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Samuel Carson Campbell, father of 9, active in church
Samuel Carson Campbell's full life was devoted to loving his family, and it is their deep love and respect for this devotedly religious man that now fill the large void left by his passing.
Mr. Campbell, the former chairman of the deacon board at Cincinnati's Peace Baptist Church and veteran delegate of the National Baptist Convention, died Sunday at the Dupree Nursing Home in Oakley.
The long-time Cincinnati resident and father of nine was 84 years old.
A former Mississippi sharecropper who moved to Cincinnati in 1944 to find work, Mr. Campbell was a strong-willed but kind man whose generosity to the needy was exceeded only by his modesty about such deeds of good will.
" "Find a way or make a way' - that was Daddy's motto," said Dorothy Winkfield, one of Mr. Campbell's six daughters.
"He was a very humble man. He did a lot of work on the church and he was always visiting the sick and shut-ins, but he wouldn't talk about it," she said.
Mrs. Winkfield said Mr. Campbell, who worked three decades at Ryerson Steel, was innovative at his job and earned several awards for inventions and designs, most notably a unique crane design that was patented by the company and used worldwide. "He was always looking for a better way to do things," she said.
Mr. Campbell was preceded in death by his first wife, Johnnie Mae, who died in 1987.
He is survived by his wife Bertha and nine children - sons Anthony, Joseph and Samuel Jr. - and daughters Dorothy Winkfield, Bettie Mae Johnson, Maggie Whitfield, Susie Smith, Sally Johnson and Deborah Farley.
Besides his extensive work with Peace Baptist Church, Mr. Campbell was also an avid sportsman and passed his love of the outdoors on to his children. He preached the importance of education to his family and fellow church members.
Arrangements are being handled by Hall-Jordan Funeral Home. Funeral services are at noon Saturday at the Peace Baptist Church at 652 Rockdale Ave. in Avondale.
Visitation is Saturday at the church from 10 a.m. to noon. Burial in Spring Grove Cemetery follows the service.
Memorials should go to the Scholarship Fund of Peace Baptist Church.
Date of announcement: 11-26-1997
ANNA LEE ARTIS, 78, of Oakley, died Saturday. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Evanston Chapel. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Friday at the chapel. Jamison & Jamison Funeral Home is handling arrangements. HELEN HUTTON, 77, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Monday. Ms. Hutton was a homemaker. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials: American Cancer Society. LEOLA B. RILEY, 92, of Woodlawn, died Nov. 20. She was a homemaker. Services: Noon Friday at Hall-Jordan Fu neral Home, Lockland. Visitation: 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. ROBERT P. SMITH, 76, of Vevay, Ind., died Monday. Mr. Smith was a retired farmer and a car salesman for Old Buick Garage. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Haskell and Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay, Ind. Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials: Fredonia Baptist Church.
Date of announcement: 11-26-1997
Dr. Philip Wing, optometrist
Dr. Philip Wing, 48, a Price Hill optometrist for 21 years, died of heart trouble Monday.
Dr. Wing and his wife, Diane, recently visited Europe, England and Ireland.
"He loved to travel," said daughter Amie Haller. "They had all these places they wanted to go to. They made it to three of them.
"He was a huge history buff."
Dr. Wing suffered a massive heart attack more than three years ago, his daughter said, an incident that caused him to begin an exercise regime that kept him in good health.
"He worked out all the time. He was religious about going," she said.
"He was in very, very, very good shape."
Dr. Wing received an undergraduate degree from Xavier University before graduating from the Ohio State University College of Optometry.
He was an optometrist in the U.S. Air Force, a clinical instructor at the University of Houston College of Optometry and a visual consultant for NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Florida before returning to Cincinnati to open his practice here.
Other survivors include a daughter, Carrie Leopardi.
Mass of Christian Burial is 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Antoninus Church. Visitation is 4-9 p.m. Friday at the Radel Funeral Home, 650 Need Road. Memorials: Cardio-Pulmonary Rehabilitation Department of Franciscan Hospital, Western Hills Campus, or Price Hill Lions Club.
Date of announcement: 11-26-1997
Raymond Bockelman, POW in WWII
Raymond H. Bockelman survived five months as a German prisoner of war before returning to White Oak to raise a family.
Mr. Bockelman, 81, died Tuesday at Franciscan Hospital, Mt. Airy Campus.
"The thing we like to think about is that he approached every challenge with a sense of humor, courage and compassion," said his son, Paul Bockelman of Boston.
And there were challenges.
Mr. Bockelman was a member of the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion when he was wounded and captured Dec. 4, 1944, by Nazi forces near Strasborg, Germany.
He endured a bitter winter during more than five months of imprisonment.
But he never lost his zest for life, his son said.
Mr. Bockelman was married to Alma Bockelman for 51 years. He worked at Formica Inc. for 45 years and lived in White Oak for 46 years.
He dove into family-related activities, coaching baseball and baseball and co-founding the White Oak Athletic Club. He also was active in the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana chapter of Ex- American Prisoners of War.
Other survivors include daughters Patricia Henderson of Columbus and Peggy Mitchell of Montgomery; sons Raymond "Jay" Bockelman of Portland, Michael Bockelman of Scotch Plains, N.J., and Joseph Bockelman of Springboro; and 14 grandchildren.
Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. James Church, 3565 Hubble Road. Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Friday at Nurre Bros. Funeral Home, 5907 Cheviot Road. Memorials: OKI Chapter of American Ex- Prisoners of War, c/o Clifford Faeth, 3057 Jessup Road, Cincinnati, 45239.
Date of announcement: 11-26-1997
Ruth Ziegel, devoted to family
Ruth Turner Ziegel nurtured the kind of traditions families never forget.
For each of her five children, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren she sewed a quilt. She also made Christmas stockings that got re-filled every year. She made sure every birthday was celebrated and every summer filled with adventure.
"We traveled to historic places and knew the USA by trailer camping," said her daughter, Pat Ziegel Timm.
Mrs. Ziegel, 75, of Hyde Park, died Monday at Deaconess Hospital three days after she suffered a stroke.
She met Kenneth Frederick Ziegel during her freshman year at the University of Cincinnati and they married in 1939.
While her children were young, Mrs. Ziegel stayed home. But when the youngest reached fifth grade, she began working outside the home, saving money for college tuitions. "Our five kids earned 12 degrees," said Ziegel. "But they hustled and worked and did what they could to help."
Her favorite job may have been at Walnut Hills High School, where she was treasurer during the '60s. But no job kept her from volunteering at Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church, where she was on every possible board, committee and commission. She also helped her husband, who is church historian.
She also was active in the Woman's City Club, the Charter Party and her own genealogical research.
A daughter, Elaine Ann Kaspar, preceded her in death.
Other survivors include daughters Penny Diane Ross of Stroudsburg, Pa., and Jan Wesley of Cincinnati; a son, Kim Ziegel of Cincinnati; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Elden A. Good Funeral Home, 2620 Erie Ave. Memorial service: 2 p.m. Saturday at the church, 1345 Grace Ave. Memorials: to the Columbarium Fund or the Hyde Park/Mt. Zion Habitat House fund, both of which are administrated by the church.
Date of announcement: 11-26-1997
DOROTHA E. BENTER, 80, of Ft. Wright, Ky., died Wednesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Argo-Bolton & Lunsford Funeral Home in Cleves. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials: Addyston Baptist Church.
Date of announcement: 11-26-1997
NETTIE LEE COLLINS, 81, of Cincinnati, died Monday. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Wm. Howard Taft Road, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements: Jamison & Jamison Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 11-26-1997
