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RUBY SPONSLER, 74, of Amelia, Ohio, died Monday. Ms. Sponsler was a homemaker. Arangements: A.C. Dobbling & Son Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, Ky. Memorials: Clermont Senior Services.
Date of announcement: 10-28-1998
Eleanor Sievert, respected Realtor
Longtime Realtor Eleanor G. Sievert died Tuesday. She was 93.
Mrs. Sievert spent the bulk of her career at West Shell Inc. From 1962 until April this year, she worked at the Mariemont office of Coldwell Banker/West Shell, said branch manager Stephanie Busam, branch manager.
"In an industry that's changing rapidly, she remained on the cutting edge, current on all the technology, learning computers," said Ms. Busam. "She was the ultimate professional, funny, personable. Everyone that knew her truly loved her."
At a time when most women didn't work and the real estate industry was male-dominated, she not only was a pioneering agent, but was a member of West Shell's Distinguished Million Dollar Club for 12 years, said Ms. Busam.
Mrs. Sievert's all-business attitude amused co-workers celebrating both her 90th birthday and her 30 years with West Shell.
"She didn't want us to play up that she was 90 years old, though she didn't look it," recalled Ms. Busam, noting that the reluctance wasn't vanity.
"She thought that some people wouldn't want to do business with someone who was 90 years old."
Mrs. Sievert leaves sons, Arthur R. Sievert Jr. and Wayne R. Sievert; and five grandchildren, all of Greater Cincinnati.
Her husband, Arthur R. Sievert Sr., preceded her in death.
Arrangements: Elden A. Good Funeral Home, Hyde Park. Memorials: charity of choice.
Date of announcement: 10-29-1998
Allyn C. Beardsell, packaging executive
Allyn Copp Beardsell, a longtime packaging company executive, died Oct. 22 after a brief illness.
The Massachusetts native, who worked for Mead Containers, began as a package designer on the East Coast and during World War II was 
military packaging manager for the Department of Defense. He came here in 1958 from New York, where he had been president of Container Labs Inc.
He later founded the Packaging Education Foundation and served as its executive director. He was the first lifetime fellow of both the Society of Packaging Handlers and Engineers and of the Packaging Institute.
He held a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, where he was captain of the hockey team.
Mr. Beardsell leaves a daughter, Ann Beardsell Hollister of Martha's Vineyard, Mass.; son, Allyn Lee Beardsell, of Clinton, N.Y.; stepson, James B. Dixon of Cincinnati; brother, Wallace Beardsell of Pacific Palisades, Calif.; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were through T.P. White & Sons Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 10-29-1998
JAMES BEVIS SR., 61, of Aurora, Ind., died Tuesday. He worked for Pierson-Holwell. Services: noon Friday at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora. Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 10-29-1998
F. DOLL, 94, of Batesville, Ind., died Tuesday. She was a homemaker. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Nicholas Church, Sunman, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Cook Funeral Home, Sunman.
Date of announcement: 10-29-1998
GERALD LEE "GARY" KONKLE, 50, of Vevay, Ind., died Tuesday. He owned Konkle Construction. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 10-29-1998
ARTHUR J. SHERER JR., 39, of Cincinnati, died Saturday. He worked for Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park. Visitation: 5 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 10-29-1998
Marian L. Ahlering, city activist
Marian L. Ahlering, a tireless worker for the city of Cincinnati, died Tuesday. She was 76.
Officially a longtime spokesperson for the Cincinnati Recreation Commission, Miss Ahlering was also active in a number of local civic groups such as the Riverfront Advi sory Council where she was acting chair, the League of Women Voters, the United Way and ProKids.
"Over the years, she opened our eyes to the city in so many ways," said her niece, Cindy Browne of Mt. Lookout. "We are so proud of the difference she has made, especially with her role in establishing countless playgrounds, senior centers, not to mention the riverfront."
Her contributions were so great that earlier this year - five years after she retired - the Cincinnati Recreation Commission renamed a portion of the Lunken Airport Playfield as the Marian L. Ahlering Recreation Complex.
"Both as an employee and a volunteer, Marian's contributions to the recreation profession, the department and the citizens of Cincinnati have been significant," said Acting Recreation Director Wayne Bain dur ing the announcement of the honor.
Daniel Gilday, president of the Recreation Commission, called Miss Ahlering a "walking encyclopedia" on the city's history.
"Her dedication was not eight hours a day," said Gilday. "It was 24 hours a day."
