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ROY E. CARTER, 76, of Georgetown, died Monday. He was a retired employee of Cincinnati Milacron and a member of Georgetown United Methodist Church. Services: 1 p.m. Thursday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Georgetown United Methodist Church, or Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Activities Fund, Ripley.
Date of announcement: 03-03-1998
ELIZABETH C. ERNST, 82, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Monday. She was the owner of the former Georgetown 5-10 Cents Store. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Visitation: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Charity.
Date of announcement: 03-03-1998
LOUIS MCGRADY JR., 36, of Westwood, died Feb. 26. He was a manager for Major Medical Supply. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 03-03-1998
JAMES JESSE SHAW, 21, of Aurora, Ind., died Sunday. He was an employee at Campeon Roofing Co., Cincinnati. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: South Dearborn High School Wrestling.
Date of announcement: 03-03-1998
CHARLES "WILLIE" WILLIAM WILSON, 64, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Sunday. He was a fermenter with Seagram's Distillery. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Ronald McDonald House.
Date of announcement: 03-03-1998
Stephen Gilkey, Gilkey Window Co.
Stephen Joseph Gilkey, vice president of Gilkey Window Co., died Saturday of a heart attack. He was 37.
The Sharonville company co-founder had been playing baseball with nephews, said one of his sisters, Eileen Gilkey Hall.
"He laid down a few times, then went to my sister and asked her about heart attacks," said Mrs. Hall. A moment later, he was dead, she said.
Mrs. Hall said her brother had co-founded the company with another brother, Mike Gilkey, of Loveland.
"He helped build the factory for this company," she said. "Mike really started things (the company) in 1978. Then Steve got out of the Marines and . . . Mike worked on sales."
Mr. Gilkey graduated from Roger Bacon High School.
"Everyone said he was the most wonderful person - the most decent, generous, kind, loving person," Mrs. Hall said.
Other survivors are his mother, Jane Gilkey of Springfield Township; sisters, Donna Hille
brand of Oakley, Mary Ann Reinert of Springfield Township, Betty Havens of Marcos Island, Fla., Teresa Gedeon of Deerfield Township, Eva Booher of Hyde Park, Jayne Riel of Fairfield and Clare Gilkey of Columbus; a brother, Paul, of Wyoming; and many nieces and nephews.
Mass was this morning at Sacred Heart Church, Camp Washington . No visitation. Memorials may be made to Radio Rosary, P.O. Box 15026, Cincinnati, Ohio 45215. Anderson Funeral Home, Finneytown, in charge of arrangements.
Date of announcement: 03-04-1998
MARTHA F. DEBURGHGRAEVE, 93, of Dillsboro, Ind., died Tuesday. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Ulrich-Filter Funeral Home, 12887 Lenover St., Dillsboro. Visitation: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials: Althoff Cemetery Fund or St. Peters Lutheran Church Bear Branch.
Date of announcement: 03-04-1998
VERA EDWARDS, 89, of Cincinnati, died Monday. She was retired from the University of Cincinnati. Services: Noon Thursday at Zion Baptist Church, 630 Glenwood Ave., Avondale. Visitation: 11 a.m. Thursday at the church. Donations may be made to the Student Scholarship Fund at Zion Baptist Church.
Date of announcement: 03-04-1998
HELEN CRIBBET KEETHLER, 76, of Walterboro, S.C., formerly of Mt. Orab, died Monday. She was a homemaker. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Orab Cemetery. Visitation: 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mt. Orab. Memorials: Bethel Presbyterian Church, 403 Church St., Walterboro, S.C. 29488.
Date of announcement: 03-04-1998
GLADYS (PRYOR) STINGLEY, 88, of Maderia, Ohio, died Tuesday. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Elden A. Good Funeral Home, 2620 Erie Ave., Hyde Park. Memorials: Alzheimer Association, Greater Cincinnati Chapter.
Date of announcement: 03-04-1998
JAMES T. TROXELL, 55, of Winchester, died Sunday. Services: 2 p.m. Thursday at Bradford-Sullivan Funeral Home, Winchester. Visitation: 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 03-04-1998
Louise Heath, owned grocery
Louise Lanham Heath owned the Heath Grocery and General Store in Brooksburg, Ind., for 40 years and retired last year at age 89.
Mrs. Heath, of Vevay, Ind., died Wednesday at age 90.
