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KENNETH A. KINCAID, 43, of Bethel, Ohio, died Tuesday. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Kennedy- Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 11-06-1997
MARJORIE E. NEWLAND, 69, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Tuesday. Ms. Newland was a homemaker. Services: 1 p.m. Friday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 11-06-1997
MARY J. SORRELLS, 73, of Silverton, died Nov. 1. Ms. Sorrells was a sales clerk for Wonder Bread Bakery. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Zion Baptist Church, Avondale. Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday at Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Lockland.
Date of announcement: 11-06-1997
LOLA MOORE YOUNG, 36, formerly of Bethel, Ohio, died Monday. She was a homemaker. Arrangements: Beam-Fender Funeral Home, Sardinia, Ohio.
Date of announcement: 11-06-1997
Victor Mills, developed Pampers
Victor Mills didn't like changing his grandchildren's cloth diapers, according to Procter & Gamble Co. folklore.
So in the 1950s, he ordered his team at P&G to come up with something better.
Forty years later, the disposable paper diapers that Mr. Mills helped to create are used in nearly every home with babies in the United States.
Mr. Mills died Saturday in Tucson, Ariz., where he had moved after his retirement from P&G in Cincinnati. He was 100. At his request, no services are planned, according to the Arizona Daily Star.
Mr. Mills, a chemical engineer at Cincinnati-based P&G from 1926 until 1961, played a major role in developing Pampers disposable diapers, Pringles potato chips, Duncan Hines' cake mix milling process and Jif peanut butter formulations.
In 1990, P&G created an award to honor company innovators. The award was named the Victor Mills Society.
Scott Stewart, public affairs manager for P&G, said Mr. Mills' death is a loss to the company, which recently honored Mr. Mills during the 35th birthday celebration of Pampers.
"He really has come to symbolize the innovation that has made our company what it is today and also will take us to where we want to go tomorrow," Stewart said. "He was an extraordinary man."
According to the P&G history, the first test marketing of Mr. Mills' work was done in 1957 and failed because Dallas was selected for the test market. The design, a pleated pad inside a plastic panty, was too hot for the babies in Texas weather.
Another try was launched in 1959 in Rochester, N.Y. This time the hand-sewn product was successful.
Mr. Mills was born in Milford, Neb., and served in the Navy in World War I. In 1926, he received a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Washington and went to work for P&G.
He leaves a wife, Ruth of Tucson; a daughter, Maile Cuddy of Santa Fe, N.M.; three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Date of announcement: 11-07-1997
HARRY L. CASTOR, 70, of Blue Ash, a local musician who paired with his wife for the "Nostalgia n' New" band that played area wedding receptions and private parties, died Monday of complications from emphysema.
During World War II, Mr. Castor served in the Army Air Corps playing for the 539th Air Force Band. He moved to Cincinnati in 1949 to study at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory.
He played with various lo cal groups and was performing with the Clyde Trask Orchestra when he met Patti Miller, a well-known singer. They later married.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Castor is survived by a son, Dennis B. Castor of Cincinnati; a daughter, Loreen C. Ritchie of Cincinnati; and one grandchild.
Memorial service: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Strawser Funeral Home, Blue Ash. Visitation: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials: University of Cincinnati Foundation, CCM Jazz Department.
Date of announcement: 11-07-1997
ROY T. HAESSIG, 78, of Cincinnati, died Wednesday. Mr. Haessig was a retired barber and a WWII Army veteran. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Cook Funeral Home, Sunman, Ind. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials: Donor's Choice.
Date of announcement: 11-07-1997
FRANK LEWIS HOPPING, 76, of Aurora, Ind., died Wednesday. He was an independent contractor and a member of National Home Builders Association and Aurora First Presbyterian Church. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at the church. Visitation: 1 p.m. Saturday at the church. Memorials: Micah and Daniel Hopping Trust Fund. Filter Funeral Home, Aurora, serving the family.
Date of announcement: 11-07-1997
LISA SANDERS, 37, of Kennedy Heights, died Monday. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at the Abundant Life Faith Fellowship Church, 2740 Hyannis Drive, Bevis. Visitation: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements: Johnson-Brown Funeral Service, Springfield, Ohio.
