeral home
Memorial: The Jamie Lee Ledford Trust Fund at any Fifth Third Bank
 office
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Mildred E. Mann
Age: 82
Date of Death: Thursday, December 3, 1998
City:  Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Her husband, J.B. "Brady" Mann; daughter, Connie Lamb;
 a brother, William B. (Myrtle) Griffey; and a sister; Donna (Don)
 Kemplin
Services:  11 a.m. Monday, December 7 at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, December 6 at the funeral home
Memorial: United First Church of God at Beechwood, P.O. Box 581,
 Gratis, OH  45330
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Ronald R. Meyer
Age: 56
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 1, 1998
City:  Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Veronica (Miller) Meyer; two daughters,
 Renee McGuire and Yvonne McCormack; a son, Michael Meyer; his
 mother, Bernice "Bee" Meyer; a sister, Cindy Meyer; and a brother,
 Michael Meyer
Services:  Private at the convenience of the family at the funeral
 home Sunday, December 6th
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

William David Potter
Age: 51
Date of Death: Friday, December 4, 1998
City: Hopkinsville, Ky.
Survived by:  Two sons, Daniel and Michael Hughes; two daughters,
 Krystal Edgerton and Alana Weaver; four brothers, Christopher,
 Jimmy and David Helton, and Sammy Potter; and two sisters, Yulanda
 Greene and Mary Schell
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, December 4th at the funeral home
Memorial: Kidney Foundation
Arrangements: Lamb Funeral Home, Hopkinsville, Ky.

Gladys Rhea
Age: 79
Date of Death: Thursday, December 3, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by two sons, Ronald and Jerry Rhea and a brother, Raymond
 Short
Visitation: 1 to 2 p.m. Monday, December 7th at the funeral home
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, December 7th at the funeral home
Arrangements: Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Earl Rhodus
Age: 78
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 2, 1998
City:  Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Madge; two sons, Johnny and Harry Rhodus;
 two stepsons, Wayne and Charles Tipton; four daughters, Becky Adams,
 Rose Marie Moore, Deborah Bailey and Irene O'Connor; a stepdaughter,
 Jeanette Moore; brothers; Robert Rhodus, Truman   Rhodus and Alex
 Rhodus, Jr.; and five sisters, Lucille Osborn, Miva Colvert, Opal
 Neal Viola Mellisky and Ruth Gates
Services:  2 p.m. Monday, December 7 at the funeral home
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, December 6 at the funeral home
Memorial: Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Hospice Unit, 4100
 W. Third St., Dayton, OH  45228
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Richard M. Shaffer
Age: 89
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 2, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  His wife, Nellie F. Shaffer; two daughters, Karen K.
 (Jon) Engle and Linda L. (Anthony) Toledo; a son, Richard R.
 (Michele) Shaffer; two brothers, Chester M. and Lester A. Shaffer;
 two sisters, Olive C. Shaffer and Verda E. Hetrick
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, December 5th at Bethlehem Lutheran
 Church,  Middletown 45044
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, December 4th  at the funeral home
Memorials: Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 212 S. Broad St.,
 Middletown 45044
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

Mary Jo Stokley
Age: 62
Date of Death: Wednesday, December 2, 1998
City:  Lebanon, Ohio
Survived by:  Her husband, Ron Stokley; a son, Scott (Kristi)
 Stokley; two daughters, Cindy (Larry) Tinch and Kristi Lambert
Services:  1 p.m. Friday, December 4th at the Northside Baptist
 Church, 161 Miller Rd, Lebanon, Ohio
Visitation: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, December 4th at the church
Arrangements: Herr-Riggs Funeral Home, 210 S. Main St., Middletown

Mary Sue Watkins
Age: 62
Date of Death: Tuesday, December 1, 1998
City: Middletown, Ohio
Survived by:  Three sons, James McIntosh, Billy (Terry) McIntosh and
 Randy (Sue) Watkins; a daughter, Lydia Hill; her step-father, Kelly
 McIntosh; three brothers, Carl Harper, John Cowgill and David
 McIntosh; and three sisters, Virginia Stoops, Eileen Faye Cowgill
 and Connie Bush
Services:  2 p.m. Saturday, December 5th at the funeral home
Visitation: 12:30 to 2 p.m. Saturday, December 5th at the funeral
 home
Arrangements: Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home

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