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JUANITA WILLIAMS, 69, of Forest Park, died Friday. Ms. Williams was a retired waitress. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 11400 Winton Road, Forest Park. Visitation: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 11-21-1998
James A. Jaspers, dedicated to church
James A. Jaspers devoted much of his life to his church.
He was one of the founders of St. Jude's Catholic Church in Bridgetown and on the church's building committee.
He was president of St. Jude's parish council, St. Jude's board of education and the home school council. He founded the high school religious education program and was the director of the high school and grade school volunteer religious education program for public school children.
Mr. Jaspers, 75, of Bridgetown, died Sunday after a long illness.
He worked for 28 years for the Ohio Knife Co. He was graduate of Elder High School and Xavier University and he was a veteran of the Army Air Corps. He and his wife, Jean, just celebrated their 50th anniversary. He is also survived by sons Jay Jaspers and Jack Jaspers; daughters Janice Weiss and Judy Compton; a grandson, Joshua Compton; and a brother, Jerry Jaspers. Visitation is from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Jude's, 5924 Bridgetown Road. Mass of Christian burial is 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Memorials to St. Jude's Renew and Restore Fund. Nurre Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Date of announcement: 11-23-1998
DOROTHY BYRD, 72, of West End, died Thursday. She was a homemaker. No services are planned. Visitation: 11 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills.
Date of announcement: 11-23-1998
JOHN J. MOORMAN, 43, of Batesville, Ind., died Friday. He was superintendent of Hillcrest Golf Course, Batesville. Mass: 10 a.m. today at St. Louis Church, Batesville. Memorials: St. Louis School or Hospice of Margaret Mary Hospital. Weigel Funeral Home, Batesville, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 11-23-1998
Charles T. Martin, ad executive
Charles Thomas Martin, former president and owner of Stockton-West-Burkhart, once Cincinnati's largest advertising agency, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital, Fort Thomas, Ky.
He celebrated his 90th birthday last February, when 30 of his children and grandchildren held a party for him at the Metropolitan Club.
"He was a wonderful father and grandfather," said his daughter, Mary Carroll Gunderman.
The Covington native graduated from Holmes High School, studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy and at the Art Students League at the Grand Central Academy in New York.
He started his own advertising art studio in 1932 in Cincinnati, and later joined Stockton-West-Burkhart where he ultimately became owner, president and chairman of the board. The firm's major clients included the Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co., Cincinnati Bell Telephone, Central Trust Bank, U.S. Shoe Co. and the Andrew Jergens Co.
The agency pioneered in sponsoring and developing talent for early national and local radio shows. Among those talents were Walter Winchell, Rosemary and Betty Clooney, Red Barber, Waite Hoyt, Ruth Lyons and Bob Braun.
Ads directed by Mr. Martin won scores of first-place national and regional awards. Martin was instrumental in founding the Cincinnati Art Directors' Club in 1952.
He was a member of the St. Catherine of Siena Church in Fort Thomas and provided many volunteer art services for the Catholic press. He was a member of the Queen City Club, the Highland Country Club and many professional and civic organizations.
Mr. Martin's first wife, Mary Jacobs Martin, died in 1972. He then married her widowed sister, Ruth Louise Jacobs Klett, who died in 1996.
He leaves other children, Thomas G. Martin, of Anderson Township; Peggy Bertelsman and Timothy J. Martin, of Fort Thomas and Mary Declan Loussaert, of Wixom, Mich; two stepchildren, Robert J. Klett, of San Francisco, and Michael G. Klett, of Shillington, Pa; 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mass: 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Catherine Church, Fort Thomas. Arrangements: Muehlenhamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Memorials: Brighton Center or favorite charity.
Date of announcement: 11-24-1998
Olive Hoinke leaves city 'classic' legacy
Olive Hoinke was co-founder of the world-renowned Hoinke Classic Bowling Tournament, and served as its treasurer for half a century.
But truth be told, she was a better golfer than bowler.
She played three times a week - Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays - at Western Hills Country Club. "She could play in the 85-90s, which was pretty good," said her son, Erwin "Erv" Hoinke Jr.
She also was a good bowler - with an average of 155-160 in the days before improved equipment and modern bowling facilities made higher averages more common - and the family name was destined to become synonymous with bowling, not golf.
Mrs. Hoinke died Sunday at Mount Healthy Christian Home. She was 92.
"She was a very kind and caring person," her son said. "She was just a good, honest, hard-working "Dutchman' - Norwegian, really," he said. "She was a good ol' girl, and everyone liked her."
Eleven years after she and Erwin C. "Erv" Hoinke Sr. married in 1929, they opened Hoinke Glenway Lanes, whose huge, rounded roof was a landmark in East Price Hill and only a short walk from the original Skyline Chili.
