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MARIA G. SLATER, 48, of Led yard, Conn., died Friday. Ser vices: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ul rich-Filter Funeral Home, Dills boro, Ind. Memorials: American Lung Association or Carnegie Hall, Moores Hill, Ind.
Date of announcement: 03-31-1998
ERNEST C. WATSON, 70, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Sunday. Mr. Watson worked for General Motors and was a 
Korean War Army veteran. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 03-31-1998
William F. Deubel,
Korean War veteran
William F. Deubel, 66, of Ripley, Ohio, died Monday.
He was an auto body foreman and a
Korean War Army veteran. The Cincinnati native also was a member of the Disabled American Veterans.
He leaves a son, Mark A. Deubel of Buena Vista, Colo.; sisters Rosemary Evans of Ewing, Ky., and Joyce Henderson of Cincinnati; and three grandchildren. Mr. Deubel's wife, Ida Mae, preceded him in death.
Services: 2 p.m. today at Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley. Memorials: American Diabetes. Association.
Date of announcement: 04-01-1998
THOMAS STEPHEN BROOKS, 42, of Cosby, Tenn., formerly of Cincinnati, died Monday. Mr. Cosby was a volunteer firefighter. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday in the East Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville, Tenn. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 04-01-1998
ALICE CATHERINE GRIFFIN, 83, of Mt. Orab, Ohio, died Friday. She was a homemaker. Arrangements were through Beam-Fender Funeral Home, Sardinia, Ohio.
Date of announcement: 04-01-1998
JACOB T. HOLMES, 76, of Cincinnati, died Saturday. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Geo. H. Colin Mortuary, Bond Hill. Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday at the mortuary.
Date of announcement: 04-01-1998
ELIZA STROTHER, 79, of Cincinnati, died March 22. Services: 1 p.m. Friday at Second Baptist Church, Cincinnati. Visitation: noon Friday at the church. Arragements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 04-01-1998
MARY MAE MADRY WOODE, 80, of Cincinnati, died Saturday. Mrs. Woode was a tax examiner. Services: 7 p.m. today at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 5 p.m. today at the church. Arrangements: Renfro Funeral Service, Avondale.
Date of announcement: 04-01-1998
Alona Hager, of College Hill
Alona Hager, 55, was an avid gardener and golfer who loved to make her home beautiful.
The College Hill resident died Tuesday at Christ Hospital after a long illness.
"Gardening was a lifelong interest of hers," said her husband, Robert. "Day lilies were her favorite things to work with."
Mrs. Hager was a member of the Cincinnati Civic Garden Center, Mt. Healthy Garden Club and the Clovernook Country Club.
She also leaves her mother, Edith Jamison Hauer; daughters, Suttan Geiser and Challyn Hager; son, Matt Hager; sister, Patricia Hornbach; brothers, J. Randal Hauer and Ted Hauer; and seven grandchildren.
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Healthy Christian Church. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Hodapp Funeral Home, College Hill.
Date of announcement: 04-02-1998
C. Merwin Grayson Sr., prominent banker
Northern Kentucky banker and community activist C. Merwin Grayson Sr. died Wednesday. He was 84.
Mr. Grayson was former chairman of the board of People's Liberty Bank in Covington.
"He was a successful and popular banker," said his son, Mer Grayson Jr., who is president and CEO of Huntington Bank in Covington. "My dad was always the guy in the bank who knew everybody."
Among civic endeavors, Mr. Grayson was on the founding board of Panorama Apartments, one of the first government-subsidized senior citizen apartment buildings in the state. He also worked with Hope Cottage and the Boy Scouts.
He also leaves daughter Jill Beckman; another son, Thomas P. Grayson; stepdaughter, Sally Schneider; stepson, Thomas E. Rettig; brother, Jack Grayson; and 11 grandchildren.
Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Agnes Church, Ft. Wright, Ky. Arrangements: Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia, Ky.
Date of announcement: 04-02-1998
BETTY J. BILLINGSLEY, 61, of Aurora, Ind., died Monday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 04-02-1998
ROY H. PATTERSON, 68, of Ripley, Ohio, died Wednesday. He was retired from I.T.T. Continental Baking Co. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 04-02-1998
LORETTA ROBERTSON, 49, of Cedar Lake, Ind., died Monday. She was a homemaker. Services: 2 p.m. Friday at Ulrich-Filter Funeral Home, Dillsboro, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 04-02-1998
MURRAY L. THORNBURG, 86, of Sunman, Ind., died Wednesday. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Cook Funeral Home, Sunman. Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 04-02-1998
AGATHA G. WITHAM, 96, of Bartlett, Tenn., formerly of Aurora, Ind., died Sunday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 04-02-1998
Capt. Anne Kirby, loved ministry
Capt. Anne Kirby was known as a tireless worker for the Salvation Army.
She was the first-ever lead administrator of the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center in Norwood. There she gained much respect for her one-on-one ministry, creative programming, teaching and counseling.
"She did very well, in fact so well they moved her up into an administrative job," said Alice Skirtz, director of social services for the Salvation Army in Cincinnati.
"She ultimately asked to be returned to where she would be with the people. She served the rest of her career in the rehabilitation center in Mount Vernon, N.Y.
"She wanted to be with the men and they loved her very much. She was really a people person," Ms. Skirtz said.
Capt. Kirby, 68, died Wednesday at the Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.
"She was very sweet and loving person," said Bernice Moreland, who works at the Walnut Hills Salvation Army store. "She was dedicated to the Salvation Army. She also cared about the men out there being rehabilitated. I worked in the stores and she came around to all of them. I've been with the Salvation Army 27 years and knew her the whole time she was in Cincinnati."
Survivors include sons, Gordon Kirby of Montclair, N.J.; and Kenneth Kirby of Veron, Conn.; daughters, Mayor Christine Deitrick of Warwick, R.I.; Jeanne Howard of Middletown, Ohio; and Capt. Cathryn Young of West Hempstead, N.Y.; sisters, Irene Gilbert and Helen Edmonds, both of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; and Jessica Melville of Mays Landing, N.J.; brother William Melville of Hamilton, Ontario; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services were Friday at the Salvation Army Church in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Burial: 1 p.m. today at the Salvation Army's Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
Date of announcement: 04-04-1998
CHARLES O. PATTEN, 78, of Mt. Orab, Ohio, died Friday. He was a retired maintenance worker for Borden Chemical Company, Cincinnati. Memorial service: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mt. Orab. Visitation: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Hospice of Hope.
Date of announcement: 04-04-1998
ELIZABETH B. STEELE, 93, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Friday. Services: 2 p.m. EDT Monday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: Noon to 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials: Greendale Life Squad and Fire Department.
Date of announcement: 04-04-1998
MILFORD EDWARD THIELEN, died Thursday. He was a retired member of Cincinnati Firefighters and Ticket Takers Local B-38. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Elden A. Good Funeral Home, 2620 Erie Ave., Hyde Park. Visitation: 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials: Shriners Burns Institute, University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and Health, P.O. Box 210038, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0038; or the Alois Alzheimer Center in Greenhills.
Date of announcement: 04-04-1998