Date of announcement: 11-07-1997
DELLA MAE TAYLOR, 76, of Winton Terrace, died Sunday. Ms. Taylor was a homemaker. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at New Jerusalem Baptist Church, 26 W. North Bend Road. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday until time of service at the church. Arrangements: Renfro Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 11-07-1997
M. DELORES THESING, 88, of Russell, Ohio, formerly of Hinsdale, Ill., died Wednesday. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at St. Isaac Jogues Church, Fourth and Clay streets, Hinsdale. Visitation: 8 a.m. Nov. 15 at Elliston Funeral Home, Grant and First streets, Hinsdale.
Date of announcement: 11-07-1997
Mary Yeiser, began program at Country Day
Anyone who passed through Cincinnati Country Day's pre-primary school program from the late 1940s on has Mary M. Yeiser of Indian Hill to thank.
Mrs. Yeiser died Saturday morning in her home following a long illness. She was 76.
When the school dropped its pre-primary school because it couldn't fill the classes, Mrs. Yeiser created a nonprofit organization, complete with its own board and teachers, to teach her children and others.
"She wanted our kids to have a pre-primary school, so she created one," said her husband, Charles F. Yeiser, who at the time was an English teacher at Cincinnati Country Day, and later became its headmaster. About four years later, Cincinnati Country Day saw the program could be a success, and Mrs. Yeiser turned it over to them -
along with a long waiting list.
The program has thrived.
Mrs. Yeiser earned a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Sarah Lawrence College and served on the boards of Camp Stepping Stones, Planned Parenthood and the Memorial Society.
She also leaves four children, Charles F. Yeiser Jr. of Worcester, Vt., Henry C. Yeiser of Anderson Township, Margaret Y. Hawkins of Indian Hill, and Ellen Yeiser of Littleton, Colo.; and four grandchildren.
Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Indian Hill Church.
Memorials: Camp Stepping Stones, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Ohio.
Date of announcement: 11-10-1997
CATHY HELDMAN CROCKETT, 36, of Sloans Valley, Ky., formerly of Cincinnati, died Friday. She was a homemaker. Arrangements: Somerset Undertaking Co., Somerset, Ky.
Date of announcement: 11-10-1997
OLIVE W. SCUDDER RICKETTS, 83, of Vevay, Ind., died Saturday. She had worked at the Fabric and Sew Shop and Jeff-Craig Elementary School. Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at Switzerland Baptist Church, Vevay. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. today at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay, and noon Tuesday at the church. Memorials: Jennings County Hospice.
Date of announcement: 11-10-1997
CELESTINE ROBINSON, 70, of English Woods, died Thursday. She was a dry cleaner. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Union Baptist Church, downtown. Visitation: 6 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills.
Date of announcement: 11-10-1997
Merrie Wedding, "loved the world'
Golfers at the Little Miami Center came to know the cheerful spirit of Merrie Wedding. Co-workers at the Reuben H. Donnelly Co. came to know her professionalism and determination.
And just days before Mrs. Wedding, 62, died of throat cancer on Nov. 5, her courage and humor shined through as she portrayed "Big Bird" to the delight of others at a Halloween party.
"Merrie loved people and loved the world," said her husband, William, of Cherry Grove. "She felt there was nothing she could not accomplish."
Mrs. Wedding worked at the pro shop at Little Miami Center, arising at 4 a.m. every day, until illness pulled her away. In the 1960s, she became the first female ad salesperson for Donnelly's Yellow Pages.
Only five days before her death at Hospice of Cincinnati, she donned the Big Bird costume at Row House Art Gallery in Milford, where she was executive art consultant.
"She saw beauty in everyone and everything," said her husband.
She also leaves daughters Kathryn O'Connor of Mason and Deborah Buxton of Kettering; sons Ronald Buxton of Lebanon and Donald Buxton of Royal Oak, Md.; stepdaughter June Hayes of Glen Este; stepsons Scott Wedding of Pleasant Ridge and Marc Wedding of Las Vegas; sisters Martha Lotito and Helen Helm of Port St. Lucie, Fla., and Elizabeth Meyer of Loveland; brother William Helm of Anaconda, Mt.; and 10 grandchildren.
Mrs. Wedding donated her body to medical research. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Milford First Methodist Church, Milford. Memorials: Hospice of Cincinnati or American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 11-11-1997
DORA M. GABBARD ALTHOFF, 79, of Aurora, Ind., died Sunday. Ms. Althoff was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Filter Funeral Home, Aurora. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 11-11-1997
