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ADOLPHUS MARION LITTLE, 78, of Kennedy Heights, died Thursday. He was a retired laborer at the General Motors Assembly Division. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Renfro Funeral Home, 647 Forest Ave., Avondale. Visitation: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 1809 Rutland Ave., 45207.
Date of announcement: 05-06-1997
MARY T. ZIEGLER, 85, of Batesville, Ind., died Monday. She was a member of Holy Family Ladies Society and the Oldenburg Senior Citizens. Services: 11 a.m. EDT Thursday at Holy Family Church, Batesville. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. EDT Wednesday at Weigel Funeral Home, Batesville. Memorials: Batesville Rescue 10.
Date of announcement: 05-06-1997
"Ceil' Janson ran church store
Cecilia "Ceil" Emmett Janson was the mother of Channel 9 sports anchor Dennis Janson, and, like her famous son, she had a loyal following around Cincinnati.
As a co-founder of Trinity Church Supply Co. in Price Hill 31 years ago, she impressed customers with her helpfulness and faith. She sold many children's First Communion rosaries and veils. Priests and ministers would seek her counsel when giving religious-oriented gifts.
Mrs. Janson died Sunday after a fall while in Michigan for a wedding. She was 76.
She was born Nov. 6, 1920, in Cincinnati and attended Mt. Notre Dame High School. She later worked for Western-Southern Life Insurance Co. before founding Trinity with her husband, Harry. She continued as proprietor after Harry's death in 1972 until she retired in August.
"She was a lot of people's spiritual mother, in many respects," Janson said. "This was one of her favorite times of year because of First Communions."
A week before she died, she saw an event she had long anticipated - the First Communion of her 8-year-old granddaughter, Sarah Cunningham. She loved to spend time with Sarah and her brother, Michael.
"She loved to go to church," Janson said. "Her faith was just - you hope something like that is contagious."
Also surviving are a son, Terry; daughter, Marlene Cunningham; and a brother, Jack Emmett, all of Cincinnati.
Mass of Christian Burial: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Teresa of Avila Church in Price Hill. Visitation: 4-8 p.m. Friday at Meyer & Geiser Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the Ceil Janson Scholarship Fund, St. Rita School for the Deaf, 1720 Glendale-Milford Road, 45215.
Date of announcement: 05-07-1997
Ruth Haglage, overcame adversity
Ruth Haglage was adept at handling adversity.
After her fiance was blinded in an industrial accident, she became his "eyes" through 47 years of marriage. She lost a son in the Vietnam War and suffered breast cancer but was one of her community's most active and prominent volunteers.
Mrs. Haglage, 81, of Batavia, died Monday.
She and her husband, the late Walter Haglage, raised 10 children.
"Her career was her family and there was nobody better," says her son, Mark Haglage. "She had to play a very large role in the development of the family and the guidance of the kids because dad was blind. She was basically his eyes."
The Clermont County Vietnam War Memorial was named after son Andrew, who was killed in the Vietnam War.
Mrs. Haglage frequently volunteered at Clermont Mercy Hospital and Holy Trinity Church. Her hobby was baking and she loved to deliver homemade bread to people throughout Batavia.
"She was a very outgoing person who enjoyed lending a hand to people," Mark Haglage said.
Survivors: sons Theodore, Daniel, Michael, Walter, Richard and Harry; daughters Mary Celmer and Peggy Strohmaier; and 26 grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Holy Trinity Church in Batavia. Visitation will be 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the E.C. Nurre Funeral Home in Amelia. Memorials may be made to the Brown County Ursulines Emergency Relief Fund.
Date of announcement: 05-07-1997
EDWARD M. JOHNSON, 40, of Kennedy Heights, died Sunday. He was an engineering technician for the City of Cincinnati. Services: noon Friday at Carmel Presbyterian Church, 3549 Reading Road, Avondale. Visitation: 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 05-07-1997
CLARENCE E. ROSER, 75, of Western Hills, died Tuesday. He was a retired customer service representative with United Parcel Service and a member of St. Teresa Church in Price Hill. He was secretary of Uttermost Missions, a Knothole baseball coach and founder of the Carl Meyer Sr. Good Fellowship League. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Friday at the church. Visitation: 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Harry Meyer & Geiser Funeral Home in Western Hills. Memorials: St. Teresa Memorial Fund.
Date of announcement: 05-07-1997
Gordon Plummer, art educator
Gordon Scot Plummer came to America from England and became one of this country's top art educators.
