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Date of these obituaries: 01-21-2000
Frank Schwierjohann, hall-of-fame bowler
Frank W. Schwierjohann, an avid sportsman his entire life and one of Greater Cincinnati's top bowlers, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood. He was 88.
Mr. Schwierjohann, a native of Dayton, played all kinds of sports - golf, semi-professional football, minor league baseball in the Cincinnati Reds' farm system and bowling. He held a consistent 200-plus average on one of Greater Cincinnati's best bowling teams.
"Any sport I played when I was young, he taught me," said his daughter, Babette Norris.
Mr. Schwierjohann was inducted into the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky sports halls of fame for his bowling career.
After he retired from Gibson Greeting Card Co., he and his wife Billilea, who died in 1996, were partners in Bellwood Bowling Lanes in Bellevue. Mrs. Schwierjohann, also from Dayton, managed the lanes. Mr. Schwierjohann just enjoyed them.
But Mr. Schwierjohann's greatest love was his grandchildren, Mrs. Norris said.
"He was a very kind person who lived more for his grandchildren than anything," she said. "He was the kind of grandfather who was always taking them to museums or throwing the ball with them. They did bring him the greatest joy of his life."
Other survivors include a sister, Rita Bittner of Bridgetown, Ohio; brothers, Leo Schwierjohann and William Schwierjohann, both of Highland Heights; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Monday at Dobbling Funeral Home in Bellevue. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Lala Weston Brock, 80, of Erlanger, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a secretary with the state of Alabama and a member of Highland Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala. Her husband, James Euel Brock, died in 1966.
Survivors include a daughter, Suzanne B. Johnson of Union; sisters, Carolyn Abernathy of Dadeville, Ala., and Ida Malloy of Peach Tree City, Ga.; and one granddaughter.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday Pea River Cemetery, Clio, Ala. Memorials are suggested to Florence Baptist Church Building Fund, 283 Main St., Florence, Ky. 41042. Stith Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Stella Marie Brown, 69, of Union, died Thursday at her home.
Arrangments are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Ima D. Bryant, 66, of Morning View, died Wednesday at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of Taylor Ridge Baptist Church, Whitley City.
Survivors include her husband, Loyd Bryant; sons, Loyd D. Bryant of Piner and Dennis Bryant of Bracken County; a daughter, Cindy Larison; a brother, Leonard Bryant of Anna Maria Island, Fla.; sisters, Thelma Tomes of Goshen, Ohio, and Darlene Emmons of St. Petersburg, Fla.; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Wilmington Cemetery.
George C. Busse, 89, of Lexington, formerly of Newport, died Sunday in Lexington. He was a retired trucking business owner and a member of Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Church, Lexington.
Survivors include his wife, Angie Arnold Busse; brothers, Joe Busse of Newport and Clemens Busse of Florida; and sisters, Marie Cox, Francis Busse and Janet Busse, all of Fort Thomas, Pat Griefenkamp of Maysville and Sister Mary Constance Busse of Melbourne.
Services were Wednesday in Lexington. Memorials are suggested to Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Church, 2501 Clays Mill Road, Lexington, Ky. 40503. W. R. Milward Funeral Home, Lexington, handled arrangements.
Margie Kelly, 83, of Burlington, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Angela Lane, 71, of Park Hills, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North, Covington.
Arrangments are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Lawrence R. Matracia, 63, of Cincinnati, died Wednesday at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati. He was a shipping manager.
Survivors include his mother, Mauna F. Dunaway Matracia of Erlanger; brothers, August P. Matracia of Morning View and Gregory M. Matracia of San Francisco; and sisters, Frances Ruark of Erlanger, Donna Robinson of Florence, Joann Meek of Crescent Springs and Marie Hiance of Burlington.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2, Florence, Ky. 41042. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangement.
Hazel Christine Maybury, 93, of Highland Heights, died at 8:10 a.m. Thursday at Lakeside Place Nursing Home in Highland Heights. She was a retired laborer with National Distillers in Cincinnati.
Survivors include a son, Harold R. Williams of Southgate; a brother, William Ketron of Covington; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Monday at Evergreen cemetery Chapel, Southgate. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Donald Melton, 19, of Covington, died at 3:38 a.m. Thursday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington.
Victoria Lee Smith, 47, of Erlanger, died Wednesday at University Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Ray Spangler; sons, Nicholas Spangler and Russell Spangler, both of Erlanger; her mother and stepfather, Donna and Tom Finnicum of Bouse, Ariz.; and grandparents, Chloie Nielsen of Fort Thomas and A. G. Blanding of Fullerton, Calif.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Sunday. Cremation will be at Baxter Cremation Co., Cincinnati.
William B. Tobin Jr., 80, of Cynthiana, died Thursday at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington. He was a retired employee of Webbers Sausage Co. and a member of First United Methodist Church and American Legion Post No. 200 in Cynthiana. He was a volunteer with Boy Scout Troop No. 60 in Cynthiana, and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Clough Tobin; a son, William B. "Bud" Tobin III of Cynthiana; daughters, Sue Ann Tobin Snyder and Julie Tobin Krieg, both of Lexington, and Margie "Sissie" Tobin and Betty J. Tobin, both of Cynthiana; sisters, Julia King and Anna Belle Frederick, both of Paris, and Mildred Maley of Virginia; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Paris Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to First United Methodist Church Window Project, Cynthiana, Ky. 41031; or Boy Scout Troop No. 60, Cynthiana, Ky. 41031.
Richard Allan Yocum, 32, of Dallas, Ga., formerly of Union, died Thursday in Georgia.
Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