"The Hoinke (Classic) started somewhere around 1941 as a war effort," said their son.
In the early days, the tournament awarded war stamps and war bonds as its prizes.
In 1961, the couple took over the 48-lane Western Bowl, where the tournament now is held.
In 1970, they closed Hoinke Lanes and expanded Western Bowl to 68 lanes.
The 46-week tournament runs from late January to around Thanksgiving and is in its 57th year. Prize money has grown to $2.5 million. It is the largest individually owned bowling competition in the world.
Mr. Hoinke died in 1981. Mrs. Hoinke also leaves four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, with an eighth due any day.
Arrangements: Radel Funeral Home, Delhi Township. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 11-24-1998
Rev. Joseph Peters, educator
Rev. Joseph J. Peters, 91, of Clarkston, Mich., formerly of Cincinnati, died Sunday.
He was a former faculty member at Xavier University, where he was chairman of the biology department.
Mass: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Colombiere Center, Clarkston. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. today at Colombiere Center. Arrangements: A. J. Desmond Funeral Home, Troy, Mich. Memorials: Colombiere Center, 9075 Big Lake Road, Clarkston, Mich. 48347.
Date of announcement: 11-24-1998
Hazel M. Reik, never missed a Reds game
During baseball season, Hazel M. Reik was a fixture in the press room overlooking Riverfront Stadium. But she wasn't a reporter.
She was the mother of William J. Reik, a limited partner of the Cincinnati Reds. She dressed in red before every home game and listened to sports radio whenever the team played out of town.
"A Cincinnati Reds fan - that's what she did full-time," said Reik, of New York City. "She never missed a home game until she got ill."
Mrs. Reik, of Fort Thomas, Ky., died Monday. She was 86.
Mrs. Reik was a homemaker and a longtime volunteer at St. Luke Hospital East. Her husband, William J. Reik, preceded her in death. She also leaves a grandson and three great-grandchildren.
Services: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Visitation: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: American Cancer Society or St. Luke Hospital East.
Date of announcement: 11-24-1998
Harold Michaels Jr., of U.S. Treasury Dept.
Harold "Budd" James Michaels Jr., 55, former director of the national background investigations center for the U.S. Treasury Department in Florence, Ky., died Friday.
Before his retirement in 1997, the Symmes Township resident had served as regional director for the internal security division of the Internal Revenue Service.
Mr. Michaels was active in numerous local and national business and professional organizations, and in youth sports.
He leaves his wife, Judith Ilene Quillin Michaels; sons, Michael and Steven; and sisters, Sandra Stanger and Judith Kay Michael.
Arrangements were through Gilligan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 11-24-1998
YVONNE RALL CARTER, 40, of Dayton, Ohio, died Friday. Ms. Carter was a teacher. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Brown Chapel A.M.E., Walnut Hills. Visitation: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 11-24-1998
MARY BURNS CROSSET, 97, of Hyde Park, died Sunday. She was a volunteer with the Children's Home. Arrangements: Elden A. Good Funeral Home, Hyde Park. Memorials: Knox Presbyterian Church.
Date of announcement: 11-24-1998
JAMES W. O'BRIEN, 46, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Sunday. He was an electrician. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 11-24-1998
GLENN TURNER, 86, of Madison, Ind., died Sunday. The World War II Navy veteran was retired from Meese-Orbitron-Dunne Co. Arrangements: Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home, Madison.
Date of announcement: 11-24-1998
CLARENCE DALE VEST, 51, of Great Bend, Kansas, and formerly of Madison, Ind., died Nov. 3. Mr. Vest was a master electrician. Services: 2 p.m. Friday at Caledonia Cemetery, Moorfield, Ind. Visitation: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home, Madison, Ind.
Date of announcement: 11-24-1998
A. Leslie Brewster, accountant, volunteer
A. Leslie Brewster, a Cincinnati accountant and longtime community activist, died Monday at age 80.
One of his sons, Robert Brewster, is executive director of the Brighton Center in Newport. Robert Brewster said he was taught to be compassionate by his father, and that his father learned the value of community service from his own father.
"Dad was real involved in his community and his church. He came out of the second world war and raised his family. He taught all his children to become involved in their communities," said Robert Brewster, who heads the Brighton Center, which provides job training, housing, emergency services and food to many people and children in Northern Kentucky.
A. Leslie Brewster, of Ft. Thomas, was a retired accountant with Avco Corp., Cincinnati, chairman of the building committee of St. Catherine of Siena Church, Fort Thomas, and helped organize the first Boy Scout troop in Campbell County.
He also leaves his wife, Ruth; daughters, Linda Rice of Murfeesboro, Tenn., and Pamela Collar of Toledo, Ohio; another son, William of Cincinnati; and four grandchildren.
Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at St. Catherine Church. Arrangements: Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas.
Date of announcement: 11-25-1998