Miss Ahlering was a 1940 graduate of Walnut Hills High School and a 1944 graduate of the University of Cincinnati. She worked for the Cincinnati Recreation Commission since her graduation.
During her tenure, she helped to develop facilities such as Bicentennial Commons, the Lunken Airport Bike Trail and numerous playgrounds and tot lots throughout the city.
Miss Ahlering leaves a sister, Frances A. Browne; eight nieces and nephews; and eight great- nieces and nephews.
Private services will be held at the convenience of the family. The Elden A. Good Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be made to the Walnut Hills High School Alumni Foundation, 3250 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati 45207.
Date of announcement: 10-30-1998
SCOTT GROVER JR., 57, of Walnut Hills, died Monday. Mr. Grover was a groundskeeper for Maketewah Country Club. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 2625 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday until time of service at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 10-30-1998
CORA B. LUCUS, 50, of Mount Orab, Ohio, died Tuesday. She worked for KDI. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at White Oak Grace Community Church, New Hope- White Oak Station, Ohio. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mount Orab.
Date of announcement: 10-30-1998
SHIRLEY A. MERRITT, 60, of Bond Hill, died Thursday. Ms. Merritt was an administrative secretary. Services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at New Unity Baptist Church, 2124 Burnet Ave., Mt. Auburn. Visitation: 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 10-30-1998
OPAL E. RAY, 74, of Aurora, Ind., died Wednesday. Ms. Ray was a retired lineworker for Joseph E. Seagrams & Sons Distillery. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Filter Funeral Home, Aurora. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 10-30-1998
DOROTHY M. CARON RICHEY, 91, of Bethel, died Wednesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: Noon Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials: Bethel Tate Life Squad.
Date of announcement: 10-30-1998
Anthony Celebrezze, judge and cabinet member for JFK
Anthony J. Celebrezze, former Cleveland mayor, Kennedy administration cabinet member and federal appeals court judge, died Thursday night. He was 88.
He died at nursing home in suburban Cleveland
and had suffered from cancer of the esophagus, said his son, former Ohio attorney general Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr.
Mr. Celebrezze, a Democrat, became mayor in 1953 during a boom postwar period in Cleveland and served until 1962, when President John F. Kennedy appointed him secretary of health, education and welfare.
He served in the cabinet under Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson until 1965, when he was appointed as a judge for the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. He retired in 1980.
Mr. Celebrezze served in the Ohio Senate from 1950-53 and was elected to the first of five terms as mayor in 1953 with the backing of outgoing Mayor Thomas Burke and Gov. Frank Lausche. He won re-election by successively bigger margins, winning 73.8 percent of the vote in 1961.
Mr. Celebrezze's son, a Democrat and former two-term attorney general of Ohio, ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1990. His grandson, Anthony Celebrezze III, is the Democratic candidate for Franklin County clerk of courts Tuesday.
He also leaves his wife, Anne, daughters Jean Anne Porto of Washington, D.C., and Susan Marie Sullivan of Boston; 10 grandchildren, two brothers and one sister.
Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Corrigan Funeral Home, Fairview Park, Ohio. Mass: 10 a.m. Monday at St. John Cathedral, Cleveland.
Date of announcement: 10-31-1998
WILMA L. BANKS, 81, of Brookville, Ind., died Friday. Ms. Banks was a homemaker. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Cook Funeral Home, Brookville. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 10-31-1998
CHARLES LLOYD HENDRICKS, 53, of Madison, Ind., died Friday. He was a driver for Mount Trucking Co. Services: 1 p.m. Sunday at Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home, Madison, Ind. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 10-31-1998
EMMA B. IRONS, 87, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Friday. She had worked for Ullrich's Drug Store, Aurora, Ind. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Greendale, Ind. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora.
Date of announcement: 10-31-1998
HERBERT KRESS, 87, of Sardinia, Ohio, died Friday. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Peace Lutheran Church, Arnheim, Ohio. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. today at Beam-Fender Funeral Home, Sardinia.
Date of announcement: 10-31-1998
AGNES J. MENDEL, 77, of Aurora, Ind., died Friday. She was a homemaker. Services: 2 p.m. Monday at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora. Visitation: noon Monday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 10-31-1998
DAVID L. MENDENHALL, 41, of Hartford, Ind., died Thursday. The Army veteran was a salesman for Doall Machine Tools. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 10-31-1998