He was a college art department chairman and president of the Ohio Art Education Association and published 43 articles and two books about art education.
Mr. Plummer, 75, of Delhi Township, died Monday.
Born in London, England, in 1921, Mr. Plummer came of age during World War II and was a civil defense warden from 1939 to 1941 throughout the Battle of Britain.
In 1941 he joined the Royal Corps of Signals and served until 1946 with the British Second Army Special Wireless Sections in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.
After the war, he taught in various secondary schools in England and was an exchange teacher in Denver in 1962. He returned to the United States in 1965 and was awarded a doctorate degree from Indiana University in 1969.
He subsequently served as chairman of the departments of art at Montclair State College in New Jersey and Murray State University in Kentucky.
He also was an associate dean at Buffalo State College in New York before coming to the University of Cincinnati in 1978.
He left UC in 1984 to become president of the Ohio Art Education Association in 1985-86 and then a teacher at St. Bernard-Elmwood Place High School in 1987-96.
In 1991, he became a charter member of the Distinguished Fellows of the Ohio Art Education Association and was the group's chairman.
Survivors include sons Nicholas and David and daughter Alison.
Mr. Plummer donated his body to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Memorial services are pending.
Date of announcement: 05-08-1997
WILLARD DUMAS JR., 47, of Clifton, died Tuesday. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Jamison & Jamison Funeral Home in Evanston. Visitation: 6 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 05-08-1997
FRANCES HETTIGER, 74, of Aurora, Ind., died Monday. She was retired from Seagrams. Services: 11 a.m. EDT Friday at Rullman Funeral Home, 219 Mechanic St., Aurora. Visitation: 6-9 EDT tonight at the funeral home. Memorials: Soldiers and Sailor's Children's Home, Knightston, Ind.
Date of announcement: 05-08-1997
GARY A. KRESS, 42, of Decatur, Ill., formerly of Cincinnati, died Tuesday. Services will be at the convenience of the family. J.J. Moran & Sons Funeral Home, Decatur, is in charge.
Date of announcement: 05-08-1997
LEE NALLY, 88, of Vevay, Ind., died Tuesday. He was a retired supervisor for the U.S. Shoe Corp. in Cincinnati and Vevay. Army veteran of World War II. Services: 11 a.m. EST Saturday at Haskell and Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay. Visitation: 5-8 p.m. EST Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials: Switzerland County Emergency Unit.
Date of announcement: 05-08-1997
DOROTHY MARIE WEBSTER SMITH, 71, of Vevay, Ind., died Wednesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 1 p.m. EST Friday at Truth Apostolic Church, Vevay. Visitation: 5 to 8 EST tonight at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay. Memorials: to the church or Hospice of South Eastern Indiana.
Date of announcement: 05-08-1997
PATSY SNIDER, 86, of Williamsburg, Ohio, died Tuesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials: Hamersville Church of Christ.
Date of announcement: 05-08-1997
ROBERT LEE STEGALL, 71, of Avondale, died Friday. He was an Army veteran. Services: 11 a.m. today at Jamison & Jamison Funeral Home in West End. Visitation: 10 a.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 05-08-1997
CHARLES EDWARD THOMPSON, 80, of Avondale, died Monday. He was a retired inspector with General Electric. Services: 1 p.m. Friday at Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: Noon at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 05-08-1997
L. Spinner, helped kids overseas
While Louis B. Spinner served as a U.S. Army major in Paris during World War II, he devised a scheme to get much-needed clothing and shoes from the families of American soldiers to French children.
Mr. Spinner would obtain liquor from the nearby English 
military and trade it to members of his command. In return, his soldiers would have their families send clothes and shoes to them and they gave it to the major.
He managed his makeshift relief effort with the help of two members of The Post staff at the time, Bev Ewald and Eleanor Bell.
For more than 30 years, Mr. Spinner also operated the Spinner Tile and Marble Co. in Dent with his two brothers, Walter J. Spinner and Lawrence N. Spinner.
Mr. Spinner, originally of Cheviot, died May 2 at the Sunrise Manor Nursing Home. He was 84. He lived in Union Township, Clermont County, before moving into the nursing home.
Survivors include two sisters, Estelle Ehrman of Park Hills, Ky., and Rita Leinenbrink of Lake Placid, Fla.
There were no services at his request. Rebold Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-10-1997