For the past decade, her son Charles has helped operate the grocery. Mrs. Heath also was the oldest member of the Brooksburg Baptist Church.
Mrs. Heath also worked for several years at U.S. Shoe Co. in Vevay.
In addition to her son Charles, of Vevay, Mrs. Heath is survived by a stepson, Carroll Heath of Brooksburg; seven grandchildren, seven great-
grandchildren, seven great great-grandchildren and one great great great-grandson.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Brooksburg Baptist Church. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home, Madison, Ind., and 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Memorials: Brooksburg Baptist Church.
Date of announcement: 03-05-1998
ESTHER MAE WILBOURN-DAVIS, 75, of Corryville, died Sunday. She was a homemaker. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Renfro Funeral Home, Avondale. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday.
Date of announcement: 03-05-1998
CECELIA MAE HAITZ, 81, of Ripley, Ohio, died Tuesday. She was a homemaker. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, St. Michael Catholic Church, Ripley. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley. Memorials: Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Activity's Fund or St. Michael Catholic Church.
Date of announcement: 03-05-1998
Career, hobbies enriched Charles M. Williams' life
Charles M. Williams, former chairman and president of Western & Southern Life Insurance Co., died Thursday. He was 85.
Mr. Williams, son of Western & Southern founder Charles F. Williams, remained on the company's board of directors after stepping down as chairman in 1973. He was to be honored Monday for 66 years of service to Western & Southern and planned to retire after Tuesday's board meeting.
Mr. Williams had a wide range of interests, including breeding and exhibiting thoroughbred saddle horses and raising champion Dalmatians at his Erlanger, Ky., farm, called Williamsdale Kennels. Among his champion horses were Foolish Fellow, Dennis King and The Twin.
He was a habitual collector and, at one time, he had the finest coin and gun collections in the nation, said his son, Charles F. Williams.
But his lifelong hobby was collecting autographs. Beginning at age 6, he collected the signatures of every president, their families and cabinet members and candidate for president in the nation's history. He was working on the collection a week before his death, said a daughter, Estella W. Hassan.
Mr. Williams was a self-taught amateur radio operator and was a president of the Gray Museum of Wireless History. He was the communications officer of the U.S. Power Squadron in Cincinnati and, during the Vietnam War, would unite families with their loved ones serving in Southeast Asia via radio.
"My father was the combination of the sharpest wit and finest sense of humor that I've ever known," said Charles F. Williams. 'There were just so many things he was involved in and he understood so many things. When I think of him, I think of his sense of humor and keen mind."
Mr. Willimas was a private man who avoided publicity, yet
his sense of humor and engaging personality attracted many friends.
He married the former Elizabeth Hilberg Seifried in September 1940.
Mr. Williams began his career as a salesman for Western & Southern in 1931 after graduating from Georgetown University. He was named president in 1951 and chairman of the board in 1957.
Outside the company, Mr. Williams was the past president of the Cincinnati Charity Horse Show, which raised money to benefit Children's Hospital. He was also the state representative of the Ohio Horse Breeders Association, a trustee of the Cincinnati Historical Society for 40 years and a trustee of the Cincinnati Foundation.
Other survivors are another daughter, Elizabeth W. Lende; five grandchildren; a brother William J. Williams; and a sister, Mary Elizabeth Kyte.
Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Gilligan Funeral Home, 2926 Woodburn Ave. Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Gertrude Church, 7630 Shawnee Run Road. Memorials to the Cincinnati Historical Society.
Date of announcement: 03-06-1998
ROBERT AMOS CROWDER, 88, of Mt. Orab, died Thursday. He was a factory worker and a member of Mt. Orab United Wesleyan Church. Services: 1 p.m. Monday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Visitation: 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials: Gideon's International.
Date of announcement: 03-06-1998
BEATRICE DURANT, 70, of downtown, died Wednesday. She was a child care worker with Washington Park School. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 5 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 03-06-1998
THEODORE FICKLIN, 45, of Roselawn, died Tuesday. He was a disabled carpenter. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 6 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 03-06-1998
CLARA EMMA HAUKE, 95, of Ripley, Ohio, died Wednesday. Ms. Hauke was retired from U.S. Shoe Corp. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Michael Catholic Church, Ripley. Visitation: 10 a.m. Monday at Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley. Memorials: Ripley Life Squad or St. Michael Church Development Fund, Ripley, Ohio 45167.
Date of announcement: 03-06-1998
